Pre-Closing Restructuring (a) Subject to Section 2.05(b), prior to the consummation of the Closing Seller shall, and shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to, engage in restructuring activities necessary to effect a reorganization of certain assets, liabilities and legal entities to separate the Business from Seller’s other businesses (collectively, the “Pre-Closing Restructuring”), which such Pre-Closing Restructuring shall be undertaken in a manner consistent with Section 6.14 of the Seller Disclosure Letter (as the same may be modified in accordance with this Section 6.14) and otherwise in a manner, and pursuant to documentation, reasonably acceptable to Purchaser (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and in accordance with applicable Law. Following the Pre-Closing Restructuring, at the Closing, Purchaser shall (directly or indirectly) own and assume all the assets, properties, claims, rights and Liabilities of Seller and its Subsidiaries constituting Transferred Assets or Assumed Liabilities and neither Purchaser nor any of its Subsidiaries (including the Transferred Entities) shall (directly or indirectly) own any Excluded Assets or be liable for or have any responsibility with respect to any Retained Liabilities. (b) Seller may propose changes to Section 6.14 of the Seller Disclosure Letter and Exhibit A (including in order to designate any additional Subsidiaries as a Transferred Entity (whether as an Auto Care Company or as an Auto Care Company Subsidiary) or to remove any Subsidiary from the universe of Auto Care Companies or Transferred Entities) at any time prior to the Closing and Purchaser shall consider any such proposal in good faith and shall not unreasonably object to, delay or condition its consent to such proposed changes. Any such agreed changes shall be incorporated into a revised, amended and restated Section 6.14 of the Seller Disclosure Letter or Exhibit A, as applicable. (c) In connection with the Pre-Closing Restructuring, Seller shall, and shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to (i) deliver all agreements, instruments, certificates and all other documents to effect the Pre-Closing Restructuring to Purchaser (with appropriate redaction for confidential information relating to Seller’s other businesses or third-parties) and (ii) keep Purchaser reasonably informed with respect to all material activity concerning the status of the Pre-Closing Restructuring and consult with Purchaser on a regular basis and cooperate in good faith in connection with all of Purchaser’s reasonable requests for information related to the Pre-Closing Restructuring. In the event that, at any time between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, Exhibit A is amended to designate any additional Subsidiaries as a Transferred Entity (whether as an Auto Care Company or as an Auto Care Company Subsidiary) or to remove any Subsidiary from the universe of Auto Care Companies or Transferred Entities, Seller shall be permitted to revise the Seller Disclosure Letter at such time to include any additional necessary disclosures related thereto. (d) For the avoidance of doubt but subject to Section 2.05(a), the Pre-Closing Restructuring shall be completed by Seller or its applicable Subsidiaries prior to the Closing. (e) At or prior to the Closing, Seller will deliver to Purchaser all agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents necessary to evidence the release or satisfaction of all Indebtedness of the Transferred Entities (other than Transferred Indebtedness) and the release of all Liens, guarantees or other encumbrances against the Transferred Entities and Transferred Assets, including without limitation, any guarantees of or Liens securing the (i) Credit Agreement, dated June 23, 2015, as amended, with Spectrum Brands Inc. as the Borrower and Royal Bank of Canada as administrative agent and collateral agent, (ii) Indenture dated December 4, 2014, as amended, with Spectrum Brands Inc. as the Issuer and US Bank National Association as Trustee, (iii) Indenture dated May 20, 2015, as amended, with Spectrum Brands Inc. as the Issuer and US Bank National Association as Trustee, and (iv) Indenture dated September 20, 2016, as amended, with Spectrum Brands Inc. as the Issuer and US Bank National Association as Trustee.
Purchaser Financing Purchaser assumes full responsibility to obtain the funds required for settlement, and Purchaser’s acquisition of such funds shall not be a contingency to the Closing.
Seller Financing Seller agrees to provide financing to the Buyer under the following terms and conditions:
Refinancing Facilities (a) On one or more occasions after the Effective Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.22 (each, an “Additional Refinancing Lender”) (provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Refinancing Lender’s making such Refinancing Term Loans to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 9.04(b) for, and to the extent that such Additional Refinancing Lender is a Purchasing Borrower Party or an Affiliated Lender, the requirements of Section 9.04(g) and 9.04(f), respectively, shall be satisfied as if such Refinancing Term Loan were, an assignment of Term Loans to such Lender or Additional Refinancing Lender), Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term Commitments pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that no Lender is obligated hereunder to provide such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness. (b) The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) customary legal opinions, board resolutions and officers’ certificates consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date other than changes to such legal opinion resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Security Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents. (c) Each issuance of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.22(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) not less than $50,000,000 and (y) an integral multiple of $10,000,000 in excess thereof. (d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, without the consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto and (ii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.22, including any amendments necessary to treat the applicable Loans and/or Commitments established under the Refinancing Amendment as a new Class of Loans and/or Commitments hereunder, and the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Refinancing Amendment. (e) This Section 2.22 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.17 or Section 9.02 to the contrary solely to the extent provided in this Section 2.22.
Post-Closing Obligations (a) Within ninety (90) days after the Original Restatement Closing Date (or such later date as shall be acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion), confirmation, together with relevant supporting documents, that the Quoted Eurobond Listing has taken place; (b) The Credit Parties shall, (i) in a manner satisfactory to the Agent, cooperate with and assist the Agent, the Lenders and their respective attorneys, officers, employees, representatives, consultants and agents (collectively, the “Reviewing Parties” and each, a “Reviewing Party”) in connection with any Reviewing Party’s regulatory review and due diligence of the Credit Parties’ Program in each state or foreign jurisdiction in which any Credit Party originates or purchases Consumer Loans and/or Credit Card Receivables (including participation interests therein), (ii) review and consider in good faith any issues raised by, or comments, recommendations or guidance from, any Reviewing Party with respect to any such lending program (such issues, comments, recommendations and guidance, collectively, the “Diligence Issues”) and (iii) within 90 days (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Agent in its sole discretion) of any Credit Party’s receipt of written notice of any Diligence Issues from a Reviewing Party, resolve or address any such Diligence Issues, in each case, in a manner satisfactory to the Agent; (c) The Credit Parties shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Agent, within sixty (60) days after the Fifth Restatement Closing Date (or such later date as shall be acceptable [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED to the Agent in its sole discretion), deposit account control agreements executed by the applicable Credit Party and each depository institution for which such Credit Party maintains deposit and other accounts, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent in its sole discretion, covering all deposit accounts and other accounts maintained at such depository institution that are not currently subject to deposit account control agreements in favor of the Agent; (d) The Credit Parties shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Agent, within thirty (30) days after the Fifth Restatement Closing Date (or such later date as shall be acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion), Intellectual Property Security Agreements executed by the applicable Credit Party covering all federally-registered Intellectual Property Rights that are not currently subject to an Intellectual Property Security Agreement in favor of the Agent; (e) The Credit Parties shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Agent, prior to purchasing any Consumer Loans (or participation interests in Consumer Loans) pursuant to any Bank Transaction Documents (or such later date as shall be acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion), a revised form of Consumer Loan Agreement to be used under such Bank Transaction Documents which provides that (i) all obligations thereunder are “registered obligations” and all instruments issued thereunder (if any) shall be at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) the first page thereof shall have the following legend: “THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A “NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT””, which form shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel; and (f) The Credit Parties shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Agent, within thirty (30) days after the Fifth Restatement Closing Date (or such later date as shall be acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion), updated insurance certificates and updated insurance endorsements with respect to the applicable Credit Parties, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and evidencing the insurance policies and endorsements thereto required to be maintained in accordance with Section 8.11.
Debt Financing (a) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letters as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, including their reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letters, (ii) negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto on the terms and conditions contained in the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions) or on other terms no less favorable to the Company, (iii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions in the Debt Commitment Letters that are within their control and (iv) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters, consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing; it being understood that, if any portion of the Debt Financing to be provided as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters pursuant to a public offering, private offering under Rule 144A or otherwise has not been provided, and all conditions precedent to the Parties’ obligations hereunder shall have been satisfied or waived (other than receipt of the Debt Financing and those conditions which by their nature will not be satisfied except by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to the their satisfaction at the Closing), the Company shall draw upon the commitments under the Debt Commitment Letters to provide the bridge financing contemplated by and on the terms and conditions (including any applicable “flex” provisions) set forth in the Debt Commitment Letters. Each of the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall keep each other reasonably informed with respect to all material activity concerning the status of the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters and shall give each other notice of any material adverse change with respect to such Debt Financing as promptly as practicable. (b) In the event that any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters (including any flex provisions), the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to assist the Company to arrange and obtain any such portion from alternative sources, on terms, taken as whole, that are no less favorable than the terms contained in the Debt Commitment Letters, as promptly as practicable following the occurrence of such event. (c) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco shall use their reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives to use their reasonable best efforts to, provide all cooperation in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing as may be reasonably requested, including: (i) participation in meetings, due diligence sessions, drafting sessions, presentations, “road shows” and sessions with prospective Financing Sources, investors and ratings agencies, and reasonably cooperating with the marketing efforts of the Company and its Financing Sources, in each case in connection with the Debt Financing; (ii) assisting with the preparation of materials for rating agency presentations, offering documents, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda (including a bank information memorandum that does not include material non-public information and the delivery of customary authorization letters with respect to the bank information memoranda and consents of accountants for use of their reports in any materials relating to the Debt Financing), prospectuses and similar documents required in connection with the Debt Financing; (iii) timely furnishing financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company, the Core MTS Business and/or the Echo Business, including financial statements, pro forma financial information, financial data, audit reports and other information of the type required by Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and other information of the type customarily (A) included in a bank information memorandum (including pro forma financial information) and (B) a registered offering of debt securities by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and of the type and form that are customarily included in a private placement of debt securities pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and including, in any event, all information and data necessary to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraphs 8, 9 and 12 of Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters (collectively, the “Required Information”), all of which shall be provided by the Company, MCK and Echo Holdco or their respective Affiliates as promptly as practicable after the date hereof; (iv) obtaining (x) accountants’ comfort letters, legal opinions, surveys and title insurance, certificates and insurance endorsements and (y) other reasonably requested documents at least 10 days prior to the Closing to the extent required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations including the USA PATRIOT Act in order to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraph 13 of Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters; (v) facilitating the granting of a security interest (and perfection thereof) at Closing in collateral as security for the Debt Financing; and (vi) (x) taking corporate actions reasonably necessary to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and to permit the proceeds thereof to be made available to the Company and (y) executing and delivering any commitment letters, underwriting or placement agreements, registration statements, credit agreements, indentures, pledge and security documents, other definitive financing documents or other requested certificates or documents, including a customary solvency certificate by the chief financial officer or person performing similar functions of the Company in the form of Annex I to Exhibit D to the Debt Commitment Letters (provided that (A) none of the letters (except the authorization letters contemplated by clause (ii) above), agreements, registration statements, documents and certificates shall be executed and delivered by any such Persons (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) except at the Closing and their respective Representatives executing any such letters, agreements, registration statements, documents and certificates shall remain as officers of the Company, (B) the effectiveness thereof (other than with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall be conditioned upon, or only become operative after, the occurrence of the Closing and (C) no personal liability shall be imposed on the officers or employees involved); provided, that nothing in this Section 5.03 shall require MCK, or the Echo Parties (or any of their respective Subsidiaries, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and, subject to the consummation of the Closing, Echo Holdco and its Subsidiaries and the MCK Contributed Entities) to (1) pledge or cause or permit any Lien to be placed on any of their respective assets in connection with the Debt Financing,(2) guarantee any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness or (3) incur any liability in connection with the Debt Financing. (d) All material non-public information provided by MCK or the Echo Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Representatives pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall be kept confidential in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement, except that the Parties shall be permitted to disclose such information to the Financing Sources and other potential sources of capital, rating agencies and prospective lenders (but not prospective investors in any debt securities offering) during syndication of the Debt Financing or any permitted replacement, amended, modified or alternative financing subject to the potential sources of capital, ratings agencies and prospective lenders and investors entering into customary confidentiality undertakings with respect to such information (including through a notice and undertaking in a form customarily used in confidential information memoranda for senior credit facilities). (e) The Company, MCK and Echo Holdco and their respective Subsidiaries shall cooperate with, and take all actions reasonably required by, the other Parties in order to facilitate the termination and payoff of the commitments under the Echo Holdco Debt at or prior to Closing (including the repayment in full of all obligations then outstanding thereunder and the release of all encumbrances, security interests and collateral and the termination of all guaranties and the agreements evidencing subordination in connection therewith at or prior to the Closing).
Refinancing Debt Borrowed Money that is the result of an extension, renewal or refinancing of Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1(b), (d) or (f).
Bridge Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain no later than October 30, 2004 a commitment letter (the “Bridge Financing Commitment Letter”) expiring no earlier than January 30, 2005, from a reputable financial institution in substantially the same form and substance as Exhibit F attached hereto, to provide financing on terms and conditions no less favorable than those described on Exhibit F attached hereto.
Refinancing Substantially concurrently with the Borrowing of 2015 Term Loans hereunder, the Refinancing shall be consummated in full to the satisfaction of the Lenders with all Liens in favor of the existing lenders being unconditionally released; the Administrative Agent shall have received a “pay-off” letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to all Indebtedness being refinanced in the Refinancing; and the Administrative Agent shall have received from any person holding any Lien securing any such Indebtedness, such UCC (or equivalent) termination statements, mortgage releases, releases of assignments of leases and rents, releases of security interests in Intellectual Property and other instruments, in each case in proper form for recording or filing, as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested to release and terminate of record the Liens securing such Indebtedness. After giving effect to the Transactions, Irish Holdco and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Target and its Subsidiaries) shall have no outstanding preferred equity (unless owned by a direct parent thereof which is a Loan Party) or Indebtedness for borrowed money, except for Indebtedness incurred pursuant to (i) the Loan Documents, (ii) indebtedness expressly permitted to remain outstanding after the Closing Date pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement (as in effect on the date thereof), (iii) the Existing Notes, (iv) the Horizon Convertible Notes, (iv) working capital leases, capital leases and Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course, (v) intercompany debt among Irish Holdco and its Subsidiaries, (vi) the New Horizon Unsecured Notes and (vii) such other existing indebtedness identified to, and expressly permitted to remain outstanding after the Closing Date by, the Lead Arrangers as “surviving debt” prior to the date hereof.
Post-Closing Capitalization At, and immediately after, the Closing, the authorized capitalization, and the number of issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company and the Parent, on a fully-diluted basis, as indicated on a schedule to be delivered by the Parties at or prior to the Closing, shall be acceptable to the Parent in its sole and absolute discretion.