EXECUTION VERSION CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of July 23, 2014 among TERRAFORM POWER OPERATING, LLC, as Borrower, TERRAFORM POWER, LLC, as a Guarantor, CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF TERRAFORM POWER OPERATING, LLC, as Guarantors, VARIOUS LENDERS, ...
Exhibit 10.11
EXECUTION VERSION
dated as of July 23, 2014
among
TERRAFORM POWER OPERATING, LLC, as Borrower,
TERRAFORM POWER, LLC, as a Guarantor,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF TERRAFORM POWER OPERATING, LLC, as Guarantors,
VARIOUS LENDERS,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
and
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners and Co-Syndication Agents
and
SANTANDER BANK, N.A, as Documentation Agent
$300 Million Term Loan and
$140 Million Revolving Loan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 1 1.1. Definitions 1 1.2. Accounting Terms 39 1.3. Interpretation, Etc. 40 1.4. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents 40 1.5. Letter of Credit Amounts 40
Section 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT 41 2.1. Term Loans 41 2.2. Revolving Loans 42 2.3. Swing Line Loans 43 2.4. Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein 46 2.5. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds 51 2.6. Use of Proceeds 52 2.7. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes 52 2.8. Interest on Loans 53 2.9. Conversion/Continuation 55 2.10. Default Interest 56 2.11. Fees 56 2.12. Scheduled Payments 57 2.13. Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions 58 2.14. Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions 60 2.15. Application of Prepayments/Reductions 61 2.16. General Provisions Regarding Payments 62 2.17. Ratable Sharing 63 2.18. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans 64 2.19. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy 66 2.20. Taxes; Withholding, Etc. 68 2.21. Obligation to Mitigate 71 2.22. Defaulting Lenders 71 2.23. Removal or Replacement of a Lender 75 2.24. Incremental Facilities 76
Section 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 78 3.1. Closing Date 78 3.2. Conditions to Each Credit Extension 81
Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 82 4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification 82 4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership 82 4.3. Due Authorization 83 4.4. No Conflict 83 4.5. Governmental Consents 83
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4.6. Binding Obligation 83 4.7. Historical Financial Statements 83 4.8. Projections 84 4.9. No Material Adverse Effect 84 4.10. No Restricted Junior Payments 84 4.11. Adverse Proceedings, Etc. 84 4.12. Payment of Taxes 84 4.13. Properties 85 4.14. Environmental Matters 85 4.15. No Defaults 86 4.16. Material Contracts 86 4.17. Governmental Regulation 86 4.18. Federal Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act 86 4.19. Employee Matters 86 4.20. Employee Benefit Plans 87 4.21. Certain Fees 87 4.22. Solvency 87 4.23. Compliance with Statutes, Etc. 87 4.24. Disclosure 88 4.25. PATRIOT Act 88 4.26. Energy Regulatory Matters 89
Section 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 90 5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports 90 5.2. Existence 94 5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims 94 5.4. Maintenance of Properties 94 5.5. Insurance 94 5.6. Books and Records; Inspections 95 5.7. Lenders Meetings 95 5.8. Compliance with Laws 95 5.9. Environmental 96 5.10. Subsidiaries 97 5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets 97 5.12. Interest Rate Protection 99 5.13. Further Assurances 99 5.14. Cash Management Systems 100 5.15. Designation of Subsidiaries 100 5.16. Ratings 100 5.17. Energy Regulatory Status 100 5.18. Post-Closing Obligations 100
Section 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 101 6.1. Indebtedness 101 6.2. Liens 103 6.3. No Further Negative Pledges 105 6.4. Restricted Junior Payments 106
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6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions 106 6.6. Investments 107 6.7. Financial Covenants 108 6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets 108 6.9. Reserved 110 6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs 110 6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates 110 6.12. Conduct of Business 110 6.13. Permitted Activities of Project Holdcos 110 6.14. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents and Certain Material Contracts 111 6.15. Fiscal Year 111
Section 7. GUARANTY 111 7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations 111 7.2. Contribution by Guarantors 111 7.3. Payment by Guarantors 112 7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute 112 7.5. Waivers by Guarantors 114 7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. 115 7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations 116 7.8. Continuing Guaranty 116 7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower 116 7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower 116 7.11. Bankruptcy, Etc. 117 7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor 117 7.13. Keepwell 118
Section 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 118 8.1. Events of Default 118
Section 9. AGENTS 121 9.1. Appointment of Agents 121 9.2. Powers and Duties 122 9.3. General Immunity 122 9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender 123 9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment 124 9.6. Right to Indemnity 124 9.7. Successor Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender 125 9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty 126 9.9. Withholding Taxes 128 9.10. Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim 128
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Section 10. MISCELLANEOUS 129 10.1. Notices 129 10.2. Expenses 131 10.3. Indemnity 132 10.4. Set-Off 133 10.5. Amendments and Waivers 134 10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations 136 10.7. Independence of Covenants 140 10.8. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements 140 10.9. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative 140 10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside 141 10.11. Severability 141 10.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights 141 10.13. Headings 141 10.14. APPLICABLE LAW 141 10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION 142 10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 142 10.17. Confidentiality 143 10.18. Usury Savings Clause 144 10.19. Effectiveness; Counterparts 144 10.20. Entire Agreement 145 10.21. PATRIOT Act 145 10.22. Electronic Execution of Assignments 145 10.23. No Fiduciary Duty 145 10.24. Judgment Currency 146
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APPENDICES: A-1 Closing Date Term Loan Commitments A-2 Revolving Commitments B Notice Addresses
SCHEDULES: 4.1 Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification 4.2 Equity Interests and Ownership 4.7 Historical Financial Statements 4.13 Real Estate Assets 4.16 Material Contracts 4.26 Entities Regulated Under PURPA 5.15 Required Restricted Subsidiaries 6.2(r) Certain Liens 6.3 Certain Negative Pledges 6.5 Certain Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions 6.6 Certain Investments 6.11 Certain Affiliate Transactions
EXHIBITS: A-1 Funding Notice A-2 Conversion/Continuation Notice A-3 Issuance Notice B-1 Revolving Loan Note B-2 Swing Line Note B-3 Term Loan Note C Compliance Certificate D Assignment Agreement E Certificate re Non-Bank Status F-1 Closing Date Certificate F-2 Solvency Certificate G Counterpart Agreement H Pledge and Security Agreement I Mortgage J Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement K Intercompany Note L Joinder Agreement M Incumbency Certificate
This CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 23, 2014, is entered into by and among TERRAFORM POWER OPERATING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), TERRAFORM POWER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER, as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (“Goldman Sachs”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”), CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. (“Citigroup”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), as Co-Syndication Agents (in such capacity, “Syndication Agents”), Goldman Sachs, as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”), and as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successor in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”), Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Citigroup and JPMorgan, as Joint Lead Arrangers (in such capacity, “Arrangers”) and Joint Bookrunners, and SANTANDER BANK, N.A. (“Santander”), as Documentation Agent (in such capacity, “Documentation Agent”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, Lenders have agreed to extend certain credit facilities to Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $440 million, consisting of $300 million aggregate principal amount of Closing Date Term Loan Commitments and $140 million aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments, the proceeds of which will be used in accordance with Section 2.6(a);
WHEREAS, Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of its assets, including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests of each of its Domestic Subsidiaries subject to the terms of the Pledge and Security Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the obligations of Borrower hereunder and to secure their respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of their respective assets, including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests of each of their respective Domestic Subsidiaries (including Borrower) subject to the terms of the Pledge and Security Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1. Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
“Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by
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dividing (i) (a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays an average London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) (such page currently being LIBOR01 page) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank market by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan for which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal to (a) one minus (b) the Applicable Reserve Requirement; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate with respect to the Closing Date Term Loan shall at no time be less than 1.00% per annum.
“Administrative Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing (in each case, whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened in writing against or affecting Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected Lender” as defined in Section 2.18(b).
“Affected Loans” as defined in Section 2.18(b).
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote 5% or more of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
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“Agent” means each of (i) Administrative Agent, (ii) each Syndication Agent, (iii) Collateral Agent, (iv) Documentation Agent, (v) each Bookrunner and (vi) any other Person appointed under the Credit Documents to serve in an agent or similar capacity.
“Agent Affiliates” as defined in Section 10.1(b)(iii).
“Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in Section 2.17.
“Aggregate Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Agreement” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2014, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ALTA” means the American Land and Title Association.
“Alternative Currency” means each of Canadian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Chilean Pesos, and each other currency that is approved in accordance with Section 1.5(b).
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Applicable Margin” means (a) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 2.75% per annum and (b) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, 3.75% per annum.
“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors or other applicable banking regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate Loans. A Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage” means 0.75% per annum.
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“Approved Electronic Communications” means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to Agents, Lenders or Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).
“Arrangers” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Asset Sale” means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of Holdings’ or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed, including the Equity Interests of any of Holdings’ Subsidiaries (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Equity Interests in Holdings), other than (i) inventory (or other assets, including energy and renewable energy credits, climate change levy exemption certificates, embedded benefits and other environmental attributes) sold, leased or licensed out in the ordinary course of business (excluding any such sales, leases or licenses of a Non-Recourse Subsidiary or out of a Non-Recourse Subsidiary of operations or divisions discontinued or to be discontinued), (ii) the sale by Holdings or any Subsidiary of property that is no longer useful or necessary to the conduct of the business of Holdings or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business (excluding sales of one or more Non-Recourse Subsidiaries), (iii) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business, (iv) the granting of Liens not prohibited by Section 6.2, (v) sale and leaseback transactions by Non-Recourse Subsidiaries permitted by Section 6.10 and dispositions by Non-Recourse Subsidiaries to tax equity investors in connection with tax equity financings, and (vi) sales, leases or sub-leases (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leasebacks, assignments, conveyances, exclusive licenses (as licensor or sublicensor), transfers or other dispositions to, or any exchanges of property with, any Person for aggregate consideration of less than $50,000,000 with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions and less than $100,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year. In no event shall entering into a Hedge Agreement be considered to be an Asset Sale.
“Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D, with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent.
“Assignment Effective Date” as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president, vice president (or the equivalent thereof), chief financial officer, treasurer or other authorized signatory of such Person; provided that the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to Administrative Agent as to the authority of such Authorized Officer.
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“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Barclays” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1∕2 of 1% and (iii) the sum of (a) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (after giving effect to any Adjusted Eurodollar Rate “floor”) that would be payable on such day for a Eurodollar Rate Loan with a one-month interest period plus (b) the difference between the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Loans and the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Rate with respect to the Closing Date Term Loan shall at no time be less than 2.00% per annum.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Beneficiary” means each Agent, Issuing Bank, Lender and Lender Counterparty.
“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“Bookrunners” means Arrangers, in their capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.
“Borrower” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Borrower Debt Service Expense” means, for any period, an amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of (i) Borrower Interest Expense and (ii) scheduled payments of principal on Borrower Total Debt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower Debt Service Expense (x) for the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2014 shall be deemed to be $4,500,000, (y) for the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2014 shall be deemed to be $4,500,000, and (z) for the Fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2014 shall be deemed to be $4,500,000.
“Borrower Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of Borrower with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements, but excluding, however, any amount not payable in Cash and any amounts referred to in Section 2.11(d) payable on or before the Closing Date.
“Borrower Operating Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal (a) Project CAFD, minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of the following expenses, in each case to the extent paid in cash by Borrower or Holdings during such period and regardless of whether any such amount was accrued during such period: (i) income tax expense and Permitted Tax Distributions of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and (ii) corporate overhead expense of Borrower
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and Holdings (including payments required to be made pursuant to the Management Services Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower Operating Cash Flow (x) for the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2014 shall be deemed to be $17,800,000, (y) for the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2014 shall be deemed to be $32,700,000, and (z) for the Fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2014 shall be deemed to be $38,500,000.
“Borrower Total Debt” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all Indebtedness of Borrower (or, if higher, the par value or stated face amount of all such Indebtedness (other than zero coupon Indebtedness)) determined in accordance with GAAP, for the avoidance of doubt excluding Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness and the face amount of any undrawn Letter of Credit issued for the account of Borrower.
“Business Day” means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close and (ii) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Loans, the term “Business Day” means any day which is a Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Canadian GAAP” means Canadian generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.
“Cash Collateralize” means, in respect of an Obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) cash collateral in Dollars, at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank (and “Cash Collateralization” has a corresponding meaning). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support. At the request of the Issuing Bank, if any Letter of Credit to be Cash Collateralized hereunder is denominated in an Alternative Currency, Borrower shall post such Cash Collateral in the same Alternative Currency as the Letter of Credit to be Cash Collateralized.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year after such date; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
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instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than three months from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within three months after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000; (v) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s; and (vi) solely with respect to Non-Recourse Subsidiaries, other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments of a type analogous to the foregoing.
“Certificate re Non-Bank Status” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Change of Control” means (i) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d 3 and 13d 5 under the Exchange Act) other than SunEdison (a) shall have acquired Control of Parent; (ii) Parent shall cease to Control Holdings; (iii) Holdings shall cease to beneficially own and control 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Equity Interests of Borrower; or (iv) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent cease to be occupied by Persons who either (a) were members of the board of directors of Parent on the Closing Date or (b) were nominated for election by the board of directors of Parent, a majority of whom were directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such directors.
“Citigroup” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Class” means (i) with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of Lenders: (a) Lenders having Closing Date Term Loan Exposure, (b) Lenders having Revolving Exposure (including Swing Line Lender) and (c) Lenders having New Term Loan Exposure of each applicable Series, and (ii) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes of Loans: (a) Closing Date Term Loans, (b) Revolving Loans (including Swing Line Loans) and (c) each Series of New Term Loans.
“Clean Energy System” means a solar, wind, biomass, natural gas, hydroelectric, geothermal or other clean energy generating installation or a hybrid energy generating installation that utilizes a combination of solar, wind, biomass, natural gas, hydroelectric, geothermal or other clean fuel and an alternative fuel source, in each case whether commercial or residential in nature.
“Closing Date” means July 23, 2014.
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“Closing Date Certificate” means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.
“Closing Date Term Loan” means a Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a) on the Closing Date.
“Closing Date Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Closing Date Term Loan on the Closing Date, and “Closing Date Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Closing Date Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-1 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Closing Date Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $300 million.
“Closing Date Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination the outstanding principal amount of the Closing Date Term Loans of such Lender; provided, at any time prior to the making of the Closing Date Term Loans, the Closing Date Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Closing Date Term Loan Commitment.
“CMP Option Agreement” as defined in Section 2.14(a).
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Equity Interests) in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Mortgages (if any), the Intellectual Property Security Agreements (if any), the Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreements (if any), and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by or on behalf of any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to, or perfect in favor of, Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Questionnaire” means a certificate in form satisfactory to Collateral Agent that provides information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit Party.
“Commitment” means any Revolving Commitment or Term Loan Commitment.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
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“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
“Contributing Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlled Foreign Corporation” means “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code; provided however, for the avoidance of doubt, none of Borrower, the Persons that are Guarantors as of the Closing Date or any Project Holdco shall be a Controlled Foreign Corporation.
“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.
“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10.
“Credit Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, any documents or certificates executed by Borrower in favor of Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, and all other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith on or after the date hereof.
“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuing of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Party” means each Person (other than any Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender or any other representative thereof) from time to time party to a Credit Document. Notwithstanding anything in the Credit Documents to the contrary, no Non-Recourse Subsidiary shall be a Credit Party.
“Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement.
“Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) (a) Borrower Operating Cash Flow plus (b) payments or contributions made by
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SunEdison in respect of interest expenses of Borrower hereunder to (ii) Borrower Debt Service Expense, in each case for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date, provided, however, that the Debt Service Coverage Ratio for any Fiscal Quarter in which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries has acquired, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests in any Person or any property with a value in excess of $2,000,000 at any time after the first day of such Fiscal Quarter shall be calculated by giving pro forma effect to such acquisition as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of such Fiscal Quarter, and by deeming historical financial performance of such Person or property for such Fiscal Quarter and each Fiscal Quarter prior thereto to be equal to the projected financial performance for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter in the following calendar year (as determined in the good faith reasonable judgment of Borrower).
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means subject to Section 2.22(b), any Lender (a) that has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) that has notified Borrower, Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) that has failed, within three Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent or Borrower, to confirm in writing to Administrative Agent and Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Administrative Agent and Borrower), or (d) for which Administrative Agent has received notification that such Lender is, or has a direct or indirect parent company that is, (i) insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (ii) the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, or such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender
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solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (iii) contractually provides for the scheduled payments or dividends in cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), if as a result of a change of control or asset sale, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control or asset sale event are subject to the prior payment in full of all Obligations, the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments).
“Documentation Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Issuing Bank at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Earn Out Indebtedness” has the meaning given to it in the definition of the term “Indebtedness”.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person other than a natural Person that is (i) a Lender, an Affiliate of any Lender or a Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), or (ii) a commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business; provided, no Defaulting Lender, Credit Party or Affiliate of a Credit Party shall be an Eligible Assignee.
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“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Borrower, any of the Guarantors or (solely with respect to an employee benefit plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or is otherwise subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA) any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Engagement Letter” as defined in Section 10.20.
“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, written notice, request for information, notice of potential liability, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to human health or safety, natural resources or the environment.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (i) the protection of the environment; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation, disposal or Release of Hazardous Materials; (iii) occupational health and safety and industrial hygiene; or (iv) the protection of human, plant or animal health or natural resources, in any manner applicable to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
“Equity Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing; provided that no Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness shall constitute an Equity Interest.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) solely for purposes of Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA and Sections 412 and 430 of the Internal Revenue Code, any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation
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described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any of the Guarantors shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any such Guarantor within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or such Guarantor and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which Borrower or such Guarantor could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Sections 412 or 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(j) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore, or the receipt by Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the receipt by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA), (ix) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on Borrower, any of the Guarantors or (solely with respect to taxes imposed under Section 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code) any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4971 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (x) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (xi) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust
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forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (xii) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i) of ERISA or Section 430(i) of the Internal Revenue Code), or (xiii) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 4068 of ERISA upon the property and rights to property belonging to the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.
“Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.
“EWG Status” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Excluded Hedge Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, (x) as it relates to all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (y) as it relates to all or a portion of the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation (or such security interest in respect thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the security interest of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Beneficiary or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Beneficiary, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Beneficiary being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Commitment (other than pursuant to an
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assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.23) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.20, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Beneficiary’s failure to comply with Section 2.20(c), and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2014, by and among Holdings, certain subsidiaries of Holdings, Goldman Sachs, as administrative agent and lenders and other Persons party thereto, as amended prior to the Closing Date.
“Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors.
“Fair Share” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in Section 7.2.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Federal Energy Regulatory Authorizations, Exemptions, and Waivers” as defined in Section 4.26(d).
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
“FERC’s” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
“Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer of Holdings that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
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“Financial Plan” as defined in Section 5.1(i).
“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
“Flood Certificate” means a “Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor Governmental Authority performing a similar function.
“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.
“Flood Program” means the National Flood Insurance Program created by the U.S. Congress pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, in each case as amended from time to time, and any successor statutes.
“Flood Zone” means areas having special flood hazards as described in the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank other than such Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“FPA” as defined in Section 4.26(c).
“FUCO” as defined in Section 4.26(b).
“Funding Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
“Global Engagement Letter” as defined in Section 10.23.
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“Goldman Sachs” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Governmental Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, tariff, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Grantor” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Guaranteed Obligations” as defined in Section 7.1.
“Guarantor” means Holdings and each Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings (other than Borrower and any Non-Recourse Subsidiary).
“Guarantor Subsidiary” means each Guarantor other than Holdings.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7.
“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority or which is reasonably likely to pose a hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor environment.
“Hedge Agreement” means an Interest Rate Agreement, a Currency Agreement, or a REC Hedge, in each case entered into by a Credit Party with a Lender Counterparty.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
“Historical Financial Statements” means the financial statements described in Schedule 4.7.
“Holdings” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
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“Immaterial Entity” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary (other than a Credit Party) at any time designated by Borrower as an “Immaterial Entity”; provided that the aggregate Project CAFD distributed or otherwise paid to Borrower or Holdings by all Immaterial Entities for the previous four Fiscal Quarters (or, if shorter, the period commencing on the latest date any such Subsidiary is acquired by a Subsidiary of Holdings and ending on the date of determination) shall not exceed 15.0% of the Project CAFD distributed or otherwise paid to Borrower and Holdings in the aggregate for such period.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary (other than a Credit Party) at any time designated by Borrower as an “Immaterial Subsidiary”; provided that (a) the aggregate Project CAFD distributed or otherwise paid to Borrower or Holdings by any individual Immaterial Subsidiary for the previous four Fiscal Quarters (or, if shorter, the period commencing on the date such Subsidiary is acquired by a Subsidiary of Holdings and ending on the date of determination) shall not exceed 5.0% of the Project CAFD distributed or otherwise paid to Borrower and Holdings in the aggregate for such period and (b) the aggregate Project CAFD distributed or otherwise paid to Borrower or Holdings by all Immaterial Subsidiaries for the previous four Fiscal Quarters (or, if shorter, the period commencing on the latest date any such Subsidiary is acquired by a Subsidiary of Holdings and ending on the date of determination) shall not exceed 20.0% of the Project CAFD distributed or otherwise paid to Borrower and Holdings in the aggregate for such period.
“Increased Amount Date” as defined in Section 2.24.
“Increased-Cost Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Indebtedness” means, as applied to any Person, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (A) any such obligations incurred under ERISA, (B) any earn-out obligations consisting of the deferred purchase price of property acquired until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP (“Earn Out Indebtedness”) and (C) accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and not more than 120 days overdue), which purchase price is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument; (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings (but excluding letters of credit for the account of any Persons other than Credit Parties which are cash collateralized or with respect to which back-to-back letters of credit have been issued); (vii) Disqualified Equity Interests; (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another; (ix) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the obligor thereof will
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be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof; (x) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above; (xi) any obligations with respect to tax equity or similar financing arrangements (other than any such obligations of Non-Recourse Subsidiaries); and (xii) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under any Hedge Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise; provided, in no event shall obligations under any Hedge Agreement be deemed “Indebtedness” for any purpose under Section 6.7 unless such obligations relate to a derivatives transaction which has been terminated (or to the extent amounts under such Hedge Agreement are otherwise due and owing); provided further, that Permitted Equity Commitments, Permitted Project Undertakings, Permitted Deferred Acquisition Obligations, Permitted Call Transactions and Project Obligations shall not constitute Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of any Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness Shareholder Loan shall not be included in the calculation of outstanding Indebtedness to the extent duplicative of the amount of guarantees of any Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness of Parent or Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness of Borrower or Holdings.
“Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials), expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect, special or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions, the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii) the commitment letter (and any related fee or engagement letter) delivered by any Agent or any Lender to Borrower with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) any Environmental Claim or the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any
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past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, but without limiting the Credit Parties’ obligations in the case of liabilities of Indemnitees to third parties and related losses, claims, damages and out-of-pocket expenses, the Credit Parties shall not be liable to any Indemnitee for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Beneficiary under any Credit Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” as defined in Section 10.3(a).
“Initial Revolving Commitment Increase” means one or more increases to the existing Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.24 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000 and effective prior to March 31, 2015.
“Installment” as defined in Section 2.12.
“Intellectual Property” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Intellectual Property Asset” means, at the time of determination, any interest (fee, license or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any Intellectual Property.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit K evidencing Indebtedness owed among Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (i) any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date and the final maturity date of such Loan; and (ii) any Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided, in the case of each Interest Period of longer than three months “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period” means, in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest period of one, two, three or six-months, as selected by Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (a) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such
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Interest Period) shall, subject to clauses (c) and (d) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of any Class of Term Loans shall extend beyond such Class’s Maturity Date; and (d) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
“Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
“Investment” means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person (other than a Guarantor Subsidiary); (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Holdings from any Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor), of any Equity Interests of such Person; (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contributions by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business and (iv) all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including any Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise. The amount of any Investment of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, but deducting therefrom the amount of any repayments or distributions received on account of such Investment by, or the return on or of capital with respect to, such Investment to, the Person making such Investment. For the avoidance of doubt, neither any Permitted Project Undertakings nor any payment pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of Project Obligations shall be deemed to constitute an Investment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the satisfaction by Parent, Borrower or Holdings of any obligation in connection with Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness or Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness (including in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, any guaranty thereof) shall not constitute an Investment. For the further avoidance of doubt, the purchase and consummation of any Permitted Call Transaction shall not constitute an Investment.
“Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3.
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“Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan as Issuing Bank hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, including any other Lender or Affiliate of any other Lender, reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Borrower, in such capacity.
“Joinder Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L.
“Joint Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided, in no event shall any corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.
“JPMorgan” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Judgment Currency” as defined in Section 10.24.
“Landlord Consent and Estoppel” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, a letter, certificate or other instrument in writing from the lessor under the related lease, pursuant to which, among other things, the landlord consents to the granting of a Mortgage on such Leasehold Property by the Credit Party tenant, such Landlord Consent and Estoppel to be in form and substance acceptable to Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in any event sufficient for Collateral Agent to obtain a Title Policy with respect to such Mortgage.
“Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement” means a Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Collateral Agent.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any New Revolving Loan Commitments, New Term Loan Commitments, New Revolving Loans or New Term Loans, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Leasehold Property” means any leasehold interest of any Credit Party as lessee under any lease of real property.
“Lender” means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement or a Joinder Agreement.
“Lender Counterparty” means each Lender, each Agent and each of their respective Affiliates counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who is an Agent or a Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the Closing Date but subsequently, whether before or after entering into a Hedge Agreement, ceases to be an Agent or a Lender, as the case may be); provided, at the time of entering into a Hedge Agreement, no Lender Counterparty shall be a Defaulting Lender.
“Letter of Credit” means a commercial or standby letter of credit issued or to be issued by Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement.
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“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is 180 days after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day); provided that if any Letter of Credit remains outstanding on the day which is ten Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, Borrower shall either provide Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means the lesser of (i) $45,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum aggregate amount which is, or at any time thereafter may become, available for drawing under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by Issuing Bank and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower (including through Revolving Loans).
“Leverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Borrower Total Debt as of such day to (ii) Borrower Operating Cash Flow for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date, provided, however, that the Leverage Ratio for any Fiscal Quarter in which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries has acquired, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests in any Person or any property with a value in excess of $2,000,000 at any time after the first day of such Fiscal Quarter shall be calculated by giving pro forma effect to such acquisition as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of such Fiscal Quarter, and by deeming historical financial performance of such Person or property for such Fiscal Quarter and each Fiscal Quarter prior thereto to be equal to the projected financial performance for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter in the following calendar year (as determined in the reasonable judgment of Borrower).
“Lien” means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing and (ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.
“Loan” means a Closing Date Term Loan, a Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan and a New Term Loan.
“M&A Transaction” means any acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a Project Holdco, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all or a portion of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person.
“Management Services Agreement” means that certain Management Services Agreement dated as of July 23, 2014 among Borrower, Holdings, Parent and SunEdison.
“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U.
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“Market-Based Rate Authorizations” as defined in Section 4.26(d).
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Swap Contract”.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on and/or material adverse developments with respect to (i) the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) the ability of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) to fully and timely perform their Obligations; (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against a Credit Party of a Credit Document to which it is a party; or (iv) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent and any Lender or any Secured Party under any Credit Document.
“Material Contract” means any power purchase agreement, any material definitive credit or loan agreement with respect to Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness and any contract or other arrangement, in each case, to which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Real Estate Asset” means (a) any fee-owned Real Estate Asset having a fair market value in excess of $5,000,000 as of the date of the acquisition thereof and (b) all Leasehold Properties other than those with respect to which the aggregate payments under the term of the lease are less than $5,000,000 per annum, other than those designated from time to time by Collateral Agent in its sole discretion as not being required to be included in the Collateral.
“Maturity Date” means (i) with respect to the Closing Date Term Loans, the earlier of (a) the 5-year anniversary of the Closing Date, and (b) the date on which all Closing Date Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) with respect to New Term Loans, the date on which New Term Loans of a Series shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, including by acceleration or otherwise and (iii) with respect to New Revolving Loans, the date on which New Revolving Loans of a Series shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, including by acceleration or otherwise.
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of Cash or Deposit Account balances or back to back letters of credit in form and substance, and from an issuer, satisfactory to the Issuing Bank, an amount equal to 102.5% of the Fronting Exposure of Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) otherwise, an amount determined by Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank in their sole discretion.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means a Mortgage substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
“Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative report is required, a narrative report describing the operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management thereof for the applicable month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements relate.
“Net Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments (including any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise (including by way of milestone payment), but only as and when so received) received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale and customary and reasonable fees, legal fees, brokerage fees, commissions, costs and other expenses, including (a) income or gains taxes payable by the seller as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale, (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale and (c) a reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP for (x) any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale or (y) any other reasonable liabilities retained by Holdings or its Subsidiaries associated with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
“Net Equity Proceeds” means an amount equal to any Cash proceeds from the issuance of any Equity Interests of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to any employee stock or stock option compensation plan), net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
“Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (a) under any casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Holdings or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, (b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition, including income taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith and (c) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the assets subject to the events described in clauses (i)(a) and (b) above that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof.
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“Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means, as of any date of determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Hedge Agreements or other Indebtedness of the type described in clause (xii) of the definition thereof. As used in this definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness was to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness was to be terminated as of that date).
“New Revolving Loan Commitments” as defined in Section 2.24.
“New Revolving Loan Lender” as defined in Section 2.24.
“New Revolving Loans” as defined in Section 2.24.
“New Term Loan Commitments” as defined in Section 2.24.
“New Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the New Term Loans of such Lender.
“New Term Loan Lender” as defined in Section 2.24.
“New Term Loans” as defined in Section 2.24.
“Non-Consenting Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Public Information” means material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal, state or other applicable securities laws) with respect to Borrower or its Affiliates or their Securities.
“Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Non-Recourse Subsidiary owed to an unrelated Person with respect to which the creditor has no recourse (including by virtue of a Lien, guarantee or otherwise) to Borrower or any other Credit Party other than recourse (a) in respect of any acquisition or contribution agreement with respect to any Investment permitted hereunder entered into by Borrower or any other Credit Party, (b) by virtue of rights of such Non-Recourse Subsidiary under a Project Obligation collaterally assigned to such creditor, which rights may be exercised pursuant to such Project Obligation against Holdings or any other Credit Party that is party to such Project Obligation or (c) pursuant to Permitted Project Undertakings or Permitted Equity Commitments.
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“Non-Recourse Subsidiary” means:
(a) any Subsidiary of Borrower that (i) (x) is the owner, lessor and/or operator of one or more Clean Energy Systems, (y) the lessee or borrower in respect of Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness financing one or more Clean Energy Systems, and/or (z) develops or constructs one or more Clean Energy Systems, (ii) has no Subsidiaries and owns no material assets other than those assets necessary for the ownership, leasing, development, construction or operation of such Clean Energy Systems and (iii) has no Indebtedness other than intercompany Indebtedness to the extent permitted hereunder and Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness; and
(b) any Subsidiary that (i) is the direct or indirect owner of all or a portion of the Equity Interests in one or more Persons, each of which meets the qualifications set forth in clause (a) above, (ii) has no Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries each of which meets the qualifications set forth in clause (a) or clause (b)(i) above, (iii) owns no material assets other than those assets necessary for the ownership, leasing, development, construction or operation of Clean Energy Systems, (iv) has no Indebtedness other than intercompany Indebtedness to the extent permitted hereunder and Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness and (v) is not a direct Subsidiary of Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, no Project Holdco shall be deemed a Non-Recourse Subsidiary.
“Non-US Lender” as defined in Section 2.20(c).
“Note” means a Term Loan Note, a Revolving Loan Note or a Swing Line Note.
“Notice” means a Funding Notice, an Issuance Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Credit Party, including obligations from time to time owed to Agents (including former Agents), Lenders or any of them and Lender Counterparties, under any Credit Document or Hedge Agreement, whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, settlement payments or payments for early termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise; provided, further, that Obligations of any Guarantor shall not include any Excluded Hedge Obligations of such Guarantor.
“Obligee Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.
“Organizational Documents” means (i) with respect to any corporation or company, its certificate, memorandum or articles of incorporation, organization or association, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such Organizational Document shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
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“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Beneficiary, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Beneficiary and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Beneficiary having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Commitment or Credit Document).
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court, recording, filing or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies (and interest, fines, penalties and additions related thereto) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, perfection of a security interest under or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.23).
“Parent” means TerraForm Power, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Participant Register” as defined in Section 10.6(g)(i).
“PATRIOT Act” as defined in Section 3.1(p).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Sections 412 or 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 302 or 303 of ERISA.
“Permitted Call Transaction” means one or more call or capped call option transactions (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) on the Parent’s common stock purchased by Holdings or Borrower in connection with an issuance of Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness or Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness (each, a “Permitted Hedge Transaction”) and, if applicable, one or more call option or warrant transactions (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) on the Parent’s common stock sold by Holdings, Borrower or Parent substantially concurrently with any such purchase (each, a “Permitted Warrant Transaction”).
“Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Parent having a feature which entitles the holder thereof to exchange all or a portion of such Indebtedness into common stock of Parent (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of Parent) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock (or such other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of Parent)).
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“Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness Shareholder Loan” means a loan from Parent to Borrower or Holdings of the proceeds of Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness.
“Permitted Deferred Acquisition Obligation” means an obligation of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to pay the purchase price for the acquisition of a Person or assets over time or upon the satisfaction of certain conditions; provided that, with respect to each such acquisition, at the time Holdings or such Subsidiary undertakes such obligations, Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 (such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(b)).
“Permitted Equity Commitments” means obligations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in any Non-Recourse Subsidiary (and any guarantee by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of such obligations) as long as each such payment in respect of such Equity Interest constitutes an Investment expressly permitted by Section 6.6.
“Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness” means Indebtedness having a feature which entitles the holder thereof to exchange all or a portion of such Indebtedness into common stock of Parent (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of Parent) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock (or such other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of Parent)).
“Permitted Hedge Transaction” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Permitted Call Transaction”.
“Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.
“Permitted M&A Transaction” means any M&A Transaction; provided,
(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such acquisition to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof;
(iii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;
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(iv) in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the Equity Interests (except for any such Securities in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued at the time of such acquisition (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be less than 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the acquired Person), directly or indirectly, by such Person or any newly formed Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such acquisition shall be owned, directly or indirectly, 100% by Borrower or a Guarantor, and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as applicable;
(v) Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 by giving pro forma effect to such acquisition as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of the current Fiscal Quarter, and by deeming historical financial performance of the acquired Person or property for such Fiscal Quarter to be equal to the projected financial performance for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter in the following calendar year (as determined in the good faith reasonable judgment of Borrower); and
(vi) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (A) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower demonstrating compliance with the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) and, if applicable, Section 5.10 and Section 5.11, and attaching all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 and the schedules to the Pledge and Security Agreement with respect to all assets and Subsidiaries acquired in connection with such Permitted M&A Transaction and such certificate shall be deemed to supplement Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 and the Schedules to the Pledge and Security Agreement for all purposes hereof and thereof, and (B) with respect to any proposed Permitted M&A Transaction as to which the aggregate total assets (measured in Project CAFD) to be acquired exceed 15.0% of the aggregate total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries prior to such Permitted M&A Transaction, a favorable written legal opinion as to such regulatory matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
provided that each Permitted M&A Transaction, whether or not consummated in one or more transactions, shall be consummated by separate Project Holdcos. For the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition of a portfolio of Clean Energy Systems may be consummated by a single Project Holdco.
“Permitted Project Undertakings” means guaranties by or obligations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of Project Obligations or Permitted Deferred Acquisition Obligations.
“Permitted Tax Distributions” means cash dividends or other distributions declared and paid by Borrower to Holdings and cash dividends or other distributions declared and paid by Holdings to the members of Holdings, in each case, for the sole purpose of funding the payment by the members of Holdings of the Taxes owed with respect to their respective allocable shares of the taxable net income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries; provided that the
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members of Holdings shall promptly pay over any such tax distributions to the relevant Governmental Authority. Such dividends or other distributions shall not exceed, in any taxable period, the product of (a) the highest marginal income Tax rates then in effect under the Internal Revenue Code and under the laws of any state and local taxing jurisdictions in which any member is required to pay income Taxes with respect to Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ combined net income (taking into account any loss or credit carryovers or other tax attributes of Borrower or Holdings (computed as if it were a corporation)) and (b) such taxable income for such period.
“Permitted Warrant Transaction” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Permitted Call Transaction”.
“Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
“Platform” as defined in Section 5.1(o).
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement to be executed by Borrower and each Guarantor substantially in the form of Exhibit H, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s thirty (30) largest banks), as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
“Principal Office” means, for each of Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and Issuing Bank, such Person’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Lender.
“Pro Rata Share” means (i) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Closing Date Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Closing Date Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Closing Date Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (ii) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loans of any Lender or any Letters of Credit issued or participations purchased therein by any Lender or any participations in any Swing Line Loans purchased by any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders; and (iii) with respect to all payments, computations, and other matters relating to New Term Loan Commitments or New Term Loans of a particular Series, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the New Term Loan Exposure of that Lender with respect to that Series by (b) the aggregate
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New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders with respect to that Series. For all other purposes with respect to each Lender, “Pro Rata Share” means the percentage obtained by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of the Closing Date Term Loan Exposure, the Revolving Exposure and the New Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (B) an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate Closing Date Term Loan Exposure, the aggregate Revolving Exposure and the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.
“Project CAFD” means, for any period, an amount equal (a) the amount of dividends paid in cash to Borrower by its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent not funded directly with the proceeds of an Investment by Borrower, plus (b) the amount of payments received in cash by Borrower or Holdings in repayment of good faith loans made by Borrower or Holdings to Borrower’s Subsidiaries, plus (c) the amount of payments received in cash by Borrower or Holdings arising out of the settlement of Hedge Agreements (less any cash losses incurred by Borrower or Holdings relating to the settlement of Hedge Agreements), plus (d) the amount of payments received in cash by Borrower or Holdings from other Investments (to the extent not funded directly with the proceeds of an Investment by Borrower or Holdings) and good faith Contractual Obligations permitted by this Agreement.
“Project Holdco” means a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower that is a Guarantor and 100% of the Equity Interests of which have been pledged to the Collateral Agent under the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Project Obligations” means, as to Holdings or any subsidiary, any Contractual Obligation of such Person under power purchase agreements; agreements for the purchase and sale of energy and renewable energy credits, climate change levy exemption certificates, embedded benefits and other environmental attributes; decommissioning agreements; tax indemnities; operation and maintenance agreements; leases; development contracts; construction contracts; management services contracts; share retention agreements; warranties; bylaws, operating agreements, joint development agreements and other organizational documents; and other similar ordinary course contracts entered into in connection with owning, operating, developing or constructing Clean Energy Systems.
“Projections” as defined in Section 4.8.
“Public Lenders” means Lenders that do not wish to receive Non-Public Information with respect to Holdings, its Subsidiaries or their Securities.
“PUHCA” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
“PUHCA Exemption” as defined in Section 4.26(c).
“PUHCA Regulations” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
“PURPA” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
“PURPA Regulations” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
“QF” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
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“QF Status” as defined in Section 4.26(a).
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Credit Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guaranty 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 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.
“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.
“REC Hedge” means any purchase, sale, swap, hedge, or similar arrangement relating to renewable energy credits.
“Record Document” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, (i) the lease evidencing such Leasehold Property or a memorandum thereof, executed and acknowledged by the owner of the affected real property, as lessor, or (ii) if such Leasehold Property was acquired or subleased from the holder of a Recorded Leasehold Interest, the applicable assignment or sublease document, executed and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form sufficient to give such constructive notice upon recordation and otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.
“Recorded Leasehold Interest” means a Leasehold Property with respect to which a Record Document has been recorded in all places necessary or desirable, in Collateral Agent’s reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice of such Leasehold Property to third-party purchasers and encumbrancers of the affected real property.
“Refunded Swing Line Loans” as defined in Section 2.3(b)(iv).
“Register” as defined in Section 2.7(b).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Reimbursement Date” as defined in Section 2.4(d).
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“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Replacement Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Repricing Transaction” as defined in Section 2.13(c).
“Requisite Lenders” means one or more Lenders having or holding Closing Date Term Loan Exposure, New Term Loan Exposure and/or Revolving Exposure and representing more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Power Determinants of all Lenders; provided that the amount of Voting Power Determinants shall be determined by disregarding the Voting Power Determinants of any Defaulting Lender.
“Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of Holdings, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower or Holdings to the extent paid, directly or indirectly, by Holdings, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries) now or hereafter outstanding, other than a dividend payable solely in shares of a class of stock to the holders of that class, any payment by Borrower in respect of Borrower’s guarantee of any Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness issued by Parent or in respect of any Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness of Borrower and any payment by Holdings in respect of Holdings’ guarantee of any Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness issued by Parent or in respect of any Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness of Holdings; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of Holdings or Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or Borrower to the extent paid, directly or indirectly, by Holdings, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries) now or hereafter outstanding, other than any payment by Borrower in respect of Borrower’s guarantee of any Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness issued by Parent or in respect of any Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness of Borrower and any payment by Holdings in respect of Holdings’ guarantee of any Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness issued by Parent or in respect of any Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness of Holdings; and (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of Holdings, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower or Holdings to the extent paid, directly or indirectly, by Holdings, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (it being understood that none of the foregoing clauses shall prohibit any payments in connection with any Permitted Warrant Transaction to the extent such payments are equal to or less than any payments received in connection with any Permitted Hedge Transaction entered into substantially concurrently with such Permitted Warrant Transaction) now or hereafter outstanding. For the avoidance of doubt,
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none of (i) payments to or on behalf of Parent pursuant to the Management Services Agreement, (ii) payments by Borrower or Holdings of operating expenses of Parent to the extent allocable to the operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (iii) payments to Parent in respect of Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness Shareholder Loans or (iv) payments to purchase Permitted Hedge Transactions shall constitute Restricted Junior Payments.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon the occurrence of any Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary”.
“Revaluation Date” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank shall determine.
“Revolving Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans hereunder and “Revolving Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any New Revolving Loan Commitments. The amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-2 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement or Joinder Agreement, as applicable, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $140 million.
“Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) the 3-year anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.13(b) or 2.14, and (iii) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.
“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, (a) prior to the termination of the Revolving Commitments, that Lender’s Revolving Commitment; and (b) after the termination of the Revolving Commitments, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender, (ii) in the case of Issuing Bank, the aggregate Letter of Credit Usage in respect of all Letters of Credit issued by that Lender (net of any participations by Lenders in such Letters of Credit), (iii) the aggregate amount of all participations by that Lender in any outstanding Letters of Credit or any unreimbursed drawing under any Letter of Credit, (iv) in the case of Swing Line Lender, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Swing Line Loans (net of any participations therein by other Lenders), and (v) the aggregate amount of all participations therein by that Lender in any outstanding Swing Line Loans.
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“Revolving Lender” means a Lender having a Revolving Commitment.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and/or Section 2.24.
“Revolving Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-1, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Sanctions” as defined in Section 4.25.
“Santander” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit- sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Series” as defined in Section 2.24.
“Solvency Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer of Holdings substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.
“Solvent” means, with respect to all Credit Parties, on a consolidated basis, that as of the date of determination, both (i) (a) the sum of the Credit Parties’ debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the Credit Parties’ present assets; (b) the Credit Parties’ capital is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the Closing Date and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any transaction contemplated to be undertaken after the Closing Date; and (c) the Credit Parties have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that they will incur, debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (ii) the Credit Parties are “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5).
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“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, as the spot rate for the purchase of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, if it does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that the Issuing Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“State Electric Utility Regulations” as defined in Section 4.26(e).
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
“Subsidiary” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower. For purposes of Sections 4.2, 4.11, 4.12, 4.20, 4.23, 4.25, 4.26, 5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(d), 5.1(e), 5.1(i), 5.1(n), 5.1(p), 5.3, 5.8, 5.9 and 5.17 only, references to Subsidiaries shall be deemed also to be references to Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“SunEdison” means SunEdison, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swing Line Lender” means Goldman Sachs in its capacity as Swing Line Lender hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Swing Line Loan” means a Loan made by Swing Line Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.3.
“Swing Line Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-2, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means the lesser of (i) $10 million, and (ii) the aggregate unused amount of Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Syndication Agents” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding (together with interest, penalties and other additions thereto) of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed.
“Term Loan” means a Closing Date Term Loan and a New Term Loan.
“Term Loan Commitment” means the Closing Date Term Loan Commitment or the New Term Loan Commitment of a Lender, and “Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders.
“Term Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-3, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Terminated Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Title Policy” as defined in Section 5.11.
“Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans (other than Revolving Loans made for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans or reimbursing Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, but not yet so applied), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans, and (iii) the Letter of Credit Usage.
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“Transaction Costs” means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Holdings, Borrower or any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents.
“Type of Loan” means (i) with respect to either Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and (ii) with respect to Swing Line Loans, a Base Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
“UK GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom set forth from time to time by the United Kingdom Accounting Standards, which are applicable to the circumstances and in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
“Unreimbursed Amount” as defined in Section 2.4(d).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of Borrower designated on Schedule 4.1 as an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date hereof or designated by an Authorized Officer of Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.15 subsequent to the date hereof, and any subsidiaries of any such designated Unrestricted Subsidiaries acquired or formed after such designation. Borrower may designate any subsidiary of Borrower (including any existing subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, Borrower or any subsidiary of Borrower (other than any subsidiary of the subsidiary to be so designated); provided that (i) each of (A) the subsidiary to be so designated and (B) its subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) Borrower may not designate any Project Holdco set forth on Schedule 5.15 or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than subsidiaries permitted to be transferred by Section 6.8(m)) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“U.S. Lender” as defined in Section 2.20(c).
“Voting Power Determinants” means, collectively, Closing Date Term Loan Exposure, New Term Loan Exposure and/or Revolving Exposure.
“Weighted Average Yield” means with respect to any Loan, on any date of determination, the weighted average yield to maturity, in each case, based on the interest rate applicable to such Loan on such date and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees and original issue discount payable with respect to such Loan.
1.2. Accounting Terms. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by Holdings to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with
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GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.1(e), if applicable). Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial Statements.
1.3. Interpretation, Etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person refers to such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person.
1.4. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Issuing Bank shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Letters of Credit and other amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Credit Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Credit Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Issuing Bank.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be.
1.5. Letter of Credit Amounts.
(a) Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any documentation related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases
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in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
(b) Borrower may from time to time request that Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;” provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. Such request shall be subject to the approval of the Issuing Bank, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If the Issuing Bank consents to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Issuing Bank shall so notify Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for the purposes of any Letter of Credit.
SECTION 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
2.1. Term Loans.
(a) Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Closing Date Term Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to such Lender’s Closing Date Term Loan Commitment. Borrower may make only one borrowing under the Closing Date Term Loan Commitment which shall be on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections 2.13(a) and 2.14, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Closing Date Term Loans shall be paid in full no later than the Maturity Date. Each Lender’s Closing Date Term Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of such Lender’s Closing Date Term Loan Commitment on such date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans.
(i) Subject to Section 3.2(b), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than (x) on the Closing Date with respect to Base Rate Loans and (y) at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to Administrative Agent). Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.
(ii) Each Lender shall make its Closing Date Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the principal office designated by Administrative Agent. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loan available to Borrower on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.
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2.2. Revolving Loans.
(a) Revolving Commitments. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to Borrower in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Revolving Loans in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Each Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans.
(i) Except pursuant to Section 2.4(d), Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, and Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Subject to Section 3.2(b), whenever Borrower desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan; provided that, if such Credit Date is the Closing Date, such Funding Notice may be delivered on the Closing Date with respect to Base Rate Loans and such period shorter than three Business Days as may be agreed by Administrative Agent with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith.
(iii) Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans, together with the amount of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, shall be provided by Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by telefacsimile with reasonable promptness, but (provided Administrative Agent shall have received such Notice by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)) not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Notice from Borrower.
(iv) Each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the
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applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Principal Office of Administrative Agent. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent or such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.
2.3. Swing Line Loans.
(a) Swing Line Loans Commitments. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Swing Line Lender may, from time to time in its discretion, agree to make Swing Line Loans to Borrower in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Swing Line Sublimit; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Swing Line Loan, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.3 may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Swing Line Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Swing Line Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Swing Line Loans.
(i) Swing Line Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Subject to Section 3.2(b), whenever Borrower desires that Swing Line Lender make a Swing Line Loan, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Funding Notice no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed Credit Date.
(iii) Swing Line Lender shall make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swing Line Loans available to Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Swing Line Loans received by Administrative Agent from Swing Line Lender to be credited to the account of Borrower at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office, or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.
(iv) With respect to any Swing Line Loans which have not been voluntarily prepaid by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.13, Swing Line Lender may at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, deliver to Administrative Agent (with a copy to Borrower), no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in
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advance of the proposed Credit Date, a notice (which shall be deemed to be a Funding Notice given by Borrower) requesting that each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans to Borrower on such Credit Date in an amount equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given which Swing Line Lender requests Lenders to prepay. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (1) the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by the Lenders other than Swing Line Lender shall be immediately delivered by Administrative Agent to Swing Line Lender (and not to Borrower) and applied to repay a corresponding portion of the Refunded Swing Line Loans and (2) on the day such Revolving Loans are made, Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Refunded Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be paid with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan made by Swing Line Lender to Borrower, and such portion of the Swing Line Loans deemed to be so paid shall no longer be outstanding as Swing Line Loans and shall no longer be due under the Swing Line Note of Swing Line Lender but shall instead constitute part of Swing Line Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans to Borrower and shall be due under the Revolving Loan Note issued by Borrower to Swing Line Lender. Borrower hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender to charge Borrower’s accounts with Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to immediately pay Swing Line Lender the amount of the Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by Lenders, including the Revolving Loans deemed to be made by Swing Line Lender, are not sufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swing Line Loans. If any portion of any such amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to Swing Line Lender should be recovered by or on behalf of Borrower from Swing Line Lender in bankruptcy, by assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all Lenders in the manner contemplated by Section 2.17.
(v) If for any reason Revolving Loans are not made pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iv) in an amount sufficient to repay any amounts owed to Swing Line Lender in respect of any outstanding Swing Line Loans on or before the third Business Day after demand for payment thereof by Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have purchased a participation in such outstanding Swing Line Loans, and in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the applicable unpaid amount together with accrued interest thereon. Upon one Business Day’s notice from Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall deliver to Swing Line Lender an amount equal to its respective participation in the applicable unpaid amount in same day funds at the Principal Office of Swing Line Lender. In order to evidence such participation each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment agrees to enter into a participation agreement at the request of Swing Line Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Swing Line Lender. In the event any Lender holding a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to Swing Line Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation as provided in this paragraph, Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Swing Line Lender for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate, as applicable.
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(vi) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (1) each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans pursuant to the second preceding paragraph and each Lender’s obligation to purchase a participation in any unpaid Swing Line Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against Swing Line Lender, any Credit Party or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default; (C) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Credit Party; (D) any breach of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that such obligations of each Lender are subject to the condition that Swing Line Lender had not received prior notice from Borrower or the Requisite Lenders that any of the conditions under Section 3.2 to the making of the applicable Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans, were not satisfied at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or unpaid Swing Line Loans were made; and (2) Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loans (A) if it has elected not to do so after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default, (B) it does not in good faith believe that all conditions under Section 3.2 to the making of such Swing Line Loan have been satisfied or waived by the Requisite Lenders or (C) at a time when any Lender is a Defaulting Lender unless Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and Borrower to eliminate Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Swing Line Loan, including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Swing Line Loans.
(c) Resignation and Removal of Swing Line Lender. Swing Line Lender may resign as Swing Line Lender upon 30 days prior written notice to Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower. Swing Line Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among Borrower, Administrative Agent, the replaced Swing Line Lender (provided that no consent will be required if the replaced Swing Line Lender has no Swing Line Loans outstanding) and the successor Swing Line Lender. Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of Swing Line Lender. At the time any such replacement or resignation shall become effective, (i) Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the resigning or removed Swing Line Lender, (ii) upon such prepayment, the resigning or removed Swing Line Lender shall surrender any Swing Line Note held by it to Borrower for cancellation, and (iii) Borrower shall issue, if so requested by the successor Swing Line Lender, a new Swing Line Note to the successor Swing Line Lender, in the principal amount of the Swing Line Sublimit then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. From and after the effective date of any such replacement or resignation, (x) any successor Swing Line Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swing Line Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swing Line Loans made thereafter and (y) references herein to the term “Swing Line Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swing Line Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swing Line Lenders, as the context shall require.
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2.4. Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein.
(a) Letters of Credit. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, (i) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or one or more Alternative Currencies; (ii) the stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $250,000 or such lesser amount as is acceptable to Issuing Bank; (iii) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect; (iv) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect; (v) in no event shall any Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the date which is one year from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit; and (vi) in no event shall any Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date. Subject to the foregoing, Issuing Bank may agree that a Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, unless Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period; provided, Issuing Bank shall not extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time Issuing Bank must elect to allow such extension; provided further, if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit unless Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and Borrower to eliminate Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lender. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) Notice of Issuance. Subject to Section 3.2(b), whenever Borrower desires the issuance of a Letter of Credit, it shall deliver to Administrative Agent an Issuance Notice no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days (in the case of standby letters of credit) or five Business Days (in the case of commercial letters of credit), or in each case such shorter period as may be agreed to by Issuing Bank in any particular instance, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2, Issuing Bank shall issue the requested Letter of Credit only in accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank shall promptly notify each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of such issuance, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit and the amount of such Lender’s respective participation in such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4(e).
(c) Responsibility of Issuing Bank With Respect to Requests for Drawings and Payments. In determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the documents delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as to ascertain whether they appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. As between Borrower and Issuing Bank, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank, by the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of
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Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts; none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by Issuing Bank under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not give rise to any liability on the part of Issuing Bank to Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.4(c), Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against Issuing Bank for any liability arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) Reimbursement by Borrower of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of Credit. In the event Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit, it shall immediately notify Borrower and Administrative Agent, and Borrower shall reimburse Issuing Bank on or before the date which is three Business Days following the date on which such drawing is honored (the “Reimbursement Date”) in an amount in (x) if such Letter of Credit is denominated in Dollars, Dollars and (y) if such Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Alternative Currency, unless (A) the Issuing Bank (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified the Issuing Bank promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse the Issuing Bank in Dollars and, in each case of clause (x) and (y), in same day funds equal to the amount of such honored drawing (“Unreimbursed Amount”); provided, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless Borrower shall have notified Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is honored that Borrower intends to reimburse Issuing Bank for the Unreimbursed Amount with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, Borrower shall be deemed to have given a timely Funding Notice to Administrative Agent requesting Lenders with Revolving Commitments to make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such honored drawing, and (ii) subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 3.2, Lenders with Revolving Commitments shall, on the Reimbursement Date, make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such honored drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied
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directly by Administrative Agent to reimburse Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and provided further, if for any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by Issuing Bank on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, Borrower shall reimburse Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such honored drawing over the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, which are so received. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Issuing Bank shall notify Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof; provided, that the Reimbursement Date for such drawing shall be the date which is three Business Days following Borrower’s receipt of such notice. Nothing in this Section 2.4(d) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender with a Revolving Commitment from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against any such Lender resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this Section 2.4(d).
(e) Lenders’ Purchase of Participations in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender having a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from Issuing Bank a participation (denominated in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (with respect to the Revolving Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder. In the event that Borrower does not for any reason reimburse Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.4(d), Issuing Bank shall promptly notify each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of the Unreimbursed Amount and of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitments. Each Lender with a Revolving Commitment shall make available to Issuing Bank an amount equal to its respective participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the office of Issuing Bank specified in such notice, not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first Business Day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such office of Issuing Bank is located) after the date notified by Issuing Bank. In the event that any Lender with a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to Issuing Bank on such Business Day the amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.4(e), Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.4(e) shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender with a Revolving Commitment to recover from Issuing Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.4(e) in the event that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in respect of which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Issuing Bank. In the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.4(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall distribute in Dollars to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.4(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by Issuing Bank from Borrower in reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on Appendix B or at such other address as such Lender may request.
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(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.4(d) and the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.4(e) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which Borrower or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), Issuing Bank, Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against Borrower, whether in connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured); (iii) any draft or other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) any breach hereof or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; (vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; (viii) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or (ix) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided, in each case, that payment by Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank under the circumstances in question as determined by a final, non- appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Indemnification. Without duplication of any obligation of Borrower under Section 10.2 or 10.3, in addition to amounts payable as provided herein, Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless Issuing Bank from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) which Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) (A) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, (B) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by Issuing Bank or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), or (C) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or
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proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower or its equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether Issuing Bank is a party thereto, in each case other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank as determined by a final, non- appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) the failure of Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit as a result of any Governmental Act.
(h) Resignation and Removal of Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may resign as Issuing Bank upon 60 days prior written notice to Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among Borrower, Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank (provided that no consent will be required if the replaced Issuing Bank has no Letters of Credit or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto outstanding) and the successor Issuing Bank. Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of such Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement or resignation shall become effective, Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank. From and after the effective date of any such replacement or resignation, (i) any successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement or resignation of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto to the extent that Letters of Credit issued by it remain outstanding and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement or resignation, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(i) Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit.
(i) If the Administrative Agent notifies Borrower at any time that the Letter of Credit Usage exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, Borrower shall Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Letter of Credit Usage (net of Cash Collateralized amounts) as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect.
(ii) With respect to any Letter of Credit with an expiration date on or after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, no later than ten Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, the Borrower shall either provide Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount.
(iii) In the event that Borrower does not for any reason comply with its obligation to provide Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit as set forth in clause (ii) above, Issuing Bank shall promptly notify each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount and of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitments. Each
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Lender with a Revolving Commitment shall, not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first Business Day after the date notified by Issuing Bank, make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Minimum Collateral Amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by Administrative Agent to satisfy Borrower’s obligation to provide Cash Collateral as set forth in clause (ii) above.
(j) Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of (i) any failure by Borrower to repay any drawing under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency which has not been converted to a Revolving Loan (or to pay interest due thereon) on its scheduled due date or (ii) any repayment by Borrower of such a drawing (or payment of interest thereon) in a currency other than the currency of such Letter of Credit or Dollars, including any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain its participation in such Letter of Credit, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract. Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
2.5. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.
(a) Pro Rata Shares. All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase participation required hereby.
(b) Availability of Funds. Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. In the event that (i) Administrative Agent declines to make a requested amount available to Borrower until such time as all applicable Lenders have made payment to Administrative Agent, (ii) a Lender fails to fund to Administrative Agent all or any portion of the Loans required to be funded by such Lender hereunder prior to the time specified in this Agreement and (iii) such Lender’s failure results in Administrative Agent failing to make
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a corresponding amount available to Borrower on the Credit Date, at Administrative Agent’s option, such Lender shall not receive interest hereunder with respect to the requested amount of such Lender’s Loans for the period commencing with the time specified in this Agreement for receipt of payment by the Borrower through and including the time of Borrower’s receipt of the requested amount. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans for such Class of Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.5(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Commitments and Revolving Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
2.6. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans, if any, made on the Closing Date and Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit made after the Closing Date shall be used by Borrower for general corporate purposes of the Borrower not in contravention of any law, including to (a) refinance all or a portion of the Existing Indebtedness, (b) fund fees and expenses payable hereunder, and (c) to provide for ongoing working capital requirements and for general corporate purposes; provided that at no time shall the proceeds of outstanding Revolving Loans be used to fund more than two Restricted Junior Payments permitted pursuant to Section 6.4(c). For the avoidance of doubt, Borrower shall not be limited in the aggregate number of Restricted Junior Payments it may fund with the proceeds of Revolving Loans so long as it does not at any time fund a third Restricted Junior Payment permitted pursuant to Section 6.4(c) with Revolving Loans without first repaying the Revolving Lenders an amount equal to the amount of Revolving Loans used to fund the previous two Restricted Junior Payments permitted pursuant to Section 6.4(c) that were funded with Revolving Loans.
2.7. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.
(a) Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Borrower to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving Commitments or Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.
(b) Register. Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and the Revolving Commitments and Loans of each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender (with respect to (i) any entry relating to such Lender’s Loans and (ii) the identity of the other Lender’s (but not any information with respect to such other Lenders’ Loans)) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Administrative Agent shall record, or shall
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cause to be recorded, in the Register the Revolving Commitments and the Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and binding on Borrower, each Lender and Administrative Agent. The Borrower, each Lender and Administrative Agent shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. Borrower hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Borrower’s agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.7, and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents and affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees.”
(c) Notes. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender’s Closing Date Term Loan, New Term Loan, Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.
2.8. Interest on Loans.
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Class of Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:
(i) in the case of Closing Date Term Loans and Revolving Loans:
(1) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or
(2) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and
(ii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan (except a Swing Line Loan which can be made and maintained as Base Rate Loans only), and the Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be selected by Borrower and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be; provided, until the date on which Syndication Agents notify Borrower that the primary syndication of the Loans and Revolving Commitments has been completed, as determined by the Syndication Agents, the Term Loans shall be maintained as either (1) Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period of no longer than one month or (2) Base Rate Loans.
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(c) In connection with Eurodollar Rate Loans there shall be no more than five (5) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a Eurodollar Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In the event Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and each Lender.
(d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.8(a) shall be computed (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Term Loan, the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Term Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Eurodollar Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans; provided, however, with respect to any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued interest shall instead be payable on the applicable Interest Payment Date.
(f) Borrower agrees to pay to Issuing Bank, with respect to drawings honored under any Letter of Credit, interest on the amount paid by Issuing Bank in respect of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower at a rate equal to (i) for the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the applicable Reimbursement Date, the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (ii) thereafter, a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans.
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(g) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.8(f) shall be computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues, and shall be payable on the date on which the related drawing under a Letter of Credit is reimbursed in full or, on and after the Reimbursement Date, on demand. Promptly upon receipt by Issuing Bank of any payment of interest pursuant to Section 2.8(f), Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender, out of the interest received by Issuing Bank in respect of the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date on which Issuing Bank is reimbursed for the amount of such drawing (including any such reimbursement out of the proceeds of any Revolving Loans), the amount that such Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the letter of credit fee that would have been payable in respect of such Letter of Credit for such period if no drawing had been honored under such Letter of Credit. In the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by Lenders for all or any portion of such honored drawing, Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under Section 2.4(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any interest received by Issuing Bank in respect of that portion of such honored drawing so reimbursed by Lenders for the period from the date on which Issuing Bank was so reimbursed by Lenders to but excluding the date on which such portion of such honored drawing is reimbursed by Borrower.
2.9. Conversion/Continuation.
(a) Subject to Section 2.18 and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, Borrower shall have the option:
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Term Loan or Revolving Loan equal to $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.18 in connection with any such conversion; or
(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount as a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
(b) Subject to Section 3.2(b), Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Conversion/Continuation Date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
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2.10. Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws) payable on demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans that are Revolving Loans); provided, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in interest rate is effective such Eurodollar Rate Loans shall thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.10 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.11. Fees.
(a) Borrower agrees to pay to Lenders having Revolving Exposure:
(i) commitment fees equal to (1) the average of the daily difference between (A) the Revolving Commitments and (B) the aggregate principal amount of (x) all outstanding Revolving Loans (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Swing Line Loans) plus (y) the Letter of Credit Usage, times (2) the Applicable Revolving Commitment Fee Percentage; and
(ii) letter of credit fees equal to (1) the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans, times (2) the Dollar Equivalent of the average aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all such Letters of Credit (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of determination).
All fees referred to in this Section 2.11(a) shall be paid to Administrative Agent in Dollars at its Principal Office and upon receipt, Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(b) Borrower agrees to pay directly to Issuing Bank, for its own account, the following fees:
(i) a fronting fee equal to 0.25%, per annum, times the average aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit (determined as of the close of business on any date of determination); and
(ii) such documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit as are in accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be.
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(c) All fees referred to in Section 2.11(a) and 2.11(b)(i) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year during the Revolving Commitment Period, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(d) Borrower agrees to pay on the Closing Date to each Term Loan Lender party to this Agreement as a Term Loan Lender on the Closing Date, as fee compensation for the funding of such Lender’s Term Loan, a closing fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of the stated principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loan, payable to such Lender from the proceeds of its Term Loan as and when funded on the Closing Date. Such closing fee will be in all respects fully earned, due and payable on the Closing Date and non-refundable and non-creditable thereafter.
(e) In addition to any of the foregoing fees, Borrower agrees to pay to Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon.
2.12. Scheduled Payments. The principal amount of the Closing Date Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments and at final maturity (each such payment, an “Installment”) in the aggregate amounts set forth below on the amortization dates set forth below, commencing September 30, 2014:
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Amortization Date Term Loan Installments September 30, 2014 $ 750,000 December 31, 2014 $ 750,000 March 31, 2015 $ 750,000 June 30, 2015 $ 750,000 September 30, 2015 $ 750,000 December 31, 2015 $ 750,000 March 31, 2016 $ 750,000 June 30, 2016 $ 750,000 September 30, 2016 $ 750,000 December 31, 2016 $ 750,000 March 31, 2017 $ 750,000 June 30, 2017 $ 750,000 September 30, 2017 $ 750,000 December 31, 2017 $ 750,000 March 31, 2018 $ 750,000 June 30, 2018 $ 750,000 September 30, 2018 $ 750,000 December 31, 2018 $ 750,000 March 31, 2019 $ 750,000 June 30, 2019 $ 750,000 Maturity Date Remainder
In the event any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall be repaid in the manner specified in the Joinder Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) such Installments shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Closing Date Term Loans in accordance with Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15, as applicable, and (y) the Closing Date Term Loans, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, shall, in any event, be paid in full no later than the Maturity Date.
2.13. Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments.
(i) Any time and from time to time:
(1) with respect to Base Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount (or such lesser amount which constitutes the full amount of such Loans outstanding);
(2) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount (or such lesser amount which constitutes the full amount of such Loans outstanding); and
(3) with respect to Swing Line Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000, and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount (or such lesser amount which constitutes the full amount of such Loans outstanding).
(ii) All such prepayments shall be made:
(1) upon not less than one Business Day’s prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Base Rate Loans;
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(2) upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans; and
(3) upon written or telephonic notice on the date of prepayment, in the case of Swing Line Loans;
in each case given to Administrative Agent or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such original notice for Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as the case may be, by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender) or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein; provided, that a notice of prepayment made in connection with a refinancing of the Loans or sale of the Borrower may be conditioned upon the consummation of such refinancing or sale (and if such refinancing or sale is not consummated, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall not be so due and payable on the prepayment date specified in such notice). Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.15(a).
(b) Voluntary Commitment Reductions.
(i) Borrower may, upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof to Administrative Agent (which original written notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by telefacsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part, without premium or penalty, the Revolving Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments at the time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided, any such partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount (or such lesser amount which constitutes the full amount of Revolving Commitments in excess of the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments at such time). Any Revolving Commitments terminated under this Section 2.13(b) may not be re-established.
(ii) Borrower’s notice to Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in Borrower’s notice and shall reduce the Revolving Commitment of each Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof; provided, that a notice of prepayment made in connection with a refinancing of the Loans or sale of the Borrower may be conditioned upon the consummation of such refinancing or sale (and if such refinancing or sale is not consummated, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall not be so due and payable on the prepayment date specified in such notice).
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(c) Closing Date Term Loan Call Protection. In the event that all or any portion of the Closing Date Term Loans are (i) repaid, prepaid, refinanced or replaced through the incurrence of any debt financing having an effective interest cost or weighted average yield that is less than the effective interest cost or weighted average yield of the Closing Date Term Loans (or portion thereof) so repaid, prepaid, refinanced or replaced or (ii) repriced or effectively refinanced in connection with any waiver, consent or amendment to the Term Loans directed at, or the result of which would be, the lowering of the effective interest cost or the weighted average yield of the Closing Date Term Loans (each of (i) and (ii), a “Repricing Transaction”), on or prior to the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, such repayment, prepayment, refinancing, replacement or repricing will be made at 101.0% of the principal amount so repaid, prepaid, refinanced, replaced or repriced. If all or any portion of the Closing Date Term Loans held by any Lender is repaid, prepaid, refinanced or replaced pursuant to Section 2.23 as a result of, or in connection with, such Lender not agreeing or otherwise consenting to any waiver, consent or amendment referred to in clause (ii) above (or otherwise in connection with a Repricing Transaction), such repayment, prepayment, refinancing or replacement will be made at 101.0% of the principal amount so repaid, prepaid, refinanced or replaced.
2.14. Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) Asset Sales.
(i) No later than the third Business Day following the date of receipt by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Non- Recourse Subsidiaries) of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
(ii) No later than the third Business Day following the date of receipt by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, including Amanecer Solar Holdings SPA, of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the exercise of the Opción (as defined in the CMP Option Agreement) under the Contrato de Opción Irrevocable de Compra de Acciones Relativo a la Sociedad “Amanecer Solar SpA,” dated as of January 28, 2013, between Amanecer Solar Holdings SPA and Compañia Minera del Pacifico S.A. (as in effect on the date hereof, the “CMP Option Agreement”), Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries, to invest Net Asset Sale Proceeds within three hundred sixty days of receipt thereof (or if committed to be reinvested within such three hundred sixty days, within one hundred eighty days thereafter) in long-term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
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(b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.
(i) No later than the third Business Day following the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Non- Recourse Subsidiaries), or Administrative Agent as loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, unless waived by Requisite Lenders, Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (i), so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries to invest such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds within three hundred sixty days of receipt thereof (or, if committed to be reinvested within such three hundred sixty days, within one hundred eighty days thereafter) in long term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, which investment may include the repair, restoration or replacement of the applicable assets thereof.
(c) Issuance of Debt. On the date of receipt by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Non-Recourse Subsidiaries) of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1), Borrower shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(d) Revolving Loans and Swing Loans. Borrower shall from time to time prepay first, the Swing Line Loans, and second, the Revolving Loans to the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
(e) Prepayment Certificate. Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans and/or reduction of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Sections 2.14(a) through 2.14(c), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds. In the event that Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Borrower shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an amount equal to such excess, and Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
2.15. Application of Prepayments/Reductions.
(a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments by Type of Loans. Any prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.13(a) shall be applied as specified by Borrower in the applicable notice of prepayment; provided, in the event Borrower fails to specify the Loans to which any such prepayment shall be applied, such prepayment shall be applied as follows:
first, to repay outstanding Swing Line Loans to the full extent thereof;
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second, to repay outstanding Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof; and
third, to prepay the Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof) and further applied on a pro rata basis to reduce the remaining scheduled Installments of principal of the Term Loans.
(b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments by Type of Loans. Any amount required to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.14(a) through 2.14 (c) shall be applied as follows:
first, to prepay Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof) and further applied on a pro rata basis to reduce the remaining scheduled Installments of principal of the Term Loans;
second, to prepay the Swing Line Loans to the full extent thereof;
third, to prepay the Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof;
fourth, to prepay outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit; and
fifth, to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit.
(c) Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate Loans. Considering each Class of Loans being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18(c).
2.16. General Provisions Regarding Payments.
(a) All payments by Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) in same day funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due at the Principal Office of Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders; for purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Borrower on the next succeeding Business Day.
(b) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued
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interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before application to principal.
(c) Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any Eurodollar Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
(e) Subject to the provisos set forth in the definition of “Interest Period” as they may apply to Revolving Loans, whenever any payment to be made hereunder with respect to any Loan shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to Revolving Loans only, such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the Revolving Commitment fees hereunder.
(f) Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to Borrower and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the rate determined pursuant to Section 2.10 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.
(g) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1 or pursuant to any sale of, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, all payments or proceeds received by Agents in respect of any of the Obligations, shall be applied in accordance with the application arrangements described in Section 9.2 of the Pledge and Security Agreement.
2.17. Ratable Sharing. Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit
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Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of Letters of Credit, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, consolidation, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Borrower to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder. The provisions of this Section 2.17 shall not be construed to apply to (a) any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (b) any payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the assignment or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or other Obligations owed to it.
2.18. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(a) Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate. In the event that Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, that by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate”, Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, Eurodollar Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be rescinded by Borrower.
(b) Illegality or Impracticability of Eurodollar Rate Loans. In the event that on any date (i) any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining, converting to or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or
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would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) Administrative Agent is advised by the Requisite Lenders (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that the making, maintaining, converting to or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or the position of the Lenders in that market, then, and in any such event, such Lenders (or in the case of the preceding clause (i), such Lender) shall be an “Affected Lender” and such Affected Lender shall on that day give notice (by e-mail or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). If Administrative Agent receives a notice from (x) any Lender pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence or (y) a notice from Lenders constituting Requisite Lenders pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then (1) the obligation of the Lenders (or, in the case of any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender) to make Loans as, or to convert Loans to, Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by each Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Lenders (or in the case of any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender) shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3) the Lenders’ (or in the case of any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender’s) obligations to maintain their respective outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans (the “Affected Loans”) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 2.18(c), to rescind such Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving written or telephonic notice (promptly confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof) to Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender).
(c) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or payable by such Lender to Lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its Eurodollar Rate
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Loans occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan; or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Borrower. With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation under this Section 2.18, Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than 180 calendar days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim.
(d) Booking of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.18 and under Section 2.19 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.18 and under Section 2.19.
2.19. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.
(a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.20 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.19(a)) shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that (A) any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the interpretation, administration or application thereof (regardless of whether the underlying law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order was issued or enacted prior to the date hereof), including the introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order but excluding solely proposals thereof, or any determination of a court or Governmental Authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof, or (B) any guideline, request or directive by any central bank or other governmental or quasi- governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) or any implementation rules or interpretations of previously issued guidelines, requests or directives, in each case that is issued or made after the date hereof: (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender to any additional Tax (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) any Tax on the overall net income of such Lender) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, liquidity, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or
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for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate”) or any company controlling such Lender; or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender or such Lender’s obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or in a lump sum or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.19(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(b) Capital Adequacy Adjustment. In the event that any Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.19 (b)) shall have determined (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that (A) the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or applicability of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof) regarding capital adequacy or liquidity, or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or (B) compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender with any guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, in each case after the date hereof, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any company controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lender’s Loans or Revolving Commitments, or Letters of Credit, or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans or the Letters of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling company could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase-in, applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling company with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Borrower from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling company on an after-tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.19(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2.19 shall apply to all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning liquidity and capital adequacy issued by any United States regulatory authority (i) under or in connection with the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and (ii) in connection with the implementation of the
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recommendations of the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices (or any successor or similar authority), regardless of the date adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented.
2.20. Taxes; Withholding, Etc.
(a) Payments to Be Free and Clear. All sums payable by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority.
(b) Withholding of Taxes. If any Credit Party or any other Person acting as a withholding agent is (in such withholding agent’s reasonable good faith discretion) required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any such Tax from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.20(b)) under any of the Credit Documents: (i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Borrower becomes aware of it; (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make any such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay, or cause to be paid, the full amount of any such Tax deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party) for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such Lender; (iii) unless otherwise provided in this Section 2.20, the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv) within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant Governmental Authority; provided, Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amounts to any Lender under clause (iii) above with respect to any Excluded Taxes of any Lender.
(c) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax. Each Lender that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Non-US Lender”) shall, to the extent such Lender is legally able to do so, deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, W-8IMY and/or any other form prescribed by
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applicable law (or, in each case, any successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to (or is subject to a reduced rate of) deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” or other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a Certificate re Non-Bank Status together with two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to (or is subject to a reduced rate of) deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable under any of the Credit Documents. Each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax purposes (a “U.S. Lender”) and is not an exempt recipient within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c) shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date (or, if later, on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax, or otherwise prove that it is entitled to such an exemption. Each Lender required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.20(c) hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower two new original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, W-8IMY, W-9 and/or any other form prescribed by applicable law (or, in each case, any successor form), or a Certificate re Non-Bank Status and two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence. Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Lender under Section 2.20(b)(iii) if such Lender shall have failed (1) to deliver the forms, certificates or other evidence required by this Section 2.20(c) or (2) to notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence, as the case may be; provided, if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of this Section 2.20(c) on the Closing Date or on the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender, as applicable, nothing in this last sentence of Section 2.20(c) shall relieve Borrower of its obligation to pay any additional amounts pursuant this Section 2.20 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender is not subject to
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withholding as described herein. Notwithstanding anything in this clause (c) to the contrary, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, W-8IMY or W-9 (or, in each case, any successor form) or a Certificate re Non-Bank Status) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount pursuant to Section 2.20(b) with respect to any United States federal withholding tax imposed on any “withholdable payments” payable to a recipient as a result of the failure of such recipient to satisfy the applicable requirements as set forth in FATCA.
(e) Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.20(b), the Credit Parties shall timely pay all Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of Administrative Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of any Other Taxes, upon submission of reasonable proof of such payment. The applicable Credit Party shall deliver to Administrative Agent official receipts or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent in respect of any Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly after payment of such Other Taxes.
(f) The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Beneficiary for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Beneficiary or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Beneficiary and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to such Credit Party shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such payment shall be due within thirty (30) days of such Credit Party’s receipt of such certificate.
(g) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.20 (including additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.20), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.20 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional
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amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
2.21. Obligation to Mitigate. Each Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.21) agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Loans or Letters of Credit, as the case may be, becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to (a) make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20 would be materially reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Revolving Commitments, Loans or Letters of Credit through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Revolving Commitments, Loans or Letters of Credit or the interests of such Lender; provided, such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.21 unless Borrower agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.21 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
2.22. Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 8 or otherwise) or received by Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.22(d); fourth, as Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, to
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be held in a Deposit Account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize Issuing Bank’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.22(d); sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, Issuing Bank or Swing Line Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the applicable Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(iii). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.22(a)(i) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(ii) Certain Fees.
(A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender); provided such Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive fees pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(ii) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Pro Rata Share of the stated amount of the Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.22(d).
(B) With respect to any fees not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) above, Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans that has
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been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iii) below, (y) pay to Issuing Bank the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iii) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless Borrower shall have otherwise notified Administrative Agent at such time, Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
(iv) Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (iii) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, Cash Collateralize Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.22(d).
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Swing Line Lender and Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the applicable Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(iii), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c) New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that the participations in any existing Letters of Credit as well as the new, extended, renewed or increased Letter of Credit has been or will be fully allocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with clause (a)(iii) above and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein except to the extent such Defaulting Lender’s participation has been or will be fully Cash Collateralized in accordance with Section 2.22(d).
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(d) Cash Collateral. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one Business Day following the written request of Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank (with a copy to Administrative Agent) Borrower shall Cash Collateralize Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(iii) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.
(i) Grant of Security Interest. Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Bank, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ obligation to fund participations in respect of Letters of Credit, to be applied pursuant to clause (ii) below. If at any time Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, Borrower will, promptly upon demand by Administrative Agent, pay or provide to Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(ii) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 2.22 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Letters of Credit (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(iii) Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.22 following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (ii) the determination by Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.22, the Person providing Cash Collateral and Issuing Bank may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations; provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Credit Documents.
(e) Lender Counterparties. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Lender shall not be a Lender Counterparty with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender.
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2.23. Removal or Replacement of a Lender. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender (an “Increased-Cost Lender”) shall give notice to Borrower that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20, (ii) the circumstances which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five Business Days after Borrower’s request for such withdrawal; or (b) (i) any Lender shall become and continues to be a Defaulting Lender, and (ii) such Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure the default pursuant to Section 2.22(b) within five Business Days after Borrower’s request that it cure such default; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as contemplated by Section 10.5(b), the consent of Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”) whose consent is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each such Increased-Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non- Consenting Lender (a “Terminated Lender”), Borrower may, by giving written notice to Administrative Agent and any Terminated Lender of its election to do so, elect to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans and its Revolving Commitments, if any, in full to one or more Eligible Assignees (each a “Replacement Lender”) in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 and Borrower shall pay the fees, if any, payable thereunder in connection with any such assignment from an Increased-Cost Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender or a Defaulting Lender; provided, (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender shall pay to Terminated Lender an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Terminated Lender, (B) an amount equal to all unreimbursed drawings that have been funded by such Terminated Lender, together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time and (C) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid fees owing to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.11; (2) on the date of such assignment, Borrower shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c), 2.19 or 2.20; or otherwise as if it were a prepayment and (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender; provided, Borrower may not make such election with respect to any Terminated Lender that is also an Issuing Bank unless, prior to the effectiveness of such election, Borrower shall have caused each outstanding Letter of Credit issued thereby to be cancelled or Cash Collateralized in the Minimum Collateral Amount. Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender and the termination of such Terminated Lender’s Revolving Commitments, if any, such Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof; provided, any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender. Each Lender agrees that if Borrower exercises its option hereunder to cause an assignment by such Lender as a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender, such Lender shall, promptly after receipt of written notice of such election, execute and deliver all documentation necessary to effectuate such assignment in accordance with Section 10.6. In the event that a Lender does not comply with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence within one Business Day after receipt of such notice, each Lender hereby authorizes and directs Administrative Agent to execute and deliver such documentation as may be required to give effect to an assignment in accordance with Section 10.6
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on behalf of a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender and any such documentation so executed by Administrative Agent shall be effective for purposes of documenting an assignment pursuant to Section 10.6. Any removal of Goldman Sachs or its successor as a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the removal of Goldman Sachs or its successor as Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 9.7.
2.24. Incremental Facilities. Borrower may by written notice to Administrative Agent elect to request (A) prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, an increase to the existing Revolving Commitments (any such increase, the “New Revolving Loan Commitments”) and/or (B) prior to the Maturity Date, the establishment of one or more new term loan commitments (the “New Term Loan Commitments”), in an amount not less than $2,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount which shall be approved by Administrative Agent), and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date (each, an “Increased Amount Date”) on which Borrower proposes that the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to Administrative Agent and (B) the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee (each, a “New Revolving Loan Lender” or “New Term Loan Lender”, as applicable) to whom Borrower proposes any portion of such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that Administrative Agent may elect or decline to arrange such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments in its sole discretion and any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Revolving Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan Commitment. Such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that (1) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; (2) both before and after giving effect to such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, each of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 shall be satisfied; (3) Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.7(a) and, except with respect to any Initial Revolving Commitment Increase, Section 6.7(b) as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter after giving effect to such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; (4) except with respect to any Initial Revolving Commitment Increase, after giving pro forma effect to such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.50:1.00; (5) the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by Borrower, the New Revolving Loan Lender or New Term Loan Lender, as applicable, and Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and each New Revolving Loan Lender and New Term Loan Lender shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.20(c); (6) Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.18(c) in connection with the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; and (7) Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction. Any New Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated a separate series (a “Series”) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
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On any Increased Amount Date on which New Revolving Loan Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (a) each of the Revolving Lenders shall assign to each of the New Revolving Loan Lenders, and each of the New Revolving Loan Lenders shall purchase from each of the Revolving Lenders, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued interest), such interests in the Revolving Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans will be held by existing Revolving Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolving Loan Commitments to the Revolving Commitments, (b) each New Revolving Loan Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Commitment and each Loan made thereunder (a “New Revolving Loan”) shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan and (c) each New Revolving Loan Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the New Revolving Loan Commitment and all matters relating thereto.
On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Loan Commitments of any Series are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall make a Loan to Borrower (a “New Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto.
Administrative Agent shall notify Lenders promptly upon receipt of Borrower’s notice of each Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof (y) the New Revolving Loan Commitments and the New Revolving Loan Lenders or the Series of New Term Loan Commitments and the New Term Loan Lenders of such Series, as applicable, and (z) in the case of each notice to any Revolving Lender, the respective interests in such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loans, in each case subject to the assignments contemplated by this Section 2.24.
The terms and provisions of the New Revolving Loans shall be identical to the Revolving Loans. The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series shall be as set forth herein or in the Joinder Agreement. In any event (i) the weighted average life to maturity of all New Term Loans of any Series shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Revolving Loans or the Closing Date Term Loans (whichever is longest), (ii) the applicable Maturity Date of each Series shall be no shorter than the latest of the final maturity of the Revolving Loans or the Closing Date Term Loans, (iii) the Weighted Average Yield applicable to the New Term Loans of each Series shall be determined by Borrower and the applicable new Lenders and shall be set forth in each applicable Joinder Agreement; provided, however, that the Weighted Average Yield applicable to the New Term Loans shall not be greater than the applicable Weighted Average Yield payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement as amended through the date of such calculation with respect to Term Loans plus 0.50% per annum unless the interest rate with respect to the Closing Date Term Loans is increased so as to cause the then applicable Weighted Average Yield under this Agreement on the Closing Date Term Loans to equal the Weighted Average Yield then
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applicable to the New Term Loans minus 0.50% per annum, (iv) the New Term Loans may be unsecured or secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis, and (v) all other terms of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments, if not consistent with the terms of the Closing Date Term Loans, as applicable must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section 2.24.
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
3.1. Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Credit Documents. Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received sufficient copies of each Credit Document as Administrative Agent shall request, originally executed and delivered by each applicable Credit Party.
(b) Organizational Documents; Incumbency. Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received, in respect of each Credit Party, (i) sufficient copies of each Organizational Document as Administrative Agent shall request, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto by the appropriate Governmental Authority; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Credit Party that are executing the Credit Documents and the Funding Notice, in substantially the form of Exhibit M; (iii) resolutions of the members of Holdings or its board of directors or similar governing body of such Credit Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of such Credit Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; and (v) such other documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(c) Organizational and Capital Structure. The organizational structure and capital structure of Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.1.
(d) Initial Public Offering of Parent. On or before the Closing Date, the initial public offering of Parent shall have been consummated.
(e) Transaction Costs. On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent Borrower’s reasonable best estimate of the Transaction Costs (other than fees payable to any Agent).
(f) Existing Indebtedness. On the Closing Date, Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall have (i) repaid in full all Existing Indebtedness, (ii) terminated any commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit thereunder and (iii) delivered to Administrative Agent all documents or instruments necessary to release all Liens securing Existing Indebtedness or other obligations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries thereunder being repaid on the Closing Date.
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(g) Governmental Authorizations and Consents. Each Credit Party shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Arrangers. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents or the financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.
(h) Personal Property Collateral. In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral, each Credit Party shall have delivered to Collateral Agent:
(i) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the compliance by each Credit Party of their obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents (including their obligations to execute or authorize, as applicable, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein);
(ii) a completed Collateral Questionnaire dated the Closing Date and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby;
(iii) to the extent applicable, fully executed and notarized Intellectual Property Security Agreements, in proper form for filing or recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, memorializing and recording the encumbrance of the Intellectual Property Assets listed in Schedule 5.2(II) to the Pledge and Security Agreement;
(iv) opinions of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) with respect to the creation and perfection of the security interests in favor of Collateral Agent in such Collateral and such other matters governed by the laws of each jurisdiction in which any Credit Party or any personal property Collateral is located as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent; and
(v) evidence that each Credit Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any other action, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document and instrument and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording (other than as set forth herein) reasonably required by Collateral Agent to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral.
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(i) Financial Statements; Projections. Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received from Borrower (i) the Historical Financial Statements, (ii) pro forma consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries reflecting the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents to occur on or prior to the Closing Date, which pro forma financial statements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Arrangers and (iii) the Projections.
(j) Evidence of Insurance. Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate from the applicable Credit Party’s insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 is in full force and effect, together with endorsements naming Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.5.
(k) Opinions of Counsel to Credit Parties. Agents and Lenders and their respective counsel shall have received originally executed copies of the favorable written opinions of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for Credit Parties, as to such matters as Administrative Agent or Arrangers may reasonably request, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Arrangers (and each Credit Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to Agents and Lenders).
(l) Fees. Borrower shall have paid to each Agent the fees payable on or before the Closing Date referred to in Section 2.11(d) and (e) and all expenses payable pursuant to Section 10.2 which have accrued to the Closing Date.
(m) Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received a Solvency Certificate from the Borrower in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Arrangers, and demonstrating that after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and any rights of contribution, the Credit Parties are and will be, on a consolidated basis, Solvent.
(n) Closing Date Certificate. Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent and Arrangers an originally executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto.
(o) No Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding, hearing or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent and Arrangers, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs any of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents, or that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) PATRIOT Act. At least 10 days prior to the Closing Date, the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory
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authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) the “PATRIOT Act”).
(q) Credit Rating. Borrower shall have been assigned a corporate family rating from Moody’s, a corporate credit rating from S&P and the Closing Date Term Loan shall have been assigned a credit rating from each of Moody’s and S&P.
3.2. Conditions to Each Credit Extension.
(a) Conditions Precedent. The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan, or Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit, on any Credit Date, including the Closing Date, is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions precedent:
(i) Funding Notice. Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice or Issuance Notice, as the case may be, executed by an Authorized Officer in accordance with Section 2.1(b) or Section 2.4(b), as applicable.
(ii) Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments. After making the Credit Extensions requested on such Credit Date, the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
(iii) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. As of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof.
(iv) No Event of Default or a Default. As of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension and the transactions to be consummated on such Credit Date that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.
(v) Letter of Credit. On or before the date of issuance of any Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall have received all other information required by the applicable Issuance Notice, and such other documents or information as Issuing Bank may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit. In the case of a Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the Issuing Bank would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension to be denominated in the relevant Alternative Currency.
(vi) Fees. Borrower shall have paid to Agent, or instructed Agent to pay with the proceeds of such Credit Extension, the fees payable on or before such Credit Date referred to in Section 2.11(a) and all expenses payable pursuant to Section 10.2 which have accrued to such Credit Date and been invoiced to Borrower.
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(b) Notices. Any Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer in a writing delivered to Administrative Agent. In lieu of delivering a Notice, Borrower may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing, conversion/continuation or issuance of a Letter of Credit, as the case may be; provided each such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the applicable Notice to Administrative Agent on or before the close of business on the date that the telephonic notice is given. In the event of a discrepancy between the telephone notice and the written Notice, the written Notice shall govern. In the case of any Notice that is irrevocable once given, if Borrower provides telephonic notice in lieu thereof, such telephone notice shall also be irrevocable once given. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Borrower in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized on behalf of Borrower or for otherwise acting in good faith.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce Agents, Lenders and Issuing Bank to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Agent, Lender and Issuing Bank, on the Closing Date and, subject to the materiality qualifier set forth in Section 3.2(a)(iii), on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct:
4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and, as of the Closing Date, as identified in Schedule 4.1, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership. The Equity Interests of each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2 or as permitted by Section 6.2(u), as of the Closing Date, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Equity Interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding which upon conversion
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or exchange would require, the issuance by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any additional membership interests or other Equity Interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Equity Interests of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.2 correctly sets forth the ownership interest of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.
4.3. Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party thereto.
4.4. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not (a) violate (i) any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Holdings or any Credit Party or, in any material respect, any other Subsidiary of Holdings, (ii) any of the Organizational Documents of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries except, in this clause (a)(iii), where such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent such conflict, breach or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Liens created under any of the Credit Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties); or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date and except for any such approvals or consents the failure of which to obtain will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.5. Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date.
4.6. Binding Obligation. Each Credit Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
4.7. Historical Financial Statements. The Historical Financial Statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP, Canadian GAAP, UK GAAP or IFRS, as applicable, and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the
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Persons described in such financial statements as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. As of the Closing Date, neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for Taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financial Statements or the notes thereto and which in any such case is material in relation to the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holdings and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The representations of each Credit Party in this Section 4.7 about Historical Financial Statements for each project acquired by Holdings or its Subsidiary from a Person who is not an Affiliate of Holdings (or from a Person who is an Affiliate of Holdings if such Affiliate acquired such project after January 1, 2014) are made to the Credit Parties’ knowledge for periods prior to such acquisition.
4.8. Projections. On and as of the Closing Date, the consolidated projections of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the period of Fiscal Year 2014 through and including Fiscal Year 2019, on a quarterly basis for Fiscal Year 2014 and Fiscal Year 2015 and a yearly basis thereafter (the “Projections”), are based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of Holdings; provided, the Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ from such Projections and that the differences may be material; provided further, as of the Closing Date, management of Holdings believed that the Projections were reasonable and attainable.
4.9. No Material Adverse Effect. No event, circumstance or change exists that has caused or evidences, or could reasonably be expected to result in, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10. No Restricted Junior Payments. As of and following the Closing Date, neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly declared, ordered, paid or made, or set apart any sum or property for, any Restricted Junior Payment or agreed to do so except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.4.
4.11. Adverse Proceedings, Etc. There are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12. Payment of Taxes. All income and other material Tax returns and reports of Holdings and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all Taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all material assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon Holdings and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid
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when due and payable (other than Taxes, assessments, fees or other governmental charges being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings). There is no proposed Tax deficiency, in writing, against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries which is not being actively contested by Holdings or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided, such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP, shall have been made or provided therefor. Holdings is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
4.13. Properties.
(a) Title. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries has (i) good and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), (iii) valid licensed rights in (in the case of licensed interests in intellectual property) and (iv) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.7 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, in each case except, with respect to any Non-Recourse Subsidiary, as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens.
(b) Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.13 contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all Real Estate Assets (excluding easements and other ancillary real property interests that are not fee owned or leased), and (ii) all leases, subleases or assignments of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Estate Asset of any Credit Party, regardless of whether such Credit Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in interest) under such lease, sublease or assignment. Each agreement listed in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect and Holdings does not have knowledge of any default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and each such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.
4.14. Environmental Matters. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Facilities or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any currently applicable Environmental Law or pursuant to any Environmental Claim that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any pending or, to their knowledge, threatened, Environmental Claim, that individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, there are and have been no events, conditions or occurrences that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, compliance with all currently applicable
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Environmental Laws would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, there are no activities, events, conditions or occurrences with respect to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries relating to their compliance with any Environmental Law or with respect to any Release of Hazardous Materials that individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.15. No Defaults. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.16. Material Contracts. Schedule 4.16 contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in effect on the Closing Date (other than agreements not material to the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole), and except as described thereon, all such Material Contracts are in full force and effect and, to Holdings’ knowledge, no defaults currently exist thereunder that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.17. Governmental Regulation. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4.18. Federal Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act. (a) None of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that causes or could reasonably be expected to cause, such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
4.19. Employee Matters. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, no union representation
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question existing with respect to the employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of Holdings and Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.20. Employee Benefit Plans. Borrower, each of the Guarantors and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in material compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their material obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan. Each Employee Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified or is comprised of a master or prototype plan that has received a favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter or opinion letter which would cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status. No material liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service, any Employee Benefit Plan or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. Except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state laws, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of Borrower or any of the Guarantors. The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each Pension Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their ERISA Affiliates (determined as of the end of the most recent plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial valuation for such Pension Plan), did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Pension Plan. As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for which the actuarial report is available, the potential liability of Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA), when aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans, based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e) of ERISA is zero. Borrower, each of the Guarantors and each of their ERISA Affiliates have materially complied with the requirements of Section 515 of ERISA with respect to each Multiemployer Plan and are not in material “default” (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan.
4.21. Certain Fees. No broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, except as payable to Agents and Lenders.
4.22. Solvency. The Credit Parties are, on a consolidated basis, Solvent.
4.23. Compliance with Statutes, Etc. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property (including compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws with respect to any Real Estate Asset or governing its business and the requirements of any permits
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issued under such Environmental Laws with respect to any such Real Estate Asset or the operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries), except such non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.24. Disclosure. The representations and warranties of any Credit Party contained in any Credit Document or in any other documents, certificates or written statements furnished to any Agent or Lender by or on behalf of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (other than projections and pro forma financial information), when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact (known to Holdings or Borrower, in the case of any document not furnished by either of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Holdings or Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results. There are no facts known (or which should upon the reasonable exercise of diligence be known) to Holdings or Borrower (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.25. PATRIOT Act. To the extent applicable, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the PATRIOT Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended. None of the Credit Parties, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control or the US State Department (“Sanctions”) nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, North Korea, Sudan and Syria). None of the Credit Parties will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner, or other Person to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions.
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4.26. Energy Regulatory Matters.
(a) Each of the electrical generating facilities owned by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries located in the United States is, or will be, beginning at the time of first generating electric energy, (i) a small power production facility that is a qualifying facility (“QF”) under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC’s”) regulations at 18 C.F.R. Part 292 (“PURPA Regulations”) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”) (such status as a QF “QF Status”); or, (ii) if not a QF, then an “Exempt Wholesale Generator” or “EWG” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (“PUHCA”) (such status as an EWG, “EWG Status”). The QF Status of each such electrical generating facility that is a QF has been or will be, by the time such facility begins to generate electric energy, validly obtained through certification or self-certification pursuant to the PURPA Regulations, or certification or self-certification with respect to such QF Status is not required pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 292.203(d). The EWG Status of each such electrical generating facility that is an EWG has been or will be, by the time such facility begins to generate electric energy, validly obtained through determination or self-certification pursuant to the FERC’s regulations at 18 C.F.R. Part 366 (“PUHCA Regulations”).
(b) Each Subsidiary of Holdings that directly owns electrical generating facilities located outside of the United States is a foreign utility company (“FUCO”) under the PUHCA Regulations.
(c) Holdings, SunEdison, and any of their Subsidiaries are not subject to, or are exempt from, regulation under the federal access to books and records provisions of PUHCA (the “PUHCA Exemption”). Any of Holdings, SunEdison, and any Subsidiary of either that is a holding company as defined under PUHCA, are holding companies under PUHCA solely with respect to one or more QFs, FUCOs or EWGs and are entitled to the benefit of blanket authorization under Section 203(a)(2) of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 33.1(c)(6) and (c)(8).
(d) If and to the extent that Holdings or a Subsidiary of Holdings is subject to regulation under Sections 204, 205 and 206 of the FPA it (i) makes all of its sales of electricity exclusively at wholesale, (ii) has authority to engage in wholesale sales of electricity at market-based rates, and to the extent permitted under its market-based rate authority, other products and services at market-based rates, and (iii) has such waivers and authorizations as are customarily granted to market-based rate sellers by FERC, including blanket authorization to issue securities and assume liabilities pursuant to Section 204 of the FPA. Any such market-based rate authorizations and waivers pursuant to the previous sentence are not subject to any pending challenge or investigation at FERC, and FERC has not issued any orders imposing a rate cap, mitigation measure, or other limitation on its authority to engage in sales at market-based rates, other than challenges, investigations, rate caps and mitigation measures generally applicable to wholesale sellers participating in the applicable electric market (such waivers and authorizations are the “Market-Based Rate Authorizations” and together with QF Status, EWG Status, and the PUHCA Exemption, and the other authorizations described in paragraph (c) above, are the “Federal Energy Regulatory Authorizations, Exemptions, and Waivers”).
(e) None of Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings will, as the result of the ownership, leasing or operation of its electrical generating facility, the sale or transmission of electricity therefrom or Holdings’ or any of its Subsidiaries’ entering into any Credit Documents,
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or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, be subject to state laws and regulations respecting the rates of, or the financial or organizational regulation of, electric utilities (as described for purposes of the exemption provided under PURPA as defined in 18 CFR § 292.602(c)), (“State Electric Utility Regulations”), except as listed on Schedule 4.26 as such schedule may be amended by Borrower from time to time before or after the Closing Date.
(f) None of the Lenders or any of their “affiliates” (as defined under the PUHCA Regulations) of any of them will, solely as a result of each of Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ respective ownership, leasing or operation of its electrical generating facility, the sale or transmission of electricity therefrom or Holdings’ or any of its Subsidiaries’ entering into any Credit Documents, or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, be subject to regulation under the FPA, PUHCA, or state laws and regulations respecting the rates of, or the financial or organizational regulation of, electric utilities (as described for purposes of the exemption provided under PURPA as defined in 18 CFR § 292.602(c)), except that the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of certain foreclosure remedies allowed under the Credit Documents may subject the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their “affiliates” (as that term is defined in PUHCA) to regulation under the FPA, PUHCA or state laws and regulations respecting the rates of, or the financial or organizational regulation of, electric utilities.
SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made, and other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank shall have been made (which arrangements may include Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount)), each Credit Party shall perform, and if applicable shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 5.
5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports. Holdings will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(a) [Reserved];
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter in which the Closing Date occurs, the consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, commencing with the first Fiscal Quarter for which such corresponding figures are available, and the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto;
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(c) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Year in which the Closing Date occurs, (i) the consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, commencing with the first Fiscal Year for which such corresponding figures are available, and the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the Fiscal Year covered by such financial statements, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of KPMG or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Holdings, and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (which report and/or the accompanying financial statements shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards);
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 5.1 (b) and 5.1(c), a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate and an updated organizational chart of the Borrower in the form of Schedule 4.1;
(e) Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles. If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(f) Notice of Default. Promptly upon any officer of Holdings or Borrower obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to Holdings or Borrower with respect thereto; (ii) that any Person has given any notice to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section 8.1(b); (iii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the occurrence of any default or event of default with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person that is secured by a Lien permitted under Section 6.2(r), a certificate of an Authorized Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;
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(g) Notice of Litigation. Promptly upon any officer of Holdings or Borrower obtaining knowledge of (i) any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Borrower to Lenders, or (ii) any development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), if adversely determined could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably available to Holdings or Borrower to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters;
(h) ERISA. (i) Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and (ii) with reasonable promptness, copies of (1) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan; (2) all notices received by Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (3) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(i) Financial Plan. As soon as practicable but in any event no later than the earlier of (i) twenty (20) Business Days following the occurrence of the annual investor earnings presentation of Parent and (ii) ninety (90) days following the beginning of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated plan and financial forecast for such Fiscal Year and each Fiscal Year (or portion thereof) through the final maturity date of the Loans (a “Financial Plan”), including (i) a forecasted consolidated balance sheet and forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for each such Fiscal Year, and an explanation of the assumptions on which such forecasts are based and (ii) forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for each month of such Fiscal Year and each Fiscal Quarter of each other Fiscal Year;
(j) Insurance Certificate. If requested by the Administrative Agent, as soon as practicable and in any event by the last day of each Fiscal Year, a certificate from Holdings’ insurance broker(s) in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent outlining all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date of such certificate by Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(k) Notice Regarding Material Contracts. Promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days, after the termination or amendment of any Material Contract of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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(l) Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Borrower will furnish to Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Credit Party’s corporate name, (ii) in any Credit Party’s identity or corporate form, (iii) in any Credit Party’s jurisdiction of organization or (iv) in any Credit Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or state organizational identification number. Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral as contemplated in the Collateral Documents. Borrower also agrees promptly to notify Collateral Agent if any portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed and such damage or destruction would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) Annual Collateral Verification. Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.1(c), Borrower shall deliver to Collateral Agent a certificate of its Authorized Officer (i) either confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Collateral Questionnaire delivered on the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 and/or identifying such changes and (ii) certifying that all UCC financing statements (including fixtures filings, as applicable) and all supplemental intellectual property security agreements or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (i) above (or in such Collateral Questionnaire) to the extent necessary to effect, protect and perfect the security interests under the Collateral Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period);
(n) Other Information. (A) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (i) all financial statements, proxy statements and material reports or notices sent or made available generally by any Credit Party to its equity holders acting in such capacity other than SunEdison or any of its subsidiaries or, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, by any other Subsidiary of Holdings to its equity holders acting in such capacity other than SunEdison or any of its subsidiaries and (ii) all press releases and other statements made available generally by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and (B) such other information and data with respect to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender, provided that any of the foregoing information which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise made available to the public, and in each case posted on an Internet website to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access shall be deemed to have been delivered to Administrative Agent and Lenders;
(o) Certification of Public Information. Holdings, Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be Public Lenders and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 or otherwise are being distributed through IntraLinks/IntraAgency, SyndTrak or another relevant website or other information platform (the “Platform”), any document or notice that Holdings or Borrower has indicated contains Non-Public Information shall not be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such Public
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Lenders. Each of Holdings and Borrower agrees to clearly designate all information provided to Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Holdings or Borrower which is suitable to make available to Public Lenders. If Holdings or Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 contains Non-Public Information, Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish to receive material Non-Public Information with respect to Holdings, its Subsidiaries and their Securities; and
(p) Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness. Together with each delivery of financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) and 5.1(c), a reconciliation demonstrating in reasonable detail the amount of Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness of all Non-Recourse Subsidiaries.
5.2. Existence. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business; provided, no Credit Party (other than Borrower with respect to existence) or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such existence, right or franchise, licenses and permits if Borrower shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person or that it is desirable to cease or change the business of such Person, and if the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Borrower or to Lenders.
5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all income and other material Tax returns and pay all Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, no such Tax or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (a) adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (b) in the case of a Tax or claim which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such Tax or claim. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries).
5.4. Maintenance of Properties. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof, in each case except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5. Insurance. Holdings will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage
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insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Holdings will maintain or cause to be maintained (a) flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors, and (b) replacement value casualty insurance on the Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses. Each such policy of insurance of a Credit Party shall (i) name Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to Collateral Agent, that names Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as the loss payee thereunder.
5.6. Books and Records; Inspections. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity in all material respects with GAAP, Canadian GAAP, UK GAAP or IFRS, as applicable, shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized representatives designated by any Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of any Credit Party and any of its respective Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested; provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such inspections shall be limited to once per year.
5.7. Lenders Meetings. Holdings and Borrower will, upon the request of Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders, participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders once during each Fiscal Year to be held telephonically or at Borrower’s corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent.
5.8. Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party will comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all other Persons, if any, on or occupying any Facilities to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including all Environmental Laws), noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.9. Environmental.
(a) Environmental Disclosure. Holdings will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(i) as soon as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits, investigations, analyses and reports of any kind or character, whether prepared by personnel of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or by independent consultants, Governmental Authorities or any other Persons, with respect to environmental matters at any Facility or with respect to any Environmental Claims that, in either case, would be reasonably likely to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) as soon as practicable following the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any Release required to be reported to any Governmental Authority under any applicable Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, and (2) any remedial action taken by Holdings or any other Person in connection with a violation of applicable Environmental Law or the Release of any Hazardous Materials, which in either event would be reasonably likely to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) as soon as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any and all material written communications with respect to (1) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, have a reasonable possibility of giving rise to a Material Adverse Effect and (2) any Release required to be reported to any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) prompt written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any proposed acquisition of stock, assets, or property by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to (A) expose Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to, or result in, Environmental Claims that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (B) affect the ability of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws for their respective operations that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (2) any proposed action to be taken by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to modify current operations in a manner that could reasonably be expected to subject Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to any additional material obligations or requirements under any Environmental Laws; and
(v) with reasonable promptness, such other documents and information as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in relation to any matters disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.9(a).
(b) Response to Environmental Claims and Violations of Environmental Laws. Each Credit Party shall promptly take, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to
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take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable Environmental Laws by such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.10. Subsidiaries. In the event that any Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary after the Closing Date (in each case, other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary), Borrower shall (a) promptly cause such Domestic Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder and a Grantor under the Pledge and Security Agreement by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a Counterpart Agreement, and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates reasonably requested by Collateral Agent. In the event that any Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary after the Closing Date (in each case, other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary), and the ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary are owned by Borrower or by any Domestic Subsidiary thereof, Borrower shall, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to, deliver, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Section 3.1(b), and Borrower shall take, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to take, all of the actions referred to in Section 3.1(h)(i) necessary to grant and to perfect a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, under the Pledge and Security Agreement in 65% of the outstanding voting stock and 100% of the outstanding non-voting stock of such Subsidiary, except that any such equity interests constituting “stock entitled to vote” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2) shall be treated as voting stock for purposes of this Section 5.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event will any of the outstanding voting stock of a Controlled Foreign Corporation, in excess of 65% of the voting power of all classes of capital stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation entitled to vote, be pledged. With respect to each such Subsidiary, Borrower shall promptly send to Administrative Agent written notice setting forth with respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Borrower or was converted into a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and (ii) all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 with respect to all Subsidiaries of Borrower; and such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 for all purposes hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to grant a security interest in the Equity Interests of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary.
5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets. In the event that any Credit Party acquires a Material Real Estate Asset or a Real Estate Asset owned or leased by a Credit Party on the Closing Date becomes a Material Real Estate Asset and such interest in such Material Real Estate Asset has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, then such Credit Party shall promptly take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such mortgages, documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates with respect to each such Material Real Estate Asset that Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to create in
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favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First Priority security interest in such Material Real Estate Assets, including the following:
(i) with respect to owned Material Real Estate Assets,
(1) fully executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions;
(2) an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) in the state in which such Material Real Estate Asset is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and such other customary matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
(3) (A) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or unconditional commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent (each, a “Title Policy”), in amounts not less than the fair market value of such Material Real Estate Asset, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, and (B) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent that such Credit Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for such Material Real Estate Asset in the appropriate real estate records;
(4) (A) a completed Flood Certificate with respect to such Material Real Estate Asset, which Flood Certificate shall (x) be addressed to the Collateral Agent and (y) otherwise comply with the Flood Program; (B) if the Flood Certificate states that such Material Real Estate Asset is located in a Flood Zone, the Borrower’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Collateral Agent (x) as to the
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existence of such Material Real Estate Asset and (y) as to whether the community in which such Material Real Estate Asset is located is participating in the Flood Program; and (C) if such Material Real Estate Asset is located in a Flood Zone and is located in a community that participates in the Flood Program, evidence that the Borrower has obtained a policy of flood insurance that is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Flood Program;
(5) Administrative Agent shall have received reports and other information, in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, regarding environmental matters relating to such Material Real Estate Asset; and
(6) an ALTA survey of such Material Real Estate Asset, certified to Collateral Agent; and
(ii) with respect to Leasehold Properties (unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent),
(1) a Landlord Consent and Estoppel; and
(2) evidence that such Leasehold Property is a Recorded Leasehold Interest.
In addition to the foregoing, Borrower shall, at the request of Collateral Agent, deliver, from time to time, to Collateral Agent such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Real Estate Assets with respect to which Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5.11 shall not apply with respect to real property owned by Non-Recourse Subsidiaries.
5.12. Interest Rate Protection. No later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date and at all times thereafter until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, Borrower shall obtain and cause to be maintained protection against fluctuations in interest rates pursuant to one or more Interest Rate Agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, in order to ensure that no less than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding is either (i) subject to such Interest Rate Agreements or (ii) Indebtedness that bears interest at a fixed rate.
5.13. Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time upon the reasonable request of Administrative Agent, each Credit Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall take such actions as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably
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request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Holdings, and its Subsidiaries (other than Non-Recourse Subsidiaries) and all of the outstanding Equity Interests of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (subject to limitations contained in the Credit Documents with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries and Non-Recourse Subsidiaries).
5.14. Cash Management Systems. Unless otherwise consented to by Agents or Requisite Lenders, the Credit Parties shall establish and maintain cash management systems reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
5.15. Designation of Subsidiaries. An Authorized Officer of Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7, (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any subordinated Indebtedness of any Credit Party; (iv) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (v) Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to such designation a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower, together with all relevant financial information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, demonstrating compliance with the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 5.15 and, if applicable, certifying that such subsidiary meets the requirements of an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and (vi) at least ten days prior to the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, with respect to such subsidiary. The designation of any subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of Borrower’s Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.
5.16. Ratings. At all times, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain (a) a public corporate family rating issued by Moody’s and a public corporate credit rating issued by S&P and (b) a public credit rating from each of Moody’s and S&P with respect to the Term Loans.
5.17. Energy Regulatory Status. Each Credit Party shall take, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to take, any and all actions necessary to maintain the Federal Energy Regulatory Authorizations, Exemptions, and Waivers, and as applicable to maintain exemption from or compliance with any State Electric Utility Regulations, in each case, except to the extent failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.18. Post-Closing Obligations. Promptly but in any event by September 26, 2014 (or such later date agreed to by Administrative Agent), to the extent not delivered before the Closing
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Date, Holdings shall deliver to Administrative Agent insurance certificates and endorsements, in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent, naming Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as additional insured and/or loss payee, as applicable, under the insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5, to the extent required under that Section.
SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made, and other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank shall have been made (which arrangements may include Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount)), such Credit Party shall perform, and if applicable shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 6.
6.1. Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness; provided that (i) Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter preceding the entry into definitive documentation in respect of such Indebtedness for which financial statements are available after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, or (ii) if Borrower is not in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter preceding the entry into definitive documentation in respect of such Indebtedness for which financial statements are available, then such Indebtedness shall be incurred in connection with a transaction the effect of which is to increase the Debt Service Coverage Ratio and decrease the Leverage Ratio;
(c) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of Holdings owed to Holdings or a Subsidiary of Holdings in the nature of shareholder loans and, if owed to a Credit Party, evidenced by an Intercompany Note and subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement;
(d) in connection with the consummation of any permitted Investment or permitted disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, Indebtedness incurred by Holdings or any Subsidiary arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations (including Earn Out Indebtedness), or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance by Holdings or any such Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements; provided that each Subsidiary may only incur such Indebtedness with respect to the Subsidiaries of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary;
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(e) Indebtedness of Holdings or its Subsidiaries in the nature of guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of a Subsidiary or its Subsidiaries, in each case pursuant to an agreement such Subsidiary is not prohibited from entering into by this Agreement; provided that each Subsidiary may only incur such Indebtedness with respect to the Subsidiaries of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary;
(f) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory or appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that each Subsidiary may only incur such Indebtedness with respect to the Subsidiaries of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary;
(g) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with Deposit Accounts;
(h) guaranties in the ordinary course of business of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees; provided that each Subsidiary may only incur such Indebtedness with respect to the Subsidiaries of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary;
(i) guaranties by Holdings of Indebtedness of a Guarantor or Borrower or guaranties by Borrower or a Guarantor of Indebtedness of Holdings or another Guarantor with respect, in each case, to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1; provided, that if the Indebtedness that is being guarantied is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations, the guaranty shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations;
(j) obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Contract; provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly managing or mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person or such Person’s direct or indirect Subsidiary, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view,” and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party; provided, further, that Permitted Call Transactions shall be permitted;
(k) letters of credit, as long as cash collateral has been provided or back-to-back Letters of Credit have been issued hereunder in respect of such letters of credit;
(l) Indebtedness represented by obligations in respect of capitalized leases, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement or lease of property (real or personal), plant or equipment used or useful in the business of such Person, in each case in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the purchase price or cost of such property so acquired or designed, constructed, installed, improved or leased;
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(m) the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five (5) Business Days;
(n) unsecured Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness of Holdings;
(o) unsecured guaranties by Holdings of Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness;
(p) Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness Shareholder Loans borrowed by Holdings;
(q) other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
(r) other Indebtedness of Holdings and Borrower; provided that the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements are available calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness shall not exceed 4.50:1.00.
6.2. Liens. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), whether now owned or hereafter acquired or licensed, or any income, profits or royalties therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income, profits or royalties under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute or under any applicable intellectual property laws, rules or procedures, except:
(a) Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Credit Document;
(b) Liens for Taxes if obligations with respect to such Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP;
(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set-off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 4068 of ERISA), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet overdue or (ii) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of thirty days) are bonded or insured or are otherwise being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;
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(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar or related obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, reservations of title and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries);
(f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease or sublease of real estate permitted hereunder (or with respect to any deposits or reserves posted thereunder);
(g) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(j) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(k) non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of Holdings or such Subsidiary;
(l) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(b); provided that such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property of the Subsidiaries of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of the Non-Recourse Subsidiary owing such Indebtedness and the Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Equity Interests in such Project Holdco);
(m) any security given to a public authority or other service provider or any other Governmental Authority by a Non-Recourse Subsidiary when required by such public authority or other service provider or other Governmental Authority in connection with the operations of such person in the ordinary course of its business;
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(n) any agreement to lease, option to lease, license, sub-lease or other right to occupancy assumed or entered by or on behalf of Holdings or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business;
(o) reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions, if any, expressed in any grants from any Governmental Authority or any similar authority;
(p) Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h);
(q) Liens in the nature of restrictions on changes in the direct or indirect ownership or control of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary;
(r) Liens on the assets of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary set forth on Schedule 6.2(r) securing Indebtedness of Persons other than Holdings and its Subsidiaries; provided that the definitive documentation with respect to such Indebtedness shall provide that, upon a default thereunder, such Lien shall be released upon payment by such Non-Recourse Subsidiary of the amount set forth opposite the name of such Non- Recourse Subsidiary on Schedule 6.2(r);
(s) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(l); provided that no such Lien incurred in connection with such Indebtedness shall extend to or cover property other than the respective property so acquired or designed, constructed, installed, improved or leased;
(t) Liens on the assets of the Non-Recourse Subsidiaries securing performance of obligations under power purchase agreements and agreements for the purchase and sale of energy and renewable energy credits, climate change levy exemption certificates, embedded benefits and other environmental attributes;
(u) Liens in the nature of rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, purchase options and similar rights in respect of the Equity Interests or assets of Non-Recourse Subsidiaries included in documentation evidencing Project Obligations; and
(v) other Liens on assets other than the Collateral securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding.
6.3. No Further Negative Pledges. Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to a permitted sale, disposition or other transfer, (b) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), (c) restrictions as of the Closing Date identified on Schedule 6.3, (d) restrictions on Non-Recourse Subsidiaries and the Equity Interests of Non-Recourse Subsidiaries in any Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness documentation or other Indebtedness documentation of Non-Recourse Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.1, (e) restrictions on Non-Recourse Subsidiaries in documentation evidencing Project Obligations, and (f) restrictions on Non-Recourse Subsidiaries described in Section 6.2(q), no Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations.
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6.4. Restricted Junior Payments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except that, without duplication:
(a) any Subsidiary of Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions ratably to its equity holders;
(b) Non-Recourse Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to their equity holders ratably or otherwise in accordance with their organizational documents and non-recourse project financing documents;
(c) Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings, and Holdings may make Restricted Junior Payments to its equity holders or the equity holders of any parent company of Holdings; provided that immediately prior to any such Restricted Junior Payment, and after giving effect thereto, (1) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (2) Borrower shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7;
(d) Borrower and Holdings may make Permitted Tax Distributions;
(e) to the extent any cash payment and/or delivery of Parent’s common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of Parent) by Holdings or Borrower in satisfaction of its exchange obligation or obligations to purchase notes for cash under any Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness constitutes a Restricted Junior Payment, Holdings and/or Borrower may make such Restricted Junior Payments; and
(f) Holdings and/or Borrower may settle or terminate any Permitted Warrant Transaction (including by set-off or netting, if applicable); provided that, in the case where Holdings and/or Borrower voluntarily elects to satisfy its exercise or settlement or termination obligations under any Permitted Warrant Transaction in cash, after giving effect to any such cash payment (with the effect of any such cash payment determined after also giving effect to the satisfaction of any related settlement obligations of any Permitted Hedge Transaction), (x) no Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 6.7(b) as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter preceding such cash payment.
6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Except as provided herein, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of Borrower to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests owned by Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (c) make loans or advances to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, or
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(d) transfer, lease or license any of its property or assets to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower other than (i) restrictions on Non-Recourse Subsidiaries in agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(b), (ii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) restrictions that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Equity Interests not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, (iv) restrictions as of the Closing Date described on Schedule 6.5, (v) customary restrictions on the transfer of non-Cash assets by Non-Recourse Subsidiaries in power purchase agreements and similar agreements, or (vi) restrictions on Non-Recourse Subsidiaries in documentation evidencing Project Obligations.
6.6. Investments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, except:
(a) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary and Investments made after the Closing Date in Borrower and any Guarantor that is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower;
(c) Investments made by any Non-Recourse Subsidiary in any Subsidiary of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of such Non-Recourse Subsidiary;
(d) Investments (i) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(e) Permitted M&A Transactions;
(f) shareholder loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.1(c);
(g) Investments as of the Closing Date described in Schedule 6.6;
(h) other Investments solely to the extent made with the proceeds of any cash capital contributions to Holdings or Net Equity Proceeds from the sale or issuance of any common Equity Interests of Parent or Holdings, in each case, contributed by Holdings to and received by Borrower following the Closing Date;
(i) Swap Contracts permitted by Section 6.1(j);
(j) acquisitions of shelf entities in connection with internal corporate reorganizations, so long as such acquisitions are not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;
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(k) other Investments (other than any acquisition, directly or indirectly, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all or a portion of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person) in energy and infrastructure projects and Persons (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) engaged in designing, developing, constructing, operating and/or owning such projects, directly or indirectly; provided that (i) Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter preceding the entry into definitive documentation in respect of such Investment for which financial statements are available, or (ii) if Borrower is not in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7 as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter preceding the entry into definitive documentation in respect of such Investment for which financial statements are available, then the effect of such Investment shall be to increase the Debt Service Coverage Ratio and decrease the Leverage Ratio; and
(l) acquisitions (directly or indirectly, by contribution or otherwise) by SunE Solar Construction Holdings #2, LLC and/or SunE Solar Construction #2, LLC from Subsidiaries of Borrower of Clean Energy Systems or Persons owning Clean Energy Systems.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Credit Party make any Investment which results in any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section 6.4.
6.7. Financial Covenants.
(a) Debt Service Coverage Ratio. Borrower shall not permit the Debt Service Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2014, to be less than 1.75:1.00.
(b) Leverage Ratio. Borrower shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2014, to exceed 5.00:1.00.
(c) Pro Forma Compliance. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.7 for any period prior to the initial test period of such covenants shall be calculated assuming that the required Debt Service Coverage Ratio and Leverage Ratio are equal to the required Debt Service Coverage Ratio and Leverage Ratio for the Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2014.
6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation (other than in connection with an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.6), or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) into any other Person, or convey, sell, lease or license, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries (other than to qualify directors if required by applicable law), business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed except:
(a) any Subsidiary of Borrower (other than a Non-Recourse Subsidiary) may be merged with or into Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary; provided, in the case of such a merger, Borrower or such Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
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(b) any Non-Recourse Subsidiary may be merged with or into any other Non-Recourse Subsidiary of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of such Non-Recourse Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to any other Non-Recourse Subsidiary of the Project Holdco that is the direct or indirect parent of such Non-Recourse Subsidiary;
(c) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales;
(d) Asset Sales; provided (1) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the manager of Holdings), (2) no less than 75% thereof shall be paid in Cash and (3) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a);
(e) disposals of obsolete, worn out or surplus property;
(f) the lease, as lessor or sublessor, or license (other than any long-term exclusive license), as licensor or sublicensor, of real or personal property or Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the business of Holdings or any Subsidiary;
(g) internal corporate reorganizations of the Subsidiaries of any Project Holdco so long as any such reorganization does not involve any Person other than the Subsidiaries of such Project Holdco and is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;
(h) the issuance or sale by Holdings of its Equity Interests;
(i) any sale of Equity Interests pursuant to the CMP Option Agreement and any Lien permitted by Section 6.2(l);
(j) Permitted Warrant Transactions;
(k) Liens permitted by Section 6.2;
(l) the issuance or sale by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of Equity Interests ratably to their respective equity holders; and
(m) transfers (directly or indirectly, by merger or otherwise) to other subsidiaries of Borrower of SunE Solar Construction Holdings #2, LLC, SunE Solar Construction #2, LLC and any of their respective subsidiaries.
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6.9. Reserved.
6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which such Credit Party or such Subsidiary (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than Holdings or any Guarantor), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party to any Person (other than Holdings or any Guarantor) in connection with such lease; provided that Non-Recourse Subsidiaries shall be permitted to enter into such transactions in connection with tax equity financings and other permitted Non-Recourse Project Indebtedness.
6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of Holdings on terms, considered together with the terms of all related and substantially concurrent transactions between such Credit Party and such Affiliate of Holdings, that are less favorable to such Credit Party or Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such an Affiliate of Holdings in an arms’ length transaction; provided, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction between Borrower and any Guarantor; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries; (c) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; (d) transactions as of the Closing Date described in Schedule 6.11 or any amendment thereto to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect and (e) Permitted Project Undertakings and Permitted Equity Commitments. Nothing in the foregoing shall be construed to prohibit the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Bond Indebtedness (or any guarantee thereof), the issuance of any Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness, or the entry into any Permitted Call Transaction.
6.12. Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses engaged in by such Credit Party on the Closing Date and similar or related businesses, including, for the avoidance of doubt, owning, developing, constructing, leasing, financing, selling and/or operating Clean Energy Systems (including entering into Hedge Agreements related to the same) and (ii) such other lines of business as may be consented to by Requisite Lenders.
6.13. Permitted Activities of Project Holdcos. No Project Holdco shall (a) incur any Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability whatsoever other than (i) the Indebtedness and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) pursuant to shareholder loan agreements permitted hereunder and (iii) pursuant to Swap Contracts permitted hereunder; (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter
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acquired, leased or licensed by it other than the Liens created under the Collateral Documents to which it is a party or permitted pursuant to Section 6.2; (c) engage in any business or activity or own any assets other than (i) holding Equity Interests of Non-Recourse Subsidiaries and other Subsidiaries of Borrower, (ii) performing its obligations and activities incidental thereto under the Credit Documents, and (iii) entering into Swap Contracts and shareholder loan agreements permitted hereunder; (d) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or license all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.8; (e) sell or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.8; or (f) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.
6.14. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents and Certain Material Contracts. No Credit Party shall nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree to any amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, (a) any of its Organizational Documents or any Material Contract in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) the Management Services Agreement in a manner that increases amounts payable thereunder by any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries, in each case without obtaining the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or waiver; provided, however, that any amendment, modification or change expressly required to be made (including adjustments to the exchange rate (howsoever defined)) pursuant to the terms of an indenture governing any Permitted Exchangeable Bond Indebtedness shall not require any consent from any Lenders.
6.15. Fiscal Year. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to change its Fiscal Year end from December 31.
SECTION 7. GUARANTY
7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries, the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”).
7.2. Contribution by Guarantors. All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid
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or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations Guaranteed. “Fair Share Contribution Amount” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided, solely for purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of this Section 7.2), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.2.
7.3. Payment by Guarantors. Subject to Section 7.2, Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Beneficiary may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Borrower to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Borrower’s becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) or valid release of a Guarantor in accordance with the Credit Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;
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(b) Administrative Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Borrower and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;
(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Borrower and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Borrower or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Borrower is joined in any such action or actions;
(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith or with the applicable Hedge Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against any other Credit Party or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements; and
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(f) this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents or any Hedge Agreements, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents, any of the Hedge Agreements or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit Document, such Hedge Agreement or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Beneficiary’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Borrower may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
7.5. Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Borrower, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Borrower, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Borrower or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Borrower or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based
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upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder, the Hedge Agreements or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Borrower and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 7.4 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.
7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc. Until the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank shall have been made (which arrangements may include Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount)), each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank shall have been made (which arrangements may include Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount)), each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 7.2. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Borrower or
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against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against Borrower, to all right, title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been finally and indefeasibly paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations. Any Indebtedness of Borrower or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such Indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof.
7.8. Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank shall have been made (which arrangements may include Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount)). Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.
7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower. It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Borrower or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower. Any Credit Extension may be made to Borrower or continued from time to time, and any Hedge Agreements may be entered into from time to time, in each case without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation or at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, as the case may be. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Borrower and its ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge Agreements, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Borrower and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes, to
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the extent permitted by applicable law, any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Borrower now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.
7.11. Bankruptcy, Etc. (a) So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made), no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Requisite Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against Borrower or any other Guarantor. The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Borrower or any other Guarantor or by any defense which Borrower or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.
(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve Borrower of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.
(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Borrower, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.
7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If (A) all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof or (B) if a Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.15, then in the case of clauses (A) and (B), the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such sale or other disposition.
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7.13. Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Credit Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 7.13 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 7.13, or otherwise under this Guaranty, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 7.13 shall remain in full force and effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been cancelled (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank shall have been made (which arrangements may include Cash Collateral or backstop letters of credit satisfactory to the Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount)). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 7.13 constitute, and this Section 7.13 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Credit Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
8.1. Events of Default. If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur:
(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. Failure by Borrower to pay (i) when due any installment of principal of any Loan, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise; (ii) when due any amount payable to Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit or any Cash Collateralization required pursuant to Section 2.22(d); or (iii) any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder, in each case of this clause (iii) within five Business Days after the date due; or
(b) Default in Other Agreements. (i) Failure of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Entities) to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount, including any payment in settlement, payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a)) with an aggregate principal amount (or Net Mark-to-Market Exposure) of $75,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Credit Party with respect to any other material term of (1) one or more items of Indebtedness in the individual or aggregate principal amounts (or Net Mark-to-Market Exposure) referred to in clause (i) above or (2) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be; or
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(c) Breach of Certain Covenants. (i) Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section 2.6 (a), 5.2, 5.18 or 6 or (ii) failure for longer than ten Business Days of any Credit Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section 2.6(b), 2.6(c), 5.1(b), 5.1(c), 5.1(d) or 5.1(f); or
(d) Breach of Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made; or
(e) Other Defaults Under Credit Documents. Any Credit Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Credit Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other paragraph of this Section 8.1, and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty days after the earlier of (i) an officer of such Credit Party becoming aware of such default or (ii) receipt by Borrower of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries), and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for sixty days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (i) Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the members of Holdings or its board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 8.1(f); or
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(h) Judgments and Attachments. At any time there shall exist money judgments, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process involving in the aggregate an amount in excess of $50,000,000 (to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) entered or filed against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) or any of their respective assets and such money judgments, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty days; or
(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty days; or
(j) Employee Benefit Plans. (i) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of $50,000,000 during the term hereof; or (ii) there exists any fact or circumstance that reasonably could be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or security interest pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 4068 of ERISA upon the property and rights to property belonging to the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; or
(k) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
(l) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Credit Documents. At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations (other than contingent and indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made), shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any material portion of the Collateral (for the avoidance of doubt, any pledge of Equity Interests shall constitute a material portion of the Collateral) purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to take any action within its control, or (iii) any Credit Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Credit Document to which it is a party or shall contest the validity or perfection of any Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents; or
THEN, (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g), automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of
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Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Borrower by Administrative Agent, (A) the Revolving Commitments, if any, of each Lender having such Revolving Commitments and the obligation of Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit shall immediately terminate; (B) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Credit Party: (I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest and premium on the Loans, (II) an amount equal to the maximum amount that may at any time be drawn under all Letters of Credit then outstanding (regardless of whether any beneficiary under any such Letter of Credit shall have presented, or shall be entitled at such time to present, the drafts or other documents or certificates required to draw under such Letters of Credit), and (III) all other Obligations; provided, the foregoing shall not affect in any way the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.3(b)(v) or Section 2.4(e); (C) Administrative Agent may cause Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral Documents; and (D) Administrative Agent shall direct Borrower to pay (and Borrower hereby agrees upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Sections 8.1(f) and (g) to pay) to Administrative Agent such additional amounts of cash as reasonably requested by Issuing Bank, to be held as security for Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit then outstanding.
SECTION 9. AGENTS
9.1. Appointment of Agents. Each of Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Citigroup and JPMorgan is hereby appointed a Syndication Agent and Bookrunner hereunder and each Lender hereby authorizes Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Citigroup to act as Syndication Agents and Bookrunners in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Goldman Sachs is hereby appointed Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes Goldman Sachs to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Santander is hereby appointed Documentation Agent hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Santander to act as Documentation Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act in its capacity as such upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Credit Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of Agents, Lenders and Lender Counterparties and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Each of Syndication Agents and Documentation Agent, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. As of the Closing Date, none of Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Citigroup, in their capacities as Syndication Agents and Bookrunners shall have any obligations but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 9. As of the Closing Date, Santander, in its capacity as Documentation Agent, shall have no obligations but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 9. Each of any Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent, any Bookrunner and any Agent described in clause (vi) of the definition thereof may resign from such role at any time, with immediate effect, by giving prior written notice thereof to Administrative Agent and Borrower.
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9.2. Powers and Duties. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or any other Person; and nothing herein or any of the other Credit Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
9.3. General Immunity.
(a) No Responsibility for Certain Matters. No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Credit Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Credit Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Credit Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Credit Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the Letter of Credit Usage or the component amounts thereof.
(b) Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Credit Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions, including, for the avoidance of doubt, refraining from any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a
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Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Holdings and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5).
(c) Delegation of Duties. Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any the Affiliates of Administrative Agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by Administrative Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Credit Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to Administrative Agent and not to any Credit Party, Lender or any other Person and no Credit Party, Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-agent.
9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans and the Letters of Credit, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Holdings or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrower for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
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9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, an Assignment Agreement or a Joinder Agreement and funding its Closing Date Term Loan, and/or Revolving Loans on the Closing Date or by the funding of any New Term Loans or New Revolving Loans, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date or as of the date of funding of such New Term Loans and New Revolving Loans.
9.6. Right to Indemnity. Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, to the extent that such Agent shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents; provided, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof; and provided further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.
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9.7. Successor Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender.
(a) Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower and Administrative Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to Borrower and Administrative Agent and signed by Requisite Lenders. Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution to act as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of Borrower and the Requisite Lenders, and Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (i) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation (regardless of whether a successor has been appointed or not), (ii) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by Borrower and the Requisite Lenders or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to by the Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If neither Requisite Lenders nor Administrative Agent have appointed a successor Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that, until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by Requisite Lenders or Administrative Agent, any collateral security held by Administrative Agent in its role as Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders or Issuing Bank under any of the Credit Documents shall continue to be held by the retiring Collateral Agent as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any resignation or removal of Goldman Sachs or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.7 shall also constitute the resignation or removal of Goldman Sachs or its successor as Collateral Agent. After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section 9.7 shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder.
(b) In addition to the foregoing, Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Grantors, and Collateral Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Grantors and Collateral Agent signed by Requisite Lenders. Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of Borrower and the Requisite Lenders and Collateral Agent’s
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resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (i) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation, (ii) the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by Borrower and the Requisite Lenders or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to by the Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to Administrative Agent and with the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Until a successor Collateral Agent is so appointed by Requisite Lenders or Administrative Agent, any collateral security held by Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders or Issuing Bank under any of the Credit Documents shall continue to be held by the retiring Collateral Agent as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral A