AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 28, 2021 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by and among Hayward Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Borrower”), the Released Parties (as defined below), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”), and the undersigned Refinancing Term Loan Lenders (as defined below).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Hayward Intermediate, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Administrative Agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Original Lenders”) are party to that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2018, that certain Amendment No. 2 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020 and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Credit Agreement” and as amended by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.02(c) of the Original Credit Agreement, the Borrower may obtain Replacement Term Loans in respect of all of the Original Term Loans (as defined below) outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement (including the amount of accrued interest, penalties and premium thereon) and any upfront fees, original issue discount, commitment fees, underwriting fees, arrangement fees and similar fees in respect of the Replacement Loans plus additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section 2.22 (which are being incurred under clause (c)(i) of the definition of Incremental Cap in the Original Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, immediately after giving effect to the Refinancing (as defined below), the Borrower, the Lenders constituting all Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the Administrative Agent agree to make further amendments to the Original Credit Agreement as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Hayward / Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“HWA”) and Xxxxxxx Pumps, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Xxxxxxx Pumps”, together with HWA, the “Released Parties” and each, a “Released Party”) are Excluded Subsidiaries and each of the parties hereto have agreed to release each of the Released Parties from all of its obligations under the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement.
(a) Effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, the Original Credit Agreement (including the Schedules thereto) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
(b) Exhibit M to the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated and replaced in its entirety by Exhibit C hereto.
Exhibit 10.4
SECTION 2. Refinancing Term Loans
(a) New Term Loans
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment and the Original Credit Agreement, each Refinancing Term Loan Lender party to this Amendment severally agrees to make the new Term Loans (the “New Term Loans”; the Lenders making such New Term Loans, the “Refinancing Term Loan Lenders”) to the Borrower on the Third Amendment Effective Date in the principal amount set forth opposite such Refinancing Term Loan Lender’s name in Schedule A annexed hereto (the “New Term Loan Commitments”) and the Borrower will borrow the New Term Loans, the proceeds of which will be used to (A) repay in full all Term Loans outstanding prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date ( prior to the effectiveness of the Amendment) (such outstanding Term Loans, the “Original Term Loans”), together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon (the “Term Loan Repayment Amount”), (B) pay fees and expenses related to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, (C) after giving effect to, or concurrently with, the Refinancing, at the Borrower’s option, repay all or a portion of any amounts outstanding for borrowed money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the ABL Credit Agreement and (D) after giving effect to, or concurrently with, the Refinancing, for working capital and general corporate purposes. The transactions described in clauses (A) and (B) above are referred to, collectively, as the “Refinancing”. Amounts repaid in respect of the New Term Loans may not be reborrowed. The New Term Loan Commitments will terminate in full upon the making of the New Term Loans referred to herein.
(ii) This Amendment shall constitute (i) the notice of prepayment of Term Loans required pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(i) of the Original Credit Agreement and (ii) a Refinancing Amendment for purposes of Section 9.02(c) of the Original Credit Agreement.
(b) Terms of New Term Loans. Following the Third Amendment Effective Date, each reference to “Initial Term Lender” and “Lender” shall be a reference to the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders, each reference to “Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall be a reference to the New Term Loan Commitments, and upon the funding of the New Term Loans, each reference to “Initial Term Loans” shall be a reference to the New Term Loans in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case, unless the context shall require otherwise. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that all such New Term Loans, when originally made, are Term Loans for all purposes under the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent is authorized to xxxx the Register accordingly to reflect the amendments and adjustments set forth herein.
SECTION 3. Release
(a) The Released Parties shall automatically be released and discharged from its Obligations under the Original Credit Agreement and any and all other obligations, liabilities, covenants, and agreements in respect of the Original Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document as of the date hereof, regardless of whether the Third Amendment Effective Date occurs.
(b) Any security interest or lien granted to the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties by each Released Party in the personal property or real property or on any Collateral under the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically and irrevocably be terminated, released and discharged and Released Parties and their counsel (or other designee, including any financing sources (or their designees)) are authorized to deliver and/or file, the Uniform Commercial Code termination statement. The
Administrative Agent will (i) execute, as applicable, and deliver to the Released Parties (or any designee of the Released Parties) any such lien releases, mortgage releases, discharges of security interests, pledges and guarantees and other similar discharge or release documents, as are reasonably requested and necessary to release, as of record, the security interests and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, including those certain UCC termination statements and (ii) deliver to the Borrower (or any designee of the Borrower) and/or the Administrative Agent all instruments evidencing pledged debt and all equity certificates and any other similar collateral previously delivered in physical form by the Released Parties to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Upon the consummation of the Refinancing, the Released Parties (or any designee of the Released Parties) are authorized to file the UCC termination statements.
SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. On and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the “Credit Agreement”, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, and any reference to “Obligations” shall mean and be a reference to the “Obligations” under the Credit Agreement.
(a) On and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect, and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(b) From and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, this Amendment shall be deemed a Loan Document for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Original Credit Agreement pursuant to this Amendment and all other Loan Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as in effect prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Effectiveness. The obligations of the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders to make the New Term Loans under the Credit Agreement, and the amendments to the Original Credit Agreement contained in Section 1(a) hereof, shall become effective as of the first date (the “Third Amendment Effective Date”) on which the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived by the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders):
(a) The Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders shall have received counterparts of (i) this Amendment executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders and (ii) the Guarantor Consent and Reaffirmation attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Guarantor Consent”) executed by Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor (collectively, the “Guarantors” and each, a “Guarantor”);
(b) The Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders shall have received a customary legal opinion from (i) Ropes & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties and (ii) each local counsel to the Loan Parties listed on Schedule 4(b) to this Amendment;
(c) The Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders shall have received, with respect to each Loan Party, certificates of good standing from the secretary of state of the state of organization of each Loan Party (to the extent such
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concept exists in such jurisdiction), customary certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party certifying true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents attached thereto and evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Amendment and the Guarantor Consent;
(d) The Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions in clauses (f) and (g) of this Section 5 have been satisfied;
(e) The Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment) based on and consistent with the form attached to the Credit Agreement as Exhibit K;
(f) The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article III of the Credit Agreement and Section 5 of this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Third Amendment Effective Date; provided that, in the case of any representation and warranty which expressly relates to a specific date or period, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the respective dates or for the respective period, as the case may be; provided, further, that, if any representation and warranty is qualified by or subject to a “material adverse effect”, “material adverse change” or similar term or qualification, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates;
(g) No Default under Section 7.01(a), 7.01(f) or 7.01(g) of the Original Credit Agreement or Event of Default under the Original Credit Agreement shall exist immediately prior to, and no Event of Default under the Credit Agreement after, giving effect to this Amendment and the making of the New Term Loans;
(h) The Administrative Agent on behalf of itself and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders shall have received a Borrowing Request no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the requested date of the Borrowing (or any such later date the Administrative Agent may agree) in respect of the New Term Loans;
(i) The Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (as defined in the engagement letter, dated as May 6, 2021 (the “Engagement Letter”), by and among the Borrower, BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA Securities”) and Nomura Securities International, Inc. (“Nomura”)) (including, without limitation, the actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP) in connection with this Amendment invoiced at least three (3) Business Days (unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower) prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date;
(j) The Borrower shall have paid all fees required to be paid pursuant to (i) the fee letter, dated as of May 6, 2021, by and between the Borrower and BofA Securities and (ii) the fee letter, dated as of May 6, 2021, by and between the Borrower and Nomura;
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date all documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including the USA PATRIOT Act) that has been reasonably requested in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Third Amendment
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Effective Date and (ii) one (1) Business Day prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date all documentation and other information about the Borrower required by regulatory authorities under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (the “Beneficial Ownership Regulation”) that has been reasonably requested in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date; and
(l) The Refinancing shall be consummated (and payment of the Term Loan Repayment Amount by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the accounts of the existing Lenders shall occur) substantially simultaneously with the Borrowing of such Replacement Term Loans from the proceeds thereof.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5, the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders from and after the making by the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders of the New Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of the Credit Agreement. The Refinancing Term Loan Lenders and the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of the Third Amendment Effective Date.
SECTION 6. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders as of the Third Amendment Effective Date that:
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment and the execution, delivery and performance by each Guarantor of the Guarantor Consent are within each applicable Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational power and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action of such Loan Party;
(b) None of the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Amendment or the execution, delivery or performance by any Guarantor of the Guarantor Consent (i) require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (A) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (B) in connection with the Perfection Requirements and (C) such consents, approvals, registrations, filings, or other actions the failure to obtain or make which would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) will violate any (A) of such Loan Party’s Organizational Documents or (B) Requirements of Law applicable to such Loan Party which violation, in the case of this clause (ii)(B), would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) will violate or result in a Default (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) under (A) the ABL Credit Agreement or (B) any other material Contractual Obligation to which such Loan Party is a party which violation, in the case of this clause (iii), would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower, and the Guarantor Consent has been duly executed and delivered by each Guarantor. This Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, and the Guarantor Consent constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Guarantor, enforceable against the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, subject to the Legal Reservations; and
(d) Each of the Loan Parties and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) is (A) duly organized and validly existing and (B) in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all
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requisite organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and (iii) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) in, every jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification; except, in each case referred to in this clause (d) (other than clause (i)(A) with respect to the Borrower and clause (ii) with respect to the Loan Parties) where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP and, if reasonably necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction to all such Persons, taken as a whole, to the extent provided for in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement or Section 5 of the Engagement Letter) in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and any other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith.
SECTION 8. Execution in Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic imaging (including in .pdf format) means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. Except as provided in Section 5, this Amendment shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders. This Agreement may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures (including, without limitation, facsimile and .pdf) and shall be considered an original, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. This Amendment may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the Administrative Agent of a manually signed paper communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Administrative Agent may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Amendment in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (an “Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of the Administrative Agent’s business, and destroy the original paper document. This Amendment in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party without further verification so long as it reasonably believes such Electronic Signature is genuine and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed, original counterpart. For purposes hereof, “Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
SECTION 9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE
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STATE OF NEW YORK. Clauses (b) and (c) of Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 10. WAIVER OF RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AMENDMENT HEREBY 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 OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON 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 AMENDMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
HAYWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Released Parties:
HAYWARD / XXXXXX-XXXXXX INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
XXXXXXX PUMPS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Jones____________________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Refinancing Term Loan Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxx Strickert_________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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Schedule A
Refinancing Term Loan Lenders
Refinancing Term Lender | Refinancing Term Loan Commitment | ||||
Bank of America, N.A. | $1,000,000,000.00 | ||||
Total | $1,000,000,000.00 |
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Schedule 4(b)
Local Counsel
Firm | Jurisdiction | ||||
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP | New Jersey | ||||
Ropes & Xxxx LLP | Delaware |
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EXHIBIT A
GUARANTOR CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION
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Reference is made to Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2021 (the “Amendment”), by and among Hayward Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Borrower”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders party thereto (the “Refinancing Term Loan Lenders”), amending that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2018, Amendment No. 2 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Credit Agreement”; the Original Credit Agreement as amended by the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”).
Each of the undersigned, as a Guarantor under the First Lien Loan Guaranty, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, ratified, confirmed or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Guaranty”), in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders party to the Original Credit Agreement, hereby consents to such Amendment and the transactions contemplated by such Amendment and, as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, hereby, (a) ratifies, acknowledges and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, in each case, as amended and in effect after giving effect to the Amendment and the making of the New Term Loans and agrees that its Guarantee remains in full force and effect to the extent set forth in such Guaranty and after giving effect to this Amendment and the incurrence of the New Term Loans, (b) ratifies, acknowledges and reaffirms each grant of a lien on, or security interest or pledge in, its Collateral made pursuant to the Loan Documents, in each case, as amended by the Amendment, and confirms that such liens and security interests continue to secure the Obligations in effect after giving effect to the Amendment and the making of the New Term Loans, in each case subject to the terms of the Amendment and the Credit Agreement, and (c) confirms that the obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to the New Term Loans shall constitute, from and after the making of the New Term Loans, Obligations, Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty), Secured Obligations and First Lien Term Credit Agreement Obligations and Other First Lien Term Obligations (each as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) and agrees that the security interests in connection therewith remain in full force and effect. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Guarantor Consent shall have the same meanings as specified in the Amendment or the Credit Agreement, as applicable.
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GUARANTORS:
HAYWARD INTERMEDIATE, INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
GOLDLINE PROPERTIES LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
HAYWARD INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
[Signature Page to Guarantor Consent and Reaffirmation]
[Signature Page to Guarantor Consent and Reaffirmation]
EXHIBIT B
AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT
[See attached]
EXHIBIT B
Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement
Published Deal CUSIP: 000000XX0
Term Loan CUSIP: 000000XX0
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 4, 2017
as amended as of September 28, 2018,
as further amended as of October 20, 2018,
and as further amended and restated as of May 28, 2021
among
Dated as of August 4, 2017
as amended as of September 28, 2018,
as further amended as of October 20, 2018,
and as further amended and restated as of May 28, 2021
among
HAYWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as Borrower,
HAYWARD INTERMEDIATE, INC.,
as Holdings,
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO,
as Lenders,
as Lenders,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
and
as Administrative Agent
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC. and
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BOFA SECURITIES, INC. and
NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
Section 1.01. Defined Terms 1
Section 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings 68
Section 1.03. Terms Generally 69
Section 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP 70
Section 1.05. Effectuation of Transactions 71
Section 1.06. Timing of Payment of Performance 71
Section 1.07. Times of Day 71
Section 1.08. Currency Generally 71
Section 1.09. Cashless Rollovers 72
Section 1.10. Certain Conditions, Calculations and Tests 72
Section 1.11. Rounding 75
Section 1.12. Divisions. 75
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS 75
Section 2.01. Commitments 75
Section 2.02. Loans and Borrowings 76
Section 2.03. Requests for Borrowings 76
Section 2.04. [Reserved]. 77
Section 2.05. [Reserved]. 77
Section 2.06. [Reserved] 77
Section 2.07. Funding of Borrowings 77
Section 2.08. Type; Interest Elections 78
Section 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments 79
Section 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 79
Section 2.11. Prepayment of Loans 80
Section 2.12. Fees 85
Section 2.13. Interest 86
Section 2.14. Benchmark Replacement Setting 87
Section 2.15. Increased Costs 89
Section 2.16. Break Funding Payments 90
Section 2.17. Taxes 90
Section 2.18. Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Payments 94
Section 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 96
Section 2.20. Illegality 97
Section 2.21. Defaulting Lenders 98
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Section 2.22. Incremental Credit Extensions 99
Section 2.23. Extensions of Loans and Additional Revolving Commitments 103
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 106
Section 3.01. Organization; Powers 106
Section 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability 106
Section 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts 106
Section 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect 107
Section 3.05. Properties 107
Section 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters 107
Section 3.07. Compliance with Laws 108
Section 3.08. Investment Company Status 108
Section 3.09. Taxes 108
Section 3.10. ERISA 108
Section 3.11. Disclosure 108
Section 3.12. Solvency 108
Section 3.13. Capitalization and Subsidiaries 109
Section 3.14. Security Interest in Collateral 109
Section 3.15. Labor Disputes 109
Section 3.16. Federal Reserve Regulations 109
Section 3.17. Economic and Trade Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws 109
ARTICLE IV [RESERVED] 110
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 110
Section 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Reports 110
Section 5.02. Existence 113
Section 5.03. Payment of Taxes 114
Section 5.04. Maintenance of Properties 114
Section 5.05. Insurance 114
Section 5.06. Inspections 114
Section 5.07. Maintenance of Books and Records 115
Section 5.08. Compliance with Laws 115
Section 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws 115
Section 5.10. Designation of Subsidiaries 116
Section 5.11. Use of Proceeds 116
Section 5.12. Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security 116
Section 5.13. [Reserved] 117
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Section 5.14. Further Assurances 117
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS 118
Section 6.01. Indebtedness 118
Section 6.02. Liens 124
Section 6.03. No Further Negative Pledges 128
Section 6.04. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness 130
Section 6.05. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions 134
Section 6.06. Investments 136
Section 6.07. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets 139
Section 6.08. [Reserved] 142
Section 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates 142
Section 6.10. Conduct of Business 144
Section 6.11. [Reserved]. 144
Section 6.12. Amendments of or Waivers with Respect to Restricted Debt 144
Section 6.13. Fiscal Year 144
Section 6.14. Permitted Activities of Holdings 144
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT 146
Section 7.01. Events of Default 146
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 149
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS 157
Section 9.01. Notices 157
Section 9.02. Waivers; Amendments 160
Section 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity 167
Section 9.04. Waiver of Claim 169
Section 9.05. Successors and Assigns 169
Section 9.06. Survival 178
Section 9.07. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 178
Section 9.08. Severability 180
Section 9.09. Right of Setoff 180
Section 9.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process 180
Section 9.11. Waiver of Jury Trial 181
Section 9.12. Headings 181
Section 9.13. Confidentiality 181
Section 9.14. No Fiduciary Duty 183
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Section 9.15. Several Obligations 183
Section 9.16. USA PATRIOT Act 183
Section 9.17. Disclosure 183
Section 9.18. Appointment for Perfection 183
Section 9.19. Interest Rate Limitation 183
Section 9.20. Intercreditor Agreement 184
Section 9.21. Conflicts 184
Section 9.22. Release of Guarantors 184
Section 9.23. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 185
Section 9.24. Lender Representation 185
Section 9.25. Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. 185
Section 9.26. Amendment and Restatement 186
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SCHEDULES: | ||||||||
Schedule 1.01(a) | – | Commitment Schedule | ||||||
Schedule 3.05 | – | Fee Owned Real Estate Assets | ||||||
Schedule 3.13 | – | Subsidiaries | ||||||
Schedule 3.15 | – | Labor Disputes | ||||||
Schedule 5.10 | – | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | ||||||
Schedule 6.01 | – | Existing Indebtedness | ||||||
Schedule 6.02 | – | Existing Liens | ||||||
Schedule 6.06 | – | Existing Investments | ||||||
Schedule 6.07(s) | – | Dispositions | ||||||
Schedule 9.01 | – | Borrower’s Website Address for Electronic Delivery | ||||||
EXHIBITS: | ||||||||
Exhibit A-1 | – | Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||||||
Exhibit A-2 | – | Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption | ||||||
Exhibit B | – | Form of Borrowing Request | ||||||
Exhibit C | – | Form of Compliance Certificate | ||||||
Exhibit D | – | Form of Interest Election Request | ||||||
Exhibit E | – | Form of Perfection Certificate | ||||||
Exhibit F | – | Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement | ||||||
Exhibit G | – | Form of Promissory Note | ||||||
Exhibit H | – | Form of Guaranty Agreement | ||||||
Exhibit I | – | Form of Security Agreement | ||||||
Exhibit J-1 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit J-2 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit J-3 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit J-4 | – | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||||||
Exhibit K | – | Form of Solvency Certificate | ||||||
Exhibit L | – | Form of ABL Intercreditor Agreement | ||||||
Exhibit M | – | Form of Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement | ||||||
Exhibit N | – | Form of Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement |
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 4, 2017, as amended as of September 28, 2018, as further amended as of October 28, 2020 and as further amended and restated as of May 28, 2021 (this “Agreement”), by and among Hayward Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Borrower”), Hayward Intermediate, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Lenders from time to time party hereto including Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Administrative Agent”) with Bank of America, BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA Securities”) and Nomura Securities International, Inc. (“Nomura”) as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacities, the “Arrangers” and each an “Arranger”).
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, Holdings, the other Loan Parties thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent, are party to that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2017 (as amended as of September 28, 2018, as further amended as of October 28, 2020, the “Original Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which the Lenders party to the Original Credit Agreement made certain loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers.
B. The Borrower (i) has requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of Initial Term Loans in an original aggregate principal amount equal to $1,000,000,000 and (ii) intends to obtain, together with its wholly-owned Canadian Restricted Subsidiary and its wholly-owned Spanish Subsidiary, an asset-based revolving credit facility under the ABL Credit Agreement in an original aggregate principal amount equal to $475,000,000.
C. The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
D. This Agreement restates, supersedes and replaces the Original Credit Agreement in its entirety. The parties hereto agree that (i) the Obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of the Closing Date shall remain outstanding without novation and shall constitute continuing Obligations and (ii) the extensions of credit under the Original Credit Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABL Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent with respect to the ABL Facility as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, or any successor or other administrative agent and collateral agent with respect to any other ABL Facility.
“ABL Canadian Collateral” means “Canadian Collateral” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended as of March 30, 2018 and as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other borrowers and guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder, the swingline lenders and letter of credit issuers party thereto in their capacities as such and the ABL
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Agent and the other agents party thereto and any other credit agreement, indenture or similar agreement governing any ABL Facility.
“ABL European Collateral” means “Additional European Facility Collateral” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“ABL Facility” means the credit facility governed by the ABL Credit Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness that refinances or replaces any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder.
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, the ABL Agent and the other parties thereto from time to time and acknowledged by the Loan Parties, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; (b) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date with any material modifications which are reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; and (c) if requested by the Borrower, an intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of Liens and Collateral proceeds on a Split Collateral Basis in the case of an asset based ABL Facility at the time the intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, so long as the terms of such intercreditor agreement are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; provided, that (i) if required by the Administrative Agent prior to agreeing that any form (or modification) is reasonably acceptable to it, the form of any other intercreditor agreement shall be deemed acceptable to the Administrative Agent (and the Lenders) if posted to the Lenders and not objected to by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days thereafter, and (ii) any ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall be limited to terms governing the sharing of Liens and the relative rights and obligations of the secured parties regarding Collateral and the proceeds thereof and shall not restrict or limit any Indebtedness or the terms and conditions thereof (including any amendments and refinancings) to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be permitted by the Loan Documents.
“ABL Loans” means revolving loans under any ABL Facility.
“ABL US Priority Collateral” means ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) of the Loan Parties.
“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“ABR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a senior basis pari passu with the First Priority Secured Obligations (and any Class of Term Loans secured on senior “first lien” basis), (i) a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement with any material modifications which are reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or (iii) if requested by the Borrower, an intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of Liens and Collateral proceeds on a pari passu basis at the time the intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness subject thereto, so long as the terms of such intercreditor agreement are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; (b) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a junior basis with respect to the Initial Term Loans (and any Class of Term Loans secured on senior “first lien” basis), (i) a Junior Lien Intercreditor
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Agreement, (ii) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with any material modifications which are reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or (iii) if requested by the Borrower, an intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of Liens and Collateral proceeds on a junior secured basis at the time the intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness subject thereto, so long as the terms of such intercreditor agreement are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; (c) to the extent the ABL Facility is outstanding, any ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement under clause (a) above in the case of any ABL Facility secured by the Collateral on a senior pari passu basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations (and not a Split Collateral Basis)); and (d) any Additional Agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing, as applicable, security arrangements for the sharing of Liens and Collateral proceeds and/or payment subordination provisions, in each case on a basis applicable to the specified intercreditor arrangement at the time the intercreditor or subordination agreement, as applicable, is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness subject thereto, so long as the terms of such intercreditor or subordination agreement, as applicable, are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; provided, that (A) if required by the Administrative Agent prior to agreeing that any form (or modification) is reasonably acceptable to it, the form of any other intercreditor agreement shall be deemed acceptable to the Administrative Agent (and the Lenders) if posted to the Lenders and not objected to by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days thereafter, and (B) any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement shall be limited to terms governing the sharing of Liens and the relative rights and obligations of the secured parties regarding Collateral and the proceeds thereof and shall not restrict or limit any Indebtedness or the terms and conditions thereof (including any amendments and refinancings) to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be permitted by the Loan Documents.
“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.
“Additional Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“Additional Commitments” means any commitments hereunder added pursuant to Sections 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c).
“Additional Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(b).
“Additional Loans” means any Additional Revolving Loans and any Additional Term Loans.
“Additional Revolving Commitments” means any revolving credit commitment added pursuant to Sections 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(ii).
“Additional Revolving Facility” means any revolving credit facility added pursuant to Sections 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(ii).
“Additional Revolving Loans” means any revolving loan made hereunder pursuant to any Additional Revolving Commitments.
“Additional Term Commitments” means any term commitment added pursuant to Sections 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(i).
“Additional Term Facility” means any term loan facility added pursuant to Sections 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(i).
“Additional Term Loans” means any term loan added pursuant to Sections 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(i).
“Adjustment Date” means the date of delivery of financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), as applicable.
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“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Administrative Questionnaire” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(d).
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claim), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened in writing, against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries or any property of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, that Person. No Person shall be an “Affiliate” of Holdings or any subsidiary thereof solely because it is an unrelated portfolio company of the Sponsors and none of the Administrative Agent, any Arrangers, any Lender (other than any Affiliated Lender or any Debt Fund Affiliate) or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of Holdings or any subsidiary thereof.
“Affiliated Lender” means any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate, Holdings, the Borrower and/or any subsidiary of Holdings.
“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Affiliated Lender (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.05) and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit A-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Affiliated Lender Cap” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(h)(iv).
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
“AHYDO” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(ix).
“All-In Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the yield thereof, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, original issue discount, upfront fees, a LIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate floor, or otherwise, in each case, incurred or payable directly by the Borrower ratably to all lenders of such Indebtedness; provided that (a) original issue discount and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if the stated life to maturity at the time of its incurrence of the applicable indebtedness, less six (6) months), (b) “All-In Yield” shall not include arrangement fees, structuring fees, commitment fees, underwriting fees, placement fees, funding fees, success fees, advisory fees, ticking and unused line fees, consent or amendment fees and any similar fees (regardless of whether shared or paid, in whole or in part, with or to any or all lenders) and any other fees not generally paid ratably to all lenders of such Indebtedness, and (c) if any Incremental Term Facility includes an Alternate Base Rate or LIBO Rate floor that is greater than the Alternate Base Rate or LIBO Rate floor applicable to the Initial Term Loans, such differential between interest rate floors shall be included in the calculation of All-In Yield, but only to the extent an increase in the Alternate Base Rate or LIBO Rate floor applicable to the Initial Term Loans would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the Alternate Base Rate or LIBO Rate floors (but not the applicable rate, unless otherwise elected by the Borrower) applicable to the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent of such differential between interest rate floors.
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“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (b) to the extent ascertainable, the Published LIBO Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of one (1) month and shall be determined on a daily basis) plus 1.00%, (c) the Prime Rate and (d) 0.50% per annum. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Published LIBO Rate, as the case may be, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Published LIBO Rate, as the case may be. Any change in the Prime Rate announced by Bank of America shall be effective from and including the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Alternative Benchmark Rate” means a benchmark rate selected by the Borrower; provided, that, the relevant alternative (a) is designed to be a broad based measure of average funding rates for banking institutions funding in U.S. Dollars, in institutional markets, on a senior unsecured basis, (b) is displayed on a screen or other reasonably available information service, (c) is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, (d) is represented publicly by the applicable benchmark administrator to be administered in accordance with the International Organization of Securities, and (e) is the then-prevailing market convention or an evolving market convention that the Borrower reasonably expects to become the prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Term Lender for any Class, a percentage equal to a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and unused Additional Term Commitments of such Term Lender for such Class and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and unused Additional Term Commitments of all Term Lenders for such Class; provided that for purposes of Section 2.21 and otherwise herein (except with respect to Section 2.11(a)(ii)), when there is a Defaulting Lender, any such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment shall be disregarded in the relevant calculations.
“Applicable Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, a percentage per annum equal to, with respect to any Initial Term Loans (a) if the Secured Leverage Ratio is greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, (i) 1.75% per annum for ABR Loans and (ii) 2.75% per annum for LIBO Rate Loans and (b) if the Secured Leverage Ratio is less than 2.50 to 1.00, (i) 1.50% per annum for ABR Loans and (ii) 2.50% per annum for LIBO Rate Loans.
The Applicable Rate for the Initial Term Loans shall be adjusted quarterly on a prospective basis on each Adjustment Date based upon the Secured Leverage Ratio in accordance with the definition of “Applicable Rate”; provided that if financial statements are not delivered when required pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable, the “Applicable Rate” for the Initial Term Loans shall be the rate per annum set forth above in clause (a) until such financial statements are delivered in compliance with Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural person or a Disqualified Institution) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) any Affiliate of such Lender or (c) any entity or any Affiliate of any entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
“Arrangers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage” means, as of any date of determination, (a) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.00:1.00, 100%, (b) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than
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or equal to 3.00:1.00 and greater than 2.50:1.00, 50% and (c) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50:1.00, 0%; it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of this definition as it applies to the determination of the amount of Subject Proceeds that is required to be applied to Prepay the Term Loans under Section 2.11(b)(ii), the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the date of such Prepayment, after giving effect to the amount of such Prepayment, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.05), and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit A-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Auction” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Auction Agent” means (a) the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates to the extent the Administrative Agent or such Affiliate has agreed to act in such capacity or (b) any other financial institution or advisor engaged by the Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Auction pursuant to the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Auction Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Auction Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Auction Party” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Auction Response Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Australian Dollars” or “AUS$” means the lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia.
“Available Amount” means, at any time, an amount equal to, without duplication:
(a) the sum of:
(i) the greater of $120,000,000 and 35.0% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA; plus
(ii) the CNI Growth Amount; plus
(iii) the amount of any Cash and Cash Equivalents (including from the proceeds of any property or assets (including Capital Stock)) and the Fair Market Value of property or assets contributed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Parent Company or received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in return for any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock to any Parent Company (but excluding any amounts (w) constituting a “Cure Amount” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) or similar term with respect to an equity cure of a financial covenant default, (x) received directly from the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (y) the proceeds of equity used to incur Contribution Indebtedness, or (z) consisting of the proceeds of any loan or advance made pursuant to Section 6.06(h)(ii)), in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time; plus
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(iv) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness or such Disqualified Capital Stock issued to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), which has been directly or indirectly converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company (or contributed to the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company and cancelled), together with the Fair Market Value of any Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any property or assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary upon such exchange, conversion or contribution, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time; plus
(v) the net proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time in connection with the Disposition to any Person (other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any acquisition or Investment made in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date under the Original Credit Agreement); plus
(vi) the aggregate proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time in connection with returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or the Fair Market Value of any property or assets, including cash principal repayments and interest payments of loans, in each case, received in respect of any Investment made after the Closing Date in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date under the Original Credit Agreement); plus
(vii) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount of any Investments made after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance on amounts available under Section 6.06(r) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date under the Original Credit Agreement) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary (in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) that has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or is liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (B) the amount of Cash, Cash Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of the property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that have been transferred, conveyed or otherwise distributed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Investments made prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time and (C) the net proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Investments made prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) through and including such time in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that was previously a Restricted Subsidiary and designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent such proceeds have not otherwise increased any other Restricted Payment basket under Section 6.04(a); plus
(viii) the amount of any Declined Proceeds; minus
(b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(iii), plus (ii) Restricted Debt Payments made pursuant to Section 6.04(b)(vi), plus (iii) Investments made pursuant to Section 6.06(r), in each case, (A) made under the Original
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Credit Agreement after the Closing Date and prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, solely to the extent made in reliance on clauses (ii) through (vii) above, and (B) made after the Third Amendment Effective Date and prior to the time, or contemporaneously with, any such Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment or Investment identified in this clause (b).
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement 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 2.14(d).
“Bail-In Action” means, 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” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bank of America” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) under any arrangement that is in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Arranger as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, (b) under any arrangement that is entered into after the Third Amendment Effective Date by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with any counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Arranger at the time such arrangement is entered into or (c) by any other Person that is designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as a Banking Services counterparty and who is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent: commercial credit cards, stored value cards, purchasing cards, treasury management services, netting services, overdraft protections, check drawing services, automated payment services (including depository, overdraft, controlled disbursement, ACH transactions, return items and interstate depository network services), employee credit card programs, cash pooling services and any arrangements or services similar to any of the foregoing and/or otherwise in connection with Cash management and Deposit Accounts.
“Banking Services Obligations” means any and all obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), in connection with Banking Services, in each case, that has been designated to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Borrower as being Banking Services Obligations for the purposes of the Loan Documents, it being understood that each counterparty thereto shall be deemed (A) to appoint the Administrative Agent as its non-fiduciary agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (B) to agree to be bound by the provisions of Article VIII, Section 9.03, Section 9.10, Section 9.11 and the Intercreditor Agreements (and any other applicable Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement) as if it were a Lender.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.).
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“Benchmark” means, initially, USD LIBOR; provided, that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to USD LIBOR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor:
(a) for purposes of Section 2.14(a), the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent after consultation with the Borrower:
(1) the sum of: (i) Term SOFR and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(2) the sum of: (i) the Alternative Benchmark Rate and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or
(3) the sum of: (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, if the then-prevailing market convention or any evolving market convention that the Borrower reasonably expects to become the prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities is not Term SOFR, the Alternative Benchmark Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, at the request of the Borrower, may be used instead; provided that such alternative is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent; and
(b) for purposes of Section 2.14(a)(ii), the sum of (i) the alternate benchmark rate and (ii) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for such Available Tenor of such Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by the Relevant Governmental Body, for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time; provided, that if the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a)(1) or (a)(2) above would be less than 50 bps, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be 50 bps for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, 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:
(1) for purposes of clauses (a)(1) and (a)(3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:
(a) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor;
(b) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction referencing the
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ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor;
provided, (x) with respect to Term SOFR in clause (a)(1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall deemed to be (i) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one (1) month’s duration, (ii) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three (3) months’ duration, (iii) 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Available Tenor of six (6) months’ duration and (iv) 0.71513% (71.513 basis points) for an Available Tenor of twelve-months’ duration and (y) with respect to Daily Simple SOFR in clause (a)(3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment shall deemed to be (i) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points), if the Borrower selects a monthly payment period for the applicable Borrowing or (ii) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) if the Borrower selects a quarterly payment period for the applicable Borrowing, in each case, unless the Relevant Governmental Body has made alternate recommendations for adjustments and such adjustments are displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent and reasonably agreed by the Borrower, and
(2) for purposes of the Alternative Benchmark Rate in clause (a)(2) of the definition of “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 (i) 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 on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date, (ii) the then-prevailing market convention or any evolving market convention that the Borrower reasonably expects to become the 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 U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (iii) whether any such spread adjustment or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree, are appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement that permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with the prevailing market practice for U.S. dollar denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities (or, if (x) the Administrative Agent decides in its reasonable discretion that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or (y) if the Administrative Agent decides, and the Borrower reasonably agrees, that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as (i) in the case of clause (x) above, the Administrative Agent reasonably proposes as administratively feasible and consistent with its administration of similarly situated credit facilities and reasonably agreed by the Borrower or (ii) in the case of clause (y) above, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means, in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is thirty (30) days after the date a Term SOFR Notice is provided to the Lenders and the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14(c).
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“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark other than USD LIBOR, the occurrence of a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the then-current Benchmark, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark, announcing or stating that (a) such administrator has ceased or will cease on a specified date to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark, 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 (b) all Available Tenors of such Benchmark are or will no longer be representative of the underlying market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the U.S.
“BofA Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
“Borrowing” means any Loans of the same Type and Class made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBO Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B or such other form that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that when used in connection with a LIBO Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Calculation Period” means, with respect to Excess Cash Flow, each annual period consisting of a Fiscal Year of the Borrower.
“Canadian Dollars” or “C$” refers to the lawful money of Canada.
“Canadian Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease or finance lease on the balance sheet of that Person (but excluding any operating or non-finance lease regardless of whether the obligations thereunder are included as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person).
“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and
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all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is maintained as a self-insurance subsidiary and is subject to regulation as an insurance company (and any Restricted Subsidiary thereof).
“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any Deposit Account.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (a) readily marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed or insured as to interest and principal by the U.S. government or (ii) issued by any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S., in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (b) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the U.S. or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof or by any foreign government, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Xxxxx’x shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency) and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Xxxxx’x shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency); (d) deposits, money market deposits, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances (or similar instruments) maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any bank organized under, or authorized to operate as a bank under, the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision thereof and that has capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that has (i) substantially all of its assets invested in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above, (ii) net assets of not less than $250,000,000 and (iii) a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Xxxxx’x and (f) solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment such Captive Insurance Subsidiary is not prohibited to make in accordance with applicable law. Cash Equivalents shall also include (x) Investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (f) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parent companies thereof) have the ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (y) other short-term Investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in Investments analogous to the Investments described in clauses (a) through (f) and in this paragraph.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, rule or regulation after the Third Amendment Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, treaty, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Third Amendment Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Third Amendment Effective Date (other than any such request, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date). For purposes of this definition and Section 2.15, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or U.S. or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:
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(a) [reserved];
(b) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), but excluding (i) any employee benefit plan and/or Person acting as the trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator therefor, (ii) one or more Permitted Holders, (iii) any group directly or indirectly controlled by one or more Permitted Holders and (iv) any Qualified Public Company, of Capital Stock representing more than the greater of (A) 40% of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings and (B) the percentage of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Permitted Holders; and
(c) the Borrower ceasing to be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings (or any permitted successor hereunder);
provided that (x) a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to clause (b) above if the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body of Holdings, and (y) the creation of a Parent Company shall not in and of itself cause a Change of Control so long as at the time such Person became a Parent Company, (1) there is no change in the direct or indirect beneficial ownership of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings by the Permitted Holders or (2) no Person and no group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any such group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) (other than one or more Permitted Holders or any group directly or indirectly controlled by one or more Permitted Holders), shall have beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provisions), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more, in the case of clause (b) above, of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of Holdings.
“Charge” means any charge, fee, loss, expense, cost, accrual or reserve of any kind.
“Charged Amounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.
“Class”, when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial Term Loans, Additional Term Loans of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Section 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(i), Additional Revolving Loans of any series established as a separate “class” pursuant to Section 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(ii), (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an Additional Term Commitment of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Section 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(i), an Additional Revolving Commitment of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Section 2.22, 2.23 or 9.02(c)(ii) or a commitment to make any other Commitments under any other Credit Facilities established as a separate “Class” and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of a particular Class. For purposes of this definition, any separate series or tranche shall be treated as a separate “Class” regardless of whether such series or tranche is specifically as a separate “Class”.
“Closing Date” means August 4, 2017.
“CNI Growth Amount” means, at any date of determination, an amount equal to 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing on July 1, 2017, to the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements of the Borrower are available preceding such date; provided, that such cumulative amount shall (a) be determined in good faith by the Borrower and (b) not be less than zero.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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“Collateral” means any and all property of any Loan Party subject (or purported to be subject) to a Lien under any Collateral Document and any and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that is or becomes subject (or purported to be subject) to a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure the Secured Obligations.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, subject to (x) the applicable limitations set forth in this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document and (y) the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section 5.12, the requirement that the Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Loan Party after the Third Amendment Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.12 (including by any Domestic Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary), and each Discretionary Guarantor:
(a) (i) a joinder to the Loan Guaranty in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (ii) a supplement to the Security Agreement in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto, (iii) if such Restricted Subsidiary owns registrations of or applications for U.S. Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights that constitute Collateral, an Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (iv) a completed Perfection Certificate, (v) UCC or the equivalent financing statements in appropriate form for filing in such jurisdictions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (vi) an executed joinder to the Intercreditor Agreements (and any other applicable Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement) in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto; and
(b) each item of Collateral that such Restricted Subsidiary is required to deliver under Section 4.02 of the Security Agreement or under any other Collateral Document required to be entered into pursuant to paragraph (a) above (which, in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be delivered within the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section 5.12 and shall exclude Excluded Assets);
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary,
(A) no control agreements, other control arrangements or perfection by “control” shall be required (except as provided in clauses (y) and (z) below) and no Loan Party shall be required to perfect a security interest in any Collateral, in each case (to the extent applicable), other than perfection by (w) filing of a UCC-1 financing statement, (x) with respect to IP Rights, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, (y) delivery of certificates evidencing Capital Stock and notes and other evidence of indebtedness, in each case, to the extent required to be pledged as Collateral and required to be delivered pursuant to the Security Agreement, and (z) to the extent control agreements have been delivered under the ABL Facility with respect to the ABL US Priority Collateral, second-priority control agreements with respect to the ABL US Priority Collateral (all such control agreements with respect to the ABL US Priority Collateral shall be released and terminated in connection with the Discharge of ABL Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement));
(B) except as expressly provided below in this definition with respect to any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor (i) no action (including any filings or registrations) outside of the United States in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset located outside of the United States (including with respect to intellectual property and equity interests) shall be required and (ii) no security or pledge agreements shall be governed by any other law other than the laws of New York (except the laws of any other U.S. state may govern to the extent necessary to create or perfect a security interest in any portion of the Collateral); and
(C) the Loan Parties shall not be required to take any action to collaterally assign to the Administrative Agent their respective rights under (x) any documentation governing
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permitted acquisition or investment not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement, (y) any representation and warranty insurance policy or (z) any business interruption policy.
With respect to any Collateral that is ABL US Priority Collateral prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), to the extent that the ABL Agent in respect of any ABL Facility secured on a Split Collateral Basis determines that any such property or assets shall not become part of, or shall be excluded from, the collateral under such ABL Facility, or that any delivery, perfection or notice requirement in respect of any such Collateral shall be extended or waived, the Administrative Agent shall automatically be deemed to accept such determination and shall execute any documentation, if applicable, requested by the Borrower in connection therewith, including termination and release documents and extensions and waivers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Borrower elects to cause a Foreign Subsidiary to become a Foreign Discretionary Guarantor pursuant to the definition of “Guarantor”, such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall (i) provide a Loan Guaranty and (ii) grant a perfected lien in favor of the Administrative Agent on substantially all of its assets (other than Excluded Assets) pursuant to arrangements reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, which shall be consistent with the principles of, and be no more onerous and restrictive to such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor, than, the provisions applicable to the Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantors organized in the United States, subject to customary limitations in such jurisdiction as may be reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and nothing in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” or other limitation in this Agreement shall in any way limit or restrict the pledge of assets and property by any such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor or the pledge of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor by any other Loan Party that holds such Capital Stock, in each case, solely by virtue of such Foreign Discretionary Guarantor being a Foreign Subsidiary or otherwise an Excluded Subsidiary.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, (a) the Security Agreement, (b) each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (c) any supplement to any of the foregoing delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (d) each of the other instruments and documents pursuant to which any Loan Party grants a Lien on any Collateral as security for payment of the Secured Obligations.
“Commercial Tort Claim” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, Additional Commitments and any other commitment to provide Loans under a Credit Facility, as applicable, in effect as of such time.
“Commitment Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 1.01(a).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
“Communication” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
“Company Competitor” means (a) any Person that is or becomes (i) a competitor of the Borrower and/or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) an Affiliate of a Person described in clause (a)(i) and, in each case, identified in writing to the Administrative Agent, (b) any reasonably identifiable Affiliate of any person described in clause (a) above (on the basis of such Affiliate’s name) (other than any Debt Fund Affiliate unless the Borrower has a reasonable basis to include such Debt Fund Affiliate as a Company Competitor or Disqualified Institution), and/or (c) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clause (a) or clause (b) above identified by name in a written notice to the Administrative Agent.
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“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, as to any Person for any period, an amount determined in accordance with Section 1.08, for such Person on a consolidated basis equal to the total of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income in any period, other than in respect of clauses (xi), (xiii), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xviii) below or deducted from revenues in net income (or loss) used in calculating Consolidated Net Income) the amounts of:
(i) consolidated total interest expense determined in accordance with GAAP and, to the extent not reflected in such consolidated total interest expense, annual agency fees paid to the administrative agents and collateral agents under any credit facilities, costs associated with obtaining hedging arrangements and breakage costs in respect of hedging arrangements related to interest rates, any expense resulting from the discounting of any indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition, penalties and interest relating to taxes, any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to other securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and discounted liabilities and any other amounts of non-Cash interest, any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or any acquisitions after the Third Amendment Effective Date, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any qualified securitization facility, any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities and any Prepayment premium or penalty, interest expense attributable to a parent company resulting from push-down accounting and any lease, rental or other expense in connection with any lease that is not a capitalized lease, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk (net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations), costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities (whether amortized or immediately expensed), fees and expenses paid to (or for the benefit of) any arranger, any administrative or collateral agent, any lender or any other secured party under the Loan Documents and the ABL Credit Agreement (and any related loan documents) or to (or for the benefit of) any other holder of permitted Indebtedness in connection with its services hereunder (including fees and expenses in connection with any modifications of the Loan Documents), other bank or any other Person in connection with its services as administrative agent or trustee, or similar capacity under any other Indebtedness permitted hereunder and financing fees;
(ii) (A) provision for Taxes during such period (including pursuant to any Tax sharing arrangement or any distributions or other Restricted Payments for the payment of any Tax), including, in each case, arising out of tax examinations, repatriation of amounts from a Foreign Subsidiary and (without duplication) any payment to a Parent Company pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(i) and (iv) in respect of Taxes, and (B) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period;
(iii) depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill, software and other intangible assets);
(iv) any non-cash Charge (provided, that to the extent any such non-cash Charge represents an accrual or reserve for any actual or potential cash items in any future period (including of the type described in clause (vii) below), (A) such Person may elect (in its sole discretion) not to add back such non-cash Charge in the then-current period, in which case, any cash payment in respect thereof in any future period shall be not subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, and (B) to the extent such Person elects (in its sole discretion) to add back such non-cash Charge in the then-current period, any cash payment in respect thereof in any
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subsequent periods shall be subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(v) below);
(v) [reserved];
(vi) Public Company Costs;
(vii) (A) management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees (including termination fees) and indemnities and expenses actually paid or accrued by, or on behalf of, such Person or any of its subsidiaries (1) to the Investors (or their Affiliates or management companies) to the extent permitted under this Agreement or (2) as permitted by Section 6.09(f); (B) the amount of payments made to option holders of any Parent Company in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, including any cash consideration for any repurchase of equity, in each case to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents and (C) the amount of fees, expenses and indemnities paid to directors, including of Holdings or any Parent Company;
(viii) losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any receivables financing permitted under this Agreement;
(ix) any Charges (or net income) attributable to any interest, non-controlling interest and/or minority interest of any third party in any Restricted Subsidiary;
(x) the amount of earnout obligation expense (or similar Charges) incurred in connection with (including adjustments thereto) (A) acquisitions and Investments consummated prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date and (B) any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Agreement, in each case, which is paid or accrued during the applicable period;
(xi) pro forma “run rate” cost savings (including sourcing and supply chain savings), operating expense reductions, operating, revenue and productivity improvements and synergies (net of actual amounts realized) projected by the Borrower in good faith that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of such Person) in connection with (A) the Transactions (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) related to actions that have been taken and (B) any acquisitions, Investments, Dispositions and other Specified Transactions, operating expense reductions, any operating, revenue and productivity improvements, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other actions and initiatives (including new business, customer and contract wins, modification and renegotiation of contracts and other arrangements, pricing adjustments and increases, rebate reductions, supply chain optimization (including consolidating or changing suppliers, supply base reduction and reduction in shipping and freight costs), product and warranty improvements (including lean manufacturing initiatives, design, engineering and automation optimization and discontinuing or replacing products) and other items of the type described in clause (xii) below) projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken (including prior to completion of any such transactions, actions, initiatives or items) or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) within twenty-four (24) months (or, in respect of any pricing increases only, within twelve (12) months) after any such transactions, actions, initiatives or items,; pro forma “run rate” shall be the full benefit associated with any action taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such costs savings, operating expense reductions, operating revenue and productivity improvements and synergies had been fully realized on the first day of the applicable period for the entirety of such period;
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(xii) (A) Charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of operating, revenue and productivity improvements and enhancements, operating expense reductions, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives, transitions, openings and pre-openings, business optimization, restructurings, integration, inventory optimization programs, software development, systems upgrade, closure or consolidation of facilities and properties, curtailments, entry into new markets, strategic initiatives and contracts, consulting fees, signing or retention costs, retention or completion bonuses, expansion and relocation expenses, severance payments, modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature, new systems design and implementation and startup costs, (B) reductions, improvements, enhancements, synergies and initiatives as contemplated in clause (xi) above, and (C) Charges related to legal settlement, fines, judgments or orders, including with respect to warranty claims;
(xiii) to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, proceeds of business interruption insurance in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace (whether or not then received so long as such Person in good faith expects to receive such proceeds within the next four (4) Fiscal Quarters (it being understood that to the extent not actually received within such Fiscal Quarters, such proceeds shall be deducted in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(iv) below));
(xiv) [reserved];
(xv) the amount of (A) any Charge to the extent that a corresponding amount is received in cash by such Person from a Person other than such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person under any agreement providing for reimbursement of such Charge and (B) any Charge with respect to any liability or casualty event, business interruption or any product recall, (1) so long as such Person has submitted in good faith, and reasonably expects to receive payment in connection with, a claim for reimbursement of such amounts under its relevant insurance policy (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next four (4) Fiscal Quarters) or (2) without duplication of amounts included in a prior period under clause (B)(1) above, to the extent such Charge is covered by insurance proceeds received in cash during such period (it being understood that if the amount received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceeds the amount of Charge paid during such period such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against any Charge in any future period);
(xvi) the amount of Cash actually received (or the amount of the benefit of any netting arrangement resulting in reduced Cash Charges) during such period, to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income in any period or related non-Cash gain deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period;
(xvii) the excess of rent expense during such period over actual Cash rent paid over due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes; and
(xviii) Other Agreed Adjustments,
minus (c) to the extent such amounts increase Consolidated Net Income, without duplication:
(i) non-cash gains or income; provided, that to the extent any non-cash gain or income represents an accrual or deferred income in respect of actual potential Cash items in any future period, such Person may elect (in its sole discretion) not to deduct such non-cash gain or income in the then-current period;
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(ii) [reserved];
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) the amount added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(xiii) above in a prior period to the extent the relevant business interruption insurance proceeds were not received within the time period required by such clause and are required to be deducted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(xiii) above;
(v) to the extent that such Person added back the amount of any non-Cash charge to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(iv) above in a prior period, the cash payment in respect thereof in the relevant future period (except as otherwise provided in clause (b)(iv) above); and
(vi) the excess of actual Cash rent paid over rent expense during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes.
“Consolidated First Lien Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.08 (and, if applicable, Section 1.10), at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date (i) under this Agreement, (ii) that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the Collateral (including both ABL Priority Collateral and Term Priority Collateral) on a pari passu or senior basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations and subject to Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (or similar Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement under clause (a) of the definition thereof), (iii) the ABL Facility secured on a Split Collateral Basis (including the ABL Facility as of the Third Amendment Effective Date), and (iv) that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the Collateral (including both ABL Priority Collateral and Term Priority Collateral) on a Split Collateral Basis pari passu with the ABL Facility, subject to an ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis at any date of determination and in accordance with Section 1.08, the sum, without duplication, of (a) consolidated Cash interest of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, (i) including (A) the Cash interest component of Capital Lease obligations and (B) net Cash payments made (less net Cash payments received) pursuant to obligations under permitted hedging arrangements related to interest rates (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 1.08(b)); but (ii) excluding (A) annual agency and trustee fees paid to the administrative and collateral agents and trustees under any credit facilities, indentures or other permitted Indebtedness, (B) costs associated with obtaining hedging arrangements and breakage costs in respect of hedging arrangements related to interest rates, (C) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition, (D) penalties and interest relating to Taxes, (E) any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” with respect to other securities for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (F) amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and discounted liabilities and any other amounts of non-cash interest, (G) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and any other fees related to the Transactions or, after the Third Amendment Effective Date, any other transactions (including acquisitions and Indebtedness), (H) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any qualified securitization facility, (I) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities and any Prepayment premium or penalty (including amendment, tender and consent solicitation fees), (J) interest expense attributable to a parent company resulting from push-down accounting and (K) any lease, rental or other expense in connection with any lease that is not a Capital Lease, net of (b) Cash interest income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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“Consolidated Net Income” means, as to any Person determined in accordance with Section 1.08, on a consolidated basis (the “Subject Person”) for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Subject Person for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded, without duplication:
(a) (i) the income of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Subject Person) in which any other Person (other than the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except that the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments (including any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment) paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by such Person during such period (regardless of whether such payment is in respect of the income of such Person in the current period or any prior period) shall be included in Consolidated Net Income or (ii) the loss of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Subject Person) in which any other Person (other than the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, other than to the extent that the Subject Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has contributed cash or Cash Equivalents to such Person in respect of such loss during such period for the express purpose of funding such losses (but shall exclude any other Investment in such Person);
(b) gains or losses (less all fees and expenses chargeable thereto) attributable to any sales or dispositions of Capital Stock or assets (including asset retirement costs) or of returned surplus assets, in each case, outside of the ordinary course of business;
(c) (i) gains or losses from extraordinary items, any one-time event or item, and nonrecurring or unusual items, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Subject Person, and (ii) any costs of and payments of actual or prospective legal settlements, fines, judgments or orders and all related fees and expenses, including in connection with any acquisitions, Investments and Dispositions;
(d) any unrealized or realized net foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses impacting net income (including currency re-measurements of any Indebtedness); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, realized gains and losses in respect of any Designated Operational FX Hedge shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;
(e) any net gains, Charges or losses with respect to (i) any disposed (other than Dispositions of assets and inventory in the ordinary course of business), abandoned, divested and/or discontinued asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of the Subject Person, any asset, property or operation pending the disposal, abandonment, divestiture and/or termination thereof), (ii) any disposal (other than Dispositions of assets and inventory in the ordinary course of business), abandonment, divestiture and/or discontinuation of any asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of such Subject Person, relating to assets or property held for sale pending the Disposition thereof) and/or (iii) facilities or plants that have been closed during such period or for which Charges and losses were required to be recorded pursuant to GAAP;
(f) (i) any net income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness (and the termination of any associated Hedge Agreements) and (ii) any other losses and expenses incurred in connection with the early termination, refinancing or prepayment of guarantee obligations, operating leases and other similar contractual obligations;
(g) (i) any Charges incurred pursuant to any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any stock subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement, or any similar equity plan or agreement, including any fair value adjustments that may be required under liquidity puts for such arrangements and (ii) any Charges in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by management of any Parent Company,
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the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent that any such Charge is funded with net cash proceeds contributed to relevant Person as a capital contribution or as a result of the sale or issuance of Qualified Capital Stock;
(h) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve (12) months after the Third Amendment Effective Date (or after the closing of any consummated acquisition or Investment) that are required to be established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions (or such acquisition or Investment) in accordance with GAAP or as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies in accordance with GAAP;
(i) any (A) write-off or amortization made in such period of deferred financing costs and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (B) impairment Charges, write-offs or write-downs of any assets and (C) amortization of intangible assets;
(j) (A) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Subject Person and its subsidiaries) in the Subject Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, deferred rent, deferred trade incentives and other lease-related items, advanced xxxxxxxx and debt line items thereof) resulting from the application of recapitalization, accounting or purchase acquisition accounting, as the case may be, in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of Taxes and (B) the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles or policies made in such period in accordance with GAAP which affect Consolidated Net Income (except that, if the Borrower determines in good faith that the cumulative effects thereof are not material to the interests of the Lenders, the effects of any change, adoption or modification of any such principles or policies may be included);
(k) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date on which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person or is merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with such Person’s assets are acquired by such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;
(l) Transaction Costs;
(m) transaction fees and Charges (1) in connection with the consummation of any transaction (or any transaction proposed and not consummated), (2) in connection with any offering of debt or equity securities (or any offering of debt or equity securities proposed and not consummated) and/or (3) that are actually reimbursed or reimbursable by third parties pursuant to indemnification or reimbursement provisions or similar agreements or insurance; provided, that in respect of any fee, cost, expense or reserve that is added back in reliance on clause (3) above, such Person in good faith expects to receive reimbursement for such fee, cost, expense or reserve within the next four (4) Fiscal Quarters;
(n) (i) unrealized net losses and gains under Hedge Agreements and/or other derivative instrument (regardless of whether pursuant to FASB ASC No. 815 – Derivatives and Hedging) and (ii) any net loss (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness (and the termination of any associated hedging arrangements);
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(o) any costs or expenses incurred during such period relating to environmental remediation, litigation, or other disputes in respect of events and exposures that occurred prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date; and
(p) any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to such items.
“Consolidated Secured Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis, at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the Collateral.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.08, at any date of determination, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the applicable Person at such date.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 1.08, at any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness for borrowed money (which shall be deemed to include LC Disbursements (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement or any similar term under any revolving credit facility) that have not been reimbursed within the time periods required by the ABL Credit Agreement or such ABL Facility, after giving effect to any grace and cure periods) and the outstanding principal balance of all Indebtedness with respect to purchase money Indebtedness, in each case, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) all leases (including any Capital Leases), letter of credit (including all undrawn letters of credit), bank guarantees or similar obligations and performance, surety or similar bonds, (ii) any intercompany Indebtedness eliminated in accordance with GAAP during consolidation and (iii) any such Indebtedness for which such Person has irrevocably deposited in trust or escrow the necessary funds (including Cash and Cash Equivalents) for the payment, redemption or satisfaction of Indebtedness), minus, (b) the aggregate amount of (i) unrestricted Cash (including all principal Cash held in dedicated accounts for the deposit of payments by customers and disbursements to be made in connection with services performed for customers) and Cash Equivalents of such Person in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (ii) Cash and Cash Equivalents restricted in favor of the Credit Facilities and the ABL Facility (which may also include Cash and Cash Equivalents securing other Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral along with the Credit Facilities and the ABL Facility).
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, with respect to the Borrower, as at any date of determination, the excess of Current Assets over Current Liabilities, in each case, as determined in accordance with Section 1.08.
“Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment” means, with respect to the Borrower, for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the effect of reclassification during such period between current assets and long term assets and current liabilities and long term liabilities (with a corresponding restatement of the prior period to give effect to such reclassification), (b) the effect of any Disposition of any Person, facility or line of business or acquisition of any Person, facility or line of business during such period, (c) the effect of any fluctuations in the amount of accrued and contingent obligations under any Hedge Agreement, and (d) the application of purchase or recapitalization accounting; provided, that if the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment increases Excess Cash Flow by more than $10,000,000 in any fiscal year in which any circumstance disrupted a markets, businesses and operations in a material manner on a nationwide or global basis (e.g., the
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COVID-19 global pandemic), at the Borrower’s sole option, any increase in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow by more than $10,000,000 in such fiscal year due to the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment shall be excluded from such calculation.
“Contract Consideration” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
“Contribution Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(r).
“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.
“Copyright” means the following: (a) all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright whether published or unpublished, copyright registrations and copyright applications; (b) all renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements for any of the foregoing; (d) the right to xxx for past, present, and future infringements of any of the foregoing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
“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 Facilities” means the Term Facility, together with any Additional Revolving Facility, Additional Term Facility and any other facility created or established under this Agreement.
“Credit Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“Current Assets” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis, at any date of determination, consolidated current assets as would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, without duplication, (a) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (b) the current portion of current and deferred Taxes (including amounts required to be distributed pursuant to any Tax sharing arrangement or any distributions or other Restricted Payments for the payment of such Taxes), (c) permitted loans made to third parties, (d) assets held for sale, (e) pension assets, (f) deferred bank fees and (g) derivative financial instruments.
“Current Liabilities” means, as to any Person determined on a consolidated basis, at any date of determination, the consolidated current liabilities as would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any long-term Indebtedness, (b) outstanding revolving loans and letter of credit exposure (whether under this Agreement or otherwise), (c) the Consolidated Interest Expense, (d) the current portion of any Capital Lease, (e) the current portion of current and deferred Taxes (including amounts required to be distributed pursuant to any Tax sharing arrangement or any distributions or other Restricted Payments for the payment of such Taxes), (f) liabilities in respect of unpaid earn-outs, (g) the current portion of any other long-term liabilities, (h) accruals relating to restructuring reserves, (i) liabilities in respect of funds of third parties on deposit with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (j) any liabilities recorded in connection with stock-based awards, partnership interest-based awards, awards of profits interests, deferred compensation awards and similar incentive based compensation awards or arrangements.
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“Daily Simple SOFR” means, with respect to any applicable determination date means the secured overnight financing rate published on such date by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source).
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means, with respect to any Disqualified Institution, any bona fide debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated lending entity (in each case, other than any person that would otherwise be a Disqualified Institution) that is (i) primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business, (ii) managed, sponsored or advised by any Person that is Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Disqualified Institution or Affiliate thereof, but only to the extent that no personnel associated or involved with the investment in (or management, control or operation of), such Disqualified Institution or such Affiliate thereof (A) makes (or has the right to make or participate with others in making) investment decisions on behalf of, or otherwise cause the direction of the investment policies of, such debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated bank entity or unregulated entity or (B) has access, directly or indirectly (including through such Disqualified Institution or any of its Affiliates), to any information (other than information that is publicly available) relating to any Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower and/or any of their respective subsidiaries and/or of their respective businesses and (iii) with respect to any other entity, any Affiliate of the Sponsors (other than a natural person, Holdings, the Borrower or their respective subsidiaries) 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, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and whose managers have fiduciary duties to the investors thereof that are independent of (or in addition to) their duties to Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Sponsor (or any investor thereof).
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the U.S., and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, general assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the U.S. or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(v).
“Default” means any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that has (a) defaulted in its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, to make a Loan within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be made by it hereunder, (b) notified the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party in writing that it does not intend to satisfy any such obligation or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under agreements in which it commits to extend credit generally, (c) failed, within two (2) Business Days after the request of Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent if received prior to the applicable funding date, (d) become (or any parent company thereof has become) (i) insolvent or been determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets, to be insolvent, or the assets or management of which has been taken over by any Governmental Authority or (ii) the subject of a Bail-In Action, (e) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent
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to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, unless in the case of any Lender subject to this clause (e), the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall each have determined that such Lender intends, and has all approvals required to enable it (in form and substance satisfactory to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent), to continue to perform its obligations as a Lender hereunder or (f) failed to return any amounts to the Administrative Agent (or its Affiliates) within one (1) Business Day after receipt of a notice from the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VIII; provided that no Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Capital Stock in such Lender or its parent by any Governmental Authority; provided, further, that, such action does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the U.S. 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 contract or agreement to which such Lender is a party.
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Derivative Transaction” means (a) any interest-rate transaction, including any interest-rate swap, basis swap, forward rate agreement, interest rate option (including a cap, collar or floor), and any other instrument linked to interest rates that gives rise to similar credit risks (including when-issued securities and forward deposits accepted), (b) any exchange-rate transaction, including any cross-currency interest-rate swap, any forward foreign-exchange contract, any currency option, and any other instrument linked to exchange rates that gives rise to similar credit risks, (c) any equity derivative transaction, including any equity-linked swap, any equity-linked option, any forward equity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to equities that gives rise to similar credit risk and (d) any commodity (including precious metal) derivative transaction, including any commodity-linked swap, any commodity-linked option, any forward commodity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to commodities that gives rise to similar credit risks; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants of the Borrower or its subsidiaries shall be a Derivative Transaction.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-Cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition pursuant to Section 6.07(h) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the amount of Cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to Cash or Cash Equivalents).
“Designated Operational FX Hedge” means any Hedge Agreement entered into for the purpose of hedging currency-related risks in respect of the revenues, cash flows or other balance sheet items of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiaries and designated at the time entered into (or on or prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into on or prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date) as a Designated Operational FX Hedge by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent.
“Discount Range” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Discretionary Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Guarantor”.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, lease, sublease, or other disposition of any property of any Person.
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“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such redemption is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), (b) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case at any time on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued, (c) contains any mandatory repurchase obligation or any other repurchase obligation at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, which may come into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such repurchase obligation is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) or (d) requires scheduled payments of dividends in Cash on or prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued; provided that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Capital Stock is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of any change in control, offering of debt or equity securities or any Disposition occurring prior to ninety-one (91) days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if (x) such Capital Stock provides that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Termination Date or (y) such redemption is subject to events that would cause the Termination Date to occur.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (A) if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants or by any such plan to such directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, in each case in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the issuer thereof in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations, and (B) no Capital Stock held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager, member of management or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Borrower (or any Parent Company or any subsidiary) shall be considered Disqualified Capital Stock because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option, stock appreciation right or other stock award agreement, stock ownership plan, put agreement, stockholder agreement or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.
“Disqualified Institution” means:
(a) (i) any Person that is identified in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date (or if identified after the Third Amendment Effective Date the disqualification of such person is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (ii) any reasonably identifiable Affiliate of any Person described in clause (i) above (on the basis of such Affiliate’s name) and (iii) any other Affiliate of any Person described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) above that is identified by name in a written notice to the Administrative Agent after the Third Amendment Effective Date;
(b) any Company Competitor (it being understood and agreed that no Debt Fund Affiliate of any Company Competitor may be designated as a Disqualified Institution pursuant to this clause (b) unless the Borrower has a reasonable basis for such designation); and/or
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(c) any Affiliate of any Initial Committed Lender (other than Bank of America) that is engaged as a principal primarily in private equity, mezzanine financing or venture capital; provided, that no written notice delivered pursuant to clauses (a)(i), (a)(iii) above or clauses (a) and/or (c) of the definition of “Company Competitor” shall apply retroactively to disqualify any person that has previously acquired a valid assignment or participation interest in the Term Loans.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the U.S.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia.
“Dutch Auction” means an auction (an “Auction”) conducted by Holdings, the Borrower, any subsidiary of the Borrower, any Affiliated Lender or any Debt Fund Affiliate (any such Person, the “Auction Party”) in order to purchase Initial Term Loans (or any other Term Loans), in accordance with the following procedures; provided that no Auction Party shall initiate an Auction unless (I) at least five (5) Business Days have passed since the consummation of the most recent purchase of Term Loans pursuant to an Auction conducted hereunder; or (II) at least three (3) Business Days have passed since the date of the last Failed Auction which was withdrawn pursuant to clause (c)(i) below:
(a) Notice Procedures. In connection with any Auction, the Auction Party will provide notification to the Auction Agent (for distribution to the relevant Lenders) of the Term Loans that will be the subject of the Auction (an “Auction Notice”). Each Auction Notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent and shall (i) specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans subject to the Auction, in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 and whole increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, in any case, such lesser amount of such Term Loans then outstanding or which is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent and the Administrative Agent (if different from the Auction Agent)) (the “Auction Amount”), (ii) specify the discount to par (which may be a range (the “Discount Range”) of percentages of the par principal amount of the Term Loans subject to such Auction), that represents the range of purchase prices that the Auction Party would be willing to accept in the Auction, (iii) be extended, at the sole discretion of the Auction Party, to (x) each Lender and/or (y) each Lender with respect to any Term Loan on an individual Class basis, (iv) remain outstanding through the Auction Response Date and (v) at the option of the Auction Party, be subject to one of more conditions or contingencies. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each appropriate Lender with a copy of the Auction Notice and a form of the Return Bid to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date specified in the Auction Notice (or such later date as the Auction Party may agree with the reasonable consent of the Auction Agent) (the “Auction Response Date”).
(b) Reply Procedures. In connection with any Auction, each Lender holding the relevant Term Loans subject to such Auction may, in its sole discretion, participate in such Auction and may provide the Auction Agent with a notice of participation (the “Return Bid”) which shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent, and shall specify (i) a discount to par (that must be expressed as a price at which it is willing to sell all or any portion of such Term Loans) (the “Reply Price”), which (when expressed as a percentage of the par principal amount of such Term Loans) must be within the Discount Range, and (ii) a principal amount of such Term Loans, which must be in whole increments of $1,000,000 (or, in any case, such lesser amount of such Term Loans of such Lender then outstanding or which is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent) (the “Reply Amount”). Lenders may only submit one Return Bid per Auction, but each Return Bid may contain up to three bids only one of which may result in a Qualifying Bid. In addition to the Return Bid, the participating Lender must execute and deliver, to be held in escrow by the Auction Agent, an Assignment and Assumption with the dollar amount of the Term Loans to be assigned to be left in blank, which amount shall be completed by the Auction Agent in accordance with the final determination of such Lender’s Qualifying Bid pursuant to clause (c) below. Any Lender whose Return Bid is not received by
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the Auction Agent by the Auction Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to participate in the relevant Auction with respect to all of its Term Loans.
(c) Acceptance Procedures. Based on the Reply Prices and Reply Amounts received by the Auction Agent prior to the applicable Auction Response Date, the Auction Agent, in consultation with the Auction Party, will determine the applicable price (the “Applicable Price”) for the Auction, which will be the lowest Reply Price for which the Auction Party can complete the Auction at the Auction Amount; provided that, in the event that the Reply Amounts are insufficient to allow the Auction Party to complete a purchase of the entire Auction Amount (any such Auction, a “Failed Auction”), the Auction Party shall either, at its election, (i) withdraw the Auction or (ii) complete the Auction at an Applicable Price equal to the highest Reply Price. The Auction Party shall purchase the relevant Term Loans (or the respective portions thereof) from each Lender with a Reply Price that is equal to or lower than the Applicable Price (“Qualifying Bids”) at the Applicable Price; provided, further, that if the aggregate proceeds required to purchase all Term Loans subject to Qualifying Bids would exceed the Auction Amount for such Auction, the Auction Party shall purchase such Term Loans at the Applicable Price ratably based on the principal amounts of such Qualifying Bids (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Auction Agent in its discretion). If a Lender has submitted a Return Bid containing multiple bids at different Reply Prices, only the bid with the lowest Reply Price that is equal to or less than the Applicable Price will be deemed to be the Qualifying Bid of such Lender (e.g., a Reply Price of $100 with a discount to par of 1%, when compared to an Applicable Price of $100 with a 2% discount to par, will not be deemed to be a Qualifying Bid, while, however, a Reply Price of $100 with a discount to par of 2.50% would be deemed to be a Qualifying Bid). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within five (5) Business Days following the Auction Response Date with respect to an Auction, notify (I) the Borrower of the respective Lenders’ responses to such solicitation, the effective date of the purchase of Term Loans pursuant to such Auction, the Applicable Price, and the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans and the Classes thereof to be purchased pursuant to such Auction, (II) each participating Lender of the effective date of the purchase of Term Loans pursuant to such Auction, the Applicable Price, and the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of Term Loans to be purchased at the Applicable Price on such date, (III) each participating Lender of the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of the Term Loans of such Lender to be purchased at the Applicable Price on such date and (IV) if applicable, each participating Lender of any rounding and/or proration pursuant to the second preceding sentence. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Borrower and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error.
(d) Additional Procedures.
(i) Once initiated by an Auction Notice, the Auction Party may not withdraw an Auction other than a Failed Auction or one or more conditions or contingencies have not been satisfied (or waived by the Auction Party). Furthermore, in connection with any Auction, upon submission by a Lender of a Qualifying Bid, such Lender (each, a “Qualifying Lender”) will be obligated to sell the entirety or its allocable portion of the Reply Amount, as the case may be, at the Applicable Price.
(ii) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each purchase of Term Loans pursuant to an Auction shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent with the provisions in this definition, established by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by the Borrower.
(iii) In connection with any Auction, the Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may require one or more conditions or contingencies to any Auction, including the payment of customary fees and expenses by the Auction Party in connection therewith as agreed between the Auction Party and the Auction Agent.
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(iv) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, for purposes of this definition, each notice or other communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon the Auction Agent’s (or its delegate’s) actual receipt during normal business hours of such notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as of the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(v) The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this definition by itself or through any Affiliate of the Auction Agent and expressly consent to any such delegation of duties by the Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in connection with any purchase of Term Loans provided for in this definition as well as activities of the Auction Agent.
“Early Opt-in Effective Date” means, with respect to any Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
“Early Opt-in Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the occurrence of a joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to trigger a fallback from USD LIBOR or a Benchmark Replacement and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders.
“ECF Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(i).
“EEA Financial Institution” means, (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means, any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having authority to exercise any Write-Down and Conversion Powers.
“Electronic Copy” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.07(b).
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) any Lender, (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, or finance company, financial institution, any fund that invests in loans or any other “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act), (c) any Affiliate of any Lender, (d) any Approved Fund of any Lender or (e) to the extent permitted under Section 9.05(g) and/or 9.05(h), any Affiliated Lender or any Debt Fund Affiliate; provided that in any event, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) any natural person, (ii) any Disqualified Institution or (iii) except as permitted under Section 9.05(g) and/or 9.05(h), the Borrower or any of its Affiliates.
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“Engagement Letter” means that certain Engagement Letter, dated as of May 6, 2021, by and among Bank of America, BofA Securities, Nomura and the Borrower
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to the Environment.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future applicable foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other applicable requirements of Governmental Authorities and the common law relating to (a) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; or (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, in any manner applicable to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Facility.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code of which that Person is a member; and (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code of which that Person is a member.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the 30-day notice period has been waived); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan, or the filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or a failure to make a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal by the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) of the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Multiemployer Plan, or the receipt by the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA or is in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the
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Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (h) a failure by the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA; (i) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at-risk” status, within the meaning of Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA; or (j) the incurrence of liability or the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 436 or 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Euro” or “€” means the single currency unit of the Participating Member State.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any Calculation Period, determined in accordance with Section 1.08, an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such Calculation Period of the following:
(i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Calculation Period, plus
(ii) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment for such Calculation Period, plus
(iii) cash gains of the type described in clauses (b), (c), and (d) (to the extent actually realized) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” during such Calculation Period, to the extent excluded in the calculation of “Consolidated Net Income” (except to the extent such gains consist of proceeds that are subject to (or required to be subject to) Section 2.11(b)(ii) regardless of whether such proceeds are less than the Subject Proceeds and regardless of the Asset Sale Prepayment Percentage then in effect), plus
(iv) to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Calculation Period, cash payments received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in a prior Calculation Period pursuant to clause (b)(vii) below, minus
(b) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such Calculation Period of the following:
(i) permanent repayments (including Prepayments) of long-term Indebtedness, including for purposes of clarity, the current portion of any such Indebtedness (including (x) payments under Sections 2.10(a) or (b) and (y) mandatory prepayments of Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans to the extent (and only to the extent) made with the Net Proceeds of a Prepayment Asset Sale or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase, but excluding the amount of all deductions and reductions to the amount of Prepayments pursuant to clause (C) of Section 2.11(b)(i), unless otherwise elected by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.11(b)(i)); plus
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) (A) amounts added back pursuant to clauses (b)(vi), (b)(viii), (b)(ix), (b)(xi), (b)(xii), (b)(xiii), (b)(xv), and (b)(xviii) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”, (B) amounts added back pursuant to clauses (b)(i), (b)(ii), (b)(vii), (b)(x) (to the extent actually paid in such period) and (b)(xii) of the definition of
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“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”, to the extent paid in Cash, and (C) amounts added back in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or included in Consolidated Net Income, to the extent consisting of non-Cash or unrealized items; plus
(iv) [reserved];
(v) [reserved];
(vi) (A) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments elected by the Borrower to be deducted from Excess Cash Flow pursuant to clause (F) of Section 2.11(b)(i) and Restricted Payments otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders, in each case to the extent actually paid in Cash during such Calculation Period, or, at the option of the Borrower, made after such Calculation Period and prior to the date of the applicable Excess Cash Flow payment, except, in each case, to the extent financed with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, and (B) to the extent paid in Cash, amounts paid with respect to the Transactions (including under Section 6.04(a)(vii)) after the Third Amendment Effective Date, to satisfy any payment obligations owing under the Engagement Letter and amounts required to be paid in connection with, or as a result, of any working capital and purchase price adjustments; plus
(vii) [reserved];
(viii) an amount equal to all expenses, charges, losses and other Charges either (A) excluded in calculating Consolidated Net Income or (B) added back in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in the case of clauses (A) and (B), to the extent paid in Cash, plus
(ix) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in respect of any prior Calculation Period or amounts of all deductions and reductions to the amount of mandatory prepayments pursuant to clauses (D) or (E) of Section 2.11(b)(i), at the option of the Borrower, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in Cash by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such Calculation Period relating to capital expenditures, acquisitions or Investments permitted by Section 6.06 (other than Investments in (x) Cash and Cash Equivalents and (y) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.04(a) (other than pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(iii)) to be consummated or made during the period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower following the end of such Calculation Period (except, in each case, to the extent financed with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness); provided that to the extent the aggregate amount actually utilized to finance such capital expenditures, acquisitions or Investments during such subsequent period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of the resulting shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such subsequent period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters, plus
(x) to the extent not expensed (or exceeding the amount expensed) during such Calculation Period or not deducted (or exceeding the amount deducted) in calculating Consolidated Net Income (or exceeding the amount added back in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or exceeding the amount thereof deducted in this definitions), the aggregate amount of losses, expenditures, fees, costs, expenses, taxes, payments and other Charges paid in Cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Calculation Period, other than to the extent financed with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, plus
(xi) Cash payments (without duplication of Taxes subject to clauses (iii) and (vi) above) made during such Calculation Period with respect to non-cash Charges that were added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or excluded under Consolidated Net
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Income in a prior Calculation Period (provided there was no other deduction to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or exclusion under Consolidated Net Income related to such payment), except to the extent financed with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, plus
(xii) Cash expenditures made in respect of any Hedge Agreement during such Calculation Period to the extent (A) not otherwise deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and (B) not financed with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, plus
(xiii) amounts paid in Cash (except to the extent financed with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness) during such Calculation Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-Cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in a prior Calculation Period and (B) reserves or amounts established in purchase accounting to the extent such reserves or amounts are added back to, or not deducted from, Consolidated Net Income, plus
(xiv) cash payments made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Calculation Period in respect of long-term liabilities (other than in respect of Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, which is governed by clause (b)(i) above), including for purposes of clarity, the current portion of any such liabilities of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent such cash payments were (A) deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Calculation Period or (B) financed with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, plus
(xv) an amount equal to any non-cash credit or income included in Consolidated Net Income and any non-cash Charges added back to Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Excluded Assets” means each of the following:
(a) any assets (including any lease, licenses or agreement) subject to a purchase money security interest, capital lease or similar arrangement permitted by this Agreement as to which the grant of a security interest therein would (i) constitute a violation of a restriction in favor of a third party (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries) or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right of the relevant Loan Party, or (ii) result in a breach, termination (or a right of termination) or default under such contract, instrument, lease, license, agreement or other document (including pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision); provided, however, that any such asset will only constitute an Excluded Asset under clause (i) or clause (ii) above to the extent such violation or breach, termination (or right of termination) or default would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law; provided further that any such asset shall cease to constitute an Excluded Asset at such time as the condition causing such violation, breach, termination (or right of termination) or default or right to amend or require other actions no longer exists and to the extent severable, the security interest granted under the applicable Collateral Document shall attach immediately to any portion of such contract, instrument, lease, license, agreement or document that does not result in any of the consequences specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(b) the Capital Stock of any (i) Immaterial Subsidiary, (ii) Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiary (except to the extent the security interest in such Capital Stock may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1 (or similar) financing statement), (iv) not-for-profit subsidiary, (v) special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization facility, (vi) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and is not permitted to be
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pledged pursuant to such entity’s organizational documents without (A) the consent of one or more unaffiliated third parties other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law) or (B) giving rise to a “right of first refusal”, a “right of first offer” or a similar right that may be exercised by any third party other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries, (vii) any subsidiary that is prohibited from having its stock pledged by (A) any law or regulation or would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval or authorization, or (B) any Contractual Obligation that exists on the Third Amendment Effective Date or at the same time such subsidiary becomes a subsidiary of the Borrower and not entered into in contemplation of such subsidiary becoming a subsidiary of the Borrower, (viii) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Third Amendment Effective Date that, at the time of the relevant acquisition (and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition), is an obligor in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be assumed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent (and for so long as) the documentation governing the applicable assumed Indebtedness prohibits the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary from being pledged, and (ix) any person that is not (A) the Borrower or (B) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a direct, first tier subsidiary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(c) any IP Rights in any non-U.S. jurisdictions and any intent-to-use Trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or an “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, only to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use Trademark application or any registration issuing therefrom under applicable law;
(d) any asset (including governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters, authorizations and agreements), the grant or perfection of a security interest in which would (i) be prohibited or restricted by applicable law (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC and other applicable laws), (ii) require any governmental consent, approval, license or authorization that has not been obtained (after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC and other applicable laws), (iii) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of applicable Requirements of Law, except, in the case of this clause (iii), to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, or (iv) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts governing such asset in existence on the Third Amendment Effective Date or on the date of acquisition of the relevant asset (and in each case not entered into in anticipation of the Third Amendment Effective Date or such acquisition and except, in each case, to the extent that term in such contract providing for such prohibition purports to prohibit the granting of a security interest over all assets of such Loan Party or any other Loan Party) other than to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective under the UCC or other applicable law;
(e) (i) any leasehold Real Estate Asset and (ii) any owned Real Estate Asset;
(f) any leasehold interests in any other asset or property (except to the extent the security interest in such leasehold interest may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1 financing statement);
(g) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(h) any Margin Stock;
(i) the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or any Foreign Subsidiary Holdco, other than 65% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a direct, first-tier Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor and owned by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor;
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(j) (i) Commercial Tort Claims with a value (as reasonably estimated by the Borrower) of less than $20,000,000 (except as to which perfection of the security interest in such Commercial Tort Claims is accomplished by the filing of a Form UCC-1 financing statement covering “all-assets” (or similar language)) and (ii) Letter-of-Credit Rights (except to the extent constituting a supporting obligation for other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest in such Letter-of-Credit Rights may be perfected by the filing of a Form UCC-1 financing statement covering “all-assets” (or similar language));
(k) except to the extent constituting ABL US Priority Collateral and subject to clause (A)(z) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”, any (i) Cash or Cash Equivalents (other than Cash and Cash Equivalents to the extent constituting proceeds with respect to Collateral), and (ii) deposit, securities and similar accounts (including securities entitlements), payroll and other employee wage and benefit accounts, tax accounts (including, without limitation, sales tax accounts) and any tax benefits, escrow accounts, fiduciary or trust accounts for the benefit of third parties and any funds and other property held in or maintained in any such accounts;
(l) any accounts receivable and related assets that are sold or disposed of in connection with any factoring or similar arrangement permitted by this Agreement;
(m) any asset or property (including the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary), the grant or perfection of a security interest in which would result in material adverse tax liabilities or consequences to any Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including with respect to any tax distribution paid or payable to any Parent Company), as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent;
(n) any asset with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have reasonably determined that the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence (including any effect on the ability of the relevant Loan Party to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course of business) of obtaining or perfecting a security interest therein outweighs the benefit of a security interest to the relevant Secured Parties afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Borrower;
(o) the ABL Canadian Collateral and ABL European Collateral; and
(p) any property or assets that would otherwise constitute ABL Priority Collateral, to the extent that the ABL Agent in respect of any ABL Facility secured on a Split Collateral Basis determines that any such property or assets shall not become part of, or shall be excluded from, the Collateral under the ABL Facility (other than in connection with the Discharge of ABL Obligations (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement));
provided that, Excluded Assets shall not include any proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets referred to in clauses (a) through (p) (unless such proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute “Excluded Assets” referred to in clauses (a) through (p)).
“Excluded Subsidiary” means:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(b) any Immaterial Subsidiary;
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(c) any Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited from providing a Guarantee by (i) law or regulation or whose provision of a Guarantee would require a governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization in order to provide a Guarantee or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on the Third Amendment Effective Date or at the time such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a subsidiary (which Contractual Obligation was not entered into in contemplation of such Restricted Subsidiary becoming a subsidiary) from providing a Loan Guaranty;
(d) any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Borrower that is (i) a not-for-profit subsidiary, (ii) a Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (iii) a special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization or receivables facility or financing, (iv) a Foreign Subsidiary or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (v) a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco, or (vi) an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(e) any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent), the burden or cost of providing a Loan Guaranty outweighs the benefits afforded thereby;
(f) solely in the case of any obligation under any Secured Hedging Obligations that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, any subsidiary of Holdings that is not an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined under the Commodity Exchange Act (after giving effect to any applicable customary “keepwell” provision under the Loan Guaranty);
(g) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Third Amendment Effective Date that, at the time of the relevant acquisition (and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition), is an obligor in respect of assumed Indebtedness that is permitted hereunder to the extent (and for so long as) the documentation governing the applicable assumed Indebtedness prohibits such Restricted Subsidiary from providing a Loan Guaranty;
(h) any subsidiary of the Borrower where the provision of a Loan Guaranty would result in material adverse tax consequences to any Parent Company, Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent; and
(i) any subsidiary as reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Loan Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Loan Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation 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 Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving effect to Section 3.20 of the Loan Guaranty and any other “keepwell,” support or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor) at the time the Loan Guaranty 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 Loan Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income
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(however denominated) and franchise Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed under Section 884(a) of the Code or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a), (c) in the case of any Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment that are (or would be) required to be withheld pursuant to a Requirement of Law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except (i) pursuant to an assignment or designation of a new lending office under Section 2.19 and (ii) to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from any Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.17, (d) any Tax imposed as a result of a failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with Section 2.17(f), (e) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA and (f) U.S. backup withholding taxes.
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
“Extended Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
“Extended Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(ii).
“Extended Term Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(iii).
“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a)(iii).
“Extension” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
“Extension Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).
“Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or, except with respect to Articles V and VI, hereof owned, leased, operated or used by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Failed Auction” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any property, assets (including Capital Stock and Indebtedness) or obligations, the fair market value thereof as reasonably determined by the Borrower (after taking into account, with respect to property and assets, any liabilities with respect thereto that impact such fair market value).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreement between the U.S. and any other jurisdiction that facilitates the implementation of such Sections of the Code and any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction relating to any such intergovernmental agreement.
“FCA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“FCPA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(b).
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“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” means (a) that certain Fee Letter, dated as of May 6, 2021, between Bank of America and the Borrower, (b) that certain Fee Letter, dated as of May 6, 2021, between Nomura and the Borrower and (c) any other fee letter with respect to the Credit Facilities in effect on or after the Third Amendment Effective Date.
“First Lien Leverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of the Test Period then most recently ended to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“First Priority Secured Obligations” means the Secured Obligations in respect of the Initial Term Loans and any other Credit Facilities secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans (as incurred and secured on the Third Amendment Effective Date).
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 31 of each calendar year unless otherwise permitted by Section 6.13.
“Fixed Basket” means any category or subcategory of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on a fixed Dollar amount and/or percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets as of any date of determination (including in Article VI and the Fixed Incremental Amount and clause (b) or any sub-clause therein of the definition of “Incremental Cap”) or that is not otherwise an Incurrence-Based Basket.
“Fixed Incremental Amount” means an amount equal to (a) the greater of $335,000,000 and an amount equal to 100% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters for which financial statements are internally available, minus (b) to the extent issued and/or incurred under this Fixed Incremental Amount, the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt, plus (c) the aggregate amount of voluntary Prepayments of indebtedness referred to in clause (b) above and any Replacement Term Loans, Replacement Revolving Facility and Replacement Notes in respect thereof (with, in the case of any revolving facility, a corresponding reduction in commitments) to the extent such Prepayments were not funded with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, plus (d) any amounts reallocated to the Fixed Incremental Amount from Section 6.01(u).
“floor” means the benchmark rate floor applicable to each Facility, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to USD LIBOR.
“Foreign Discretionary Guarantor” means a Discretionary Guarantor that is organized in a jurisdiction outside of the United States.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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“Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” means a direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that (i) has no material assets other than the capital stock and, if applicable, indebtedness of one or more subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries or other Foreign Subsidiary Holdcos or (ii) is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and owns capital stock of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries or other Foreign Subsidiary Holdcos.
“Funding Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(f).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. in effect and applicable to the accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is made, subject to Section 1.04(a); provided, that, unless the Borrower elects otherwise or exercises its rights under Section 1.04(a), the accounting for operating leases and capital leases under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, Accounting Standards Codification 840) shall apply for the purposes of determining compliance with the provisions of this Agreement (including the definition of Capital Lease, Consolidated Total Debt and Indebtedness), as applied by the Borrower in good faith.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state or locality of the U.S., the U.S. or a foreign government or any other political subdivision thereof, including central banks and supra national bodies.
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(e).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (as used in this definition, the “Guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person (the “Primary Obligor”) in any manner and including any obligation of the Guarantor (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment thereof, (c) 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 other monetary obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or monetary obligation, (e) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (f) secured by any Lien on any assets of such Guarantor securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation is assumed by such Guarantor (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition, Disposition or other transaction permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.
“Guarantor” means Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Discretionary Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion (but subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
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delayed), to cause one or more Restricted Subsidiaries that are Excluded Subsidiaries or, without limiting the obligation of Holdings and the Borrower to at all times be a Guarantor, one or more specified Parent Companies to become a Guarantor (any such person, a “Discretionary Guarantor”) by causing such Person to execute a joinder to the Loan Guaranty (in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto) and to satisfy the requirements of Section 5.12, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the Perfection Requirements (as if such Person was a newly formed Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary but without regard to the time periods specified therein, provided that such entity shall not be deemed a Guarantor or Discretionary Guarantor until such entity has complied with such requirements); provided, that (i) in the case of any Foreign Discretionary Guarantor, the jurisdiction of such person is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that Canada shall be deemed to be a jurisdiction that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) Administrative Agent shall have received at least two (2) Business Days prior to such Person becoming a Guarantor all documentation and other information in respect of such person required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including the USA Patriot Act); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Parent Company that becomes a Discretionary Guarantor shall be required to grant (but may grant at the Borrower’s election) any Liens or provide any Collateral or other security for its obligations. Any such Discretionary Guarantor shall be treated as and shall be subject to all provisions applicable to Loan Parties and Guarantors and shall not otherwise be treated as or subject to the provisions applicable to Excluded Subsidiaries on the basis for which such Person constituted an Excluded Subsidiary at the time of such designation; provided that no Parent Company that is a Discretionary Guarantor shall be treated as a Loan Party or Guarantor for purposes of Article VI or any exceptions, thresholds or baskets applicable to or available to any Person on the basis that such Parent Company is a Loan Party or Guarantor for so long as such Parent Company has not granted any Liens or provided any Collateral or other security for its obligations and otherwise complied with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and Perfection Requirements (as if such Person was a newly formed Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary but without regard to the time periods specified therein).
“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, substance or waste, or any constituent thereof, which is prohibited, defined, listed or regulated as “toxic”, “hazardous” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant” or words of similar meaning or effect by any Environmental Law, including asbestos and asbestos-related material.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Material, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Material, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any Derivative Transaction between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any other Person.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreement.
“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement, together with any successors and assignees permitted hereunder.
“IBA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002, as in effect from time to time (subject to the provisions of Section 1.04), to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that has been designated by the Borrower as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” for purposes of this Agreement, provided that the Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Adjusted
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EBITDA (as so determined) of all such designated Immaterial Subsidiaries that would otherwise be required to be Subsidiary Guarantors shall not exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and 5.0% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the relevant Test Period.
“Immediate Family Member” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, former domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals, such individual’s estate (or an executor or administrator acting on its behalf), heirs or legatees or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Incremental Cap” means:
(a) the Fixed Incremental Amount; plus
(b) the aggregate amount of voluntary Prepayments of (i) the Term Loans and any other Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement (to the extent consisting of revolving credit Indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction of the commitments in respect thereof), (ii) any Incremental Term Facilities, Incremental Equivalent Debt, and other Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the Collateral on a pari passu or senior basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations and any permanent reduction of the ABL Facility and any other revolving credit facility that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu or senior basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations, in each case, to the extent not increasing the Fixed Incremental Amount pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof, (iii) any Replacement Term Loans, Replacement Revolving Facility and Replacement Notes in respect of the preceding sub-clause (i) and (ii) of this clause (b), and (iv) any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (to the extent consisting of revolving credit Indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction of the commitments in respect thereof) (the indebtedness described in sub-clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), collectively, “Specified Debt”); provided, that, in each case, (A) the relevant Prepayment is not funded with Long-Term Funded Indebtedness, and (B) any such increase in the Incremental Cap resulting from such Prepayments of:
(x) Specified Debt secured on a junior priority basis with respect to the Collateral may only be used to incur Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt under this clause (b) that is secured on a junior priority basis with respect to the Collateral or unsecured unless such Specified Debt could initially have been incurred as Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on all or substantially all of the Collateral on a pari passu or senior basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations, in which case any repayment thereof may be used to incur Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured on a pari passu or senior basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations, and
(y) unsecured Specified Debt may only be used to incur Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt under this clause (b) that is unsecured unless such Indebtedness could have, at the time of incurrence thereof, been incurred as Indebtedness secured on a junior priority basis with respect to the Collateral, in which case any repayment thereof may be used to incur Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured on a junior priority basis with respect to the Collateral or unsecured; plus
(c) an unlimited amount so long as, in the case of this clause (c), after giving effect to the relevant Incremental Facility and the incurrence of Indebtedness thereunder (in the case of any delayed draw Incremental Term Facility, at the election of the Borrower, either at the time of the establishment thereof or at the time of each applicable incurrence with respect thereto):
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(i) if such Incremental Facility is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the First Priority Secured Obligations, (A) the First Lien Leverage Ratio would not exceed 3.50:1.00 or (B) if being utilized to finance Permitted Acquisitions and similar Investments and related transactions (including refinancing of existing Indebtedness), the First Lien Leverage Ratio would not exceed the greater of 3.50:1.00 and the First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the then-most recently completed fiscal quarter,
(ii) if such Incremental Facility is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior in priority to the Lien securing the Initial Term Loans, (A) the Secured Leverage Ratio would not exceed 5.25:1.00 or (B) if being utilized to finance Permitted Acquisitions and similar Investments and related transactions (including refinancing of existing Indebtedness), the Secured Leverage Ratio would not exceed the greater of 5.25:1.00 and the Secured Leverage Ratio as of the then-most recently completed fiscal quarter, and
(iii) if such Incremental Facility is unsecured, (A) either (x) the Total Leverage Ratio would not exceed 5.75:1.00 or (y) the Net Interest Coverage Ratio is not less than 2.00:1.00 or (B) if being utilized to finance Permitted Acquisitions and similar Investments and related transactions (including refinancing of existing Indebtedness), either (x) the Total Leverage Ratio would not exceed the greater of 5.75:1.00 and the Total Leverage Ratio as of the then-most recently completed fiscal quarter or (y) the Net Interest Coverage Ratio is not less than the lesser of 2.00:1.00 and the Net Interest Coverage Ratio as of the then-most recently completed fiscal quarter;
in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recent period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters then ended for which financial statements are internally available, including the application of the proceeds thereof (without “netting” the Cash proceeds of the applicable Incremental Facility) and related transactions (and giving effect to other permitted pro forma adjustments), and, in the case of (I) any Incremental Revolving Facility being established at such time, assuming a full drawing under such Incremental Revolving Facility then being established and (II) any Incremental Term Facility that is a delayed draw term facility being established at such time, either assuming a full drawing of such delayed draw term facility then being established or having each drawing thereunder be subject to satisfaction of the applicable financial ratio set forth above.
“Incremental Commitment” means any commitment made by a lender to provide all or any portion of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Loans.
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(z).
“Incremental Facilities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Incremental Facility Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by (a) Holdings the Borrower and the Guarantors, (b) solely to the extent adversely affecting the rights and interests of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent and (c) each Lender that agrees to provide all or any portion of such Incremental Term Facility or Incremental Revolving Facility, as applicable, being incurred pursuant thereto and in accordance with Section 9.02(c).
“Incremental Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
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“Incremental Revolving Commitment” means any commitment made by a lender to provide all or any portion of any Incremental Revolving Facility.
“Incremental Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Incremental Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Incremental Term Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).
“Incurrence-Based Basket” means any category (or subcategory) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions in this Agreement based on complying or subject to compliance (including on a Pro Forma Basis) with any financial ratio (including, without limitation any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio, the availability and funding of any Incremental Facility in the form of a delayed draw term loan facility and/or clause (c) (or sub-clause) of the definition of Incremental Cap).
“Indebtedness” as applied to any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases to the extent recorded as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments to the extent the same would appear as indebtedness on a balance sheet (including the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; (d) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than any earn out obligation, purchase price and working capital adjustment obligations and any similar obligation except to the extent reflected as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP and not paid within thirty (30) days after becoming due and payable), which purchase price is due more than three hundred sixty four (364) days from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof; (e) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by such Person regardless of whether the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the Fair Market Value of the property or asset subject to such Lien; (f) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (g) the Guarantee by such Person of the Indebtedness of another; (h) all obligations of such Person in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock and (i) all net obligations of such Person in respect of any Derivative Transaction, including any Hedge Agreement, whether or not entered into for hedging or speculative purposes. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or any joint venture (other than any joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Indebtedness” shall exclude, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, (A) the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness hereunder but for the application of this proviso shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder, (B) the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement as a result of accounting for any embedded derivative created by
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the terms of such Indebtedness (it being understood that any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Agreement but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness under this Agreement), (C) liabilities under vendor agreements to the extent such liabilities may be satisfied exclusively through non-cash means such as purchase volume earning credits, (D) reserves for deferred taxes (or obligation to make any distributions or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), (E) any obligations incurred under ERISA, (F) accrued expenses and trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business (including on an inter-company basis), (G) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits, (H) Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the credit of such Person and (I) for all purposes under this Agreement other than for purposes of Section 6.01, intercompany Indebtedness among Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, that the principal amount of any Indebtedness shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.08.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes and Other 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.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
“Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.11(a).
“Initial Committed Lenders” means Bank of America, BofA Securities and Nomura, in their capacities as Lenders on the Third Amendment Effective Date.
“Initial Term Lender” means any Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or holding Initial Term Loans.
“Initial Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Initial Term Lender, the commitment of such Initial Term Lender to make Initial Term Loans hereunder in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Initial Term Lender’s name on the Commitment Schedule, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by or to such Initial Term Lender pursuant to Section 9.05 or (ii) an Additional Term Commitment of the same Class. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments on the Third Amendment Effective Date is $1,000,000,000.
“Initial Term Loan Maturity Date” means the date that is seven (7) years after the Third Amendment Effective Date.
“Initial Term Loans” means the Term Loans made by the Initial Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means any agreement, including any supplement thereto, executed on or after the Closing Date confirming or effecting the grant of any Lien on IP Rights owned by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and the Security Agreement, including any of the following: (a) a Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the Security Agreement, (b) a Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the Security Agreement or (c) a Copyright Security Agreement attached as an exhibit to the Security Agreement, together with any and all supplements or amendments thereto.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and/or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if any), as the context may require.
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“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower in the form of Exhibit D or another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day of each January, April, July and October (commencing on July 1, 2021) or the maturity date applicable to such Loan, (b) with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a LIBO Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three (3) months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three (3) months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and (c) to the extent necessary to create a fungible Class of Loans in connection with the incurrence of any Additional Loans, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the date of the incurrence of such Additional Loans.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any LIBO Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one (1), three (3) or six (6) months (or, to the extent available to all relevant affected Lenders, twelve (12) months or a shorter period) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) the Borrower may not elect any Interest Period that would result in such Interest Period extending beyond the Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investment” means (a) any purchase or other acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of the Securities of any other Person (other than any Loan Party), (b) the acquisition by purchase or otherwise (other than any purchase or other acquisition of inventory, materials, supplies and/or equipment in the ordinary course of business) of all or substantially all of the business, property or fixed assets of any other Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any other Person and (c) any loan, advance (other than any advance to any current or former employee, officer, director, member of management, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Company for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person. Subject to Section 5.10, the amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment, plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect thereto, but giving effect to any repayments of principal in the case of any Investment in the form of a loan and any return of capital or return on Investment in the case of any equity Investment (whether as a distribution, dividend, redemption or sale but not in excess of the amount of the relevant initial Investment) and in each case, the amount of the Investment shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.08.
“Investors” means (a) the Sponsors and (b) any other Person making a cash equity investment directly or indirectly in any Parent Company after the Third Amendment Effective Date, so long as in the case of this clause (b), (i) no such Person’s direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings is greater than the Sponsors’ direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings, and (ii) the aggregate direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings by such Persons does not exceed 40% of the aggregate direct or indirect beneficial ownership of Holdings of all Investors collectively, in each case, other than any Person who is a Lender on the Third Amendment Effective Date (and such Person shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of an Investor under this Agreement).
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“IP Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(c).
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
“Junior Lien Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral (other than Indebtedness among Holdings and/or its subsidiaries) that is contractually junior or subordinated to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Initial Term Loans.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Initial Term Loan, Additional Term Loan, Additional Revolving Loan or Additional Commitment.
“Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Additional Revolving Loan or any Additional Revolving Commitment.
“Latest Term Loan Maturity Date” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any term loan or term commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Term Loan or any Additional Term Commitment.
“LCT Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.10(a).
“LCT Test Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.10(a).
“Legal Reservations” means the application of relevant Debtor Relief Laws, general principles of equity and/or principles of good faith and fair dealing.
“Lenders” means the Initial Term Lenders, any Additional Lender, any lender with a Commitment or an outstanding Loan and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Letter-of-Credit Right” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“LIBO Rate” means, the Published LIBO Rate, as adjusted to reflect applicable reserves prescribed by governmental authorities; provided that, in respect of the Initial Term Loans, in no event shall the LIBO Rate be less than 0.50% per annum.
“LIBO Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, deed of trust, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing), in each case, in the nature of security; provided that in no event shall an operating lease in and of itself be deemed to constitute a Lien on any asset.
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“Limited Condition Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.10(a).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any Promissory Note, each Loan Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any other applicable Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, the Fee Letter and any other document or instrument designated by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent as a “Loan Document.” Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto.
“Loan Guaranty” means (a) the First Lien Loan Guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date and executed by each Loan Party party thereto and by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (b)(i) each other guaranty agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit H, (ii) another form of guaranty that is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or (iii) any supplement or joinder to any of the foregoing, in each case, executed by any Person pursuant to Section 5.12 or as provided in the definition of “Guarantor”.
“Loan Installment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a).
“Loan Parties” means Holdings, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor, and in each case their respective successors and permitted assigns.
“Loans” means any Initial Term Loan, any Additional Term Loan, any Additional Revolving Loan and any loan under any other Credit Facility.
“Long-Term Funded Indebtedness” means any funded Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries having a maturity of greater than one (1) year; provided, that Long-Term Funded Indebtedness shall exclude all Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility or line of credit.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of any applicable Parent Company on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(viii) multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations, in each case, of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the rights and remedies (taken as a whole) of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) under the applicable Loan Documents or (iii) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the applicable Loan Documents.
“Material Debt Instrument” means any promissory note payable to, or in favor, of a Loan Party with an aggregate principal amount outstanding, in each case, of not less than $25,000,000.
“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) as to any Replacement Term Loans incurred pursuant to Section 9.02(c), the final maturity date for such Replacement Term Loan as set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, (c) as to any Replacement Revolving Facility established pursuant to Section 9.02(c), the final maturity date for such Replacement Revolving Facility as set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, (d) with respect to any Incremental Term Loans, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable documentation with respect thereto, (e) with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable documentation with respect thereto, (f) with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Term Loans, the final maturity date set forth in the
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applicable Extension Offer accepted by the respective Lender or Lenders and (g) with respect to any other Loans, the final maturity date for such Loans as set forth in the applicable Credit Facility.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.
“Minimum Extension Condition” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(b).
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, makes or is obligated to make contributions or with respect to which any of them has any ongoing obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.
“Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements with respect to which it is delivered, a management discussion and narrative report describing the operations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the applicable Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then-current Fiscal Year to the end of the period to which the relevant financial statements relate.
“Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (a) any Cash payments or proceeds (including Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) under any casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) as a result of the taking of any assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (b) (i) any actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment, settlement or collection of any claims of the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof, (ii) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and any Indebtedness secured by a Lien that is pari passu with or expressly subordinated to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations) that is secured by a Lien on the assets in question and that is required to be repaid or otherwise comes due or would be in default under the terms thereof as a result of such loss, taking or sale, (iii) in the case of a taking, the reasonable out-of-pocket costs of putting any affected property in a safe and secure position, (iv) any selling costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable broker’s fees or commissions, legal fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred and paid to unaffiliated third parties in connection therewith, transfer and similar Taxes and the Borrower’s good faith estimate of income Taxes paid or payable) in connection with any sale or taking of such assets as described in clause (a) of this definition, (v) any amounts provided as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities under any indemnification obligation or purchase price adjustments associated with any sale or taking of such assets as referred to in clause (a) of this definition (provided that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds) and (vi) in the case of any covered loss or taking from a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the pro rata portion thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (vi)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a result thereof.
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“Net Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Net Proceeds” means (a) with respect to any Disposition (including any Prepayment Asset Sale), the Cash proceeds (including Cash Equivalents and Cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of non-Cash consideration initially received), net of (i) selling costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable broker’s fees or commissions, legal fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred and paid to unaffiliated third parties in connection therewith and transfer and similar Taxes and the Borrower’s good faith estimate of income Taxes paid or payable (including pursuant to Tax sharing arrangements or any Tax distributions) in connection with such Disposition including, in the case of a Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary, any additional Taxes that are or would be payable or reserved against as a result of repatriation), (ii) amounts provided as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities under any indemnification obligation or purchase price adjustment associated with such Disposition (provided that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds), (iii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and any other Indebtedness secured by a Lien that is pari passu with or expressly subordinated to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations) which is secured by the asset sold in such Disposition and which is required to be repaid or otherwise comes due or would be in default and is repaid (other than any such Indebtedness that is assumed by the purchaser of such asset) (iv) Cash escrows (until released from escrow to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) from the sale price for such Disposition and (v) in the case of any Disposition by a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (v)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a result thereof; and (b) with respect to any issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness or Capital Stock, the Cash proceeds thereof, net of all Taxes and customary fees, commissions, costs, underwriting discounts and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
“Nomura” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(b).
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” means the Investors and any Affiliates of the Investors (other than Holdings, the Borrower and their respective subsidiaries, a natural person or any Affiliate thereof that is a Debt Fund Affiliate), and any direct or indirect parent of Holdings.
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest (including interest, fees and expenses accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, Commitments, all accrued and unpaid fees, premiums and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and all other liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents in respect of any Loans, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute, contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.
“OFAC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(a).
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“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization and its by-laws, (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, (d) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization or association or certificate of formation or incorporation, and its operating agreement, and (e) with respect to any other form of entity, such other organizational documents required by local law or customary under such jurisdiction to document the formation and governance principles of such type of entity. In the event that any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
“Original Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Other Agreed Adjustments” means (a) the Other Agreed Adjustments as defined in the Original Credit Agreement, and (b) any add-backs and adjustments (including pro forma adjustments of the type in clause (b)(xi) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”), to the extent not otherwise included in “Consolidated Net Income” or “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” of the type reflected in any confidential information memorandum, lender presentations and other marketing materials in respect of the Initial Term Loans, in each case, which add-backs and adjustments shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be limited to the time periods or amounts in respect of which such add backs and adjustments were identified therein.
“Other Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(ii).
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or 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” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes or any intangible, recording, filing or other similar Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, but not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment, grant of a participation, designation of a different lending office or other transfer (other than an assignment or designation of a different lending office made pursuant to Section 2.19) or Excluded Taxes.
“Parent Company” means Holdings and any other Person of which the Borrower is an indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(c).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(c).
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with the legislation for the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
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“Patent” means the following: (a) any and all patents and patent applications; (b) all inventions described and claimed therein; (c) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations in part thereof; (d) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to xxx for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, maintains or contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to, or otherwise has any liability, contingent or otherwise.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Perfection Certificate Supplement” means a supplement to the Perfection Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Perfection Requirements” means the filing of appropriate financing statements with the office of the Secretary of State or other appropriate office of the state of organization of each Loan Party granting a security interest under any Collateral Document governed by U.S. law, the filing of appropriate assignments or notices with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, in each case in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the delivery to the Administrative Agent of any stock certificate or Material Debt Instrument required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Loan Documents, together with instruments of transfer executed in blank, and the execution and delivery of control agreements contemplated by clause (A)(z) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”, in each case, subject in all respects to the definitions of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and “Excluded Assets”.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, or any business line, unit or division or product line of, any Person or of a majority of the outstanding Capital Stock of any Person (but in any event including any Investment in (x) any Person that results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, (y) any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to increase the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s respective equity ownership in such Restricted Subsidiary or (z) any joint venture for the purpose of increasing the Borrower’s or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership interest in such joint venture).
“Permitted Earlier Maturity Indebtedness Exception” means, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans, Replacement Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and any Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01 that is subject to minimum maturity requirements (including Section 6.01(q) or Section 6.01(w) or Section 6.01(z)) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $335,000,000 and 100% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA may have (i), with respect to Incremental Term Loans and any Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01(q) or Section 6.01(w) or Section 6.01(z), (A) a final maturity date that is earlier than the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of the incurrence thereof and (B) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then-existing Class of Term Loans, (ii) with respect to Replacement Term Loans, (A) a final maturity date that is earlier than the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of the Replaced Term Loans and (y) ninety-one (91) days after the then latest maturity date of any Term Loans that are not being refinanced or so replaced and (B) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Replaced Term Loans at the time of the relevant refinancing and (iii) with respect to Extended Term Loans, (A) a final maturity date that is earlier than the then applicable Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of extension and (B) a Weighted
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Average Life to Maturity shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans or any other Extended Term Loans extended thereby.
“Permitted Holders” means (a) the Investors and (b) any Person with which one or more Investors form a “group” (within the meaning of Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) so long as, in the case of this clause (b), the relevant Investors beneficially own more than 50% of the relevant voting stock beneficially owned by the group.
“Permitted Liens” means Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02.
“Permitted Senior Secured Debt” means any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the First Priority Secured Obligations (which shall be deemed to include any ABL Facility secured on a Split Collateral Basis (including the ABL Facility as of the Third Amendment Effective Date) subject to an ABL Intercreditor Agreement), including, in each case, any refinancing of such Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability partnership, Governmental Authority or any other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) maintained by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any of its ERISA Affiliates, other than any Multiemployer Plan.
“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (or any successor statute) and the regulations thereunder; provided, however, if validity, perfection and effect of perfection and non-perfection and opposability of the Administrative Agent’s Lien in any Collateral are governed by the personal property security laws of any Canadian jurisdiction other than the Province of Ontario, PPSA shall mean those personal property security laws (including the Civil Code of Quebec) of such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such validity, perfection, and effect of perfection and non-perfection and for the definitions related to such provisions, as from time to time in effect.
“Prepayment” means any prepayment, redemption, purchase, repurchase (including pursuant to any tender offer, offer to purchase or repurchase, Dutch Auction or similar process or arrangement), retirement or other reduction (including upon cancellation after contribution, assignment or other transfer thereof to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) of any Indebtedness (in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction of commitments); “Prepay” and “Prepaid” shall have correlative meanings.
“Prepayment Asset Sale” means any Disposition by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries made pursuant to, Section 6.07(h), Section 6.07(n), Section 6.07(q), clause (ii) to the proviso to Section 6.07(r) (to the extent provided therein) Section 6.07(aa) and Section 6.07(bb) (in the case of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, solely to the extent relating to the Disposition of assets, but excluding any portion that is in excess of the Fair Market Value of such assets on a stand-alone basis).
“Primary Obligor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Guarantee”.
“Prime Rate” means the rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.
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“Pro Forma Basis” or “pro forma effect” means, as to any calculation of any financial ratio or test (including the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Net Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets or any component definitions of any of the foregoing), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.10 and shall give pro forma effect to any Specified Transactions (and if applicable, any Limited Condition Transaction) and other pro forma adjustments pursuant to Section 1.10.
“Promissory Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G, evidencing the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.
“Public Company Costs” means any Charge associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and Charges relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (and, in each case, similar Requirements of Law under other jurisdictions), as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, any Charge relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees and listing fees.
“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
“Published LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, (a) the rate of interest as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to such service as determined by Administrative Agent) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars as administrated by ICA Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other Person which takes over the administration of that rate) for a term comparable to such Interest Period, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date which is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (but if more than one rate is specified on such page, the rate will be an arithmetic average of all such rates) and (b) if, prior to any Benchmark Replacement with respect to USD LIBOR pursuant to Section 2.14(c)(i), such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Published LIBO Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the interest rate per annum reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds in the approximate amount of the LIBO Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered to the Administrative Agent by major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for Dollars at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Qualified Public Company” mean (a) any Person who has issued or sold its common Capital Stock in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering) so long as (i) its market capitalization was at the time of its initial public offering, or at any subsequent time of determination, is at least $250,000,000 and (ii) no Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (but excluding (A) any employee benefit plan and/or Person acting as the trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator therefor, (B) one or more Permitted Holders and (C) any group directly or
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indirectly controlled by one or more Permitted Holders)) owns of Capital Stock representing more than 40% of the total voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock such Person, and (b) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
“Qualifying Bid” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, all right, title and interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) of any Loan Party in and to real property (including, but not limited to, land, improvements and fixtures thereon).
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is USD LIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two (2) London banking days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not USD LIBOR, the time that is reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, in each case subject to administrative feasibility for the Administrative Agent.
“Refinancing” means, substantially concurrently with the funding of the Term Loans on the Third Amendment Effective Date, (a) all Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its subsidiaries under the Original Credit Agreement and (b) at the Borrower’s option, all or a portion of any amounts outstanding for borrowed money of the Borrower and its subsidiaries under the ABL Credit Agreement (including by rollovers, exchanges or similar transactions into new tranches thereunder), in each case, will be refinanced and each will be amended and restated to, among other things, extend the maturity thereof.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower executed by (a) Holdings and the Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Lender that agrees to provide all or any portion of the Replacement Term Loans or the Replacement Revolving Facility, as applicable, being incurred pursuant thereto and in accordance with Section 9.02(c).
“Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(p).
“Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(a)(ix).
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b)(iv).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Funds” means, with respect to any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any other Approved Fund that is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
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“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, managers, officers, trustees, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the Environment, including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Replaced Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
“Replaced Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
“Replacement Notes” means any Refinancing Indebtedness (whether issued in a public offering, Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other private placement or bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing or otherwise) incurred in respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(a).
“Replacement Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
“Replacement Term Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c)(i).
“Replacement Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c)(i).
“Reply Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Reply Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
“Repricing Transaction” means any of the following, but solely to the extent effected and consummated for the primary purpose of reducing the All-In Yield of the Initial Term Loans: (a) the Prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans substantially concurrently with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any term loans (including any Replacement Term Loans) pari passu in right of payment with the existing Initial Term Loans being so Prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced in right of payment and secured by a Lien on the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing such Initial Term Loans, having an All-In Yield that is less than the effective All-In Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans so Prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced, and (b) any amendment, waiver or other modification to this Agreement that would have the effect of reducing the All-In Yield of the Initial Term Loans in lieu of a transaction described in clause (a); provided, that the determinations of All-In Yield for any Repricing Transaction shall be made in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices and reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, and in any event consistent with the second proviso to Section 2.22(a)(v) and shall disregard any fluctuation in any “base” or reference rate; provided, further, that in none of the events in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) shall constitute a Repricing Transaction if
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effected or consummated in connection with a dividend recapitalization, a Change of Control or any Transformational Event. Any determination by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower contemplated by preceding clauses (a) and (b) shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person with respect to such determination absent bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
“Required Excess Cash Flow Percentage” means, as of any date of determination, (a) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.00:1.00, 50%, (b) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.00:1.00 and greater than 2.50:1.00, 25% and (c) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50:1.00, 0%; it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of this definition as it applies to the determination of the amount of Excess Cash Flow that is required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans under Section 2.11(b)(i) for any Calculation Period, the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the relevant Calculation Period, after giving effect to the amount of such Prepayment, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
“Required Facility Lenders” means, with respect to any Credit Facility of any Class, at any time, Lenders having Loans or unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Loans and such unused commitments under such Credit Facility at such time.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans or unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Loans and such unused Commitments at such time.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all U.S. federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning as defined in Article VIII.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” of any Person means the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president or the chief operating officer of such Person and any other individual or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement, and, as to any document delivered on the Third Amendment Effective Date, shall include any secretary or assistant secretary or any other individual or similar official thereof with substantially equivalent responsibilities of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or responsible employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of any Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party, and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Responsible Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower as at the dates indicated and its consolidated income and cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“Restricted Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(iv)(B).
“Restricted Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(b).
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“Restricted Debt Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(b).
“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution on account of any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, except a dividend payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock to the holders of such class; (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value of any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any subsidiary of such Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise specified, “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Return Bid” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.
“Revolving Lender” means a Lender with any Additional Revolving Commitment or an outstanding Additional Revolving Loan.
“Revolving Loans” means any Additional Revolving Loans and any revolving loans under any other Credit Facility.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means the lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to any Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease.
“Sanctions” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.17(a).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of its functions.
“Secured Hedging Obligations” means all Hedging Obligations (other than any Excluded Swap Obligations) under each Hedge Agreement (whether such Hedge Agreement was entered into prior to, on or after the Third Amendment Effective Date) between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a counterparty that is or becomes an Administrative Agent, a Lender, an Arranger or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Arranger (or any other Person that is designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as a Secured Hedging Obligations counterparty and who is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), in each case that has been designated to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Borrower as being a Secured Hedging Obligation for purposes of the Loan Documents, it being understood that each counterparty thereto shall be deemed (A) to appoint the Administrative Agent as its non-fiduciary agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (B) to agree to be bound by the provisions of Article VIII, Section 9.03, Section 9.10, Section 9.11 and the Intercreditor Agreement (and any other applicable Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement) as if it were a Lender.
“Secured Leverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided, that solely for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate, the amount of Consolidated Secured Debt attributable to the ABL Facility and any other revolving credit facility as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter included in the calculation of Secured
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Leverage Ratio shall be the average outstanding balances thereof as reflected on the balance sheets in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), as applicable, for such Fiscal Quarter and the prior three (3) Fiscal Quarters.
“Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with (a) all Banking Services Obligations and (b) all Secured Hedging Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each counterparty to a Hedge Agreement with a Loan Party the obligations under which constitute Secured Hedging Obligations, (d) each provider of Banking Services to any Loan Party the obligations under which constitute Banking Services Obligations, (e) the Arrangers and (f) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, units, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing; provided that “Securities” shall not include any earn-out agreement or obligation or any employee bonus or other incentive compensation plan or agreement.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Security Agreement” means the First Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx (or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the administrator of the secured overnight financing rate from time to time) at approximately 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SPC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(e).
“Specified Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Incremental Cap”.
“Specified Transaction” means (a) (i) any incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness (excluding any borrowings under any ABL Facility, Additional Revolving Facility incurred substantially concurrently with such Specified Transaction), and (ii) any Prepayment, redemptions, repurchases and other retirements of any Indebtedness (in the case of any Additional Revolving Facility, to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction in the commitments thereunder), (b) to the extent applicable in determining the First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Secured Leverage Ratio, the incurrence of any Lien on Collateral, (c) any Permitted Acquisition and any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (d) any Restricted Payment, (e) any Restricted Debt Payment, (f) any Disposition, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of (i) all or substantially all of the assets of, or any business line, unit or division or product line of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that results in such Restricted Subsidiary no longer being a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or (iii) any asset pursuant to Section 6.07(h) having a Fair Market Value greater than $50,000,000, (g) to the extent elected by the Borrower to be excluded in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, any designation of operations or assets of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as discontinued operations in accordance with GAAP, (h) solely for the purposes of determining the applicable amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents, any contribution of capital to (and the Net Proceeds from the issuance of any Qualified Capital Stock by) the Borrower or a Restricted
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Subsidiary, (i) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with this Agreement, and (j) any other transaction that by the terms of this Agreement requires a financial ratio to be calculated on Pro Forma Basis or after giving pro forma effect thereto.
“Split Collateral Basis” means, with respect to any ABL Facility, the obligations thereunder are secured by ABL US Priority Collateral (or similar current assets) on a senior priority basis relative to the First Priority Secured Obligations and also secured by all other Collateral on a junior priority basis relative to the First Priority Secured Obligations, in each case, as provided in an ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“Sponsors” means (a) CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC and any of its controlled Affiliates and funds managed or advised by any of them or any of their respective controlled Affiliates and (b) MSD Partners, L.P. and any of its controlled Affiliates and funds managed or advised by any of them or any of their respective controlled Affiliates.
“Sterling” or “£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subject Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.03(e).
“Subject Loans” means, as of any date of determination, any outstanding Term Loans subject to ratable prepayment requirements in accordance with Section 2.11(b)(vi) on such date of determination.
“Subject Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.
“Subject Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b)(ii).
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness among Holdings and/or its subsidiaries) of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, in each case to the extent such entity’s financial results are required to be included in such Person’s consolidated financial statements under GAAP; provided that in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interests in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding. Unless otherwise specified, “subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means (x) on the Closing Date, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary or any subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary) and (y) thereafter, each subsidiary of the Borrower that guarantees the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Discretionary Guarantor), in each case, until such time as the relevant subsidiary is released from its obligations under the Loan Guaranty in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.
“Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07(a).
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“Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, 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.
“Taxes” means any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Facility” means any facility of any Class of Term Loans provided to or for the benefit of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Term Lender” means a Lender with a Commitment to make Term Loans or outstanding Term Loan under any Term Facility.
“Term Loan” means the Initial Term Loans, any Additional Term Loans and any term loan under any other Credit Facility.
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Term SOFR Notice” means a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event.
“Term SOFR Transition Event” means the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, that (a) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body and has become the then-prevailing market convention or any evolving market convention that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably expect to become the prevailing market convention for U.S. dollar-denominated broadly syndicated credit facilities, and (b) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent; provided that, Term SOFR is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion in consultation with the Borrower.
“Termination Date” means the date that all (if any) Additional Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts and Obligations payable under any Loan Document (other than (a) contingent indemnification obligations and (b) Banking Services Obligations or Hedging Obligations that are not being terminated as to which arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable counterparty have been made) have been paid in full.
“Test Period” means, as of any date, subject to Section 1.10, the period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters then most recently ended for which financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), as applicable, have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered); it being understood and agreed that prior to the first delivery of financial statements of Section 5.01(a), “Test Period” means the period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters in respect of which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(c).
“Third Amendment” means that certain Amendment No. 3 to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Third Amendment Effective Date” means May 28, 2021.
“Threshold Amount” means $75,000,000.
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“Total Leverage Ratio” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated Total Debt to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Trademark” means the following: (a) all trademarks (including service marks), common law marks, trade names, trade dress, domain names and logos, slogans and other indicia of origin under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world, and the registrations and applications for registration thereof and the goodwill of the business connected to the use of and symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all renewals of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages, claims and payments for past, present and future infringements or dilutions thereof; (d) all rights to xxx for past, present, and future infringements or dilutions of any of the foregoing, including the right to settle suits involving claims and demands for royalties owing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing.
“Transaction Costs” means (a) fees, premiums, penalties, breakage costs, interest expense to satisfy and discharge any securities with a redemption date after the Third Amendment Effective Date, expenses and other transaction costs (including original issue discount or upfront fees) payable or otherwise borne by Holdings, the Borrower and its subsidiaries or any Parent Company of the Borrower in connection with the Transactions and the transactions contemplated thereby and (b) any payments to be made after the Third Amendment Effective Date from the proceeds of the Loans, Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement, cash on hand of Holdings, the Borrower and its subsidiaries or any Parent Company of the Borrower.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the Borrowing of Loans hereunder, (b) the Refinancing (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) to which they are a party and the incurrence of Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement on or about the Third Amendment Effective Date, and (d) the payment of the Transaction Costs.
“Transformational Event” means any acquisition or investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is (a) not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or investment, (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or investment, would not provide the Borrower and its subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith, or (c) any acquisition or investment involving aggregate consideration in excess of the greater of $335,000,000 and 100% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
“Treasury Capital Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(a)(ix).
“Treasury Regulations” means the U.S. federal income tax regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the creation or perfection of security interests.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from 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
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time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the Third Amendment Effective Date and listed on Schedule 5.10 or after the Third Amendment Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.10.
“U.S.” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f).
“USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“USD LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for Dollars.
“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 scheduled 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; provided that the effects of any prepayments made on such Indebtedness shall be disregarded in making such calculation.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by law to be owned by a resident of the relevant jurisdiction) shall be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Term Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBO Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBO Rate Term Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Term Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “LIBO Rate Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “LIBO Rate Term Borrowing”).
Section 1.03. Terms Generally.
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(a) 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.
(b) 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”.
(c) Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein or in any Loan Document (or any Loan Document (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or extended, replaced or refinanced (subject to any restrictions or qualifications on such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, supplements or modifications or extensions, replacements or refinancings set forth herein), (ii) any reference to any law in any Loan Document shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such law, (iii) any reference herein or in any Loan Document to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iv) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (v) all references herein or in any Loan Document to Articles, Sections, clauses, paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, clauses and paragraphs of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, such Loan Document, (vi) in the computation of periods of time in any Loan Document from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (vii) the words “asset” and “property”, when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including Cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(d) Notwithstanding anything else provided herein or in any other Loan Document, any interest, fee or principal payments on any Indebtedness due and payable (or paid) as of the last Business Day of a calendar month, calendar quarter or calendar year, as applicable, shall be deemed to have been due and payable (or paid) as of the end of the respective fiscal month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable, ended closest to such calendar period for purposes of all calculations of Consolidated Secured Debt, Consolidated First Lien Debt, Consolidated Total Debt, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Excess Cash Flow hereunder.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any Default or Event of Default, other than any Event of Default which cannot be waived without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, shall be deemed not to be “continuing” or to “exist” if the events, actions, inactions or conditions that gave rise to such Default or Event of Default have been or are deemed to have been remedied or cured (including by payment, delivering notice or taking any action (including if paid, delivered or taken after the specified time for such action or after the expiration of any grace or cure periods therefor), omitting to take any action or unwinding or modifying any prior action or event to the extent necessary for such action or event to be or have been permitted) or have ceased to exist and the Borrower would otherwise have been in compliance with this Agreement but for such Default or Event of Default and the consequences thereof (any such Default or Event of Default, a “Subject Default”) and upon any Subject Default having been cured, remedied or waived or deemed to no longer to exist or be continuing or to have been remedied or cured, each other Default or Event of Default that may have resulted from the making or deemed making of any representation or warranty, the taking of any action or the consummation of any transaction due to the continuation or existence of the Subject Default shall automatically be deemed to have been cured and no longer continuing; provided, that the foregoing shall not be applicable with respect to any Default or Event of Default if a “responsible officer” of the Borrower had actual knowledge that such events, actions, inactions or conditions constituted a Default or Event of Default and knowingly failed to give timely notice to the Administrative Agent of such Default or Event of Default required herein.
Section 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP.
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(a) All financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature that are used in calculating the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise provided in the definition of “GAAP”); provided, that (i) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date of delivery of the financial statements described in Section 3.04(a) in GAAP or in the application thereof (including the conversion to IFRS as described below) on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change becomes or became effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith, and (ii) if such an amendment is requested by the Borrower or the Required Lenders, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to enter into an amendment of the relevant affected provisions (without the payment of any amendment or similar fee to the Lenders) to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or the application thereof. 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 (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 000-00-00 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159) (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (ii) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof. If the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower (or its applicable Parent Company) is required to report under IFRS or has elected to do so through an early adoption policy, thereafter “GAAP” shall mean international financial reporting standards pursuant to IFRS (provided that after such conversion, the Borrower cannot elect to report under GAAP).
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, solely for purposes of determining the amount any Capital Lease, Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Total Debt and Indebtedness, GAAP shall exclude the accounting treatment requiring all leases to be reflected as liabilities on the balance sheet and capitalized, and only those leases that would constitute Capital Leases in conformity with GAAP prior to the implementation of such accounting treatment shall be considered Capital Leases, and all calculations and determinations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made in a manner consistent therewith.
Section 1.05. Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) is made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
Section 1.06. Timing of Payment of Performance. Subject to the definitions of Interest Payment Date and Interest Period, when payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of “Interest Period”) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.
Section 1.07. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.08. Currency Generally.
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(a) Subject to clause (b) of this Section 1.08, for purposes of any determination hereunder (other than the calculation of compliance with any financial ratio) with respect to any Specified Transaction, any other transaction or utilization or other measurement or calculation of any transaction or action in a currency other than Dollars, (i) the Dollar equivalent amount of such Specified Transaction, any other transaction or utilization or other measurement or calculation of any transaction or action shall be calculated based on a currency exchange rate determined by the Borrower in good faith in effect on the date of such applicable transaction, utilization, measurement or calculation (or such other date as the Borrower determines in good faith is the appropriate calculation date, including, at the election of the Borrower, the applicable LCT Test Date for a Limited Condition Transaction); provided, that in the case of the incurrence of Indebtedness under any revolving credit or delayed draw facility, the Borrower may instead elect to use the currency exchange rate in effect on the date such indebtedness was first committed or first incurred (whichever yields the lower Dollar equivalent); provided, further, that if any Indebtedness is incurred (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) to refinance or replace other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars, and the relevant refinancing or replacement would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing or replacement, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing or replacement Indebtedness (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) does not exceed an amount sufficient to repay the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, except by an amount equal to (x) unpaid accrued interest and premiums (including tender premiums) thereon plus other reasonable and customary fees and expenses (including upfront fees and original issue discount) incurred in connection with such refinancing or replacement, (y) any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (z) additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in the rate of currency exchange occurring after the time of any Specified Transaction so long as such Specified Transaction was permitted at the time incurred, made, acquired, committed, entered or declared as set forth in clause (i).
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Borrower’s consent to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market convention or practice relating to such change in currency.
Section 1.09. Cashless Rollovers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, to the extent that any Lender extends the maturity date of, or replaces, renews or refinances, any of its then-existing Loans with Incremental Loans, Replacement Term Loans, Loans in connection with any Replacement Revolving Facility, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Loans or loans incurred under a new credit facility, in each case, to the extent such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing is effected by means of a “cashless roll” by such Lender, such extension, replacement, 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 immediately available funds”, “in Cash” or any other similar requirement.
Section 1.10. Certain Conditions, Calculations and Tests.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any intended acquisition, Investment (other than Investments in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), Restricted Payment and/or Restricted Debt Payment (each, taken together with any related actions and transactions (including, in the case of any Indebtedness (including any Incremental Facilities), the incurrence, repayment and other intended uses of proceeds), a “Limited Condition Transaction”), to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require satisfaction of, or compliance with, any condition, test or requirement, in order to effect, incur or consummate such Limited Condition Transaction (including (w) compliance with any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Section 2.22, any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio and/or the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets (including any component definitions of the foregoing)), (x) the making or accuracy of any representations and warranties, (y) the absence of a Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) and/or (z) any other condition, test or requirement), at the election of the Borrower (a “LCT Election”),
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the date of determination of whether any relevant conditions, tests and requirements are satisfied or complied with shall be made on, and shall be deemed to be, the date (the “LCT Test Date”) that the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (or, if applicable, delivery of notice of redemption, Prepayment, declaration of dividend or similar event), giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) pursuant to this Section 1.10. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction and such Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) would be permitted on the LCT Test Date, (i) each such condition, test and requirement shall be deemed satisfied and complied with for all purposes of such Limited Condition Transaction and (ii) any change in status of any such condition, test and requirement between the LCT Test Date and the taking of the relevant actions or consummation of the relevant transactions such that any applicable financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions would be exceeded, breached or otherwise no longer complied with or satisfied for any reason (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction) shall be disregarded such that all financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions shall continue to be deemed complied with and satisfied for all purposes of such Limited Condition Transaction, all applicable transactions and actions will permitted and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist or to have occurred or resulted from such change in status or Limited Condition Transaction; provided, that (A) if financial statements for one or more subsequent fiscal quarters shall have become available subsequent to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion, to re-determine all financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions on the basis of such financial statements, in which case, such date of redetermination shall thereafter be deemed to be the applicable LCT Test Date for purposes of such ratios, tests or baskets, and (B) except as contemplated in the foregoing clause (A), compliance with such financial ratios or tests, baskets, conditions, requirements or provisions shall not be determined or tested at any time for purposes of such Limited Condition Transaction after the applicable LCT Test Date. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any financial ratios or tests (including any Incurrence-Based Baskets), thresholds and availability (including under any Fixed Basket) under this Agreement with respect to any unrelated transactions or actions on or following the applicable LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the definitive agreement (or, if applicable, notice, declaration or similar event) for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any financial ratios or tests, thresholds and availability shall be determined assuming such Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) had been consummated.
(b) For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event or compliance with any term that requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Sections 2.22 and 2.23, any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio and/or the amount or percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets (including any component definitions of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding clause (k) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, which shall be disregarded)), (i) Specified Transactions that have been made during the applicable Test Period (or, except as provided in Section 1.10(c), subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made) and any Limited Condition Transaction (including any related actions and transactions) shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and be given pro forma effect assuming that all such Specified Transactions (including any related actions and transactions) and Limited Condition Transactions had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Total Debt, on the last date of the applicable Test Period) in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run-rate” cost savings (including sourcing and supply chain savings), operating expense reductions, operating, revenue and productivity improvements and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith in a manner consistent with, and without duplication of, clause (b)(xi) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and given pro forma effect as though such “run-rate” cost savings (including sourcing and supply chain savings), operating expense reductions, operating, revenue and productivity improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period for the entirety of such period), and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in a manner consistent with, and
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without duplication of, clause (b)(xi) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, and (ii) any borrowings under any revolving facility made subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period (regardless of whether incurred in connection with any Specified Transaction) shall be disregarded and excluded from such pro forma calculation.
(c) The calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Sections 2.22 and 2.23, any First Lien Leverage Ratio, any Secured Leverage Ratio, any Total Leverage Ratio, any Net Interest Coverage Ratio and/or the amount or percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets (including any component definitions of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding clause (k) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, which shall be disregarded)) shall be based on the most recently ended Test Period for which internal financial statements are available (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); provided, that, for purposes of the definition of “Applicable Rate”, (i) to the extent any Specified Transactions were made subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period, such Specified Transactions shall not be given pro forma effect or be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, and (ii) such financial ratio or test shall be based on the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable.
(d) The principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Borrower dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness attributable to any period subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made shall be calculated for as if the rate in effect on the date of the event for which the calculation is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any hedging obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capital Lease obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease obligation in accordance with GAAP. Any calculation of the Net Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis will be calculated using an assumed interest rate in determining Consolidated Interest Expense based on the indicative interest margin contained in any financing commitment documentation with respect to such Indebtedness or, if no such indicative interest margin exists, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith.
(e) The increase in amounts secured by Liens by virtue of accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Liens for purposes of Section 6.02.
(f) For purposes of determining compliance at any time with the provisions of this Agreement, in the event that any Indebtedness (including any Incremental Facility and Incremental Equivalent Debt), Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction or other transaction, as applicable, meets the criteria of more than one category (or subcategory within any category) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets, or other provisions of transactions or items permitted pursuant to any clause of Article VI (other than Section 6.01(a) and (x)), any component (or subcomponent) in the definition of “Incremental Cap” or any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may, at any time, classify or reclassify (on one or more occasions) and/or divide or re-divide (on one or more occasions) such transaction or item (or portion thereof) among one or more such categories of exceptions, thresholds, baskets or provisions, as elected by the Borrower in its sole discretion (other than the Initial Term Loans, the “Revolving Loans” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) outstanding on or about the Third Amendment Effective Date and any refinancing indebtedness in respect thereof which may not be reclassified). It is understood and agreed that any Indebtedness (including any Incremental Facility and Incremental Equivalent Debt), Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction or other transaction need not be permitted solely by reference to one category (or subcategory) of exceptions, thresholds, baskets or provisions permitting such Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition and/or Affiliate transaction under Article VI (other than Sections 6.01(a), (x) and
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(z)), any component (or subcomponent) in the definition of “Incremental Cap” or any other provision of this Agreement, but may instead be permitted in part under any combination thereof. Upon delivery of financial statements following any initial classification and division (or any subsequent reclassification and re-division), if any applicable financial ratios for any Incurrence-Based Baskets would then be satisfied for the incurrence of such Indebtedness (including any Incremental Facility and Incremental Equivalent Debt), Lien, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction, any amount thereof under any Fixed Basket shall automatically be deemed reclassified and re-divided as incurred under any available Incurrence-Based Baskets to the extent not previously elected by the Borrower and will be deemed to have been incurred, issued, made or taken first, to the extent available, pursuant to any available Incurrence-Based Baskets as set forth above without utilization of any Fixed Basket.
(g) With respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into or consummated (including any Indebtedness (including any Incremental Facility and Incremental Equivalent Debt), Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or Affiliate transaction or other transaction), in reliance on a combination of Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets, it is understood and agreed that (i) the Incurrence-Based Baskets shall first be calculated without giving effect to any Fixed Baskets being relied upon for any portion of such incurrence or transactions (i.e., the portion of such incurrence or transaction in reliance on all Fixed Baskets shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio applicable to the Incurrence-Based Baskets, but full pro forma effect shall otherwise be given thereto and to all other applicable and related transactions (including, in the case of Indebtedness, the intended use of the aggregate proceeds of Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on a combination of Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets, but without “netting” the Cash proceeds of such Indebtedness) and all other permitted pro forma adjustments (except that the incurrence of any borrowings under any revolving credit facility shall be disregarded as set forth in Section 1.10(b))) and (ii) thereafter, the incurrence of the portion of such amounts or other applicable transaction to be entered into in reliance on any Fixed Baskets shall be calculated (and may subsequently be reclassified into Incurrence-Based Baskets in accordance with Section 1.10(f)). For example, in calculating the maximum amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets in Section 6.01 in connection with an acquisition, only the portion of such Indebtedness intended to be incurred under Incurrence-Based Baskets shall be included in the calculation of financial ratios (and the portion of such Indebtedness intended to be incurred under Fixed Baskets shall be deemed to not have been incurred in calculating such financial ratios), but pro forma effect shall be given to the use of proceeds from the entire amount of Indebtedness intended to be incurred under both the Fixed Baskets and Incurrence-Based Baskets, the consummation of the acquisitions and any related repayments of Indebtedness.
Section 1.11. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up for five).
Section 1.12. Divisions. 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 Capital Stock at such time.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
THE CREDITS
Section 2.01. Commitments.
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(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Initial Term Lender severally, and not jointly, agrees to make Initial Term Loans to the Borrower on the Third Amendment Effective Date in Dollars in a principal amount not to exceed its Initial Term Loan Commitment.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender and each Additional Lender with an Additional Term Commitment for a given Class of Incremental Term Loans severally, and not jointly, agrees to make Additional Term Loans of such Class to the Borrower, which Additional Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender or Additional Lender at the time of any incurrence thereof, the Additional Term Commitment of such Lender or Additional Lender for such Class on the date of borrowing of such Additional Term Loans. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of such Additional Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
Section 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class.
(b) Subject to Section 2.01 and Section 2.14, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or LIBO Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any LIBO Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) such LIBO Rate Loan shall be deemed to have been made and held by such Lender, and the obligation of the Borrower to repay such LIBO Rate Loan shall nevertheless be to such Lender for the account of such domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender and (iii) in exercising such option, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to minimize increased costs to the Borrower resulting therefrom (which obligation of such Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it otherwise determines would be disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agr