INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated 24 June 2021 as Senior Facility Agent the companies named herein as Original Debtors LUCID TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED as Security Agent and others Ref: L-262787 Linklaters LLP
Exhibit 4.8
EXECUTION VERSION
dated 24 June 2021
X.X. XXXXXX AG
as Senior Facility Agent
the companies named herein
as Original Debtors
LUCID TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED
as Security Agent
and others
Ref: L-262787
Linklaters LLP
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CONTENTS
CLAUSE PAGE
1. |
Definitions and interpretation |
3 |
2. |
Ranking and priority |
47 |
3. |
Senior Secured Creditor Liabilities |
49 |
4. |
Hedge Counterparties and Hedging Liabilities |
58 |
5. |
Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors and Second Lien Liabilities |
67 |
6. |
Senior Parent Creditors and Senior Parent Liabilities |
77 |
7. |
Investor Liabilities |
90 |
8. |
Intra-Group Lenders and Intra-Group Liabilities |
93 |
9. |
Effect of Insolvency Event |
95 |
10. |
Turnover of receipts |
98 |
11. |
Redistribution |
101 |
12. |
Enforcement of Transaction Security |
102 |
13. |
Proceeds of disposals and adjustment of mandatory prepayments |
106 |
14. |
Application of proceeds |
116 |
15. |
Equalisation |
121 |
16. |
Additional debt |
125 |
17. |
The Security Agent |
128 |
18. |
Change of Security Agent and delegation |
137 |
19. |
Changes to the Parties |
139 |
20. |
Costs and expenses |
146 |
21. |
Indemnities |
148 |
22. |
Information |
149 |
23. |
Notices |
151 |
24. |
Preservation |
153 |
25. |
Consents, amendments and override |
154 |
26. |
Notes Trustee |
159 |
27. |
Guarantee and indemnity |
164 |
28. |
Counterparts |
169 |
29. |
BAIL-IN |
169 |
30. |
Governing law |
171 |
31. |
Enforcement |
171 |
32. |
Acknowledgement regarding any Supported QFCs |
172 |
THE SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE PAGE
Schedule 1 Form of Debtor/Third Party Security Provider Accession Deed |
174 |
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Schedule 2 Form of Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking |
178 |
Schedule 3 Form of Debtor Resignation Request |
180 |
Schedule 4 Priority Revolving Facility |
181 |
THIS AGREEMENT is dated 24 June 2021 and made between:
(1) X.X. Xxxxxx AG as Senior Facility Agent;
(2) THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS named on the signing pages as Senior Lenders;
(3) THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS named on the signing pages as Senior Arrangers;
(4) PAYSAFE GROUP HOLDINGS II LIMITED, a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales with registration number 10880277 and having its registered office at Floor 00 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X00 0XX (the "Parent");
(5) PAYSAFE GROUP HOLDINGS III LIMITED, a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales with registration number 10869332 and having its registered office at Floor 00 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X00 0XX (the "Company");
(6) PAYSAFE FINANCE PLC, a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales with registration number 13437058 and having its registered office at Floor 00 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X00 0XX ("UK Xxxxx");
(7) PAYSAFE HOLDINGS (US) CORP. a Delaware corporation with registration number 5551109 and having its registered office at c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, XX ("US Corp");
(8) PAYSAFE HOLDINGS UK LIMITED, a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales with registration number 03202517 and having its registered office at Floor 00 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X00 0XX ("UK Corp");
(9) PAYSAFE MERCHANT SERVICES CORP., a corporation incorporated in Delaware with registration number 4904974 and having its registered office at c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, XX ("Paysafe Merchant");
(10) PAYSAFE DIRECT, LLC, a corporation incorporated in Delaware with registration number 4593725 and having its registered office at c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, XX ("Paysafe Direct");
(11) PAYSAFE PAYMENT PROCESSING SOLUTIONS LLC a Delaware limited liability company with registration number 6422322 and having its registered office at c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, XX ("Payment Processing" and, together with the Parent, the Company, UK Xxxxx, US Corp and UK Corp, Paysafe Merchant and Paysafe Direct, the "Original Debtors");
(12) PAYSAFE US HOLDCO LIMITED, a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales with registration number 11114225 and having its registered office at Floor 00 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X00 0XX ("Paysafe US Holdco");
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(13) PAYSAFE GROUP LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated in the Isle of Man with registration number 016104V and having its registered office at 3rd Floor, Queen Victoria House, 00-00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xx Xxx, XX0 0XX ("Paysafe IoM" and together with Paysafe US Holdco, the "Original Third Party Security Providers");
(14) PI JERSEY HOLDCO 1.5 LIMITED, a company incorporated in Jersey with registration number 125170 and having its registered office at 0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx JE1 1SG (the "Original Investor");
(15) THE COMPANIES named on the signing pages as the "Original Intra-Group Lenders";
(16) Lucid Trustee Services Limited as security agent and security trustee for the Secured Parties (the "Security Agent");
(17) UPON ACCESSION each other person from time to time a party to this Agreement.
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. Definitions and interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this Agreement:
"1992 ISDA Master Agreement" means the Master Agreement (Multicurrency Cross Border) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
"2002 ISDA Master Agreement" means the 2002 Master Agreement as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
"Acceleration Event" means a Senior Facilities Acceleration Event, a Senior Notes Acceleration Event, a Permitted Senior Financing Acceleration Event, a Permitted Second Lien Financing Acceleration Event, a Senior Parent Notes Acceleration Event and/or a Permitted Parent Financing Acceleration Event, as the context requires.
"Affiliate" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Agent" means each of the Senior Facility Agent, any Senior Notes Trustee, any Senior Parent Notes Trustee, any Senior Creditor Representative, any Second Lien Creditor Representative, any Senior Parent Creditor Representative and the Security Agent, as the context requires.
"Agent Liabilities" means all present and future liabilities and obligations, whether actual or contingent, of the Parent and/or any Debtor and/or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) any Third Party Security Provider to any Agent under the Debt Documents.
"Agreed Security Principles" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Ancillary Document" means each document relating to or evidencing an Ancillary Facility.
"Ancillary Facility" means:
(a) an "Ancillary Facility" as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement;
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(b) any ancillary facility, fronted ancillary facility or similar or equivalent arrangement made available under or pursuant to the terms of any Permitted Senior Financing Document; and/or
(c) any Operating Facility.
"Ancillary Lender" means:
(a) each Senior Lender (or Affiliate of a Senior Lender) which makes an Ancillary Facility available pursuant to the terms of the Senior Facilities Agreement;
(b) each Permitted Senior Financing Creditor (or Affiliate of a Permitted Senior Financing Creditor) which makes an Ancillary Facility available under or pursuant to the terms of a Permitted Senior Financing Document; and/or
(c) each Operating Facility Lender.
"Arranger" means each Senior Arranger, any Permitted Senior Financing Arranger, any Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger and any Permitted Parent Financing Arranger.
"Arranger Liabilities" means all present and future liabilities and obligations, actual and contingent, of the Parent and/or any Debtor and/or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) any Third Party Security Provider to any Arranger under the Debt Documents.
"Available Restricted Payment Amounts" means any amounts which any Group Company is permitted by the terms of section 2 (Limitation on Restricted Payments) of schedule 17 (General Undertakings) to the Senior Facilities Agreement to pay to any Holding Company of the Parent and which it has not at the relevant time paid.
"Borrowing Liabilities" means, in relation to a member of the Group, the liabilities (not being Guarantee Liabilities) it may have as a principal debtor to a Creditor, Operating Facility Lender or Debtor in respect of Indebtedness arising under the Debt Documents (whether incurred solely or jointly and including, without limitation, liabilities as a "Borrower" under and as defined in the Senior Facilities Finance Documents and liabilities as "Issuer" under and as defined in the Senior Notes Finance Documents and/or the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents).
"Business Day" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Capital Requirement" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Charged Property" means all of the assets which from time to time are, or are expressed to be, the subject of the Transaction Security.
"Close-Out Netting" means:
(a) in respect of a Hedging Agreement or a Hedging Ancillary Document based on a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement, any step involved in determining the amount payable in respect of an Early Termination Date (as defined in the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement) under section 6(e) of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement before the application of any subsequent Set-off (as defined in the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement);
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(b) in respect of a Hedging Agreement or a Hedging Ancillary Document based on a 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, any step involved in determining an Early Termination Amount (as defined in the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement) under section 6(e) of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement; and
(c) in respect of a Hedging Agreement or a Hedging Ancillary Document not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, any step involved on a termination of the hedging transactions under that Hedging Agreement pursuant to any provision of that Hedging Agreement which has a similar effect to either provision referenced in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
"Commodity Exchange Act" means the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Common Assurance" means any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss in respect of any of the Liabilities, the benefit of which (however conferred) is, to the extent legally possible and subject to the Agreed Security Principles, given to, or expressed to be given to, the Senior Secured Parties in respect of their Senior Liabilities (for the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to the ability of any other person to benefit from that guarantee, indemnity or other assurance to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement).
"Common Currency" means US dollars.
"Common Currency Amount" means, in relation to an amount, that amount converted (to the extent not already denominated in the Common Currency) into the Common Currency at the Security Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the Business Day prior to the relevant calculation.
"Common Transaction Security" means any Transaction Security which, to the extent legally possible and subject to the Agreed Security Principles:
(a) is created, or expressed to be created, in favour of the Security Agent as agent or trustee for the other Senior Secured Parties in respect of their Senior Liabilities; or
(b) in the case of any jurisdiction in which effective Security cannot reasonably be granted in favour of the Security Agent as agent or trustee for the Secured Parties, is created, or expressed to be created, in favour of:
(i) all the Senior Secured Parties in respect of their Senior Liabilities; or
(ii) the Security Agent under a parallel debt, joint and several creditorship or other similar or equivalent structure for the benefit of all the Senior Secured Parties,
and which ranks in the order of priority contemplated in Clause 2.2 (Transaction Security) and/or is expressed to be subject to the terms of this Agreement (in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to the ability of any other person to benefit from that Transaction Security to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement).
"Consent" means any consent, approval, release or waiver or agreement to any amendment.
"Credit Related Close-Out" means any Permitted Hedge Close-Out which is not a Non-Credit Related Close-Out.
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"Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking" means:
(a) an undertaking substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking) or in such other form as the Security Agent and the Parent may agree from time to time (which may include any undertaking included in any transfer or assignment document contained in any Permitted Financing Document);
(b) a Transfer Certificate or an Assignment Agreement (as defined in the relevant Debt Financing Agreement);
(c) an Incremental Facility Increase Notice (as defined in the relevant Debt Financing Agreement); or
(d) an Increase Confirmation (as defined in the relevant Debt Financing Agreement),
as the context may require, or
(e) in the case of an acceding Debtor which is expressed to accede as an Intra-Group Lender in the relevant Debtor/Third Party Security Provider Accession Deed, that Debtor/Third Party Security Provider Accession Deed.
"Creditor Conflict" means, at any time prior to the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, a conflict between:
(a) the interests of any Senior Secured Creditor; and
(b) the interests of any Senior Parent Creditor.
"Creditor Representative" means a Senior Creditor Representative, a Second Lien Creditor Representative and/or a Senior Parent Creditor Representative, as the context requires.
"Creditors" means the Senior Secured Creditors, the Senior Parent Creditors, the Hedge Counterparties, the Intra-Group Lenders and the Investors.
"Debt Document" means each of this Agreement, the Hedging Agreements, the Senior Facilities Finance Documents, the Senior Notes Finance Documents, the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents, the Permitted Senior Financing Documents, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents, the Permitted Parent Financing Documents, the Operating Facility Documents, the Security Documents, any agreement evidencing the terms of the Intra-Group Liabilities or the Investor Liabilities (including, for the avoidance of any doubt, any Senior Parent Debt Proceeds Loan Agreement) and any other document designated as such by the Security Agent and the Parent.
"Debt Financing Agreement" means the Senior Facilities Agreement, any Senior Notes Indenture, any Permitted Senior Financing Agreement, any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement, any Senior Parent Notes Indenture and/or any Permitted Parent Financing Agreement, as the context requires.
"Debt Refinancing" has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a) of Clause 16.1 (Debt Refinancing).
"Debtor" means each Original Debtor and any person which becomes a Party as a Debtor in accordance with the terms of Clause 19 (Changes to the Parties).
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"Debtor Liabilities" means, in relation to a Debtor, any liabilities owed to any other Debtor (whether actual or contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly) by that Xxxxxx.
"Debtor Relief Laws" means US Bankruptcy Law 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 US from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
"Debtor Resignation Request" means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Form of Debtor Resignation Request) or in such other form as the Security Agent and the Parent may agree.
"Debtor/Third Party Security Provider Accession Deed" means:
(a) a deed substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Debtor/Third Party Security Provider Accession Deed) or in such other form as the Security Agent and the Parent may agree from time to time (which may include any accession document contained in any Permitted Financing Document); or
(b) (only in the case of a member of the Group which is acceding as a borrower or guarantor under a Debt Financing Agreement) an Accession Deed (as defined in the relevant Debt Financing Agreement).
"Default" means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the relevant Debt Financing Agreement or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default, provided that any such event or circumstance which requires any determination as to materiality before it becomes an Event of Default shall not be a Default until such determination is made.
"Delegate" means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Security Agent.
"Designated Gross Amount" means, in relation to a Multi-account Overdraft Facility, that Multi-account Overdraft Facility's maximum gross amount.
"Designated Net Amount" means, in relation to a Multi-account Overdraft Facility, that Multi-account Overdraft Facility's maximum net amount.
"Discharge Date" means the Senior Lender Discharge Date, the Senior Creditor Discharge Date, the Senior Notes Discharge Date, the Permitted Senior Financing Discharge Date, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date, the Senior Parent Notes Discharge Date and/or the Permitted Parent Financing Discharge Date, as the context requires.
"Distressed Disposal" means a disposal of an asset, or shares of, or shares issued by, a member of the Group or, in the case of a Third Party Security Provider, any asset of a Third Party Security Provider which is subject to Transaction Security, which is:
(a) being effected at the request of an Instructing Group in circumstances where the Transaction Security has become enforceable in accordance with the terms of the relevant Security Documents;
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(b) being effected by enforcement of the Transaction Security in accordance with the terms of the relevant Security Documents; or
(c) being effected, after the occurrence of a Distress Event, by a Debtor or a Third Party Security Provider to a person or persons which is not a member of the Group.
"Distress Event" means, following the occurrence of an Acceleration Event which is continuing:
(a) if prior to the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, any of the Senior Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Enhanced Majority Senior Lenders), a Senior Notes Trustee (acting on behalf of the Senior Noteholders), a Senior Creditor Representative (to the extent expressly permitted by the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement and acting on the instructions of the Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) or a Second Lien Creditor Representative (to the extent expressly permitted by the relevant Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement and acting on the instructions of the Majority Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) declaring by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that a "Distress Event" has occurred; or
(b) if on or after the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, any of a Senior Parent Notes Trustee (acting on behalf of the Senior Parent Noteholders) or a Senior Parent Creditor Representative (to the extent expressly permitted by the relevant Permitted Parent Financing Agreement and acting on the instructions of the Majority Permitted Parent Financing Creditors) declaring by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that a "Distress Event" has occurred.
"Enforcement Action" means:
(a) in relation to any Liabilities:
(i) the acceleration of any Liabilities or the making of any declaration that any Liabilities are prematurely due and payable (other than as a result of it becoming unlawful for a Senior Secured Creditor or a Senior Parent Creditor to perform its obligations under, or of any voluntary or mandatory prepayment arising under, any of the Debt Documents);
(ii) the making of any declaration that any Liabilities are payable on demand;
(iii) the making of a demand in relation to a Liability that is payable on demand;
(iv) the making of any demand against any member of the Group in relation to any Guarantee Liabilities of that member of the Group;
(v) the exercise of any right to require any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider to acquire any Liability (including exercising any put or call option against any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider for the redemption or purchase of any Liability but excluding any such right which arises as a result of clause 29.14 (Debt Purchase Transactions) of the Senior Facilities Agreement (or any other similar or equivalent provision of any of the Secured Debt Documents) and/or any other Liabilities Acquisition, acquisition or transaction which any member of the Group or Third Party
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Security Provider is not prohibited from entering into by the terms of the Secured Debt Documents and excluding any mandatory offer arising on or as a result of a change of control or asset sale (however described) as set out in the Senior Notes Finance Documents or the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents (or any other similar or equivalent provision of any of the Secured Debt Documents));
(vi) the exercise of any right of set-off, account combination or payment netting against any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider in respect of any Liabilities other than the exercise of any such right:
(A) as Close-Out Netting by a Hedge Counterparty or by a Hedging Ancillary Lender;
(B) as Payment Netting by a Hedge Counterparty or by a Hedging Ancillary Lender;
(C) as Inter-Hedging Agreement Netting by a Hedge Counterparty;
(D) as Inter-Hedging Ancillary Document Netting by a Hedging Ancillary Lender; and/or
(E) which is otherwise permitted by the terms of any of the Secured Debt Documents, in each case to the extent that the exercise of that right gives effect to a Permitted Payment; and
(vii) the suing for, commencing or joining of any legal or arbitration proceedings against any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider to recover any Liabilities;
(b) the premature termination or close-out of any hedging transaction under any Hedging Agreement (except to the extent permitted by this Agreement);
(c) the taking of any steps to enforce or require the enforcement of any Transaction Security (including the crystallisation of any floating charge forming part of the Transaction Security);
(d) the entering into of any composition, compromise, assignment or similar arrangement with any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider which owes any Liabilities, or has given any Security, guarantee or indemnity or other assurance against loss in respect of the Liabilities (other than any action permitted under Clause 19 (Changes to the Parties) or pursuant to any debt buy-back, tender offer, exchange offer or similar or equivalent arrangement not otherwise prohibited by the Debt Documents); or
(e) the petitioning, applying or voting for, or the taking of any steps (including the appointment of any liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager, interim receiver, trustee, monitor, examiner, administrator or similar officer) in relation to, the winding-up, dissolution, examinership, administration or reorganisation of any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider which owes any Liabilities, or has given any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss in respect of any of the Liabilities, or any of such member of the Group's or Third Party Security Provider's assets or any suspension of payments or moratorium of any indebtedness of any such member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider, or any analogous procedure or step in any jurisdiction,
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except that the following shall not constitute Enforcement Action:
(i) the taking of any action falling above which is necessary (but only to the extent necessary) to preserve the validity, existence or priority of claims in respect of Liabilities, including the registration of such claims before any court or governmental authority and the bringing, supporting or joining of proceedings to prevent any loss of the right to bring, support or join proceedings by reason of applicable limitation periods; or
(ii) a demand made by an Investor or an Intra-Group Lender in relation to any Investor Liabilities or Intra-Group Liabilities owing to it (respectively) to the extent in respect of (in the case of an Investor) a Permitted Investor Payment and (in the case of an Intra-Group Lender) a Permitted Intra-Group Payment; or
(iii) a Senior Secured Creditor or a Senior Parent Creditor bringing legal proceedings against any person solely for the purpose of:
(A) obtaining injunctive relief (or any analogous remedy outside England and Wales) to restrain any actual or putative breach of any Debt Document to which it is party;
(B) obtaining specific performance (other than specific performance of an obligation to make a payment) with no claim for damages; or
(C) requesting judicial interpretation of any provision of any Debt Document to which it is party with no claim for damages; or
(iv) bringing legal proceedings against any person in connection with any securities violation, securities or listing regulations or common law fraud; or
(v) to the extent entitled by law, the taking of any action against any Creditor (or any agent, trustee or receiver acting on behalf of that Creditor) to challenge the basis on which any sale or disposal is to take place pursuant to the powers granted to those persons under any relevant documentation; or
(vi) any person consenting to, or the taking of any other action pursuant to or in connection with, any merger, consolidation, reorganisation or any other similar or equivalent step or transaction initiated or undertaken by a member of the Group (or any analogous procedure or step in any jurisdiction) that is not prohibited by the terms of the Secured Debt Documents to which it is a party.
"Enhanced Majority Second Lien Creditors" means, at any time, those Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors whose Second Lien Secured Credit Participations at that time aggregate more than 66⅔ per cent. of the Total Second Lien Secured Credit Participations at that time.
"Enhanced Majority Senior Lenders" means, subject to the provisions of the Senior Facilities Agreement affecting the interpretation of the definition of "Majority Lenders" thereunder, a Senior Lender or Senior Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 66⅔ per cent. of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 66⅔ per cent. of the Total
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Commitments immediately prior to that reduction) (and "Commitments" and "Total Commitments" for the purposes of this definition have the meaning given to them in the Senior Facilities Agreement).
"Event of Default" means any event or circumstance specified as such in any of the Debt Financing Agreements, as the context requires.
"Excluded Swap Obligation" means, with respect to any Debtor, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and only to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Debtor of, or the grant by such Debtor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Debtor's failure to constitute an "eligible contract participant" as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time the guarantee of, or the grant of a security interest by, such Debtor becomes or would become effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation and (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an "Excluded Swap Obligation" of such Debtor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Debtor and Hedge Counterparty in respect of such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
"Exposure" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 15.1 (Equalisation definitions).
"Final Discharge Date" means the later to occur of the Senior Discharge Date, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date and the Senior Parent Discharge Date.
"Financial Adviser" means an internationally recognised investment bank or internationally recognised accounting firm selected by the Security Agent or, if all of the internationally recognised investment banks and internationally recognised accounting firms are subject to conflicting and client or potential client issues and are unable to act in relation to the relevant matter, any other third party professional firm which is regularly engaged in providing valuations of businesses or assets similar or comparable to those subject to the relevant Transaction Security.
"Financing Vehicle" means a member of the Group (other than the Parent or Company) which:
(a) has been established for the purpose of, or whose principal purpose is, incurring or issuing indebtedness or making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets;
(b) does not own any shares or equivalent ownership interests in a member of the Group; and
(c) is (until the Senior Creditor Discharge Date) a Senior Guarantor, (until the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date) a Second Lien Guarantor and has acceded to this Agreement as a Debtor.
"First/Second Lien Discharge Date" means the later to occur of the Senior Discharge Date and the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date.
"Group" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Group Company" means any company that is a member of the Group.
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"Guarantee Agreements" means the Hedging Agreements and the Operating Facility Documents.
"Guarantee Liabilities" means, in relation to a member of the Group, the liabilities under the Debt Documents (present or future, actual or contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly) it has to a Creditor, Operating Facility Lender or Debtor as or as a result of its being a guarantor or surety (including, without limitation, liabilities arising by way of guarantee, indemnity, contribution or subrogation and in particular any guarantee or indemnity arising under or in respect of any of the Secured Debt Documents).
"Guarantee Parties" means the Hedge Counterparties and the Operating Facility Lenders.
"Hedge Counterparty" means any person which becomes Party as a Hedge Counterparty pursuant to Clause 19.7 (Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking),
provided that:
(i) such person has not ceased to be a Hedge Counterparty pursuant to Clause 19.14 (Resignation of Hedge Counterparties, Operating Facility Lenders and Investors); and
(ii) if the Senior Debt Discharge Date has occurred, a person party to this Agreement as a Hedge Counterparty may agree with the Parent that, without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the parties under the relevant Hedging Agreements, any hedging provided by that person shall cease to be subject to the terms of this Agreement and any Liabilities to that person under or in connection with the Hedging Agreements shall cease to constitute Hedging Liabilities (in which case such person shall cease to be a Hedge Counterparty for the purposes of the Secured Debt Documents).
"Hedge Counterparty Obligations" means the obligations owed by any Hedge Counterparty to the Debtors under or in connection with the Hedging Agreements.
"Hedge Transfer" means a transfer to all or any of the Senior Secured Creditors or the Senior Parent Creditors (or to a nominee or nominees of all or any of the Senior Secured Creditors or the Senior Parent Creditors) of each Hedging Agreement together with:
(a) all the rights and benefits in respect of the Hedging Liabilities owed by the Debtors and Third Party Security Providers to each Hedge Counterparty; and
(b) all the Hedge Counterparty Obligations owed by each Hedge Counterparty to the Debtors and Third Party Security Providers,
in accordance with Clause 19.4 (Change of Hedge Counterparty) as described in, and subject to, Clause 3.9 (Hedge Transfer: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) or 6.14 (Hedge Transfer: Senior Parent Creditors).
"Hedging Agreement" means, at the election of the Parent, any agreement entered into or to be entered into by a Debtor (or any member of the Group that is to become a Debtor) and a Hedge Counterparty in relation to a derivative or hedging arrangement entered into (or which has or will be allocated):
(a) to satisfy any minimum hedging requirements under any of the Debt Financing Agreements; and/or
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(b) for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of the Debt Financing Agreements at the time the relevant agreement is entered into.
"Hedging Ancillary Document" means an Ancillary Document which relates to or evidences the terms of a Hedging Ancillary Facility.
"Hedging Ancillary Facility" means an Ancillary Facility which is made available by way of a hedging facility.
"Hedging Ancillary Lender" means an Ancillary Lender to the extent that such Ancillary Lender makes available a Hedging Ancillary Facility.
"Hedging Liabilities" means the Liabilities owed by any Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Provider to the Hedge Counterparties under or in connection with the Hedging Agreements, provided that the Hedging Liabilities of any Debtor or Third Party Security Provider shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Debtor or Third Party Security Provider (as applicable).
"Hedging Purchase Amount" means, in respect of a hedging transaction under a Hedging Agreement, the amount that would be payable to (expressed as a positive number) or by (expressed as a negative number) the relevant Hedge Counterparty on the relevant date if:
(a) in the case of a Hedging Agreement which is based on an ISDA Master Agreement:
(i) that date was an Early Termination Date (as defined in the relevant ISDA Master Agreement); and
(ii) the relevant Debtor was the Defaulting Party (under and as defined in the relevant ISDA Master Agreement); or
(b) in the case of a Hedging Agreement which is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement:
(i) that date was the date on which an event similar in meaning and effect (under that Hedging Agreement) to an Early Termination Date (as defined in any ISDA Master Agreement) occurred under that Hedging Agreement; and
(ii) the relevant Debtor was in a position which is similar in meaning and effect to that of a Defaulting Party (under and as defined in the same ISDA Master Agreement),
in each case as certified by the relevant Hedge Counterparty and as calculated in accordance with the relevant Hedging Agreement.
"Holding Company" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Indebtedness" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Insolvency Event" means, in relation to any Group Company or Third Party Security Provider:
(a) any resolution is passed or order made for the winding-up, dissolution, examinership, administration or reorganisation of that Group Company, a moratorium is declared in relation to
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any indebtedness of that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider or an administrator is appointed to that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider;
(b) any composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement is made with its creditors generally;
(c) the appointment of any liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager, examiner or other similar officer in respect of that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider or any of its material assets; or
(d) any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction, including without limitation, any US Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
in each case to the extent constituting an Insolvency Event of Default which is continuing and provided that:
(i) if prior to the Senior Discharge Date, that Insolvency Event of Default is:
(A) a Senior Facilities Insolvency Default and the Senior Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Enhanced Majority Senior Lenders) has declared by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that an "Insolvency Event" has occurred;
(B) a Senior Notes Insolvency Default and the relevant Senior Notes Trustee (acting on behalf of the Senior Noteholders) has declared by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that an "Insolvency Event" has occurred; or
(C) a Permitted Senior Financing Insolvency Default and the relevant Senior Creditor Representative (to the extent expressly permitted by the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement and acting on the instructions the Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) has declared by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that an "Insolvency Event" has occurred;
if prior to the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date, that Insolvency Event of Default is a Permitted Second Lien Financing Insolvency Default and the relevant Second Lien Creditor Representative (to the extent expressly permitted by the relevant Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement and acting on the instructions the Majority Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) has declared by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that an "Insolvency Event" has occurred; or
(ii) if on or after the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, that Insolvency Event of Default is:
(A) a Senior Parent Notes Insolvency Default and the relevant Senior Parent Notes Trustee (acting on behalf of the Senior Noteholders) has declared by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that an "Insolvency Event" has occurred; or
(B) a Permitted Parent Financing Insolvency Default and the relevant Senior Parent Creditor Representative (to the extent expressly permitted by the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement and acting on the instructions the Majority Permitted Senior
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Financing Creditors) has declared by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that an "Insolvency Event" has occurred.
"Insolvency Event of Default" means:
(a) prior to the Senior Lender Discharge Date, an Event of Default which is continuing under paragraph (f) and/or (g) of section 1 of schedule 18 (Events of Default) to the Senior Facilities Agreement (a "Senior Facilities Insolvency Default");
(b) prior to the Senior Notes Discharge Date, an Event of Default equivalent to a Senior Facilities Insolvency Default which is continuing under any Senior Notes Indenture (a "Senior Notes Insolvency Default");
(c) prior to the Senior Parent Notes Discharge Date, an Event of Default equivalent to a Senior Facilities Insolvency Default, which is continuing under any Senior Parent Notes Indenture (a "Senior Parent Notes Insolvency Default");
(d) prior to the Permitted Senior Financing Discharge Date, an Event of Default equivalent to a Senior Facilities Insolvency Default, which is continuing under any Permitted Senior Financing Agreement (a "Permitted Senior Financing Insolvency Default");
(e) prior to the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date, an Event of Default equivalent to a Senior Facilities Insolvency Default, which is continuing under any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement (a "Permitted Second Lien Financing Insolvency Default"); or
(f) prior to the Permitted Parent Financing Discharge Date, an Event of Default equivalent to a Senior Facilities Insolvency Default, which is continuing under any Permitted Parent Financing Agreement (a "Permitted Parent Financing Insolvency Default").
"Instructing Group" means, at any time:
(a) prior to the Senior Discharge Date, those Senior Secured Creditors (other than the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) whose Senior Secured Credit Participations at that time aggregate to more than 662/3 per cent. of the Total Senior Secured Credit Participations at that time;
(b) on or after the Senior Discharge Date but before the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date, and subject always to Clause 5.7 (Restrictions on enforcement by Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors), those Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors whose Second Lien Secured Credit Participations at that time aggregate to more than 662/3 per cent. of the Total Second Lien Secured Credit Participations at that time; and
(c) on or after the First/Second Lien Discharge Date but before the Senior Parent Discharge Date, and subject always to Clause 6.8 (Restrictions on enforcement by Senior Parent Creditors), the Majority Senior Parent Creditors.
"Inter-Hedging Agreement Netting" means the exercise of any right of set-off, account combination, Close-Out Netting or Payment Netting (whether arising out of a cross agreement, netting agreement or
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otherwise) by a Hedge Counterparty against liabilities owed to a Debtor by that Hedge Counterparty under a Hedging Agreement in respect of Hedging Liabilities owed to that Hedge Counterparty by that Debtor under another Hedging Agreement.
"Inter-Hedging Ancillary Document Netting" means the exercise of any right of set-off, account combination, Close-Out Netting or Payment Netting (whether arising out of a cross agreement, netting agreement or otherwise) by a Hedging Ancillary Lender against liabilities owed to a Debtor by that Hedging Ancillary Lender under a Hedging Ancillary Document in respect of Senior Lender Liabilities owed to that Hedging Ancillary Lender by that Debtor under another Hedging Ancillary Document.
"Intra-Group Lenders" means:
(a) the Original Intra-Group Lenders; and
(b) each other member of the Group which has made a loan available to, granted credit to or made any other financial arrangement having similar effect with another Debtor and which becomes a party as an Intra-Group Lender in accordance with the terms of Clause 19 (Changes to the Parties).
"Intra-Group Liabilities" means the Liabilities owed by any Debtor to any of the Intra-Group Lenders in its capacity as such (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Liabilities which are Senior Liabilities or Senior Parent Liabilities).
"Investor Documents" means each document evidencing any loan, credit or other financial arrangement made by an Investor to the Parent or other indebtedness incurred by the Parent to an Investor which would in each case, save for sub-paragraph (D) in the definition of "Indebtedness", constitute Indebtedness but, in each case, excluding any document evidencing a loan, credit or other financial arrangement or other indebtedness constituting Senior Liabilities or Senior Parent Liabilities.
"Investor Liabilities" means:
(a) the Liabilities owed to the Investors by the Parent under any preferred equity certificates or the Investor Documents (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Liabilities which are Senior Liabilities or Senior Parent Liabilities);
(b) any other liabilities owed to an Investor by the Parent which have been notified to the Security Agent by that Investor and the Parent in writing as liabilities to be treated as Investor Liabilities for the purposes of this Agreement; and
(c) any Senior Parent Debt Proceeds Loan Liabilities.
"Investors" means the Original Investor and any person which becomes a party to this Agreement as an Investor in accordance with the terms of Clause 19 (Changes to the Parties), provided that such person has not ceased to be an Investor pursuant to Clause 19.14 (Resignation of Hedge Counterparties, Operating Facility Lenders and Investors).
"ISDA Benchmarks Supplement" means the ISDA Benchmarks Supplement as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. on September 19, 2018.
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"ISDA Master Agreement" means a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement or a 2002 ISDA Master Agreement.
"Issuing Bank" means:
(a) each "Issuing Bank" under and as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement; and/or
(b) each person which becomes an issuing bank (or performs another similar or equivalent role) under or pursuant to the terms of a Permitted Senior Financing Document and is specified by that Permitted Senior Financing Document to be an Issuing Bank for the purpose of this definition.
"Letter of Credit" means:
(a) a "Letter of Credit" as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement; and/or
(b) any letter of credit, guarantee, indemnity or other similar or equivalent instrument issued by an Issuing Bank under or pursuant to the terms of any Permitted Senior Financing Document.
"Liabilities" means all present and future liabilities and obligations at any time of any member of the Group or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) any Third Party Security Provider to any Creditor or Operating Facility Lender under the Debt Documents, both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly or in any other capacity together with any of the following matters relating to or arising in respect of those liabilities and obligations:
(a) any refinancing, novation, deferral or extension;
(b) any claim for breach of representation, warranty or undertaking or on an event of default or under any indemnity given under or in connection with any document or agreement evidencing or constituting any other liability or obligation falling within this definition;
(c) any claim for damages or restitution; and
(d) any claim as a result of any recovery by any Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) any Third Party Security Provider of a Payment on the grounds of preference or otherwise,
including any Post-Petition Interest and any amounts which would be included in any of the above but for any discharge, non-provability, unenforceability or non-allowance of those amounts in any insolvency or other proceedings.
"Liabilities Acquisition" means, in relation to a person and to any Liabilities, a transaction where that person:
(a) purchases by way of assignment or transfer;
(b) enters into any sub-participation in respect of; or
(c) enters into any other agreement or arrangement having an economic effect substantially similar to a sub-participation in respect of,
the rights and benefits in respect of those Liabilities.
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"Majority Permitted Parent Financing Creditors" means, in relation to any Permitted Parent Financing Debt, the requisite number or percentage of Permitted Parent Financing Creditors under the Permitted Parent Financing Agreement on whose instructions the Senior Parent Creditor Representative is required to act in relation to the relevant matter.
"Majority Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors" means, in relation to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, the requisite number or percentage of Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement on whose instructions the Second Lien Creditor Representative is required to act in relation to the relevant matter.
"Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors" means, in relation to any Permitted Senior Financing Debt, the requisite number or percentage of Permitted Senior Financing Creditors under the Permitted Senior Financing Agreement on whose instructions the Senior Creditor Representative is required to act in relation to the relevant matter.
"Majority Second Lien Creditors" means, at any time, those Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors whose Second Lien Secured Credit Participations at that time aggregate more than 50 per cent. of the Total Second Lien Secured Credit Participations at that time.
"Majority Senior Creditors" means, at any time, those Senior Creditors whose Senior Credit Participations at that time aggregate more than 50 per cent. of the total Senior Credit Participations at that time.
"Majority Senior Lenders" has the meaning given to the term "Majority Lenders" in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Majority Senior Parent Creditors" means, at any time, those Senior Parent Creditors whose Senior Parent Credit Participations at that time aggregate more than 50 per cent. of the total aggregate amount of all Senior Parent Credit Participations at that time.
"Material Adverse Effect" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Material Event of Default" means:
(a) prior to the Senior Lender Discharge Date, an Event of Default which is continuing under paragraph (c) of section 1 of schedule 18 (Events of Default) to the Senior Facilities Agreement (but only to the extent that the Senior Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Senior Lenders (acting reasonably)) determines that such Event of Default has a Material Adverse Effect), paragraphs (f) and (g) of section 1 of schedule 18 (Events of Default) to the Senior Facilities Agreement;
(b) prior to the Senior Notes Discharge Date, an Event of Default equivalent to any referred to in paragraph (a) above which is continuing under any Senior Notes Indenture; and
(c) prior to the Permitted Senior Financing Discharge Date, an Event of Default equivalent to any referred to in paragraph (a) above which is continuing under any Permitted Senior Financing Agreement.
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"Multi-account Overdraft Facility" means an Ancillary Facility which is an overdraft facility comprising more than one account.
"Multi-account Overdraft Liabilities" means the Liabilities arising under any Multi-account Overdraft Facility.
"Non-Credit Related Close-Out" means a Permitted Hedge Close-Out described in any of paragraph (a)(i), (iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) of Clause 4.9 (Permitted enforcement: Hedge Counterparties).
"Noteholders" means the Senior Noteholders and/or the Senior Parent Noteholders, as the context requires.
"Notes Finance Documents" means:
(a) in respect of any Senior Notes, the Senior Notes Finance Documents relating to those Senior Notes; and
(b) in respect of any Senior Parent Notes, the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents relating to those Senior Parent Notes.
"Notes Indenture" means:
(a) in respect of any Senior Notes, the Senior Notes Indenture relating to those Senior Notes; and
(b) in respect of any Senior Parent Notes, the Senior Parent Notes Indenture relating to those Senior Parent Notes.
"Notes Security Costs" means costs and expenses of any holder of Security in relation to the protection, preservation or enforcement of such Security.
"Notes Trustee" means:
(a) in respect of any Senior Notes, each Senior Notes Trustee appointed under or pursuant to the relevant Senior Notes Indenture; and
(b) in respect of any Senior Parent Notes, each Senior Parent Notes Trustee appointed under or pursuant to the relevant Senior Parent Notes Indenture.
"Notes Trustee Amounts" means the Senior Notes Trustee Amounts and the Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts.
"Operating Facility" means any facility or financial accommodation (including, without limitation, any overdraft or other current account facility, any foreign exchange facility, any guarantee, bonding, documentary or standby letter of credit facility, any credit card or automated payments facility, any short-term loan facility, any derivatives facility, any cash pooling arrangement or other cash management arrangement, chequing or note encashment facility) provided to a member of the Group by an Operating Facility Lender which is notified to the Security Agent by the Parent in writing as a facility or financial accommodation to be treated as an "Operating Facility" for the purposes of this Agreement.
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"Operating Facility Discharge Date" means the first date on which all Operating Facility Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged (if applicable, including by way of defeasance permitted in accordance with the Operating Facility Documents), whether or not as a result of an enforcement, and the Operating Facility Lenders are under no further obligation to provide any financial accommodation to any of the Debtors under the Operating Facility Documents.
"Operating Facility Document" means, at the election of the Parent, any document relating to or evidencing an Operating Facility.
"Operating Facility Lender" means any person which becomes Party as an Operating Facility Lender pursuant to Clause 19.7 (Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking),
provided that:
(i) such person has not ceased to be an Operating Facility Lender pursuant to Clause 19.14 (Resignation of Hedge Counterparties, Operating Facility Lenders and Investors); and
(ii) if the Senior Debt Discharge Date has occurred, a person party to this Agreement as an Operating Facility Lender may agree with the Parent that, without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the parties under the relevant Operating Facility Documents, any facilities or financial accommodation provided by that person shall cease to be subject to the terms of this Agreement and any Liabilities to that person under or in connection with the Operating Facility Documents shall cease to constitute Operating Facility Liabilities (in which case such person shall cease to be an Operating Facility Lender for the purposes of the Secured Debt Documents).
"Operating Facility Liabilities" means the Liabilities owed by any Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) any Third Party Security Provider to the Operating Facility Lenders under or in connection with the Operating Facility Documents or any Operating Facility provided thereunder (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Senior Arranger Liabilities, Senior Lender Liabilities, Senior Notes Liabilities, Senior Parent Liabilities, Permitted Senior Financing Arranger Liabilities, Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger Liabilities, Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities, Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities and Permitted Parent Financing Liabilities).
"Other Liabilities" means, in relation to a member of the Group or a Third Party Security Provider, any trading and other liabilities (not being Borrowing Liabilities or Guarantee Liabilities) it may have to any Agent, Arranger or Operating Facility Lender under the Debt Documents or to an Intra-Group Lender, Debtor or Third Party Security Provider.
"Party" means a party to this Agreement.
"Payment" means, in respect of any Liabilities (or any other liabilities or obligations), a payment, prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance or discharge of those Liabilities (or other liabilities or obligations).
"Payment Netting" means:
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(a) in respect of a Hedging Agreement or a Hedging Ancillary Document based on an ISDA Master Agreement, netting under section 2(c) of the relevant ISDA Master Agreement; and
(b) in respect of a Hedging Agreement or a Hedging Ancillary Document not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, netting pursuant to any provision of that Hedging Agreement or a Hedging Ancillary Document which has a similar effect to the provision referenced in paragraph (a) above.
"Permitted Financing Agreement" means a Permitted Senior Financing Agreement, a Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement and/or a Permitted Parent Financing Agreement, as the context requires.
"Permitted Financing Documents" means the Permitted Senior Financing Documents, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents and the Permitted Parent Financing Documents.
"Permitted Gross Amount" means, in relation to a Multi-account Overdraft Facility, any amount, not exceeding the Designated Gross Amount, which is the aggregate gross debit balance of overdrafts comprised in that Multi-account Overdraft Facility.
"Permitted Hedge Close-Out" means, in relation to a hedging transaction under a Hedging Agreement, a termination or close-out of that hedging transaction which is permitted pursuant to Clause 4.9 (Permitted Enforcement: Hedge Counterparties).
"Permitted Hedge Payments" means the Payments permitted by Clause 4.3 (Permitted Payments: Hedging Liabilities).
"Permitted Intra-Group Payments" means the Payments permitted by Clause 8.2 (Permitted Payments: Intra-Group Liabilities).
"Permitted Investor Payments" means the Payments permitted by Clause 7.2 (Permitted Payments: Investor Liabilities).
"Permitted Parent Financing Acceleration Event" means, in relation to any Permitted Parent Financing Debt and following the occurrence of a Permitted Parent Financing Event of Default which is continuing, the Senior Parent Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Parent Financing Debt (or, as the case may be, any of the Permitted Parent Financing Creditors) exercising any of its rights under (and in accordance with the terms of) the Permitted Parent Financing Agreement to accelerate any amount outstanding under the Permitted Parent Financing Agreement or any acceleration provision being automatically invoked under the Permitted Parent Financing Agreement (in each case such that a principal amount outstanding in respect of that Permitted Parent Financing Agreement has become immediately due and payable prior to its scheduled maturity).
"Permitted Parent Financing Agent Liabilities" means the Agent Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the relevant Senior Parent Creditor Representative under or in connection with the Permitted Parent Financing Documents.
"Permitted Parent Financing Agreement" means, in relation to any Permitted Parent Financing Debt, the facility agreement, indenture or other equivalent document by which that Permitted Parent Financing Debt is made available or, as the case may be, issued.
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"Permitted Parent Financing Arranger" means any Arranger under and as defined in a Permitted Parent Financing Agreement.
"Permitted Parent Financing Arranger Liabilities" means the Arranger Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to any Permitted Parent Financing Arranger under or in connection with the Permitted Parent Financing Documents.
"Permitted Parent Financing Creditors" means, in relation to any Permitted Parent Financing Debt, each of the lenders, holders or other creditors in respect of that Permitted Parent Financing Debt from time to time (including the applicable Senior Parent Creditor Representative).
"Permitted Parent Financing Debt" means any indebtedness incurred by a Senior Parent Debt Issuer which is notified to the Security Agent by the Parent in writing as indebtedness to be treated as "Permitted Parent Financing Debt" for the purposes of this Agreement, provided that:
(a) incurrence of such indebtedness is not prohibited by the terms of the Secured Debt Documents; and
(b) either:
(i) the providers of such indebtedness have agreed to become a Party to this Agreement as a Senior Parent Creditor by executing and delivering to the Security Agent a Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking; or
(ii) the agent, trustee or other relevant representative in respect of that Permitted Parent Financing Debt has agreed to become a Party to this Agreement as a Senior Parent Creditor and Senior Parent Creditor Representative on behalf of the providers of such indebtedness by executing and delivering to the Security Agent a Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking, in each case to the extent that the relevant person is not already party to this Agreement in that capacity.
"Permitted Parent Financing Discharge Date" means the first date on which all Permitted Parent Financing Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged (if applicable, including by way of defeasance permitted in accordance with the Permitted Parent Financing Documents), whether or not as a result of an enforcement, and the Permitted Parent Financing Creditors are under no further obligation to provide any financial accommodation to any of the Debtors under the Permitted Parent Financing Documents.
"Permitted Parent Financing Documents" means, in relation to any Permitted Parent Financing Debt, the Permitted Parent Financing Agreement, any fee letter entered into under or in connection with the Permitted Parent Financing Agreement and any other document or instrument relating to that Permitted Parent Financing Debt and designated as such by the Parent and the Senior Parent Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Parent Financing Debt.
"Permitted Parent Financing Event of Default" means, in relation to any Permitted Parent Financing Debt, an event of default (however described) under the Permitted Parent Financing Agreement which entitles the Permitted Parent Financing Creditors to give (or to instruct the Senior Parent Creditor
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Representative to give) a notice of acceleration constituting a Permitted Parent Financing Acceleration Event.
"Permitted Parent Financing Liabilities" means all Liabilities of any Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Provider to any Permitted Parent Financing Creditors under or in connection with the Permitted Parent Financing Documents.
"Permitted Payment" means a Permitted Hedge Payment, a Permitted Intra-Group Payment, a Permitted Senior Parent Payment, a Permitted Second Lien Payment, a Permitted Senior Payment or a Permitted Investor Payment.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Acceleration Event" means, in relation to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt and following the occurrence of a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default which is continuing, the Second Lien Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt (or, as the case may be, any of the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) exercising any of its rights under (and in accordance with the terms of) the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement to accelerate any amount outstanding under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement or any acceleration provision being automatically invoked under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement (in each case such that a principal amount outstanding in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement has become immediately due and payable prior to its scheduled maturity).
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities" means the Agent Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the relevant Second Lien Creditor Representative under or in connection with the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement" means, in relation to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, the facility agreement, indenture or other equivalent document by which that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt is made available or, as the case may be, issued.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger" means any Arranger under and as defined in a Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger Liabilities" means the Arranger Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger under or in connection with the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors" means, in relation to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, each of the lenders, holders or other creditors in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt from time to time (including the applicable Second Lien Creditor Representative).
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt" means any indebtedness incurred by any Second Lien Borrower and which is notified to the Security Agent by the Parent in writing as indebtedness to be treated as "Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt" for the purposes of this Agreement provided that:
(a) incurrence of such indebtedness is not prohibited by the terms of the Secured Debt Documents; and
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(b) either:
(i) the providers of such indebtedness have agreed to become a party to this Agreement as a Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor by executing and delivering to the Security Agent a Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking; or
(ii) the agent, trustee or other relevant representative in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt has agreed to become a Party to this Agreement as a Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor and Second Lien Creditor Representative on behalf of the providers of such indebtedness by executing and delivering to the Security Agent a Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking, in each case to the extent that the relevant person is not already party to this Agreement in that capacity.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date" means the first date on which all Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged (if applicable, including by way of defeasance permitted in accordance with the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents), whether or not as a result of an enforcement, and the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors are under no further obligation to provide any financial accommodation to any of the Debtors under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents" means, in relation to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement, any fee letter entered into under or in connection with the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement and any other document or instrument relating to that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt and designated as such by the Parent and the Second Lien Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default" means, in relation to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, an event of default (however described) under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement which entitles the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors to give (or to instruct the Second Lien Creditor Representative to give) a notice of acceleration constituting a Permitted Second Lien Financing Acceleration Event.
"Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities" means all Liabilities of any Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Provider to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors under or in connection with the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents.
"Permitted Second Lien Payments" means the Payments permitted by Clause 5.2 (Permitted Payments: Second Lien Liabilities).
"Permitted Senior Financing Acceleration Event" means, in relation to any Permitted Senior Financing Debt and following the occurrence of a Permitted Senior Financing Event of Default which is continuing, the Senior Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Debt (or, as the case may be, any of the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) exercising any of its rights under (and in accordance with the terms of) the Permitted Senior Financing Agreement to accelerate any amount outstanding under the Permitted Senior Financing Agreement or any acceleration provision being automatically invoked under
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the Permitted Senior Financing Agreement (in each case such that a principal amount outstanding in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Agreement has become immediately due and payable prior to its scheduled maturity).
"Permitted Senior Financing Agent Liabilities" means the Agent Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the relevant Senior Creditor Representative under or in connection with the Permitted Senior Financing Documents.
"Permitted Senior Financing Agreement" means, in relation to any Permitted Senior Financing Debt, the facility agreement, indenture or other equivalent document by which that Permitted Senior Financing Debt is made available or, as the case may be, issued.
"Permitted Senior Financing Arranger" means any Arranger under and as defined in a Permitted Senior Financing Agreement.
"Permitted Senior Financing Arranger Liabilities" means the Arranger Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to any Permitted Senior Financing Arranger under or in connection with the Permitted Senior Financing Documents.
"Permitted Senior Financing Creditors" means, in relation to any Permitted Senior Financing Debt, each of the lenders, holders or other creditors in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Debt from time to time (including the applicable Senior Creditor Representative).
"Permitted Senior Financing Debt" means any indebtedness incurred by any member of the Group which is notified to the Security Agent by the Parent in writing as indebtedness to be treated as "Permitted Senior Financing Debt" for the purposes of this Agreement provided that:
(a) incurrence of such indebtedness is not prohibited by the terms of the Secured Debt Documents; and
(b) either:
(i) the providers of such indebtedness have agreed to become a party to this Agreement as a Senior Secured Creditor by executing and delivering to the Security Agent a Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking; or
(ii) the agent, trustee or other relevant representative in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Debt has agreed to become a Party to this Agreement as a Senior Secured Creditor and Senior Creditor Representative on behalf of the providers of such indebtedness by executing and delivering to the Security Agent a Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking, in each case to the extent that the relevant person is not already party to this Agreement in that capacity.
"Permitted Senior Financing Discharge Date" means the first date on which all Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged (if applicable, including by way of defeasance permitted in accordance with the Permitted Senior Financing Documents), whether or not as a result of an
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enforcement, and the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors are under no further obligation to provide any financial accommodation to any of the Debtors under the Permitted Senior Financing Documents.
"Permitted Senior Financing Documents" means, in relation to any Permitted Senior Financing Debt, the Permitted Senior Financing Agreement, any fee letter entered into under or in connection with the Permitted Senior Financing Agreement and any other document or instrument relating to that Permitted Senior Financing Debt and designated as such by the Parent and the Senior Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Debt.
"Permitted Senior Financing Event of Default" means, in relation to any Permitted Senior Financing Debt, an event of default (however described) under the Permitted Senior Financing Agreement which entitles the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors to give (or to instruct the Senior Creditor Representative to give) a notice of acceleration constituting a Permitted Senior Financing Acceleration Event.
"Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities" means all Liabilities of any Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Provider to any Permitted Senior Financing Creditors under or in connection with the Permitted Senior Financing Documents.
"Permitted Senior Parent Payments" means the Payments permitted by Clause 6.2 (Permitted Senior Parent Payments).
"Permitted Senior Payments" means the Payments permitted by Clause 3.1 (Payment of Senior Liabilities).
"Post-Petition Interest" means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the Debt Documents continue to accrue after the commencement of any US Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under any Debtor Relief Law or other applicable legal requirements or in any such US Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
"Primary Creditors" means the Senior Secured Creditors and the Senior Parent Creditors.
"Priority Revolving Facility" means any facility which is notified to the Security Agent by the Parent in writing as a facility to be treated as a "Priority Revolving Facility" for the purposes of this Agreement, in each case provided that such facility is made available on terms consistent with those set out in Schedule 4 (Priority Revolving Facility).
"Public Auction" means an auction (public or private) or other competitive sale process in which more than one bidder participates or is invited to participate, which may or may not be conducted through a court or other legal proceeding, and which is conducted with the advice of a Financial Adviser.
"Qualified ECP Guarantor" means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Debtor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an "eligible contract participant" under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause
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another person to qualify as an "eligible contract participant" at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
"Qualified Equity Interests" has the meaning given to the term "Equity Interests" in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Receiver" means a receiver, an interim receiver, a receiver and manager or administrative receiver, in each case, of the whole or any part of the Charged Property.
"Recoveries" has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a) of Clause 14.1 (Order of application).
"Regulated Entity" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Relevant Ancillary Lender" means, in respect of any SFA Cash Cover, the Ancillary Lender (if any) for which that SFA Cash Cover is provided.
"Relevant Issuing Bank" means, in respect of any SFA Cash Cover, the Issuing Bank (if any) for which that SFA Cash Cover is provided.
"Relevant Liabilities" means:
(a) in the case of a Creditor or an Operating Facility Lender:
(i) the Arranger Liabilities owed to an Arranger ranking (in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) pari passu with or in priority to that Creditor or, as the case may be, Operating Facility Lender;
(ii) the Liabilities owed to Creditors and Operating Facility Lenders ranking (in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) pari passu with or in priority to that Creditor or, as the case may be, Operating Facility Lender together with all Agent Liabilities owed to the Agent of those Creditors and Operating Facility Lenders; and
(iii) all present and future liabilities and obligations, actual and contingent, of the Debtors and (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the Security Agent; and
(b) in the case of a Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Provider, the Liabilities owed to the Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders together with the Agent Liabilities owed to the Agent of those Creditors and Operating Facility Lenders, the Arranger Liabilities and all present and future liabilities and obligations, actual and contingent, of the Debtors or, as the case may be, Third Party Security Providers to the Security Agent.
"Required Second Lien Consent" means, in relation to any proposed matter, step or action (the "Proposed Action") if any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt has been incurred and the Proposed Action is prohibited by the terms of the relevant Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement, the prior consent of the Majority Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors or the Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt.
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"Required Senior Consent" means, in relation to any proposed matter, step or action (the "Proposed Action"), the prior consent of:
(a) if the Proposed Action is prohibited by the terms of the Senior Facilities Agreement, the Majority Senior Lenders;
(b) if any Senior Notes have been issued and the Proposed Action is prohibited by the terms of the relevant Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior Notes Trustee; and
(c) if any Permitted Senior Financing Debt has been incurred and the Proposed Action is prohibited by the terms of the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement, the Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors or the Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Debt.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer within the corporate trust, agency or securities services department (however described) of any Notes Trustee, including any director, associate director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of such Notes Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by such officers, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such individual's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and any Senior Notes Indenture, Senior Parent Notes Indenture or Permitted Financing Agreement (as applicable) to which that Notes Trustee is a party.
"Retiring Security Agent" has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (d) of Clause 18.1 (Resignation of the Security Agent).
"Second Lien Borrower" means any person that becomes a borrower or issuer of Second Lien Liabilities.
"Second Lien Creditor Representative" means, in relation to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, the agent, trustee or other relevant representative in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt.
"Second Lien Guarantor" has the meaning given to the term "Guarantor" in any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement.
"Second Lien Liabilities" means any Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities.
"Second Lien Payment Default" means a Senior Event of Default arising by reason of non-payment of any amount which is immediately due and payable under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents, other than in respect of non-payment of any amount (a) not constituting principal or interest or (b) not exceeding USD1,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies).
"Second Lien Secured Credit Participation" means in relation to a Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor, the aggregate amount of its commitments under each Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement (drawn or undrawn) and/or the principal amount of outstanding Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt held by that Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor (as applicable and without double counting).
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"Secured Debt Documents" means the Senior Facilities Finance Documents, the Senior Notes Finance Documents, the Permitted Senior Financing Documents, the Hedging Agreements, the Operating Facility Documents, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents, the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents and/or the Permitted Parent Financing Documents, as the context requires.
"Secured Obligations" means:
(a) in the case of all Security Documents other than the Shared Security, to the extent legally possible, all the Liabilities and all other present and future obligations at any time due, owing or incurred by any member of the Group to any Senior Secured Party under the Secured Debt Documents, both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly and as principal or surety or in any other capacity; and
(b) in the case of the Shared Security, to the extent legally possible, all the Liabilities and all other present and future obligations at any time due, owing or incurred by any member of the Group to any Secured Party (in the case of any Senior Parent Creditor and any Shared Security, to the extent the Parent has agreed that the relevant Senior Parent Notes or relevant Permitted Parent Financing Debt (as applicable) is to benefit from that Shared Security) under the Secured Debt Documents, both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly and as principal or surety or in any other capacity.
"Secured Party" means, to the extent legally possible, each of the Security Agent, any Receiver or Delegate and each of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Operating Facility Lenders, the Senior Secured Creditors and the Senior Parent Creditors from time to time but, to the extent required by this Agreement, only if it is a party to this Agreement or has acceded to this Agreement, in the appropriate capacity, pursuant to Clause 19.7 (Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking).
"Security" means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest having a similar effect.
"Security Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange" means, in respect of the conversion of one currency (the "First Currency") into another currency (the "Second Currency"), the Security Agent's spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the Second Currency with the First Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11.00 am (London time) on a particular day, which shall be notified by the Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (d) of Clause 17.7 (Security Agent's obligations).
"Security Documents" means:
(a) each of the Transaction Security Documents; and
(b) any other document entered into at any time by any of the Debtors or Third Party Security Providers creating or expressed to create any Security over all or any part of its assets in respect of, to the extent legally possible and subject to the Agreed Security Principles, any of the obligations of any member of the Group to any of the Secured Parties (in such capacity) under any of the Secured Debt Documents.
"Security Property" means:
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(a) the Transaction Security expressed to be granted in favour of the Security Agent as agent or trustee for the Secured Parties (or under or pursuant to any parallel debt, joint and several creditorship or similar or equivalent structure) and/or in favour of all or any relevant Secured Parties (as applicable under the relevant governing law) and all proceeds of that Transaction Security;
(b) all obligations expressed to be undertaken by a Debtor or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Provider to pay amounts in respect of the Liabilities to the Security Agent as agent or trustee for the Secured Parties (or under or pursuant to any parallel debt, joint and several creditorship or similar or equivalent structure) and secured by the Transaction Security together with all representations and warranties expressed to be given by a Debtor or a Third Party Security Provider in favour of the Security Agent as trustee for the Secured Parties;
(c) the Security Agent's interest in any trust fund created pursuant to Clause 10 (Turnover of Receipts); and
(d) any other amounts or property, whether rights, entitlements, choses in action or otherwise, actual or contingent, which the Security Agent is required by the terms of the Debt Documents to hold as trustee on trust for (or otherwise for the benefit of) the Secured Parties.
"Senior Acceleration Event" means a Senior Facilities Acceleration Event, a Senior Notes Acceleration Event and/or a Permitted Senior Financing Acceleration Event, as the context requires.
"Senior Agent" means each of the Senior Facility Agent, any Senior Notes Trustee, any Senior Creditor Representative and/or any Second Lien Creditor Representative, as the context requires.
"Senior Agent Liabilities" means the Agent Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the Senior Facility Agent under or in connection with the Senior Facilities Finance Documents.
"Senior Arranger" means any Arranger under and as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Senior Arranger Liabilities" means the Arranger Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to any Senior Arranger under or in connection with the Senior Facilities Finance Documents.
"Senior Borrower" has the meaning given to the term "Borrower" in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Senior Cash Collateral" means any cash collateral provided by:
(a) a Senior Lender to an Issuing Bank pursuant to clause 7.4 (Cash collateral by Non-Acceptable L/C Lender and Borrower's option to provide cash cover) of the Senior Facilities Agreement; and
(b) a Permitted Senior Financing Creditor to an Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of a Permitted Senior Financing Agreement.
"Senior Commitment" means a "Facility B Commitment", an "Incremental Facility Commitment" or a "Revolving Facility Commitment", each as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
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"Senior Credit Participation" means, in relation to a Senior Creditor, the aggregate of:
(a) its aggregate Senior Commitments (whether drawn or undrawn), if any; and
(b) in respect of any hedging transaction of that Senior Creditor under any Hedging Agreement that has, as of the date the calculation is made, been terminated or closed out in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the amount, if any, payable to it under any Hedging Agreement in respect of that termination or close-out as of the date of termination or close-out (and before taking into account any interest accrued on that amount since the date of termination or close-out) to the extent that amount is unpaid (that amount to be certified by the relevant Senior Creditor and as calculated in accordance with the relevant Hedging Agreement); and
(c) in respect of any hedging transaction of that Senior Creditor under any Hedging Agreement that has, as of the date the calculation is made, not been terminated or closed out:
(i) if the relevant Hedging Agreement is based on an ISDA Master Agreement the amount, if any, which would be payable to it under that Hedging Agreement in respect of that hedging transaction, if the date on which the calculation is made was deemed to be an Early Termination Date (as defined in the relevant ISDA Master Agreement) for which the relevant Debtor is the Defaulting Party (as defined in the relevant ISDA Master Agreement); or
(ii) if the relevant Hedging Agreement is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, the amount, if any, which would be payable to it under that Hedging Agreement in respect of that hedging transaction, if the date on which the calculation is made was deemed to be the date on which an event similar in meaning and effect (under that Hedging Agreement) to an Early Termination Date (as defined in any ISDA Master Agreement) occurred under that Hedging Agreement for which the relevant Debtor is in a position similar in meaning and effect (under that Hedging Agreement) to that of a Defaulting Party (under and as defined in the same ISDA Master Agreement),
that amount, in each case, to be certified by the relevant Senior Creditor and as calculated in accordance with the relevant Hedging Agreement.
"Senior Creditor Discharge Date" means the first date on which all the Senior Lender Liabilities and the Hedging Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged, whether or not as the result of an enforcement, and the Senior Creditors are under no further obligation to provide financial accommodation to any of the Debtors under the Senior Facilities Finance Documents.
"Senior Creditor Liabilities" means the Senior Lender Liabilities, the Hedging Liabilities and the Operating Facility Liabilities.
"Senior Creditor Representative" means, in relation to any Permitted Senior Financing Debt, the agent, trustee or other relevant representative in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Debt.
"Senior Creditors" means the Senior Lenders and the Hedge Counterparties.
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"Senior Debt Discharge Date" means the first date on which each of the Senior Lender Discharge Date, the Senior Notes Discharge Date and the Permitted Senior Financing Discharge Date has occurred.
"Senior Debt Documents" means the Senior Facilities Finance Documents, the Senior Notes Finance Documents, the Permitted Senior Financing Documents and/or the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents, as the context requires.
"Senior Discharge Date" means the first date on which each of the Senior Creditor Discharge Date, the Senior Notes Discharge Date and the Permitted Senior Financing Discharge Date has occurred.
"Senior Distress Event" means, following the occurrence of a Senior Acceleration Event which is continuing, any of the Senior Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Enhanced Majority Senior Lenders), a Senior Notes Trustee (acting on behalf of the Senior Noteholders) or a Senior Creditor Representative (to the extent expressly permitted by the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement and acting on the instructions of the Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) declaring by written notice to the Security Agent, each other Agent and the Parent that a Senior Distress Event has occurred.
"Senior Event of Default" means an Event of Default under a Senior Financing Agreement.
"Senior Facilities Acceleration Event" means the occurrence of a "Declared Default" under and as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Senior Facilities Agreement" means the senior facilities agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement and made between the Parent, the Senior Lenders, the Senior Facility Agent and others.
"Senior Facilities Finance Documents" has the meaning given to the term "Finance Document" in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Senior Facility" has the meaning given to the term "Facility" in the Senior Facilities Agreement, and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any Incremental Facility provided thereunder.
"Senior Facility Agent" means the Agent under and as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Senior Financing Agreement" means the Senior Facilities Agreement, any Senior Notes Indenture, any Permitted Senior Financing Agreement and/or any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement, as the context requires.
"Senior Guarantor" has the meaning given to the term "Guarantor" in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Senior Lender Discharge Date" means the first date on which all Senior Lender Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged, whether or not as the result of an enforcement, and the Senior Lenders are under no further obligation to provide financial accommodation to any of the Debtors under any of the Senior Facilities Finance Documents.
"Senior Lender Liabilities" means the Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the Senior Lenders under the Senior Facilities Finance Documents.
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"Senior Lenders" means each Lender under and as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement, together with each Issuing Bank and Ancillary Lender under the Senior Facilities Finance Documents.
"Senior Liabilities" means the Senior Creditor Liabilities, the Senior Notes Liabilities, the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities and the Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities.
"Senior Liabilities Transfer" means a transfer of the Senior Lender Liabilities and the Operating Facility Liabilities to all or any of the Senior Secured Creditors described in paragraph (a) of Clause 3.8 (Option to purchase: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors).
"Senior Noteholders" means the registered holders from time to time of the applicable Senior Notes, as determined in accordance with the relevant Senior Notes Indenture(s).
"Senior Notes" means high yield notes, exchange notes, debt securities and/or other debt instruments issued or to be issued by any member of the Group which are notified to the Security Agent by the Parent in writing as indebtedness to be treated as "Senior Notes" for the purposes of this Agreement.
"Senior Notes Acceleration Event" means following the occurrence of a Senior Event of Default which is continuing under a Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior Notes Trustee (or any Senior Noteholder) exercising any of its rights under (and in accordance with the terms of) the Senior Notes Indenture to accelerate any amount outstanding under the Senior Notes or Senior Notes Indenture or any acceleration provision being automatically invoked under any Senior Notes Indenture (in each case such that a principal amount outstanding under the Senior Notes or Senior Notes Indenture has become immediately due and payable prior to its scheduled maturity).
"Senior Notes Creditors" means, on and from the first Senior Notes Issue Date, the Senior Noteholders and each Senior Notes Trustee.
"Senior Notes Discharge Date" means the first date on which all the Senior Notes Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged, including by way of defeasance permitted in accordance with the Senior Notes Finance Documents, whether or not as the result of an enforcement.
"Senior Notes Finance Documents" means the Senior Notes, each Senior Notes Indenture, each guarantee granted by a member of the Group in respect of the Senior Notes, this Agreement, the Security Documents and any other document entered into in connection with the Senior Notes and designated a Senior Notes Finance Document by the Parent and the applicable Senior Notes Trustee (which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any document to the extent it sets out rights of the initial purchasers of the Senior Notes (in their capacities as initial purchasers) against any member of the Group).
"Senior Notes Finance Parties" means any Senior Notes Trustee (on behalf of itself and the Senior Noteholders which it represents), any Senior Noteholder and the Security Agent.
"Senior Notes Indenture" means each indenture pursuant to which any Senior Notes are issued.
"Senior Notes Issue Date" means, in respect of each Senior Notes Indenture, the first date on which a Senior Note is issued pursuant to that Senior Notes Indenture.
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"Senior Notes Liabilities" means the Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the Senior Notes Finance Parties under the Senior Notes Finance Documents (excluding any Senior Notes Trustee Amounts).
"Senior Notes/Permitted Financing Credit Participations" means the aggregate of all the Senior Secured Credit Participations at any time of the Senior Notes Creditors and the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors.
"Senior Notes Representative" means after the first Senior Notes Issue Date, each Senior Notes Trustee in respect of any Senior Notes that are outstanding.
"Senior Notes Trustee" means any entity acting as trustee under any issue of Senior Notes (to the extent it has acceded to this Agreement in such capacity pursuant to Clause 19.8 (Accession of Senior Notes Trustee)), in each case as the context requires.
"Senior Notes Trustee Amounts" means, in relation to a Senior Notes Trustee, amounts in respect of costs and expenses (including legal fees and together with any applicable VAT) payable to that Senior Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof under the Senior Notes Finance Documents, any provisions (including indemnity provisions) for costs and expenses in favour of that Senior Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof contained in the Senior Notes Finance Documents, all compensation for services provided by that Senior Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof which is payable to that Senior Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes Finance Documents and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses properly incurred by that Senior Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof in carrying out its duties or performing any service pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes Finance Documents, including, without limitation, (a) compensation for the costs and expenses of the collection by that Senior Notes Trustee of any amount payable to that Senior Notes Trustee for the benefit of the Senior Noteholders and (b) costs and expenses of that Senior Notes Trustee's advisers, receivers, delegates, attorneys, agents or appointees (but excluding (i) any payment in relation to any unpaid costs and expenses incurred in respect of any litigation initiated by that Senior Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee on behalf of that Senior Notes Trustee against any of the Senior Creditors or the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors and (ii) any payment made, directly or indirectly, on or in respect of any amounts owing under any Senior Notes (including principal, interest, premium or any other amounts to any of the Senior Noteholders)), all such amounts above including VAT where applicable.
"Senior Parent Agent" means any Senior Parent Notes Trustee and/or any Senior Parent Creditor Representative, as the context requires.
"Senior Parent Creditor Representative" means, in relation to any Permitted Parent Financing Debt, the agent, trustee or other relevant representative in respect of that Permitted Parent Financing Debt.
"Senior Parent Creditors" means the Senior Parent Notes Creditors and any Permitted Parent Financing Creditors.
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"Senior Parent Credit Participation" means:
(a) in relation to a Senior Parent Noteholder, the principal amount of outstanding Senior Parent Notes Liabilities held by that Senior Parent Noteholder; and
(b) in relation to a Permitted Parent Financing Creditor, the aggregate amount of its commitments under each Permitted Parent Financing Agreement (drawn or undrawn and calculated in a manner consistent with the Senior Commitments) and/or the principal amount of outstanding Permitted Parent Financing Debt held by that Permitted Parent Financing Creditor (as applicable and without double counting).
"Senior Parent Debt Issuer" means, in relation to any Senior Parent Notes or Permitted Parent Financing Debt, the member of the Group or any Holding Company of the Parent which is the issuer or, as the case may be, the borrower of those Senior Parent Notes or that Permitted Parent Financing Debt, provided that no member of the Group which is:
(a) an issuer or, as the case may be, a borrower of any outstanding Senior Term Debt, outstanding Senior Notes, outstanding Permitted Senior Financing Debt, outstanding Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt or the Company; or
(b) a Subsidiary of a member of the Group falling within paragraph (a) above (other than a Subsidiary which is a Financing Vehicle),
may be a Senior Parent Debt Issuer.
"Senior Parent Debt Issuer Security" means:
(a) any Transaction Security granted by a Senior Parent Debt Issuer (which is a member of the Group) over the shares directly held by it in its immediate Subsidiaries; and
(b) any Transaction Security granted by a Senior Parent Debt Issuer (which is a member of the Group) over any loan receivables due to it from another member of the Group.
"Senior Parent Debt Proceeds Loan" means any loan made by any entity which is not a member of the Group for the purposes of lending or on-lending (directly or indirectly) the proceeds of any Senior Parent Notes or Permitted Parent Financing Debt issued or incurred by any Senior Parent Debt Issuer which is not a member of the Group, together with any additional or replacement loan made on substantially the same terms in respect of the proceeds of any Senior Parent Notes or Permitted Parent Financing Debt issued or incurred by any Senior Parent Debt Issuer which is not a member of the Group.
"Senior Parent Debt Proceeds Loan Agreement" means any loan agreement, instrument or other agreement documenting a Senior Parent Debt Proceeds Loan.
"Senior Parent Debt Proceeds Loan Liabilities" means the Liabilities owed by any Debtor under any Senior Parent Debt Proceeds Loan.
"Senior Parent Discharge Date" means the first date on which each of the Senior Parent Notes Discharge Date and the Permitted Parent Financing Discharge Date has occurred.
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"Senior Parent Enforcement Notice" has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b) of Clause 6.9 (Permitted Senior Parent enforcement).
"Senior Parent Event of Default" means an Event of Default under a Senior Parent Financing Agreement.
"Senior Parent Finance Documents" means the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents and the Permitted Parent Financing Documents.
"Senior Parent Finance Parties" means the Senior Parent Notes Finance Parties and the Permitted Parent Financing Creditors.
"Senior Parent Financing Agreement" means any Senior Parent Notes Indenture and/or any Permitted Parent Financing Agreement, as the context requires.
"Senior Parent Guarantee" means each guarantee by a member of the Group of any obligations of a member of the Group under the Senior Parent Finance Documents which is expressly subject to the provisions of this Agreement in a legally binding manner (which shall include any guarantee included in a Senior Parent Financing Agreement which is expressed to be subject to the terms of this Agreement).
"Senior Parent Guarantors" means any member of the Group which has given a Senior Parent Guarantee under or in connection with a Senior Parent Finance Document, unless it has ceased to be a Senior Parent Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the relevant Senior Parent Finance Documents.
"Senior Parent Liabilities" means the Senior Parent Notes Liabilities and any Permitted Parent Financing Liabilities.
"Senior Parent Noteholders" means the registered holders from time to time of the applicable Senior Parent Notes, as determined in accordance with the relevant Senior Parent Notes Indenture(s).
"Senior Parent Notes" means high yield notes, exchange notes, debt securities and/or other debt instruments issued or to be issued by a Senior Parent Debt Issuer, which are notified to the Security Agent by the Parent in writing as indebtedness to be treated as "Senior Parent Notes" for the purposes of this Agreement.
"Senior Parent Notes Acceleration Event" means following the occurrence of a Senior Parent Event of Default which is continuing under a Senior Parent Notes Indenture, the Senior Parent Notes Trustee (or any Senior Parent Noteholder) exercising any of its rights under (and in accordance with the terms of) the Senior Parent Notes Indenture to accelerate any amount outstanding under the Senior Parent Notes or Senior Parent Notes Indenture or any acceleration provision being automatically invoked under any Senior Parent Notes Indenture (in each case such that a principal amount outstanding under the Senior Parent Notes or Senior Parent Notes Indenture has become immediately due and payable prior to its scheduled maturity).
"Senior Parent Notes Creditors" means, on and from the first Senior Parent Notes Issue Date, the Senior Parent Noteholders and each Senior Parent Notes Trustee.
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"Senior Parent Notes Discharge Date" means the first date on which all the Senior Parent Notes Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged, including by way of defeasance permitted in accordance with the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents, whether or not as the result of an enforcement.
"Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents" means the Senior Parent Notes, each Senior Parent Notes Indenture, the Senior Parent Guarantees in respect of the Senior Parent Notes, this Agreement, the Security Documents (if and to the extent creating Shared Security) and any other document entered into in connection with the Senior Parent Notes and designated a Senior Parent Notes Finance Document by the Parent and the applicable Senior Parent Notes Trustee (which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any document to the extent it sets out rights of the initial purchasers of the Senior Parent Notes (in their capacities as initial purchasers) against any member of the Group).
"Senior Parent Notes Finance Parties" means any Senior Parent Notes Trustee (on behalf of itself and the Senior Parent Noteholders which it represents), any Senior Parent Noteholder and (to the extent of the Shared Security) the Security Agent.
"Senior Parent Notes Indenture" means each indenture pursuant to which any Senior Parent Notes are issued.
"Senior Parent Notes Issue Date" means, in respect of each Senior Parent Notes Indenture, the first date on which a Senior Parent Note is issued pursuant to that Senior Parent Notes Indenture.
"Senior Parent Notes Liabilities" means the Liabilities owed by the Debtors or (to the extent arising from any Third Party Security) Third Party Security Providers to the Senior Parent Notes Finance Parties under the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents (excluding any Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts).
"Senior Parent Notes Representative" means each Senior Parent Notes Trustee in respect of any Senior Parent Notes that are outstanding.
"Senior Parent Notes Trustee" means any entity acting as trustee under any issue of Senior Parent Notes (to the extent it has acceded to this Agreement in such capacity pursuant to Clause 19.9 (Accession of Senior Parent Notes Trustee), in each case as the context requires.
"Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts" means, in relation to a Senior Parent Notes Trustee, amounts in respect of costs and expenses (including legal fees together with any applicable VAT) payable to that Senior Parent Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof under the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents, any provisions (including indemnity provisions) for costs and expenses in favour of that Senior Parent Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof contained in the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents, all compensation for services provided by that Senior Parent Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof which is payable to that Senior Parent Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof pursuant to the terms of the Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses properly incurred by that Senior Parent Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee thereof in carrying out its duties or performing any service pursuant to the terms of Senior Parent Notes Finance Documents, including,
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without limitation, (a) compensation for the costs and expenses of the collection by that Senior Parent Notes Trustee of any amount payable to that Senior Parent Notes Trustee for the benefit of the Senior Parent Noteholders and (b) costs and expenses of that Senior Parent Notes Trustee's advisers, receivers, delegates, attorneys, agents or appointees (but excluding (i) any payment in relation to any unpaid costs and expenses incurred in respect of any litigation initiated by that Senior Parent Notes Trustee or any adviser, receiver, delegate, attorney, agent or appointee on behalf of that Senior Parent Notes Trustee against any of the Senior Secured Creditors and (ii) any payment made, directly or indirectly, on or in respect of any amounts owing under any Senior Parent Notes (including principal, interest, premium or any other amounts to any of the Senior Parent Noteholders)), all such amounts above including VAT where applicable.
"Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice" has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 6.3 (Issue of Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice).
"Senior Parent Standstill Period" has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a) of Clause 6.10 (Senior Parent Standstill Period).
"Senior Payment Default" means a Senior Event of Default arising by reason of non-payment of any amount which is immediately due and payable under the Senior Debt Documents (other than the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents), other than in respect of non-payment of any amount (a) not constituting principal or interest or (b) not exceeding USD1,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies).
"Senior Secured Creditors" means the Senior Creditors, the Senior Notes Creditors, the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors and/or the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors, as the context requires.
"Senior Secured Credit Participation" means:
(a) in relation to a Senior Creditor, its Senior Credit Participation in relation to the Senior Facilities Agreement and the Hedging Agreements only;
(b) in relation to a Senior Noteholder, the principal amount of outstanding Senior Notes Liabilities held by that Senior Noteholder; and
(c) in relation to a Permitted Senior Financing Creditor, the aggregate amount of its commitments under each Permitted Senior Financing Agreement (drawn or undrawn and calculated in a manner consistent with the Senior Commitments) and/or the principal amount of outstanding Permitted Senior Financing Debt held by that Permitted Senior Financing Creditor (as applicable and without double counting).
"Senior Secured Liabilities" means the Senior Lender Liabilities, the Senior Notes Liabilities, any Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities and any Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities.
"Senior Secured Liabilities Transfer" means a transfer of the Senior Lender Liabilities, the Senior Notes Liabilities, any Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities and the Operating Facility Liabilities to all or any of the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors as described in Clause 5.12 (Option to purchase: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) or to all or any of the Senior Parent Creditors as described in Clause 6.13 (Option to purchase: Senior Parent Creditors).
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"Senior Secured Parties" means the Secured Parties other than the Senior Parent Finance Parties.
"Senior Term Debt" means Indebtedness outstanding under Facility B (as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement) and/or under any Incremental Term Facility (as defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement).
"SFA Cash Cover" has the interpretation given to the term "cash cover" in the Senior Facilities Agreement (or any equivalent term or concept in any relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement or Operating Facility Document).
"SFA Cash Cover Document" means, in relation to any SFA Cash Cover:
(a) in the case of any SFA Cash Cover provided pursuant to the Senior Facilities Agreement, any Senior Facilities Finance Document which creates or evidences, or is expressed to create or evidence, the Security required to be provided over that SFA Cash Cover by paragraph (iii) of the term "cash cover" as used in the Senior Facilities Agreement;
(b) in the case of any SFA Cash Cover provided pursuant to a Permitted Senior Financing Agreement, any Permitted Senior Financing Document which creates or evidences, or is expressed to create or evidence, any Security required to be provided over that SFA Cash Cover by the terms of that Permitted Senior Financing Agreement; and
(c) in the case of any SFA Cash Cover provided pursuant to an Operating Facility Document, any Operating Facility Document which creates or evidences, or is expressed to create or evidence, any Security required to be provided over that SFA Cash Cover by the terms of that Operating Facility Document.
"Shared Security" means any Transaction Security which, at the election of the Parent, is to secure all or any part of the Senior Parent Liabilities.
"Subordinated Shareholder Funding" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Subsidiary" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Swap" means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a "swap" within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
"Swap Obligation" means, with respect to any person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
"Taxes" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Third Party Security" means any Transaction Security provided by a Third Party Security Provider in such capacity.
"Third Party Security Provider" means:
(a) each Original Third Party Security Provider; and
(b) any person that has provided Transaction Security over any or all of its assets (including Shared Security) but is not a Debtor in respect of any of the direct Borrowing Liabilities or Guarantee
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Liabilities of the Secured Obligations to which that Transaction Security relates (other than Senior Parent Liabilities) and which is designated as such by the Parent (in its discretion) by written notice to each Agent who is a party to this Agreement at such time,
and, in each case, which person has not ceased to be a Third Party Security Provider in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"Total Second Lien Secured Credit Participations" means the aggregate of all the Second Lien Secured Credit Participations at any time.
"Total Senior Secured Credit Participations" means the aggregate of all the Senior Secured Credit Participations at any time.
"Transaction Security" means the Security created or evidenced or expressed to be created or evidenced under or pursuant to the Security Documents.
"Transaction Security Documents" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"Unrestricted Asset" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"U.S. Debtor" means a Debtor that is a U.S. Person.
"U.S. Internal Revenue Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"U.S. Person" means a "United States person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and includes an entity disregarded as being an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes if such owner is a "United States person".
"US Bankruptcy Law" has the meaning given to that term in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
"US Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means any of the following under a Debtor Relief Law:
(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding with respect to a Debtor or any other member of the Group;
(b) the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, (preliminary) insolvency receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of the property of a Debtor or any other member of the Group;
(c) except as expressly permitted under the Debt Documents, any liquidation, administration (or the appointment of an administrator), dissolution, reorganization or winding up of an Obligor or any other member of the Group whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or
(d) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of a Debtor or any other member of the Group.
"VAT" means:
(a) any value added tax imposed by the Value Added Tax Act 1994
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(b) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and
(c) any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in the United Kingdom or in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above, or imposed elsewhere.
1.2 Construction
(a) Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to:
(i) any "Agent", "Ancillary Lender", "Arranger", "Creditor", "Debtor", "Group Company", "Hedge Counterparty", "Intra-Group Lender", "Investor", "Issuing Bank", "Operating Facility Lender", "Parent", “Party", "Permitted Parent Financing Arranger", "Permitted Parent Financing Creditor", "Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger", "Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor", "Permitted Senior Financing Arranger", "Permitted Senior Financing Creditor", "Primary Creditor", "Second Xxxx Xxxxxxxx", "Second Lien Guarantor", "Second Lien Creditor Representative", "Security Agent", "Senior Agent", "Senior Arranger", "Senior Borrower", "Senior Creditor", "Senior Guarantor", "Senior Lender", "Senior Creditor Representative", "Senior Noteholder", "Senior Notes Trustee", "Senior Parent Creditor", "Senior Parent Creditor Representative", "Senior Parent Noteholder", "Senior Parent Notes Trustee" or "Third Party Security Provider" shall be construed to be a reference to it in its capacity as such and not in any other capacity;
(ii) any "Agent", "Ancillary Lender", "Arranger", "Creditor", "Debtor", "Hedge Counterparty", "Investor", "Issuing Bank", "Operating Facility Lender", any "Party" or the "Security Agent" or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees (including the surviving entity of any merger involving that person) and, in the case of the Security Agent, any person for the time being appointed as Security Agent or Security Agents in accordance with this Agreement;
(iii) "assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
(iv) a "Debt Document" or any other agreement or instrument is to be construed as a reference to that Debt Document, or other agreement or instrument, as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated (however fundamentally) and includes any increase in, addition to or extension of or other change to any facility made available under any such agreement or instrument (in each case to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement);
(v) "enforcing" (or any derivation) the Transaction Security shall include the appointment of an administrator of a Debtor or a Third Party Security Provider by the Security Agent;
(vi) "indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;
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(vii) a "person" includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or more of the foregoing;
(viii) a "regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law, but if not having the force of law being one with which it is the practice of the relevant person to comply) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; and
(ix) a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted.
(b) Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
(c) A Default or an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has not been remedied or waived. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred but is no longer continuing (as "Cured Default"), any other Default or Event of Default which would not have arisen had the Cured Default not occurred, shall be deemed not to be continuing automatically upon, and simultaneously with, the remedy or waiver of the Cured Default. For the avoidance of doubt, any Default in respect of a failure to comply with any obligation in a Debt Document to deliver any notice, certificate or other document or information, as applicable, within a prescribed time period shall be deemed to be cured upon performance of such obligation even though such performance is not within the prescribed period specified in any Debt Document.
(d) An Acceleration Event is "continuing" if it has not been revoked or otherwise ceases to be continuing in accordance with the terms of the relevant Debt Financing Agreement.
(e) The right or requirement of any Party to take or not take any action on or following the occurrence of an Insolvency Event shall cease to apply if the relevant Insolvency Event of Default in respect of that Insolvency Event is no longer continuing (unless an Acceleration Event has occurred and is continuing and without prejudice to any action taken or not taken in accordance with the terms of this Agreement while that Insolvency Event of Default was continuing).
(f) The determination that a Second Lien Payment Stop Notice is "outstanding" is to be made by reference to the provisions of Clause 5.3 (Issue of Second Lien Payment Stop Notice).
(g) The determination that a Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice is "outstanding" is to be made by reference to the provisions of Clause 6.3 (Issue of Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice).
(h) Any reference in this Agreement to a Debtor or member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider being able to make any Payment or take any other action shall include a reference to that Debtor or member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider being permitted to make any arrangement in respect of that Payment or action or take any step or enter into any transaction to facilitate the making of that Payment or the taking of that action.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, where any provision of this Agreement refers to or otherwise contemplates any consent, approval, release, waiver, agreement, notification or other step or action being required from or by any person:
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(i) which is not a Party;
(ii) in respect of any agreement which is not in existence;
(iii) in respect of any indebtedness which has not been committed or incurred;
(iv) in respect of Liabilities or Creditors or Operating Facility Lenders (or other persons) for which the relevant Discharge Date has occurred,
unless otherwise agreed or specified by the Parent, that consent, approval, release, waiver, agreement, notification or other step or action shall not be required and no such provision shall, or shall be construed so as to, in any way prohibit or restrict the rights or actions of any member of the Group. Further, for the avoidance of doubt, no reference to any agreement which is not in existence shall, or shall be construed so as to, in any way prohibit or restrict the rights or actions of any member of the Group.
(j) References to the Senior Notes Trustee acting on behalf of the Senior Noteholders means such Senior Notes Trustee acting on behalf of the Senior Noteholders which it represents or, if applicable, with the consent of the requisite number of Senior Noteholders required under and in accordance with the applicable Senior Notes Indenture. A Senior Notes Trustee will be entitled to seek instructions from the Senior Noteholders which it represents to the extent required by the applicable Senior Notes Indenture as to any action to be taken by it under this Agreement.
(k) References to the Senior Parent Notes Trustee acting on behalf of the Senior Parent Noteholders means such Senior Parent Notes Trustee acting on behalf of the Senior Parent Noteholders which it represents or, if applicable, with the consent of the requisite number of Senior Parent Noteholders required under and in accordance with the applicable Senior Parent Notes Indenture. A Senior Parent Notes Trustee will be entitled to seek instructions from the Senior Parent Noteholders which it represents to the extent required by the applicable Senior Parent Notes Indenture as to any action to be taken by it under this Agreement.
(l) References to a Senior Creditor Representative acting on behalf of the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors means such Senior Creditor Representative acting on behalf of the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors which it represents or, if applicable, with the consent of the requisite number of Permitted Senior Financing Creditors required under and in accordance with the applicable Permitted Senior Financing Agreement. A Senior Creditor Representative will be entitled to seek instructions from the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors which it represents to the extent required by the applicable Permitted Senior Financing Agreement as to any action to be taken by it under this Agreement.
(m) References to a Second Lien Creditor Representative acting on behalf of the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors means such Second Lien Creditor Representative acting on behalf of the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors which it represents or, if applicable, with the consent of the requisite number of Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors required under and in accordance with the applicable Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement. A Second Lien Creditor Representative will be entitled to seek instructions from the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors which it represents to the extent required by the applicable Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement as to any action to be taken by it under this Agreement.
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(n) References to a Senior Parent Creditor Representative acting on behalf of the Permitted Parent Financing Creditors means such Senior Parent Creditor Representative acting on behalf of the Permitted Parent Financing Creditors which it represents or, if applicable, with the consent of the requisite number of Permitted Parent Financing Creditors required under and in accordance with the applicable Permitted Parent Financing Agreement. A Senior Parent Creditor Representative will be entitled to seek instructions from the Permitted Parent Financing Creditors which it represents to the extent required by the applicable Permitted Parent Financing Agreement as to any action to be taken by it under this Agreement.
(o) In the event that any Permitted Senior Financing Debt is incurred by way of an issue of high yield notes, debt securities or other similar instruments, if and to the extent required by the Parent, the Senior Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Senior Financing Debt shall be treated in the same manner as a Senior Notes Trustee for all relevant purposes under this Agreement (including, without limitation, as regards amounts owing to that Senior Creditor Representative being, and ranking and being secured in the same manner as, Senior Notes Trustee Amounts and that Senior Creditor Representative benefiting from all rights and protections provided to the Senior Notes Trustees under or pursuant to Clause 26 (Notes Trustee)). If the Parent requires that this Clause should operate in relation to any Senior Creditor Representative it shall notify the Security Agent in writing accordingly (such notice to include details of which provisions of this Agreement will apply to that Senior Creditor Representative and to what extent). Following receipt of any such notice by the Security Agent this Agreement shall be construed for all purposes in accordance with the terms of this paragraph (o) and that notice.
(p) In the event that any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt is incurred by way of an issue of high yield notes, debt securities or other similar instruments, if and to the extent required by the Parent, the Second Lien Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt shall be treated in the same manner as a Senior Notes Trustee for all relevant purposes under this Agreement (including, without limitation, as regards amounts owing to that Second Lien Creditor Representative being, and ranking and being secured in the same manner as, Senior Notes Trustee Amounts and that Second Lien Creditor Representative benefiting from all rights and protections provided to the Senior Notes Trustees under or pursuant to Clause 26 (Notes Trustee)). If the Parent requires that this Clause 1.2 should operate in relation to any Second Lien Creditor Representative it shall notify the Security Agent in writing accordingly (such notice to include details of which provisions of this Agreement will apply to that Second Lien Creditor Representative and to what extent). Following receipt of any such notice by the Security Agent this Agreement shall be construed for all purposes in accordance with the terms of this paragraph (p) and that notice.
(q) In the event that any Permitted Parent Financing Debt is incurred by way of an issue of high yield notes, debt securities or other similar instruments, if and to the extent required by the Parent, the Senior Parent Creditor Representative in respect of that Permitted Parent Financing Debt shall be treated in the same manner as a Senior Parent Notes Trustee for all relevant purposes under this Agreement (including, without limitation, as regards amounts owing to that Senior Parent Creditor Representative being, and ranking and being secured in the same manner as, Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts and that Senior Parent Creditor Representative benefiting from all rights and protections provided to the Senior Parent Notes
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Trustees under or pursuant to Clause 26 (Notes Trustee)). If the Parent requires that this Clause 1.2 should operate in relation to any Senior Parent Creditor Representative it shall notify the Security Agent in writing accordingly (such notice to include details of which provisions of this Agreement will apply to that Senior Parent Creditor Representative and to what extent). Following receipt of any such notice by the Security Agent this Agreement shall be construed for all purposes in accordance with the terms of this paragraph (q) and that notice.
(r) Prior to the Senior Lender Discharge Date:
(i) terms defined in the Senior Facilities Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Agreement (unless separately defined in this Agreement); and
(ii) the provisions of clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Senior Facilities Agreement apply to this Agreement as though they were set out in full in this Agreement (except that references to the Senior Facilities Agreement are to be construed as references to this Agreement).
Following the Senior Lender Discharge Date, references in this Agreement to any term being defined by reference to a definition in, or the provisions of clause 1.2 (Construction) of, the Senior Facilities Agreement shall:
(A) be construed as a reference to the relevant definition in, or the provisions of such clause of, the Senior Facilities Agreement as at the Senior Lender Discharge Date; or
(B) if required by the Parent, be construed as a reference to any equivalent term or terms in, or provision or provisions of, any other Secured Debt Documents which remain in existence (in each case as notified in writing by the Parent to the Security Agent from time to time).
(s) In the event that the proceeds of any Senior Notes, Senior Parent Notes, Permitted Senior Financing Debt, Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt and/or Permitted Parent Financing Debt are held in escrow (or similar or equivalent arrangements) prior to being released to a member of the Group, until such time as the relevant proceeds are released from such escrow (or those similar or equivalent arrangements), the provisions of this Agreement shall not apply to or create any restriction in respect of any arrangement pursuant to which the proceeds are subject and this Agreement shall not govern the rights and obligations of the Creditors concerned until such proceeds are released from such escrow arrangement (or those similar or equivalent arrangements) in accordance with the terms thereof.
(t) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Debt Document, nothing in this Agreement or any Debt Document shall prohibit a non-cash contribution of any asset (including, without limitation, any participation, claim, commitment, rights, benefits and/or obligations in respect of any Liabilities and/or any other indebtedness borrowed or issued by any member of the Group from time to time) to the Parent (and subsequently any other members of the Group).
(u) If the terms of any Secured Debt Document:
(i) do not require the relevant Agent, Creditors or Operating Facility Lenders to provide approval (or deem approval to have been provided) for a particular matter, step or action (for the avoidance of
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doubt, excluding any such terms which expressly entitle the relevant Agent, Creditors or Operating Facility Lenders to withhold their approval for that matter, step or action); or
(ii) do not seek to regulate a particular matter, step or action (which shall be the case if the relevant matter, step or action is not the subject of an express requirement or restriction in that Secured Debt Document),
for the purpose of this Agreement that matter, step or action shall not be prohibited by the terms of that Secured Debt Document.
(v) In determining whether any indebtedness or other amount (including, without limitation, any Debt Refinancing, any Permitted Senior Financing Debt, any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt and any Permitted Parent Financing Debt) is prohibited by the terms of any Debt Document, the terms of any Debt Documents which:
(i) relate to any Liabilities which are to be refinanced or otherwise replaced with such indebtedness or other amount; or
(ii) will not exist or will cease to be in effect on the date on which such indebtedness or other amount is incurred by a member of the Group,
shall not be taken into account.
(w) In determining whether or not any Liabilities have been fully and finally discharged, contingent liabilities (such as the risk of clawback flowing from a preference) will be disregarded, except to the extent that there is a reasonable likelihood that those liabilities will become actual liabilities.
(x) For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Debt Document, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit any debt exchange, non-cash rollover or other similar or equivalent transaction in relation to any Liabilities.
(y) If there is any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other Debt Document, the terms of this Agreement will prevail (save to the extent that to do so would result in or have the effect of any member of the Group contravening any applicable law or regulation, or present a material risk of liability for any member of the Group and/or its directors or officers, or give rise to a material risk of breach of fiduciary or statutory duties).
(z) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Debt Document, no payments made by or amounts received or recovered from a CFC or FSHCO, or amounts received or recovered in respect of greater than 65 per cent. of the voting equity interests (and 100 per cent. of the non-voting equity interests) of a CFC or FSHCO, shall be applied to any obligations of a U.S. Person (whether under Clause 14 (Application of proceeds) or otherwise).
(aa) To the extent that any member of the Group or any Affiliate thereof is a party to this Agreement in more than one capacity, and a payment is permitted to be made or received or a right is granted in respect of one of those capacities (or with respect to specific Liabilities associated with that capacity), then such payment or right shall not be restricted or limited by the terms of this Agreement relating to any other
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capacity that such member of the Group or Affiliate has assumed (or as a result of the treatment of specific Liabilities associated with that capacity).
1.3 Third Party rights
(a) Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Rights Act") to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any term of this Agreement, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.
(c) Any Receiver, Delegate or any other person described in Clause 17.10 (No proceedings) may, subject to this Clause 1.3 and the Third Parties Rights Act, rely on any Clause of this Agreement which expressly confers rights on it.
(d) The Third Parties Rights Act shall apply to this Agreement in respect of any Senior Noteholder, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor, Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor, Senior Parent Noteholder or Permitted Parent Financing Creditor which, by holding a Senior Note, Permitted Senior Financing Debt, Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, a Senior Parent Note or Permitted Parent Financing Debt, as the case may be, has effectively agreed to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and will be deemed to receive the benefits hereof, and be subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as if such person was a Party hereto. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, upon any such person becoming a Senior Noteholder, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor, Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor, Senior Parent Noteholder or Permitted Parent Financing Creditor, that person shall be deemed a Party to this Agreement, provided that such person is deemed to be a Party to this Agreement under the terms of the relevant Notes Indenture, Permitted Senior Financing Agreement, Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement or Permitted Parent Financing Agreement. In relation to any amendment or waiver of this Agreement, no such person that is deemed to be a party to this Agreement by virtue of this Clause 1.3 is required to consent to or execute any amendment or waiver in order for such amendment or waiver to be effective.
1.4 Termination
Unless otherwise notified by the Parent in writing on or prior to the Final Discharge Date, this Agreement shall terminate in full and cease to have any further effect on the Final Discharge Date.
1.5 Personal liability
No director, officer or employee of the Parent, of any other member of the Group or of any of its or their respective Affiliates shall be personally liable for any representation or statement made by it in any Debt Document, certificate or other document required to be delivered under any Debt Document save in the case of fraud in which case liability (if any) will be determined in accordance with applicable law.
1.6 No shareholder recourse
No past, present or future member, partner or direct or indirect equityholder of the Parent or any member of the Group or of any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than in such equityholder's capacity as a Creditor, Debtor or Third Party Security Provider) shall have any liability, for any obligations of the
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Creditors, Debtors or Third Party Security Providers under the Debt Documents or this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation.
1.7 Existing intercreditor agreement
The Parties hereby acknowledge and confirm that by their execution of, or accession to, this Agreement, all rights powers, obligations and undertakings under the intercreditor agreement dated 20 December 2017 and made between, amongst others, the Parent, the Company, the Senior Facility Agent, the Security Agent and the Original Debtors (each as defined therein) shall be terminated.
2. Ranking and priority
2.1 Primary Creditor Liabilities
Subject to Clause 2.3 (Senior Parent Liabilities and Transaction Security), each of the Parties agrees that:
(a) the Liabilities owed by the Debtors (other than any Senior Parent Debt Issuer to the extent relating to Liabilities in respect of Senior Parent Notes and/or Permitted Parent Financing Debt where that Senior Parent Debt Issuer is the issuer or, as the case may be, the borrower) to the Primary Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders shall rank in right and priority of payment in the following order and are postponed and subordinated to any prior ranking Liabilities as follows:
(i) first, the Senior Lender Liabilities, the Senior Notes Liabilities, the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities, the Hedging Liabilities, the Operating Facility Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities, the Senior Arranger Liabilities, the Senior Agent Liabilities, the Senior Notes Trustee Amounts, the Permitted Senior Financing Agent Liabilities, the Permitted Senior Financing Arranger Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger Liabilities and the Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts pari passu and without any preference amongst them; and
(ii) second, the Senior Parent Notes Liabilities, the Permitted Parent Financing Liabilities and the Permitted Parent Financing Arranger Liabilities pari passu and without any preference amongst them; and
(b) the Liabilities owed by any Senior Parent Debt Issuer (to the extent relating to Liabilities in respect of Senior Parent Notes and/or Permitted Parent Financing Debt where that Senior Parent Debt Issuer is the issuer or, as the case may be, the borrower) to the Primary Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders, in respect of the Senior Lender Liabilities, the Senior Notes Liabilities, the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities, the Hedging Liabilities, the Operating Facility Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities, the Senior Arranger Liabilities, the Senior Agent Liabilities, the Senior Notes Trustee Amounts, the Permitted Senior Financing Agent Liabilities, the Permitted Senior Financing Arranger Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger Liabilities, the Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts, the Senior Parent Notes Liabilities, the Permitted Parent Financing Liabilities and the Permitted Parent Financing Arranger Liabilities, shall rank pari passu in right and priority of payment without any preference amongst them.
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2.2 Transaction Security
Each of the Parties agrees that the Transaction Security shall secure the Liabilities (but only to the extent that such Transaction Security is expressed to secure those Liabilities) in the following order:
(a) first, the Senior Lender Liabilities, the Senior Notes Liabilities, the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities, the Hedging Liabilities, the Operating Facility Liabilities, the Senior Arranger Liabilities, the Senior Agent Liabilities, the Senior Notes Trustee Amounts, the Permitted Senior Financing Agent Liabilities, the Permitted Senior Financing Arranger Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Arranger Liabilities and the Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts pari passu and without any preference amongst them;
(b) second, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Liabilities pari passu and without any preference amongst them; and
(c) third (to the extent of any Shared Security), the Senior Parent Notes Liabilities, the Permitted Parent Financing Liabilities and the Permitted Parent Financing Arranger Liabilities pari passu and without any preference amongst them.
2.3 Senior Parent Liabilities and Transaction Security
(a) The Parties acknowledge that the Senior Parent Liabilities owed (if any) by a Senior Parent Debt Issuer (to the extent relating to Liabilities in respect of Senior Parent Notes and/or Permitted Parent Financing Debt where that Senior Parent Debt Issuer is the issuer or, as the case may be, the borrower) are senior obligations of that Senior Parent Debt Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, the Senior Parent Creditors agree that, until the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, they may not take any steps to appropriate the assets of a Senior Parent Debt Issuer subject to the Security Documents in connection with any Enforcement Action, other than as expressly permitted by this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of the Senior Parent Creditors to institute suit for the recovery of any payment due by a Senior Parent Debt Issuer in respect of the Senior Parent Liabilities (to the extent relating to Liabilities in respect of Senior Parent Notes and/or Permitted Parent Financing Debt where that Senior Parent Debt Issuer is the issuer or, as the case may be, the borrower).
2.4 Investor Liabilities and Intra-Group Liabilities
(a) Each of the Parties agrees that the Investor Liabilities and the Intra-Group Liabilities are postponed and subordinated to the Liabilities owed by the Debtors to the Primary Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders.
(b) This Agreement does not purport to rank any of the Investor Liabilities or the Intra-Group Liabilities as between themselves.
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2.5 Additional and/or Refinancing debt
(a) The Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders acknowledge that the Debtors (or any of them) may wish to:
(i) incur incremental Borrowing Liabilities and/or Guarantee Liabilities in respect of incremental Borrowing Liabilities; or
(ii) refinance or replace Borrowing Liabilities and/or incur Guarantee Liabilities in respect of any such refinancing or replacement of Borrowing Liabilities, which in any such case is intended to rank pari passu with any other Liabilities and/or share pari passu in any Transaction Security and/or to rank behind any other Liabilities and/or to share in any Transaction Security behind any such other Liabilities.
(b) The Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders each confirm and undertake that, if and to the extent a financing, refinancing or replacement referred to in paragraph (a) above and such ranking and such Security is not prohibited by the terms of the Debt Financing Agreements at such time, they will (at the cost of the Debtors) co-operate with the Parent and the Debtors with a view to enabling and facilitating such financing, refinancing or replacement and such sharing in the Security to take place in a timely manner. In particular, but without limitation, each of the Secured Parties hereby authorise and direct each of their respective Agents and the Security Agent to (unless such Secured Party is required under applicable law to act in its own name, in which case it shall) execute any amendment to this Agreement and such other Debt Documents required by the Parent to reflect, enable and/or facilitate any such arrangements (including as regards the ranking of any such arrangements) to the extent such financing, refinancing, replacement and/or sharing is not prohibited by the Debt Financing Agreements to which the relevant Secured Party is a party. This Clause 2.5 is without prejudice to any obligations of any Secured Party set out in or contemplated by Clause 16 (Additional debt).
3. Senior Secured Creditor Liabilities
3.1 Payment of Senior Liabilities
(a) Subject to Clause 4 (Hedge Counterparties and Hedging Liabilities), Clause 5 (Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors and Second Lien Liabilities) and paragraph (b) below, the Parent and the Debtors may make Payments of the Senior Liabilities at any time.
(b) Following the occurrence of a Senior Acceleration Event or an Insolvency Event:
(i) any Payment of the Senior Lender Liabilities, Operating Facility Liabilities, Senior Notes Liabilities or Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities that is owing by any Debtor or Third Party Security Provider shall be paid by that Debtor or Third Party Security Provider (as applicable) to the Security Agent (rather than to any other Senior Secured Creditor); and
(ii) no Senior Secured Creditor nor Operating Facility Lender may receive and retain any Payment of the Senior Lender Liabilities, Operating Facility Liabilities, Senior Notes Liabilities or Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities that (notwithstanding paragraph (i) above) it may receive from a Debtor, but (for the avoidance of doubt) may receive and retain:
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(A) Recoveries distributed in accordance with Clause 14 (Application of proceeds); or
(B) other amounts with the consent of the Majority Senior Creditors and of any relevant Senior Notes Trustee (before the Senior Creditor Discharge Date) or with the consent of the Majority Second Lien Creditors (thereafter).
3.2 Amendments and waivers: Senior Secured Creditors
The Senior Secured Creditors, the Operating Facility Lenders, the Parent, the Debtors and the Third Party Security Providers may at any time amend or waive any of the terms of the Senior Facilities Finance Documents, the Senior Notes Finance Documents, the Permitted Senior Financing Documents, the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents and/or the Operating Facility Documents in accordance with their respective terms from time to time (and subject only to any consent required under them).
3.3 Security and guarantees: Senior Secured Creditors
Any of the Senior Secured Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders (and/or the Security Agent, a Senior Agent and/or any other person acting on behalf of any of them) may take, accept or receive the benefit of:
(a) any Security from any member of the Group or any Third Party Security Provider (the "Security Provider") in respect of any of the Senior Liabilities (in addition to the Common Transaction Security) provided that (except for any Security permitted under paragraphs (a) to (f) of Clause 3.4 (Security: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks)), to the extent legally possible and subject to the Agreed Security Principles:
(i) the Security Provider becomes party to this Agreement as a Debtor or Third Party Security Provider (as applicable) (if not already a Party in that capacity);
(ii) all amounts actually received or recovered by any Senior Secured Creditor or Operating Facility Lender with respect to any such Security shall immediately be paid to the Security Agent and applied in accordance with Clause 14 (Application of Proceeds); and
(iii) such Security may only be enforced in accordance with Clause 12.6 (Security held by other Creditors),
provided that all amounts received or recovered by any Senior Secured Creditor or any Operating Facility Lender with respect to such Security are immediately paid to the Security Agent and held and applied in accordance with Clause 14 (Application of proceeds);
(b) any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss from any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider (the "Guarantee Provider") in respect of any of the Senior Liabilities in addition to those in:
(i) the Senior Facilities Agreement, any Senior Notes Indenture, any Permitted Senior Financing Document, any Permitted Second Lien Financing Document or any Operating Facility Document;
(ii) this Agreement; or
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(iii) any Common Assurance,
provided that (except for any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss permitted under paragraphs (a) to (f) of Clause 3.4 (Security: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks)), to the extent legally possible and subject to the Agreed Security Principles:
(A) the Guarantee Provider becomes party to this Agreement as a Debtor or Third Party Security Provider (as applicable) (if not already a party in that capacity); and
(B) such guarantee, indemnity or assurance against loss is expressed to be subject to the terms of this Agreement; and
(c) any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss from any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider in connection with:
(i) any escrow or similar or equivalent arrangements entered into in respect of amounts which are being held (or will be held) by a person which is not a member of the Group prior to release of those amounts to a member of the Group; or
(ii) any actual or proposed defeasance, redemption, prepayment, repayment, purchase or other discharge of any Senior Lender Liabilities, Operating Facility Liabilities, Senior Notes Liabilities, Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities and/or Second Lien Liabilities (in each case provided that such defeasance, redemption, prepayment, repayment, purchase or other discharge is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement).
3.4 Security: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks
No Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank will, unless the prior consent of the Majority Senior Lenders (in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under the Senior Facilities Agreement or in respect of an Operating Facility) or the Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors (in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under a Permitted Senior Financing Agreement or in respect of an Operating Facility) is obtained, take, accept or receive from any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider the benefit of any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss in respect of any of the Liabilities owed to it other than:
(a) the Common Transaction Security;
(b) each guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss contained in:
(i) the Senior Facilities Agreement, any Permitted Senior Financing Document or any Operating Facility Document;
(ii) this Agreement; or
(iii) any Common Assurance;
(c) indemnities and assurances against loss contained in the Ancillary Documents no greater in extent than any of those referred to in paragraph (b) above;
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(d) any SFA Cash Cover permitted under the Senior Facilities Agreement, the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement or the relevant Operating Facility Document (as the case may be) relating to any Ancillary Facility or for any Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank;
(e) the indemnities or any netting or set-off arrangements contained in an ISDA Master Agreement (in the case of a Hedging Ancillary Document which is based on an ISDA Master Agreement) or any indemnities or any netting or set-off arrangements which are similar in meaning and effect to those indemnities, netting or set-off arrangements (in the case of a Hedging Ancillary Document which is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement);
(f) any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss giving effect to, or arising as a result of the effect of, any netting or set-off arrangement relating to the Ancillary Facilities for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances arising under the Ancillary Facilities; or
(g) any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss permitted under Clause 3.3 (Security and guarantees: Senior Secured Creditors).
3.5 Restrictions on enforcement: Senior Lenders, Operating Facility Lenders, Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors
(a) No Senior Lender, Operating Facility Lender, Senior Notes Creditor or Permitted Senior Financing Creditor may take any Enforcement Action under paragraph (c) of the definition thereof without the prior written consent of an Instructing Group.
(b) If an Instructing Group provides consent to any Senior Lender, Operating Facility Lender, Senior Notes Creditor, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor or Hedge Counterparty to take any Enforcement Action, such consent shall apply equally to all Senior Lenders, Operating Facility Lenders, Senior Notes Creditors, Permitted Senior Financing Creditors and Hedge Counterparties to take the same Enforcement Action (in each case to the extent permitted by the terms of the relevant Debt Documents) and notice of any such consent shall be provided to all the Agents, the Security Agent and each Hedge Counterparty as soon as reasonably practicable.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, after the occurrence of an Insolvency Event in relation to the Parent or a Debtor (the "Insolvent Party"), each Senior Lender, Operating Facility Lender, Senior Notes Creditor and/or Permitted Senior Financing Creditor may, to the extent it is permitted to do so by the terms of the relevant Debt Documents, take Enforcement Action under paragraph (e) of that definition against the Insolvent Party and/or claim in any winding-up, dissolution, administration, reorganisation or other similar insolvency event or process in relation to the Insolvent Party for Liabilities owing to it (provided that no Senior Secured Creditor or Operating Facility Lender may give any directions to the Security Agent pursuant to or in reliance on this paragraph (c) in relation to any enforcement of any Transaction Security).
3.6 Restriction on enforcement: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks
Subject to Clause 3.7 (Permitted enforcement: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks):
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(a) in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under the Senior Facilities Finance Documents, so long as any of the Senior Lender Liabilities (other than any Liabilities owed to the Ancillary Lenders or Issuing Banks) are or may be outstanding, none of the Ancillary Lenders nor the Issuing Banks shall (in such capacity) be entitled to take any Enforcement Action in respect of any of the Liabilities owed to it;
(b) in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under the Permitted Senior Financing Documents, so long as any of the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities in relation to those Permitted Senior Financing Documents (other than any Liabilities owed to the Ancillary Lenders or Issuing Banks) are or may be outstanding, none of the Ancillary Lenders nor the Issuing Banks shall (in such capacity) be entitled to take any Enforcement Action in respect of any of the Liabilities owed to it; and
(c) in the case of any Ancillary Lender under an Operating Facility Document, so long as any of the Senior Lender Liabilities or the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities are or may be outstanding, none of the Ancillary Lenders shall (in such capacity) be entitled to take any Enforcement Action in respect of any of the Liabilities owed to it.
3.7 Permitted enforcement: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks
(a) The Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks may take Enforcement Action if:
(i) at the same time as, or prior to, that action, Enforcement Action has been taken in respect of:
(A) in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under the Senior Facilities Finance Documents, the Senior Lender Liabilities (excluding the Liabilities owing to Ancillary Lenders and the Issuing Banks), in which case the Ancillary Lenders and the Issuing Banks may take the same Enforcement Action as has been taken in respect of those Senior Lender Liabilities;
(B) in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under the Permitted Senior Financing Documents, the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities in relation to those Permitted Senior Financing Documents (excluding the Liabilities owing to Ancillary Lenders and the Issuing Banks), in which case the Ancillary Lenders and the Issuing Banks may take the same Enforcement Action as has been taken in respect of those Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities; or
(C) in the case of any Ancillary Lender under an Operating Facility Document, the Senior Lender Liabilities or the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities, in which case the Ancillary Lenders may take the same Enforcement Action as has been taken in respect of those Senior Lender Liabilities or, as the case may be, those Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities;
(ii) that action is contemplated by, and can be taken by the Ancillary Lenders or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, under, the Senior Facilities Agreement, any relevant Permitted Senior Financing
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Agreement, any relevant Operating Facility Document or Clause 3.4 (Security: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks) (as applicable);
(iii) that Enforcement Action is taken in respect of SFA Cash Cover which has been provided in accordance with the Senior Facilities Agreement or, as the case may be, the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement;
(iv) at the same time as or prior to, that action, the consent of the Majority Senior Lenders (in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under the Senior Facilities Finance Documents or in respect of an Operating Facility) or the Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors (in the case of any Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank under a Permitted Senior Financing Agreement or in respect of an Operating Facility) to that Enforcement Action is obtained; or
(v) an Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider, in which case after the occurrence of that Insolvency Event, each Ancillary Lender and each Issuing Bank shall be entitled (if it has not already done so) to exercise any right it may otherwise have in respect of that member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider to:
(A) accelerate any of that member of the Group's or Third Party Security Provider's Senior Lender Liabilities, Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities or Operating Facility Liabilities (as the case may be) or declare them prematurely due and payable on demand;
(B) make a demand under any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss given by that member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider in respect of any Senior Lender Liabilities, Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities or Operating Facility Liabilities (as the case may be);
(C) exercise any right of set-off or take or receive any Payment in respect of any Senior Lender Liabilities or, as the case may be, Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities of that member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider; or
(D) claim and prove in the liquidation of that member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider for the Senior Lender Liabilities or, as the case may be, Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities owing to it.
(b) Clause 3.6 (Restriction on enforcement: Ancillary Lenders and Issuing Banks) shall not restrict any right of an Ancillary Lender to net or set-off in relation to a Multi-account Overdraft Facility, in accordance with the terms of the Senior Facilities Agreement, the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Agreement or the relevant Operating Facility Document (as the case may be), to the extent that the netting or set-off represents a reduction from a Permitted Gross Amount of that Multi-account Overdraft Facility to or towards its Designated Net Amount.
3.8 Option to purchase: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors
(a) Senior Notes Creditors holding at least a simple majority of the Senior Notes Liabilities or Permitted Senior Financing Creditors holding at least a simple majority of the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities (the "Senior Secured Acquiring Creditors") may, after an Acceleration Event which is continuing, by giving
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not less than 10 days' notice to the Security Agent (with the first notice to prevail in the event that more than one set of Creditors serves such a notice), require the transfer to them (or to a nominee or nominees), in accordance with Clause 19.3 (Change of Senior Lender, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor, Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor or Permitted Parent Financing Creditor), of all, but not part, of the rights, benefits and obligations in respect of the Senior Lender Liabilities and the Operating Facility Liabilities if:
(i) that transfer is lawful and, subject to paragraph (ii) below, otherwise permitted by the terms of the Senior Facilities Agreement and the Operating Facility Documents;
(ii) any conditions relating to such a transfer contained in the Senior Facilities Agreement and the Operating Facility Documents are complied with, other than:
(A) any requirement to obtain the consent of, or consult with, a member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider in relation to such transfer, which consent or consultation shall not be required; and
(B) to the extent to which all the Senior Secured Acquiring Creditors provide cash cover for any Letter of Credit, the consent of the relevant Issuing Bank relating to such transfer;
(iii) the Senior Facility Agent, on behalf of the Senior Lenders, is paid an amount equal to the aggregate of:
(A) any amounts provided as cash cover by the Senior Secured Acquiring Creditors for any Letter of Credit (as envisaged in paragraph (a)(ii)(B) above);
(B) all of the Senior Lender Liabilities at that time (whether or not due), including all amounts that would have been payable under the Senior Facilities Agreement if the Senior Facilities were being prepaid by the relevant Debtors on the date of that payment; and
(C) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Senior Facility Agent and/or the Senior Lenders and/or the Security Agent as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer;
(iv) the Operating Facility Lenders are paid an amount equal to the aggregate of:
(A) all of the Operating Facility Liabilities at that time (whether or not due), including all amounts that would have been payable under the Operating Facility Documents if the Operating Facilities were being prepaid by the relevant Debtors on the date of that payment; and
(B) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Operating Facility Lenders and/or the Security Agent as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer;
(v) as a result of that transfer:
(A) the Senior Lenders have no further actual or contingent liability to a Debtor under the Senior Facilities Finance Documents; and
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(B) the Operating Facility Lenders have no further actual or contingent liability to a Debtor under the Operating Facility Documents;
(vi) an indemnity is provided from each of the Senior Secured Acquiring Creditors (other than any Senior Agent) or from another third party acceptable to all the Senior Lenders and the Operating Facility Lenders in a form reasonably satisfactory to each Senior Lender and Operating Facility Lender in respect of all costs, expenses, losses and liabilities which may be sustained or incurred by any Senior Lender or Operating Facility Lender in consequence of any sum received or recovered by any Senior Lender or Operating Facility Lender from any person being required (or it being alleged that it is required) to be paid back by or clawed back from any Senior Lender or Operating Facility Lender for any reason;
(vii) the transfer is made without recourse to, or representation or warranty from, the Senior Lenders or the Operating Facility Lenders, except that each Senior Lender and Operating Facility Lender shall be deemed to have represented and warranted on the date of that transfer that it has the corporate power to effect that transfer and it has taken all necessary action to authorise the making by it of that transfer; and
(viii) the Senior Parent Creditors have not exercised their rights under Clause 6.13 (Option to purchase: Senior Parent Creditors) or, having exercised such rights, have not failed to complete the acquisition of the relevant Senior Secured Liabilities in accordance with Clause 6.13 (Option to purchase: Senior Parent Creditors).
(b) Subject to paragraph (b) of Clause 3.9 (Hedge Transfer: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) the Senior Secured Acquiring Creditors may only require a Senior Liabilities Transfer if, at the same time, they require a Hedge Transfer in accordance with Clause 3.9 (Hedge Transfer: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) and if, for any reason, a Hedge Transfer cannot be made in accordance with Clause 3.9 (Hedge Transfer: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors), no Senior Liabilities Transfer may be required to be made.
(c) At the request of a Senior Agent (on behalf of the Senior Secured Acquiring Creditors):
(i) the Senior Facility Agent shall notify that Senior Agent of:
(A) the sum of the amounts described in paragraphs (a)(iii)(B) and (C) above; and
(B) the amount of each Letter of Credit for which cash cover is to be provided to it by the Senior Secured Acquiring Creditors; and
(ii) the Operating Facility Lenders shall notify that Senior Agent of the sum of the amounts described in paragraphs (a)(iv)(A) and (B) above.
3.9 Hedge Transfer: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors
(a) Senior Notes Creditors holding at least a simple majority of the Senior Notes Liabilities or Permitted Senior Financing Creditors holding at least a simple majority of the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities (the "Acquiring Hedge Creditors") may, after an Acceleration Event which is continuing, by giving not less
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than 10 days' notice to the Security Agent (with the first notice to prevail in the event that more than one set of Creditors serves such a notice), require a Hedge Transfer:
(i) if either:
(A) the Acquiring Hedge Creditors require, at the same time, a Senior Liabilities Transfer under Clause 3.8 (Option to purchase: Senior Notes Creditors and Permitted Senior Financing Creditors); or
(B) the Acquiring Hedge Creditors require that Hedge Transfer at any time on or after the Senior Lender Discharge Date; and
(ii) if:
(A) that transfer is lawful and otherwise permitted by the terms of the Hedging Agreements, in which case no Debtor, or Third Party Security Provider or other member of the Group party to the relevant Hedging Agreements shall be entitled to withhold its consent to that transfer;
(B) any conditions (other than the consent of, or any consultation with, any Debtor, Third Party Security Provider or other member of the Group) relating to that transfer contained in the Hedging Agreements are complied with;
(C) each Hedge Counterparty is paid (in the case of a positive number) or pays (in the case of a negative number) an amount equal to the aggregate of (1) the Hedging Purchase Amount in respect of the hedging transactions under the relevant Hedging Agreement at that time and (2) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by such Hedge Counterparty as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer;
(D) as a result of that transfer, the Hedge Counterparties have no further actual or contingent liability to any Debtor under the Hedging Agreements;
(E) an indemnity is provided from each of the Acquiring Hedge Creditors (other than any Senior Agent) which is receiving (or for which a nominee is receiving) that transfer (or from another third party acceptable to the relevant Hedge Counterparty) in a form reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Hedge Counterparty in respect of all losses which may be sustained or incurred by that Hedge Counterparty in consequence of any sum received or recovered by that Hedge Counterparty being required (or it being alleged that it is required) to be paid back by or clawed back from the Hedge Counterparty for any reason;
(F) that transfer is made without recourse to, or representation or warranty from, the relevant Hedge Counterparty, except that the relevant Hedge Counterparty shall be deemed to have represented and warranted on the date of that transfer that it has the corporate power to effect that transfer and it has taken all necessary action to authorise the making by it of that transfer; and
(G) the Senior Parent Creditors have not exercised their rights under Clause 6.14 (Hedge Transfer: Senior Parent Creditors) or, having exercised such rights, have not failed to
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complete the Hedge Transfer concerned in accordance with Clause 6.14 (Hedge Transfer: Senior Parent Creditors).
(b) The Acquiring Hedge Creditors and any Hedge Counterparty may agree (in respect of the Hedging Agreements (or one or more of them) to which that Hedge Counterparty is a party) that a Hedge Transfer required by the Acquiring Hedge Creditors pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall not apply to that Hedging Agreement(s) or to the Hedging Liabilities and Hedge Counterparty Obligations under that Hedging Agreement(s).
(c) If the Acquiring Hedge Creditors are entitled to require a Hedge Transfer under this Clause 3.9, the Hedge Counterparties shall at the request of a Senior Agent (on behalf of the Acquiring Hedge Creditors) provide details of the amounts referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)(C) above.
4. Hedge Counterparties and Hedging Liabilities
4.1 Identity of Hedge Counterparties
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, no person providing hedging arrangements to any Debtor shall be entitled to share in any of the Transaction Security or in the benefit of any guarantee or indemnity under any of the Secured Debt Documents in respect of any of the liabilities arising in relation to those hedging arrangements nor shall those liabilities be treated as Hedging Liabilities unless that person is or becomes a party to this Agreement as a Hedge Counterparty.
(b) Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to a Hedging Ancillary Lender.
4.2 Restriction on Payment: Hedging Liabilities
Prior to the Senior Debt Discharge Date, the Debtors and the Third Party Security Providers shall not, and the Parent shall procure that no other member of the Group will, make any Payment of the Hedging Liabilities at any time unless:
(a) that Payment is permitted under Clause 4.3 (Permitted Payments: Hedging Liabilities); or
(b) the taking or receipt of that Payment is permitted under paragraph (c) of Clause 4.9 (Permitted enforcement: Hedge Counterparties).
4.3 Permitted Payments: Hedging Liabilities
(a) Any member of the Group may at any time make any Payment of the Hedging Liabilities:
(i) if the Payment is a scheduled Payment arising under a Hedging Agreement (or another ordinary course payment under a Hedging Agreement, including any payment in relation to fees, costs and expenses) or if the Payment is an Adjustment Payment (as such term is defined in the ISDA Benchmarks Supplement), or (if the Hedging Agreement is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement) any equivalent adjustment payment made pursuant to terms similar in purpose and effect to the ISDA Benchmarks Supplement;
(ii) to the extent that the relevant Debtor's obligation to make the Payment arises as a result of the operation of:
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(A) any of sections 2(d) (Deduction or Withholding for Tax), 2(e) (Default Interest; Other Amounts), 8(a) (Payment in the Contractual Currency), 8(b) (Judgments) and 11 (Expenses) of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement of that Hedging Agreement (if the Hedging Agreement is based on a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement);
(B) any of sections 2(d) (Deduction or Withholding for Tax), 8(a) (Payment in the Contractual Currency), 8(b) (Judgments), 9(h)(i) (Prior to Early Termination) and 11 (Expenses) of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement of that Hedging Agreement (if the Hedging Agreement is based on a 2002 ISDA Master Agreement); or
(C) any provision of a Hedging Agreement which is similar in meaning and effect to any provision listed in paragraph (A) or (B) above (if the Hedging Agreement is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement);
(iii) to the extent that the relevant Debtor's obligation to make the Payment arises from a Non-Credit Related Close-Out;
(iv) to the extent that:
(A) the relevant Debtor's obligation to make the Payment arises from a Credit Related Close-Out in relation a Hedging Agreement; and
(B) no Senior Event of Default is continuing at the time of that Payment;
(v) subject to Clause 4.13 (On or after Senior Lender Discharge Date/Senior Debt Discharge Date), if the Majority Senior Creditors and the relevant member of the Group give prior consent to the Payment being made;
(vi) if the Payment is a Payment pursuant to Clause 14.1 (Order of application) or Clause 14.2 (Liabilities of the Senior Parent Debt Issuer); or
(vii) if the Payment arises directly or indirectly as a result of any close-out, termination or other similar or equivalent action by a member of the Group (provided that the Group will remain in compliance with any minimum hedging requirements under the Senior Financing Agreements).
(b) Without prejudice to the terms and requirements of any Hedging Agreement, nothing in this Agreement obliges a Hedge Counterparty to make a payment to a Debtor under a Hedging Agreement to which they are both party if any scheduled Payment due from that Debtor to the Hedge Counterparty under that Hedging Agreement is due but unpaid. This provision shall not affect any Payment which is due from a Hedge Counterparty to a Debtor as a result of a Hedging Agreement to which they are both a party being terminated or closed out.
4.4 Payment obligations continue
No Debtor shall be released from the liability to make any Payment (including of default interest, which shall continue to accrue) under any Debt Document by the operation of Clauses 4.2 (Restriction on Payment: Hedging Liabilities) and 4.3 (Permitted Payments: Hedging Liabilities) even if its obligation to make that Payment is restricted at any time by the terms of any of those Clauses.
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4.5 No acquisition of Hedging Liabilities
Prior to the Senior Debt Discharge Date, the Debtors and the Third Party Security Providers shall not, and shall procure that no other member of the Group will:
(a) enter into any Liabilities Acquisition in respect of any of the Hedging Liabilities with any person which is not a member of the Group; or
(b) beneficially own all or any part of the share capital of a company that is party to a Liabilities Acquisition in respect of any of the Hedging Liabilities (unless that Liabilities Acquisition would not have been prohibited by this Clause 4.5 if made by a member of the Group),
in each case pursuant to which payment is made by a member of the Group to a person which is not a member of the Group in respect of Hedging Liabilities, unless:
(i) subject to Clause 4.13 (On or after Senior Lender Discharge Date/Senior Debt Discharge Date), the prior consent of the Majority Senior Lenders is obtained; or
(ii) the relevant Liabilities Acquisition relates to Hedging Liabilities (or rights, benefits and/or obligations in relation thereto) in respect of which a Payment could be made under Clause 4.3 (Permitted Payments: Hedging Liabilities) (including any Hedging Liabilities in respect of which a Payment could be made under paragraph (a)(vi) of that Clause following a close-out, termination or any other similar or equivalent action by a member of the Group).
4.6 Amendments and waivers: Hedging Agreements
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Hedge Counterparties may not, at any time, amend or waive any term of the Hedging Agreements.
(b) A Hedge Counterparty and any member of the Group may at any time amend or waive any term of a Hedging Agreement in accordance with the terms of that Hedging Agreement from time to time (and subject only to any consent required under that Hedging Agreement) if that amendment or waiver does not breach another term of this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of any Debt Document, a Hedge Counterparty and the relevant Debtor may amend the terms of a Hedging Agreement to agree a Continuation Amendment (as such term is defined in the ISDA Benchmarks Supplement) or (if the Hedging Agreement is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement) to agree any equivalent adjustment to the terms of the Hedging Agreement pursuant to terms similar in purpose and effect to the ISDA Benchmarks Supplement.
4.7 Security: Hedge Counterparties
The Hedge Counterparties may not take, accept or receive the benefit of any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss from any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider in respect of the Hedging Liabilities other than:
(a) the Common Transaction Security;
(b) any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss contained in:
(i) the Senior Facilities Agreement or any Permitted Senior Financing Agreement;
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(ii) this Agreement;
(iii) any Common Assurance; or
(iv) the relevant Hedging Agreement (provided any such guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss is no greater in extent than any of those referred to in paragraphs (i) to (iii) above, ignoring for this purpose any limitations applicable to any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance referred to in paragraphs (i) to (iii) above);
(c) as otherwise contemplated by Clause 3.3 (Security and guarantees: Senior Secured Creditors); and
(d) the indemnities contained in the ISDA Master Agreements (in the case of a Hedging Agreement which is based on an ISDA Master Agreement) or any indemnities which are similar in meaning and effect to those indemnities (in the case of a Hedging Agreement which is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement).
4.8 Restriction on enforcement: Hedge Counterparties
Subject to Clause 4.9 (Permitted enforcement: Hedge Counterparties) and Clause 4.10 (Required enforcement: Hedge Counterparties) and without prejudice to each Hedge Counterparty's rights under Clause 12.2 (Enforcement instructions) and Clause 12.3 (Manner of enforcement), the Hedge Counterparties shall not take any Enforcement Action in respect of any of the Hedging Liabilities or any of the hedging transactions under any of the Hedging Agreements at any time.
4.9 Permitted enforcement: Hedge Counterparties
(a) To the extent it is able to do so under the relevant Hedging Agreement, a Hedge Counterparty may terminate or close-out in whole or in part any hedging transaction under that Hedging Agreement prior to its stated maturity:
(i) if, prior to a Senior Acceleration Event, the Parent has certified to that Hedge Counterparty that that termination or close out would not result in a breach of the terms of any Debt Document;
(ii) if a Senior Acceleration Event has occurred and is continuing;
(iii) if:
(A) in relation to a Hedging Agreement which is based on the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement:
(I) an Illegality or Tax Event or Tax Event Upon Merger (each as defined in the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement); or
(II) an event similar in meaning and effect to a "Force Majeure Event" (as defined in paragraph (B) below),
has occurred in respect of that Hedging Agreement;
(B) in relation to a Hedging Agreement which is based on the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, an Illegality or Tax Event, Tax Event Upon Merger or a Force Majeure Event (each as
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defined in the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement) has occurred in respect of that Hedging Agreement; or
(C) in relation to a Hedging Agreement which is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, any event similar in meaning and effect to an event described in paragraph (A) or (B) above has occurred under and in respect of that Hedging Agreement;
(iv) if an Insolvency Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in relation to a Debtor which is party to that Hedging Agreement;
(v) subject to Clause 4.13 (On or after Senior Lender Discharge Date/Senior Debt Discharge Date), if the Majority Senior Creditors and the member of the Group party to the relevant Hedging Agreement give prior consent to that termination or close-out being made;
(vi) for the purpose of ensuring that the aggregate notional amount of all hedging entered into by the Group with one or more Hedge Counterparty in respect of any specific indebtedness or other exposure does not exceed the maximum aggregate amount of that indebtedness or other exposure from time to time (in each case to the extent agreed by the member of the Group party to that Hedging Agreement, it being noted that the Group may wish to enter into basis rate swaps and/or other arrangements which may result in the notional amount of hedging being increased as part of a general hedging strategy); or
(vii) in accordance with a close-out or termination right which arises pursuant to Section 1.5 (No fault termination right) of the 2006 ISDA Definitions Benchmarks Annex to the ISDA Benchmarks Supplement, to the extent incorporated by reference into the relevant Hedging Agreement.
(b) If a Debtor has defaulted on any Payment due under a Hedging Agreement (after allowing any applicable notice or grace periods) and the default has continued unwaived for more than five Business Days after notice of that default has been given to the Security Agent pursuant to paragraph (i) of Clause 22.3 (Notification of prescribed events), the relevant Hedge Counterparty:
(i) may, to the extent it is able to do so under the relevant Hedging Agreement, terminate or close-out in whole or in part any hedging transaction under that Hedging Agreement; and
(ii) until the Security Agent has given notice to that Hedge Counterparty that the Transaction Security is being enforced, or that any formal steps are being taken to enforce the Transaction Security, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the relevant Security Documents, shall be entitled to exercise any right it might otherwise have to sue for, commence or join legal or arbitration proceedings against any Debtor to recover any Hedging Liabilities due under that Hedging Agreement.
(c) After the occurrence of an Insolvency Event in relation to any Group Company or Third Party Security Provider, to the extent permitted by the relevant Hedging Agreement, each Hedge Counterparty shall be entitled to exercise any right it may otherwise have in respect of that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider to:
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(i) prematurely close-out or terminate any Hedging Liabilities of that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider in accordance with the terms of the relevant Hedging Agreement;
(ii) make a demand under any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss given by that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider in respect of any relevant Hedging Liabilities;
(iii) exercise any right of set-off or take or receive any Payment in respect of any relevant Hedging Liabilities of that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider; or
(iv) claim and prove in the liquidation of that Group Company or Third Party Security Provider for the Hedging Liabilities owing to it.
4.10 Required enforcement: Hedge Counterparties
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, a Hedge Counterparty shall promptly terminate or close-out in full any hedging transaction under all or any of the Hedging Agreements to which it is party prior to their stated maturity, following:
(i) the occurrence of a Senior Acceleration Event which is continuing and delivery to it of a notice from the Security Agent that such Senior Acceleration Event has occurred and is continuing; and
(ii) delivery to it of a subsequent notice from the Security Agent (acting on the instructions of an Instructing Group) instructing it to do so.
(b) Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to the extent that such Senior Acceleration Event occurred as a result of an arrangement made between any Debtor or Third Party Security Provider and any Primary Creditor with the purpose of bringing about that Senior Acceleration Event.
(c) If a Hedge Counterparty is entitled to terminate or close-out any hedging transaction under paragraph (b) of Clause 4.9 (Permitted enforcement: Hedge Counterparties) (or would have been able to if that Hedge Counterparty had given the notice referred to in that paragraph) but has not terminated or closed out each such hedging transaction, that Hedge Counterparty shall promptly terminate or close-out in full each such hedging transaction following a request to do so by the Security Agent (acting on the instructions of an Instructing Group).
4.11 Treatment of Payments due to Debtors on termination of hedging transactions
(a) If, on termination of any hedging transaction under any Hedging Agreement occurring after a Distress Event, a settlement amount or other amount (following the application of any Close-Out Netting, Payment Netting or Inter-Hedging Agreement Netting in respect of that Hedging Agreement) falls due from a Hedge Counterparty to the relevant Debtor then that amount shall be paid by that Hedge Counterparty to the Security Agent, treated as the proceeds of enforcement of the Transaction Security and applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The payment of that amount by the Hedge Counterparty to the Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (a) above shall discharge the Hedge Counterparty's obligation to pay that amount to that Debtor.
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4.12 Terms of Hedging Agreements
(a) The Hedge Counterparties (to the extent party to the Hedging Agreement in question) and the Debtors party to the Hedging Agreements shall ensure that, at all times:
(i) each Hedging Agreement is based either:
(A) on an ISDA Master Agreement; or
(B) on another framework agreement which is similar in effect to an ISDA Master Agreement;
(ii) in the event of a termination of the hedging transaction entered into under a Hedging Agreement, whether as a result of:
(A) a Termination Event or an Event of Default, each as defined in the relevant Hedging Agreement (in the case of a Hedging Agreement which is based on an ISDA Master Agreement); or
(B) an event similar in meaning and effect to either of those described in paragraph (A) above (in the case of a Hedging Agreement which is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement),
that Hedging Agreement will:
(I) if it is based on a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement, provide for payments under the "Second Method" and will make no material amendment to section 6(e) (Payments on Early Termination) of the ISDA Master Agreement;
(II) if it is based on a 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, make no material amendment to the provisions of section 6(e) (Payments on Early Termination) of the ISDA Master Agreement; or
(III) if it is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, provide for any other method the effect of which is that the party to which that event is referable will be entitled to receive payment under the relevant termination provisions if the net replacement value of all terminated transactions entered into under that Hedging Agreement is in its favour; and
(iii) each Hedging Agreement will provide that the relevant Hedge Counterparty will be entitled to designate an Early Termination Date (as defined in the relevant ISDA Master Agreement) or otherwise be able to terminate each transaction under such Hedging Agreement if so required pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 4.10 (Required enforcement: Hedge Counterparties).
(b) Unless otherwise agreed by the Parent from time to time:
(i) each Hedging Agreement shall be documented using an ISDA Master Agreement;
(ii) each Hedging Agreement shall include only standard ISDA representations and undertakings (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any additional representations and undertakings contained in the Senior Financing Agreements), in each case amended as necessary so as to be no more onerous on any member of the Group than the provisions of the Senior Financing Agreements;
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(iii) no Hedging Agreement shall contain any events of default (however described) other than the following:
(A) failure by the member of the Group party to that Hedging Agreement to pay on the due date any amount payable by it under that Hedging Agreement (subject to any applicable grace period);
(B) the occurrence of a Senior Acceleration Event which is continuing; and
(C) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event of Default in relation to the member of the Group which is party to that Hedging Agreement,
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Hedging Agreement may contain standard ISDA termination events relating to illegality, tax events and force majeure;
(iv) in the event of any refinancing, replacement, increase or other restructuring of all or any part of the Senior Secured Liabilities, the Operating Facility Liabilities or the Senior Parent Liabilities (a "Refinancing") each Hedge Counterparty shall promptly provide its consent to any amendment to, request under and/or replacement of any Hedging Agreement or other Debt Document required by the Parent in order to facilitate that Refinancing (a "Refinancing Request"), in each case unless such Refinancing is materially prejudicial to the interests of that Hedge Counterparty (provided that such Refinancing shall not be considered materially prejudicial if any amended or replacement intercreditor arrangements place that Hedge Counterparty in substantially the same, or a better, position relative to the other Senior Secured Creditors as it was in under the intercreditor arrangements existing immediately prior to such amendment or replacement); and
(v) in the event that a Hedge Counterparty (1) does not consent to any Refinancing Request (without prejudice to its obligations under sub-paragraph (iv) above) or (2) does not consent to any other amendment or waiver requested by a member of the Group pursuant to Clause 25 (Consents, amendments and override) (in each case within the time period specified by the relevant member of the Group for consent to be provided, which shall not be shorter than five Business Days from the date the relevant request is made by a member of the Group), each member of the Group shall be entitled to:
(A) terminate any hedging arrangements with that Hedge Counterparty (the "Non-Consenting Counterparty") (and the amount payable to or by the Non-Consenting Counterparty on such early termination shall be calculated on the basis that an Additional Termination Event has occurred and that both the Non-Consenting Counterparty and the relevant member of the Group are Affected Parties or on such other basis as may be agreed by the Non-Consenting Counterparty and the relevant member of the Group); and/or
(B) require that any of those arrangements (the "Transferred Arrangements") be transferred (and the "Non-Consenting Counterparty" will so transfer) to another person selected by the Parent (the "Acquiring Counterparty") willing to assume the same (with the transfer price payable by the Acquiring Counterparty or, as the case may be, the Non-Consenting
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Counterparty being equal to the amount that would have been payable to or by the Non-Consenting Counterparty upon the early termination of the Transferred Arrangements under the relevant Hedging Agreements by reason of an Additional Termination Event on the proposed transfer date, and on the basis that both the Non-Consenting Counterparty and the relevant Debtor are Affected Parties or as otherwise agreed by the Non-Consenting Counterparty and the relevant member of the Group),
where the terms "Additional Termination Event" and "Affected Parties" as used above shall have the meaning given to them in the relevant Hedging Agreements (or if a Hedging Agreement is not based on an ISDA Master Agreement, such terms shall have the meaning given to the equivalent provisions used in that Hedging Agreement).
Each Hedge Counterparty will, on the request of the Parent, as soon as reasonably practical execute any document and/or take such other action as is reasonably required to effect any amendment, replacement, waiver or release of a Hedging Agreement or other Debt Document requested by the Parent in accordance with paragraph (iv) above.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Secured Debt Document but without prejudice to any minimum hedging requirements in the Debt Financing Agreements, no default (however described) under the terms of a Hedging Agreement (or the termination of a Hedging Agreement) shall constitute an Event of Default (other than any non-payment default constituting a Senior Payment Default).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Hedging Agreement, no Hedging Agreement shall prohibit or restrict any action by any member of the Group not prohibited or restricted under the Senior Financing Agreements.
(e) Any hedging agreement executed by any member of the Group prior to the date on which it became a member of the Group which the Parent intends should become a Hedging Agreement (an "Existing Hedging Agreement") shall be deemed amended by this Agreement to the extent necessary so as to ensure that the terms of such Existing Hedging Agreement comply with the terms of this Agreement in all respects (and the relevant Debtor and the Hedge Counterparty party to such Existing Hedging Agreement each consent and agree to all such amendments by their execution of, or accession to, this Agreement and acknowledge and confirm that the Existing Hedging Agreement will be construed accordingly).
(f) To the extent that the terms of a Hedging Agreement are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
4.13 On or after Senior Lender Discharge Date/Senior Debt Discharge Date
At any time on or after the Senior Debt Discharge Date, any action which is permitted under any of Clause 4.3 (Permitted Payments: Hedging Liabilities), Clause 4.5 (No acquisition of Hedging Liabilities) or Clause 4.9 (Permitted enforcement: Hedge Counterparties) by reason of the prior consent of the Majority Senior Creditors will, unless otherwise agreed by the Parent by reference to this Clause 4.13, be permitted to the
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extent that such action would not result in the Group ceasing to be in compliance with any minimum hedging requirements under:
(a) any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement (unless the prior consent of the relevant Senior Agent is obtained or the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date has occurred); and
(b) any Senior Parent Financing Agreement (unless the prior consent of the relevant Senior Parent Agent is obtained or the Senior Parent Discharge Date has occurred).
4.14 Notice and acknowledgement of Transaction Security
(a) Each Debtor that has created Transaction Security over any of its rights under any Hedging Agreement hereby gives notice (including in terms as required by the applicable Security Document) to each Hedge Counterparty of the Transaction Security over such Hedging Agreements created pursuant to the Security Documents.
(b) Each Hedge Counterparty, by its entry into this Agreement (or, as the case may be, by its entry into a Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking as a Hedge Counterparty):
(i) agrees and consents to any Debtor granting Transaction Security (by way of assignment, charge or otherwise) over all or any part of its rights under any Hedging Agreement to which that Hedge Counterparty is a party; and
(ii) acknowledges receipt of the notice given under paragraph (a) above and that it will continue to deal solely with the relevant Debtor in relation to that Hedging Agreement until such time as it receives any written notice (as permitted by the applicable Security Document) to the contrary from the Security Agent following the occurrence of an Acceleration Event which is continuing.
5. Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors and Second Lien Liabilities
5.1 Restriction on Payment: Second Lien Liabilities
Prior to the Senior Discharge Date, the Debtors and the Third Party Security Providers shall not, and the Parent shall procure that no other member of the Group will, make any Payment of the Second Lien Liabilities at any time unless:
(a) that Payment is permitted under Clause 5.2 (Permitted Payments: Second Lien Liabilities), Clause 9.5 (Filing of claims) or Clause 16 (Additional debt); or
(b) the taking or receipt of that Payment is permitted under Clause 5.8 (Permitted Second Lien enforcement).
5.2 Permitted Payments: Second Lien Liabilities
Any member of the Group or Third Party Security Provider may:
(a) prior to the Senior Discharge Date, directly or indirectly make any Payment directly or indirectly in respect of the Second Lien Liabilities at any time:
(i) if:
(A) the Payment is of:
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(I) any of the principal amount of the Second Lien Liabilities which is either:
(1) not prohibited by the Senior Financing Agreements; or
(2) paid on or after the final maturity date of the relevant Second Lien Liabilities (provided that, unless the Senior Lender Discharge Date has occurred or as otherwise agreed by the Majority Senior Lenders and the Parent, such final maturity date does not breach any maturity restrictions applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities in the Senior Financing Agreements (as applicable) (or, in the case of any amendment which has the effect of shortening the maturity date applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities, would not breach any such maturity restrictions applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities in the Senior Financing Agreements (as applicable) were that Second Lien Liability to be incurred at the time of that amendment and with that amended maturity date)); or
(II) any other amount which is not an amount of principal (including any interest which has been capitalised to become an amount of principal);
(B) no Second Lien Payment Stop Notice is outstanding; and
(C) no Senior Payment Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) if the Required Senior Consent has been obtained;
(iii) if the Payment is of Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities;
(iv) of any Notes Security Costs;
(v) of costs, commissions, taxes, fees and expenses incurred in respect of or in relation to (or reasonably incidental to) any Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents (including in relation to any reporting or listing requirements under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents);
(vi) if the Payment is funded directly or indirectly with Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt, Permitted Parent Financing Debt and/or the proceeds of any indebtedness incurred under or pursuant to any Permitted Second Lien Financing Document and/or Senior Parent Notes;
(vii) if the Payment is funded directly or indirectly with the proceeds of Qualified Equity Interests or Subordinated Shareholder Funding of the Parent or Available Restricted Payment Amounts; or
(viii) if the Payment is of any principal amount of the Second Lien Liabilities (together with any related accrued but unpaid interest) in accordance with a provision in any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement which is substantially equivalent to:
(A) clause 11.1 (Illegality) of the Senior Facilities Agreement;
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(B) clause 11.8 (Right of cancellation and repayment in relation to a single Lender or Issuing Bank) of the Senior Facilities Agreement; or
(C) to the extent an equivalent payment has been made (to the extent required) pursuant to the terms of the Senior Financing Agreements (excluding, for this purpose, any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement), clause 12.1 (Change of Control) of the Senior Facilities Agreement; or
(ix) for so long as a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default is continuing, if the Payment is of all or part of the Second Lien Liabilities as a result of those Second Lien Liabilities being released or otherwise discharged solely in consideration of the issue of shares in the Parent or in any Holding Company of the Parent (each a "Debt for Equity Swap") and provided that no cash or cash equivalent payment is made in respect of the Second Lien Liabilities and any Liabilities owed by a Group Company to another Group Company, the Investors or any other Holding Company of the Parent that arise as a result of any such Debt for Equity Swap are subordinated to the Senior Secured Liabilities pursuant to this Agreement and any Liabilities owed by a Group Company to another Group Company arising as a result of such Debt for Equity Swap are subject to Transaction Security; or
(x) of any other amount not exceeding USD5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate in any financial year of the Parent; and
(b) on or after the Senior Discharge Date, make any Payment directly or indirectly in respect of the Second Lien Liabilities at any time.
A reference in this Clause 5.2 to a Payment shall be construed to include any other direct or indirect step, matter, action or dealing in relation to any Second Lien Liabilities which are otherwise prohibited under Clause 5.1 (Restriction on Payment: Second Lien Liabilities).
5.3 Issue of Second Lien Payment Stop Notice
(a) Until the Senior Discharge Date, except with the Required Senior Consent, no Debtor shall make (and the Parent shall procure that no member of the Group will make), and no Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor may receive from any member of the Group, any Permitted Second Lien Payment (other than Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities and except as provided in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (x) of Clause 5.2 (Permitted Payments: Second Lien Liabilities)) if:
(i) a Senior Payment Default is continuing; or
(ii) a Material Event of Default is continuing, from the date which is one Business Day after the date on which any Senior Agent delivers a notice (a "Second Lien Payment Stop Notice") specifying the event or circumstance in relation to that Material Event of Default to the Parent, the Security Agent and the Second Lien Creditor Representatives until the earliest of:
(A) the date falling 120 days after delivery of that Second Lien Payment Stop Notice;
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(B) in relation to payments of Second Lien Liabilities, if a Second Lien Standstill Period is in effect at any time after delivery of that Second Lien Payment Stop Notice, the date on which that Second Lien Standstill Period expires;
(C) the date on which the relevant Material Event of Default has been remedied or waived in accordance with the applicable Senior Financing Agreement;
(D) the date on which the Senior Agent which delivered the relevant Second Lien Payment Stop Notice delivers a notice to the Parent, the Security Agent and the Second Lien Creditor Representatives cancelling the Second Lien Payment Stop Notice;
(E) the Senior Discharge Date; and
(F) the date on which the Security Agent or a Second Lien Creditor Representative takes Enforcement Action permitted under this Agreement against a Debtor.
(b) Unless each of the Second Lien Creditor Representatives waives this requirement:
(i) a new Second Lien Payment Stop Notice may not be delivered unless and until 360 days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Second Lien Payment Stop Notice; and
(ii) no Second Lien Payment Stop Notice may be delivered by a Senior Agent in reliance on a Material Event of Default more than 120 days after the date that Senior Agent received notice of that Material Event of Default.
(c) The Senior Agents may only serve one Second Lien Payment Stop Notice with respect to the same event or set of circumstances. Subject to paragraph (b) above, this shall not affect the right of the Agents to issue a Second Lien Payment Stop Notice in respect of any other event or set of circumstances.
(d) No Second Lien Payment Stop Notice may be served by an Agent in respect of a Material Event of Default which had been notified to the Agents at the time at which an earlier Second Lien Payment Stop Notice was issued.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, this Clause 5.3:
(i) acts as a suspension of payment and not as a waiver of the right to receive payment on the date such payments are due;
(ii) will not prevent the accrual or capitalisation of interest (including default interest) in accordance with the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents; and
(iii) will not prevent the payment of any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agent Liabilities.
5.4 Effect of Second Lien Payment Stop Notice or Senior Payment Default
Any failure to make a Payment due under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents as a result of the issue of a Second Lien Payment Stop Notice or the occurrence of a Senior Payment Default shall not prevent:
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(a) the occurrence of a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default as a consequence of that failure to make a Payment in relation to the relevant Permitted Second Lien Financing Document; or
(b) the issue of a Second Lien Enforcement Notice on behalf of the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors.
5.5 Payment obligations and capitalisation of interest continue
(a) No Debtor or Third Party Security Provider shall be released from the liability to make any Payment (including of default interest, which shall continue to accrue) under any Permitted Second Lien Financing Document by the operation of Clauses 5.1 (Restriction on Payment: Second Lien Liabilities) to 5.4 (Effect of Second Lien Payment Stop Notice or Senior Payment Default) even if its obligation to make that Payment is restricted at any time by the terms of any of those Clauses.
(b) The accrual and capitalisation of interest (if any) in accordance with the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents shall continue notwithstanding the issue of a Second Lien Payment Stop Notice.
5.6 Cure of Payment stop: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors
If:
(a) at any time following the issue of a Second Lien Payment Stop Notice or the occurrence of a Senior Payment Default, that Second Lien Payment Stop Notice ceases to be outstanding and/or, as the case may be, the Senior Payment Default ceases to be continuing; and
(b) any Debtor then promptly pays to the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors an amount equal to any Payments which had accrued under the Permitted Second Lien Financing Documents and which would have been Permitted Second Lien Payments but for that Second Lien Payment Stop Notice or Senior Payment Default,
then any Event of Default (including any cross default or similar provision under any other Debt Document) which may have occurred as a result of that suspension of Payments shall be waived and any Second Lien Enforcement Notice which may have been issued as a result of that Event of Default shall be waived, in each case without any further action being required on the part of the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors or any other Creditor or Operating Facility Lender.
5.7 Restrictions on enforcement by Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors
Until the Senior Discharge Date, except with the prior consent of or as required by an Instructing Group:
(a) no Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor shall direct the Security Agent to enforce or otherwise require the enforcement of any Transaction Security; and
(b) no Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor shall take or require the taking of any Enforcement Action in relation to the Second Lien Liabilities,
except as permitted under Clause 5.8 (Permitted Second Lien enforcement), provided, however, that no such action required by the Security Agent need be taken except to the extent the Security Agent is otherwise entitled under this Agreement to direct such action.
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5.8 Permitted Second Lien enforcement
(a) Subject to Clause 5.11 (Enforcement on behalf of Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors), the restrictions in Clause 5.7 (Restrictions on enforcement by Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) will not apply if:
(i) a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default (the "Relevant Second Lien Default") is continuing;
(ii) each Senior Agent has received a notice of the Relevant Second Lien Default specifying the event or circumstance in relation to the Relevant Second Lien Default from the relevant Second Lien Creditor Representative;
(iii) a Second Lien Standstill Period (as defined below) has elapsed; and
(iv) the Relevant Second Lien Default is continuing at the end of the relevant Second Lien Standstill Period.
(b) Promptly upon becoming aware of a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default, the relevant Second Lien Creditor Representative may by notice (a "Second Lien Enforcement Notice") in writing notify the Senior Agents of the existence of such Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default.
5.9 Second Lien Standstill Period
In relation to a Relevant Second Lien Default, a Second Lien Standstill Period shall mean the period beginning on the date (the "Second Lien Standstill Start Date") the relevant Second Lien Creditor Representative serves a Second Lien Enforcement Notice on each of the Senior Agents in respect of such Relevant Second Lien Default and ending on the earliest to occur of:
(a) the date falling 120 days after the Second Lien Standstill Start Date;
(b) the date the Senior Secured Parties (other than the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) take any Enforcement Action in relation to a particular Second Lien Borrower or Second Lien Guarantor, provided, however, that if a Second Lien Standstill Period ends pursuant to this paragraph (b), the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors may only take the same Enforcement Action in relation to the relevant Second Lien Borrower or Second Lien Guarantor as the Enforcement Action taken by the Senior Secured Parties (other than the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) against such Second Lien Borrower or Second Lien Guarantor and not against any other member of the Group;
(c) the date of an Insolvency Event in relation to the relevant Second Lien Borrower or a particular Second Lien Guarantor against whom Enforcement Action is to be taken;
(d) the expiry of any other Second Lien Standstill Period outstanding at the date such first-mentioned Second Lien Standstill Period commenced (unless that expiry occurs as a result of a cure, waiver or other permitted remedy);
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Noteholders) and any Senior Creditor Representative (acting on the instructions of the Majority Permitted Senior Financing Creditors) has been obtained; and
(f) a failure to pay the principal amount outstanding under any Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt at the final stated maturity of the amounts outstanding on that Permitted Second Lien Financing Debt (provided that, unless the Senior Lender Discharge Date has occurred or as otherwise agreed by the Majority Senior Lenders and the Parent, such final stated maturity does not breach any maturity restrictions applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities in the Senior Financing Agreements (as applicable) (or, in the case of any amendment which has the effect of shortening the maturity date applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities, would not breach any such maturity restrictions applicable to such Second Lien Liabilities in the Senior Financing Agreements (as applicable) were that Second Lien Liability to be incurred at the time of that amendment and with that amended maturity date)),
the "Second Lien Standstill Period".
5.10 Subsequent Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default
The Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors may take Enforcement Action under Clause 5.8 (Permitted Second Lien enforcement) in relation to a Relevant Second Lien Default even if, at the end of any relevant Second Lien Standstill Period or at any later time, a further Second Lien Standstill Period has begun as a result of any other Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default.
5.11 Enforcement on behalf of Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors
If the Security Agent has notified the Second Lien Creditor Representatives that it is enforcing Security created pursuant to any Security Document over shares of a Second Lien Borrower or a Second Lien Guarantor, no Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor may take any action referred to in Clause 5.8 (Permitted Second Lien enforcement) against that Second Lien Borrower or Second Lien Guarantor (or any Subsidiary of that Second Lien Borrower or Second Lien Guarantor) while the Security Agent is taking steps to enforce that Security in accordance with the instructions of an Instructing Group where such action might be reasonably likely to adversely affect such enforcement or the amount of proceeds to be derived therefrom.
5.12 Option to purchase: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors
(a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, any of the Second Lien Creditor Representative(s) (on behalf of the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) may, after a Senior Acceleration Event, by giving not less than 10 days' notice to the Security Agent, require the transfer to the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors (or to a nominee or nominees), in accordance with Clause 19.3 (Change of Senior Lender, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor, Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor or Permitted Parent Financing Creditor), of all, but not part, of the rights, benefits and obligations in respect of the Senior Lender Liabilities, the Senior Notes Liabilities, any Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities and the Operating Facility Liabilities if:
(i) that transfer is lawful and, subject to paragraph (ii) below, otherwise permitted by the terms of the Senior Facilities Agreement (in the case of the Senior Lender Liabilities), any Senior Notes
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Indenture(s) pursuant to which any Senior Notes remain outstanding (in the case of the Senior Notes Liabilities), any Permitted Senior Financing Agreement pursuant to which any relevant Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities remain outstanding (in the case of the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities) and/or any Operating Facility Documents pursuant to which any relevant Operating Facility Liabilities remain outstanding (in the case of the Operating Facility Liabilities);
(ii) any conditions relating to such a transfer contained in the Senior Facilities Agreement (in the case of the Senior Lender Liabilities), any Senior Notes Indenture(s) pursuant to which any Senior Notes remain outstanding (in the case of the Senior Notes Liabilities), any Permitted Senior Financing Agreement pursuant to which any relevant Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities remain outstanding (in the case of the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities) and/or any Operating Facility Documents pursuant to which any relevant Operating Facility Liabilities remain outstanding (in the case of the Operating Facility Liabilities) are complied with, other than:
(A) any requirement to obtain the consent of, or consult with, any Debtor, Third Party Security Provider or other member of the Group relating to such transfer, which consent or consultation shall not be required; and
(B) to the extent to which all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors (acting as a whole) provide cash cover for any Letter of Credit, the consent of the relevant Issuing Bank relating to such transfer;
(iii)
(A) the Senior Facility Agent, on behalf of the Senior Lenders, is paid an amount equal to the aggregate of:
(I) any amounts provided as cash cover by the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors for any Letter of Credit (as envisaged in paragraph (ii)(B) above);
(II) all of the Senior Lender Liabilities at that time (whether or not due), including all amounts that would have been payable under the Senior Facilities Agreement if the Senior Facilities were being prepaid by the relevant Debtors on the date of that payment; and
(III) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Senior Facility Agent, the Senior Lenders and/or the Security Agent as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer; and
(B) the applicable Senior Notes Trustee, on behalf of the relevant Senior Notes Creditors, is paid an amount equal to the aggregate of:
(I) all of the Senior Notes Liabilities at that time (whether or not due), including all amounts that would have been payable (including any prepayment premium or make-whole amount) under the Senior Notes Indenture if the Senior Notes were being redeemed by the relevant Debtors on the date of that payment; and
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(II) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Senior Notes Trustee and/or the Senior Notes Creditors as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer;
(C) the applicable Senior Creditor Representative, on behalf of the relevant Permitted Senior Financing Creditors, is paid an amount equal to the aggregate of:
(I) any amount provided as cash cover by the Senior Parent Creditors for any Letter of Credit (as envisaged in paragraph (a)(ii)(B) above);
(II) all of the Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities at that time (whether or not due), including all amounts that would have been payable (including any prepayment premium or make-whole amount) under the Permitted Senior Financing Documents if the Permitted Senior Financing Debt was being prepaid or redeemed (as applicable) by the relevant Debtors on the date of that payment; and
(III) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Senior Creditor Representative, the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors and/or the Security Agent as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer; and
(D) the Operating Facility Lenders are paid an amount equal to the aggregate of:
(I) all of the Operating Facility Liabilities at that time (whether or not due), including all amounts that would have been payable under the Operating Facility Documents if the Operating Facilities were being prepaid by the relevant Debtors on the date of that payment; and
(II) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Operating Facility Lenders and/or the Security Agent as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer;
(iv) as a result of that transfer the Senior Lenders, the Senior Notes Creditors, the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders have no further actual or contingent liability to the Parent or any other Debtor under the relevant Secured Debt Documents;
(v) an indemnity is provided from each Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditor (other than any Second Lien Creditor Representative) (or from another third party acceptable to all the Senior Lenders, the Senior Notes Creditors, the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors and the Operating Facility Lenders) in a form reasonably satisfactory to each Senior Lender, Senior Notes Creditor, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor and Operating Facility Lender in respect of all costs, expenses, losses and liabilities which may be sustained or incurred by any Senior Lender, Senior Notes Creditor, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor or Operating Facility Lender in consequence of any sum received or recovered by any Senior Lender, Senior Notes Creditor, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor or Operating Facility Lender from any person being required (or it being alleged that it is required) to be paid back by or clawed back from any Senior Lender, Senior Notes Creditor, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor or Operating Facility Lender for any reason; and
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(vi) the transfer is made without recourse to, or representation or warranty from, the Senior Lenders, the Senior Notes Creditors, the Permitted Senior Financing Creditors or the Operating Facility Lenders, except that each Senior Lender, Senior Notes Creditor, Permitted Senior Financing Creditor and Operating Facility Lender shall be deemed to have represented and warranted on the date of that transfer that it has the corporate power to effect that transfer and it has taken all necessary action to authorise the making by it of that transfer.
(b) Subject to paragraph (b) of Clause 5.13 (Hedge Transfer: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors), a Second Lien Creditor Representative (on behalf of all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) may only require a Senior Secured Liabilities Transfer if, at the same time, they require a Hedge Transfer in accordance with Clause 5.13 (Hedge Transfer: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) and if, for any reason, a Hedge Transfer cannot be made in accordance with Clause 5.13 (Hedge Transfer: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors), no Senior Secured Liabilities Transfer may be required to be made.
(c) At the request of a Second Lien Creditor Representative (on behalf of all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors):
(i) the Senior Facility Agent shall notify the Second Lien Creditor Representatives of:
(A) the sum of the amounts described in paragraphs (a)(iii)(A)(II) and (III) above; and
(B) the amount of each Letter of Credit for which cash cover is to be provided to it by all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors (acting as a whole);
(ii) any relevant Senior Notes Trustee shall notify the Second Lien Creditor Representatives of the sum of amounts described in paragraphs (a)(iii)(B)(I) and (II) above;
(iii) any relevant Senior Creditor Representative shall notify the Second Lien Creditor Representatives of:
(A) the sum of the amounts described in paragraphs (a)(iii)(C)(II) and (III) above; and
(B) the amount of each Letter of Credit for which cash cover is to be provided to it by all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors (acting as a whole); and
(iv) the Operating Facility Lenders shall notify the Senior Agents of the sum of amounts described in paragraphs (a)(iii)(D)(I) and (II) above.
5.13 Hedge Transfer: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors
(a) A Second Lien Creditor Representative (on behalf of all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors, acting as a whole) may, by giving not less than 10 days' notice to the Security Agent, require a Hedge Transfer:
(i) if either:
(A) the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors require, at the same time, a Senior Secured Liabilities Transfer under Clause 5.12 (Option to purchase: Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors); or
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(B) all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors (acting as a whole) require that Hedge Transfer at any time on or after the Senior Discharge Date; and
(ii) if:
(A) that transfer is lawful and otherwise permitted by the terms of the Hedging Agreements, in which case no Debtor, Third Party Security Provider or other member of the Group shall be entitled to withhold its consent to that transfer;
(B) any conditions (other than the consent of, or any consultation with, any Debtor, Third Party Security Provider or other member of the Group) relating to that transfer contained in the Hedging Agreements are complied with;
(C) each Hedge Counterparty is paid (in the case of a positive number) or pays (in the case of a negative number) an amount equal to the aggregate of (1) the Hedging Purchase Amount in respect of the hedging transactions under the relevant Hedging Agreement at that time and (2) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by such Hedge Counterparty as a consequence of giving effect to that transfer;
(D) as a result of that transfer, the Hedge Counterparties have no further actual or contingent liability to any Debtor under the Hedging Agreements;
(E) an indemnity is provided from each Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors (other than any Second Lien Creditor Representative) which is receiving (or for which a nominee is receiving) that transfer (or from another third party acceptable to the relevant Hedge Counterparty) in a form reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Hedge Counterparty in respect of all losses which may be sustained or incurred by that Hedge Counterparty in consequence of any sum received or recovered by that Hedge Counterparty being required (or it being alleged that it is required) to be paid back by or clawed back from the Hedge Counterparty for any reason; and
(F) that transfer is made without recourse to, or representation or warranty from, the relevant Hedge Counterparty, except that the relevant Hedge Counterparty shall be deemed to have represented and warranted on the date of that transfer that it has the corporate power to effect that transfer and it has taken all necessary action to authorise the making by it of that transfer.
(b) A Second Lien Creditor Representative (acting on behalf of all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors) and any Hedge Counterparty may agree (in respect of the Hedging Agreements (or one or more of them) to which that Hedge Counterparty is a party) that a Hedge Transfer required by all the Permitted Second Lien Financing Creditors (acting as a whole) pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall not apply to that/those Hedging Agreement(s) or to the Hedging Liabilities and Hedge Counterparty Obligations under that/those Hedging Agreement(s).
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(c) If a Second Lien Creditor Representative is entitled to require a Hedge Transfer under this Clause 5.13, the Hedge Counterparties shall at the request of any Second Lien Creditor Representative provide details of the amounts referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)(C) above.
6. Senior Parent Creditors and Senior Parent Liabilities
6.1 Restriction on Payment and dealings: Senior Parent Liabilities
Until the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, no Senior Parent Debt Issuer which is a member of the Group shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no other member of the Group will):
(a) pay, repay, prepay, redeem, acquire or defease any principal, interest or other amount on or in respect of, or make any distribution in respect of, any Senior Parent Liabilities in cash or in kind or apply any such money or property in or towards discharge of any Senior Parent Liabilities except as permitted by Clause 6.2 (Permitted Senior Parent Payments), Clause 6.9 (Permitted Senior Parent enforcement), Clause 9.5 (Filing of claims) or Clause 16 (Additional debt);
(b) exercise any set-off against any Senior Parent Liabilities, except as permitted by Clause 6.2 (Permitted Senior Parent Payments), Clause 6.8 (Restrictions on enforcement by Senior Parent Creditors), Clause 9.5 (Filing of claims) or Clause 16 (Additional debt); or
(c) create or permit to subsist any Security over any assets of any member of the Group or assets of any Third Party Security Provider which are subject to Transaction Security or give any guarantee (and the Senior Parent Agents may not, and no Senior Parent Creditor may, accept the benefit of any such Security or guarantee from any Group Company or Third Party Security Provider) for, or in respect of, any Senior Parent Liabilities other than:
(i) the Senior Parent Guarantees;
(ii) at the option of the Parent, all or any of the Transaction Security (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, each of the Parties agrees that the Transaction Security shall rank and secure the Senior Parent Liabilities as set out in Clause 2.2 (Transaction Security));
(iii) any Security over any assets of any Senior Parent Debt Issuer that is a member of the Group (other than, without prejudice to paragraph (ii) above and paragraph (v) below, any such assets subject to the Senior Parent Debt Issuer Security);
(iv) any other Security or guarantee provided by a member of the Group (the "Credit Support Provider") provided that, to the extent legally possible and subject to the Agreed Security Principles:
(A) the Credit Support Provider becomes party to this Agreement as a Debtor or Third Party Security Provider (as applicable) (if not already a Party in that capacity);
(B) all amounts actually received or recovered by any Senior Parent Agent or Senior Parent Creditor with respect to any such Security shall immediately be paid to the Security Agent and applied in accordance with Clause 14 (Application of proceeds);
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(C) any such Security may only be enforced in accordance with Clause 12.6 (Security held by other Creditors); and
(D) any such guarantee is expressed to be subject to the terms of this Agreement;
(v) the Shared Security; and
(vi) any Security, guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss from any member of the Group in connection with:
(A) any escrow or similar or equivalent arrangements entered into in respect of amounts which are being held (or will be held) by a person which is not a member of the Group prior to release of those amounts to a member of the Group; or
(B) any actual or proposed defeasance, redemption, prepayment, repayment, purchase or other discharge of any Senior Lender Liabilities, Operating Facility Liabilities, Senior Notes Liabilities and/or Permitted Senior Financing Liabilities (in each case provided that such defeasance, redemption, prepayment, repayment, purchase or other discharge is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement),
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Clause 6.1 shall restrict any person which is not a member of the Group from creating or permitting to subsist any Security over any assets of such person or giving any guarantee for, or in respect of, any Senior Parent Liabilities.
6.2 Permitted Senior Parent Payments
Any Senior Parent Debt Issuer, Third Party Security Provider or member of the Group may:
(a) prior to the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, directly or indirectly make any Payment directly or indirectly in respect of the Senior Parent Liabilities at any time:
(i) if:
(A) the Payment is of:
(I) any of the principal amount of the Senior Parent Liabilities which is either:
(1) not prohibited by the Senior Financing Agreements; or
(2) paid on or after the final maturity date of the relevant Senior Parent Liabilities (provided that (i) unless the Senior Lender Discharge Date has occurred or as otherwise agreed by the Majority Senior Lenders and the Parent, such final maturity date does not breach any maturity restrictions in the Senior Financing Agreements (or, in the case of any amendment which has the effect of shortening the maturity date of any Senior Parent Liabilities, would not breach any such maturity restrictions applicable to such Senior Parent Liabilities in the Senior Financing Agreements (as applicable) were that Senior Parent Liability to be incurred at the time of that amendment and with that amended maturity date) and (ii) unless
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the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date has occurred or as otherwise agreed by the Majority Second Lien Creditors and the Parent, such final stated maturity does not breach any maturity restrictions applicable to such Senior Parent Liabilities in any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement (as applicable) (or, in the case of any amendment which has the effect of shortening the maturity date of any Senior Parent Liabilities, would not breach any such maturity restrictions applicable to such Senior Parent Liabilities in any Permitted Second Lien Financing Agreement (as applicable) were that Senior Parent Liability to be incurred at the time of that amendment and with that amended maturity date)); or
(II) any other amount which is not an amount of principal (including any interest which has been capitalised to become an amount of principal);
(B) no Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice is outstanding;
(C) no Senior Payment Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(D) no Second Lien Payment Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) if the Required Senior Consent and the Required Second Lien Consent has been obtained;
(iii) if the Payment is of a Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amount;
(iv) if the Payment is made by the relevant Senior Parent Debt Issuer and funded directly or indirectly with amounts which have not been received by that Senior Parent Debt Issuer from a member of the Group;
(v) of any Notes Security Costs;
(vi) of costs, commissions, taxes, fees and expenses incurred in respect of or in relation to (or reasonably incidental to) any Senior Parent Finance Documents (including in relation to any reporting or listing requirements under the Senior Parent Finance Documents);
(vii) if the Payment is funded directly or indirectly with Permitted Parent Financing Debt and/or the proceeds of any indebtedness incurred under or pursuant to any Senior Parent Notes;
(viii) if the Payment is funded directly or indirectly with the proceeds of Qualified Equity Interests or Subordinated Shareholder Funding of the Parent or Available Restricted Payment Amounts; or
(ix) if the Payment is of any principal amount of the Senior Parent Liabilities (together with any related accrued but unpaid interest) in accordance with the provisions under any Senior Parent Finance Documents which are substantially equivalent to:
(A) clause 11.1 (Illegality) of the Senior Facilities Agreement;
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(B) clause 11.8 (Right of cancellation and repayment in relation to a single Lender or Issuing Bank) of the Senior Facilities Agreement; or
(C) clause 12.1 (Change of Control) of the Senior Facilities Agreement but only to the extent that an equivalent payment(s) has been made (to the extent required) pursuant to the terms of the Senior Financing Agreements; or
(x) for so long as a Senior Event of Default, a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default or a Senior Parent Event of Default is continuing, if the Payment is of all or part of the Senior Parent Liabilities as a result of those Senior Parent Liabilities being released or otherwise discharged solely in consideration of the issue of shares in the Parent or in any Holding Company of the Parent (each a "Senior Parent Debt for Equity Swap") and provided that no cash or cash equivalent payment is made in respect of the Senior Parent Liabilities and any Liabilities owed by a Group Company to another Group Company, the Investors or any other Holding Company of the Parent that arise as a result of any such Senior Parent Debt for Equity Swap are subordinated to the Senior Secured Liabilities and to the Second Lien Liabilities pursuant to this Agreement and any Liabilities owed by a Group Company to another Group Company arising as a result of such Senior Parent Debt for Equity Swap are subject to Transaction Security; or
(xi) of any other amount not exceeding USD5,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate in any financial year of the Parent; and
(b) on or after the First/Second Lien Discharge Date, make any Payment directly or indirectly in respect of the Senior Parent Liabilities at any time.
A reference in this Clause 6.2 to a Payment shall be construed to include any other direct or indirect step, matter, action or dealing in relation to any Senior Parent Liabilities which are otherwise prohibited under Clause 6.1 (Restriction on Payment and dealings: Senior Parent Liabilities).
6.3 Issue of Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice
(a) Until the Senior Discharge Date, except with the Required Senior Consent, and until the Permitted Second Lien Financing Discharge Date, except with the Required Second Lien Consent, no Senior Parent Debt Issuer which is a member of the Group shall make (and the Parent shall procure that no other member of the Group will make), and no Senior Parent Finance Party may receive from any member of the Group, any Permitted Senior Parent Payment (other than Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts and except as provided in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (x), in each case, of Clause 6.2 (Permitted Senior Parent Payments)) if:
(i) a Senior Payment Default or a Second Lien Payment Default is continuing; or
(ii) a Senior Event of Default (other than a Senior Payment Default) or a Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default (other than a Second Lien Payment Default) is continuing, from the date which is one Business Day after the date on which any Senior Agent delivers a notice (a "Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice") specifying the event or circumstance in relation to that
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Senior Event of Default to the Parent, the Security Agent and the Senior Parent Agents until the earliest of:
(A) the date falling 179 days after delivery of that Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice;
(B) in relation to payments of Senior Parent Liabilities, if a Senior Parent Standstill Period is in effect at any time after delivery of that Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice, the date on which that Senior Parent Standstill Period expires;
(C) the date on which the relevant Senior Event of Default or Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default has been remedied or waived in accordance with the applicable Senior Financing Agreement;
(D) the date on which the Senior Agent which delivered the relevant Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice delivers a notice to the Parent, the Security Agent and the Senior Parent Agents cancelling the Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice;
(E) the First/Second Lien Discharge Date; and
(F) the date on which the Security Agent or a Senior Parent Agent takes Enforcement Action permitted under this Agreement against a Debtor.
(b) Unless each of the Senior Parent Agents waives this requirement:
(i) a new Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice may not be delivered unless and until 360 days have elapsed since the delivery of the immediately prior Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice; and
(ii) no Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice may be delivered by a Senior Agent in reliance on a Senior Event of Default more than 45 days after the date that Senior Agent received notice of that Senior Event of Default or Permitted Second Lien Financing Event of Default (as applicable).
(c) The Senior Agents may only serve one Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice with respect to the same event or set of circumstances. Subject to paragraph (b) above, this shall not affect the right of the Agents to issue a Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice in respect of any other event or set of circumstances.
(d) No Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice may be served by an Agent in respect of a Senior Event of Default which had been notified to the Agents at the time at which an earlier Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice was issued.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, this Clause 6.3:
(i) acts as a suspension of payment and not as a waiver of the right to receive payment on the date such payments are due;
(ii) will not prevent the accrual or capitalisation of interest (including default interest) in accordance with the Senior Parent Finance Documents; and
(iii) will not prevent the payment of any Senior Parent Notes Trustee Amounts or other amounts funded directly or indirectly with amounts which have not been received by the relevant Senior Parent Debt Issuer from another member of the Group.
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6.4 Effect of Senior Parent Payment Stop Notice, Senior Payment Default or Second Lien Payment Default