Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of one or more series of senior or subordinated notes or loans (which, in each case, may be unsecured, secured on a junior lien basis or on a pari passu basis with the Obligations), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt and any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental Cap, (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Date Loans,
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Samples: Term Loan Credit Agreement (Construction Partners, Inc.)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or Any Loan Party may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of Date issue one or more series of senior or subordinated notes or loans (whichsecured, in each case, may be senior unsecured, senior subordinated, subordinated notes, loans or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (which notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, if secured, are secured by the Collateral on an “equal and ratable” basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations or secured on a junior lien “junior” basis or to the Liens on a pari passu basis with the Collateral securing the Obligations)) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes, in each caseloans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of incurrence, subject to Section 1.02(i)); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject to Section 1.02(i), and (ii) any such incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) at the Borrower’s option, will count, first, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent compliant therewith), second, to reduce the amount available under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction or series of related transactions, at the Borrower’s option, by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (without inclusion of any amounts substantially concurrently utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) all or any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment- Based Incremental Facility shall automatically cease to be deemed incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and shall instead be deemed incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility so long as, at the time of such redesignation, the Borrower would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt and any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental Cap, (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be subject to any Guarantee have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, as applicable, by all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Debt). The Borrower may appoint any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured(such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any “Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of DefaultArranger”), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Date Loans,.
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Samples: Second Lien Credit Agreement
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or (a) Any Loan Party may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of Date issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated notes notes, loans or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (such notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount available at the time of incurrence (subject to Section 1.02(i)); provided that (i) no Event of Default (subject to Section 1.02(i)) would exist immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt and (ii) any such incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 (or the equivalent Dollar amount) and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that:
(A) unless the Borrower elects otherwise, (x) the Borrower shall be deemed to have used amounts under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (to the extent compliant therewith) prior to using amounts under the Effective Extension Incremental Facility, the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (y) the Borrower shall be deemed to have used the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility prior to utilization of the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility;
(B) New Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14, Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 and Ratio Debt may be incurred substantially concurrently under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (to the extent compliant therewith), the Effective Extension Incremental Facility, the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or any combination of any of the foregoing, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction or series of related transactions by, unless the Borrower elects otherwise, first, calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of (x) any amounts incurred substantially concurrently pursuant to the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, (y) any amounts incurred substantially concurrently under any fixed basket under Section 7.01 or (z) any revolving credit loans incurred substantially concurrently with such single transaction or series of related transactions) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility) and then calculating the incurrence under the Effective Extension Incremental Facility and the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, as applicable;
(C) all or any portion of Indebtedness originally designated as incurred under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility shall automatically cease to be deemed incurred under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and shall instead be deemed incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility from and after the first date on which the Borrower would be permitted to incur all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (for the avoidance of doubt, which determination shall be made without duplication of such Indebtedness originally designated as incurred under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and/or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, as applicable, by all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness); and
(D) solely for the purpose of cash netting in calculating the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio to determine the availability under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility at the time of incurrence any cash proceeds of any New Loan Commitments incurred pursuant to Section 2.14, any Incremental Equivalent Debt Incurred pursuant to this Section 2.15, in each case, incurred at such test date shall be excluded for purposes of calculating cash or Cash Equivalents. The Borrower may appoint any Person as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(i) Any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall comply with the Incremental Debt Lien/Guarantee Parameters,
(ii) the final maturity of any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date for, and such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, any then outstanding Term Loans; provided that (x) Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt and (y) an aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt not in excess of the maximum aggregate principal amount then permitted to be incurred in reliance on the Inside Maturity Basket, in each case, may have a maturity date earlier than the Latest Maturity Date for any then outstanding Term Loans (or, in the case of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred in reliance on an Inside Maturity Basket, the Facilities to which such Inside Maturity Basket applies) and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity thereof may be unsecuredshorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then outstanding Term Loans (or, in the case of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred in reliance on an Inside Maturity Basket, the Facilities to which such Inside Maturity Basket applies (it being agreed that no such final Stated Maturity or Weighted Average Life to Maturity of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (y) shall be less than the final Stated Maturity and remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans)) and
(iii) any Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights, except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata (or greater than pro rata) to the Initial Term Loans and other Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured by a lien on a junior lien basis or the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations)Initial Term Loans and other than mandatory prepayments resulting from a refinancing of any Facility, which may be applied exclusively to the Facility being refinanced and other than any excess cash flow prepayments in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount respect of Incremental Equivalent Debt and any Incremental Loans made structured as term “b” loans, as reasonably determined by the Borrower, which prepayments may be applied ratably across all Term Facilities. Subject to the foregoing, the conditions precedent to each such incurrence shall not exceed be agreed to by the Incremental Cap, (ii) creditors providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, and the Borrower.
(iiic) if such The Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, Arranger and the obligations Administrative Agent (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger and the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect order to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the primary purpose Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transactionthe Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger, the condition set forth Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this clause (iv) Section 2.15. If the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to be taken by the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger herein shall be waived (other than done in consultation with the Administrative Agent and, with respect to any Specified Event of Defaultapplicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), (v) subject any comments to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt Administrative Agent shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Date Loans,reflected therein.
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Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of one or more series of secured first lien loans or notes (provided that such Liens on the Term Loan Priority Collateral shall rank pari passu with the Liens on the Term Loan Priority Collateral securing the Obligations under this Agreement (but without regard to control of remedies)), junior lien loans or notes, subordinated unsecured loans or notes or senior unsecured loans or notes, in the case of any securities issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing, or senior or subordinated notes or loans mezzanine Indebtedness (which, in each case, which may be unsecured, in the form of loans or notes and limited to being unsecured or secured solely on a junior lien basis or on a pari passu basis with the Obligationsbasis), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Incremental Term Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt (together with Incremental Term Loans and any the Incremental Loans made Revolving Credit Commitments) incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall not exceed the Available Incremental CapAmount (it being understood that (I) the Borrowers may elect to use clause (C) of the Available Incremental Amount prior to clause
(A) or (B) and regardless of whether there is capacity under clause (A) or (B), and if clauses (A), (iiB) and (C) are available and the Borrowers do not make an election, the Borrowers will be deemed to have elected clause (C), (II) the Borrowers may reclassify utilizations among clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the Available Incremental Amount if, at the time of such reclassification, the Borrowers would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness being so reclassified, and (III) if amounts incurred under clause (A) or (B) of the Available Incremental Amount are incurred concurrently with the incurrence of Incremental Loans or Incremental Commitments and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject (in each case, including any unused commitments obtained) in reliance on clause (A) or (B) of the Available Incremental Amount or any amounts pursuant to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is securedfixed dollar basket in Section 7.03, the obligations in respect thereof First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after calculated without giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, amounts incurred (or commitments obtained) in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt reliance on the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this foregoing clause (ivA) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (bB) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then or such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Date Loansfixed dollar basket in Section 7.03),
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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement (Option Care Health, Inc.)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. (a) The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or Guarantor may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of Date issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated, subordinated notes, loans or subordinated notes Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (which notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, shall be either unsecured, or loans secured by the U.S. Collateral (whichand, to the extent secured by the U.S. Collateral, secured either on a first lien “equal and ratable” basis with the Term B-1 Facility or on a “junior” basis to the Term B-1 Facility (but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be required to be Guaranteed by all U.S. Loan Parties), in each case over the same (or less) U.S. Collateral that secures the Term B-1 Facility (and in each case, shall be subject to the Applicable Intercreditor Arrangements))) and shall not be guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor under the Term B-1 Facility (such notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of incurrence, subject to Limited Condition Transaction Provisions); provided that (i) subject to Limited Condition Transaction Provisions, no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) (solely with respect to payment of principal), or (in each case, solely with respect to the Borrowers) clauses (f) or (g) of Section 8.01 would exist immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject the Limited Condition Transaction Provisions, and (ii) any such incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $1,000,000 and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) at the Borrower Representative’s option, will count, first, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent compliant therewith), second, to reduce the amount available under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities and the Refinancing Incremental Facilities and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, Refinancing Incremental Facilities and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction or series of related transactions, at the Borrower Representative’s option, by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (without inclusion of any amounts substantially concurrently utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Refinancing Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01)) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Refinancing Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or any Ratio Acquisition Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01)), then calculating the incurrence under the Incremental Extension Amount (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or any Ratio Acquisition Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01)) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) unless the Borrower Representative elects otherwise, all or any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Refinancing Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility shall automatically be deemed to have been incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility from and after the first date on which the Borrowers would be permitted to incur all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Refinancing Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, as applicable, by the amount of such redesignated Incremental Equivalent Debt). The Borrowers may appoint any Person as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Loan Party or that does not become a U.S. Loan Party (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any Incremental Equivalent Debt need not be Guaranteed by all U.S. Loan Parties under the other Facilities), (ii) to the extent secured by the Collateral, such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the Applicable Intercreditor Arrangements and, if such Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, (iii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date, provided, that Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, customary escrow arrangements and Incremental Equivalent Debt in an amount not in excess of the Inside Maturity Basket may have a maturity date earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not (A) be shorter than that of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche, or (B) to the extent unsecured, be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except (x) customary assets sale, event of loss or similar event or change of control provisions (or, with respect to convertible notes, fundamental change offers) and customary acceleration rights after an event of default and, with respect to convertible notes, pursuant to settlements upon conversion, (y) special mandatory redemptions in connection with customary escrow arrangements or (z) so-called “AHYDO” payments); provided, that, with respect to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt and Incremental Equivalent Debt in an amount not in excess of the Inside Maturity Basket at the time of Incurrence, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity thereof may be shorter than the then longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then outstanding Term Loans, (v) such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or mandatory prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or mandatory prepayment is required to be applied pro rata (or greater than pro rata) to the Term Loans and other Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured on a junior lien basis or on a pari passu basis with the Obligations), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments and (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (ivi) the aggregate principal amount covenants, events of Incremental Equivalent Debt default, guarantees, collateral and any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental Cap, (ii) other terms of such Incremental Equivalent Debt are customary for similar debt securities or loans in light of then-prevailing market terms and conditions (taken as a whole) (as reasonably determined by the Borrower Representative in good faith) at the time of incurrence (it being understood that (A) no Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of term loans shall not include any financial maintenance covenants, but that customary cross-acceleration provisions may be subject included and (B) any negative covenants with respect to indebtedness, investments, liens or restricted payments shall be incurrence-based; provided, that any Guarantee such negative covenants applicable to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt may be maintenance covenants) (provided that, at the Borrower Representative’s option, delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower Representative to the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger in good faith at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by any Person other than the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger) prior to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, together with a Loan Party, (iii) if reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset or drafts of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateraldocumentation relating thereto, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred stating that the Borrower Representative has determined in good faith that such terms and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt conditions satisfy the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition requirement set forth in this clause (iv) b), shall be waived conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger provides notice to the Borrower Representative of its objection during such three Business Day period (other than with respect including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it objects)). Subject to any Specified Event of Default)the foregoing, (v) subject the conditions precedent to clause (vii) below, each such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined incurrence shall be agreed to by the Borrowers and the lenders creditors providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is and the Borrowers.
(ac) secured on a pari passu basis The Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Obligations, then Borrowers as may be necessary in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the U.S. Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger and the Borrowers in connection with the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) such taken by the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger herein shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than be done in consultation with the Maturity Date of Administrative Agent and, with respect to applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life other Loan Documents), any comments to Maturity which is equal to or greater than such documentation reasonably requested by the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Date Loans,Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein.
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Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of one or more series of secured first lien loans or notes (provided that such Liens on the Term Loan Priority Collateral shall rank pari passu with the Liens on the Term Loan Priority Collateral securing the Obligations under this Agreement (but without regard to control of remedies)), junior lien loans or notes, subordinated unsecured loans or notes or senior unsecured loans or notes, in the case of any securities issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing, or senior or subordinated notes or loans mezzanine Indebtedness (which, in each case, which may be unsecured, in the form of loans or notes and limited to being unsecured or secured solely on a junior lien basis or on a pari passu basis with the Obligationsbasis), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Incremental Term Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt (together with Incremental Term Loans and any the Incremental Loans made Revolving Credit Commitments) incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall not exceed the Available Incremental CapAmount (it being understood that (I) the Borrowers may elect to use clause (C) of the Available Incremental Amount prior to clause (A) or (B) and regardless of whether there is capacity under clause (A) or (B), and if clauses (A), (B) and (C) are available and the Borrowers do not make an election, the Borrowers will be deemed to have elected clause (C), (II) the Borrowers may reclassify utilizations among clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the Available Incremental Amount if, at the time of such reclassification, the Borrowers would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness being so reclassified, and (III) if amounts incurred under clause (A) or (B) of the Available Incremental Amount are incurred concurrently with the incurrence of Incremental Loans or Incremental Commitments and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt (in each case, including any unused commitments obtained) in reliance on clause (A) or (B) of the Available Incremental Amount or any amounts pursuant to a fixed dollar basket in Section 7.03, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated without giving effect to such amounts incurred (or commitments obtained) in reliance on the foregoing clause (A) or (B) or such fixed dollar basket in Section 7.03), (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not rank pari passu in right of payment with, or junior in right of payment to, the Obligations under the then existing Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans and will either be secured solely by the same Collateral securing the Obligations (and to the extent (x) secured by any Applicable Lien, shall be subject to any Guarantee the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) secured by any Person Liens on the Collateral (other than a Loan PartyApplicable Liens), shall be subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or, in each case, to intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as applicable) or be unsecured, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset have a final scheduled maturity date earlier than the Maturity Date of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Term B Loans (other than any asset constituting CollateralIncremental Equivalent Debt consisting of a customary bridge facility so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which such customary bridge facility is to be converted satisfies this criteria), (iv) no Default or Event of Default such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect a Weighted Average Life to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with Maturity not shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans (prior to any extension thereto) (other than any Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of a customary bridge facility so long as the primary purpose of long-term Indebtedness into which such customary bridge facility is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in be converted satisfies this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Defaultcriteria), (v) subject to clause clauses (viiiii) belowand (iv) above, such Indebtedness may otherwise Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtednessapplicable lenders, (vi) if such any Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of first lien syndicated term loans shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (bSection 2.14(e)(iii) secured on a junior basis solely to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreementextent required thereby and not otherwise excluded by the terms thereof, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have fees, if any, determined by the Borrowers and the applicable arranger(s); and (viii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt may participate on a final maturity date which is no earlier pro rata basis or less than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayments of other Classes of Term Loans; and may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis (except for prepayments with respect to any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof and other than with any Class of Term Loans with an earlier Maturity Date as compared with such Incremental Equivalent Debt)) in any mandatory prepayments of the Closing Date Term Loans,.
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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement (Option Care Health, Inc.)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. (a) The Borrowers Borrower or any Subsidiary may, at any time or Guarantor may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated notes notes, loans or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (which notes, loans (whichand/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, in each caseif secured , may be unsecured, are secured on a junior first lien basis or on a pari passu “equal and ratable” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations or secured on a “junior” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations)) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes, in each caseloans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the sum of (A) the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, (B) the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility and (C) the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (in each case, at the time of issuance); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject to Section 1.02(i), and (ii) any such issuance of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $20,000,000 (or equivalent amount) and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) will count, first, to reduce the amount available under Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, second, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent permitted by the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio required) and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction by first calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility), then calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) the Borrower may redesignate all or any portion of Indebtedness originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility as having been incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility so long as, at the time of such redesignation, the Borrower would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness being so redesignated under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility by the amount of such redesignated Indebtedness). The Borrower, after consultation with the Administrative Agent, may appoint any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the issuance of any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental CapEquivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (iii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee guaranteed by any Person other than that is not a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof Party or that does not become a Loan Party and shall not be secured by any Lien a lien on any asset assets of a Loan Party that is not part of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (ivii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined extent secured by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such IndebtednessCollateral, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the ObligationsIncremental Notes Arranger and, then if such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor AgreementNotes Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, (viiiii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than Date, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not (A) be shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche, or (B) to the extent unsecured, be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except (x) customary assets sale, event of loss or similar event or change of control provisions and customary acceleration rights after an event of default, (y) special mandatory redemptions in connection with customary escrow arrangements or (z) so called “AHYDO” payments, (v) such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata to the Term Loans and other Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations) and (vi) the covenants and events of default are no more restrictive (other than the Applicable Rate and optional prepayment and redemption terms), when taken as a whole, than those under the then-existing Facilities, unless such covenants and events of default are applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date or such covenants and events of default are, in consultation with, and subject to the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of, the Administrative Agent, incorporated into this Agreement (or any other applicable Loan Document) for the benefit of all existing Lenders (to the extent applicable to such Lender) without further amendment requirements (it being understood that (x) no Incremental Equivalent Debt shall include any financial maintenance covenants (including indirectly by way of a cross-default to this Agreement), but that customary cross-acceleration provisions may be included and (y) any negative covenants with respect to indebtedness, investments, liens or restricted payments shall be incurrence-based) and (vii) subject to clauses (i) through (vi) above, the other terms of such Incremental Equivalent Debt are customary for similar debt securities in light of then-prevailing market conditions at the time of issuance (provided that any such negative covenants applicable to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt may be maintenance covenants) (provided that, at the Borrower’s option, delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Incremental Notes Arranger in good faith at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Incremental Equivalent Debt or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (b), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Incremental Notes Arranger provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five Business Day period (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it objects) and provided, further, that if the terms of the Incremental Equivalent Debt are substantially identical to the Senior Notes, the conditions in this clause (b) shall be deemed to be satisfied). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conditions precedent to each such increase shall be agreed to by the Lenders providing such increase and the Borrower. Any Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of secured Term Loans (other than Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) denominated in Dollars that is incurred on or prior to the date that is twelve months after the Closing Date Date, the All-in Yield payable by the Borrower applicable to such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt and shall not be more than 50 basis points higher than the corresponding All-in Yield payable by the Borrower for the Initial Term Loans,, unless the All-in Yield with respect to the Initial Term Loans is increased to the amount necessary so that the difference between the All-in Yield with respect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt and the corresponding All-in Yield on the Initial Term Loans is equal to 50 basis points.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Notes Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Notes Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Incremental Notes Arranger and the Borrower in connection with the issuance of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the Incremental Notes Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to be taken by the Incremental Notes Arranger herein shall be done in consultation with the Administrative Agent and, with respect to applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), any comments to such documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Allison Transmission Holdings Inc)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, upon notice by the Lead Borrower to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of one or more series of senior or subordinated notes or loans (which, in each case, which may be unsecured, secured on a junior lien basis or on a pari passu basis with the Obligations2018 Refinancing Term B Loans and Revolving Credit Loans), and, in the case of notes, issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or bridge in lieu of the foregoing, in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Incremental Term Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) (A) after giving Pro Forma Effect to both (x) the issuance or incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (assuming a borrowing of the maximum credit available thereunder) and (y) any Specified Transactions consummated in connection therewith, (1) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt ranks pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.00:1.00 and (2) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt ranks junior in right of security with the Term B Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 2.00:1.00 or (B) together with such Incremental Equivalent Debt, the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred or issued under this clause (B) and any Incremental Term Loans made shall and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments established under Section 2.16(d)(iii)(B) does not exceed the Incremental Capsum of (a) $385,000,000 plus (b) the principal amount of any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans (other than to the extent made with the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than the incurrence of Revolving Credit Loans or extensions of credit under any other revolving credit or similar facility)), (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any no Person other than a Loan PartyParty shall provide a Guarantee or otherwise be an obligor with respect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting the Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject the security agreements and other collateral documents relating to clause such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be substantially similar to the Collateral Documents (vii) below, with such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule differences as determined by are reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers and the lenders providing such IndebtednessAdministrative Agent), (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the ObligationsTerm B Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior new or then-existing First Lien Intercreditor AgreementAgreement to which a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall become a party or otherwise subject to another lien subordination or intercreditor arrangement satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or (b) secured on a junior basis with the Term B Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a new or then-existing Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement to which a Senior Representative of the holders of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall become a party or otherwise subject to another lien subordination and intercreditor arrangement satisfactory to the Lead Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the then Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Term B Loans, (viii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata (but not greater than pro rata) to the Term Loans required to be secured on a first lien basis, except with respect to customary “AHYDO catch up payments” and except with respect to customary offers to repurchase and prepayment events upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default; provided that any such Incremental Equivalent Debt that is junior in right of payment or security with respect to the Term B Loans may only participate in any such mandatory repurchases and prepayments with respect to customary offers to repurchase and prepayment events upon an asset sale or event of loss on a junior basis to the Term B Loans and any then-existing Term Loans that are pari passu in right of payment and security with the Term B Loans), (ix) the provisions set forth in Section 2.16(e)(iii) shall apply to any Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of loans that ranks pari passu in right of payment and security with the Term B Loans and Revolving Credit Loans as if such Incremental Equivalent Debt were a Class of Incremental Term Loans that is pari passu in right of payment and security with the Term B Loans and (x) except as otherwise set forth in this clause (h), such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have terms and conditions (other than with respect to pricing, fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms) substantially similar to, or (taken as a whole) no more favorable (as reasonably determined by the Lead Borrower) to the lenders or holders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt, than those applicable to the Term B Loans (except for covenants or other provisions (a) conformed (or added) in the Loan Documents, for the benefit of the Lenders holding Term B Loans, pursuant to an amendment thereto subject solely to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent or (b) applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date Loans,at the time of the issuance or incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt) or such terms and conditions shall be current market terms for such type of Incremental Equivalent Debt (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Lead Borrower). It is understood that Incremental Equivalent Debt may be incurred under either clause (i)(A) or clause (i)(B) of the immediately preceding sentence as selected by the Lead Borrower in its sole discretion, including by designating any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt in excess of an amount permitted to be incurred under such clause (i)(A) at the time of such incurrence as incurred under such clause (i)(B).
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Trinseo S.A.)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Borrower (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of one or more series of senior or subordinated notes or loans (which, in each case, which may be unsecured, unsecured or secured on a junior lien basis or on or, in the case of notes only, a pari passu basis with the ObligationsObligations under Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans required to be secured on a first lien basis), in each case issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or bridge in lieu of the foregoing, or senior or subordinated mezzanine Indebtedness (which may be in the form of loans or notes and limited to being unsecured or secured solely on a junior lien basis), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Incremental Term Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) (A) after giving Pro Forma Effect to both (x) the aggregate principal amount issuance or incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt and any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental Cap, (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to (assuming a borrowing of the maximum credit thereunder) and (y) any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan PartySpecified Transactions consummated in connection therewith, (iii1) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is securedranks pari passu in right of security with the Obligations under Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans that are secured on a first lien basis, the obligations in respect thereof shall Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateralexceed 5.00:1.00, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi2) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) ranks junior in right of security with the Obligations under the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans that are secured on a pari passu basis with first lien basis, the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Date Loans,Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed
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Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or Any Loan Party may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of Date issue one or more series of senior or subordinated notes or loans (whichsecured, in each case, may be senior unsecured, secured on a junior lien basis senior subordinated, subordinated notes, loans or on a pari passu basis with the Obligations)Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (such notes, in each caseloans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of incurrence, subject to Section 1.02(i)); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject to Section 1.02(i), and (ii) any such incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) at the Borrower’s option, will count, first, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio- Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent compliant therewith), second, to reduce the amount available under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction or series of related transactions, at the Borrower’s option, by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (without inclusion of any amounts substantially concurrently utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) all or any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility shall automatically cease to be deemed incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and shall instead be deemed incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility so long as, at the time of such redesignation, the Borrower would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt and any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental Cap, (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be subject to any Guarantee have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, as applicable, by all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Debt). The Borrower may appoint any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured(such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any “Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of DefaultArranger”), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Date Loans,.
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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement
Incremental Equivalent Debt. (a) The Borrowers Borrower or any Subsidiary may, at any time or Guarantor may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated notes notes, loans or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (which notes, loans (whichand/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, in each caseif secured , may be unsecured, are secured on a junior first lien basis or on a pari passu “equal and ratable” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations or secured on a “junior” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations)) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes, in each caseloans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the sum of (A) the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, (B) the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility and (C) the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (in each case, at the time of issuance); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject to Section 1.02(i), and (ii) any such issuance of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $20,000,000 (or equivalent amount) and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) will count, first, to reduce the amount available under Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, second, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent permitted by the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio required) and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction by first calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility), then calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) the Borrower may redesignate all or any portion of Indebtedness originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility as having been incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility so long as, at the time of such redesignation, the Borrower would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness being so redesignated under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility by the amount of such redesignated Indebtedness). The Borrower, after consultation with the Administrative Agent, may appoint any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the issuance of any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental CapEquivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (iii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee guaranteed by any Person other than that is not a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof Party or that does not become a Loan Party and shall not be secured by any Lien a lien on any asset assets of a Loan Party that is not part of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (ivii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined extent secured by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such IndebtednessCollateral, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the ObligationsIncremental Notes Arranger and, then if such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor AgreementNotes Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, (viiiii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than Date, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not (A) be shorter than the Closing remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche, or (B) to the extent unsecured, be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except (x) customary assets sale, event of loss or similar event or change of control provisions and customary acceleration rights after an event of default, (y) special mandatory redemptions in connection with customary escrow arrangements or (z) so called “AHYDO” payments, (v) such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata to the Term Loans and other Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations) and (vi) the covenants and events of default are no more restrictive (other than the Applicable Rate and optional prepayment and redemption terms), when taken as a whole, than those under the then-existing Facilities, unless such covenants and events of default are applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date or such covenants and events of default are, in consultation with, and subject to the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of, the Administrative Agent, incorporated into this Agreement (or any other applicable Loan Document) for the benefit of all existing Lenders (to the extent applicable to such Lender) without further amendment requirements (it being understood that (x) no Incremental Equivalent Debt shall include any financial maintenance covenants (including indirectly by way of a cross-default to this Agreement), but that customary cross-acceleration provisions may be included and (y) any negative covenants with respect to indebtedness, investments, liens or restricted payments shall be incurrence-based) and (vii) subject to clauses (i) through (vi) above, the other terms of such Incremental Equivalent Debt are customary for similar debt securities in light of then-prevailing market conditions at the time of issuance (provided that any such negative covenants applicable to Extendable Bridge Loans,/Interim Debt may be maintenance covenants) (provided that, at the Borrower’s option, delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Incremental Notes Arranger in good faith at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Incremental Equivalent Debt or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (b), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Incremental Notes Arranger provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five Business Day period (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it objects) and provided, further, that if the terms of the Incremental Equivalent Debt are substantially identical to the Senior Notes, the conditions in this clause (b) shall be deemed to be satisfied). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conditions precedent to each such increase shall be agreed to by the Lenders providing such increase and the Borrower. Any Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of secured Term Loans (other than Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) denominated in Dollars that is incurred on or prior to the date that is twelve months after the ClosingAmendment No. 4 Effective Date, the All-in Yield payable by the Borrower applicable to such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt and shall not be more than 50 basis points higher than the corresponding All-in Yield payable by the Borrower for the 2019 Refinancing2024 Term Loans, unless the All-in Yield with respect to the 2019 Refinancing2024 Term Loans is increased to the amount necessary so that the difference between the All-in Yield with respect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt and the corresponding All-in Yield on the 2019 Refinancing2024 Term Loans is equal to 50 basis points.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Notes Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Notes Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Incremental Notes Arranger and the Borrower in connection with the issuance of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the Incremental Notes Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to be taken by the Incremental Notes Arranger herein shall be done in consultation with the Administrative Agent and, with respect to applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), any comments to such documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Allison Transmission Holdings Inc)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or (a) Any Loan Party may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of Date issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated, subordinated notes, loans or subordinated notes Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (which notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, if secured, are secured by the Collateral on a first lien “equal and ratable” basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations or secured on a “junior” basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of incurrence, subject to Section 1.02(i)); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject to Section 1.02(i), and (ii) any such incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) at the Borrower’s option, will count, first, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent compliant therewith), second, to reduce the amount available under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction or series of related transactions, at the Borrower’s option, by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (without inclusion of any amounts substantially concurrently utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) all or any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility shall automatically cease to be deemed incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and shall instead be deemed incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility so long as, at the time of such redesignation, the Borrower would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Debt under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, as applicable, by all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Debt). The Borrower may appoint any Person as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be Guaranteed by any Person that is not a Loan Party or that does not become a Loan Party and shall not be secured by a lien on any assets of a Loan Party that is not part of the Collateral, (ii) be unsecured or secured either on a first lien “equal and ratable” basis with the other Facilities or on a “junior” basis with the other Facilities (and on a pari passu or junior basis to the Second Lien Facility (or any replacement thereof)), in each case over the same (or less) Collateral that secures the Facilities, as applicable (and in each case, may such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be unsecuredsubject to intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the Incremental Arranger and, if such Incremental Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent (provided that, if the Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured on a junior lien basis to the Facilities and on a pari passu basis with the Second Lien Facility, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed satisfactory), (iii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date, provided, that Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt and customary escrow arrangements may have a maturity date earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not (A) be shorter than that of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche, or (B) to the extent unsecured, be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except (x) customary assets sale, event of loss or similar event or change of control provisions and customary acceleration rights after an event of default, (y) special mandatory redemptions in connection with customary escrow arrangements or (z) so-called “AHYDO” payments); provided, that, with respect to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity thereof may be shorter than that of any existing Term Loan Tranche, (v) such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata (or greater than pro rata) to the Term Loans and other Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (ivi) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt and any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental Cap, (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject with respect to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of term loans that are pari passu in right of payment with the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition TransactionTerm Facility, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations2024 Specified Refinancing Term Loans, then denominated in Dollars, the MFN Provision shall be applicable thereto as though such loans were a New Term Facility and (vii) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Incremental Equivalent Debt are customary for similar debt securities or loans in light of then-prevailing market conditions at the time of incurrence (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (it being understood that (A) no Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of term loans or notes shall include any financial maintenance covenants, but that customary cross-acceleration provisions may be included and (B) any negative covenants with respect to indebtedness, investments, liens or restricted payments shall be subject incurrence-based; provided, that any such negative covenants applicable to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt may be maintenance covenants) (provided that, at the Borrower’s option, delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger in good faith at least three Business Days (or (bsuch shorter period as may be agreed by the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger) secured on a junior basis prior to the Obligationsincurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, then together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Incremental Equivalent Debt or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (b), shall be subject conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such three Business Day period (including a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreementreasonable description of the basis upon which it objects)). Subject to the foregoing, (vii) the conditions precedent to each such incurrence shall be agreed to by the creditors providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than and the Maturity Date Borrower.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Closing Date Loans Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger and a Weighted Average Life the Borrower in connection with the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to Maturity which is equal be taken by the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger herein shall be done in consultation with the Administrative Agent and, with respect to or greater than applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the Weighted Average Life other Loan Documents), any comments to Maturity of such documentation reasonably requested by the Closing Date Loans,Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein.
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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement (ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. (a) The Borrowers Borrower or any Subsidiary may, at any time or Guarantor may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated notes notes, loans or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (which notes, loans (whichand/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, in each caseif secured , may be unsecured, are secured on a junior first lien basis or on a pari passu “equal and ratable” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations or secured on a “junior” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations)) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes, in each caseloans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the sum of (A) the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, (B) the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility and (C) the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (in each case, at the time of issuance); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject to Section 1.02(i), and (ii) any such issuance of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $20,000,000 (or equivalent amount) and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) will count, first, to reduce the amount available under Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, second, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent permitted by the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio required) and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction by first calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility or the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility), then calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) the Borrower may redesignate all or any portion of Indebtedness originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility as having been incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility so long as, at the time of such redesignation, the Borrower would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness being so redesignated under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility by the amount of such redesignated Indebtedness). The Borrower, after consultation with the Administrative Agent, may appoint any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the issuance of any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental CapEquivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (iii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee guaranteed by any Person other than that is not a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof Party or that does not become a Loan Party and shall not be secured by any Lien a lien on any asset assets of a Loan Party that is not part of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (ivii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined extent secured by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such IndebtednessCollateral, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the ObligationsIncremental Notes Arranger and, then if such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor AgreementNotes Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent, (viiiii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than Date, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not (A) be shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche, or (B) to the extent unsecured, be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except (x) customary assets sale, event of loss or similar event or change of control provisions and customary acceleration rights after an event of default, (y) special mandatory redemptions in connection with customary escrow arrangements or (z) so called “AHYDO” payments, (v) such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata to the Term Loans and other Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations) and (vi) the covenants and events of default are no more restrictive (other than the Applicable Rate and optional prepayment and redemption terms), when taken as a whole, than those under the then-existing Facilities, unless such covenants and events of default are applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date or such covenants and events of default are, in consultation with, and subject to the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of, the Administrative Agent, incorporated into this Agreement (or any other applicable Loan Document) for the benefit of all existing Lenders (to the extent applicable to such Lender) without further amendment requirements (it being understood that (x) no Incremental Equivalent Debt shall include any financial maintenance covenants (including indirectly by way of a cross-default to this Agreement), but that customary cross-acceleration provisions may be included and (y) any negative covenants with respect to indebtedness, investments, liens or restricted payments shall be incurrence-based) and (vii) subject to clauses (i) through (vi) above, the other terms of such Incremental Equivalent Debt are customary for similar debt securities in light of then-prevailing market conditions at the time of issuance (provided that any such negative covenants applicable to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt may be maintenance covenants) (provided that, at the Borrower’s option, delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Incremental Notes Arranger in good faith at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Incremental Equivalent Debt or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (b), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Incremental Notes Arranger provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five Business Day period (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it objects) and provided, further, that if the terms of the Incremental Equivalent Debt are substantially identical to the Senior Notes, the conditions in this clause (b) shall be deemed to be satisfied). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conditions precedent to each such increase shall be agreed to by the Lenders providing such increase and the Borrower. Any Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of secured Term Loans (other than Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) denominated in Dollars that is incurred on or prior to the date that is twelve months after the Closing Date Date, the All-in Yield payable by the Borrower applicable to such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt and shall not be more than 50 basis points higher than the corresponding All-in Yield payable by the Borrower for the 2019 Refinancing Term Loans,, unless the All-in Yield with respect to the 2019 Refinancing Term Loans is increased to the amount necessary so that the difference between the All-in Yield with respect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt and the corresponding All-in Yield on the 2019 Refinancing Term Loans is equal to 50 basis points.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Notes Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Notes Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Incremental Notes Arranger and the Borrower in connection with the issuance of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the Incremental Notes Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to be taken by the Incremental Notes Arranger herein shall be done in consultation with the Administrative Agent and, with respect to applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), any comments to such documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Allison Transmission Holdings Inc)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Borrower (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of one or more series of senior or subordinated notes or loans (which, in each case, which may be unsecured, unsecured or secured on a junior lien basis or on or, in the case of notes only, a pari passu basis with the ObligationsObligations under Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans required to be secured on a first lien basis), in each case issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or bridge in lieu of the foregoing, or senior or subordinated mezzanine Indebtedness (which may be in the form of loans or notes and limited to being unsecured or secured solely on a junior lien basis), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Incremental Term Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) (A) after giving Pro Forma Effect to both (x) the issuance or incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (assuming a borrowing of the maximum credit thereunder) and (y) any Specified Transactions consummated in connection therewith, (1) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt ranks pari passu in right of security with the Obligations under Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans that are secured on a first lien basis, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 5.002.50:1.00, (2) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt ranks junior in right of security with the Obligations under the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans that are secured on a first lien basis, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 6.254.20: 1.00 and (3) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is unsecured, the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 6.254.20: 1.00 or (B) together with such Incremental Equivalent Debt, the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred or issued under this clause (B) and Incremental Term Loans made and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments established under Section 2.14(d)(iii)(B) (plus the Second Lien Incremental Usage Amount) does not exceed $85,000,000 (provided, that such amount shall not be reduced by the Term B-2 Loans, Additional Commitments (as defined in Amendment No. 1) or the 2016 Second Lien Incremental Term Loan (as defined in Amendment No.1)), following the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, $42,600,000 plus the principal amount of any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (to the extent not made with the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than the incurrence of Revolving Credit Loans or extensions of credit under any other revolving credit or similar facility)) plus in the case of any Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred or established after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date that effectively extends the Maturity Date or any other maturity date with respect to any Class of Loans made or Commitments hereunder, an amount equal to the portion of the relevant Class of Loans or Commitments that will be replaced by such Incremental Commitments plus (iv)in the case of any Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred or established after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date that effectively replaces any Revolving Credit Commitment terminated in accordance with Section 3.07, an amount equal to the relevant terminated Revolving Credit Commitment (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount under this clause (i) shall not exceed be reduced by the Incremental Capincrease in the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments occurring on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date), (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of Holdings, the Borrowers Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the security agreements and other collateral documents relating to clause such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be substantially similar to the Collateral Documents (vii) below, with such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule differences as determined by are reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers and the lenders providing such IndebtednessAdministrative Agent), (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the ObligationsObligations under Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans that are secured on a first lien basis, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (b) secured on a junior basis with the Obligations under Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans that are secured on a first lien basis, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other lien subordination and intercreditor arrangement satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or (bc) secured on a junior basis unsecured and subordinated to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor AgreementSubordination Agreement (or, alternatively, terms in the definitive documentation for such Incremental Equivalent Debt substantially similar to those in such applicable agreement, as agreed by the Borrower and Administrative Agent), (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the then Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Closing Term B-3 Loans, (viii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata to the Term Loans required to be secured on a first lien basis and except with respect to customary “AHYDO catch-up payments”, offers to repurchase and prepayment events upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default) and (ix) except as otherwise set forth in this clause (h), such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have terms and conditions (other than with respect to pricing, fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms) substantially similar to, or (taken as a whole) no more favorable (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) to the lenders or holders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt, than those applicable to the Term B-3 Loans (except for covenants or other provisions (a) conformed (or added) in the Loan Documents, for the benefit of the Lenders holding Term B-3 Loans, pursuant to an amendment thereto subject solely to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent or (b) applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date Loans,at the time of the issuance or incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt) or such terms and conditions shall be current market terms for such type of Incremental Equivalent Debt (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower). It is understood that Incremental Equivalent Debt may be incurred under either clause (i)(A) or clause (i)(B) of the immediately preceding sentence as selected by the Borrower in its sole discretion, including by designating any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt in excess of an amount permitted to be incurred under such clause (i)(A) at the time of such incurrence as incurred under such clause (i)(B).
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Incremental Equivalent Debt. (a) The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of upon notice by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, specifying in reasonable detail the proposed terms thereof, request to issue or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of incur one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated notes or loans or any other indebtedness (whichwhich notes or loans or other indebtedness, if secured, shall be secured by the Collateral on a “junior” basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations in each case, may be unsecured, secured on a junior lien basis case over the same (or on a pari passu basis with less) Collateral that secures the Obligations)) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes or loans or other indebtedness, in each casecollectively, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of incurrence); provided that that any Incremental Amounts established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt Incurred pursuant to this Section 2.15, unless the Borrowers elect otherwise, (iA) will count, first, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent permitted by the pro forma calculation of the applicable ratio) and second to reduce the maximum amount under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction, by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and (C)(i) all or any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt originally designated as incurred under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility shall automatically cease to be deemed incurred under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and shall instead be deemed incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility from and after the first date on which the Borrowers would be permitted to incur all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Debt being so redesignated under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, as applicable, by the Dollar Amount of such redesignated Incremental Equivalent Debt) and (ii) the Borrowers may otherwise classify, and may later reclassify, all or any portion of Indebtedness as incurred as a Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or Ratio-Based Incremental Facility on the date of incurrence and thereafter to the extent otherwise permitted on the date of such classification (or the date of any such reclassification). The Borrowers may appoint any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrowers as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the incurrence of any Incremental Loans made Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not exceed the Incremental Capbe Guaranteed by any Person that is not a Loan Party or that does not become a Loan Party, (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (viiiii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date of the Term Facilities, provided, that Extendable Bridge Loans may have a maturity date earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of the Term Facilities; provided, further, that, other than in the case of Extendable Bridge Loans, in no event shall any Incremental Equivalent Debt at the time of establishment thereof mature prior to the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than Sustainable Revolving Credit Facility, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be shorter than that of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche unless the Closing Term Lenders are also offered by the Borrowers the same amortization amounts for the corresponding year (provided that each Term Lender will be deemed to have accepted such offer unless such Term Lender notifies the Administrative Agent that it has rejected such offer by 11 a.m. five (5) Business Days (or such longer period to which the Swedish Borrower agrees) after the date of such offer; provided, that, with respect to Extendable Bridge Loans, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity thereof may be shorter than the then longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then outstanding Term Loans, (v) [reserved], (vi) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not require mandatory prepayments to be made except to the extent required to be applied first pro rata (or greater than pro rata) to the Term Facilities, (vii) after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, the Maximum Incremental Amount Condition shall be satisfied, (viii) [reserved] and (ix) subject to clauses (iii), (iv) and (viii) above with respect to final maturity and Weighted Average Life to Maturity, the amortization schedules, any fees payable in connection with such Incremental Equivalent Debt and all other terms of such Incremental Equivalent Debt will be as agreed between the Borrowers and the applicable providers of such Incremental Equivalent Debt; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not have covenants and events of default (excluding pricing and optional prepayment and redemption terms) that are more restrictive (as determined by the Swedish Borrower in good faith) when taken as a whole than the covenants and events of default applicable to the then existing Term Facilities unless such more restrictive covenants and/or events of default (x) are incorporated into this Agreement (or any other applicable Loan Document) for the benefit of all existing Lenders of Term Loans (to the extent applicable to such Lender of Term Loans) without further amendment requirements (which amendment may be effected by only Parent, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) or (y) are applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date Loans,of the Term Facilities existing at the time of incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, provided further that to the extent that any Incremental Equivalent Debt has the benefit of a financial covenant that is tested prior to the Latest Maturity Date of the Term Facilities existing at the time of the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, such financial covenant shall be incorporated into this Agreement (or any other applicable Loan Document) for the benefit of all existing Lenders without further amendment requirements. Subject to the foregoing, the conditions precedent to each such incurrence shall be agreed to by the applicable creditors providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt and the Borrowers. Any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be documented under this Agreement.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrowers as may be necessary, desirable or appropriate in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary, desirable or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger and the Swedish Borrower in connection with the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to be taken by the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger herein shall be done with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and, with respect to applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), any comments to such documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, all Incremental Equivalent Debt and Extendable Bridge Loans shall be subject to Section 2.14(f)(iii) of this Agreement on the same basis as a “New Term Facility” as set forth therein.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Oatly Group AB)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or (a) Any Loan Party may from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of Date issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated, subordinated notes, loans or subordinated notes Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt (which notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, if secured, are secured by the Collateral on a first lien “equal and ratable” basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations or secured on a “junior” basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes, loans and/or Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, collectively, “Incremental Equivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of incurrence, subject to Section 1.02(i)); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request, subject to Section 1.02(i), and (ii) any such incurrence of Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any New Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) at the Borrower’s option, will count, first, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent compliant therewith), second, to reduce the amount available under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, (B) Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities, the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities and the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction or series of related transactions, at the Borrower’s option, by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (without inclusion of any amounts substantially concurrently utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility, the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility (without inclusion of any amounts utilized pursuant to the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or any amounts substantially concurrently incurred under Section 7.01 (other than any Ratio Debt or Ratio Acquisitions Debt incurred pursuant to Section 7.01) and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility and (C) all or any portion of Incremental Equivalent Debt originally designated as incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment- Based Incremental Facility shall automatically cease to be deemed incurred under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility and shall instead be deemed incurred under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility so long as, at the time of such redesignation, the Borrower would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Debt under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facility (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall have the effect of increasing the Cash-Capped Incremental Facility or the Prepayment-Based Incremental Facility, as applicable, by all or such portion, as applicable, of the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Equivalent Debt). The Borrower may appoint any Person as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be Guaranteed by any Person that is not a Loan Party or that does not become a Loan Party and shall not be secured by a lien on any assets of a Loan Party that is not part of the Collateral, (ii) be unsecured or secured either on a first lien “equal and ratable” basis with the other Facilities or on a “junior” basis with the other Facilities (and on a pari passu or junior basis to the Second Lien Facility (or any replacement thereof)), in each case over the same (or less) Collateral that secures the Facilities, as applicable (and in each case, may such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be unsecuredsubject to intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the Incremental Arranger and, if such Incremental Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent (provided that, if the Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured on a junior lien basis to the Facilities and on a pari passu basis with the Second Lien Facility, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed satisfactory), (iii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date, provided, that Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt and customary escrow arrangements may have a maturity date earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not (A) be shorter than that of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche, or (B) to the extent unsecured, be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except (x) customary assets sale, event of loss or similar event or change of control provisions and customary acceleration rights after an event of default, (y) special mandatory redemptions in connection with customary escrow arrangements or (z) so-called “AHYDO” payments); provided, that, with respect to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity thereof may be shorter than that of any existing Term Loan Tranche, (v) such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt) shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata (or greater than pro rata) to the Term Loans and other Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (ivi) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt and any Incremental Loans made shall not exceed the Incremental Cap, (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject with respect to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of term loans that are pari passu in right of payment with the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition TransactionTerm Facility, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the ObligationsInitial Term Loans, then denominated in Dollars, the MFN Provision shall be applicable thereto as though such loans were a New Term Facility and (vii) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Incremental Equivalent Debt are customary for similar debt securities or loans in light of then-prevailing market conditions at the time of incurrence (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (it being understood that (A) no Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of term loans or notes shall include any financial maintenance covenants, but that customary cross-acceleration provisions may be included and (B) any negative covenants with respect to indebtedness, investments, liens or restricted payments shall be subject incurrence-based; provided, that any such negative covenants applicable to Extendable Bridge Loans/Interim Debt may be maintenance covenants) (provided that, at the Borrower’s option, delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger in good faith at least three Business Days (or (bsuch shorter period as may be agreed by the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger) secured on a junior basis prior to the Obligationsincurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, then together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Incremental Equivalent Debt or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (b), shall be subject conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such three Business Day period (including a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreementreasonable description of the basis upon which it objects)). Subject to the foregoing, (vii) the conditions precedent to each such incurrence shall be agreed to by the creditors providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than and the Maturity Date Borrower.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Closing Date Loans Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger and a Weighted Average Life the Borrower in connection with the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to Maturity which is equal be taken by the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger herein shall be done in consultation with the Administrative Agent and, with respect to or greater than applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the Weighted Average Life other Loan Documents), any comments to Maturity of such documentation reasonably requested by the Closing Date Loans,Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein.
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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement (ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, issue, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in respect of one or more series of secured first lien loans or notes (provided that such Liens on the Term Loan Priority Collateral shall rank pari passu with the Liens on the Term Loan Priority Collateral securing the Obligations under this Agreement (but without regard to control of remedies)), junior lien loans or notes, subordinated unsecured loans or notes or senior unsecured loans or notes, in the case of any securities issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing, or senior or subordinated notes or loans mezzanine Indebtedness (which, in each case, which may be unsecured, in the form of loans or notes and limited to being unsecured or secured solely on a junior lien basis or on a pari passu basis with the Obligationsbasis), in each case, that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Incremental Term Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt (together with Incremental Term Loans and any the Incremental Loans made Revolving Credit Commitments) incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall not exceed the Available Incremental CapAmount (it being understood that (I) the Borrowers may elect to use clause (C) of the Available Incremental Amount prior to clause (A) or (B) and regardless of whether there is capacity under clause (A) or (B), and if clauses (A), (B) and (C) are available and the Borrowers do not make an election, the Borrowers will be deemed to have elected clause (C), (II) the Borrowers may reclassify utilizations among clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the Available Incremental Amount if, at the time of such reclassification, the Borrowers would be permitted to incur the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness being so reclassified, and (III) if amounts incurred under clause (A) or (B) of the Available Incremental Amount are incurred concurrently with the incurrence of Incremental Loans or Incremental Commitments and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt (in each case, including any unused commitments obtained) in reliance on clause (A) or (B) of the Available Incremental Amount or any amounts pursuant to a fixed dollar basket in Section 7.03, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated without giving effect to such amounts incurred (or commitments obtained) in reliance on the foregoing clause (A) or (B) or such fixed dollar basket in Section 7.03), (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not rank pari passu in right of payment with, or junior in right of payment to, the Obligations under the then existing Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans and will either be secured solely by the same Collateral securing the Obligations (and to the extent (x) secured by any Applicable Lien, shall be subject to any Guarantee the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) secured by any Person Liens on the Collateral (other than a Loan PartyApplicable Liens), shall be subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or, in each case, to intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as applicable) or be unsecured, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset have a final scheduled maturity date earlier than the Maturity Date of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary Term B Loans and the 2021 Incremental Term Loans (other than any asset constituting CollateralIncremental Equivalent Debt consisting of a customary bridge facility so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which such customary bridge facility is to be converted satisfies this criteria), (iv) no Default or Event of Default such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have occurred a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect the 2021 Incremental Term Loans (prior to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any extension thereto) (other than any Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of a customary bridge facility so long as the primary purpose of long-term Indebtedness into which such customary bridge facility is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in be converted satisfies this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Defaultcriteria), (v) subject to clause clauses (viiiii) belowand (iv) above, such Indebtedness may otherwise Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtednessapplicable lenders, (vi) if such any Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of first lien syndicated term loans shall be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (bSection 2.14(e)(iii) secured on a junior basis solely to the Obligations, then such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreementextent required thereby and not otherwise excluded by the terms thereof, (vii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have fees, if any, determined by the Borrowers and the applicable arranger(s); and (viii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt may participate on a final maturity date which is no earlier pro rata basis or less than the Maturity Date of the Closing Date Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayments of other Classes of Term Loans; and may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis (except for prepayments with respect to any Refinancing Indebtedness thereof and other than with any Class of Term Loans with an earlier Maturity Date as compared with such Incremental Equivalent Debt)) in any mandatory prepayments of the Closing Date Term Loans,.
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Samples: First Lien Credit Agreement (Option Care Health, Inc.)
Incremental Equivalent Debt. (a) The Borrowers or any Subsidiary may, at any time or Guarantor may from time to time after the Closing Date, issueupon notice by the Borrower Representative to the Administrative Agent, incur or otherwise obtain Indebtedness of specifying in reasonable detail the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (and any Permitted Refinancing proposed terms thereof) in respect of , request to issue one or more series of senior secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated notes or loans (whichor, in each case, may be unsecuredExtendable Bridge Loans in lieu thereof (which notes or loans (or Extendable Bridge Loans), if secured by the Collateral, are secured on a junior first lien basis or on a pari passu “equal and ratable” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations or secured on a “junior” basis with the Liens securing the Obligations) and guaranteed only by Loan Parties or entities who become Loan Parties (such notes or loans (or Extendable Bridge Loans), in each casecollectively, that are issued or made in lieu of “New Incremental Commitments (the “Incremental Equivalent NotesEquivalent Debt”) in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of issuanceincurrence ); provided that (i) no Event of Default would exist after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such request subject to the aggregate principal Permitted Acquisition ProvisionsSection 1.02(i), and (ii) any such issuanceincurrence of New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) a Dollar Amount of $20,000,000 and (y) the entire amount that may be requested under this Section 2.15; provided, further, that any Incremental Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.14 and New Incremental Notes issuedEquivalent Debt incurred pursuant to this Section 2.15, (A) will count, first, to reduce the amount available under Prepayment-Based Incremental Facilities, second, to reduce the amount available under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities (to the extent permitted by the pro forma calculation of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio required prior to the incurrence of such Ratio-Based Incremental Facility) and, third, to reduce the maximum amount under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities and (B) New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15 may be incurred under both the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities and the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction, by first calculating the incurrence under the Ratio-Based Incremental Facilities and then calculating the incurrence under the Cash-Capped Incremental Facilities. The Borrower may appoint any Person as arranger of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and (such Person (who may be the Administrative Agent, if it so agrees), the “Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger”).
(b) As a condition precedent to the issuanceincurrence of any New Incremental Loans made NotesEquivalent Debt pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt shall not exceed the Incremental Capbe Guaranteed by any Person that is not a Loan Party or that does not become a Loan Party, (ii) to the extent secured by the Collateral, such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt shall be subject to intercreditor arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger and, if such Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent); (iii) such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt shall have a final maturity no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date; provided, that Extendable Bridge Loans /Interim Debt and Specified New Term Loans may have a maturity date earlier than the Latest Maturity Date, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt shall not (A) be shorter than that of any then-existing Term Loan Tranche, or (B) to the extent unsecured, be subject to any amortization prior to the final maturity thereof, or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except (x) customary assets sale, event of loss or similar event or change of control provisions and customary acceleration rights after an event of default or (y) AHYDO payments) provided, that, with respect to Extendable Bridge Loans and Specified New Term Loans, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity thereof may be shorter than the then longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then outstanding Term Loans, (v) such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt (other than any Extendable Bridge Loans) shall not be subject to any Guarantee by mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights (except to the extent any Person such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied pro rata to the Term Loans and other than a Loan Party, (iii) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt Indebtedness that is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence; provided that, in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt the primary purpose of which is to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition set forth in this clause (iv) shall be waived (other than with respect to any Specified Event of Default), (v) subject to clause (vii) below, such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Borrowers and the lenders providing such Indebtedness, (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (a) secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations) and (vi) subject to the Guaranty and Security Principles, then the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt are customary for similar debt securities or loans in light of then-prevailing market conditions at the time of issuanceincurrence (it being understood that (x) no New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt in the form of term loans or notes shall include any financial maintenance covenants (including indirectly by way of a cross-default to this Agreement), but that customary cross-acceleration provisions may be included and (y) any negative covenants with respect to indebtedness, investments, liens or restricted payments shall be incurrence based); and (vii) prior to the six-month anniversary of the Second Amendment Effective Date, with respect to any Incremental Equivalent Debt that is in the form of a senior secured term loan ranking pari passu with the Term Loans and that is denominated in Dollars that are not Specified New Term Loans and which have a maturity date less than two years after the Maturity Date applicable to the Initial Term Loans, the All-in Yield applicable to such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to determined by the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or (b) secured on a junior basis to Borrowers and the Obligations, then Lenders providing such Incremental Equivalent Debt and shall not be subject more than 50 basis points higher than the corresponding All-in Yield for the Initial Term Loans, unless the All-in Yield with respect to a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) the Initial Term Loans is increased to the amount necessary so that the difference between the All-in Yield with respect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity date which is no earlier than and the Maturity Date of corresponding All-in Yield on the Closing Date Initial Term Loans and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is equal to or 50 basis points; provided that, if the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in respect of such Incremental Equivalent Debt includes a floor greater than the Weighted Average Life floor applicable to Maturity the analogous existing Term Loan Tranche, such increased amount shall be equated to interest rate for purposes of determining the applicable interest rate under such Incremental Equivalent Debt, it being understood that in such circumstances, the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate floor applicable to the applicable Term Loan Tranche, and not the Applicable Rate, shall be increased) (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Closing Date Lux Borrower delivered to the Administrative AgentIncremental Equivalent Debt Arranger in good faith at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Lux Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause (b), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative AgentIncremental Equivalent Debt Arranger provides notice to the Borrowers of its objection during such five Business Day period (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it objects) and provided, further, that if the terms of the New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt are substantially identical to the Senior Notes or the Term Loans,, the conditions in this clause (b) shall be deemed to be satisfied). For the avoidance of doubt, Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of notes shall not benefit from any “most favored nation” pricing protection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conditions precedent to each such increase shall be agreed to by the Lenders providing such increase and the Borrowers.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative AgentIncremental Equivalent Debt Arranger (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Incremental Equivalent Debt Arranger to execute and deliver such amendments) to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrowers as may be necessary or appropriate in order to secure any New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative AgentIncremental Equivalent Debt Arranger and the Borrower Representative in connection with the issuance of such New Incremental NotesEquivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15. If the Incremental Notes Arranger is not the Administrative Agent, the actions authorized to be taken by the Incremental Notes Arranger herein shall be done in consultation with the Administrative Agent and, with respect to applicable documentation (including amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), any comments to such documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall be reflected therein
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Samples: Second Amendment (Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings PLC)