REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2018, among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, as the Borrower, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., BANK OF AMERICA, N.A....
EXHIBIT 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
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$500,000,000
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT,
dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018,
among
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC,
as the Borrower,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Bookrunners and Arrangers,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
BANK OF THE WEST, CAPITAL ONE, N.A., XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA,
SUNTRUST BANK AND XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLEΒ IΒ Definitions |
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SECTIONΒ 1.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Defined Terms | Β Β | Β | 1 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Terms Generally | Β Β | Β | 80 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.03 |
Β Β Β Β | Accounting Terms; GAAP; Fair Market Value | Β Β | Β | 80 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.04 |
Β Β Β Β | Effectuation of Transfers | Β Β | Β | 81 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.05 |
Β Β Β Β | Currencies | Β Β | Β | 81 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.06 |
Β Β Β Β | Required Financial Statements | Β Β | Β | 81 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.07 |
Β Β Β Β | Certifications | Β Β | Β | 81 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.08 |
Β Β Β Β | Pro Forma Calculations | Β Β | Β | 81 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 1.09 |
Β Β Β Β | LCA Election | Β Β | Β | 83 | Β |
ARTICLE II The Credits |
Β Β | Β | 84 | Β | ||
SECTIONΒ 2.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Commitments | Β Β | Β | 84 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Loans and Borrowings | Β Β | Β | 86 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.03 |
Β Β Β Β | Requests for Borrowings | Β Β | Β | 87 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.04 |
Β Β Β Β | [Reserved] | Β Β | Β | 88 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.05 |
Β Β Β Β | Letters of Credit | Β Β | Β | 88 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.06 |
Β Β Β Β | Funding of Borrowings | Β Β | Β | 97 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.07 |
Β Β Β Β | Interest Elections | Β Β | Β | 98 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.08 |
Β Β Β Β | Termination and Reduction of Commitments | Β Β | Β | 99 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.09 |
Β Β Β Β | Promise to Pay; Evidence of Debt | Β Β | Β | 100 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.10 |
Β Β Β Β | Optional Repayment of Loans | Β Β | Β | 100 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.11 |
Β Β Β Β | Mandatory Repayment of Loans | Β Β | Β | 101 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.12 |
Β Β Β Β | Fees | Β Β | Β | 101 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.13 |
Β Β Β Β | Interest | Β Β | Β | 102 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.14 |
Β Β Β Β | Alternate Rate of Interest | Β Β | Β | 103 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.15 |
Β Β Β Β | Increased Costs | Β Β | Β | 105 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.16 |
Β Β Β Β | Break Funding Payments | Β Β | Β | 106 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.17 |
Β Β Β Β | Taxes | Β Β | Β | 106 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.18 |
Β Β Β Β | Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs | Β Β | Β | 110 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.19 |
Β Β Β Β | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | Β Β | Β | 114 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.20 |
Β Β Β Β | Illegality | Β Β | Β | 115 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.21 |
Β Β Β Β | Incremental Facilities | Β Β | Β | 116 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.22 |
Β Β Β Β | Refinancing Amendments | Β Β | Β | 118 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.23 |
Β Β Β Β | Extensions of Loans and Revolving Commitments | Β Β | Β | 119 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 2.24 |
Β Β Β Β | Defaulting Lenders | Β Β | Β | 122 | Β |
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties |
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SECTIONΒ 3.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Organization; Powers | Β Β | Β | 124 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Authorization; No Contravention | Β Β | Β | 125 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.03 |
Β Β Β Β | Enforceability | Β Β | Β | 125 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.04 |
Β Β Β Β | Governmental Approvals | Β Β | Β | 126 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.05 |
Β Β Β Β | Title to Properties; Liens | Β Β | Β | 126 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.06 |
Β Β Β Β | Subsidiaries | Β Β | Β | 126 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.07 |
Β Β Β Β | Litigation; Compliance with Laws | Β Β | Β | 127 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.08 |
Β Β Β Β | Federal Reserve Regulations | Β Β | Β | 128 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.09 |
Β Β Β Β | Investment Company Act | Β Β | Β | 128 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.10 |
Β Β Β Β | Use of Proceeds | Β Β | Β | 128 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.11 |
Β Β Β Β | Tax Returns | Β Β | Β | 128 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.12 |
Β Β Β Β | No Material Misstatements | Β Β | Β | 129 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.13 |
Β Β Β Β | Environmental Matters | Β Β | Β | 129 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.14 |
Β Β Β Β | Security Documents | Β Β | Β | 130 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.15 |
Β Β Β Β | Location of Real Property and Leased Premises | Β Β | Β | 130 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.16 |
Β Β Β Β | Solvency | Β Β | Β | 131 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.17 |
Β Β Β Β | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | Β Β | Β | 131 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.18 |
Β Β Β Β | Insurance | Β Β | Β | 132 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.19 |
Β Β Β Β | USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Corruption; Sanctions | Β Β | Β | 132 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.20 |
Β Β Β Β | Intellectual Property Rights; Licenses, Etc. | Β Β | Β | 133 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.21 |
Β Β Β Β | Employee Benefit Plans | Β Β | Β | 134 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.22 |
Β Β Β Β | Labor Matters | Β Β | Β | 134 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 3.23 |
Β Β Β Β | Borrowing Base Certificate | Β Β | Β | 134 | Β |
ARTICLE IV Conditions of Lending |
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SECTIONΒ 4.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Closing Date Conditions Precedent | Β Β | Β | 134 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 4.02 |
Β Β Β Β | All Credit Events After the Closing Date | Β Β | Β | 137 | Β |
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants |
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SECTIONΒ 5.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Existence; Businesses and Properties | Β Β | Β | 138 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Insurance | Β Β | Β | 138 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.03 |
Β Β Β Β | Taxes | Β Β | Β | 139 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.04 |
Β Β Β Β | Financial Statements, Reports, etc. | Β Β | Β | 139 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.05 |
Β Β Β Β | Litigation and Other Notices | Β Β | Β | 143 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.06 |
Β Β Β Β | Compliance with Laws | Β Β | Β | 144 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.07 |
Β Β Β Β | Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections | Β Β | Β | 144 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.08 |
Β Β Β Β | Use of Proceeds | Β Β | Β | 146 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.09 |
Β Β Β Β | Compliance with Environmental Laws | Β Β | Β | 146 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.10 |
Β Β Β Β | Further Assurances; Additional Security | Β Β | Β | 146 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.11 |
Β Β Β Β | Cash Management Systems; Application of Proceeds of Accounts | Β Β | Β | 148 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 5.12 |
Β Β Β Β | Post-Closing Matters | Β Β | Β | 150 | Β |
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants |
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SECTIONΒ 6.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Indebtedness | Β Β | Β | 151 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Liens | Β Β | Β | 157 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.03 |
Β Β Β Β | [Reserved] | Β Β | Β | 162 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.04 |
Β Β Β Β | Investments, Loans and Advances | Β Β | Β | 162 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.05 |
Β Β Β Β | Fundamental Changes | Β Β | Β | 168 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.06 |
Β Β Β Β | Dispositions | Β Β | Β | 169 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.07 |
Β Β Β Β | Restricted Payments | Β Β | Β | 173 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.08 |
Β Β Β Β | Transactions with Affiliates | Β Β | Β | 177 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.09 |
Β Β Β Β | Business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries | Β Β | Β | 179 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.10 |
Β Β Β Β | Burdensome Agreements | Β Β | Β | 180 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.11 |
Β Β Β Β | Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Certain Indebtedness; Amendments of Certain Documents | Β Β | Β | 182 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.12 |
Β Β Β Β | Use of Proceeds | Β Β | Β | 184 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 6.13 |
Β Β Β Β | Financial Performance Covenant | Β Β | Β | 184 | Β |
ARTICLE VII [Reserved] |
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ARTICLE VIII Events of Default |
Β Β | Β | 184 | Β | ||
SECTIONΒ 8.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Events of Default | Β Β | Β | 184 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 8.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Right to Cure | Β Β | Β | 188 | Β |
ARTICLE IX The Agents |
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SECTIONΒ 9.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Appointment | Β Β | Β | 189 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Delegation of Duties | Β Β | Β | 190 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.03 |
Β Β Β Β | Exculpatory Provisions | Β Β | Β | 191 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.04 |
Β Β Β Β | Reliance by Administrative Agent | Β Β | Β | 192 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.05 |
Β Β Β Β | Notice of Default | Β Β | Β | 193 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.06 |
Β Β Β Β | Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders | Β Β | Β | 193 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.07 |
Β Β Β Β | Indemnification | Β Β | Β | 193 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.08 |
Β Β Β Β | Agent in Its Individual Capacity | Β Β | Β | 194 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.09 |
Β Β Β Β | Successor Agent | Β Β | Β | 194 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.10 |
Β Β Β Β | Arrangers; Co-Syndication Agents; Co-Documentation Agents | Β Β | Β | 195 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.11 |
Β Β Β Β | Collateral and Guaranty Matters | Β Β | Β | 195 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 9.12 |
Β Β Β Β | Certain ERISA Matters | Β Β | Β | 198 | Β |
ARTICLE X Miscellaneous |
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SECTIONΒ 10.01 |
Β Β Β Β | Notices; Communications | Β Β | Β | 200 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.02 |
Β Β Β Β | Survival of Agreement | Β Β | Β | 202 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.03 |
Β Β Β Β | Binding Effect | Β Β | Β | 202 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.04 |
Β Β Β Β | Successors and Assigns | Β Β | Β | 202 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.05 |
Β Β Β Β | Expenses; Indemnity | Β Β | Β | 208 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.06 |
Β Β Β Β | Right of Set-off | Β Β | Β | 211 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.07 |
Β Β Β Β | Applicable Law | Β Β | Β | 212 | Β |
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SECTIONΒ 10.08 |
Β Β Β Β | Waivers; Amendment | Β Β | Β | 212 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.09 |
Β Β Β Β | Interest Rate Limitation | Β Β | Β | 216 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.10 |
Β Β Β Β | Entire Agreement | Β Β | Β | 217 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.11 |
Β Β Β Β | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | Β Β | Β | 217 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.12 |
Β Β Β Β | Severability | Β Β | Β | 217 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.13 |
Β Β Β Β | Counterparts | Β Β | Β | 217 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.14 |
Β Β Β Β | Headings | Β Β | Β | 217 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.15 |
Β Β Β Β | Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | Β Β | Β | 217 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.16 |
Β Β Β Β | Confidentiality | Β Β | Β | 218 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.17 |
Β Β Β Β | Platform; Borrower Materials | Β Β | Β | 220 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.18 |
Β Β Β Β | [Reserved] | Β Β | Β | 220 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.19 |
Β Β Β Β | USA PATRIOT Act Notice | Β Β | Β | 220 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.20 |
Β Β Β Β | Intercreditor Agreements | Β Β | Β | 221 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.21 |
Β Β Β Β | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | Β Β | Β | 221 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.22 |
Β Β Β Β | Private-Side Information Contacts | Β Β | Β | 222 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.23 |
Β Β Β Β | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | Β Β | Β | 222 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 10.24 |
Β Β Β Β | Incorporation by Reference | Β Β | Β | 223 | Β |
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Exhibits and Schedules
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ExhibitΒ A | Β | Form of Assignment and Acceptance |
ExhibitΒ B | Β | Form of Borrowing Base Certificate |
ExhibitΒ C | Β | Form of Solvency Certificate |
ExhibitΒ D-1 | Β | Form of Borrowing Request |
ExhibitΒ D-2 | Β | Form of Letter of Credit Request |
ExhibitΒ E | Β | Form of Interest Election Request |
ExhibitΒ F | Β | [Reserved] |
ExhibitΒ G | Β | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
ExhibitΒ H | Β | Form of Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
ExhibitΒ I | Β | Form of Note |
ExhibitΒ J | Β | FILO Intercreditor Provisions |
ScheduleΒ 1.01(1) | Β | Existing Letters of Credit |
ScheduleΒ 1.01(2) | Β | Collateral Locations |
ScheduleΒ 2.01 | Β | Commitments |
ScheduleΒ 3.06 | Β | Subsidiaries |
ScheduleΒ 3.11 | Β | Taxes |
ScheduleΒ 3.13 | Β | Environmental Matters |
ScheduleΒ 3.15(1) | Β | Owned Material Real Property |
ScheduleΒ 3.15(2) | Β | Leased Material Real Property |
ScheduleΒ 3.18 | Β | Insurance |
ScheduleΒ 5.12 | Β | Post-Closing Matters |
ScheduleΒ 6.04 | Β | Investments |
ScheduleΒ 6.08 | Β | Transactions with Affiliates |
ScheduleΒ 6.10 | Β | Burdensome Agreements |
ScheduleΒ 10.01 | Β | Notice Information |
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this βAgreementβ), by and among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party hereto from time to time and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (βJPMβ), as administrative agent (in such capacity, and as further defined in SectionΒ 1.01, the βAdministrative Agentβ), and as collateral agent (in such capacity, and as further defined in SectionΒ 1.01, the βCollateral Agentβ).
RECITALS
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(1) | Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of OctoberΒ 17, 2017 (such agreement, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, each as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βAcquisition Agreementβ), by and among Impax (as defined herein), Atlas Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation which on the Closing Date will change its name to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (βAmneal Inc.β), and the Borrower, Amneal Inc. will directly or indirectly (a)Β acquire (the βAcquisitionβ) all of the Capital Stock of Impax and (b)Β contribute (the βContributionβ) all of the Capital Stock of Impax to the Borrower. |
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(2) | In connection with the consummation of the Acquisition, (a)Β the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower in the form of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500.0Β million, (b)Β certain financial institutions have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower in the form of term loans under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined herein) in an aggregate principal amount of $2,700.0Β million and (c)Β the proceeds of the Loans borrowed on the Closing Date under this Agreement and the Initial Term Loans (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the βInitial Term Loansβ) will be applied on the Closing Date to (i)Β consummate the Acquisition, the Closing Date Refinancing and the other Transactions (including the Specified Tender Offer, which shall be consummated with the portion of the Initial Term Loans deposited into the Escrow Account (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement)) and (ii)Β pay the Transaction Costs (as defined herein). |
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
βABL Priority Collateralβ means βABL Priority Collateralβ as defined in the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement.
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βABRβ means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of:
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(1) | the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus Β 1β2 of 1%; |
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(2) | the Prime Rate in effect on such day; |
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(3) | the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate (or if the LIBO Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day; and |
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Any change in the ABR due to a change in the NYFRB Rate, the Prime Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate will be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the NYFRB Rate, the Prime Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, as the case may be. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11 hereof, then the ABR shall be the greater of clauses (1), (2) and (4)Β above and shall be determined without reference to clause (3) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the ABR as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
βABR Borrowingβ means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
βABR Loanβ means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR.
βABR Revolving Facility Borrowingβ means a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.
βABR Revolving Loanβ means any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR.
βAcceptable Appraiserβ means (a)Β Hilco Valuation Services, LLC or (b)Β any other experienced and reputable appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
βAccountβ means, with respect to a Person, any of such Personβs now owned and hereafter acquired or arising accounts (as defined in the UCC), including, whether or not constituting βaccountsβ (as defined in the UCC), any rights to payment for the sale or lease of goods or Inventory or rendition of services, whether or not they have been earned by performance or arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or used with such card (and whether same is an βAccountβ or βGeneral Intangibleβ as defined in the UCC).
βAcquisitionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
βAcquisition Agreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
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βAcquisition Documentsβ means the collective reference to the Acquisition Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and all agreements expressly contemplated thereby, each as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
βAdditional Lenderβ means the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and investors (other than natural persons and any Disqualified Institution) that become Lenders in connection with Incremental Commitments or Refinancing Term Loans; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to any Additional Lender to the extent its consent would be required under SectionΒ 10.04 for an assignment of Term Loans to such Additional Lender.
βAdjusted LIBO Rateβ means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a)Β the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b)Β the Statutory Reserve Rate.
βAdministrative Agentβ means JPM, in its capacity as administrative agent for itself and the Lenders hereunder, and any duly appointed successor in such capacity.
βAdministrative Agent Feesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.12(3).
βAdministrative Questionnaireβ means a customary Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
βAffiliateβ means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. No Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) in whom a Receivables Subsidiary makes an Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such Investment.
βAgency Fee Letterβ means the Agency Fee Letter, dated NovemberΒ 6, 2017, by and among the Borrower, JPM, BANA and MLPFSI, as amended and in effect from time to time and including any joinders thereto.
βAgentsβ means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in their respective capacities as such.
βAgreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
βAmneal Holdingsβ means Amneal Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
βAmneal Inc.β has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
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βAnnual Financial Statementsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.04(1).
βAnti-Corruption Lawsβ shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, and other similar legislation in any other jurisdictions (as any of the foregoing laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced).
βApplicable Commitment Fee Percentageβ means a percentage per annum equal to (1)Β initially, 0.375% and (2)Β after SeptemberΒ 30, 2018, the percentages per annum determined in accordance with the grid set forth below, based on Average Historical Excess Availability for the most recent fiscal quarter ending on the date prior to the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower:
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Level |
Β Β | Average Historical Excess Availability |
Β Β | Commitment Fee Percentage |
I |
Β Β | Greater than 50% of the Line Cap | Β Β | 0.375% |
II |
Β Β | Less than or equal to 50% of the Line Cap | Β Β | 0.25% |
For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage resulting from a change in Average Historical Excess Availability shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of determining the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage on the first day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the Average Historical Excess Availability during the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower shall be used.
βApplicable Marginβ means, as of the Closing Date, (1)Β for ABR Loans, 0.50%, and (2)Β for Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, 1.50Β % and, after SeptemberΒ 30, 2018, the percentages per annum determined in accordance with the pricing grid set forth below, based on Average Historical Excess Availability for the most recent fiscal quarter ending on the date prior to the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower:
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Pricing Level |
Β Β | Average Historical Excess Availability |
Β Β | Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans |
Β Β | Applicable Margin for ABR Loans |
I |
Β Β | Greater than or equal to 66.7% of the Line Cap | Β Β | 1.25% | Β Β | 0.25% |
II |
Β Β | Less than 66.7% of the Line Cap but greater than or equal to 33.3% of the Line Cap | Β Β | 1.50% | Β Β | 0.50% |
III |
Β Β | Less than 33.3% of the Line Cap | Β Β | 1.75% | Β Β | 0.75% |
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For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in Average Historical Excess Availability shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin on the first day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the Average Historical Excess Availability during the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower shall be used.
βApproved Fundβ means, with respect to any Lender, any fund that is administered, advised or managed by:
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Β | (a) | such Lender; |
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Β | (b) | any Affiliate of such Lender; or |
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Β | (c) | any entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender. |
βArrangerβ means each of JPM, BANA and RBC.
βArranger Fee Letterβ means the Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated NovemberΒ 6, 2017, by and among the Borrower, JPM, BANA, MLPFSI and RBC, as amended and in effect from time to time and including any joinders thereto.
βAsset Saleβ means any Casualty Event, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any Sale Leaseback Transaction) to any Person of any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than any disposition of any Securitization Assets.
βAssigneeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.04(2).
βAssignment and Acceptanceβ means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by SectionΒ 10.04), substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form that is approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower.
βAttributable Indebtednessβ means, on any date, in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
βAvailability Periodβ means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments.
βAvailable Unused Commitmentβ means, with respect to a Lender at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which (1)Β the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Lender at such time exceeds (2)Β the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time.
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βAverage Historical Excess Availabilityβ means, for any period, the average daily Excess Availability for such period.
βBail-In Actionβ means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
βBail-In Legislationβ means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
βBANAβ means Bank of America, N.A.
βBlocked Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.11.
βBelow Threshold Asset Sale Proceedsβ means the cash proceeds of Asset Sales involving aggregate consideration of $25.0Β million or less.
βBeneficial Ownerβ has the meaning given to that term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The terms βBeneficially Ownsβ and βBeneficially Ownedβ have a corresponding meaning.
βBoardβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
βBoard of Directorsβ means, as to any Person, the board of directors, board of managers or other governing body of such Person, or if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors, board of managers or other governing body of such entity, and the term βdirectorsβ means members of the Board of Directors.
βBorrowerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
βBorrower Materialsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.17(1).
βBorrowingβ means a group of Loans of a single Type made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
βBorrowing Baseβ means, at any time, the sum of:
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(1) | 85% of the Eligible Accounts held by the Loan Parties; plus |
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(2) | the lesser of: |
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Β | (a) | 70% of the Eligible Inventory held by the Loan Parties valued at Cost on a first-in, first-out basis; and |
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Β | (b) | 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory held by the Loan Parties valued at the lower of Cost or market on a first-in, first-out basis; plus |
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(3) | 100% of all Eligible Cash held by the Loan Parties; less |
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(4) | Reserves in effect at such time; |
provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, from the Closing Date until the Initial Borrowing Base Date, the Borrowing Base will be deemed to be $350Β million for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
βBorrowing Base Certificateβ means a certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B (or another form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base, including a calculation of each component thereof (including, to the extent the Borrower has received notice of any such Reserve from the Administrative Agent, any of the Reserves included in such calculation), all in such detail as is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. All calculations of the Borrowing Base in connection with the preparation of any Borrowing Base Certificate will be made by the Borrower and certified to the Administrative Agent.
βBorrowing Minimumβ means $500,000 in the case of ABR Borrowings and $1,000,000 in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings.
βBorrowing Multipleβ means $100,000 in the case of ABR Borrowings and Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings.
βBorrowing Requestβ means a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1.
βBudgetβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.04(5).
βBusiness Dayβ means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close; provided that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, the term βBusiness Dayβ also excludes any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the London interbank market.
βCapital Expendituresβ means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in βadditions to property, plant or equipmentβ or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; provided that Capital Expenditures will not include:
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(1) | expenditures to the extent they are made with (a)Β Equity Interests of any Parent Entity or (b) proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of, or a cash capital contribution to, the Borrower after the Closing Date; |
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(2) | expenditures with proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) | interest capitalized during such period; |
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(4) | expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary) and for which none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period); |
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(5) | the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a Capital Expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused will be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure is actually made; |
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(6) | the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (a)Β used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase or (b)Β the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; |
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(7) | Investments in respect of any Permitted Acquisitions; |
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(8) | the Acquisition; or |
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(9) | the purchase of property, plant or equipment to the extent purchased with the proceeds of Asset Sales that are not applied to prepay loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.08 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. |
βCapital Lease Obligationsβ means, with respect to any Person, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP (excluding the footnotes thereto) and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time will be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
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βCapital Leasesβ means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capital Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date.
βCapital Stockβ means:
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(1) | in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; |
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(2) | in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; |
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(3) | in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and |
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(4) | any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person. |
βCaptive Insurance Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).
βCash Dominion Periodβ means the period commencing upon the occurrence of, and continuing during the continuation of, a Liquidity Condition or any Designated Event of Default. Once commenced, a Cash Dominion Period will continue until such Liquidity Condition or Designated Event of Default has been cured or waived or is no longer continuing, as applicable.
βCash Equivalentsβ means:
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(1) | Dollars, Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, pounds sterling, euros or the national currency of any participating member of the European Union or, in the case of any Non-U.S. Subsidiary, any local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business and not for speculation; |
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(2) | direct obligations of the United States of America, the United Kingdom or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America, the United Kingdom or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case, with maturities not exceeding two years; |
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(3) | time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, certificates of deposit and money market deposits, in each case, with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition thereof, demand deposits, bankersβ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any commercial bank having capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250.0Β million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof); |
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(4) | repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2)Β and (3) above and clause (6)Β below entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (3)Β above; |
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(5) | commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition issued by a corporation rated at least βP-1β by Moodyβs or βA-1β by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
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(6) | securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodyβs or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
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(7) | Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of at least βA 2β by Moodyβs or βAβ by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency), in each case, with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition, and marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least βP-2β or βA-2β from either Moodyβs or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
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(8) | Investments in money market funds with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition that are rated βAaa3β by Moodyβs and βAAAβ by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency); |
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(9) | instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1)Β through (8) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above customarily utilized in the countries where any such Restricted Subsidiary is located or in which such Investment is made; |
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(10) | shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such fundsβ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (1)Β through (9) above; and |
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(11) | solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment that such Captive Insurance Subsidiary is not prohibited to make in accordance with applicable law. |
βCash Management Bankβ means any provider of Cash Management Services that, at the time such Cash Management Obligations were entered into or, if entered into prior to the Closing Date, on the Closing Date, was the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of the foregoing, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of the foregoing.
βCash Management Obligationsβ means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in respect of or in connection with Cash Management Services and designated by the Cash Management Bank and the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as βCash Management Obligationsβ under this Agreement (but only if such obligations have not been designated as βCash Management Obligationsβ under the Term Loan Credit Agreement).
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βCash Management Servicesβ means any treasury, depository, pooling, netting, overdraft, stored value card, purchase card (including so called βprocurement cardβ or βP-cardβ), debit card, credit card, cash management and similar services and any automated clearing house transfer of funds.
βCasualty Eventβ means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
βCertain Funds Provisionsβ has the meaning given to such term in the Commitment Letter.
A βChange in Controlβ will be deemed to occur if:
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(1) | at any time a βchange of controlβ (or comparable event) occurs under the Term Loan Credit Agreement or the documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing, in each case, if any Indebtedness is outstanding under such agreement; or |
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(2) | any Person or βgroupβ (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person and its subsidiaries and any Person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than the Permitted Holders, acquires, directly or indirectly, Beneficial Ownership of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power (determined on a fully diluted basis but without giving effect to contingent voting rights that have not yet vested) represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Amneal Inc. and the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power so held is greater than the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Amneal Inc. Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders, taken together (determined on a fully diluted basis but without giving effect to contingent voting rights that have not yet vested) unless, in the case of this clause (2), the Permitted Holders have the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors of Amneal Inc.; or |
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(3) | Amneal Inc. fails to Control the Borrower. |
βChange in Lawβ means:
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(1) | the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date; |
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(2) | any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date; or |
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(3) | compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of SectionΒ 2.15(2), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenderβs holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority, made or issued after the Closing Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a)Β the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (b)Β all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of America or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, in each case will be deemed to be a βChange in Law,β regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued. |
βChargesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.09.
βClosing Dateβ means MayΒ 4, 2018.
βClosing Date EBITDAβ means $619,791,601.
βClosing Date First Lien Net Leverage Ratioβ means 4.20 to 1.00.
βClosing Date Intercreditor Agreementβ means the ABL / Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and JPM, as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, and acknowledged by the Loan Parties, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof.
βClosing Date Refinancingβ means the repayment of the debt and termination of the commitments under the Existing Credit Facilities and release of all Liens and security interests related thereto.
βClosing Date Total Net Leverage Ratioβ means 4.20 to 1.00.
βCo-Documentation Agentsβ means Bank of the West, Capital One N.A., Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, Suntrust Bank and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association.
βCo-Syndication Agentsβ means Bank of America, N.A. and Royal Bank of Canada.
βCodeβ means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
βCollateralβ means the βCollateralβ as defined in the Collateral Agreement and also includes all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to any Security Document; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral will not include any Excluded Assets.
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βCollateral Access Agreementβ means a landlord waiver or other agreement, in a form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, between the Collateral Agent and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, or other similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any landlord of any premises where any Collateral is located, as such landlord waiver or other agreement may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
βCollateral Agentβ means JPM, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for itself and the other Secured Parties, and any duly appointed successor in that capacity.
βCollateral Agreementβ means the ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among the Loan Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
βCollateral Test Triggering Eventβ means any date on which Specified Excess Availability has been less than the greater of (A) $37.5Β million and (B) 15% of the Line Cap for five (5)Β consecutive Business Days.
βCommitment Feeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.12(1).
βCommitmentβ means (1)Β with respect to each Lender, such Lenderβs Revolving Facility Commitment and (2)Β with respect to any Issuing Bank, its Letter of Credit Commitment. On the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of Commitments is $500.0Β million.
βCommitment Letterβ means that certain Amended and Restated Commitment Letter, dated as of NovemberΒ 6, 2017, by and among the Borrower, JPM, BANA, MLPFSI and RBC and including any joinders thereto.
βConsolidated Amortization Expenseβ means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the amortization expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs for such Test Period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated Cash Interest Expenseβ means, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for any Test Period, the sum of: (1)Β cash consolidated interest expense (less cash interest income) for such period plus (2)Β all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock made during such period.
βConsolidated Debtβ means, as of any date of determination, the sum (without duplication) of the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, unreimbursed obligations in respect of drawn letters of credit (to the extent not cash collateralized), Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments and obligations with respect to Disqualified Stock, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition or any other investment permitted hereunder), based upon the most recent fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been or are required to have been delivered; provided, that Consolidated Debt will include any Convertible Indebtedness to the extent of the aggregate principal amount thereof; provided, further, that Consolidated Debt shall not include any Indebtedness in respect of:
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(1) | any Qualified Receivables Transaction; |
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(2) | any letter of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed obligations in respect of drawn letters of credit (provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Debt until three business days after such amount is drawn (it being understood that any borrowing, whether automatic or otherwise, to fund such reimbursement shall be counted)); or |
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(3) | obligations under Hedge Agreements. |
βConsolidated Depreciation Expenseβ means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the depreciation expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated EBITDAβ means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, adjusted by:
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(1) | adding thereto, in each case, only to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication: |
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Β | (a) | Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period; |
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Β | (b) | Consolidated Amortization Expense for such Test Period; |
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Β | (c) | Consolidated Depreciation Expense for such Test Period; |
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Β | (d) | Consolidated Tax Expense for such Test Period; |
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Β | (e) | the amount of any restructuring, severance, relocation, consolidation, integration, remediation or similar items or reserves in such Test Period (whether or not characterized as such in accordance with GAAP), including items or reserves incurred or taken in connection with (i)Β Permitted Acquisitions and other Permitted Investments after the Closing Date and (ii)Β severance and the consolidation or closing of any facilities after the Closing Date; |
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Β | (f) | the amount of costs relating to signing, retention and completion bonuses, relocation expenses, recruiting expenses, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any strategic or new initiatives, transition costs, consolidation and closing costs for facilities, business optimization expenses and new systems design and implementation costs; |
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Β | (g) | the amount of βrun-rateβ cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to the Transactions, any Specified Transaction or any other restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative that are projected by such Person in good faith to result from actions taken, committed to be taken or expected to be taken no later than 24 months after the end of such Test Period (which amounts will be determined by such Person in good faith and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such amounts had been realized on the first day of such Test Period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such Test Period from such actions; provided, that the amounts added back pursuant to this clause (g)Β shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA after giving effect to this clause (g); |
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Β | (h) | any costs or expenses incurred in such Test Period pursuant to or in connection with or resulting from any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any post-employment benefit plans or agreements or any grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other similar rights or any stock subscription, stockholders or partnership agreement; |
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Β | (i) | any net loss from disposed, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations; |
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Β | (j) | cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any Test Period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (2)Β below for any previous Test Period and not added back; |
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Β | (k) | any non-cash charges or expenses reducing Consolidated Net Income for such Test Period (provided that if any such non-cash item represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future Test Period, (i)Β such Person may determine not to add back such non-cash item in the current Test Period and (ii)Β to the extent such Person does decide to add back such non-cash item, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future Test Period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior Test Period); |
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Β | (l) | all charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests held by officers or employees of such Person and all losses, charges and expenses related to payments made to holders of options or other derivative Equity Interests in the common equity of such Person or any direct or indirect parent thereof in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equity holders of such Person or any direct or indirect parent thereof, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were equity holders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution; |
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Β | (m) | the amount of any expenses paid on behalf of any member of the board of directors or reimbursable to such member of the board of directors; |
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Β | (n) | all judgments, liabilities, obligations, damages of any kind, including liquidated damages, settlement amounts, losses, fines, costs, fees, expenses (including reasonable attorneysβ fees and disbursements), penalties and interest and other charges or expenses in connection with any lawsuit or other proceeding against such Person and its Subsidiaries; provided, that the amounts added back pursuant to this clause (n)Β shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated EBITDA prior to giving effect to this clause (n); |
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Β | (o) | losses or discounts on any sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction; |
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Β | (p) | earn-outs and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses and other compensation), payments in respect of dissenting shares, and purchase price adjustments, made by such Person during such Test Period, in each case, in connection with an investment or acquisition permitted hereunder; |
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Β | (q) | the amount of any contingent payments in connection with the licensing of Intellectual Property Rights or other assets; |
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Β | (r) | any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual costs items; and |
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Β | (s) | other adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X; and |
(2) subtracting therefrom, in each case only to the extent (and in the same proportion) included or added in determining such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication:
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Β | (a) | the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than (i)Β the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business and (ii)Β the reversal of any accrual of a reserve referred to in the parenthetical in clause (1)(k) of this definition (other than any such reversal that results from a cash payment subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA)) for such Test Period; |
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Β | (b) | any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains; and |
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Β | (c) | any net income from disposed, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower (i)Β for the fiscal quarter ended MarchΒ 31, 2017, shall be deemed to be $124,962,967, (ii) for the fiscal quarter ended JuneΒ 30, 2017, shall be deemed to be $146,611,301, (iii) for the fiscal quarter ended SeptemberΒ 30, 2017, shall be deemed to be $179,033,361, and (iv)Β for the fiscal quarter ended DecemberΒ 31, 2017, shall be deemed to be $169,183,972, as such amounts may be adjusted pursuant to Pro Forma adjustments permitted by this Agreement.
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βConsolidated First Lien Net Debtβ means, as of any date, the Loans, the Initial Term Loans and any other Consolidated Debt outstanding as of such date that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens that secure the Initial Term Loans, minus all Unrestricted Cash as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000, in each case, determined based upon the most recent fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been or are required to have been delivered; provided that for purposes of calculating the amount of Consolidated First Lien Net Debt with respect to any Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on compliance with any financial ratio-based incurrence test, Unrestricted Cash will not include any proceeds received from such Indebtedness.
βConsolidated Interest Expenseβ means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the total consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without duplication:
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(1) | imputed interest on Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period; |
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(2) | commissions, discounts and other fees, charges and expenses owed by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankersβ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such Test Period; |
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(3) | pay-in-kind interest payments, amortization and write-offs of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, debt discount, or premium, commissions and other financing fees and expenses (including expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees) incurred by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period including net costs under Hedge Agreements dealing with interest rates and any commitment fees payable thereunder and all discounts, commissions, fees and other similar charges associated with any Qualified Receivables Transaction; |
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(4) | cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than such Person or a wholly-owned Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such Test Period; |
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(5) | all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period; |
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(6) | the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period; and |
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(7) | all interest on any Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is (a)Β Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person or its Subsidiaries, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such property or (b)Β contingent obligations of such Person or its Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness; |
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provided that Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated after giving effect to Hedge Agreements related to interest rates (including associated costs), but excluding unrealized gains and losses with respect to such Hedge Agreements; provided further that when determining Consolidated Interest Expense in respect of any Test Period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense will be calculated by multiplying the aggregate Consolidated Interest Expense accrued since the Closing Date by 365 and then dividing such product by the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and including the last day of such Test Period. For purposes of this definition, interest on Capital Lease Obligations will be deemed to accrue at the interest rate reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligations in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated Net Incomeβ means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such consolidated net income (to the extent otherwise included therein), without duplication:
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(1) | the Net Income for such Test Period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that the Borrowerβs or any Restricted Subsidiaryβs equity in the Net Income of such Person shall be included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such Test Period up to the aggregate amount of dividends or distributions or other payments in respect of such equity that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such Person to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, in such Test Period, to the extent not already included therein; |
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(2) | [Reserved]; |
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(3) | any gain (or loss), together with any related provisions for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Test Period upon any asset sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(4) | gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects determined in accordance with GAAP for such Test Period; |
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(5) | earnings (or losses), including any impairment charge, resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up (or write-down) of assets during such Test Period; |
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(6) | (a) unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedge Agreements for such Test Period pursuant to the application of Accounting Standards Codification 815 (Derivatives and Hedging) and (b)Β any after-tax effect of income (or losses) for such Test Period that result from the early extinguishment of (i)Β Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Hedge Agreements or (iii)Β other derivative instruments; |
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(7) | any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gain (or extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual loss), together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), recorded or recognized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such Test Period; |
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(8) | the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such Test Period; |
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(9) | any after-tax gains (or losses) on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations for such Test Period; |
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(10) | effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt and unfavorable or favorable lease line items in such Personβs consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP for such Test Period resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any acquisition consummated prior to the Closing Date and any Permitted Acquisition or other investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, for such Test Period; |
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(11) | any non-cash compensation charge or expense (including any deferred non-cash compensation expense) for such Test Period, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and any cash charges or expenses associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests by, or to, management of the such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions; |
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(12) | (a) Transaction Costs incurred during such Test Period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any charges, costs or expenses pursuant to or in connection with or resulting from any Existing Notes LM Transaction or Specified Tender Offer) and (b)Β any fees and expenses incurred during such Test Period, or any amortization thereof for such Test Period, in connection with any acquisition (other than the Transactions), investment, disposition, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt or equity instrument (in each case, including any such transaction whether consummated on, after or prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring costs incurred during such Test Period as a result of any such transaction; |
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(13) | any expenses, charges or losses for such Test Period that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment, Permitted Acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days); and |
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(14) | to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses, charges or losses for such Test Period with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption. |
βConsolidated Tax Expenseβ means, with respect to any Person for any Test Period, taxes based on gross receipts, income, profits or capital, franchise, excise or similar taxes, and foreign withholding taxes, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, including (1)Β penalties and interest related thereto and (2)Β tax distributions made to any direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests of such Person in respect of any such taxes.
βConsolidated Total Assetsβ means, as of any date, the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, determined based upon the most recent month-end financial statements available internally as of the date of determination, and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
βConsolidated Total Net Debtβ means, as of any date, the Consolidated Debt outstanding as of such date minus all Unrestricted Cash as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000, in each case, determined based upon the most recent financial statements available internally as of the date of determination; provided that for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Total Net Debt with respect to any Indebtedness being incurred in reliance on compliance with any financial ratio-based incurrence test, Unrestricted Cash will not include any proceeds received from such Indebtedness.
βcontinuingβ means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
βContractual Obligationβ means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
βContributionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
βContribution Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed an amount equal to 100% of the net cash proceeds and the fair market value of property (other than cash) received by the Borrower from Permitted Equity Issuances or as a contribution to its common equity capital, in each case, after the Closing Date and on or prior to the date of such incurrence (other than Excluded Contributions, Cure Amounts and sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) that are Not Otherwise Applied.
βControlβ means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms βControllingβ and βControlledβ will have correlative meanings.
βControl Agreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
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βConvertible Indebtednessβ means (1)Β the Impax Convertible Notes and (2)Β any Indebtedness of a Loan Party (which may be Guaranteed by other Loan Parties) permitted to be incurred hereunder that is either (a)Β convertible into common Capital Stock of the Borrower or of any direct or indirect parent thereof (or other applicable securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of the Borrower) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common Capital Stock or such other securities) or (b)Β sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common Capital Stock of the Borrower or of any direct or indirect parent thereof and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common Capital Stock).
βCost β means the calculated cost of purchases, based upon the Borrowerβs accounting practices as reflected in the most recent Annual Financial Statements, which practices are consistent with the methodology used in the most recent appraisal delivered in connection with this Agreement prior to the Closing Date.
βCovenant Trigger Eventβ means that Specified Excess Availability is less than either (a)Β the greater of (i) $25.0Β million and (ii) 10.0% of the Line Cap then in effect for two (2)Β consecutive Business Days or (b)Β the greater of (i) $18.75Β million and (ii) 7.5% of the Line Cap then in effect at any time. Once commenced, a Covenant Trigger Event will be deemed to be continuing until such time as Specified Excess Availability equals or exceeds such amount, as reflected in a Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 5.04(9), for 20 consecutive days.
βCredit Agreement Refinanced Debtβ has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ.
βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ means secured or unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower in the form of term loans or notes; provided that:
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(1) | such Indebtedness is incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, Indebtedness (βCredit Agreement Refinanced Debtβ) that is either Loans or other Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(2) | such Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the principal amount of the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt (plus (a)Β the amount of unpaid, accrued or capitalized interest, penalties, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other similar amounts payable with respect thereto and (b)Β underwriting discounts, fees, commissions, costs, expenses and other similar amounts payable with respect to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness); |
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(3) | (a) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness is equal to or longer than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt, and (b)Β the final maturity date of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date; |
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(4) | such Indebtedness may participate on a pro rata basis or on a less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory prepayments hereunder on the same basis as any Refinancing Term Loans; |
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(5) | such Indebtedness will rank pari passu or junior in right of payment to the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt; |
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(6) | such Indebtedness is not secured by any assets or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that does not constitute Collateral (subject to customary exceptions for cash collateral in favor of an agent, letter of credit issuer or similar βfrontingβ lender); |
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(7) | such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Person other than a Guarantor; |
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(8) | if such Indebtedness is secured: |
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Β | (a) | such Indebtedness shall be secured on a junior basis to the Revolving Facility Claims, except in the case of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness constituting Refinancing Term Loans (which shall be secured on a pari passu basis with any other outstanding Refinancing Term Loans); |
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Β | (b) | the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially similar to or the same as the applicable Security Documents (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower); and |
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Β | (c) | except in the case of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness constituting Refinancing Term Loans, a Debt Representative, acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness, will become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or, if applicable, the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement; provided that, to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loans, it shall be subject to the relative priorities and intercreditor provisions as described in SectionΒ 2.22(1); and |
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(9) | the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (a)Β are substantially identical to, or, taken as a whole, no more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than, those applicable to such Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of incurrence) and (b)Β solely to the extent that any terms and conditions applicable to any such Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt are not substantially the same as, or are materially more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than, those then applicable to the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt, shall otherwise reflect customary market terms and conditions, including with respect to high yield debt securities to the extent applicable, at the time of such incurrence of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least four (4)Β Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior to the incurrence of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material covenants and events of default of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in |
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Β | good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (9)Β shall be conclusive evidence that such Indebtedness satisfies this clause (9)Β unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such four (4)Β Business Day (or shorter) period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided that this clause (9)Β will not apply to (v)Β terms addressed in the preceding clauses (1)Β through (8), (w) interest rate, rate floors, fees, funding discounts and other pricing terms, (x)Β redemption, prepayment or other premiums, or (y)Β optional prepayment or redemption terms; provided further that the Borrower will promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent final copies of the definitive credit documentation relating to such Indebtedness (unless the Borrower is bound by a confidentiality obligation with respect thereto, in which case the Borrower will deliver a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness in lieu thereof). |
Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
βCredit Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Article IV.
βCure Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 8.02.
βCure Rightβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 8.02.
βCustoms Broker Agreementβ means an agreement, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in which the customs broker or other carrier acknowledges that it has control over and holds the documents evidencing ownership of the subject Inventory for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and agrees, upon notice from the Collateral Agent, to hold and dispose of such Inventory solely as directed by the Collateral Agent.
βDDAβ means any checking or other demand deposit account maintained by the Loan Parties in the United States.
βDebt Representativeβ means, with respect to any Junior Lien Debt, the lenders or other holders of such Indebtedness or the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
βDebtor Relief Lawsβ means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
βDefaultβ means any event or condition which, but for the giving of notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
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βDefaulting Lenderβ means any Lender that:
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(1) | has refused (without retraction) or failed to (a)Β fund its portion of any Borrowing, or (b)Β pay to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due; |
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(2) | has notified the Borrower, any Agent or any Issuing Bank that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under any Loan Document, or has made a public statement to that effect; |
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(3) | has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations under any Loan Document (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (3) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower); or |
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(4) | has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has: |
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Β | (a) | become insolvent or the subject of a proceeding under any voluntary or involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, |
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Β | (b) | had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or |
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Β | (c) | become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. |
Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (1)Β through (4) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.
βDesignated Event of Defaultβ means any Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(2), SectionΒ 8.01(3), SectionΒ 8.01(4) (solely with respect to a default under SectionΒ 5.04(9), SectionΒ 5.11 or SectionΒ 6.13), SectionΒ 8.01(8) or SectionΒ 8.01(9).
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βDesignated Non-Cash Considerationβ means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
βDischarge of ABL Revolving Claimsβ has the meaning assigned to the term βDischarge of ABL Claimsβ in the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement, except that, solely for purposes of this definition, the principal amount of any Refinancing Term Loans and any interest, fees, attorneysβ fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other Obligations relating thereto do not constitute βABL Claimsβ (as defined in the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement).
βDisinterested Directorβ means, with respect to any Person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such Person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.
βDispositionβ or βDisposeβ means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (excluding Liens, but including any sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary and any sale leaseback transactions of a Loan Party) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
βDisqualified Institutionβ means:
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(1) | those entities identified by or on behalf of the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent, from time to time prior to or after the completion of general syndication, as competitors of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or Impax or its Subsidiaries; |
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(2) | those banks, financial institutions, other institutional lenders and other persons identified in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower or Impax to the Arrangers from time to time prior to OctoberΒ 17, 2017; |
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(3) | those banks, financial institutions, other institutional lenders and other persons identified in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Arrangers after OctoberΒ 17, 2017 if such designation is reasonably acceptable to the Arrangers; and |
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(4) | any clearly identifiable (solely on the basis of the similarity of its name or as identified in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower) Affiliate of the entities described in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3) (other than, with respect to this clause (4), any bona fide Debt Fund Affiliates thereof). |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Loan Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that (i)Β the Administrative Agent will not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent will have no liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Term Loans to a Disqualified Institution and (ii)Β any written notice of a Disqualified Institution shall be deemed not delivered and not effective unless delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by email to XXXXX_Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx and shall only become effective, as of and following, two (2)Β Business Days after such delivery.
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βDisqualified Stockβ means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
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(1) | mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale are subject to the prior Payment in Full and the termination of the Commitments); |
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(2) | is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part; |
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(3) | provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash; or |
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(4) | is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the earlier of: |
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Β | (a) | the Latest Maturity Date at the time of issuance; and |
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Β | (b) | the date on which the Term Loans and all other Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements, Cash Management Obligations and contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations that are not yet due and payable and for which no claim has been asserted) are Paid in Full and the Commitments are terminated and any outstanding Letters of Credit are expired, terminated or cash collateralized on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank(s); |
provided that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of any future, current or former officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees, such Equity Interests will not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of any such Personβs termination, death or disability; and provided, further, that any class of Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of any Equity Interests that is not Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, any Convertible Indebtedness or any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction will not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
βDollarsβ or β$β means lawful money of the United States of America.
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βEEA Financial Institutionβ means:
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(1) | any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority; |
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(2) | any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (1)Β of this definition; or |
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(3) | any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (1)Β or (2) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. |
βEEA Member Countryβ means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
βEEA Resolution Authorityβ means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
βDominion Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.11.
βEligible Accountsβ means, at any time, all Accounts of any Loan Party that constitute proceeds from the sale or disposition of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and that are reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, except any Account with respect to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. No Account will be an Eligible Account if:
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(1) | Past Due / Extended: such Account are not paid within the earlier of sixty (60)Β days following its due date or more than (a)Β one hundred (120)Β days in respect of Accounts for which any of Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens, McKesson or any of their respective Affiliates is the Account debtor or (b)Β one hundred (100)Β days in respect of Accounts (other than Accounts for which Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens, McKesson or any of their respective Affiliates is the Account debtor), in the case of the foregoing clauses (a)Β and (b), following its original invoice date; provided that, in calculating delinquent portions of Accounts under this clause (1), only such delinquent portions will be excluded; |
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(2) | Non-U.S./Canadian Accounts: unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent or such Account is backed by a letter of credit reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, such Account is the obligation of an Account debtor that (i)Β does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, Canada or any political subdivision of any thereof or (ii)Β is not organized under the applicable laws of the United States or political subdivision thereof or the District of Columbia or Canada or any political subdivision thereof; |
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Β | of any other Person, other than (i)Β Liens in favor of any Agent pursuant to any Loan Document, (ii)Β Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(9), 6.02(10), 6.02(11), 6.02(12), 6.02(13), 6.02(17), 6.02(18), 6.02(22), 6.02(24) or 6.02(29) (including any Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(40) with respect to the foregoing) or Permitted Liens arising by operation of law, in each case that do not have priority over the Liens that secure the Revolving Facility Claims or (iii)Β (x) Permitted Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(1) which Liens do not have priority over the Liens that secure the Revolving Facility Claims, (y)Β Permitted Liens securing Ratio Debt, Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(2) and Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(11), 6.01(19), 6.01(21) or 6.01(28) (and in each case, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof permitted under SectionΒ 6.01) and (z)Β Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(14), 6.02(19), 6.02(20), 6.02(25), 6.02(28), 6.02(30), 6.02(31), 6.02(32), 6.02(33), 6.02(36)(a), 6.02(39) or 6.02(42) (including any Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(40) with respect to the foregoing), which Liens, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (y)Β and (z), are secured on a junior basis to the Liens that secure the Revolving Facility Claims; |
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(4) | Not Bona Fide: Accounts that are not true and correct statements of bona fide indebtedness incurred in the amount of such Account by the applicable Account debtor; |
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(5) | Disputed Accounts: such Account is disputed, or a claim, counterclaim, discount, deduction, reserve, allowance, recoupment, offset or chargeback has been asserted with respect thereto by the applicable Account debtor (but only to the extent of such dispute, claim, counterclaim, discount, deduction, reserve, allowance, recoupment, offset or chargeback); |
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(6) | Bankruptcy: such Account is owed by an Account debtor that is subject to a bankruptcy proceeding of the type specified in SectionΒ 8.01(8) or (9)Β or that is liquidating, dissolving or winding up its affairs or otherwise deemed not creditworthy by the Administrative Agent in its Reasonable Credit Judgment; provided that (i)Β the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, include Accounts from Account debtors subject to such proceedings if and to the extent that such Accounts are fully covered by credit insurance, letters of credit or other sufficient third-party credit support, or are otherwise deemed by the Administrative Agent not to pose an unreasonable risk of non-collectability; |
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(7) | Judgments, Notes or Chattel Paper: such Account is evidenced by Chattel Paper or an Instrument (each as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of any kind, or has been reduced to judgment; |
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(8) | Cross Aged Accounts: such Account is the obligation of an Account debtor if fifty percent (50%) or more of the Dollar amount of all Accounts owing by that Account debtor are ineligible under the other criteria set forth in this definition; |
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(9) | Government Accounts: such Account is the obligation of an Account debtor that is the United States government or a political subdivision thereof, or any state, county or municipality or department, agency or instrumentality thereof unless Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, has agreed to the contrary in writing, or the applicable Loan Party has complied with respect to such obligation with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, or any applicable state, county or municipal law restricting the assignment thereof with respect to such obligation; |
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(10) | Contra Accounts: such Account to the extent the Borrower or any subsidiary thereof is liable for goods sold or services rendered by the applicable Account debtor, but only to the extent of the potential offset; |
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(11) | Inter-Company/Affiliate Accounts: such Account arises from a sale to any Affiliate of any Loan Party or any employee, officer or director of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates or to any entity that has any common officer or director with any Loan Party; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to Accounts arising from sales (which sales are on terms and conditions not less favorable to the applicable Loan Party than would reasonably be obtained by such Loan Party in a comparable armβs length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate of a Loan Party) to any Affiliates (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) that are portfolio companies of the Investors; |
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(12) | Unbilled Accounts: an invoice with respect to such Account has not been sent to the applicable Account debtor; |
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(13) | Progress Billing: such Account (i)Β as to which a Loan Party is not able to bring suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the applicable Account debtor through judicial process or (ii)Β if the Account represents a progress billing consisting of an invoice for goods sold or used or services rendered pursuant to a contract under which the Account debtorβs obligation to pay that invoice is subject to a Loan Partyβs completion of further performance under such contract or is subject to the equitable lien of a surety bond issuer; |
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(14) | Xxxx and Hold; C.O.D.: such Account arises with respect to goods that are sold on a xxxx-and-hold or cash-on-delivery basis; |
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(15) | Non-Acceptable Alternative Currency: unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent or such Account is backed by a letter of credit reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, such Account is payable in any currency other than Dollars; |
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(16) | Conditional Sale: such Account arises with respect to goods that are placed on consignment, guarantied sale or other terms by reason of which the payment by the applicable Account debtor is conditional; |
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(17) | Non-Ordinary Course Sales: such Account does not arise from the sale of goods or the performance of services by a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business; |
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(18) | Consumer Sales: such Account arises with respect to goods that are sold by any party directly to individual consumers; |
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(19) | Reserves; Rebates; Etc.: such Account to the extent a Loan Party has reserved for credits to be applied against the balance of such Account, but only to the extent of such potential credits, including without limitation any rebates, billbacks, chargebacks, redistribution fees, service level fees, miscellaneous fees and administrative fees; |
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(20) | Concentration Risk (Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens and McKesson): with respect to Accounts for which any of Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens, McKesson or any of their respective Affiliates is the Account debtor (and solely to the extent that the respective long-term credit rating of Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens or McKesson, as applicable, is at least βBBβ (βB+β in the case of Walgreens) from S&P and at least βBa2β (βB1β in the case of Walgreens) from Xxxxxβx), Accounts of such Account debtor, to the extent that such Accounts, together with all other Accounts owing by the respective Account debtor and its Affiliates, exceed thirty percent (30%) of all Eligible Accounts; provided that only such portion of such Accounts in excess of thirty percent (30%) of all Eligible Accounts will be excluded; provided further that if any of Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens or McKesson does not have at least the long-term credit rating set forth herein, then the limitation set forth in clause (21)Β of this definition shall be applicable to such Account debtor; or |
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(21) | Concentration Risk (Other Account Debtors): to the extent such Account (other than Accounts for which Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens, McKesson or any of their respective Affiliates is the Account debtor and only if the long-term credit rating of Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen, Walgreens or McKesson, as applicable, is at least βBBβ (βB+β in the case of Walgreens) from S&P and at least βBa2β (βB1β in the case of Walgreens) from Xxxxxβx), together with all other Accounts owing by such Account debtor and its Affiliates as of any date of determination, exceed twenty percent (20%) of all Eligible Accounts; provided that only such portion of such Accounts in excess of twenty percent (20%) of all Eligible Accounts will be excluded. |
If any Account at any time ceases to be an Eligible Account, then such Account will promptly be excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base; provided that if any Account ceases to be an Eligible Account because of the adjustment of or imposition of new exclusionary criteria pursuant to the succeeding paragraph, the Administrative Agent will not require exclusion of such Account from the Borrowing Base until 5 Business Days following the date on which the Administrative Agent gives notice to the Borrower of such ineligibility; provided that upon such notice, the Borrower shall not be permitted to borrow any Loans or have any Letters of Credit issued so as to exceed the Line Cap after giving effect to such adjustment or imposition of new exclusionary criteria.
The Administrative Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any of the exclusionary criteria set forth above and to establish new criteria, in each case, in its Reasonable Credit Judgment (based on an analysis of material facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by the Administrative Agent, after the Closing Date), subject to the necessary approvals set forth in SectionΒ 10.08 in the case of adjustments or new criteria which have the effect of making more credit available than would have been available based upon the criteria in effect on the Closing Date.
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βEligible Cashβ means Unrestricted Cash of a Loan Party held in a segregated deposit account or securities account that is cash denominated in Dollars and either (a) maintained with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations or (b)Β if not maintained with the Collateral Agent, maintained with a Lender and subject to a Control Agreement; provided that in no event shall any cash held in any Excluded Account be included in Eligible Cash.
βEligible Inventoryβ means all Inventory owned by any Loan Party reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, except any Inventory with respect to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. No item of Inventory will be Eligible Inventory if such item:
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(1) | Unperfected: is not subject to a first priority (subject to any Permitted Liens arising by operation of law) perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent as to such Inventory; |
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(2) | Other Liens: is (a)Β not owned by a Loan Party or (b)Β is subject to any Lien of any Person, other than (i)Β Liens in favor of any Agent pursuant to any Loan Document, (ii)Β Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(9), 6.02(10), 6.02(11), 6.02(12), 6.02(19), or 6.02(24) (including any Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(40) with respect to the foregoing) or Permitted Liens arising by operation of law, in each case, that do not have priority over the Liens that secure the Revolving Facility Claims or (iii)Β (x) Permitted Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(1) which Liens do not have priority over the Liens that secure the Revolving Facility Claims, (y)Β Permitted Liens securing Ratio Debt, Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(2) and Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(11), 6.01(15)(b), 6.01(19), 6.01(21), 6.01(28) or 6.01(30) (and in each case, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof permitted under SectionΒ 6.01) and (z)Β Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(13), 6.02(22), 6.02(28), 6.02(30), 6.02(31), 6.02(32), 6.02(33), 6.02(36)(b), 6.02(36)(c), 6.02(36)(d) or 6.02(42) (including any Liens permitted under SectionΒ 6.02(40) with respect to the foregoing), which Liens, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (y)Β and (z), are secured on a junior basis to the Liens that secure the Revolving Facility Claims; |
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(3) | Obsolete/Expired: is damaged, excess, obsolete, unsalable (including if such item of Inventory has not been approved by the FDA), shopworn, seconds, discontinued, work in process, recalled or expired or will expire within six months or less or otherwise fully reserved in accordance with normal operating practices; |
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(4) | Not Owned: is not owned by one or more Loan Parties; |
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(5) | Consignment: is the subject of a consignment by any Loan Party as consignor; |
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(6) | Off-Site: is not located in a public third-party warehouse or on premises owned, leased or rented by a Loan Party and, in each case, set forth in Schedule 1.01(2) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time); |
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(7) | Leased Location: is located at any location leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, unless either (i)Β the lessor has delivered to the Collateral Agent a Collateral Access Agreement as to such location or (ii)Β a Reserve for rent, charges, and other amounts due or to become due with respect to such location has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Reasonable Credit Judgment; |
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(8) | Bailees / Warehousemen: is located in any third-party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee and is not evidenced by a Document (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), unless either (i)Β a reasonably satisfactory bailee letter has been delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect thereto or (ii)Β an appropriate Reserve for rent, charges, and other amounts due or to become due with respect to such location has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Reasonable Credit Judgment; |
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(9) | Mortgage: is located at an owned location subject to a mortgage in favor of a lender other than the Collateral Agent, unless either (i)Β a reasonably satisfactory mortgagee waiver has been delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect thereto or (ii)Β an appropriate Reserve for rent, charges, and other amounts due or to become due with respect to such location has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Reasonable Credit Judgment; |
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(10) | Non-U.S. / In-Transit: is not located in the U.S. or is in-transit, except that Inventory in-transit will not be deemed ineligible under this clause (10)Β if: |
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Β | (a) | it is in-transit between U.S. locations of Loan Parties; or |
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Β | (b) | (A) it has been paid for in advance of shipment, (B)Β legal ownership thereof has passed to the applicable Loan Party (or is retained by the applicable Loan Party) as evidenced by customary documents of title, (C)Β the Collateral Agent has control over the documents of title which evidence ownership of the subject Inventory (including, if requested by the Collateral Agent, by the delivery of a Customs Broker Agreement) and (D)Β it is insured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Collateral Agent; |
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(11) | Packaging / Shipping Materials; Tooling; Display: consists of packaging or shipping materials, manufacturing supplies, tooling or replacement parts or display items; |
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(12) | Customized: contains or bears any licensing, trademark, trade name or copyright licensed to any Loan Party by any Person (other than any Subsidiary) that would require the consent of a third party for the sale or disposition of such Inventory (which consent has not been paid) unless the Collateral Agent is reasonably satisfied that it may sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory without (a)Β infringing the rights of such licensor, (b)Β violating any contract with such licensor, or (c)Β incurring any liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant to sale of such Inventory under the current licensing agreement relating thereto; |
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(13) | Uninsured: such Inventory is not insured in accordance with SectionΒ 5.02 hereof; |
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(14) | Negotiable Xxxx of Sale: such Inventory is covered by a negotiable document of title for which, promptly upon reasonable written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower fails to deliver such document to the Administrative Agent with all necessary endorsements, free and clear of all Liens except Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent; |
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(15) | Not Ordinary Course: such Inventory (other than raw materials) that is not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of business of a Loan Party; |
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(16) | Returns: consists of goods which have been returned by the buyer; or |
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(17) | Permitted Acquisitions: is acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition to the extent the Administrative Agent has not received a Report in respect of such Inventory showing results reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. |
If any Inventory at any time ceases to be Eligible Inventory, such Inventory will promptly be excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base; provided, however, that if any Inventory ceases to be Eligible Inventory because of the adjustment of or imposition of new exclusionary criteria pursuant to the succeeding paragraph, the Administrative Agent will not require exclusion of such Inventory from the Borrowing Base until 5 Business Days following the date on which the Administrative Agent gives notice to the Borrower of such ineligibility; provided that upon such notice, the Borrower shall not be permitted to borrow any Loans or have any Letters of Credit issued so as to exceed the Line Cap after giving effect to such adjustment or imposition of new exclusionary criteria.
The Administrative Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any of the exclusionary criteria set forth above and to establish new criteria, in each case, its Reasonable Credit Judgment (based on an analysis of material facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by the Administrative Agent, after the Closing Date), subject to the necessary approvals set forth in SectionΒ 10.08 in the case of adjustments or new criteria which have the effect of making more credit available than would be available based upon the criteria in effect on the Closing Date.
βEnvironmentβ means ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna.
βEnvironmental Lawsβ means all applicable laws (including common law), statutes, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, binding agreements and final, binding decrees or judgments, in each case, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to occupational health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or exposure to Hazardous Materials).
βEquity Interestsβ means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock, any Convertible Indebtedness and any Permitted Warrant Transaction).
βEquivalent Percentageβ means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Dollar amount, the percentage of TTM Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the four quarters ended DecemberΒ 31, 2017 that such Dollar amount represents, rounded to the nearest one tenth of 1%. For purposes of calculating Equivalent Percentage, TTM Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the four quarters ended DecemberΒ 31, 2017 will be deemed to be the Closing Date EBITDA.
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βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time, and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, is treated as a single employer under SectionΒ 414(b) or (c)Β of the Code or, solely for purposes of SectionΒ 302 of ERISA and SectionΒ 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under SectionΒ 414 of the Code.
βERISA Eventβ means:
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(1) | a Reportable Event, or the requirements of SectionΒ 4043(b) of ERISA apply, with respect to a Plan; |
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(2) | a withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to SectionΒ 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate that is treated as a termination under SectionΒ 4062(e) of ERISA; |
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(3) | a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, receipt of written notification by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or written notification that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or endangered or in critical status within the meaning of SectionΒ 305 of ERISA; |
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(4) | the provision by a Plan administrator or the PBGC of notice of intent to terminate a Plan, to appoint a trustee to administer a Plan, the treatment of a Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan; |
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(5) | the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, other than for the payment of plan contributions or PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under SectionΒ 4007 of ERISA; |
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(6) | the application for a minimum funding waiver under SectionΒ 302(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan; |
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(7) | the imposition of a lien under SectionΒ 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Plan; and |
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(8) | a determination that any Plan is in βat riskβ status (within the meaning of SectionΒ 303 of ERISA). |
βEU Bail-In Legislation Scheduleβ means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
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βEurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowingβ means a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.
βEurocurrency Revolving Loanβ means any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 8.01.
βExcess Availabilityβ means, at any time, (a)Β the Line Cap at such time minus (b)Β the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time.
βExchange Actβ means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
βExcluded Accountsβ means any DDA, securities account, commodity account or any other deposit account of any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary (and all Cash, Cash Equivalents and other securities or investments credited thereto or deposited therein):
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(1) | that is a zero balance account, disbursement account or imprest account; |
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(2) | that does not have an individual daily balance in excess of $500,000, or in the aggregate with each other account described in this clause (2), in excess of $5,000,000; |
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(3) | the balance of which is swept at the end of each Business Day into a deposit account, securities account or commodity account that is in the name of the Collateral Agent or subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent, so long as such daily sweep is not terminated or modified (other than to provide that the balance in such deposit account, securities account or commodity account is swept into another deposit account, securities account or commodity account subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent) without the consent of the Collateral Agent; |
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(4) | that is a Trust Account; |
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(5) | that holds Term Priority Collateral or the proceeds thereof, so long as all amounts on deposit therein constitute Term Priority Collateral; or |
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(6) | to the extent that it is cash collateral for letters of credit (other than Letters of Credit) to the extent permitted hereunder. |
βExcluded Assetsβ means βExcluded Assetsβ as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
βExcluded Contributionsβ means, as of any date, the aggregate amount of the net cash proceeds and Cash Equivalents, together with the aggregate fair market value of other assets that are used or useful in a business permitted under SectionΒ 6.08, received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from:
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(1) | contributions to its common equity capital; or |
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(2) | the sale of Capital Stock of the Borrower; |
in each case, designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on the date such contribution is made or such Capital Stock is sold, less the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(29) and Restricted Payments made pursuant to SectionΒ 6.07(12), in each case prior to such date and Not Otherwise Applied; provided that the proceeds of Disqualified Stock and Cure Amounts will not be treated as Excluded Contributions.
βExcluded Equity Interestsβ means βExcluded Equity Interestsβ as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
βExcluded Subsidiaryβ means any:
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(1) | Immaterial Subsidiary; |
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(2) | Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party; |
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(3) | Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
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(4) | Non-U.S. Subsidiary; |
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(5) | direct or indirect U.S. Subsidiary of a Non-U.S. Subsidiary; |
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(6) | FSHCO; |
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(7) | Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law or by a binding contractual obligation (including any Contractual Obligation) existing on the Closing Date or at the time of the acquisition or creation of such Subsidiary (and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or creation) from providing a Guarantee or if such Guarantee would require consent, approval, license or authorization of or from a Governmental Authority or a third party (other than a Loan Party or a controlled Affiliate of a Loan Party); |
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(8) | special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity) including any Receivables Subsidiary or like special purpose entity; |
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(9) | Subsidiary that is a not-for-profit organization; |
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(10) | Captive Insurance Subsidiary; |
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(11) | Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, the providing of a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent; and |
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(12) | Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom; |
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provided that the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may cause any Subsidiary that otherwise qualifies as an βExcluded Subsidiaryβ to become a βGuarantorβ in accordance with the definition thereof and thereafter such Subsidiary will not constitute an βExcluded Subsidiaryβ unless and until the Borrower elects otherwise.
βExcluded Taxesβ means, with respect to any Recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder:
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(1) | Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated) or franchise Taxes imposed in lieu of net income Taxes, in each case, (a)Β imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (b)Β that are Other Connection Taxes; |
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(2) | any branch profits Tax or any similar Tax that is imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (1)Β above; |
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(3) | any U.S. withholding Tax (including any backup withholding Tax) that is in effect and would apply to amounts payable hereunder to or for the account of a Recipient under the law applicable at the time such Recipient becomes a party to this Agreement (or in the case of a Lender, under the law applicable at the time such Lender changes its lending office), except to the extent that the Recipientβs assignor (if any), at the time of assignment (or such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office), was entitled to receive additional amounts from the Loan Party with respect to any U.S. withholding Tax pursuant to SectionΒ 2.14(1) or SectionΒ 2.14(3); |
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(4) | Taxes that are attributable to such Lenderβs or Administrative Agentβs failure to comply with SectionΒ 2.14(5) or SectionΒ 2.14(6); and |
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(5) | any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. |
βExclusive Licenseβ means, with respect to any drug or pharmaceutical product, any license to develop, commercialize, sell, market and promote such drug or pharmaceutical product and which provides for exclusive rights to develop, use, commercialize, sell, market, import and promote such drug or product within the United States; provided that an βExclusive Licenseβ shall not include:
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(1) | any license solely to distribute any such drug or product on an exclusive basis within any particular geographic region or territory, |
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(2) | any licenses, which may be exclusive, solely to manufacture any such drug or product, and |
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(3) | any license to manufacture, use, offer for sale or sell any authorized generic version of such drug or product; and βExclusively Licenseβ shall have the correlative meaning. |
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βExecutive Orderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 3.19(3)(a).
βExisting Credit Facilitiesβ means:
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(1) | that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of NovemberΒ 1, 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) by, among others, the Borrower and Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC (as successor in interest to General Electric Capital Corporation), as agent; |
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βExisting Letters of Creditβ means those Letters of Credit described on Schedule 1.01(1) hereto.
βExisting Notes LM Transactionsβ means a consent solicitation to holders of the Impax Convertible Notes, pursuant to which Impax shall solicit consents to make certain amendments to the Impax Indenture such that the Acquisition and the transaction contemplated in the Acquisition Agreement would not result in a default or event of default under the Impax Indenture in exchange for monetary consideration (including an offer (on terms to be agreed) to purchase the Impax Convertible Notes at a price equal to, if coupled with any consent fee included therein, par) or other changes to the Impax Indenture for the benefit of holders of Impax Convertible Notes.
βExtended Commitmentsβ means the Revolving Facility Commitments or other commitments to make Extended Loans held by any Extending Lenders.
βExtended Loansβ means the Loans made pursuant to Extended Commitments.
βExtending Lendersβ means each Lender accepting an Extension Offer.
βExtensionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.23(1).
βExtension Amendmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.23(2).
βExtension Offerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.23(1).
βFactoring Transactionβ means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey, assign or otherwise transfer Securitization Assets (which may include a backup or precautionary grant of security interest in such Securitization Assets so sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or purported to be so sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred) to any Person other than a Receivables Subsidiary.
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βFATCAβ means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to SectionΒ 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.
βFDAβ means the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor thereto.
βFederal Funds Effective Rateβ means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such dayβs federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate, provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
βFederal Reserve Boardβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
βFee Lettersβ means the Agency Fee Letter and the Arranger Fee Letter.
βFeesβ means the Administrative Agent Fees and all other fees set forth in the Fee Letters payable to a Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Arranger, in each case, with respect to the Revolving Facility.
βFILO Intercreditor Provisionsβ means the provisions set forth on Exhibit J.
βFinancial Officerβ means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, director of financial services, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such Person or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of such Person, designated in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Financial Officer of a Loan Party will be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Financial Officer will be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a βFinancial Officerβ shall refer to a Financial Officer of the Borrower.
βFinancial Performance Covenantβ means the covenant set forth in SectionΒ 6.13.
βFirst Lien Net Leverage Ratioβ means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (1)Β Consolidated First Lien Net Debt outstanding as of the last day of such Test Period to (2)Β Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
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βFixed Charge Coverage Ratioβ means, as of any date, the ratio of:
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βFixed Chargesβ means, for any period, the sum of the following for such period:
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βForeign Lenderβ means any Lender or Issuing Bank that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each state thereof and the District of Columbia will be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
βFronting Exposureβ means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lenderβs Revolving Facility Percentage of the outstanding Revolving L/C Exposure, other than Revolving L/C Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lenderβs participation obligation has been reallocated to non-Defaulting Lenders or cash collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
βFSHCOβ means any direct or indirect U.S. Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Equity Interests (or Equity Interests and Indebtedness) in one or more Non-U.S. Subsidiaries or other FSHCOs.
βFunded Debtβ means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date.
βGAAPβ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession (but excluding the policies, rules and regulations of the SEC applicable only to public companies).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above or in the definition of Capital Lease Obligations or Capital Expenditures, in the event of a change under GAAP (or the application thereof) requiring any leases to be capitalized that are not required to be capitalized as of the Closing Date, only those leases that would result or would have resulted in Capital Lease Obligations or Capital Expenditures on the Closing Date (assuming for purposes hereof that they were in existence on the Closing Date) will be considered capital leases and all calculations under this Agreement will be made in accordance therewith.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory or legislative body, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
βGuaranteeβ of or by any Person (the βguarantorβ) means:
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provided, that the term βGuaranteeβ will not include endorsements for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness).
The amount of any Guarantee will be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary Indebtedness obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term βGuaranteeβ as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
βGuarantorβ means (1)Β each Subsidiary Loan Party and (2)Β each Parent Entity or Restricted Subsidiary that the Borrower may elect in its sole discretion, from time to time, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, to cause to Guarantee the Obligations (including by executing a supplement to the Collateral Agreement in substantially the form attached thereto), until such date that the Borrower has informed the Administrative Agent that it elects not to have such Person Guarantee the Obligations.
βHazardous Materialsβ means all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents that are defined, listed or regulated under Environmental Law as hazardous or toxic, or words of similar import, or the Release or exposure to which would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under any Environmental Law, including explosive or radioactive substances, petroleum or petroleum byproducts or distillates, friable asbestos or friable asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas.
βHealth Care Lawsβ means any Laws applicable to the research, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing, storage, transportation, use and sale of products controlled by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, including without limitation the federal Anti-kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. Β§ 1320a-7b(b)), the Anti-Inducement Law (42 U.S.C. Β§ 1320a-7a(a)(5)), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the administrative False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. Β§ 1320a-7b(a)), the civil monetary penalty laws (42 U.S.C. Β§ 1320a-7a), the federal Food, DrugΒ & Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. Β§ 801 et seq.), HIPAA, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42 U.S.C. Β§ 1396r-8), Medicare average sales price reporting (42 U.S.C. Β§ 1395w-3a), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Β§ 256b), the federal TRICARE program (10 U.S.C. Β§1071 et seq.), the VA Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. Β§ 8126), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, each as amended from time to time.
βHedge Agreementβ means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case, not entered into for speculative purposes; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by any future, current or former officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof will be a Hedge Agreement.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, agreements relating to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction (and the obligations and transactions relating thereto) will not constitute a Hedge Agreement.
βIFRSβ means International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto (or the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or any successor to either such board, or the SEC, as the case may be), as in effect from time to time.
βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ means, as of any date, any Subsidiary that (i)Β did not, as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and (ii)Β taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which Required Financial Statements have been delivered, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such four-quarter period.
βImpacted Interest Periodβ has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of βLIBO Rateβ.
βImpaxβ means (1)Β prior to the Impax Conversion, Impax Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (2)Β after the consummation of the Impax Conversion, Impax Laboratories, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
βImpax Conversionβ means the conversion of Impax Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, into Impax Laboratories, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
βImpax Convertible Notesβ means those certain 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600Β million, issued pursuant to the Impax Indenture.
βImpax Indentureβ means the Indenture dated as of JuneΒ 30, 2015 between Impax and Wilmington Trust, National Association (the βTrustee), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of NovemberΒ 6, 2017 between Impax and the Trustee, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
βImpax Mergerβ means the merger of K2 Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with and into Impax, with Impax surviving such merger.
βImpax Transactionsβ means the Impax Merger and the Impax Conversion.
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βIncreased Reporting Periodβ means each period beginning on the date that Excess Availability shall have been less than the greater of (x) $75.0Β million and (y) 30% of the Line Cap, for five (5)Β consecutive Business Days, and ending on the date Excess Availability shall have been at least the greater of (x) $75.0Β million and (y) 30% of the Line Cap for thirty (30)Β consecutive calendar days.
βIncremental Commitmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.21(1).
βIncremental Equivalent Term Debtβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
βIncremental Facilityβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.21(1).
βIncremental Facility Amendmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.21(5).
βIncremental Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.21(4).
βIndebtednessβ means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
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(4) | all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, to the extent the same would be required to be shown as a long-term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP; |
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(6) | all net payments that such Person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such Person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Hedge Agreements; |
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(10) | the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); |
provided that Indebtedness will not include:
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The Indebtedness of any Person (i)Β will include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof and (ii) in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, will exclude loans and advances made by Loan Parties having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business (such loans and advances, βShort Term Advancesβ). The amount of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.
βIndemnified Taxesβ means (1)Β all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document; and (2)Β to the extent not otherwise described in clause (1), Other Taxes.
βIndemniteeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.05(2).
βIndependent Financial Advisorβ means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Borrower and its Affiliates.
βInitial Borrowing Base Dateβ means the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date (or such earlier date as the Borrower may elect after delivery of a reasonably satisfactory field examination and inventory appraisal to the Administrative Agent or such later date as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion).
βInitial Term Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
βIntellectual Property Rightsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 3.20(1).
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βIntercreditor Agreementβ means the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement or a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement that may be executed from time to time, as applicable.
βInterest Election Requestβ means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.07 and substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
βInterest Payment Dateβ means (1)Β with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three monthsβ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three monthsβ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and (2)Β with respect to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower commencing with the first Business Day after the end of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on JuneΒ 30, 2018.
βInterest Periodβ means, as to any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed by all applicable Lenders, 12 months or a shorter period), as the Borrower may elect, or the date any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing is converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.07 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with SectionΒ 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11; provided that:
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βInventoryβ means , with respect to a Person, all of such Personβs now owned and hereafter acquired inventory (as defined in the UCC), goods and merchandise, wherever located, in each case, to be furnished under any contract of service or held for sale or lease, all returned goods, raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods (including embedded software), other materials, parts and supplies of any kind, nature or description that are used or consumed in such Personβs business or used in connection with the packing, shipping, advertising, selling, or finishing of such goods, merchandise and other property, all documents of title or other documents representing the foregoing.
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βInterpolated Rateβ means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion (which such determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a)Β the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
βInvestmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.04.
βInvestment Grade Ratingβ means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Xxxxxβx and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency).
βInvestment Grade Securitiesβ means:
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βInvestorsβ means, collectively:
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(4) | any Permitted Family Entities who have been cleared by the Administrative Agent under its standard and customary βKnow Your Customerβ policies. |
βIssuing Bankβ means JPM, RBC and each other Lender designated as an Issuing Bank pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(12), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(10); provided that RBC, in its capacity as an Issuing Bank hereunder, shall only be required to issue standby Letters of Credit. An Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term βIssuing Bankβ will include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
βIssuing Bank Feesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.12(2)(b).
βJoint Ventureβ means (1)Β any Person which would constitute an βequity method investeeβ of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and (2)Β any Person in whom the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Equity Interest that is not a Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary).
βJPMβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
βJunior Financingβ means any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or secured by Liens that are contractually subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Term Loans and any Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens that secure the Initial Term Loans); provided that any Convertible Indebtedness will not constitute Junior Financing.
βJunior Financing Documentationβ means the definitive documentation governing any Junior Financing.
βJunior Lien Debtβ means any Indebtedness that is secured on a junior basis to the Liens that secure the Revolving Facility Claims (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Term Loans and any Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens that secure the Initial Term Loans).
βJunior Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ means a βjunior lienβ intercreditor agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (as the same may be modified in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representative and the Borrower), or another lien subordination arrangement satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representative and the Borrower. Upon the request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent will execute and deliver a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with one or more Debt Representatives (and acknowledged by the Loan Parties) for Indebtedness permitted hereunder that is permitted to be secured on a junior basis to the Revolving Facility.
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βLatest Maturity Dateβ means, as of any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments, any Extended Commitments or any Refinancing Term Loans in effect on such date.
βLawsβ means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities and executive orders, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
βL/C Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Revolving L/C Exposure.
βL/C Disbursementβ means a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
βL/C Participation Feeβ has the meaning assigned such term in SectionΒ 2.12(2)(a).
βLCA Electionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 1.09.
βLCA Test Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 1.09.
βLenderβ means each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such Person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with SectionΒ 10.04), as well as any Person that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to SectionΒ 10.04 and any Additional Lender.
βlending officeβ means, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans.
βLetter of Creditβ has the meaning assigned to such term pursuant to Section 2.05.
βLetter of Credit Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05.
βLetter of Credit Requestβ shall mean a request by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 (or such other form as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
βLetter of Credit Sublimitβ means the aggregate Letter of Credit Commitments of the Issuing Banks, in an amount not to exceed $25.0Β million.
βLIBO Rateβ means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing for any Interest Period, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an βImpacted Interest Periodβ) then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate.
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βLIBO Screen Rateβ means, for any day and time, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
βLienβ means, with respect to any asset (1)Β any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset; or (2) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event will an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
βLimited Condition Transactionβ means any transaction permitted hereunder by the Borrower or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
βLine Capβ means, at any time, the lesser of (1)Β the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments at such time and (2)Β the Borrowing Base then in effect.
βLiquidity Conditionβ means and will exist during the period from (1)Β the date on which Excess Availability has been less than the greater of (a) $25Β million and (b) 10.0% of the Line Cap then in effect, in either case, for five (5)Β consecutive Business Days, to (2)Β the date on which Excess Availability has been equal to or greater than the greater of (a) $25Β million and (b) 10.0% of the Line Cap then in effect, in either case, for 30 consecutive calendar days.
βLLC Agreementβ means that certain Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, dated as of the Closing Date, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance herewith and therewith.
βLoan Accountsβ means the loan accounts established on the books of the Administrative Agent.
βLoan Documentsβ means this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any Note and, solely for the purposes of Sections 3.01, 3.02, and 8.01(3) hereof, the Fee Letters.
βLoan Partiesβ means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
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βLoansβ means the Revolving Loans and any other loans and advances of any kind made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Protective Advances and Overadvances).
βManagement Groupβ means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any Parent Entity, or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees.
βMargin Stockβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means a material adverse effect on:
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βMaterial Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and any Indebtedness held exclusively by Subsidiaries) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding the Threshold Amount.
βMaterial Restricted Subsidiaryβ means any Material Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
βMaterial Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary other than an Immaterial Subsidiary.
βMaturity Dateβ means, as the context may require:
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βMaximum Rateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.09.
βMinority Investmentβ means any Person other than a Subsidiary in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests.
βMLPFSIβ means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, XxxxxxΒ & Xxxxx Incorporated.
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βMNPIβ means any material Nonpublic Information regarding the Borrower, any of its Affiliates and their respective Subsidiaries that has not been disclosed to the Lenders generally (other than Lenders who elect not to receive such information). For purposes of this definition βmaterial Nonpublic Informationβ means Nonpublic Information that would reasonably be expected to be material to a decision by any Lender to assign or acquire any Term Loans or to enter into any of the transactions contemplated thereby.
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc.
βMultiemployer Planβ means a multiemployer plan as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m)Β or (o) of Code SectionΒ 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
βNet Cash Proceedsβ means, with respect to the sale, incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any of:
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βNet Incomeβ means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
βNet Orderly Liquidation Valueβ means, with respect to Eligible Inventory, the net appraised liquidation value thereof (expressed as a percentage of the Cost of such Inventory) as determined from time to time by an Acceptable Appraiser in accordance with SectionΒ 5.07.
βNew York Courtsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.15.
βNon-Consenting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.19(3).
βNon-Loan Partyβ means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.
βNon-U.S. Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that not a U.S. Subsidiary.
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βNot Otherwise Appliedβ means, with reference to the amount of any net cash proceeds or fair market value of other assets received from Permitted Equity Issuances or capital contributions that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount was not previously applied in determining the permissibility of a transaction under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Cure Amounts and any Excluded Contributions) where such permissibility was (or may have been) contingent on the receipt or availability of such amount.
βNoteβ means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.
βNYFRBβ means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
βNYFRB Rateβ means, for any day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term βNYFRB Rateβ means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
βObligationsβ means all amounts owing to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, any Qualified Counterparty pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Specified Hedge Agreement and all Cash Management Obligations owing to any Cash Management Bank, including all interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an insolvency or liquidation proceeding, accrue) after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary of any proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law naming such Loan Party as the debtor in such proceeding, in accordance with and at the rate specified in this Agreement, whether or not the claim for such interest or expense is allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding.
βOrganizational Documentsβ means,
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βOther Connection Taxesβ means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
βOther Taxesβ means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19).
βOveradvanceβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.01(2).
βParagraph IV Certification Noticeβ means the notice of certification required by 21 U.S.C. Β§ 355(b)(3) or 21 U.S.C. Β§ 355(j)(2)(B).
βParagraph IV Proceedingβ means an infringement Proceeding filed pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Β§ 271(e)(2) with respect to a product controlled by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries.
βParent Entityβ means any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower.
βParticipantβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.04(4)(a).
βParticipant Registerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.04(4).
βPayment Conditionsβ means, and will be deemed to be satisfied with respect to any particular action as to which the satisfaction of the Payment Conditions is being determined if, after giving effect to the taking of such action, (1)Β no Designated Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior or after giving effect thereto, (2)Β Specified Excess Availability for each day in the 30-day period prior to such action and on the date of such proposed action would exceed the greater of (a) 12.5% of the Line Cap then in effect and (b) $31.25Β million, in any such case, on a Pro Forma Basis, and (3)Β the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent Test Period would be at least 1.0 to 1.0 on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the subject action; provided that compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will not be required if after giving effect to the taking of such action, Specified Excess Availability would exceed the greater of (i) 17.5% of the Line Cap then in effect and (ii) $43.75Β million, on a Pro Forma Basis.
βPayment in Fullβ means the payment in full of the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements, Cash Management Obligations and contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations that are not yet due and payable and for which no claim has been asserted), the expiration, termination or cash collateralization (on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank) of all Letters of Credit and the termination of all commitments hereunder and βPaid in Fullβ has a correlative meaning.
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βPayment Officeβ means the office of the Administrative Agent located at 00 X. Xxxxxxxx Xx., X0 xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 or such other office as the Administrative Agent may designate to the Borrower and the Lenders from time to time.
βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, or any successor thereto.
βPerfection Certificateβ means the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Loan Parties in a form substantially similar to that delivered on the Closing Date.
βPermitβ means any license, franchise, approval, authorization or clearances issued by a Governmental Authority and required for the conduct of its business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
βPermitted Acquisitionβ means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or a majority of the Equity Interests in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a Person or any acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business, division or facility of another Person or any Exclusive License (or any subsequent investment made in a Person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Acquisition), in each case if (1)Β no Event of Default is continuing (or in the case of a Limited Condition Transaction, no Specified Event of Default is continuing) immediately prior to making such Investment or would result therefrom; and (2)Β immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower is in compliance with Sections 5.10 and 6.09.
βPermitted Additional Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form of term loans or notes; provided that:
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Β | (ii) | the security agreements relating to such assets or property are substantially similar to or the same as the applicable Collateral Documents (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower); |
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(5) | the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (a)Β are substantially identical to, or, taken as a whole, no more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than, those applicable to the Loans (except for covenants applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date of the Loans at the time of incurrence) and (b)Β solely to the extent that any terms and conditions applicable to any such Indebtedness are not substantially the same as, or are materially more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than, those then applicable to the Loans, shall otherwise reflect customary market terms and conditions, including with respect to high yield debt securities to the extent applicable, at the time of such incurrence of such Indebtedness (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least four (4)Β Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material covenants and events of default of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (5)Β shall be conclusive evidence that such Indebtedness satisfies this clause (5)Β unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such four (4)Β Business Day (or shorter) period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided that this clause (5)Β will not apply to (v)Β terms addressed in the preceding clauses (1)Β through (4), (w) interest rate, rate floors, fees, funding discounts and other pricing terms, (x)Β redemption, prepayment or other premiums, or (y)Β optional prepayment or redemption terms; provided further that the Borrower will promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent final copies of the definitive credit documentation relating to such Indebtedness (unless the Borrower is bound by a confidentiality obligation with respect thereto, in which case the Borrower will deliver a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness in lieu thereof). |
βPermitted Amendmentβ means any Incremental Facility Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment.
βPermitted Bond Hedge Transactionβ means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Borrowerβs common Capital Stock or the common Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of Borrower or
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such parent) purchased by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof in connection with the issuance of any Convertible Indebtedness; provided, that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale of such Convertible Indebtedness issued in connection with the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, those certain bond hedge transactions entered into on JuneΒ 25, 2015 and JuneΒ 26, 2015 with Royal Bank of Canada, as amended or modified, constitute Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions.
βPermitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transactionβ means any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.
βPermitted Cure Securitiesβ means any Capital Stock of the Borrower other than Disqualified Stock.
βPermitted Debtβ has the meaning assigned thereto in SectionΒ 6.01.
βPermitted Equity Issuancesβ means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower.
βPermitted Family Entityβ means any Person in which any combination of B.U. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, their respective spouses, any immediate or extended family member of the foregoing, the respective estates, heirs, family members, and/or the spouses, former spouses, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributes of any of the foregoing (1)Β are the direct or indirect owners, beneficiaries (whether income, fixed or contingent), officers, directors, trustees or managers and, in each case, are entitled to all of the economic rights and interests in such Person, or (2)Β Control such Person.
βPermitted Holdersβ means each of:
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βPermitted Investmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.04.
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βPermitted Investorβ means:
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βPermitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debtβ means any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is secured on a junior basis to the Loans.
βPermitted Liensβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.02.
βPermitted Parentβ means any Parent Entity for so long as it is Controlled by one or more Persons that are Permitted Holders pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (3)Β of the definition thereof.
βPermitted Refinancing Indebtednessβ means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, βRefinanceβ) the Indebtedness being Refinanced (the βRefinanced Debtβ); provided that:
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(6) | to the extent such Refinanced Debt is Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is secured only by assets that constitute Collateral and pursuant to one or more security agreements permitted by and subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreements (as such Intercreditor Agreements may be amended in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Debt Representatives and the Borrower); and |
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Indebtedness constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness will not cease to constitute Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness solely as a result of the subsequent extension of the Latest Maturity Date after the date of original incurrence thereof.
βPermitted Warrant Transactionβ means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Borrowerβs common Capital Stock or the common Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of Borrower or such parent) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common Capital Stock) sold by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Borrower of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, those certain warrant transactions entered into on JuneΒ 25, 2015 and JuneΒ 26, 2015 with Royal Bank of Canada, as amended or modified, constitute Permitted Warrant Transactions.
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, government, individual or family trust, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
βPIPE Investmentβ means the redemption by certain existing equityholders of the Borrower of a portion of their equity interests in the Borrower in exchange for shares of common stock in Amneal Inc., and the sale of such shares in a private transaction to certain institutional investors including TPG Improv Holdings, L.P. and funds affiliated with Fidelity ManagementΒ & Research Company pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of OctoberΒ 17, 2017, between Amneal Holdings and the purchasers party thereto.
βPIPE Registration Statementβ means the registration statement of Amneal, Inc. (f/k/a Atlas Holdings, Inc.) on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on MarchΒ 7, 2018.
βPlanβ means any βemployee pension benefit planβ as defined in SectionΒ 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is (1)Β subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or SectionΒ 412 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA; and (2)Β either (a) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by the
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Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate or (b)Β in respect of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under SectionΒ 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an βemployerβ as defined in SectionΒ 3(5) of ERISA.
βPlatformβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.17(1).
βPledged Collateralβ means βPledged Collateralβ as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
βPrime Rateβ means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the βPrime Rateβ in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the βbank prime loanβ rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
βPro Forma Basisβ, βPro Formaβ and βPro Forma Effectβ mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant or calculation hereunder, the determination or calculation of such test, covenant or ratio (including in connection with Specified Transactions) in accordance with SectionΒ 1.08.
βProducts in Development β means drug products that, as of the Closing Date, (a)Β are in development or (b)Β the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries does not yet sell, offer for sale, import, promote, market, distribute or otherwise commercialize.
βProjectionsβ means all projections (including financial estimates, financial models, forecasts, other financial projections and other forward-looking information) furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower, Impax or any of their respective Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date.
βProtective Advancesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.01(3).
βPublic Company Costsβ means costs relating to compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended (or similar Laws in any other applicable jurisdiction), and other expenses arising out of or incidental to the Borrowerβs (or any Parent Entityβs) status as a public reporting company, including costs, fees and expenses (including legal, accounting and other professional fees) relating to compliance with provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (or similar Laws in any other applicable jurisdiction), the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity securities, directorsβ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directorsβ and officersβ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees relating to the foregoing.
βPublic Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.17(2).
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βQualified Counterpartyβ means any counterparty to any Specified Hedge Agreement that, at the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered into or, if later, on the Closing Date, was an Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of the foregoing, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be an Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of the foregoing.
βQualified Equity Interestsβ means any Equity Interests other than Disqualified Stock.
βQualified Receivables Factoringβ means any Factoring Transaction that meets the following conditions:
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The grant of a security interest (other than a precautionary grant) in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure any Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Factoring.
βQualified Receivables Financingβ means any Receivables Financing that meets the following conditions:
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The grant of a security interest (other than a precautionary grant) in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure any Indebtedness will not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.
βQualified Receivables Transactionβ means a Qualified Receivables Factoring or a Qualified Receivables Financing.
βQuarterly Financial Statementsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.04(2).
βRatio Amountβ means an aggregate principal amount that, after giving Pro Forma effect to the incurrence thereof, in accordance with SectionΒ 1.08, would not result in:
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βRatio Debtβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.01.
βRatio Debt Capβ means, as of the date of measurement, the sum of (1) $100Β million (less the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred prior to such date in reliance on this clause (1)) and (2)Β the Ratio Amount.
βRBCβ means Royal Bank of Canada.
βReal Propertyβ means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, and all improvements and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.
βReasonable Credit Judgmentβ means reasonable credit judgment (from the perspective of an asset-based lender) exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions based upon its consideration of any factor that it reasonably believes:
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(1) | could materially adversely affect the quantity, quality, mix or value of Collateral (including any applicable Laws that may inhibit collection of a receivable), the enforceability or priority of the Administrative Agentβs or Collateral Agentβs liens thereon, or the amount that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Banks could receive in liquidation of any Collateral; |
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In exercising such judgment, the Administrative Agent may consider any factors that could materially increase the credit risk of lending to the Borrower on the security of the Collateral. Any Reserve established or modified by the Administrative Agent shall have a reasonable relationship to circumstances, conditions, events or contingencies which are the basis for such Reserve, as reasonably determined, without duplication, by the Administrative Agent in good faith; provided that circumstances, conditions, events or contingencies existing or arising prior to the Initial Borrowing Base Date and, in each case, disclosed in writing in any field examination or appraisal delivered to the ABL Administrative Agent in connection herewith or otherwise known to the Administrative Agent, in either case, prior to the Initial Borrowing Base Date, shall not be the basis for any establishment of any Reserves after the Initial Borrowing Base Date, unless such circumstances, conditions, events or contingencies shall have changed in a material respect since the Initial Borrowing Base Date.
βReceivables Financingβ means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, assign, contribute, convey or otherwise transfer Securitization Assets to (1)Β a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Receivables Subsidiary) or (2)Β any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary) and, in either case, may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
βReceivables Repurchase Obligationβ means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Receivables Transaction to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a Securitization Asset or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
βReceivables Subsidiaryβ means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed solely for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Receivables Financing with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary transfers Securitization Assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:
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(1) | no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise): |
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Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Borrower will be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrower giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
βRecipientβ means the Administrative Agent and any Lender, as applicable.
βRefinanceβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βPermitted Refinancing Indebtedness,β and the terms βRefinancedβ and βRefinancingβ will have correlative meanings.
βRefinanced Debtβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βPermitted Refinancing Indebtednessβ.
βRefinancing Amendmentβ means an amendment, in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 2.22, to this Agreement and, as necessary, each other Loan Document (which may, at the option of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, be in the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as applicable) executed by each of (1) the Borrower; (2)Β the Administrative Agent; and (3)Β with respect to an amendment (or an amendment and restatement) of this Agreement, each Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Refinancing Term Loans in accordance with SectionΒ 2.22.
βRefinancing Term Lenderβ means each Lender that holds an Refinancing Term Loan.
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βRefinancing Term Loan Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Refinancing Term Lender, the commitment of such Refinancing Term Lender to make Refinancing Term Loans as set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment.
βRefinancing Term Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.22(1).
βRegisterβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 10.04(2)(d).
βRegistered Equivalent Notesβ means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees and collateral provisions) issued by the same issuer in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
βRegulation Uβ means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
βRegulation Xβ means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
βReinvestment Deferred Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any specified Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Personβs Affiliates.
βReleaseβ means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating in, into, upon, onto or through the Environment.
βReportβ means reports prepared by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or another Person showing the results of appraisals, field examinations or audits pertaining to the Loan Partiesβ assets from information furnished by or on behalf of the Loan Parties, after the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent has exercised its rights of inspection pursuant to this Agreement, which Report may be distributed to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent, subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 10.16.
βReportable Event β means any reportable event as defined in SectionΒ 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in SectionΒ 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m)Β or (o) of SectionΒ 414 of the Code).
βRequired Financial Statementsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.04(2).
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βRequired Lendersβ means, at any time (1)Β prior to the Discharge of ABL Claims, the Required Revolving Lenders and (2)Β after the Discharge of ABL Claims, the Required Term Lenders.
βRequired Revolving Lendersβ means, at any time, Lenders having (1)Β Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and (2)Β Available Unused Commitments that, taken together, represent more than 50.0% of the sum of (a)Β all Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and (b)Β the total Available Unused Commitments at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and Available Unused Commitments of any Defaulting Lender will be disregarded in determining the Required Revolving Lenders; provided that subject to the Borrowerβs right to replace Defaulting Lenders as set forth herein:
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βRequired Term Lendersβ means, at any time, Refinancing Term Lenders having Refinancing Term Loans outstanding that, taken together, represent more than 50.0% of the sum of all Refinancing Term Loans outstanding at such time. The Refinancing Term Loans of any Defaulting Lender will be disregarded in determining the Required Term Lenders; provided that, subject to the Borrowerβs right to replace Defaulting Lenders as set forth herein:
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βReservesβ means, without duplication of any other reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, such reserves (including banking services reserves, landlord lien reserves, customer credit liabilities reserves, customer deposits reserves, reserves for Obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements and reserves against Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory and Eligible Cash) that the Administrative Agent from time to time determines in its Reasonable Credit Judgment as being appropriate to reflect:
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The establishment or increase of any Reserve will be limited to the exercise by the Administrative Agent of Reasonable Credit Judgment, upon at least five (5)Β Business Daysβ prior written notice to the Borrower (which notice will include a reasonably detailed description of the Reserve being established); provided that upon such notice, the Borrower will not be permitted to borrow so as to exceed the Borrowing Base after giving effect to such new or modified Reserves. During such five (5)Β Business Day period, the Administrative Agent will, if requested, discuss any such new or modified Reserve with the Borrower, and the Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or matter that is the basis for such new or modified Reserve no longer exists or exists in a manner that would result in the establishment of a lower Reserve, in each case, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein:
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βResponsible Officerβ means, with respect to any Loan Party, the chief executive officer, president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary or any Financial Officer of such Loan Party or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party, designated in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from
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time to time. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party will be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer will be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a βResponsible Officerβ shall refer to a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
βRestricted Paymentβ means any (1)Β dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than dividends or other distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Person paying such dividends or distributions) and (2)Β payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of (a)Β the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b)Β any return of capital to the Borrowerβs equityholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof); provided that (i) cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or such parent entity and (ii)Β any payment(s) of principal (not in excess of the stated principal amount thereof), interest, fees, reimbursement obligations, charges, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts in respect of Convertible Indebtedness, in each case will not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided further that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any payment in cash included in the settlement amount due upon conversion in excess of the stated principal amount of any Convertible Indebtedness shall constitute a Restricted Payment for all purposes hereunder.
βRestricted Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary of a Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries will mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
βRevolving Facilityβ means the Revolving Facility Commitments (including any Incremental Commitments) and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Lenders.
βRevolving Facility Borrowingβ means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.
βRevolving Facility Claimsβ has the meaning assigned to the term βABL Claimsβ in the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement, but assuming, solely for purposes of this definition, that the principal amount of any Refinancing Term Loans and any interest, fees, attorneysβ fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other Obligations relating thereto do not constitute βABL Claimsβ.
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βRevolving Facility Commitmentβ means, with respect to a Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (1)Β reduced from time to time pursuant to SectionΒ 2.08, (2) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under SectionΒ 10.04 or (3)Β increased from time to time under SectionΒ 2.21. The initial amount of each Lenderβs Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender has assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lendersβ Revolving Facility Commitments is $500.0Β million.
βRevolving Facility Credit Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of:
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The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time will be, subject to adjustment as expressly provided in SectionΒ 2.24, the product of (a)Β such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Facility Percentage and (b)Β the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of all Revolving Lenders, collectively, at such time.
βRevolving Facility Percentageβ means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments represented by such Lenderβs Revolving Facility Commitment. If the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages will be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to SectionΒ 10.04.
βRevolving L/C Exposureβ means at any time the sum of (1)Β the aggregate undrawn face amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time (the βL/C Amountβ) and (2) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or which have not been paid through a Revolving Loan at such time. The Revolving L/C Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time will mean its Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the International Standard Practices, International Chamber of Commerce No.Β 590, such Letter of Credit will be deemed to be βoutstandingβ in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time will be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided that, with respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit will be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time; provided further that, with respect to any Letter of Credit that by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto provides for one or more automatic decreases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit will be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit as in effect at such time.
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βRevolving Lenderβ means each Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment or outstanding Revolving Facility Credit Exposure.
βRevolving Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.01(1) and will include any Overadvances and Protective Advances.
βRP Payment Conditionsβ means, and will be deemed to be satisfied with respect to any particular action as to which the satisfaction of the RP Payment Conditions is being determined if, after giving effect to the taking of such action, (1)Β no Designated Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior or after giving effect thereto, (2)Β Specified Excess Availability for each day in the 30-day period prior to such action and on the date of such proposed action would exceed the greater of (a) 15% of the Line Cap then in effect and (b) $37.5Β million, in any such case, on a Pro Forma Basis, and (3)Β the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent Test Period would be at least 1.0 to 1.0 on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the subject action; provided that compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will not be required if after giving effect to the taking of such action, Specified Excess Availability would exceed the greater of (i) 20% of the Line Cap then in effect and (ii) $50Β million, on a Pro Forma Basis.
βS&Pβ means StandardΒ & Poorβs Ratings Services or any successor entity thereto.
βSale Leaseback Transaction β means a sale leaseback transaction with respect to all or any portion of any real property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
βSanctioned Countryβ shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory that is subject to comprehensive Sanctions (at the time of the Agreement, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
βSanctioned Personβ shall mean, at any time, (a)Β any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any EU member state, Her Majestyβs Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b)Β any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c)Β any Person owned or controlled by any such Person.
βSanctionsβ shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a)Β the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b)Β the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majestyβs Treasury of the United Kingdom.
βSECβ means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
βSecured Partiesβ means the collective reference to the βSecured Partiesβ as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
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βSecurities Actβ means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
βSecuritization Assetsβ means accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams, other rights to payment, including with respect to rights of payment pursuant to the terms of Joint Ventures (in each case, whether now existing or arising in the future), and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing any of the foregoing, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of any of the foregoing, proceeds of any of the foregoing and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with non-recourse, asset securitization or factoring transactions and any Hedge Agreements entered into by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such assets subject to a Qualified Receivables Transaction.
βSecurity Documentsβ means the Collateral Agreement and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by any Loan Party pursuant thereto or pursuant to SectionΒ 5.10.
βShort Term Advancesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βIndebtednessβ.
βSimilar Businessβ means any business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from (1)Β business or activities conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, (2)Β any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or (3)Β any business that in the Borrowerβs good faith business judgment constitutes a reasonable diversification of businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
βSpecified Acquisition Agreement Representationsβ means such of the representations and warranties made by or with respect to Impax and its Subsidiaries in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower (or its Affiliates) have the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Acquisition Agreement or the failure of an Acquisition Agreement Representation to be true and correct results in a failure of a condition precedent to the Borrowerβs (or its affiliatesβ) obligations to consummate the Acquisition in the Acquisition Agreement.
βSpecified Event of Defaultβ means any Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(2), 8.01(3), 8.01(8) or 8.01(9).
βSpecified Excess Availabilityβ shall mean the sum of (i)Β Excess Availability and (ii) the amount by which the Borrowing Base at such time exceeds the Revolving Facility Commitments, up to an amount not to exceed 2.5% of Revolving Facility Commitments.
βSpecified Hedge Agreementβ means any Hedge Agreement entered into or assumed between or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Qualified Counterparty and designated by the Qualified Counterparty and the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as a βSpecified Hedge Agreementβ under this Agreement (but only if such Hedge Agreement has not been designated as a βSpecified Hedge Agreementβ under the Term Loan Credit Agreement).
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βSpecified Hedge Obligationsβ means all amounts owing to any Qualified Counterparty under any Specified Hedge Agreement.
βSpecified IP Subsidiaryβ means a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that:
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βSpecified Representationsβ means the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the following sections of this Agreement:
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(8) | SectionΒ 3.16; and |
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βSpecified Tender Offerβ means the offer to be commenced by Impax on or following the Closing Date to holders to repurchase for cash all of the outstanding Impax Convertible Notes, or any portion thereof, pursuant to SectionΒ 4.10 of the Impax Indenture.
βSpecified Transactionβ means any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, any designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Permitted Acquisition, any Disposition that results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Investment constituting an acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of another Person or a facility or any parcels of or interests (including leasehold interests) in real property and all improvements and fixtures thereon or any Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division or a facility or any parcels of or interests (including leasehold interests) in real property and all improvements and fixtures thereon (including any buyout or conversion of an operating lease to a capital lease) of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise, or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes), Restricted Payment or Incremental Facility that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a βPro Forma Basisβ or after giving βPro Forma Effect.β
βStandard Securitization Undertakingsβ means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and Guarantees of performance entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation will be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.
βStandby Letter of Creditβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(1).
βStatutory Reserve Rateβ means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Federal Reserve Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as βEurocurrency liabilitiesβ in Regulation D). Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
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βSubagentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.02.
βSubsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which (1)Β Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by such Person; or (2)Β more than 50.0% of the Equity Interests are at the time owned by such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Subsidiaries will mean Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
βSubsidiary Loan Partiesβ means: (1)Β each Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiary of the Borrower on the Closing Date (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) and (2)Β each Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Borrower that becomes, or is required pursuant to SectionΒ 5.10 to become, a party to the Collateral Agreement after the Closing Date.
βSupermajority Lendersβ means, as of any date of determination, Lenders that would constitute the Required Revolving Lenders if the percentage β50.0%β contained in the definition thereof were changed to β66-2/3%β.
βSwap Termination Valueβ means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (1)Β for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (2)Β for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (1), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
βTax Receivable Agreementβ means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Amneal Inc., the Borrower, and the other parties from time to time party thereto, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in any manner that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
βTaxesβ means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding) or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority and any and all interest and penalties related thereto.
βTerm Agentβ means JPM, as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such capacities.
βTerm Incremental Amountβ means an aggregate principal amount that, after giving Pro Forma effect to the incurrence thereof, in accordance with SectionΒ 1.08, would not result in:
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(2) | with respect to Indebtedness to be secured on a junior basis to the Initial Term Loans, the Total Net Leverage Ratio for the applicable Test Period being greater than (a)Β the Closing Date Total Net Leverage Ratio or (b)Β the Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence; and |
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βTerm Loan Claimsβ means the βTerm Loan Claimsβ as defined in the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement.
βTerm Loan Credit Agreementβ means the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPM, as administrative agent and collateral agent, initially in respect of $2,700.0Β million of term loans made available on the Closing Date, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof.
βTerm Loan Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ means βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
βTerm Loan Documentsβ means the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other βLoan Documentsβ under and as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as each such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof.
βTerm Loan Obligationsβ means the βObligationsβ as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
βTerm Loan Security Documentsβ means the βSecurity Documentsβ as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
βTerm Priority Collateralβ means βTerm Loan Priority Collateralβ as defined in the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement.
βTest Periodβ means, at any time, (1)Β with respect to the Borrower, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended (in each case taken as one accounting period) for which the Required Financial Statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.04(1) or 5.04(2) and (2)Β in the case of any Person other than the Borrower, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most closely corresponding to the period set forth in clause (1).
βThreshold Amountβ means the greater of (1) $80Β million and (2) 12.5% of TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination.
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βTotal Net Leverage Ratioβ means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b)Β Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
βTrade Letter of Creditβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.05(1).
βTransaction Costsβ means all fees, costs and expenses related to the Transactions.
βTransaction Documentsβ means the Acquisition Documents, the Loan Documents and the Term Loan Documents.
βTransactionsβ means, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including:
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βTransferred IPβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.04(30)(b).
βTTM Consolidated EBITDAβ means, as of any date of determination, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower on a Pro Forma Basis for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been furnished or are required to have been furnished to the Lenders hereunder (or, in the case of a determination date that occurs prior to the first such delivery, for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended as of DecemberΒ 31, 2017).
βTrust Accountβ means any accounts or trusts used solely to hold Trust Funds.
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βTrust Fundsβ means cash, Cash Equivalents or other assets comprised of:
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βTypeβ means, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes of this definition, the term βRateβ means Adjusted LIBO Rate or ABR, as applicable.
βU.S. Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, and βU.S. Subsidiariesβ means any two or more of them. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to U.S. Subsidiaries will mean U.S. Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
βU.S. Tax Compliance Certificateβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.17(5).
βUniform Commercial Codeβ or βUCCβ means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
βUnrestricted Cashβ means, as of any date, all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date that would not appear as βrestrictedβ on the Required Financial Statements (unless such appearance is related to a restriction in favor of any Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties or an agent under the Term Loan Credit Agreement for the benefit of the secured parties thereunder), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, determined based upon the most recent month-end financial statements available internally as of the date of determination, and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ means (1)Β each Receivables Subsidiary and (2)Β any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that the Borrower will only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date or subsequently re-designate any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (by written notice to the Administrative Agent) if (a)Β no Designated Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (b)Β the Borrower is in Pro Forma compliance with the Payment Conditions.
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The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will constitute an Investment for purposes of SectionΒ 6.04 at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrowerβs or its Restricted Subsidiaryβs (as applicable) Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary will constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness and Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and a return on any Investment by the Borrower in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of the Borrowerβs or its Restricted Subsidiaryβs (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary. Except as expressly set forth in this paragraph, no Investment will be deemed to exist or have been made, and no Indebtedness or Liens shall be deemed to have occurred, solely by virtue of a Subsidiary becoming an Excluded Subsidiary.
βUSA PATRIOT Actβ means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No.Β 107-56 (signed into law OctoberΒ 26, 2001)).
βWeighted Average Life to Maturityβ means, when applied to any Indebtedness as of any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (1)Β the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a)Β the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal (excluding nominal amortization), including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (b)Β the number of years (calculated to the nearest 1/12) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (2)Β the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
βWholly Owned Subsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directorsβ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Wholly Owned Subsidiaries will mean Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
βWholly Owned U.S. Subsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person, a U.S. Subsidiary of such Person that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiaries will mean Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
βWithdrawal Liabilityβ means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
βWrite-Down and Conversion Powersβ means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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SECTION 1.02 Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in SectionΒ 1.01 will apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun will include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. Unless the context requires otherwise:
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All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules will be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document or organizational document of the Loan Parties means such document as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document). Any reference to any law will include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation means, unless otherwise specified, such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. Whenever this Agreement refers to the βknowledgeβ of Impax or any Loan Party, such reference will be construed to mean the knowledge of the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms; GAAP; Fair Market Value. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature will be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all accounting or financial terms used herein will be construed, and all financial computations pursuant hereto will be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825-10 (or any other Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification having a similar effect) to value any
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Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at βfair value,β as defined therein. In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) occurs and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then upon the written request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (acting upon the request of the Required Lenders), the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrowerβs financial condition will be the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not occurred; provided that, until so amended, calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement will be computed in accordance with GAAP in effect prior to such Accounting Change until the effective date of such amendment. βAccounting Changeβ means (1)Β any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or (2)Β any change in the application of GAAP by the Borrower (including through the adoption of IFRS). All determinations of fair market value under a Loan Document will be made by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in good faith and if such determination is supported by an opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor, such determination will be conclusive for all purposes under the Loan Documents or related to the Obligations.
SECTION 1.04 Effectuation of Transfers. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) is made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
SECTION 1.05 Currencies. Unless otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, monetary amounts are in Dollars. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Default or Event of Default will arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates.
SECTION 1.06 Required Financial Statements. With respect to the determination of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or any other financial ratio or under any other applicable provision of the Loan Documents (including the definition of Immaterial Subsidiary) made on or prior to the date on which Required Financial Statements have been delivered for MarchΒ 31, 2018, such calculation will be determined for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended DecemberΒ 31, 2017, and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
SECTION 1.07 Certifications. Any certificate or other writing required hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be certified by any officer or other authorized representative (including any Responsible Officer) of any Person will be deemed to be executed and delivered by such officer, other authorized representative or Responsible Officer solely in such individualβs capacity as an officer, other authorized representative or Responsible Officer of such Person and not in such officerβs or other authorized representativeβs individual capacity and without any personal liability.
SECTION 1.08 Pro Forma Calculations.
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(1) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this SectionΒ 1.08; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (2), (3) or (4)Β of this SectionΒ 1.08, when calculating any financial ratio for purposes of (a)Β determining Applicable Margins and pricing grid step-downs, (b)Β calculations of mandatory prepayments, (c)Β determining compliance with any financial covenant (including any financial covenant under this Agreement) and (d)Β any provisions related to the foregoing, the events described in this SectionΒ 1.08 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect. |
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Β | (c) | no amounts shall be added pursuant to this clause (3)Β to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in calculating Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period. |
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SECTION 1.09 LCA Election. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, when (1)Β calculating any applicable ratio in connection with incurrence of Indebtedness (other than the making of any Revolving Loans or the issuance of any Letters of Credit), the creation of Liens, the making of any disposition, the making of an Investment, the designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the repayment of Indebtedness or (2)Β determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires that no Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, in each case of the preceding clauses (1)Β and (2) in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of such ratio and determination of whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom shall, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrowerβs election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an βLCA Electionβ), be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (the βLCA Test Dateβ). If on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof), with such ratios and other provisions being calculated as if such Limited Condition Transaction or other transactions had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Test Period ending prior to the LCA Test Date for which financial statements are available, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with the applicable ratios or other provisions, such ratios or provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with, unless a Specified Event of Default shall be continuing on the date such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated. For the avoidance of doubt, (a)Β if any of such ratios or other provisions are exceeded or breached as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA) or other provisions at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such ratios and other provisions will not be deemed to have been exceeded or breached solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Transaction is permitted hereunder and (b) such ratios and compliance with such conditions shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction or related Specified Transactions, unless on such date a Specified Event of Default shall be continuing. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent
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calculation of any ratio or basket availability (other than for the purposes of determining actual compliance (and not Pro Forma compliance or compliance on a Pro Forma Basis) with the Financial Performance Covenant upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Covenant Trigger Event) with respect to any other Specified Transaction on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i)Β incurs Indebtedness, creates Liens, makes dispositions, makes investments, makes Restricted Payments, designates any Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or repays any Indebtedness in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction under a ratio-based basket and (ii)Β incurs Indebtedness, creates Liens, makes dispositions, makes Investments, makes Restricted Payments, designates any Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or repays any Indebtedness in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction under a non-ratio-based basket (which shall occur within five Business Days of the events in the preceding clause (i)Β above), then the applicable ratio will be calculated with respect to any such action under the applicable ratio-based basket without regard to any such action under such non-ratio-based basket made in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:
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Β | (ii) | Revolving Loans in an amount to replace or backstop the Existing Letters of Credit and refinance any existing revolving credit facilities of the Borrower, Impax or their respective subsidiaries; |
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(3) | Protective Advances. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, in its sole, discretion (but with absolutely no obligation), may make Revolving Loans to the Borrower on behalf of all Lenders, so long as the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans will not exceed 5.0% of the Borrowing Base, if the Administrative Agent, in its Reasonable Credit Judgment, deems that such Revolving Loans are necessary or desirable to: |
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provided that (i)Β in no event will the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceed the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments and (ii)Β the Required Revolving Lenders under the Revolving Facility may at any time revoke the Administrative Agentβs authorization to make future Protective Advances; provided, further, that any such revocation must be in writing and will become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agentβs receipt thereof and existing Protective Advances will not be subject to thereto.
Each applicable Lender will be obligated to advance to the Borrower its Revolving Facility Percentage of each Protective Advance made in accordance with this SectionΒ 2.01(3). If Protective Advances are made in accordance with the preceding sentence, then all Revolving Lenders will be bound to make, or permit to remain outstanding, such Protective Advances based upon their Revolving Facility Percentages in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. All Protective Advances will be repaid by the Borrower on demand, will be secured by the Collateral and will bear interest as provided in this Agreement for Revolving Loans generally. All Protective Advances shall be ABR Loans, will be repaid on demand, will be secured by the Collateral and will bear interest as provided in this Agreement for ABR Revolving Loans generally. At any time that there is Excess Availability and the conditions precedent set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent may request the Revolving Lenders to make a Revolving Loan to repay a Protective Advance.
SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings.
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(2) | Subject to SectionΒ 2.14, each Borrowing will be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Revolving Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option will not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender will not be entitled to any amounts payable under SectionΒ 2.15 or 2.17 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise. |
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SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings.
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Β | (a) | the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing, which amount will not exceed Excess Availability; |
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Β | (d) | in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which will be a period contemplated by the definition of the term βInterest Period;β |
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(3) | Disbursement. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each Loan requested pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03. The proceeds of each Revolving Loan requested under this SectionΒ 2.03 will be disbursed by the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds and in the same form as received from the Lenders, in the case of a borrowing on the Closing Date permitted under SectionΒ 2.01(1), in accordance with the terms of the written disbursement letter from the Borrower and, in the case of each Borrowing after the Closing Date, by wire transfer to such bank account as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, from time to time or elsewhere if pursuant to a written direction from the Borrower. If at any time any Loan is funded in excess of the amount requested by the Borrower, the Borrower agrees to repay the excess to the Administrative Agent immediately upon notice thereof to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent. |
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SECTION 2.04 [Reserved].
SECTION 2.05 Letters of Credit.
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Β | letters of credit in Dollars issued for any other lawful purposes of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (such letters of credit issued for such purposes, βStandby Letters of Creditβ) for its own account or for the account of any Subsidiary in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period and prior to the date that is five (5)Β Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. βLetters of Creditβ will include Trade Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit and the Existing Letters of Credit. Each Existing Letter of Credit will be deemed to have been issued under this SectionΒ 2.05 on the Closing Date. The Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the support of any Subsidiaryβs obligations as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Borrower will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of L/C Disbursements in accordance with the terms hereof, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under SectionΒ 2.12(2) to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit (the Borrower hereby irrevocably waiving to the fullest extent permitted by law any defenses (other than payment or performance) that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of the obligations of such Subsidiary that is an account party in respect of any such Letter of Credit). |
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(3) | Expiration Date. |
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Β | (c) | Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to paragraph (5)(a), the Administrative Agent will distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to paragraph (5)(b) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. |
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(9) | Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit makes any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof will bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is made; provided that, if such L/C Disbursement is not reimbursed by the Borrower when due pursuant to paragraph (5)Β of this SectionΒ 2.05, then SectionΒ 2.13(3) will apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph will be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (5)Β of this SectionΒ 2.05 to reimburse such Issuing Bank will be for the account of such Revolving Lender to the extent of such payment. |
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(11) | Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, (a)Β in the case of an Event of Default described in SectionΒ 8.01(8) or (9), on the Business Day, or (b)Β in the case of any other Event of Default, on the third Business Day, in each case, following the date on which the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph (11), the Borrower will deposit in an account with or at the direction of the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in cash to be agreed between the Borrower and each applicable Issuing Bank (but in any event not to exceed 105% of the Revolving L/C Exposure as of such date); provided that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in SectionΒ 8.01(8) or (9), the obligation to deposit such cash collateral will become effective immediately, and such deposit will become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind. Each such deposit pursuant to this paragraph will be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent will have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments will be made at the option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of Default is continuing, the Administrative Agent and (ii)Β at any other time, the Borrower, in each case, in Cash Equivalents and at the risk and expense of the Borrower, such deposits will not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments will accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account will be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements for which such Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, will be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of the Required Lenders, be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) will be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. |
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(13) | Reporting. Unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank will (a)Β provide to the Administrative Agent copies of any notice received from the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(2) no later than the next Business Day after receipt thereof and (b)Β report in writing to the Administrative Agent as follows: |
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Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees, the failure of any Issuing Bank (other than the Administrative Agent or any affiliate thereof acting as an Issuing Bank) to comply with the provisions of this clause (13)Β with respect to any letter of credit will result in such letter of credit not being deemed a βLetter of Creditβ hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
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Β | payments in respect thereof pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(5)) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Facility Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be reallocated); provided, in no event shall such reallocation cause a Lenderβs share of the Revolving Facility Commitment to exceed such Lenderβs Commitment, and (ii)Β to the extent not reallocated pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall cash collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with SectionΒ 2.05(11). If, for any reason, such cash collateral is not provided or reallocation does not occur, the Revolving Lenders under the maturing tranche shall continue to be responsible for their participating interests in the Letters of Credit. Except to the extent of reallocations of participations pursuant to clause (i)Β of the second preceding sentence, the occurrence of a Maturity Date with respect to a given tranche of Revolving Facility Commitments shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage participations of the Revolving Lenders in any Letter of Credit issued before such Maturity Date. Commencing with the Maturity Date of any tranche of Revolving Facility Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit shall be agreed with the Lenders under the extended tranches. |
SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings.
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SECTION 2.07 Interest Elections.
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Β | (b) | If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower will be deemed to have selected a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing having an Interest Period of one monthβs duration. |
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SECTION 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
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SECTION 2.09 Promise to Pay; Evidence of Debt.
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(1) | The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date. |
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SECTION 2.10 Optional Repayment of Loans.
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SECTION 2.11 Mandatory Repayment of Loans.
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(1) | Except for Overadvances permitted under SectionΒ 2.01, in the event the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeds the Line Cap at such time, then the Borrower will within three (3)Β Business Days repay outstanding Revolving Loans, and, if there remains an excess after paying all Revolving Loans, cash collateralize Letters of Credit (in accordance with SectionΒ 2.05(11)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, in each case with no reduction in commitments. |
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(2) | In the event and on such occasion as the Revolving L/C Exposure exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Borrower will within three (3)Β Business Days deposit cash collateral (in accordance with SectionΒ 2.05(11)) in an amount equal to such excess. |
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SECTION 2.12 Fees.
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Β | Commitments of all the Lenders are otherwise terminated as provided herein. Accrued L/C Participation Fees will be payable in arrears on the first (1st) Business Day after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending on JuneΒ 30, 2018 and on each Maturity Date and any date on which the Commitments of all the Lenders are terminated as provided herein. |
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SECTION 2.13 Interest.
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(3) | Following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Specified Event of Default, the Borrower will pay interest on overdue amounts hereunder at a rate per annum equal to (a) in the case of overdue principal of, or interest on, any Loan, 2.0% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this SectionΒ 2.13 or (b)Β in the case of any other overdue amount, 2.0% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in clause (1)Β of this SectionΒ 2.13. |
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(4) | Accrued interest on each Loan will be payable by the Borrower in arrears (a)Β on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; (b)Β on the applicable Maturity Date; and (c)Β upon termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that: |
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SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest.
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SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs.
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and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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(4) | Promptly after any Lender or any Issuing Bank has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.15, such Lender or Issuing Bank will notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.15 will not constitute a waiver of such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower will not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.15 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above will be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. |
SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Borrower will compensate each Lender for the actual out-of-pocket loss, cost and expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) attributable to the following events:
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A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.16 will be delivered to the Borrower and will be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower will pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17 Taxes.
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(2) | In addition, the Loan Parties will pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. |
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Β | (i) | in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party, (A)Β with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βinterestβ article of such tax treaty and (B)Β with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βbusiness profitsβ or βother incomeβ article of such tax treaty; |
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In addition, in each of the foregoing circumstances, each Foreign Lender will deliver such forms, if legally entitled to deliver such forms, promptly upon the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Foreign Lender will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the United States of America or other taxing authorities for such purpose). In addition, each Lender that is not a Foreign Lender will deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) on or before the date such Lender becomes a party and upon the expiration of any form previously delivered by such Lender. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Lender will not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph (5)Β that such Lender is not legally able to deliver;
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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it will update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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(7) | If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund (including a credit in lieu of a refund) of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which such Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.17, it will pay over reasonably promptly such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this SectionΒ 2.17 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in good faith, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This SectionΒ 2.17(7) will not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems, in good faith, to be confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other Person. |
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SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
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Β | payment hereunder is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon will be payable for the period of such extension. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder will be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent, at or before such time, has taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment. |
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Β | (vii) | seventh, to payment of obligations pursuant to Specified Hedge Agreements then due from the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of obligations under such Specified Hedge Agreements then due to such parties; |
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Β | (xi) | eleventh, toward payment of principal then due from the Borrower hereunder with respect to the Refinancing Term Loans, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of such principal then due to such parties; and |
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provided that the application of such proceeds at all times will be subject to the application of proceeds provisions contained in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement.
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Β | participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations will be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (b)Β the provisions of this paragraph (4)Β will not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements to any assignee or participant other than to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph (4)Β apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. |
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with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
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SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
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Β | Lender does not comply with SectionΒ 10.04 within three Business Days after the Administrative Agentβs or the Borrowerβs request, compliance with SectionΒ 10.04 will not be required to effect such assignment. Nothing in this SectionΒ 2.19 will be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. |
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SECTION 2.20 Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any change in law has made it unlawful, or if any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Revolving Loans or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings will be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower will upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), either convert all Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings of such Lender to ABR Borrowings, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower will also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
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SECTION 2.21 Incremental Facilities.
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Each Incremental Revolving Facility Increase received pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.21 will be in an integral multiple of $1.0Β million and in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $10.0Β million (or such lesser minimum amount approved by the Administrative Agent); provided that such amount may be less than such minimum amount or integral multiple amount without the Administrative Agentβs consent if such amount represents all of the remaining availability in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Increases available pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.21 at such time.
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Β | 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 SectionΒ 2.21. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Facility Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as applicable, will be deemed amended (or amended and restated) to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Facility evidenced thereby. This SectionΒ 2.21 shall supersede any provisions in SectionΒ 2.18 or 10.08 to the contrary. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the proceeds of the Incremental Facility for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. |
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Β | Commitment Fee Percentage of the Revolving Facility Commitments are identical to those of any Incremental Commitments; provided, further, that any commitment, arrangement, upfront or similar fees for such Incremental Commitments will be as determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Commitments and (b)Β no Incremental Commitments may mature prior to the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Facility Commitments existing on the Closing Date. |
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SECTION 2.22 Refinancing Amendments.
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(2) | Refinancing Amendments. The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment will be subject only to the satisfaction on the date thereof of such of the conditions as may be requested by the providers of the Refinancing Term Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement will be deemed amended (or amended and restated, as applicable) to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Refinancing Term Loans incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the term loans subject thereto as Refinancing Term Loans). |
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SECTION 2.23 Extensions of Loans and Revolving Commitments.
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Β | the minimum amount of Revolving Facility Commitments with respect to which an Extension Offer may be accepted, which will be an integral multiple of $1.0Β million and an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $10.0Β million (or (a)Β if less, the aggregate principal amount of such Revolving Facility Commitments or (b)Β such lesser minimum amount as is approved by the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and will be made on a pro rata basis to all Lenders having Revolving Facility Commitments with a like Maturity Date. If the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments (calculated on the face amount thereof) in respect of which Lenders have accepted an Extension Offer exceeds the maximum aggregate principal amount of Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments offered to be extended pursuant to an Extension Offer, then the Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments of such Lenders will be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the Revolving Facility Commitments of or the principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which the Lenders that have accepted such Extension Offer. There is no requirement that any Extension Offer or Extension Amendment (defined as follows) be subject to any βmost favored nationβ pricing provisions. The terms of an Extension Offer will be determined by the Borrower and an Extension Offer may contain one or more conditions to its effectiveness, including that a minimum amount of Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments or any or all applicable tranches be tendered. |
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Any Extended Term Loans will constitute a separate tranche of Term Loans from the Term Loans held by Lenders that did not accept the applicable Extension Offer and such Extended Term Loans shall also be subject to the requirements set forth in SectionΒ 2.22 with regards to the terms and conditions applicable to Refinancing Term Loans.
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SECTION 2.24 Defaulting Lenders.
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provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, such payment will be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender. Any payments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.24(1)(b) will be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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Β | Credit to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the procedures set forth in SectionΒ 2.05(11) in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure of the Revolving Facility L/C Exposure (after giving effect to SectionΒ 2.24(1)(d)) which will be held as security for the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower with respect to the Revolving Facility L/C Exposure. |
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
To induce the Lenders to make any extension of credit hereunder on or after the Closing Date, the Borrower, with respect to itself and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, represents and warrants (i)Β on the Closing Date solely to the extent set forth in SectionΒ 4.01(12) and (ii)Β thereafter, on the date of any Borrowing or any other extension of credit hereunder to the extent otherwise required hereunder (and subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to SectionΒ 1.09), each of the following to each Agent and to each of the Lenders:
SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers. The Borrower and each Loan Party:
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(1) | is a Person duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (to the extent such status or an analogous concept applies to such an organization or in such jurisdiction); |
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SECTION 3.02 Authorization; No Contravention.
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except with respect to clauses (a)Β and (b) of this SectionΒ 3.02(2) as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.03 Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to:
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SECTION 3.04 Governmental Approvals. No material action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for:
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SECTION 3.05 Title to Properties; Liens. Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties has valid fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all of its Real Properties and valid title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Permitted Liens or defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes, in each case, except where the failure to have such title, interest or easement would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
SECTION 3.06 Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.06 sets forth as of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transactions, the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary and, as to each Restricted Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or by any other Subsidiary of the Borrower.
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SECTION 3.07 Litigation; Compliance with Laws.
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(1) | There are no actions, suits or proceedings, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, investigations at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any business, property or rights (including any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials) of any such Person (excluding any actions, suits or proceedings arising under or relating to any Environmental Laws, which are subject to SectionΒ 3.13, but including in respect of any Health Care Law), in each case, which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(3) | Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have, and they and their products are in conformance with, all authorizations, approvals, licenses, permits, certificates, or exemptions required by the FDA or other Governmental Authority under the Healthcare Laws (the βHealthcare Permitsβ) to conduct their businesses as currently conducted or as reasonably anticipated, except where a failure to have or conform with such Healthcare Permits would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor its Restricted Subsidiaries have received any written notice from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority that it is considering materially limiting, suspending, or revoking any Healthcare Permit (nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, are any such actions threatened). The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have made all material notifications, modifications, submissions, and reports required to be made to the FDA or any other Governmental Authority under the Healthcare Permits and Healthcare Laws, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, all such notifications, modifications, submissions, or reports were true, complete, and correct in all material respects. |
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(4) | In the past two years: (i)Β all products manufactured, tested, investigated, marketed, sold or distributed by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have been and are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Healthcare Laws and any other applicable Laws; (ii)Β neither the Borrower nor its Restricted Subsidiaries have received any written warning letter or other written notice regarding a material violation of any Healthcare Laws, nor are they subject to any continuing material obligation arising under any warning letter or other notice of material violation of any Healthcare Laws; and (iii)Β except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, no product manufactured, marketed, sold or distributed by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has been seized, withdrawn, recalled, subject to a detention order, safety alert or suspension by the FDA or other Governmental Authority and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there are no facts or circumstances (including pending or threatened proceedings) reasonably likely to cause any of the foregoing. |
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(5) | Neither the Borrower nor its Restricted Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or contractors have been excluded or debarred from any federal healthcare program (including without limitation Medicare or Medicaid). |
SECTION 3.08 Federal Reserve Regulations.
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(1) | None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock. |
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(2) | No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i)Β to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or (ii)Β for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation U or Regulation X. |
SECTION 3.09 Investment Company Act. None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party is an βinvestment companyβ as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 3.10 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, for working capital and other general corporate purposes (including for capital expenditures, Permitted Investments, Restricted Payments and the repayment or refinancing of Indebtedness, in each case to the extent not prohibited hereunder and any other uses not prohibited by the Loan Documents).
SECTION 3.11 Tax Returns. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11:
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(1) | Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it; and |
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SECTION 3.12 No Material Misstatements.
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(1) | All written factual information and written factual data (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) concerning the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that has been made available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions, when taken as a whole and after giving effect to all supplements and updates provided thereto, is correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made. |
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(2) | The Projections that have been made available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with the Transactions, when taken as a whole, have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions that are believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made and at the time delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, it being understood by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that: |
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SECTION 3.13 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13 or as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:
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(3) | to the Borrowerβs knowledge, no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and transported to or Released at any location which, in each case, described in this clause (3), would reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and |
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(4) | there are no agreements in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably anticipated liability or obligation of any other Person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws or Hazardous Materials. |
SECTION 3.14 Security Documents.
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(1) | Except as otherwise contemplated hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, the Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) legal and valid Liens on the Collateral described therein; and when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule III to the Collateral Agreement, a short form grant of security interest in Intellectual Property Rights (in substantially the form of Exhibit II to the Collateral Agreement (for trademarks), Exhibit III to the Collateral Agreement (for patents) or Exhibit IV to the Collateral Agreement (for copyrights)) is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement is delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Liens on the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Agreement will constitute fully perfected Liens on all right, title and interest of the grantors in such Collateral in which (and to the extent) a security interest can be perfected under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, in each case prior to and superior in right of the Lien of any other Person (subject to Permitted Liens). |
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(2) | Notwithstanding anything herein (including this SectionΒ 3.14) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty (a)Β as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Excluded Assets or (b)Β as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Non-U.S. Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law. |
SECTION 3.15 Location of Real Property and Leased Premises.
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SECTION 3.16 Solvency. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, including the Borrowing of the Loans hereunder, if applicable, and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loans, if applicable:
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For purposes of this SectionΒ 3.16, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability.
SECTION 3.17 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
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(1) | The consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and of Impax and its consolidated subsidiaries as at DecemberΒ 31, 2017, and related statements of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries and Impax and its consolidated set forth in the PIPE Registration Statement fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of each of the Borrower and Impax, as applicable, and their respective Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein. |
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(3) | Since DecemberΒ 31, 2017, there has been no event that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(4) | The forecasts of consolidated balance sheets and income statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, when taken as a whole, have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time furnished, it being understood that (i)Β no forecasts are to be viewed as facts, (ii)Β any forecasts are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower, Impax and their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates, (iii)Β no assurance can be given that any particular forecasts will be realized and (iv)Β actual results may differ and such differences may be material. |
SECTION 3.18 Insurance. Schedule 3.18 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as of the Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect.
SECTION 3.19 USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Corruption; Sanctions.
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(1) | To the extent applicable, each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA PATRIOT Act. |
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(2) | No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, (i)Β for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, or (ii)Β in any manner that would result in the violation of any applicable Sanctions. |
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(3) | None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, nor any of their respective directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, any of their respective agents and employees, is any of the following: |
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(4) | The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and their respective officers and directors, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, their respective employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that could reasonably be expected to result in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary being designated as a Sanctioned Person. |
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SECTION 3.20 Intellectual Property Rights; Licenses, Etc. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
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(1) | the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the patents, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or mask works, domain names, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights (collectively, βIntellectual Property Rightsβ) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses (provided the foregoing shall not be construed as a warranty with respect to non-infringement of third party intellectual property rights); |
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(2) | to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries nor any Intellectual Property Rights, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now made, used, employed, sold or offered for sale by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, nor the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating Intellectual Property Rights of any Person, but excluding any (i)Β infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights caused by the filing of any abbreviated new drug application for a product filed with the FDA pursuant to Β§505(j) of the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended from time to time (the βFFDCAβ) or by the filing of any new drug application for a product filed with the FDA pursuant to Β§505(b)(2) of the FFDCA and (ii)Β infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights alleged pursuant to a Paragraph IV Proceeding for which a Paragraph IV Certification Notice has been made; and |
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SECTION 3.21 Employee Benefit Plans. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each of its ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under all Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.Β 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plans, in the aggregate.
SECTION 3.22 Labor Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (1)Β there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened and (2)Β hours worked by and payment made based on hours worked to employees of each of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Laws dealing with wage and hour matters.
SECTION 3.23 Borrowing Base Certificate. At the time of delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate, assuming that any eligibility criteria that requires the approval or satisfaction of the Administrative Agent has been approved by or is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each material Account reflected therein as eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base is an Eligible Account, the material Inventory reflected therein as eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base constitutes Eligible Inventory and the cash and Cash Equivalents reflected therein as eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base constitute Eligible Cash.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions of Lending
SECTION 4.01 Closing Date Conditions Precedent. The obligations of (a)Β the Lenders to make Loans and (b)Β any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit or amend, extend, reinstate or renew Letters of Credit hereunder (each, a βCredit Eventβ) is subject solely to the satisfaction or waiver by the Administrative Agent, of the following conditions precedent:
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(1) | Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a)Β this Agreement duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, (b)Β the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties (including the related short form grants of security interest in Intellectual Property Rights duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of each applicable Loan Party) and (c)Β an acknowledgment to the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties. |
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(3) | Acquisition Transactions. Prior to or substantially concurrently with the initial extension of credit hereunder on the Closing Date: |
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(4) | Fees. Payment of all (a)Β Fees required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letters and (b)Β reasonable (and reasonably documented) out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter, in each case to the extent invoiced in reasonable detail at least three (3)Β Business Days prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower). |
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(5) | Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. |
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(6) | Closing Date Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received such certificates of good standing from the applicable secretary of state (or other similar Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties as of the Closing Date, customary resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Loan Parties as of the Closing Date evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date, the Organizational Documents of each such Loan Party and, in the case of the Borrower including certification by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that the conditions specified in clauses (3), (9) and (12)Β of this SectionΒ 4.01 have been or substantially concurrent with the initial extension of credit hereunder on the Closing Date will be satisfied; |
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(7) | Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received a customary legal opinion of XxxxxxΒ & Xxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Loan Parties. |
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(8) | Pledged Equity Interests. Except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have confirmed to the Administrative Agent that prior to or substantially concurrently with the initial extension of credit hereunder on the Closing Date, the Term Agent shall have received (a)Β to the extent delivered to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Closing Date Refinancing and constituting Collateral, the certificates representing the Equity Interests (if such Equity Interests are certificated) of the Borrower |
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Β | and its Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiaries that are Material Subsidiaries and (b)Β to the extent delivered to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement and constituting Collateral, the certificates representing the Equity Interests (if such Equity Interests are certificated) of Impax and its Wholly Owned U.S. Subsidiaries that are Material Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent such Equity Interests are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, together with a customary stock power for each such certificate executed in blank. |
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(10) | Registration Statement. The Registration Statement (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement as of OctoberΒ 17, 2017) shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement as of OctoberΒ 17, 2017). |
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(11) | Know Your Customer and Other Required Information. All outstanding documentation and other information about the Loan Parties required under applicable βknow your customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, as has been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent at least ten (10)Β Business Days prior to the Closing Date, will be provided not later than the date that is two (2)Β Business Days prior to the Closing Date. |
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(12) | Representations and Warranties. Subject to the Certain Funds Provisions, the Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations and Specified Representations will be true and correct in all material respects; provided that the failure of a Specified Acquisition Agreement Representation to be true and correct will not result in a failure of a condition precedent under this Article IV unless such failure results in a failure of a condition precedent to the Borrowerβs (or its Affiliatesβ) obligation to consummate the Acquisition pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement or such failure gives the Borrower the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its obligations under the Acquisition Agreement. |
There are no conditions, implied or otherwise, to the making of the initial extension of credit on the Closing Date other than as set forth in the preceding clauses (1)Β through (12) and upon satisfaction or waiver by the Administrative Agent of such conditions the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date, if any, will be made by the Lenders. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this SectionΒ 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
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SECTION 4.02 All Credit Events After the Closing Date. Except as set forth in SectionΒ 2.21(6), 2.22(2) and 2.23(2) and subject to SectionΒ 1.09, each Credit Event after the Closing Date is subject solely to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
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(1) | The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by SectionΒ 2.03 (or a Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03(4)) or, in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit (and if requested by such Issuing Bank, a letter of credit application) as required by SectionΒ 2.05(2). |
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Each such Credit Event occurring after the Closing Date will be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Credit Event as to the matters specified in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)Β of this SectionΒ 4.02.
There are no conditions, implied or otherwise, to the making of Loans after the Closing Date other than as set forth in the preceding clauses (1)Β through (4) of SectionΒ 4.02 and upon satisfaction or waiver of such conditions Loans will be made by the Lenders and any applicable Letters of Credit will be issued, amended, extended or renewed.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement is in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the Obligations have been Paid in Full, unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary, to:
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SECTION 5.01 Existence; Businesses and Properties.
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SECTION 5.02 Insurance.
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(1) | Maintain, with insurance companies that the Borrower reasonably believes in good faith to be financially sound and reputable at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, or with a Captive Insurance Subsidiary, insurance (including property, casualty and general liability) in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, and cause, as is appropriate and customary and, with respect to jurisdictions outside of the United States, to the extent available and customary in such jurisdictions, the Collateral Agent (a)Β to be listed as an additional insured on liability policies or (b)Β in the case of property and casualty policies, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement listing the Collateral Agent as a co-loss payee thereon. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, upon reasonable written request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that no Loan Party will be required to maintain flood insurance unless any material Real Property owned by it is required to be so insured pursuant to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 or the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, because such material Real Property is located in an area which has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as a βspecial flood hazard area.β |
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(2) | Use commercially reasonable efforts upon the Administrative Agentβs reasonable written request to: (a)Β if insurance is procured from insurance companies, obtain certificates and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to property and casualty insurance; (b)Β cause each property and casualty insurance policy referred to in this SectionΒ 5.02 and procured from an insurance company to provide that it shall not be cancelled, modified or not renewed (i)Β by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon not less than 10 daysβ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent (giving the Administrative Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (ii)Β for any other reason except upon not less than 30 daysβ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent; and (c)Β promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of payment of the premium therefor. |
SECTION 5.03 Taxes. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, pay and discharge promptly when due and payable all Taxes imposed upon it or its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same becomes delinquent or in default; provided that such payment and discharge will not be required with respect to any Tax if (1)Β the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (2)Β the Borrower or any affected Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.04 Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
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(1) | within 90 days following the end of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ended DecemberΒ 31, 2018, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and ownersβ equity showing the financial position of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of its operations during such fiscal year and, in each case, commencing with the fiscal year ending DecemberΒ 31, 2019, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and ownersβ equity will be prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited by any independent public accountants of recognized national standing, or such other accountants as are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be subject to any βgoing concernβ statement, explanatory note or like qualification or exception (other than a βgoing concernβ statement, explanatory note or like qualification or exception relating to an anticipated, but not actual, financial covenant default or an upcoming maturity date) (the applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to this clause (1)Β being the βAnnual Financial Statementsβ); |
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(2) | for the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal quarter ended MarchΒ 31, 2018, |
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in each case (other than the preceding clause (ii)), certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (or Impax and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable) on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes (the applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to this clause (2)Β being the βQuarterly Financial Statementsβ and, together with the Annual Financial Statements, the βRequired Financial Statementsβ).
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(7) | promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) in writing; |
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(8) | promptly upon reasonable written request by the Administrative Agent (so long as the following are obtainable using commercially reasonable measures), copies of any documents described in SectionΒ 101(k)(1) of ERISA that the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided that if the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates has not requested such documents from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, the Borrower or the applicable ERISA Affiliate shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof; and |
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Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations in clauses (1)Β and (2) of this SectionΒ 5.04 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by furnishing (1)Β the applicable financial statements of any Parent Entity or (2)Β the Borrowerβs (or any such other Parent Entityβs), as applicable, Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that with respect to each of the foregoing clauses (1)Β and (2) (a) to the extent such information relates to a Parent Entity, such information is accompanied by consolidating information (which need not be audited) that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such Parent Entity, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand, and (b)Β to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under SectionΒ 5.04(1), such materials are prepared in accordance with GAAP and accompanied by a report and opinion of any independent public
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accountants of recognized national standing, or such other accountants as are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be subject to any βgoing concernβ statement, explanatory note or like qualification or exception (other than a βgoing concernβ statement, explanatory note or like qualification or exception relating to an anticipated, but not actual, financial covenant default or an upcoming maturity date). The obligations in clauses (1)Β and (2) of this SectionΒ 5.04 may be satisfied by delivery of financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as such financial statements include a reasonably detailed presentation (which need not be audited), either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this SectionΒ 5.04 may be delivered electronically in accordance with SectionΒ 10.01(5).
SECTION 5.05 Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:
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(6) | any seizure, detention, suspension or recall of, or any voluntary withdrawal or recall of, or any response or commitment to the FDA or any Governmental Authority to withdraw or recall, any product manufactured, marketed, developed, sold or distributed by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
SECTION 5.06 Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and assets (including ERISA and Health Care Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that this SectionΒ 5.06 will not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of SectionΒ 5.09, or laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of SectionΒ 5.03. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of the foregoing with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 5.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Appraisals.
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SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans and request issuance of Letters of Credit solely for working capital and other general corporate purposes (including for capital expenditures, Permitted Investments, Restricted Payments and the repayment or refinancing of Indebtedness, in each case to the extent not prohibited hereunder, and any other uses not prohibited by the Loan Documents).
SECTION 5.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other Persons occupying its fee- owned Real Properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties, and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.10 Further Assurances; Additional Security.
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Β | (iv) | except as otherwise contemplated by this SectionΒ 5.10 or any Security Document or as otherwise agreed by the Collateral Agent, obtain all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with (A) the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder and (B)Β the performance of its obligations thereunder. |
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The Borrower will not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will be made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, in all Collateral held by such Loan Party.
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Β | (b) | neither the Borrower nor the other Loan Parties will be required to grant a security interest in any asset or perfect a security interest in any Collateral to the extent the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence of obtaining or perfecting a security interest therein outweighs the benefit of the security afforded thereby as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or with respect to matters relating primarily to the Term Priority Collateral, the Borrower and the Term Agent); and |
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SECTION 5.11 Cash Management Systems; Application of Proceeds of Accounts.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of SectionΒ 5.11(1)(a) will not apply to any deposit account that is acquired by a Loan Party in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Agreement prior to the date that is 120 days (or such later date as may be consented to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) following the date of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, and the
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balances held in such deposit accounts at the date of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment shall not be counted toward the amount set forth in clause (1)Β of the definition of βExcluded Accountβ until the end of such 120 day period (or later period, if applicable; provided that if the applicable Loan Party shall not have entered into a Control Agreement with respect to any such deposit account (other than any Excluded Account) within such 120 day period (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree), all funds therein will be transferred to a Deposit Account at the Administrative Agent, an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, or another financial institution that has executed a Control Agreement).
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with any excess, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to be remitted to the Borrower.
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provided that the foregoing will not apply to cash or Cash Equivalents constituting Term Priority Collateral required to be deposited in a blocked account in favor of the lenders under the Term Loan Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement; provided, further, that the foregoing will not apply to cash or Cash Equivalents deposited, held or invested in any of the following:
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(4) | The Loan Parties may close DDAs or Blocked Accounts and/or open new DDAs or Blocked Accounts, subject to the execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Control Agreement within one hundred twenty (120)Β days (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree) of opening any new DDA or Blocked Account, which Control Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt) will be subject to the first sentence of SectionΒ 5.11(2); provided that such new DDA or Blocked Account shall not be permitted to be funded until a Control Agreement in respect of such new DDA or Blocked Account has been executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that the Loan Parties may close DDAs or Blocked Accounts or open new DDAs that are Excluded Accounts without executing or delivering any Control Agreement. |
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(5) | Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, so long as (i)Β no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii)Β no Cash Dominion Period is then in effect, the Loan Parties will have full and complete access to, and may direct the manner of disposition of, funds in the Blocked Accounts. |
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SECTION 5.12 Post-Closing Matters. Deliver to Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the items described on Schedule 5.12 hereof on or before the dates specified with respect to such items on Schedule 5.12 (or, in each case, such later date as may be agreed to by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or, with respect to matters relating primarily to the Term Priority Collateral, in the reasonable discretion of the Term Agent). All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be deemed modified to the extent necessary to effect the foregoing (and to permit the taking of the actions described on Schedule 5.12 within the time periods specified thereon, rather than as elsewhere provided in any of the Loan Documents).
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement is in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the Obligations have been Paid in Full, unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent in writing, it will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness. Issue, incur or assume any Indebtedness; provided that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may issue, incur or assume Permitted Additional Indebtedness so long as immediately after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Permitted Additional Indebtedness, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Additional Indebtedness does not exceed the Ratio Debt Cap (βRatio Debtβ).
The foregoing limitation will not apply to (collectively, βPermitted Debtβ):
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(2) | (a) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement (including all Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans and Extended Term Loans, in each case, as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement); (b) any Incremental Equivalent Term Debt; (c)Β Specified Hedge Obligations (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement); and (d)Β Term Loan Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness originally incurred pursuant to this clause (2) (and any successive Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof), as of the date any such Indebtedness is incurred, does not exceed the sum of; |
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provided that:
(A) if the Borrower incurs any Indebtedness under the preceding clause (ii) on the same date that it incurs Indebtedness under the preceding clause (iii), then the Term Incremental Amount will be calculated without regard to any incurrence of Indebtedness under the preceding clause (ii);
(B) unless the Borrower elects otherwise, any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Term Debt will be deemed incurred first as Term Incremental Amount to the extent permitted, with any balance incurred under the preceding clause (ii); and
(C) the Borrower may classify, and may later reclassify, any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Term Debt as incurred as, and in reliance on, the preceding clause (ii), the Term Incremental Amount, or both, on the date of incurrence or thereafter, to the extent permitted on the date of classification (or the date of any such reclassification);
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(3) | Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1)Β or (2) above), including the Impax Convertible Notes; |
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(5) | Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank Guarantees, bankersβ acceptances or similar instruments) in respect of workersβ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits (whether to current or former employees) or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance in respect of such items, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workersβ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits (whether current or former) or property, casualty or liability insurance; |
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(6) | Indebtedness constituting indemnification obligations, earn-outs, milestones, royalties, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions, a commercial or license agreement, any Permitted Investment or the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement; |
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(7) | intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness is not prohibited by SectionΒ 6.04 (without regard to SectionΒ 6.04(14)); |
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(10) | Guarantees of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement to the extent such Guarantees are not prohibited by the provisions of SectionΒ 6.04 (without regard to SectionΒ 6.04(14)); provided that, if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders; |
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provided that the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to this clause (11)(b) does not exceed the greater of (A) $125.0Β million and (B)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount set forth in clause (A)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of incurrence; and
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(13) | Indebtedness (a)Β supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit, (b)Β in respect of letters of credit in an aggregate face amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (i) $25.0Β million and (ii)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount in the preceding clause (i)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower on a Pro Forma Basis as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of incurrence, and (c)Β in respect of letters of credit that are cash collateralized; |
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(14) | Contribution Indebtedness; |
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(15) | Indebtedness consisting of (a)Β the financing of insurance premiums or (b)Β take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; |
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(16) | Indebtedness incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction that is not recourse (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0Β million, measured at any time, with respect to a Qualified Receivables Financing, by the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness under such Qualified Receivables Financing that was incurred during the term of this Agreement, whether or not such Indebtedness remains outstanding at such time, and with respect to a Qualified Receivables Factoring, by the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness under such Qualified Receivables Factoring that was incurred during the term of this Agreement and remains outstanding at such time; |
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(17) | Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of Cash Management Services, and netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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(18) | Indebtedness issued to any future, current or former officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or distributees, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity) permitted by SectionΒ 6.07; |
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(22) | obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services so long as such obligations are incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money; |
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For purposes of determining compliance with this SectionΒ 6.01, in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt or is entitled to be incurred (in whole or in part) as Ratio Debt, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, at the time of incurrence, divide, classify or reclassify, or at any later time divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant at the time of incurrence or at such later time (as applicable); provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents and the Term Loan Credit Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing thereof will be deemed to have been incurred in reliance on the exception in clauses (1)Β and (2), respectively, of the definition of βPermitted Debtβ and shall not be permitted to be reclassified pursuant to this paragraph. All unsecured Permitted Debt originally incurred under clause (4), (11)(b), (19), (21) or (28)Β of the definition of Permitted Debt will be automatically reclassified as Ratio Debt on the first date on which such Indebtedness would have been permitted to be incurred as Ratio Debt. The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms (including any pay-in-kind interest) and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies, will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this SectionΒ 6.01. The principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date will be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Borrower dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to Indebtedness that is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness will not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this SectionΒ 6.01. Any incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Debt with respect to any Refinanced Debt that was incurred in reliance on a dollar or Equivalent Percentage basket (and not subsequently reclassified) shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, reload any such dollar or Equivalent Percentage based basket.
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated (or Equivalent Percentage, if greater) restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first incurred (whichever yields the lower Dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated (or Equivalent Percentage, if greater) restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated (or Equivalent Percentage, if greater) restriction will be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses in connection therewith).
Any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this SectionΒ 6.01 may, at the option of the Borrower, be Convertible Indebtedness.
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SECTION 6.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien that secures obligations under any Indebtedness on any property or assets at the time owned by it, except the following (collectively, βPermitted Liensβ):
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(2) | Liens securing Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date; provided that such Liens only secure the obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by SectionΒ 6.01) and do not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than replacements, additions, accessions and improvements thereto and products thereof and customary security deposits; provided further, that individual financings of equipment or other assets provided by a lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment or other assets financed by such lender; |
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(5) | Liens on assets of Non-Loan Parties securing Indebtedness incurred in accordance with SectionΒ 6.01(19) or (21); |
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(8) | Liens on property or assets of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and on any Excluded Assets securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; |
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(15) | survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate survey would disclose, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights of way, covenants, conditions, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), and declarations on or with respect to the use of Real Property, encroachments, protrusions, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other encumbrances and title defects or irregularities that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; |
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(17) | Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to (a)Β the establishment of depository relations with banks or other deposit-taking financial institutions in the ordinary course of business, (b)Β pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (c)Β purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; |
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(19) | leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to Intellectual Property Rights and software) (or other agreement under which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has granted rights to end users to access and use the Borrowerβs or any Restricted Subsidiaryβs products, technologies or services) granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; |
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(21) | the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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(24) | Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; |
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(28) | Liens on property or assets used to defease or to satisfy and discharge Indebtedness; provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not prohibited by this Agreement; |
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Β | (a) | of a collection bank arising under SectionΒ 4-208 or 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or any comparable or successor provision, on items in the course of collection; |
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Β | (b) | attaching to pooling, commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business; or |
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Β | (c) | in favor of banking or other financial institutions or entities, or electronic payment service providers, arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry; |
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(31) | Liens securing Ratio Debt, Term Loan Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or Indebtedness incurred in accordance with SectionΒ 6.01(11)(b), in each case, to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans; provided that after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio measured as of the date of initial incurrence of such Indebtedness is (a)Β less than or equal to the Closing Date First Lien Net Leverage Ratio or (b)Β the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence; provided that a Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness will become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement and/or a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; |
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(32) | Liens securing Ratio Debt, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or Indebtedness incurred in accordance with SectionΒ 6.01(11)(b), in each case, that constitutes Junior Lien Debt; provided that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Total Net Leverage Ratio measured as of the date of initial incurrence of such Junior Lien Debt is less than or equal to (a)Β the Closing Date Total Net Leverage Ratio or (b)Β the Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence; provided that a Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness will become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement and/or a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; |
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(33) | Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the greater of (a) $150.0Β million and (b)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount in the preceding clause (a)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA, as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of initial attachment of such lien; |
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(34) | Liens in favor of the Borrower or a Loan Party securing any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under SectionΒ 6.01; |
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(35) | [Reserved]; |
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(36) | Liens (a)Β on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in a Permitted Investment, (b)Β consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property, (c)Β arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods in the ordinary course of business or (d)Β imposed by law or incurred pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title (including contractual Liens in favor of sellers and suppliers of goods) incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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(37) | Liens in respect of cash collateralization of letters of credit; |
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(38) | (a) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are located, (b)Β deposits of cash with the owner or lessor of premises leased and operated by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (c)Β any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; |
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(39) | Liens deemed to exist in connection with Permitted Investments in repurchase agreements and reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; |
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(40) | the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by this SectionΒ 6.02; provided that the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and replacements, improvements, proceeds and products thereof; provided, further that the modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by SectionΒ 6.01; |
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(41) | Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (but without reloading any dollar or Equivalent Percentage based basket); provided that: |
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Β | (i) | such Indebtedness being Refinanced was permitted by SectionΒ 6.01 and was secured by a Lien permitted by this SectionΒ 6.02, |
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Β | (ii) | such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is permitted by SectionΒ 6.01, and |
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Β | (iii) | the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and replacements, improvements, proceeds and products thereof, and |
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(42) | Liens securing amounts owing to any Qualified Counterparty (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) under any Specified Hedge Agreement (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement), which amounts are secured under the Term Loan Documents; provided that, in each case, the applicable Liens are subject to the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement or other Intercreditor Agreement substantially consistent with and no less favorable to the Lenders in any material respect than the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. |
For purposes of determining compliance with this SectionΒ 6.02, in the event that any Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories set forth above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, at the time of incurrence, divide, classify or reclassify, or at any later time divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant on the date such Lien is incurred or such later time, as applicable; provided that all Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents will be deemed to have been incurred in reliance on SectionΒ 6.02(1) above and shall not be permitted to be reclassified pursuant to this paragraph.
SECTION 6.03 [Reserved].
SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with a Person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make any investment or any other interest in (in each case, excluding any (i)Β Short Term Advances and (ii)Β acquisitions of or licenses under intellectual property or related tangible assets used or useful in a business permitted under SectionΒ 6.09) (each, a βInvestmentβ), any other Person, except the following (collectively, βPermitted Investmentsβ):
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(2) | (a) payroll advances in the ordinary course of business and (b)Β loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary |
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Β | (i) | for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, |
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Β | (ii) | in connection with such Personβs purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity); provided that, to the extent such loans or advances are made in cash, the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Equity Interests shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash, and |
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Β | (iii) | for any other purpose; provided that the aggregate principal amount outstanding under this clause (iii)Β shall not exceed the greater of (A) $20.0Β million and (B)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount set forth in clause (A)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Investment; |
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(3) | Investments in Joint Ventures, Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Similar Businesses that do not exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the greater of (i) $200Β million and (ii)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount set forth in clause (i)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Investment; |
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(4) | Permitted Acquisitions and pre-existing Investments held by Persons acquired in Permitted Acquisitions or acquired in connection with Permitted Acquisitions; |
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(5) | Investments of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary on or after the date hereof (or of a Person merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that any such Investment (a)Β exists at the time such person becomes (or merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into) a Restricted Subsidiary and (b)Β is not made in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger, consolidation or amalgamation); |
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Β | (a) | by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and |
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Β | (b) | by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if, as a result of such Investment, (i)Β such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii)Β such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
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provided that Investments made after the Closing Date pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.04(6) by a Person that is a Loan Party on the date such Investment is made in any Person that on the date of such Investment is not a Loan Party (or does not become a Loan Party as a result thereof) shall not exceed, in the aggregate at any time outstanding, the greater of (i) $155.0Β million and (ii)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount set forth in clause (i)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Investment;
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(7) | [Reserved]; |
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(8) | Cash Equivalents and, to the extent not made for speculative purposes, Investment Grade Securities or Investments that were Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities when made; |
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(9) | Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of promissory notes and other non-cash consideration in connection with any Disposition permitted under SectionΒ 6.06; |
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(10) | (a) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy, workout, recapitalization or reorganization of, or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, the issuer of such Investment or an Affiliate thereof and (b)Β Investments consisting of accounts or notes receivable, security deposits and prepayments and other credits granted or made in the ordinary course of business and any Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and others, including in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, such account debtors and others, in each case in the ordinary course of business; |
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(11) | Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests)Β (a) upon a foreclosure with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default, (b)Β in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons and (c)Β as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates; |
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(12) | Hedge Agreements; |
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(13) | Investments existing on or contractually committed as of the Closing Date and, with respect to each such Investment in an amount in excess of $25.0Β million, set forth on Schedule 6.04, and any modification, replacements, refinancings, refunds, extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (13)Β is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investments existing or committed on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date); |
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(14) | Investments consisting of Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Guarantees) permitted under SectionΒ 6.01, Permitted Liens, mergers, dissolutions, liquidations and consolidations permitted under SectionΒ 6.05, Dispositions permitted under SectionΒ 6.06 and Restricted Payments permitted under SectionΒ 6.07; |
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(16) | acquisitions of obligations of one or more future, present or former employees, managers, officers, directors, consultants or contractors (or spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, trustees, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof, in connection with such employeeβs, managerβs, officerβs, directorβs, consultantβs or contractorβs acquisition of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Persons in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations; |
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(17) | Guarantees of operating leases or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case, entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; |
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(18) | Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or the proceeds from the issuance thereof; |
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(19) | the issuance of, entry into (including any payments of premiums in connection therewith), performance of obligations under, or exercise, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement or early termination of, or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; the issuance of, entry into, performance of obligations under, or repurchase, redemption, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement or early termination of, or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any related Permitted Warrant Transaction; and the issuance of, entry into performance of obligations under (including any payments of interest), conversion, exercise, repurchase, redemption, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement, cancellation or early termination of, or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any Convertible Indebtedness, in each case, whether in cash, common Capital Stock of Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of Borrower or such parent and whether in whole or in part and including by netting or set-off; |
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(20) | Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers; |
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(23) | Investments, including loans and advances, to any Person so long as the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as applicable) would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount to such Person; provided that the amount of any such Investment will be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under the appropriate clause of SectionΒ 6.07 for all purposes of this Agreement; |
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(24) | Investments consisting of the leasing, subleasing, licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual Property Rights in the ordinary course of business or the contribution of Intellectual Property Rights pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons; |
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(25) | Investments (a)Β consisting of purchases or acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, equipment, contract rights or Intellectual Property Rights in each case in the ordinary course of business and (b)Β made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts or similar arrangements and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course of business; |
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(26) | Investments in assets useful in the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary made with (or in an amount equal to) any Reinvestment Deferred Amount or Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds; provided that if the underlying Asset Sale was with respect to assets of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party, then such Investment shall be consummated by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party; |
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(27) | any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person, in each case in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness; |
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(28) | intercompany current liabilities owed to Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; |
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(29) | Investments that are made with Excluded Contributions that are Not Otherwise Applied; |
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Β | (b) | constituting (i)Β any customary upfront milestone, marketing, revenue sharing, royalty, profit sharing or other funding payment in the ordinary course of business to another Person in connection with obtaining a right to receive royalty or other payments in the future, (ii)Β Exclusive Licenses from a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party of rights to a drug or other biologic or therapeutic products, diagnostic products, delivery technologies, medical devices or biotechnology businesses or (iii)Β transfers of Intellectual Property Rights (βTransferred IPβ) to a Specified IP Subsidiary; provided that (x)Β such transfers do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the Loan Partiesβ ability to pay their obligations under the Loan Documents as when due and (y)Β except as otherwise agreed by the Collateral Agent, prior to such transfer (or at such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree), the Borrower shall pledge (or cause to be pledged) 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests (other than any voting Equity Interests of any non-U.S. Subsidiary or any FSHCO in excess of 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of such non-U.S. Subsidiary or FSHCO) of such Specified IP Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under (and in accordance with) the Collateral Agreement; or |
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(31) | Investments; provided that both immediately before such Investment is made and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment, the Payment Conditions are satisfied; and |
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(32) | Investments that do not exceed the greater of (i) $320.0Β million and (ii)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount in the preceding clause (i)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Investment. |
For purposes of determining compliance with this SectionΒ 6.04, (x) the amount of any Investment at any time shall be the amount of cash and the fair market value of other property actually invested (measured at the time made), without adjustment for subsequent changes in the value of such Investment, net of any return, whether a return of capital, interest, dividend or otherwise, with respect to such Investment and (y)Β in the event that any Investment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories set forth above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, at the time such Investment is made, divide, classify or reclassify, or at any later time divide, classify or reclassify, such Investment (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this SectionΒ 6.04 on the date such Investment is made or such later time, as applicable.
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To the extent any Investment in any Person is made in compliance with this SectionΒ 6.04 in reliance on a category above that is subject to a Dollar-denominated restriction on the making of Investments and, subsequently, such Person returns to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or, to the extent applicable, any Restricted Subsidiary all or any portion of such Investment (in the form of a dividend, distribution, liquidation or otherwise but excluding intercompany Indebtedness), such return shall be deemed to be credited to the Dollar-denominated category against which the Investment is then charged (but in any event not in an amount that would result in the aggregate Dollar amount able to be invested in reliance on such category to exceed such Dollar-denominated restriction).
The amount set forth in SectionΒ 6.07(14) and clause (1)(f) of SectionΒ 6.11 (without duplication) may, in lieu of Restricted Payments or prepayments, repayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances or satisfactions of any Junior Financings, as applicable, be utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make or hold any Investments without regards to this SectionΒ 6.04.
SECTION 6.05 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person:
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(1) | any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with the Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction); provided that |
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Β | (a) | the Borrower will be the continuing or surviving Person, and |
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Β | (b) | such merger or consolidation does not result in the Borrower ceasing to be organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
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(2) | any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary, liquidate, dissolve or change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, taken as a whole; |
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(3) | any merger the sole purpose of which is to reincorporate or reorganize (i)Β any U.S. Subsidiary in another jurisdiction in the U.S. or (ii)Β any Non-U.S. Subsidiary in the U.S. or any other jurisdiction shall be permitted; |
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(4) | so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Person; provided that |
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Β | (a) | the Borrower will be the continuing or surviving Person, or |
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Β | (i) | the Successor Borrower will be an entity organized or existing under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
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Β | (ii) | the Successor Borrower will expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; |
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Β | (iii) | each Guarantor, unless it is party to such merger or consolidation, will have confirmed that its Guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Agreement will apply to, and the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) will include, the Successor Borrowerβs Obligations; and |
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Β | (iv) | the Borrower will have delivered to the Administrative Agent (A)Β an officerβs certificate stating that such merger or consolidation complies with this Agreement and (B)Β an opinion of counsel, including customary organization, due execution, no conflicts and enforceability opinions with respect to the Successor Borrower, in each case to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; |
it being agreed that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement; and
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(5) | subject to clauses (1)Β and (4) above, transactions the purpose of which is to effect a Permitted Investment (other than pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(14)) or a Disposition permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.06 (other than pursuant to SectionΒ 6.06(5) or a Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries); and |
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(6) | the Transactions. |
SECTION 6.06 Dispositions. Make any Disposition, except:
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(2) | Dispositions of inventory and goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business; |
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(3) | Dispositions of property to the extent that (a)Β such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (b)Β the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property; provided that to the extent the property being transferred constitutes Collateral such replacement property shall constitute Collateral; |
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(4) | Dispositions of property to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (a)Β the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (b)Β to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a Permitted Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in accordance with SectionΒ 6.04 (other than SectionΒ 6.04(14)); |
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(5) | Dispositions consisting of Investments permitted under SectionΒ 6.04 (other than SectionΒ 6.04(14)), transactions permitted under SectionΒ 6.05 (other than SectionΒ 6.05(5)) or Restricted Payments permitted under SectionΒ 6.07 (other than SectionΒ 6.07(4)) or consisting of Permitted Liens; |
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(6) | Dispositions of property pursuant to Sale Leaseback Transactions, provided that (i)Β no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom (other than any such Disposition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and (ii)Β such Disposition shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition; |
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(10) | Dispositions; provided that |
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; provided further that if any such Disposition pursuant to this clause (10)Β decreases the Borrowing Base by an amount equal to or greater than $25.0Β million after giving effect to such Disposition on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower shall deliver a pro forma Borrowing Base Certificate prior to the date of such Disposition (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree, in its reasonable discretion);
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(11) | Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements among, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture or similar agreements or arrangements; |
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(12) | Dispositions or discounts of accounts receivable and related assets in connection with the collection or compromise thereof; |
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(13) | Dispositions (including issuances or sales) of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness owing to, or of other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
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(14) | Dispositions constituting any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in any business conducted by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent allowable under SectionΒ 1031 of the Code (or comparable or successor provision); provided that to the extent the property being transferred constitutes Collateral, such replacement property shall constitute Collateral; |
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(15) | the unwinding of any Hedge Agreement; |
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(16) | Dispositions of assets in connection with the closing or sale of a facility, including Dispositions of inventory, fee or leasehold interests in the premises of such facility, equipment and fixtures located at such premises, and the books and records relating to the operations of such facility; provided that as to each and all such sales and closings, (a)Β no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result therefrom and (b)Β such Dispositions shall be for no less than fair market value at the time of such Disposition; |
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(17) | the sale, assignment or other transfer of Securitization Assets to (a)Β a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing or (b)Β any other Person in a Qualified Receivables Factoring; |
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(18) | (i) settlement of litigation concerning Intellectual Property Rights, or (ii)Β the lease, sublease, license or sublicense of Intellectual Property Rights outside the United States or (iii)Β the lapse, abandonment, discontinuance of the use or maintenance of any Intellectual Property Rights, in each case of (i), (ii) and (iii), if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary determines in its reasonable business judgment that it would not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; |
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(19) | Disposition of any property or asset with a fair market value not to exceed either (a)Β the greater of (i) $10.0Β million and (ii)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount in the preceding clause (i)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Disposition, with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions or (b)Β the greater of (i) $50.0Β million and (ii)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount in the preceding clause (i)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Disposition, in the aggregate for all such transactions in any fiscal year; |
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(20) | Disposition of assets acquired in a Permitted Investment that the Borrower determines will not be used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(21) | Dispositions of pipeline, marketed or other assets required by regulatory authorities in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition or other investment permitted hereunder; |
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(22) | any Disposition(s) in connection with licensing of Intellectual Property Rights to any Non-Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary or Non-Loan Party Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with bona fide tax planning purposes as determined in good faith by the Borrower; provided, that the Collateral and the Lenders are not adversely affected in any material respect by such Disposition(s); |
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(23) | Dispositions, including leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, of Products in Development in jurisdictions outside the United States; provided, that (a)Β such disposition does not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (b)Β such Disposition shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition; |
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(24) | the Transactions; and |
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(25) | the issuance of, entry into (including any payments of premiums in connection therewith), performance of obligations under, or exercise, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement or early termination of, or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; the issuance of, entry into, performance of obligations under, or repurchase, redemption, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement, cancellation or early termination of, or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any related Permitted Warrant Transaction; and the issuance of, entry into performance of obligations under (including any payments of interest), conversion, exercise, repurchase, redemption, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement, cancellation or early termination of, or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any Convertible Indebtedness, in each case, whether in cash, common Capital Stock of Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common Capital Stock of Borrower or such parent and whether in whole or in part and including by netting or set-off. |
To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted (or not prohibited) by this SectionΒ 6.05 to any Person other than a Loan Party, such Collateral will be Disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and, without limiting, and subject to, the provisions of SectionΒ 9.11, the Administrative Agent will take, and each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to take, any actions reasonably requested by the Borrower or deemed appropriate in order to evidence or effect the foregoing.
SECTION 6.07 Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, other than the declaration or making of the following:
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(1) | Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or, in the case of any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary and each other owner of Equity Interests of such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary) according to their relative ownership interests); |
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(2) | the declaration and making of any Restricted Payments payable solely in the form of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower; |
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(3) | Restricted Payments to consummate the Transactions (including payments in respect of dissenting shares, which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be made after the Closing Date), to pay any amounts pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement or the Specified Tender Offer; |
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(4) | to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment or Restricted Payments, mergers, dissolutions, liquidations and consolidations permitted under SectionΒ 6.05 (other than a merger or consolidation involving the Borrower) or transactions permitted under SectionΒ 6.08 (other than SectionΒ 6.08(9)); |
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(5) | repurchases of Equity Interests (a)Β deemed to occur upon exercise of options, warrants or similar rights if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or similar rights or (b)Β in consideration of withholding or similar taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, manager, officer, director, consultant or contractor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, trustees, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing), including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting of any equity awards; |
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(6) | Restricted Payments to purchase, repurchase, retire, redeem or otherwise acquire Equity Interests (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) (or to allow any direct or indirect parent entity to purchase, retire, redeem or otherwise acquire Equity Interests (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities)) held directly or indirectly by any future, present or former employee, manager, officer, director, consultant or contractor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, trustees, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise pursuant to any management, employee or director equity plan, management, employee or director stock option or profits interest plan or any other management, employee or director benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement (including any separation, stock subscription, shareholder, partnership or similar agreement) in an aggregate amount after the Closing Date, together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to any Parent Entity made pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(23) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (6), not to exceed $25Β million in any fiscal year with any unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to succeeding fiscal years; provided that such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by, |
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(7) | Restricted Payments to purchase, repurchase, retire, redeem or otherwise acquire (or permit any direct or indirect parent entity to acquire) Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof in an aggregate amount per fiscal year not to exceed the greater of (a) $25.0Β million and (b)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount set forth in clause (a)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Restricted Payment; |
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(8) | Restricted Payments the proceeds of which will be used to pay or finance (or permit any Parent Entity to pay or finance): |
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Β | (a) | distributions made pursuant to SectionΒ 4.01(b) of the LLC Agreement; |
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Β | (b) | operating, overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees costs and expenses (including directorsβ fees and expenses and Public Company Costs) and other ordinary course overhead costs and operational expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting, filing and similar expenses provided by third parties), in each case to the extent related to any such Parent Entityβs separate existence as a holding company or attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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Β | (e) | any Permitted Investment; provided that (i)Β such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (ii)Β the Borrower will, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A)Β all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (which shall be a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent required by SectionΒ 6.04) or (B)Β the merger (to the extent permitted in SectionΒ 6.05) of the Person formed or acquired with or into the Borrower or a Subsidiary (which shall be a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent required by SectionΒ 6.04) in order to consummate such Investment; |
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Β | (g) | (i) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to future, present or former employees, managers, officers, directors, consultants or contractors (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, trustees, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii)Β payments permitted under Sections 6.08(7); |
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(9) | Restricted Payments to pay (or permit any direct or indirect parent entity to pay) cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional Equity Interests in connection with the exercise of warrants, upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such Person, in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, or in connection with any dividend, distribution, split or combination of Equity Interests or any Permitted Investment; |
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(11) | the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Borrower, in each case that are Not Otherwise Applied, other than (a)Β Excluded Contributions and (b)Β Cure Amounts; |
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(12) | Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions that are Not Otherwise Applied; |
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(13) | Restricted Payments of Investments in one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries; |
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(14) | Restricted Payments (the proceeds of which may be utilized by any Parent Entity) in an aggregate amount not to exceed, when taken together with any prepayments, repayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances or satisfactions made under clause (1)(f) of SectionΒ 6.11, the greater of (i) $125.0Β million and (ii)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount set forth in clause (i)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of making such Restricted Payment; provided, in each case, that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either immediately before, or after, giving Pro Forma effect to, such Restricted Payment; |
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(15) | Restricted Payments; provided that both immediately prior to and after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Restricted Payment, the RP Payment Conditions are satisfied; and |
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(16) | the issuance of, entry into (including any payments of premiums in connection therewith), performance of obligations under, or exercise, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement or early termination of, or the satisfaction of any condition that would permit or require any of the foregoing, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; the issuance of, entry into, performance of obligations under, or repurchase, redemption, transfer, assignment, unwinding, settlement, cancellation or early termination of, or the |
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The amount set forth in SectionΒ 6.07(14) may (without duplication), in lieu of Restricted Payments, be utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to (i)Β make or hold any Investments without regards to SectionΒ 6.04 or (ii)Β prepay, repay redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any Junior Financing without regards to SectionΒ 6.11.
SECTION 6.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Engage in any transaction with any Affiliate of the Borrower, except that this SectionΒ 6.08 will not prohibit:
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(2) | any transactions on terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (as applicable) as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable armβs-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); |
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(3) | the Transactions (including the issuance or conversion of Equity Interests in connection therewith) and the payment of fees and expenses (including the Transaction Costs) related to the Transactions; |
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(4) | the issuance, transfer or conversion of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Parent Entity not constituting a Change in Control; |
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(5) | employment and severance arrangements and confidentiality agreements among the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof and any future, present or former employee, manager, officer, director, consultant or contractor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, trustees, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to equity plans, stock option or profits interest plan or any other equity or benefit plan or other similar agreement or arrangement (including to the extent set forth in any separation, stock subscription, shareholder, partnership or similar agreement); |
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(7) | the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses to, and indemnities provided to or on behalf of, any officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or contractors of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any such parentβs separate existence; |
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(8) | any other transaction, agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date and, with respect to each such transaction, agreement, instrument or arrangement involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $25.0Β million, set forth on Schedule 6.08, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not materially adverse to the Lenders, taken as a whole, as compared to the applicable transaction, agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect on the Closing Date); |
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(9) | any Restricted Payments permitted under SectionΒ 6.07, transactions permitted under Sections 6.05 and Investments permitted under SectionΒ 6.04; |
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(10) | (a) the Tax Receivable Agreement or transactions thereunder or (b)Β payments by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent thereof pursuant to reasonable tax sharing arrangements between or among such Persons; |
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(11) | any transactions in which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (2)Β of this SectionΒ 6.08 (without giving effect to the parenthetical phrase at the end thereof); |
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(12) | any transaction or series of related transactions with consideration valued (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) at less than the greater of (a) $20.0Β million and (b)Β an amount equal to the Equivalent Percentage of the amount set forth in clause (a)Β multiplied by TTM Consolidated EBITDA as of the applicable date of determination, in each case determined as of the time of consummating such transaction(s); |
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(13) | investments by the Investors in securities of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Parent Entity or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (a)Β the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (b)Β any such investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities; provided, that any investments in debt securities by any Debt Fund Affiliates shall not be subject to the limitation in this clause (b); |
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(14) | payments to or from, and transactions with, Joint Ventures (to the extent any such Joint Venture is only an Affiliate as a result of Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Joint Venture); |
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(16) | the payment of reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses relating to registration rights and indemnities provided to shareholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity pursuant to the stockholders agreement or the registration and participation rights agreement entered into on the Closing Date in connection therewith; |
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(17) | the payment of any dividend or distribution or consummation of any redemption within sixty (60)Β days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of a redemption notice related thereto, if at the date of declaration or notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement; |
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(18) | transactions between or among the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof and any Person, a director of which Person is also a director of the Borrower or any Parent Entity of the Borrower; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Borrower or such Parent Entity, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person and such Person is not an Affiliate of the Borrower for any reason other than such directorβs acting in such capacity; |
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(19) | payments, loans (or cancellation of loans) or advances to any future, present or former employee, manager, officer, director, consultant or contractor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, trustees, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) that are approved in good faith by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Borrower, any of its applicable Restricted Subsidiaries or any applicable direct or indirect parent of the foregoing; |
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(20) | any purchase by any Parent Entity of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and the issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Interests of the Borrower to any Parent Entity and capital contributions by any Parent Entity to the Borrower (and payment of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection therewith); |
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(21) | the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any customary registration rights agreement to which such Person or any Parent Entity is a party or becomes a party in the future; and |
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SECTION 6.09 Business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions) and any business that is similar, corollary, ancillary, incidental or complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions), including any Similar Business.
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SECTION 6.10 Burdensome Agreements. Enter or permit any Material Restricted Subsidiary to enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than the Loan Documents, the Term Loan Documents or the Impax Convertible Notes) that by its terms restricts (I)Β with respect to any such Material Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, Restricted Payments from such Material Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as applicable, that is a direct or indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary or (II)Β with respect to the Borrower or any such Material Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party, the granting of Liens by such Material Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents; provided that the foregoing clauses (I)Β and (II) will not apply to any Contractual Obligations that:
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(1) | (a) exist on the Closing Date and are to the extent such Contractual Obligation relates to any security with a value exceeding $25.0Β million, listed on Schedule 6.10 and (b)Β to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (a)Β are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this SectionΒ 6.10) such Refinancing does not materially expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation with respect to restrictions described in the preceding clauses (I)Β or (II); |
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(2) | are (a)Β binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (b)Β acquired in connection with a Permitted Investment, so long as, in each case, such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such Permitted Investment, in each case as such Contractual Obligations may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified extended renewed or replaced, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement does not expand in any material respect the scope of any restriction contemplated by this SectionΒ 6.10 contained therein; |
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(3) | represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; |
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(4) | are customary restrictions and conditions that arise in connection with (a)Β any Lien (other than Liens on Collateral) permitted by SectionΒ 6.02, and relate to the property permitted to be subject to such Lien, or (b)Β any Disposition pending consummation of such Disposition and solely with respect to the assets (including Equity Interests) subject to such Disposition; |
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(5) | are customary provisions in joint venture or similar agreements relating to the applicable joint venture; |
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(6) | are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01, but solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness and the proceeds and products thereof; |
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(7) | are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto; |
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(8) | comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01 to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; |
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(9) | are (a)Β customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest or (b)Β customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations; |
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SECTION 6.11 Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Certain Indebtedness; Amendments of Certain Documents.
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provided, however, that each of the following shall be permitted: payments of regularly scheduled principal and interest (including default interest and any βAHYDOβ catch-up payment) on Junior Financing, fees related to Junior Financing, indemnity and expense reimbursement payments in connection with Junior Financing, and mandatory prepayments, mandatory redemptions and mandatory purchases of any Junior Financing (including any principal, premium or interest with respect thereto), in each case pursuant to the terms of the applicable Junior Financing Documentation.
The amount set forth in clause (1)(f) of this SectionΒ 6.11 (without duplication) may be, in lieu of prepayments, repayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances or satisfactions of any Junior Financing, be utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to (i)Β make or hold any Investments without regards to SectionΒ 6.04 or (ii)Β make Restricted Payments without regards to SectionΒ 6.07.
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SECTION 6.12 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall not use, and the Borrower shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and, to the Borrowerβs knowledge, agents shall not use, the proceeds of the Loans (a)Β in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b)Β for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in or with any Sanctioned Country, or (c)Β in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto
SECTION 6.13 Financial Performance Covenant. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Covenant Trigger Event, the Borrower will maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.0 to 1.0 measured at the time of occurrence of such Covenant Trigger Event (as of the last day of the Test Period ending immediately prior to the date on which such Covenant Trigger Event has commenced), and on the last day of each subsequent Test Period ending during the continuance of such Covenant Trigger Event.
ARTICLE VII
[Reserved]
ARTICLE VIII
Events of Default
SECTION 8.01 Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an βEvent of Defaultβ):
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(4) | default is made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in (a)Β SectionΒ 5.01(1) (with respect to the Borrower only), 5.05(1) or in Article VI (in each case solely to the extent applicable to such Person), (b) SectionΒ 5.11 but only if such default continues unremedied for a period of five (5)Β Business Days or (c)Β SectionΒ 5.04(9) and such default continues unremedied for a period of five (5)Β Business Days (or, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Increased Reporting Period, two (2)Β Business Days) following notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; |
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(12) | (a) any material provision of the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, at any time after their execution and delivery and prior the Payment In Full of the Obligations, for any reason other than as expressly permitted under a Loan Document (including as a result of a transaction permitted under SectionΒ 6.05), ceases to be, or is asserted in writing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not to be, for any reason, a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (b)Β any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that are included in the Borrowing Base or otherwise are not immaterial to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, when taken as a whole, on a consolidated basis ceases to be, or is asserted in writing by the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest in the Collateral covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of validity or perfection results from (i)Β the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations or the application thereof, or (ii)Β the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under a Security Document or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take any other action and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lenderβs title insurance policy and the Collateral Agent is reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer or (c) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by any Material Restricted Subsidiary Guarantor of any of the Obligations cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, including the release of such Person as provided for under the Loan Documents and the Payment in Full of the Obligations) or are asserted in writing by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations, except in the cases of clauses (b)Β and (c), in connection with an Asset Sale permitted by this Agreement; |
then, (i)Β upon the occurrence of any such Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (8)Β or (9) of this SectionΒ 8.01) and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, will, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (A)Β terminate forthwith the Commitments, (B)Β declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, will become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; (C)Β if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (B)Β above, demand cash collateral pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(11); and (D)Β exercise all rights and remedies granted to it under any Loan Document and all of its rights under any other applicable law or in equity, and (ii)Β in any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (8)Β or (9) of this SectionΒ 8.01, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, will automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for cash collateral to the full extent permitted under SectionΒ 2.05(11), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; provided that,
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notwithstanding any of the foregoing, (w)Β upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(2) or (3)Β with respect to the Refinancing Term Loans, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Term Lenders, will, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Refinancing Term Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part pursuant to the foregoing clause (B), (x) upon the acceleration of the Revolving Loans hereunder, the principal of the Refinancing Term Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all other Obligations accrued in respect thereof, shall be automatically due and payable in whole immediately and all Refinancing Term Loan Commitments shall automatically terminate, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, (y)Β upon the acceleration of the Refinancing Term Loans hereunder, the principal of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all other Obligations accrued in respect thereof, shall be automatically due and payable in whole immediately and all Commitments shall automatically terminate, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and (z)Β except as expressly set forth herein (including, without limitation, in the FILO Intercreditor Provisions), no Refinancing Term Lender shall have any right to affirmatively exercise any remedy with respect to the Collateral upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims.
SECTION 8.02 Right to Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in SectionΒ 8.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this SectionΒ 8.02, would fail) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, until the expiration of the tenth Business Day subsequent to the date the Required Financial Statements are required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.04(1) or (2)Β for the applicable fiscal quarter, the Borrower shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash (provided that, if such Permitted Cure Securities are not in the form of common equity, the terms of such Permitted Cure Securities must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of the Borrower, and, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of the Borrower (collectively, the βCure Rightβ) and, upon the receipt by the Borrower of such cash (the βCure Amountβ) pursuant to the exercise by the Borrower of such Cure Right, the Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to a pro forma adjustment by which Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter and any Test Period that contains such quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount. The resulting increase to Consolidated EBITDA from the application of a Cure Amount shall not result in any adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA or any other financial definition for any purpose under this Agreement other than for purposes of calculating the Financial Performance Covenant and there shall be no pro forma or other reduction in Indebtedness from the application of a Cure Amount for purposes of calculating the Financial Performance Covenant unless such Cure Amount is actually applied to prepay Indebtedness. In each four fiscal quarter period there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which the Cure Right is not exercised and the Cure Right may not be exercised more than five times during the term of this Agreement and, for purposes of this SectionΒ 8.02, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant. If, after giving effect to the adjustments in this SectionΒ 8.02, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the
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Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach of the Financial Performance Covenant and any related default that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower shall not be able to request the making of any Loan or the issuance or renewal of any Letter of Credit until receipt by the Borrower of the Cure Amount.
ARTICLE IX
The Agents
SECTION 9.01 Appointment.
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Β | Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall not have liability for the actions of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. |
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SECTION 9.02 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of the agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent may also from time to time, when the Administrative Agent deems it to be necessary or desirable, appoint one or more trustees, co-trustees, collateral co-agents, collateral subagents or attorneys-in-fact (each, a βSubagentβ)
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with respect to all or any part of the Collateral; provided that no such Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by the Administrative Agent. Should any instrument in writing from the Borrower or any other Loan Party be reasonably required by any Subagent so appointed by the Administrative Agent to more fully or certainly vest in and confirm to such Subagent such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon reasonable written request by the Administrative Agent. If any Subagent, or successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Subagent, to the extent permitted by law, shall automatically vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Subagent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent, attorney-in-fact or Subagent that it selects in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 9.02 in the absence of the Administrative Agentβs gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. None of the Administrative Agent, its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be (1)Β liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Personβs own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (2)Β responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b)Β the Administrative Agent shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into:
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SECTION 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or conversation believed in good faith by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed in good faith by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to any Credit Event, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Bank prior to such Borrowing. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
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SECTION 9.05 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a βnotice of default.β In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
SECTION 9.06 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
SECTION 9.07 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent and each Issuing Bank, in each case in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and, in the case of the indemnification of each Agent, unused Commitments hereunder; provided that the aggregate principal amount of L/C Disbursements owing to any Issuing Bank shall be considered to be owed to the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) (determined at the time such indemnity is sought), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or
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the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the Administrative Agentβs or such Issuing Bankβs gross negligence or willful misconduct. The failure of any Lender to reimburse the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, as the case may be, promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any amount required to be paid by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, as provided herein shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for its ratable share of such amount, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such other Lenderβs ratable share of such amount. The agreements in this SectionΒ 9.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 9.08 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued, or Letter of Credit participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms βLenderβ and βLendersβ shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
SECTION 9.09 Successor Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon thirty daysβ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. Any such resignation by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank, in which case the resigning Administrative Agent (x)Β shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit hereunder and (y)Β shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing Bank with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it prior to the date of such resignation. If the Administrative Agent resigns as the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless a Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the reference to the resigning Administrative Agent means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agentβs rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agentβs notice of resignation, the retiring
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Administrative Agentβs resignation will nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Required Lenders will thereafter perform all the duties of such Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders and the Issuing Banks appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall (unless a Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). After any retiring Administrative Agentβs resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this SectionΒ 9.09 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.10 Arrangers; Co-Syndication Agents; Co-Documentation Agents. None of the Arrangers, Co-Syndication Agents or Co-Documentation Agents will have any duties, responsibilities or liabilities hereunder in their respective capacities as such.
SECTION 9.11 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.
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Each Agent agrees that it will take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower in connection with any of the foregoing releases or any such subordination. Each of the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely exclusively on an officers certificate of the Borrower confirming that such release or subordination (as applicable) is permitted hereunder. Each Lender and each Secured Party irrevocably authorizes each Administrative Agent to take such action and execute any such document and consents to such reliance. No Agent will be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agentβs Lien thereon, or contained in any certificate prepared or delivered by the Borrower or any Loan Party in connection with the Collateral or compliance with the terms set forth above or in a Loan Document, nor shall any Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
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Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agentβs authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under, the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any execution and delivery of documents by any Agent pursuant to this SectionΒ 9.11 shall be without recourse to or warranty by such Agent and at the Borrowerβs expense; and such documents shall be reasonably acceptable to such Agent and the Borrower.
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SECTION 9.12 Certain ERISA Matters.
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(a) such Lender is not using βplan assetsβ of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letter of Credit or the Commitments;
(b) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable, and the conditions of such exemptions are satisfied will continue to be satisfied, with respect to such Lenderβs entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letter of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement;
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(c) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a βQualified Professional Asset Managerβ (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letter of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C)Β the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letter of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b)Β through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D)Β to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a)Β of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied, and the conditions of such exemption are satisfied and will continue to be satisfied, with respect to such Lenderβs entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letter of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; or
(d) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
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(a) none of the Relevant Parties is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents);
(b) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR Β§ 2510.3-21, as amended from time to time) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, a registered investment adviser, a registered broker-dealer or other person that has under management or control, total assets of at least $50Β million, in each case as described in 29 CFR Β§ 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E), as amended from time to time;
(c) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letter of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies;
(d) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letter of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder; and
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(e) no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to any Relevant Party for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letter of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.
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For purposes of this SectionΒ 9.12, the following definitions apply to each of the capitalized terms below:
βBenefit Planβ means any of (a)Β an βemployee benefit planβ (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b)Β a βplanβ as defined in SectionΒ 4975 of the Code, to which SectionΒ 4975 of the Code applies or (c)Β any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA SectionΒ 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or SectionΒ 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such βemployee benefit planβ or βplanβ.
βPTEβ means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01 Notices; Communications.
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SECTION 10.02 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and each Issuing Bank and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such Persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Obligations are Paid in Full, the Commitments are terminated and any outstanding Letters of Credit are expired, terminated or cash collateralized on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank(s) in accordance herewith. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.17 and 10.05) shall survive the payment in full of the principal and interest hereunder, the expiration of the Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments or this Agreement.
SECTION 10.03 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it has been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent has received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, each Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 10.04 Successors and Assigns.
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(2) | (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (2)(b) of this SectionΒ 10.04, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (other than a natural person, a Disqualified Institution or a Defaulting Lender) (each, an βAssigneeβ) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of: |
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Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that (A)Β such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1)Β requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to SectionΒ 10.04(1)(a) or clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi)Β of the first proviso to SectionΒ 10.08(2) and (2)Β directly affects such Participant and (B)Β no other agreement with respect to amendment, modification or waiver may exist between such Lender and such Participant. Subject to clause (4)(b) of this SectionΒ 10.04, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (in each case subject to the requirements thereof and the delivery of any documentation required thereunder) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (2)Β of this SectionΒ 10.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionΒ 10.06 as though it were a Lender; provided that such
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Participant shall be subject to SectionΒ 2.18(5) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participantβs interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the βParticipant Registerβ); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participantβs interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under SectionΒ 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register. Each Lender shall indemnify the Loan Parties for any Taxes (including any additions to Tax) attributable to or resulting from such Lenderβs failure to comply with the provisions of this SectionΒ 10.04(4)(a) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register.
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(7) | If the Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Commitments with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and, where relevant, each Issuing Bank, and subject to at least three Business Daysβ advance notice to the Lenders, instead of repaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Commitments to be replaced, to (i)Β require the Lenders to assign such Loans or Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and (ii)Β amend the terms thereof in accordance with SectionΒ 10.08 (with such replacement, if applicable, being deemed to have been made pursuant to SectionΒ 10.08(5)). Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by the Borrower), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to SectionΒ 10.05(2); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to purchase such Loans and Commitments to be replaced unless it has agreed to purchase such Loans and Commitments in its sole discretion. By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders shall automatically be deemed to have assigned the Loans or Commitments pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit A, and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith. The provisions of this paragraph (7)Β are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement. |
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SECTION 10.05 Expenses; Indemnity.
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SECTION 10.06 Right of Set-off.
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SECTION 10.07 Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT FOR CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION).
SECTION 10.08 Waivers; Amendment.
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provided, however, that, except as expressly provided in Sections 2.14(2), 2.21, 2.22, 2.23 and 10.20, no such agreement will:
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Β | Letter of Credit beyond the Maturity Date, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, except as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(3) with respect to the expiration of Letters of Credit (it being understood that waivers or other modifications of any conditions precedent, covenants, mandatory prepayments, mandatory commitment reductions, default interest, Defaults or Events of Default shall not constitute a decrease, forgiveness, waiver or excuse of the principal amount of, or any interest on, or an extension of the final maturity of, or a decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or L/C Disbursement or an extension of the stated expiration of any Letter of Credit beyond the Maturity Date); |
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Β | (vi) | amend or modify the provisions of this SectionΒ 10.08 or the definition of the term βSupermajority Lendersβ, βRequired Lendersβ, βRequired Revolving Lendersβ or βRequired Term Lendersβ, as the case may be, or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Supermajority Lenders, Required Lenders, Required Revolving Lenders or Required Term Lenders, as the case may be, required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each applicable Lender; or |
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provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank acting as such at the effective date of such agreement, as applicable.
Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this SectionΒ 10.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this SectionΒ 10.08 shall bind any assignee of such Lender.
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(5) | This Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a)Β to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Loans and the Letters of Credit and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders; provided that after giving effect to such new credit facilities (and each incurrence of Indebtedness thereunder), in no event shall the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure (plus any such Indebtedness under a new facility permitted under this section (5)) exceed the Line Cap (subject to the Administrative Agentβs authority, in its sole discretion, to make Overadvances under SectionΒ 2.01(2) or Protective Advances under SectionΒ 2.01(3)); |
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(11) | Prior to the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims, any amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement solely affecting the Refinancing Term Lenders will be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and the Required Term Lenders. Prior to the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims, it is understood that no Term Lender will have any voting or consent rights under, or with respect to, any Loan Document other than as expressly provided herein. |
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SECTION 10.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the βChargesβ), as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the βMaximum Rateβ) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation. In no event will the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which it could lawfully have received and any such excess amount received by any Lender will be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Loans or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder to such Lender, and if no such principal or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining will be paid to the Borrower.
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SECTION 10.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fee Letters shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10.11 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A)Β CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)Β ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.11.
SECTION 10.12 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 10.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in SectionΒ 10.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., βPDFβ or βTIFFβ) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 10.14 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 10.15 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
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Β | Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx) and any appellate court from any thereof (collectively, βNew York Courtsβ), in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each of the Loan Parties agrees that it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts (it being acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that any other forum would be inconvenient and inappropriate in view of the fact that more of the Lenders who would be affected by any such action or proceeding have contacts with the State of New York than any other jurisdiction). |
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SECTION 10.16 Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and each of the Agents agrees (and agrees to cause each of its Related Parties) to use all information provided to it by or on behalf of the Borrower, Impax or their respective Restricted Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the Acquisition or the Transactions solely for the purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall not publish, disclose or otherwise divulge such information (other than information that
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and shall not reveal the same other than to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know or to any Person that approves or administers the Revolving Facility or any Refinancing Term Loans on behalf of such Lender or any numbering, administration or settlement service providers (so long as each such Person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this SectionΒ 10.16 and, with respect to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors, to the extent within its control, such Lender or Agent, as applicable, will be responsible for any such Personβs non-compliance with this SectionΒ 10.16), except:
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Β | (e) | to any pledgee or assignee under SectionΒ 10.04(5) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such Person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this SectionΒ 10.16); |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such information shall be disclosed to a Disqualified Institution that constitutes a Disqualified Institution at the time of such disclosure without the Borrowerβs prior written consent.
SECTION 10.17 Platform; Borrower Materials. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (1)Β the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank materials or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, βBorrower Materialsβ) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the βPlatformβ) and (2)Β certain of the Lenders may be βpublic-sideβ Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a βPublic Lenderβ). The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that:
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Β | (a) | all the Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked βPUBLICβ which, at a minimum, means that the word βPUBLICβ shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Borrower Materials shall be deemed to be marked βPUBLICβ unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that any such document contains MNPI: (1)Β the Loan Documents, (2)Β any notification of changes in the terms of the Loans, (3)Β any notification of the identity of Disqualified Institutions and (4)Β all information delivered pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (3) and (9)Β of SectionΒ 5.04.
SECTION 10.18 [Reserved].
SECTION 10.19 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
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SECTION 10.20 Intercreditor Agreements.
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Β | (b) | agrees that the Administrative Agent may from time to time enter into a modification of the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement or any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as the case may be, so long as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such modification is consistent with the terms of this Agreement and agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to any such Intercreditor Agreement (as so modified); and |
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SECTION 10.21 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (1) (a) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement
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provided by the Agents, the Lenders and the Arrangers are armβs-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Agents and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (b) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate and (c)Β the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (2) (a) each Agent, each Lender and each Arranger each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any other Person and (b)Β none of the Agents or Arrangers has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (3)Β the Agents, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Agents or any Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. The Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Agent, Arranger or their respective Affiliates based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 10.22 Private-Side Information Contacts. Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the βPrivate Investorβ or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lenderβs compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to information that is not made available through the βPublic Investorβ portion of the Platform and that may contain MNPI with respect to the Borrower, any of its Affiliates, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of United States federal or state securities laws. In the event that any Public Lender has determined for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Public Lender acknowledges that (1)Β other Lenders may have availed themselves of such information and (2)Β neither the Borrower nor the Administrative Agent has (a)Β any responsibility for such Public Lenderβs decision to limit the scope of the information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b)Β any duty to disclose such information to such Public Lender or to use such information on behalf of such Public Lender, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or use, such information.
SECTION 10.23 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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(2) | the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: |
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SECTION 10.24 Incorporation by Reference. The FILO Intercreditor Provisions are hereby incorporated by reference in this Agreement and apply to each Refinancing Term Lender, and to all Refinancing Term Loans at any time incurred or outstanding hereunder, as fully as if set forth herein in their entirety. Each Refinancing Term Lender, by extending Refinancing Term Loans or acquiring same by assignment, agrees to be bound by the FILO Intercreditor Provisions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, as the Borrower | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Β | Title: President |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender, Issuing Bank, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Executive Director |
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Bank of America, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Senior Vice President |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender and an Issuing Bank | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Authorized Signatory |
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Bank of the West, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Managing Director | |
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Title: Director |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals β ABL Credit Agreement]
Capital One, National Association, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Duly Authorized Signatory |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals β ABL Credit Agreement]
SunTrust Bank, as a Lender [and Issuing Bank] | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Vice President |
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Β | Title: Authorized Signatory |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals β ABL Credit Agreement]
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxx Xxxxx | |
Β | Title: Duly Authorized Signatory |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals β ABL Credit Agreement]
[Citizens Bank, N.A. ], as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx | |
Β | Title: Associate Portfolio Manager |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals β ABL Credit Agreement]
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Vice President |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals - ABL Credit Agreement]
MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxx XxXxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxx XxXxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Director |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals β ABL Credit Agreement]
State Bank of India, New York branch, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxx Panda |
Β | Name: Xxxxxxxxxx Panda | |
Β | Title: VP and Head (CMC) |
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[Amneal Pharmaceuticals β ABL Credit Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF]
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
This Assignment and Acceptance (this βAssignment and Acceptanceβ) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] βAssignorβ) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] βAssigneeβ). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the βCredit Agreementβ), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i)Β all of [the Assignorβs][the respective Assignorsβ] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below and (ii)Β to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Documents or the Transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i)Β above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i)Β and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] βAssigned Interestβ). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
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Β | 1. | Assignor[s]: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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1Β | For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language. |
2Β | For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language. |
3 | Select as appropriate. |
4 | Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees. |
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Β | 2. | Assignee[s]: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]5]
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Β | 3. | Borrower: Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Β | 4. | Administrative Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement. |
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Β | 5. | Credit Agreement: Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time), by, among others, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. |
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Β | 6. | Assigned Interest[s]: |
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Assignor[s]6 |
Β Β | Assignee[s]7 |
Β Β | Facility |
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AmountΒ of |
Β Β | Amount of |
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PercentageΒ of |
Β Β | Resulting |
Β Β | Resulting |
Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β % | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | |||
Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β % | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | |||
Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β % | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β Β | $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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Β | 7. | [Trade Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]12 |
Effective Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
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5 | Select as applicable. |
6 | List each Assignor, as appropriate. |
7 | List each Assignee, as appropriate. |
8Β | Fill in appropriate terminology for each applicable type of facility under the Credit Agreement that is being assigned under this Assignment, i.e., Revolving Facility Commitments. |
9Β | Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. |
10 | Subject to minimum amount requirements pursuant to SectionΒ 10.04(2) of the Credit Agreement. |
11 | Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
12Β | To be completed if the Assignor(s) and the Assignee(s) intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. |
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[[The] [Each] Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which [the] [each] Assignee designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about any Parent Entity, the Borrower, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective securities for purposes of United States federal or state securities laws) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with [the] [each] Assigneeβs compliance procedures and applicable laws, including United States federal and state securities laws.]13
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:
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ASSIGNOR |
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR] |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
ASSIGNEE |
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
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13 | To be included if applicable. |
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[Consented to and]14 Accepted: |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as AdministrativeΒ Agent,Β CollateralΒ AgentΒ andΒ IssuingΒ Bank] |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], as Issuing Bank |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
[Consented to:]15 |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, as Borrower |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
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14 | To the extent required under SectionΒ 10.04(2) of the Credit Agreement |
15 | To the extent required under SectionΒ 10.04(2) of the Credit Agreement. |
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ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor[s]. [The][Each] Assignor (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii)Β it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv)Β it [is] [is not] a Defaulting Lender; and (b)Β assumes no responsibility with respect to (i)Β any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii)Β the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii)Β the financial condition of the Loan Parties or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, (iv)Β any requirements under applicable law for the Assignee to become a lender under the Credit Agreement or to charge interest at the rate set forth therein from time to time or (v)Β the performance or observance by the Loan Parties or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2 Assignee[s]. [The][Each] Assignee (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii)Β it is not a Disqualified Institution, (iii)Β it meets all the requirements to be an Assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under SectionΒ 10.04(2) of the Credit Agreement), (iv) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (v)Β it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (vi) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.04 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision, (vii)Β it has, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Collateral Agent, or any other Lender and their respective Related Parties, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and
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Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (viii)Β attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b)Β agrees that (i)Β it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Collateral Agent or their respective Related Parties, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii)Β it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued up to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
4. [Fees. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500.00.]
5. Administrative Questionnaire. If the Assignee is not a Lender, annexed hereto as Exhibit A is a completed administrative questionnaire, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, providing such information (including credit contact information and wiring instructions) of the Assignee as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
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Exhibit A
Administrative Questionnaire
[provided by Administrative Agent]
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF]
BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
[DATE]
The undersigned hereby certifies, solely in the undersignedβs capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, on behalf of the Borrower and not in the undersignedβs individual or personal capacity and without any personal liability, that pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms and provisions of that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the Borrower is executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent this Borrowing Base Certificate accompanied by such supporting data as the Administrative Agent has requested in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement (collectively referred to as the βCertificateβ). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that (i)Β this Certificate is true and correct in all material respects, (ii)Β this Certificate is based on information contained in the Borrowerβs own financial accounting records and (iii)Β the amounts set forth in this Certificate are determined in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
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AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
[Attachment] |
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF]
SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
[Β Β Β Β ], 2018
Pursuant to SectionΒ 4.01(5) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the undersigned, solely in the undersignedβs capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, hereby certifies, on behalf of Borrower and not in the undersignedβs individual or personal capacity and without personal liability, that, to his knowledge, as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions (including the making of the Loans under the Credit Agreement on the Closing Date (if any) and the application of the proceeds thereof):
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(1) | the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, on a consolidated basis; |
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(2) | the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, on a consolidated basis, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; |
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(3) | the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, on a consolidated basis, as such liabilities become absolute and matured; and |
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(4) | the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital. |
For purposes of this Solvency Certificate, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned is familiar with the business and financial position of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. In reaching the conclusions set forth in this Solvency Certificate, the undersigned has made such investigations and inquiries as the undersigned has deemed appropriate, having taken into account the nature of the business proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after consummation of the Transactions.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solvency Certificate behalf of Borrower and not in the undersignedβs individual or personal capacity and without personal liability, as of the date first stated above.
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AMNEALΒ PHARMACEUTICALSΒ LLC |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
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[Signature Page to ABL Solvency Certificate]
EXHIBIT D-1
[FORM OF]
BORROWING REQUEST
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To: | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., |
as Administrative Agent for
the Lenders referred to below
[β], 20Β Β Β Β
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned hereby gives you notice pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the terms on which such Borrowing is requested to be made:
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(which shall be a Business Day) |
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Principal Amount of Borrowing |
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Type of Borrowing16 |
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Interest Period and the last day thereof17 |
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(in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing) | ||
Account Number and Location |
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Β Eligible Cash as of the Business Day prior to the date such Borrowing Request is delivered (if the Borrowing Base contains Eligible Cash) | ||
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[remainder intentionally left blank]
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16 | Specify an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing. |
17Β | The initial Interest Period applicable to a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be subject to the definition of βInterest Periodβ. |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
By: | Β | Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Name: | Β | |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Title: | Β |
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[Signature Page to ABL Borrowing Request]
EXHIBIT D-2
[FORM OF]
LETTER OF CREDIT REQUEST
DatedΒ Β Β Β 18Β Β Β Β
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, under the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
under the Credit Agreement
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Attention: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
[[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 20Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], as Issuing Bank
under the Credit Agreement
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Attention: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby requests that the Issuing Lender referred to above issue a [Trade] [Standby] Letter of Credit for the account of the undersigned on Β Β Β Β 21Β Β Β Β (the βDate of Issuanceβ) which Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be in the aggregate stated amount of Β Β Β Β 22Β Β Β Β .
For purposes of this Letter of Credit Request, unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective meaning provided therein.Β Β Β Β
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18Β | Date of Letter of Credit Request. |
19Β | Insert address of Administrative Agent. |
20 | Insert name and address of Issuing Bank. |
21 | Date of issuance which shall be a Business Day that is at least three (3)Β Business Days after the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion may agree). |
22 | Aggregate initial stated amount of the Letter of Credit. |
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The beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit will be Β Β Β Β 23Β Β Β Β Β Β , and such Letter of Credit will have a stated expiration date of Β Β Β Β 24Β Β Β Β .
We hereby certify that:
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Β | (A) | all representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects), as of the time of the [issuance][amendment][extension][renewal] requested hereby, with the same effect as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representations and warranties qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date); |
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Β | (B) | at the time of, and after giving effect to, the [issuance][amendment][extension][renewal] requested hereby, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing nor would such a Default or Event of Default result therefrom; and |
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Β | (C) | at the time of, and after giving effect to, the [issuance][amendment][extension][renewal] requested hereby, as applicable, the sum of, without duplication, Revolving Loans, unreimbursed drawings under Letters of Credit and the face amount of undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit does not exceed the Line Cap. |
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23 | Insert name and address of beneficiary. |
24 | Insert the last date upon which drafts may be presented which may not be later than (i)Β in the case of Standby Letters of Credit, earlier of (x)Β the date one year (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion) after the date of issuance of such Standby Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, one year (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion) after such renewal or extension) and (y)Β the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date and (ii)Β in the case of Trade Letters of Credit, the earlier of (x) 180 days after such Trade Letter of Creditβs date of issuance or (y)Β the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date. |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | ||
By: | Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: |
EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF]
INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
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To: | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., |
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
[ β’], 201[ β’ ]25
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
This notice constitutes a notice of conversion or notice of continuation, as applicable, under SectionΒ 2.07 of the Credit Agreement, and Borrower hereby irrevocably notifies the Administrative Agent of the following information with respect to the conversion or continuation requested hereby:
a. The Borrowing to which this Interest Election Request applies is [ β’ ]26;
b. The effective date of the election (which shall be a Business Day) made pursuant to this Interest Election Request is [ β’ ], 201[β’ ];
c. The resulting Borrowing is to be [an ABR Borrowing][a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing][; and]
[d. The Interest Period applicable to the resulting Borrowing after giving effect to such election is [ β’ ]]27.
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25Β | Administrative Agent must be notified as indicated in SectionΒ 2.07 of the Credit Agreement in the case of an election to convert to or continue a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing election, not later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time, three Business Days before the effective date of such election or, in the case of an election to convert to or continue an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such election (or in each case such later date or time as the Administrative Agent may agree). |
26Β | If different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information specified pursuant to (d)Β below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing). |
27Β | Include this clause (d)Β if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing. Such Interest Period shall be subject to the definition of βInterest Periodβ. In the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing that does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one monthβs duration. |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: |
EXHIBIT F
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT G-1
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17(5)(b) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii)Β it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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[NAME OF LENDER] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: |
Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT G-2
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17(5)(b) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β it is not a bank within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii)Β it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv)Β it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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[NAME OF PARTICIPANT] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: |
Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT G-3
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17(5)(b) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii)Β with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v)none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i)Β an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or (ii)Β an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partnerβs/memberβs beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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[NAME OF PARTICIPANT] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: |
Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT G-4
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17(5)(b) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv)none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i)Β an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or (ii)Β an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partnerβs/memberβs beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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[NAME OF LENDER] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: |
Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT H
[FORM OF] JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
[attached]
EXHIBIT H
[FORM OF]
JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Dated as of [Β Β Β Β ], 20[Β Β Β Β ]
among
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as the Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent for the Initial First
Lien Secured Parties,
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ],
as the Initial Second Lien Representative for the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties,
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ],
as the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent for the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties
and
each additional Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto
and acknowledged and agreed to by
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC,
as the Company
and the other Grantors referred to herein
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. Definitions |
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1.1 |
Β Β | Defined Terms | Β Β | Β | 1 | Β |
1.2 |
Β Β | Terms Generally | Β Β | Β | 15 | Β |
SECTION 2. Lien Priorities |
Β Β | Β | 15 | Β | ||
2.1 |
Β Β | Relative Priorities | Β Β | Β | 15 | Β |
2.2 |
Β Β | Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshalling | Β Β | Β | 16 | Β |
2.3 |
Β Β | No New Liens | Β Β | Β | 16 | Β |
2.4 |
Β Β | Similar Liens and Agreements | Β Β | Β | 18 | Β |
2.5 |
Β Β | Perfection of Liens | Β Β | Β | 18 | Β |
SECTION 3. Enforcement |
Β Β | Β | 18 | Β | ||
3.1 |
Β Β | Exercise of Remedies | Β Β | Β | 18 | Β |
3.2 |
Β Β | Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance | Β Β | Β | 22 | Β |
SECTION 4. Payments |
Β Β | Β | 23 | Β | ||
4.1 |
Β Β | Application of Proceeds | Β Β | Β | 23 | Β |
4.2 |
Β Β | Payments Over | Β Β | Β | 23 | Β |
SECTION 5. Other Agreements |
Β Β | Β | 25 | Β | ||
5.1 |
Β Β | Releases | Β Β | Β | 25 | Β |
5.2 |
Β Β | Insurance and Condemnation Awards | Β Β | Β | 27 | Β |
5.3 |
Β Β | Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Loan Documents | Β Β | Β | 27 | Β |
5.4 |
Β Β | Confirmation of Subordination in Second Lien Collateral Documents | Β Β | Β | 29 | Β |
5.5 |
Β Β | Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection | Β Β | Β | 29 | Β |
5.6 |
Β Β | When Discharge of Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred | Β Β | Β | 31 | Β |
5.7 |
Β Β | Purchase Right | Β Β | Β | 32 | Β |
5.8 |
Β Β | Designation of Hedging/Bank Product Obligations | Β Β | |||
SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings |
Β Β | Β | 34 | Β | ||
6.1 |
Β Β | Finance and Sale Issues | Β Β | Β | 34 | Β |
6.2 |
Β Β | Relief from the Automatic Stay | Β Β | Β | 35 | Β |
6.3 |
Β Β | Adequate Protection | Β Β | Β | 35 | Β |
6.4 |
Β Β | No Waiver | Β Β | Β | 36 | Β |
6.5 |
Β Β | Avoidance Issues | Β Β | Β | 38 | Β |
6.6 |
Β Β | Reorganization Securities | Β Β | Β | 38 | Β |
6.7 |
Β Β | Post-Petition Interest | Β Β | Β | 38 | Β |
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Β Β | Waiver | Β Β | Β | 38 | Β |
6.9Β Β |
Β Β | Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification | Β Β | Β | 39 | Β |
6.10 |
Β Β | Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings | Β Β | Β | 39 | Β |
SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; Etc. |
Β Β | Β | 40 | Β | ||
7.2Β Β |
Β Β | No Warranties or Liability | Β Β | Β | 40 | Β |
SECTION 3. Enforcement |
Β Β | Β | 18 | Β | ||
7.1Β Β |
Β Β | Reliance | Β Β | Β | 40 | Β |
7.2Β Β |
Β Β | No Warranties or Liability | Β Β | Β | 40 | Β |
7.3Β Β |
Β Β | No Waiver of Lien Priorities | Β Β | Β | 41 | Β |
7.4Β Β |
Β Β | Obligations Unconditional | Β Β | Β | 43 | Β |
SECTIONΒ 8. Miscellaneous |
Β Β | Β | 43 | Β | ||
8.1Β Β |
Β Β | Integration/Conflicts | Β Β | Β | 44 | Β |
8.2Β Β |
Β Β | Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability | Β Β | Β | 43 | Β |
8.3Β Β |
Β Β | Amendments; Waivers | Β Β | Β | 44 | Β |
8.4Β Β |
Β Β | Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Grantors and their Subsidiaries | Β Β | Β | 45 | Β |
8.5Β Β |
Β Β | Subrogation | Β Β | Β | 45 | Β |
8.6Β Β |
Β Β | Application of Payments | Β Β | Β | 46 | Β |
8.7Β Β |
Β Β | Additional Debt Facilities | Β Β | Β | 46 | Β |
8.8Β Β |
Β Β | Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers | Β Β | Β | 49 | Β |
8.9Β Β |
Β Β | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | Β Β | Β | 50 | Β |
8.10 |
Β Β | Notices | Β Β | Β | 50 | Β |
8.11 |
Β Β | Further Assurances | Β Β | Β | 51 | Β |
8.12 |
Β Β | Agency Capacities | Β Β | Β | 51 | Β |
8.13 |
Β Β | GOVERNING LAW | Β Β | Β | 51 | Β |
8.14 |
Β Β | Binding on Successors and Assigns | Β Β | Β | 51 | Β |
8.15 |
Β Β | Section Headings | Β Β | Β | 51 | Β |
8.16 |
Β Β | Counterparts | Β Β | Β | 51 | Β |
8.17 |
Β Β | Authorization | Β Β | Β | 52 | Β |
8.18 |
Β Β | No Third Party Beneficiaries/Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights | Β Β | Β | 52 | Β |
8.19 |
Β Β | No Indirect Actions | Β Β | Β | 52 | Β |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit I - Joinder Agreement (Additional Second Lien Debt)
Exhibit II - Joinder Agreement (Additional First Lien Debt)
Exhibit III - Additional Debt Designation
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[SECOND] LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
[SECOND] LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], 20[Β Β Β Β ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this βAgreementβ), among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (βJPMβ), as administrative agent for the Initial First Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time in such capacity, and together with any Replacement First Lien Representative, the βInitial First Lien Representativeβ) and collateral agent for the Initial First Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time and in such capacity, and together with any Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent, the βInitial First Lien Collateral Agentβ), [INSERT NAME], as [INSERT CAPACITY] for the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time in such capacity, the βInitial Second Lien Representativeβ), [INSERT NAME], as collateral agent for the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time in such capacity, the βInitial Second Lien Collateral Agentβ) and each additional First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent, Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to SectionΒ 8.7, and acknowledged and agreed to by AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the βCompanyβ), and the other Grantors referred to below. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in SectionΒ 1 below.
[INSERT APPROPRIATE RECITALS]
In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the Initial First Lien Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Initial First Lien Secured Parties), the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Initial First Lien Secured Parties), the Initial Second Lien Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties), the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties), each additional First Lien Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional First Lien Secured Parties represented by it), each additional First Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Additional First Lien Secured Parties represented by it), each additional Second Lien Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it) and each additional Second Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it), intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
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Β | 1.1 | Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: |
βAdditional Collateral Agentβ means an Additional First Lien Collateral Agent and/or an Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent, as the context may require.
βAdditional Debtβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 8.7.
βAdditional First Lien Collateral Agentβ has the meaning set forth in the definition of βFirst Lien Collateral Agentβ.
βAdditional First Lien Debtβ means any Indebtedness and guarantees thereof that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Company and/or any other Grantor (other than the Initial First Lien Debt) which Indebtedness and guarantees are secured by the First Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis senior to the Second Lien Obligations; provided, however, that with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof (i)Β such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each First Lien Document and Second Lien Document, (ii)Β unless already a party with respect to that Series of Additional First Lien Debt, each of the First Lien Representative and the First Lien Collateral Agent for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to (A)Β this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, SectionΒ 8.7 and (B)Β the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying, the conditions set forth therein; provided, further, that, if such Indebtedness will be the initial Additional First Lien Debt incurred by the Company or any other Grantor after the date hereof, then the Grantors, the Initial First Lien Representative, the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Representative for such Indebtedness and the First Lien Collateral Agent for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (iii)Β each of the other requirements of SectionΒ 8.7 shall have been complied with. The requirements of clause (i)Β of SectionΒ 8.7(e) shall be tested only as of (x)Β the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement, if pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such Joinder Agreement and (y)Β with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Indebtedness, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment. Additional First Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness under a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement shall not constitute Additional First Lien Debt.
βAdditional First Lien Documents β means, with respect to any Series of Additional First Lien Debt, the loan agreements, promissory notes, indentures and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, any document governing reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to any Additional First Lien Documents and the First Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional First Lien Debt.
βAdditional First Lien Obligationsβ means, with respect to any Series of Additional First Lien Debt, (a)Β all principal, interest (including any Post-Petition Interest), premium (if any), penalties, fees, expenses (including fees, expenses and disbursements of agents, professional advisors and legal counsel), indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, payable with respect to such Additional First Lien Debt, (b)Β all other amounts payable to the related Additional First Lien Secured Parties under the related Additional First Lien Documents (other than in respect of any Indebtedness not constituting Additional First Lien Debt), (c) any Hedging Obligations and Bank Product Obligations secured under the First Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional First Lien Debt and (d)Β any renewals or extensions of the foregoing.
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βAdditional First Lien Representativeβ has the meaning set forth in the definition of βFirst Lien Representativeβ.
βAdditional First Lien Secured Partiesβ means, with respect to any Series of Additional First Lien Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness, the First Lien Representative with respect thereto, the First Lien Collateral Agent with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional First Lien Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Company or any other Grantor under any related Additional First Lien Documents and the holders of any other Additional First Lien Obligations secured by the First Lien Collateral Documents for such Series of Additional First Lien Debt.
βAdditional Obligationsβ means the Additional First Lien Obligations and the Additional Second Lien Obligations.
βAdditional Representativeβ means an Additional First Lien Representative and/or an Additional Second Lien Representative, as the context may require.
βAdditional Second Lien Collateral Agentβ has the meaning set forth in the definition of βSecond Lien Collateral Agentβ.
βAdditional Second Lien Debtβ means any Indebtedness and guarantees thereof that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by the Company and/or any Grantor (other than the Initial Second Lien Debt) which Indebtedness and guarantees are secured by the Second Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis junior to the First Lien Obligations; provided, however, that with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof (i)Β such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each First Lien Document and Second Lien Document, (ii)Β unless already a party with respect to that Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, each of the Second Lien Representative and the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to (A)Β this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, SectionΒ 8.7 and (B)Β the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying, the conditions set forth therein; provided, further, that, if such Indebtedness will be the initial Additional Second Lien Debt incurred by the Company or any other Grantor after the date hereof, then the Grantors, the Initial Second Lien Representative, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Representative for such Indebtedness and the Second Lien Collateral Agent for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (iii)Β each of the other requirements of SectionΒ 8.7 shall have been complied with. The requirements of clause (i) shall be tested only as of (x)Β the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement, if pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such Joinder Agreement and (y)Β with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Indebtedness, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment. Additional Second Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor.
βAdditional Second Lien Documentsβ means, with respect to any Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, the loan agreements, promissory notes, indentures and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, any document governing reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to any Additional Second Lien Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional Second Lien Debt.
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βAdditional Second Lien Obligationsβ means, with respect to any Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, (a)Β principal, interest (including any Post-Petition Interest), premium (if any), penalties, fees, expenses (including fees, expenses and disbursements of agents, professional advisors and legal counsel), indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, payable with respect to such Additional Second Lien Debt, (b)Β all other amounts payable to the related Additional Second Lien Secured Parties under the related Additional Second Lien Documents (other than in respect of any Indebtedness not constituting Additional Second Lien Debt), (c) subject to SectionΒ 5.7, any Hedging Obligations and Bank Product Obligations secured under the Second Lien Collateral Documents securing such Series of Additional Second Lien Debt and (d)Β any renewals or extensions of the foregoing.
βAdditional Second Lien Representativeβ has the meaning set forth in the definition of βSecond Lien Representativeβ.
βAdditional Second Lien Secured Partiesβ means, with respect to any Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness, the Second Lien Representative with respect thereto, the Second Lien Collateral Agent with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Second Lien Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Company or any other Grantor under any related Additional Second Lien Documents and the holders of any other Additional Second Lien Obligations secured by the Second Lien Collateral Documents for such Series of Additional Second Lien Debt.
βAffiliateβ means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person.
βBank Product Obligationsβ means, all obligations and liabilities (whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now existing or hereafter incurred) of the Company or any other Grantor, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with any treasury, investment, depository, pooling, netting, overdraft, stored value card, purchase card (including so called βprocurement cardβ or βP-cardβ, debit card, credit card, clearing house, wire transfer, cash management or automated clearing house transfers of funds services or any related services, to any Person permitted to be a secured party in respect of such obligations under the applicable First Lien Documents or Second Lien Documents.
βBankruptcy Caseβ means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.
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βBankruptcy Codeβ means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled βBankruptcy,β as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
βBankruptcy Lawβ means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
βBusiness Dayβ means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.
βCollateralβ means, at any time, all assets and property of any Grantor in which the holders of First Lien Obligations under at least one Series of First Lien Obligations and the holders of Second Lien Obligations under at least one Series of Second Lien Obligations (or their Collateral Agents or Representatives) hold, purport to hold or are required to hold, a security interest at such time (or, in the case of the First Lien Obligations, are deemed pursuant to Article 2 to hold a security interest), including any property subject to Liens granted pursuant to Article 6 to secure both First Lien Obligations and Second Lien Obligations. If, at any time, any portion of the First Lien Collateral under one or more Series of First Lien Obligations does not constitute Second Lien Collateral under one or more Series of Second Lien Obligations, then such portion of such First Lien Collateral shall constitute Collateral only with respect to the Second Lien Obligations for which it constitutes Second Lien Collateral and shall not constitute Collateral for any Second Lien Obligations which do not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.
βCollateral Agentβ means any First Lien Collateral Agent and/or any Second Lien Collateral Agent, as the context may require.
βCollateral Documentsβ means the First Lien Collateral Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents.
βCompanyβ shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
βControlβ means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. βControllingβ and βControlledβ have meanings correlative thereto.
βDeclined Liensβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 2.3.
βDesignated First Lien Collateral Agentβ means (i)Β if at any time there is only one Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to which the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, the First Lien Collateral Agent for the First Lien Secured Parties in such Series and (ii)Β at any time when clause (i)Β does not apply, the βApplicable Collateral Agentβ (as defined in the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) at such time.
βDesignated First Lien Representativeβ means (i)Β if at any time there is only one Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to which the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, the First Lien Representative for the First Lien Secured Parties in such Series and (ii)Β at any time when clause (i)Β does not apply, the βApplicable Representativeβ (as defined in the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) at such time.
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βDesignated Second Lien Collateral Agentβ means (i)Β if at any time there is only one Series of Second Lien Obligations with respect to which the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has not occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the Second Lien Secured Parties in such Series and (ii)Β at any time when clause (i)Β does not apply, the βApplicable Collateral Agentβ (as defined in the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) at such time.
βDesignated Second Lien Representativeβ means (i)Β if at any time there is only one Series of Second Lien Obligations with respect to which the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has not occurred, the Second Lien Representative for the Second Lien Secured Parties in such Series and (ii)Β at any time when clause (i)Β does not apply, the βApplicable Representativeβ (as defined in the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement) at such time.
βDesignationβ means a designation of Additional First Lien Debt, Additional Second Lien Debt or Indebtedness under a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit III attached hereto.
βDIP Financingβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 6.1.
βDischargeβ means, with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations or Series of Second Lien Obligations, the date on which such Series of First Lien Obligations or Series of Second Lien Obligations, as the case may be, are no longer secured by, and no longer required to be secured by, the Collateral pursuant to the terms of the applicable First Lien Documents or Second Lien Documents. The term βDischargedβ shall have a corresponding meaning.
βDischarge of First Lien Obligationsβ means, except to the extent otherwise provided in SectionΒ 5.6, the date on which the Discharge of Initial First Lien Obligations and the Discharge of each additional Series of First Lien Obligations has occurred; provided, that the Discharge of Initial First Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred if a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement is entered into.
βDischarge of Initial First Lien Obligationsβ means, except to the extent otherwise provided in SectionΒ 5.6, the Discharge of all Initial First Lien Obligations.
βDischarge of Second Lien Obligations β means the date on which the Discharge of each Series of Second Lien Obligations has occurred.
βDispositionβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 5.1(b).
βEnforcement Actionβ means any action to:
(a) foreclose, execute, levy, or collect on, take possession or control of, sell or otherwise realize upon (judicially or non-judicially), or lease, license, or otherwise dispose of (whether publicly or privately), Collateral, or otherwise exercise or enforce remedial rights with respect to Collateral under the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as
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applicable (including by way of setoff, recoupment, notification of a public or private sale or other disposition pursuant to the UCC or other applicable law, notification to account debtors, notification to depositary banks under deposit account control agreements, or exercise of rights under landlord consents, if applicable);
(b) solicit bids from third Persons, approve bid procedures for any proposed disposition of Collateral, conduct the liquidation or disposition of Collateral or engage or retain sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers or other third Persons for the purposes of valuing, marketing, promoting or selling Collateral;
(c) receive a transfer of Collateral in satisfaction of Indebtedness or any other Obligation secured thereby;
(d) the taking of any action or the exercise of any right or remedy in respect of the collection on, set off against, marshaling of, injunction respecting or foreclosure on the Collateral or the proceeds thereof;
(e) the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager or interim receiver of all or part of the Collateral; or
(f) otherwise enforce a security interest or exercise another right or remedy, as a secured creditor or otherwise, pertaining to the Collateral at law, in equity, or pursuant to the First Lien Documents or Second Lien Documents, as applicable (including the commencement of applicable legal proceedings or other actions with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral to facilitate the actions described in the preceding clauses, and exercising voting rights in respect of equity interests comprising Collateral).
An βEnforcement Actionβ will also include the Disposition of Collateral by any Grantor after the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under any of the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, with the consent of the applicable First Lien Collateral Agent (or First Lien Secured Parties) or Second Lien Collateral Agent (or Second Lien Secured Parties).
For the avoidance of doubt, none of the following shall be deemed to constitute an Enforcement Action: (i)Β the exercise of rights pursuant to SectionΒ 5.11 of the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement (or any substantially similar provision in any Additional First Lien Document or Second Lien Document) by the Initial First Lien Representative or any other Secured Party during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Period (as defined in the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement, or any substantially similar definition in any Additional First Lien Document or Second Lien Document), including the notification of account debtors, depository institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of any Collateral to the applicable Secured Party in accordance with SectionΒ 5.11 of the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement (or any substantially similar provision in any Additional First Lien Document or Second Lien Document), (ii) the consent by the Initial First Lien Representative or any other Secured Party to a store closing sale, going out of business sale or other disposition by any Grantor of any of the Collateral, (iii)Β the reduction of advance rates or sub-limits by the Initial First Lien Representative or any other Secured Party, or (iv)Β the imposition of Reserves (as defined in the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement, or any substantially similar definition in any Additional First Lien Document or Second Lien Document) by the Initial First Lien Representative or any other Secured Party.
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βEquity Release Proceedsβ shall have the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.01(b)
βFirst Lien Collateralβ means any βCollateralβ as defined in any First Lien Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a First Lien Document as security for any First Lien Obligations and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any First Lien Secured Party.
βFirst Lien Collateral Agentβ means (i)Β in the case of any Initial First Lien Obligations or the Initial First Lien Secured Parties, the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any Additional First Lien Obligations and the Additional First Lien Secured Parties in respect thereof, the Person serving as collateral agent (or the equivalent) for such Additional First Lien Obligations and that is named as the First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Additional First Lien Obligations in the applicable Joinder Agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii)Β together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, an βAdditional First Lien Collateral Agentβ).
βFirst Lien Collateral Documentsβ means the βSecurity Documentsβ or βCollateral Documentsβ (as defined in the applicable First Lien Documents) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any First Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.
βFirst Lien Debtβ means the Initial First Lien Debt and any Additional First Lien Debt.
βFirst Lien Declined Liensβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 2.3(a).
βFirst Lien Documentsβ means the Initial First Lien Documents and any Additional First Lien Documents.
βFirst Lien Obligationsβ means the Initial First Lien Obligations and any Additional First Lien Obligations.
βFirst Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreementβ means an agreement among each First Lien Representative and each First Lien Collateral Agent allocating rights among the various Series of First Lien Obligations, in substantially the form of Exhibit G to the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement.
βFirst Lien Representativeβ means (i)Β in the case of any Initial First Lien Obligations or the Initial First Lien Secured Parties, the Initial First Lien Representative and (ii) in the case of any Additional First Lien Obligations and the Additional First Lien Secured Parties thereunder each trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent and similar agent that is named as the First Lien Representative in respect of such Additional First Lien Obligations in the applicable Joinder Agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii), an βAdditional First Lien Representativeβ).
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βFirst Lien Secured Partiesβ means the Initial First Lien Secured Parties and any Additional First Lien Secured Parties.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means any federal, state local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
βGrantorsβ means the Company and each Subsidiary or direct or indirect parent company of the Company which has granted a security interest pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations.
βHedge Agreementsβ means a Swap Contract entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with a counterparty as permitted under the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as the case may be.
βHedging Obligationsβ of any Person means any obligation of such Person pursuant to any Hedge Agreement.
βIndebtednessβ means indebtedness in respect of borrowed money and indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, as well as reimbursement and other obligations in respect of letters of credit; for the avoidance of doubt, βIndebtednessβ shall not include Hedging Obligations or Bank Product Obligations.
βInitial First Lien Collateral Agentβ has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
βInitial First Lien Credit Agreementβ means that certain REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018, among AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, as the Borrower, the Lenders and other parties party thereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and shall also include any Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement.
βInitial First Lien Debt β means the Indebtedness and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the Initial First Lien Documents.
βInitial First Lien Documents β means the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement and the other βLoan Documentsβ as defined in the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement and any other document or agreement entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Initial First Lien Obligations.
βInitial First Lien Obligationsβ means the βObligationsβ as defined in the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement.
βInitial First Lien Representativeβ has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
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βInitial First Lien Secured Partiesβ means the βSecured Partiesβ as defined in the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement.
βInitial Second Lien Agreementβ means that certain [Β Β Β Β ], dated as of [Β Β Β Β ], among [Β Β Β Β ].
βInitial Second Lien Debtβ means the Indebtedness and guarantees thereof now or hereafter incurred pursuant to the Initial Second Lien Documents. Initial Second Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange thereof.
βInitial Second Lien Documentsβ means that certain Initial Second Lien Agreement and the other Loan Documents as defined in the Initial Second Lien Agreement and any other document or agreement entered into for the purpose of evidencing, governing, securing or perfecting the Initial Second Lien Obligations.
βInitial Second Lien Obligationsβ means the βObligationsβ as defined in the Initial Second Lien Documents.
βInitial Second Lien Representativeβ has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
βInitial Second Lien Secured Partiesβ means the βSecured Partiesβ as defined in the Initial Second Lien Documents.
βInsolvency or Liquidation Proceedingβ means:
(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Grantor;
(b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets;
(c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or
(d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
βJoinder Agreementβ means a supplement to this Agreement in the form of Exhibit I or Exhibit II hereto, as applicable, required to be delivered by a Representative and a Collateral Agent to each other then-existing Representative and Collateral Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 8.7 in order to include Additional First Lien Debt or Additional Second Lien Debt hereunder and to become the Representative or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder in respect thereof for the applicable Additional First Lien Secured Parties or applicable Additional Second Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, under such Additional First Lien Debt or Additional Second Lien Debt.
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βJPMβ has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
βLienβ means any lien (including, judgment liens and liens arising by operation of law), mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, call, trust (whether contractual, statutory, deemed, equitable, constructive, resulting or otherwise), UCC financing statement or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, including any right of set-off or recoupment.
βXX Xxxx Collateralβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 5.7(b).
βObligationsβ means all obligations of every nature of the Company and each other Grantor from time to time owed to any agent or trustee, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Secured Parties or any of them or their respective Affiliates under the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents whether for principal, interest, payments for early termination of hedge agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and all guarantees of any of the foregoing and including any interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Person of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
βPay-Over Amountβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 6.3(b).
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
βPledged Collateralβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 5.5(a).
βPost-Petition Interestβ means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Law or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
βPurchase Dateβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 5.7(c).
βPurchase Priceβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 5.7(b).
βPurchasing Creditorsβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 5.7(c).
βRecoveryβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 6.5.
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βRefinanceβ means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness whether of the same principal amount or greater or lesser principal amount in exchange or replacement for such Indebtedness, in whole or in part. βRefinancedβ and βRefinancingβ shall have correlative meanings.
βRegistered Equivalent Notesβ means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees and substantially the same collateral) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
βReplacement First Lien Collateral Agentβ means, in respect of any Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement, the collateral agent or person serving in similar capacity under the Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement.
βReplacement First Lien Credit Agreementβ means any loan agreement, indenture or other agreement that (i)Β Refinances the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement so long as, after giving effect to such Refinancing, the agreement that was the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement immediately prior to such Refinancing is no longer secured and no longer required to be secured, by any of the First Lien Collateral and (ii)Β becomes the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement hereunder by designation as such pursuant to SectionΒ 8.7.
βReplacement First Lien Representativeβ means, in respect of any Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement, the administrative agent, trustee or person serving in similar capacity under the Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement.
βRepresentativeβ means any First Lien Representative and/or any Second Lien Representative, as the context may require.
βResponsible Officerβ means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the Company or the applicable Grantor.
βRestricted Subsidiariesβ has the meaning set forth in the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement and, after the Discharge of Initial First Lien Obligations, such term shall have the meaning set forth in any First Lien Documents then in effect.
βSECβ means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency thereto.
βSecond Lien Adequate Protection Paymentsβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 6.3(b).
βSecond Lien Collateralβ means any βCollateralβ as defined in any Second Lien Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a Second Lien Document as security for any Second Lien Obligation and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any Second Lien Secured Party.
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βSecond Lien Collateral Agentβ means (i)Β in the case of any Initial Second Lien Obligations or the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and (ii)Β in the case of any Additional Second Lien Obligations and the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties thereunder, the Person serving as collateral agent (or the equivalent) for such Additional Second Lien Obligations and that is named as the Second Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Additional Second Lien Obligations in the applicable Joinder Agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii), together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, an βAdditional Second Lien Collateral Agentβ).
βSecond Lien Collateral Documents β means the βSecurity Documentsβ or βCollateral Documentsβ (as defined in the applicable Second Lien Documents) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or pursuant to which any such Lien is perfected.
βSecond Lien Debtβ means the Initial Second Lien Debt and any Additional Second Lien Debt.
βSecond Lien Declined Liensβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 2.3(b).
βSecond Lien Documentsβ means the Initial Second Lien Documents and any Additional Second Lien Documents.
βSecond Lien Mortgageβ means each mortgage, deed of trust and any other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property owned or leased by any Grantor is granted to secure any Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such Liens are governed.
βSecond Lien Obligationsβ means the Initial Second Lien Obligations and any Additional Second Lien Obligations.
βSecond Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreementβ means an agreement among each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent allocating rights among the various Series of Second lien Obligations.
βSecond Lien Representativeβ means (i)Β in the case of the Initial Second Lien Obligations or the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Second Lien Representative and (ii)Β in the case of any Additional Second Lien Obligations and the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties in respect thereof, each trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent and similar agent that is named as the Second Lien Representative in respect of such Additional Second Lien Obligations in the applicable Joinder Agreement (each, in the case of this clause (ii), an βAdditional Second Lien Representativeβ).
βSecond Lien Secured Partiesβ means the Initial Second Lien Secured Parties and any Additional Second Lien Secured Parties.
βSecured Obligationsβ means the First Lien Obligations and/or the Second Lien Obligations, as the context may require.
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βSecured Partiesβ means the First Lien Secured Parties and/or the Second Lien Secured Parties, as the context may require.
βSeriesβ means, (x)Β with respect to First Lien Debt or Second Lien Debt, all First Lien Debt or Second Lien Debt, as applicable, represented by the same Representative acting in the same capacity and (y)Β with respect to First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, all such obligations secured by same First Lien Collateral Documents or same Second Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Initial First Lien Obligations shall constitute a single Series for purposes of this Agreement.
βShort Fallβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 6.3(b).
βStandstill Periodβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 3.1(a).
βSubsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which (1)Β Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by such Person; or (2)Β more than 50.0% of the Equity Interests are at the time owned by such Person.
βSwap Contractβ means (a)Β any and all interest rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options for forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b)Β any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a βMaster Agreementβ), including such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
βTerm/ABL Intercreditor Agreementβ means that certain ABL / Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018, by and among the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, the Initial First Lien Representative, and JPM, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Initial Term Loan Credit Agreement (as described therein), and acknowledged by the Company and the other Grantors signatory thereto.
βUCCβ means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term βUCCβ shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.
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βUnderlying Assetsβ shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(b)
1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words βinclude,β βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitation.β The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word βshall.β Unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended and any reference herein to any statute or regulations shall include any amendment, renewal, extension or replacement thereof;
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs successors and assigns;
(c) the words βherein,β βhereofβ and βhereunder,β and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;
(d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement; and
(e) the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1 Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any other applicable law or the Second Lien Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect or lapse in perfection of, or avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance or otherwise of, the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations, the subordination of such Liens to any other Liens, or any other circumstance whatsoever, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second Lien Representative and each Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby agrees that:
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(a) any Lien on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations; and
(b) any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Second Lien Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person.
2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens; No Marshalling. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Secured Party represented by it, and each First Lien Representative and each First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each First Lien Secured Party represented by it, agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) directly or indirectly contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the priority, validity, perfection, extent or enforceability of a Lien held, or purported to be held, by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties in the First Lien Collateral or by or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Secured Parties in the Second Lien Collateral, as the case may be, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party to enforce this Agreement, including the provisions of this Agreement relating to the priority of the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations as provided in Sections 2.1 and 3.1. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, no Second Lien Representative, Second Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Secured Party will assert any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available to a junior secured creditor.
2.3 No New Liens. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the parties hereto agree that the Company shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor to:
(a) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Second Lien Obligation unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First Lien Obligations, the parties hereto agreeing that any such Lien shall be subject to SectionΒ 2.1; provided that this provision will not be violated with respect to any particular Series of First Lien Obligations if the First Lien Documents in respect thereof prohibit the applicable First Lien Collateral Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property or such First Lien Collateral Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined Liens with respect to a particular Series of First Lien Obligations, a βFirst Lien Declined Lienβ); or
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(b) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any First Lien Obligations unless it has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure the Second Lien Obligations; provided that this provision will not be violated with respect to any particular Series of Second Lien Obligations if the Second Lien Documents in respect thereof prohibit the applicable Second Lien Collateral Agent from accepting a Lien on such asset or property or such Second Lien Collateral Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined Liens with respect to a particular Series of Second Lien Obligations, a βSecond Lien Declined Lienβ and, together with the First Lien Declined Liens, the βDeclined Liensβ).
If any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party shall hold any Lien on any assets or property of any Grantor securing any Second Lien Obligations that are not also subject to a first-priority Lien, (other than, with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, a First Lien Declined Lien with respect thereto), securing all First Lien Obligations under the First Lien Collateral Documents, then such Second Lien Representative, Second Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Secured Party shall notify the Designated First Lien Representative promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien, other than any such Lien that would constitute a Declined Lien with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, on such assets or property to each First Lien Collateral Agent as security for the First Lien Obligations represented by it, such Second Lien Representative, Second Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Secured Parties shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of each First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Secured Parties, other than any First Lien Secured Parties whose First Lien Documents prohibit them from taking such Liens, as security for the First Lien Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to any First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent and/or the First Lien Secured Parties, each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this SectionΒ 2.3 shall be subject to SectionΒ 4.2.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, cash and cash equivalents may be pledged to secure First Lien Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to the First Lien Documents without granting a Lien thereon to secure any other First Lien Obligations or any other Second Lien Obligations.
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2.4 Similar Liens and Agreements. Except as provided in SectionΒ 2.3, the parties hereto agree that it is their intention that the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral be identical. In furtherance of the foregoing and of SectionΒ 8.11, the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:
(a) upon request by any First Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Collateral Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their respective counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to determine the specific items included in the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective parties obligated under the First Lien Documents and the Second Lien Documents; and
(b) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and guarantees for the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, subject to SectionΒ 2.3, shall be in all material respects the same forms of documents other than with respect to the first lien and the second lien nature of the Obligations thereunder.
2.5 Perfection of Liens. Except for the arrangements contemplated by SectionΒ 5.5, none of the First Lien Representatives, First Lien Collateral Agents or the First Lien Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First Lien Secured Parties on the one hand and the Second Lien Secured Parties on the other hand and such provisions shall not impose on the First Lien Representatives, First Lien Collateral Agents, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Collateral which would conflict with prior-perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority or any applicable law.
SECTION 3. Enforcement.
3.1 Exercise of Remedies.
(a) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Secured Parties:
(1) will not commence or maintain, or seek to commence or maintain, any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral; provided that the Designated Second Lien Representative and/or the Designated Second Lien Collateral Agent may commence an Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any or all such rights or remedies after the passage of a period of at least 180 days has elapsed since the later of (i)Β the date on which a Second Lien Representative declared the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) any Second Lien Document and
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demanded the repayment of all the principal amount of any Second Lien Obligations thereunder; and (ii)Β the date on which the First Lien Representatives received notice from such Second Lien Representative of such declarations of such Event of Default and demand for payment (the βStandstill Periodβ); provided, further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party exercise any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or the applicable First Lien Secured Parties shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing an Enforcement Action or other exercise of their rights or remedies in each case with respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Designated Second Lien Representative);
(2) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party or any other exercise by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral under the First Lien Documents or otherwise (including any Enforcement Action initiated by or supported by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party); and
(3) subject to their rights under clause (a)(1) above will not object to the forbearance by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral,
in each case so long as any proceeds received by any First Lien Representative in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with SectionΒ 4.1.
(b) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, subject to SectionΒ 3.1(a)(1), the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the First Lien Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to commence and maintain an Enforcement Action or otherwise enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off, recoupment and the right to credit bid their debt, except that Second Lien Representatives shall have the credit bid rights set forth in SectionΒ 3.1(c)(6)), and subject to SectionΒ 5.1, make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party; provided that any proceeds received by any First Lien Representative in excess of those necessary to achieve a Discharge of any First Lien Obligations are distributed in accordance with SectionΒ 4.1. In commencing or maintaining any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercising rights and remedies with
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respect to the Collateral, the First Lien Representatives, First Lien Collateral Agents and the First Lien Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the First Lien Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion in compliance with any applicable law and without consultation with any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party and regardless of whether any such exercise is adverse to the interest of any Second Lien Secured Party. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent and any Second Lien Secured Party may:
(1) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second Lien Obligations; provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor;
(2) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations, or the rights of any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect its Lien on the Collateral;
(3) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second Lien Secured Parties, including any claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(4) vote on any plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, file any proof of claim, make other filings and make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Second Lien Obligations and the Collateral; provided that no filing of any claim or vote, or pleading related to such claim or vote, to accept or reject a disclosure statement, plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation, or any other document, agreement or proposal similar to the foregoing by any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement;
(5) exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral after the termination of the Standstill Period to the extent permitted by SectionΒ 3.1(a)(1); and
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(6) bid for or purchase Collateral at any public, private or judicial foreclosure upon such Collateral initiated by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party, or any sale of Collateral during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; provided that such bid may not include a βcredit bidβ in respect of any Second Lien Obligations unless the cash proceeds of such bid are otherwise sufficient to cause the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.
Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that it will not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral or Equity Release Proceeds in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off and recoupment) with respect to any Collateral in its capacity as a creditor, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except in connection with any foreclosure expressly permitted by SectionΒ 3.1(a)(1) to the extent such Second Lien Representative or such Second Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it are permitted to retain the proceeds thereof in accordance with SectionΒ 4.2 of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Sections 3.1(a), 6.3(b) and this SectionΒ 3.1(c), the sole right of the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to the Second Lien Collateral Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred.
(d) Subject to Sections 3.1(a) and (c)Β and SectionΒ 6.3(b):
(1) each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that such Second Lien Representative or such Second Lien Collateral Agent and such Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the First Lien Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;
(2) each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby waives any and all rights such Second Lien Representative or such Second Lien Collateral Agent or such Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or other First Lien Secured Party seeks to enforce or collect the First Lien Obligations or Liens securing the First Lien Obligations granted in any of the First Lien Collateral undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or other First Lien Secured Party is adverse to the interest of any Second Lien Secured Party; and
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(3) each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Second Lien Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First Lien Documents.
(e) Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Company or any other Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Documents and applicable law (other than initiating or joining in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor or otherwise taking any action that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement); provided that in the event that any Second Lien Secured Party becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect to the Second Lien Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First Lien Obligations) in the same manner as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are subject to this Agreement.
(f) Except as specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and (d), nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party of the required payments of interest, principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Second Lien Obligations so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off and recoupment) or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them or as a result of any other violation by any Second Lien Secured Party of the express terms of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or other First Lien Secured Party may have with respect to the First Lien Collateral.
3.2 Actions Upon Breach; Specific Performance. If any Second Lien Secured Party, in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, in any way takes, or attempts to or threatens to take, any action with respect to the Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fails to take any action required by this Agreement, this Agreement shall create an irrebutable presumption and admission by such Second Lien Secured Party that relief against such Second Lien Secured Party by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the First Lien Secured Parties, it being understood and agreed by each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of each Second Lien Secured
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Party represented by it, that (i)Β the First Lien Secured Partiesβ damages from actions of any Second Lien Secured Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and (ii) each Second Lien Secured Party waives any defense that the Grantors and/or the First Lien Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages. Each of the First Lien Representatives and/or First Lien Collateral Agents may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense which might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be brought by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party. No provision of this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver by any First Lien Representative or any First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it of any right to seek damages from any Person in connection with any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement.
SECTION 4. Payments.
4.1 Application of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof received in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of remedies by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party shall be applied by the First Lien Collateral Agents or the First Lien Representatives, as applicable, to the First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant First Lien Documents (including the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent then in effect) and, if then in effect, the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement; provided, that any non-cash Collateral or non-cash proceeds will be held by the applicable First Lien Collateral Agent as Collateral unless the failure to apply such amounts would be commercially unreasonable. Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, each First Lien Collateral Agent shall (x)Β unless a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, deliver any proceeds of Collateral or Equity Release Proceeds held by it to the Designated Second Lien Collateral Agent, to be applied by the Designated Second Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second Lien Collateral Agents or Second Lien Representatives, as applicable, to the applicable Second Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the applicable Second Lien Collateral Documents and, if then in effect, the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (y)Β if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, deliver such proceeds of Collateral or Equity Release Proceeds to the Grantors, their successors or assigns, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.
4.2 Payments Over.
(a) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or any proceeds thereof received by any Second Lien Representative, Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of any right or remedy relating to the Collateral in contravention of this Agreement in all
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cases shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Designated First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Representatives, Second Lien Collateral Agents or any such other Second Lien Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.
(b) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, any Collateral or proceeds thereof received by any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of any right or remedy relating to the Collateral not in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct; provided that with respect to Collateral this SectionΒ 4.2(b) shall only be applicable if the exercise of such right or remedy by any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party has the effect of discharging the Lien of any First Lien Representative or First Lien Collateral Agent on such Collateral. The Designated First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any such other Second Lien Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.
(c) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, if in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party shall receive any distribution of money or other property in respect of the Collateral (including any assets or proceeds subject to Liens that have been avoided or otherwise invalidated) such money or other property shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements. Any Lien received by any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party in respect of any of the Second Lien Obligations in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Each Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Lien Secured Party, expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i)Β as of the date hereof, the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement includes a revolving commitment, that in the ordinary course of business the Initial First Lien Representative under the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement and the Initial First Lien Secured Parties will apply payments and make advances thereunder, and that no application of any Payment Collateral or Cash Collateral (each such term as defined in the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement, as in
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effect on the date hereof, and whether or not subsequently in effect) or the release of any Lien by the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent upon any portion of the Collateral in connection with a permitted disposition under the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement shall constitute an exercise of remedies prohibited under this Agreement; (ii)Β subject to the limitations set forth herein, the amount of the Initial First Lien Obligations that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of the Initial First Lien Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the Initial First Lien Obligations may be increased and, subject to SectionΒ 8.7, replaced or Refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Second Lien Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof; and (iii)Β all Payment Collateral or Cash Collateral (each such term as defined in the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof, and whether or not subsequently in effect) received by any Initial First Lien Representative or Initial First Lien Collateral Agent may be applied, reversed, reapplied, credited, or reborrowed, in whole or in part, to the Initial First Lien Obligations at any time.
SECTION 5. Other Agreements.
5.1 Releases.
(a) If in connection with any Enforcement Action by any First Lien Representative or any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other exercise of any First Lien Representativeβs or any First Lien Collateral Agentβs remedies in respect of the Collateral, in each case prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, such First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral or such First Lien Representative, for itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties, releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of the First Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Grantor under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. If in connection with any Enforcement Action or other exercise of rights and remedies by any First Lien Representative or any First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the equity interests of any Person are foreclosed upon or otherwise disposed of and such First Lien Collateral Agent releases its Lien on the property or assets of such Person, then the Liens of each Second Lien Collateral Agent with respect to the property or assets of such Person will be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of such First Lien Collateral Agent. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, shall promptly execute and deliver to the First Lien Representatives, First Lien Collateral Agents or such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents as any First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent or such Grantor may request to effectively confirm the foregoing releases.
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(b) If in connection with any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any Collateral by any Grantor (collectively, a βDispositionβ) permitted under the terms of the First Lien Documents and not expressly prohibited under the terms of the Second Lien Documents (other than in connection with an Enforcement Action or other exercise of any First Lien Representativeβs and/or First Lien Collateral Agentβs remedies in respect of the Collateral, which shall be governed by SectionΒ 5.1(a) above), any First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, or any First Lien Representative, for itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of the First Lien Obligations, in each case other than in connection with, or following, the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Grantor under its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released; provided that any proceeds of any such equity interests foreclosed upon where the First Lien Collateral Agent releases its Lien on the assets of such Person on which another Series of Obligations holds a Lien on any of the assets of such Person (any such assets, the βUnderlying Assetsβ) which Lien is released as provided in this sentence (any such Proceeds being referred to herein as βEquity Release Proceedsβ regardless of whether or not such other Series of Obligations holds a Lien on such equity interests so disposed of) shall be applied pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01 hereof. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Secured Party represented by it, shall promptly execute and deliver to the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents or such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents as any First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent or such Grantor may request to effectively confirm such release.
(c) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Second Lien Representative, such Second Lien Collateral Agent and such Second Lien Secured Parties or in the Designated First Lien Collateral Agentβs own name, from time to time in the Designated First Lien Collateral Agentβs discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this SectionΒ 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this SectionΒ 5.1, including any endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release. This power is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.
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(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, to the extent that any First Lien Collateral Agent, any First Lien Representative or First Lien Secured Parties (i)Β have released any Lien on Collateral or any Grantor from its obligation under its guaranty and any such Liens or guaranty are later reinstated or (ii)Β obtain any new Liens or additional guarantees from any Grantor, then each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and for the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, shall be granted a Lien on any such Collateral (except to the extent such Lien represents a Second Lien Declined Lien with respect to the Second Lien Debt represented by such Second Lien Collateral Agent), subject to the lien subordination provisions of this Agreement, and each Second Lien Representative, for itself and for the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, shall be granted an additional guaranty, as the case may be.
5.2 Insurance and Condemnation Awards. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any deed in lieu of condemnation) affecting the Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First Lien Documents, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in respect of the Collateral shall be paid to the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Documents (including for purposes of cash collateralization of letters of credit) and, thereafter, if a Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Second Lien Documents, to the Designated Second Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties to the extent required under the Second Lien Documents and then, and if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has occurred, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment in contravention of this Agreement, then it shall segregate and hold in trust and forthwith pay such proceeds over to the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 4.2.
5.3 Amendments to First Lien Documents and Second Lien Documents.
(a) The First Lien Documents of any Series may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their terms and the First Lien Debt of any Series may be Refinanced subject to SectionΒ 8.7 without notice to, or the consent of, any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party, all without affecting the lien subordination or other provisions of this Agreement to the extent the terms and conditions of such amendment, supplement, modification meet any applicable requirements set forth in the Second Lien Documents; provided that any such amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing is not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement and, in the case of a Refinancing, the holders of such Refinancing debt (directly or through their agent) bind themselves in a writing addressed to each Second Lien Collateral Agent to the terms of this Agreement.
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(b) The Second Lien Documents of any Series may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Second Lien Debt of any Series may be Refinanced subject to SectionΒ 8.7 without notice to, or the consent of, any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party, all without affecting the lien subordination or other provisions of this Agreement to the extent the terms and conditions of such amendment, supplement, modification meet any applicable requirements set forth in the First Lien Documents; provided that any such amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing is not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement and, in the case of any Refinancing, the holders of such Refinancing debt (directly or through their agent) bind themselves in a writing addressed to each First Lien Collateral Agent to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) In the event any First Lien Collateral Agent or the applicable First Lien Secured Party and the relevant Grantor enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the First Lien Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First Lien Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the applicable First Lien Collateral Agent, such First Lien Secured Parties, the Company or any other Grantor thereunder, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of a Second Lien Collateral Document without the consent of any Second Lien Representative, Second Lien Collateral Agent, any other Second Lien Secured Party, the Company or any other Grantor and without any action by any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent, any other Second Lien Secured Party, the Company or any other Grantor, provided that:
(i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect
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(A) removing assets subject to the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Documents, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted or required by SectionΒ 5.1 and provided that there is a corresponding release of the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations on such removed assets;
(B) imposing duties on any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Representative without its consent;
(C) permitting other Liens on the Collateral not permitted under the terms of the Second Lien Documents or SECTION 6; or
(D) being prejudicial to the interests of the Second Lien Secured Parties to a greater extent than the First Lien Secured Parties (other than by virtue of their relative priority and the rights and obligations hereunder); and
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(ii) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given by the Company to each Second Lien Collateral Agent within ten Business Days after the effective date of such amendment, waiver or consent.
5.4 Confirmation of Subordination in Second Lien Collateral Documents. The Company agrees that each Second Lien Collateral Document shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent):
βNotwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the [collateral agent] pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the [collateral agent] hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βSecond Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ), among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Initial First Lien Representative, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, [ ], as Initial Second Lien Representative, [ ], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and certain other persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.β
In addition, the Company agrees that each Second Lien Mortgage covering any Collateral shall contain such other language as the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect the subordination of such Second Lien Mortgage to the First Lien Collateral Documents covering such Collateral.
5.5 Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.
(a) Each First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to hold that part of the Collateral that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC (such Collateral being the βPledged Collateralβ) as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties and as gratuitous bailee for the Second Lien Collateral Agents (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee thereof solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted under the First Lien Documents and the Second Lien Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions of this SectionΒ 5.5. Solely with respect to any deposit accounts under the control (within the meaning of SectionΒ 9-104 of the UCC) of any First Lien Collateral Agent, such First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to also hold control over such deposit accounts as gratuitous agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agents, subject to the terms and conditions of this SectionΒ 5.5.
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(b) No First Lien Collateral Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to the other First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the Second Lien Secured Parties to ensure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors, to perfect the security interests of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Secured Parties or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this SectionΒ 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of any First Lien Collateral Agent under this SectionΒ 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as bailee (and with respect to deposit accounts, agent) in accordance with this SectionΒ 5.5 and delivering the Pledged Collateral upon a Discharge of First Lien Obligations as provided in paragraph (d)Β below.
(c) No First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party shall have by reason of the First Lien Collateral Documents, the Second Lien Collateral Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second Lien Representative or any other Second Lien Secured Party and the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Secured Parties hereby waive and release the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to any First Lien Collateral Agentβs role under this SectionΒ 5.5 as gratuitous bailee and gratuitous agent with respect to the Pledged Collateral. It is understood and agreed that the interests of the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Secured Parties on the other hand, may differ and the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties shall be fully entitled to act in their own interest without taking into account the interests of the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or other Second Lien Secured Parties.
(d) Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, each First Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (which endorsement shall be without recourse and without any representation or warranty), (x) unless a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has not already occurred, to the Designated Second Lien Collateral Agent and (y)Β if a Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has already occurred, to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Following the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, each First Lien Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by any Second Lien Collateral Agent at the expense of the Company in connection with the Second Lien Collateral Agents obtaining a first-priority security interest in the Collateral. After the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, upon the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations, each Second Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (which endorsement shall be without recourse and without any representation or warranty), to the Company or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.
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5.6 When Discharge of Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred.
(a) If, at any time after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred or contemporaneously therewith, the Company enters into any Refinancing of any First Lien Document evidencing a First Lien Obligation which Refinancing is permitted by the Second Lien Documents, then such Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of First Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the Additional First Lien Representative and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Refinancing each becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with SectionΒ 8.7(b), the obligations under such Refinancing of the applicable First Lien Document shall automatically be treated as First Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the Additional First Lien Representative and the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent under such new First Lien Documents shall be a First Lien Representative and First Lien Collateral Agent, respectively, for all purposes of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement. Upon receipt of a designation from the Company in accordance with SectionΒ 8.7(b)(2), each Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly (x)Β enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such Additional First Lien Representative and/or such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to such Additional First Lien Representative and such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and (y)Β deliver to such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent any Pledged Collateral held by it together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral). If the Additional First Lien Obligations under the Additional First Lien Documents in respect of such Refinancing are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not also secure the Second Lien Obligations, then the Second Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a second priority Lien on such assets to the same extent provided in the Second Lien Collateral Documents and this Agreement except to the extent, with respect to any Series of Second Lien Obligations, such Lien on such assets constitutes a Second Lien Declined Lien. This SectionΒ 5.6(a) shall survive termination of this Agreement.
(b) If, at any time after the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations has occurred or contemporaneously therewith, the Company enters into any Refinancing of any Second Lien Document evidencing a Second Lien Obligation which Refinancing is permitted by the First Lien Documents, then such Discharge of Second Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Second Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the Additional Second Lien Representative and Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Refinancing each becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with SectionΒ 8.7(b), the obligations under such Refinancing of the applicable Second Lien
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Document shall automatically be treated as Second Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the Additional Second Lien Representative and the Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent under such new Second Lien Documents shall be a Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively, for all purposes of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement. Upon receipt of a designation from the Company in accordance with SectionΒ 8.7(b)(2), each First Lien Representative and First Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such Additional Second Lien Representative and/or such Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to such Additional Second Lien Representative and such Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement. If the Additional Second Lien Obligations under the Additional Second Lien Documents in respect of such Refinancing are secured by assets of the Grantors constituting Collateral that do not also secure the First Lien Obligations, then the First Lien Obligations shall be secured at such time by a first priority Lien on such assets to the same extent provided in the First Lien Collateral Documents and this Agreement except to the extent, with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, such Lien on such assets constitutes a First Lien Declined Lien. This SectionΒ 5.6(b) shall survive termination of this Agreement.
5.7 Purchase Right.
(a) Without prejudice to the enforcement of any of the First Lien Secured Partiesβ remedies under the First Lien Documents, this Agreement, at law or in equity or otherwise, the First Lien Secured Parties agree that, if there is (i)Β an acceleration of any of the First Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the applicable First Lien Documents, (ii)Β a payment default under any First Lien Document that has not been cured or waived by the applicable First Lien Secured Parties within 60 days of the occurrence thereof or (iii)Β the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor (each, a βPurchase Eventβ), then the Second Lien Secured Parties (on a pro rata basis based on their outstanding Second Lien Obligations, unless otherwise agreed among such Second Lien Secured Parties) may purchase, by submitting a notice (a βPurchase Noticeβ) within fifteen (15)Β Business Days of any such Purchase Event, the entire aggregate amount (but not less than the entirety) of outstanding First Lien Obligations (including unfunded commitments under any Initial First Lien Document) at the Purchase Price.
(b) The βPurchase Priceβ will equal the sum of (1)Β the full amount of all First Lien Obligations then outstanding and unpaid at par (including principal, accrued but unpaid interest and fees and any other unpaid amounts, including breakage costs and, in the case of any secured hedging obligations, the amount that would be payable by the relevant Grantor thereunder if such Grantor were to terminate the hedge agreement in respect thereof on the date of the purchase or, if not terminated, an amount determined by
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the relevant First Lien Secured Party to be necessary to collateralize its credit risk arising out of such agreement, but excluding any prepayment penalties or premiums, (2)Β the cash collateral (the βXX Xxxx Collateralβ) to be furnished to the First Lien Secured Parties providing letters of credit under the First Lien Documents in such amounts (not to exceed 103% thereof) as such First Lien Secured Parties determine is reasonably necessary to secure such First Lien Secured Parties in connection with any such outstanding and undrawn letters of credit and (3)Β all accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and other amounts (including attorneysβ fees and expenses) owed to the First Lien Secured Parties under or pursuant to the First Lien Documents on the date of purchase.
(c) The Second Lien Secured Parties desiring to purchase all the First Lien Obligations (the βPurchasing Creditorsβ) will deliver a Purchase Notice to the Designated First Lien Representative that (i)Β is signed by the Purchasing Creditors; (ii)Β states that it is a Purchase Notice under this SectionΒ 5.7; (iii) states that each Purchasing Creditor is irrevocably electing to purchase, in accordance with this SectionΒ 5.7, the percentage of all of the Purchase Obligations stated in the Purchase Notice for that Purchasing Creditor, which percentages must aggregate exactly 100% for all Purchasing Creditors; (iv)Β represents and warrants that the Purchase Notice is in conformity with the Second Lien Documents and any other binding agreement among Second Lien Secured Parties; and (v)Β designates a date on which the purchase will occur (the βPurchase Dateβ), that is (x)Β at least five but not more than ten Business Days after the Designated First Lien Representativeβs receipt of the Purchase Notice, and (y)Β not more than twenty-five Business Days after the Purchase Event. Upon the Designated First Lien Representativeβs receipt of an effective Purchase Notice conforming to this SectionΒ 5.7, the Purchasing Creditors will be irrevocably obligated to purchase, and the First Lien Secured Parties will be irrevocably obligated to sell, the First Lien Obligations in accordance with and subject to this SectionΒ 5.7.
(d) On the Purchase Date, (i)Β the Purchasing Creditors and the Designated First Lien Representative will execute and deliver an assignment agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Designated First Lien Representative, (ii)Β the Purchasing Creditors will pay the Purchase Price to the Designated First Lien Representative by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (iii)Β the Purchasing Creditors will deposit with the Designated First Lien Representative or its designee by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the XX Xxxx Collateral and (iv)Β each of the Purchasing Creditors will execute and deliver to the Designated First Lien Representative a waiver and release of all claims arising out of this Agreement, the relationship between the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties in connection with the First Lien Documents and the Second Lien Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby as a result of exercising the purchase option contemplated by this SectionΒ 5.7.
(e) Promptly after the closing of the purchase of all First Lien Obligations pursuant to this SectionΒ 5.7, the Designated First Lien Representative will distribute the Purchase Price to the First Lien Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Documents. The Designated First Lien Representative will apply the XX Xxxx Collateral to reimburse the First Lien Secured Parties providing letters of
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credit for drawings under such letters of credit, any customary fees charged by the issuer in connection with such draws, and facing or similar fees. When all such letters of credit have been cancelled with the consent of the beneficiary thereof, expired, or been fully drawn, and after all payments from the account described above have been made, any remaining cash collateral will be returned to the Purchasing Creditors, as their interests appear. If for any reason the XX Xxxx Collateral is less than the amount owing with respect to such letters of credit, then the Purchasing Creditors will, in proportion to their interests determined as of the time of demand for such reimbursement, promptly reimburse the Designated First Lien Representative (who will then pay the applicable First Lien Secured Parties) the amount of the deficiency.
(f) Each First Lien Secured Party will retain all rights to indemnification provided in the relevant First Lien Documents for all claims and other amounts relating to periods prior to the purchase of the First Lien Obligations pursuant to this SectionΒ 5.7.
(g) The purchase and sale of the First Lien Obligations under this SectionΒ 5.7 will be without recourse and without representation or warranty of any kind by the First Lien Secured Parties, except that the First Lien Secured Parties shall severally and not jointly represent and warrant to the Second Lien Secured Parties that on the date of such purchase, immediately before giving effect to the purchase;
(1) the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the First Lien Obligations, and the fees and expenses thereof owed to the respective First Lien Secured Parties, are as stated in any assignment agreement prepared in connection with the purchase and sale of the First Lien Obligations; and
(2) each First Lien Secured Party owns the First Lien Obligations purported to be owned by it free and clear of any Liens (other than participation interests not prohibited by the First Lien Documents, in which case the Purchase Price will be appropriately adjusted so that the Second Lien Secured Parties do not pay amounts represented by participation interests to the extent that the Second Lien Secured Parties expressly assume the obligations under such participation interests).
SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
6.1 Finance and Sale Issues. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any First Lien Representative shall desire to permit the use of βCash Collateralβ (as such term is defined in SectionΒ 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), on which such First Lien Representative, such First Lien Collateral Agent or any other creditor has a Lien or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to obtain financing, whether from the First Lien Secured Parties or any other Person under SectionΒ 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law (βDIP Financingβ), then each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, will not object to such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing, including any proposed orders for such Cash
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Collateral use and/or DIP Financing which are acceptable to any First Lien Representative) and to the extent the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations are subordinated to or pari passu with such DIP Financing, each Second Lien Collateral Agent will subordinate its Liens in the Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except as expressly agreed by the Designated First Lien Representative or to the extent permitted by SectionΒ 6.3). No Second Lien Secured Party may provide DIP Financing to the Company or any other Grantor secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any First Lien Obligations; provided that if no First Lien Secured Party offers to provide DIP Financing to the extent permitted under this SectionΒ 6.1 on or before the date of the hearing to approve DIP Financing, then a Second Lien Secured Party may seek to provide DIP Financing (which DIP Financing shall consist solely of additional financing and shall not include any rollup of the Second Lien Obligations) secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any First Lien Obligations, and the First Lien Secured Parties may object thereto. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that it will not seek consultation rights in connection with, and it will not object to or oppose, a motion to sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of Collateral under SectionΒ 363 of the Bankruptcy Code if the requisite First Lien Secured Parties have consented to such sale, liquidation or other disposition. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, further agrees that it will not directly or indirectly oppose or impede entry of any order in connection with such sale, liquidation or other disposition, including orders to retain professionals or set bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition, if the requisite First Lien Secured Parties have consented to (i)Β such retention of professionals and bid procedures in connection with such sale, liquidation or disposition of such assets and (ii)Β the sale, liquidation or disposition of such assets, in which event the Second Lien Secured Parties will be deemed to have consented to the sale or disposition of Collateral pursuant to SectionΒ 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code and such motion does not impair the rights of the Second Lien Secured Parties under SectionΒ 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code.
6.2 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that none of them shall: (i)Β seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the First Lien Representatives or (ii)Β oppose (or support any other Person in opposing) any request by any First Lien Representative or First Lien Collateral Agent for relief from such stay.
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6.3 Adequate Protection.
(a) Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting):
(1) any request by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or other First Lien Secured Party for adequate protection under any Bankruptcy Law; or
(2) any objection by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or other First Lien Secured Party to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on such First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Secured Party claiming a lack of adequate protection.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this SectionΒ 6.3, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:
(1) if the First Lien Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing, then each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations and such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are so subordinated to the First Lien Obligations under this Agreement; and
(2) the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and Second Lien Secured Parties shall only be permitted to seek adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in the form of (A)Β additional collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, each First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, is granted a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien shall be senior to the Lien of the applicable Second Lien Representatives, Second Lien Collateral Agents and Second Lien Secured Parties on the same basis as the other Liens of the Second Lien Secured Parties on the Collateral; (B)Β replacement Liens on the Collateral; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, each First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, is granted replacement Liens on the Collateral, which Liens shall be senior to the Lien of the applicable Second Lien Representatives, Second Lien Collateral Agents and Second Lien Secured Parties on the same basis as the other Liens of the Second Lien Secured Parties on the Collateral; (C)Β an administrative expense claim; provided that as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, each First Lien Representative, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, is granted an administrative expense claim which is senior and prior to the
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administrative expense claim of the Second Lien Representatives and the other Second Lien Secured Parties; and (D)Β cash payments with respect to interest on the Second Lien Obligations; provided that (1)Β as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, each First Lien Representative, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, is granted cash payments with respect to interest on the First Lien Obligation represented by it and (2)Β such cash payments do not exceed an amount equal to the interest accruing on the principal amount of Second Lien Obligations outstanding on the date such relief is granted at the interest rate under the applicable Second Lien Documents and accruing from the date the applicable Second Lien Representative is granted such relief. If any Second Lien Secured Party receives Post-Petition Interest and/or adequate protection payments in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (βSecond Lien Adequate Protection Paymentsβ) and the First Lien Secured Parties do not receive payment in full in cash of all First Lien Obligations upon the effectiveness of the plan of reorganization for, or conclusion of, that Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, then each Second Lien Secured Party shall pay over to the First Lien Secured Parties an amount (the βPay-Over Amountβ) equal to the lesser of (i)Β the Second Lien Adequate Protection Payments received by such Second Lien Secured Party and (ii)Β the amount of the short-fall (the βShort Fallβ) in payment in full in cash of the First Lien Obligations; provided that to the extent any portion of the Short Fall represents payments received by the First Lien Secured Parties in the form of promissory notes, equity or other property equal in value to the cash paid in respect of the Pay-Over Amount, the First Lien Secured Parties shall, upon receipt of the Pay-Over Amount, transfer those promissory notes, equity or other property, equal in value to the cash paid in respect of the Pay-Over Amount, to the applicable Second Lien Secured Parties pro rata in exchange for the Pay-Over Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the First Lien Secured Parties shall not be deemed to have consented to, and expressly retain their rights to object to, the grant of adequate protection in the form of cash payments to the Second Lien Secured Parties made pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.3(b).
(c) Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on an interim basis shall be adequate if delivered to such Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent at least two (2)Β Business Days in advance of such hearing and that notice of a hearing to approve DIP Financing or use of Cash Collateral on a final basis shall be adequate if delivered to such Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent at least fifteen (15)Β days in advance of such hearing.
6.4 No Waiver. Subject to SectionΒ 6.7(b), nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit any First Lien Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Second Lien Representative or any other Second Lien Secured Party, including the seeking by any Second Lien Representative or any other Second Lien Secured Party of adequate protection or the asserting by any Second Lien Representative or any other Second Lien Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Lien Documents or otherwise.
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6.5 Avoidance Issues. If any First Lien Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor any amount paid in respect of First Lien Obligations (a βRecoveryβ), then such First Lien Secured Party shall be entitled to a reinstatement of its First Lien Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts on the date of such Recovery, and from and after the date of such reinstatement the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes hereunder. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement. This SectionΒ 6.5 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
6.6 Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization, arrangement, compromise or liquidation or similar dispositive restructuring plan, both on account of First Lien Obligations and on account of Second Lien Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the First Lien Obligations and on account of the Second Lien Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
6.7 Post-Petition Interest.
(a) None of any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of the Lien of the First Lien Collateral Agents on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties on the Collateral or any other First Lien Secured Partyβs Lien, without regard to the existence of the Liens of the Second Lien Collateral Agents on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties on the Collateral.
(b) None of any First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Second Lien Representative, Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second Lien Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agents on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties on the Collateral (after taking into account the amount of all First Lien Obligations (including as described in SectionΒ 6.9)).
6.8 Waiver. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, waives any claim it may hereafter have against any First Lien Secured Party arising out of the election of any First Lien Secured Party of the application of SectionΒ 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding so long as such actions are not in express contravention of the terms of this Agreement.
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6.9 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, and each First Lien Representative and each First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Documents and the Second Lien Collateral Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens; and
(b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the Second Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the First Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Lien Secured Parties), the First Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing (or that would be owing if there were such separate classes of senior and junior secured claims) in respect of Post-Petition Interest, including any additional interest payable pursuant to the First Lien Documents, arising from or related to a default, which is disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Second Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, with each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Designated First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, Collateral or proceeds of Collateral otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Lien Secured Parties.
6.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement is a βsubordination agreementβ under section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which will be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references in this Agreement to any Grantor will include such Person as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Person in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; Etc.
7.1 Reliance. Other than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, each First Lien Representative and each First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, acknowledges that it and such First Lien Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the First Lien Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the First Lien Documents or this Agreement. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, acknowledges that it and such Second Lien Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the Second Lien Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Second Lien Documents or this Agreement.
7.2 No Warranties or Liability. Each First Lien Representative and each First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, acknowledges and agrees that no Second Lien Representative or other Second Lien Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Second Lien Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Second Lien Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective extensions of credit under the Second Lien Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, acknowledges and agrees that no First Lien Representative or other First Lien Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the First Lien Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the First Lien Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First Lien Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents or any of the other First Lien Secured Parties, and the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any of the other Second Lien Secured Parties, to act or refrain from acting in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any other Grantor (including the First Lien Documents and the Second Lien Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.
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7.3 No Waiver of Lien Priorities.
(a) No right of the First Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents or any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or any First Lien Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any First Lien Secured Party, First Lien Representative or First Lien Collateral Agent, or by any noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the First Lien Documents or any of the Second Lien Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any other First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party, or any of them, may have or be otherwise charged with.
(b) Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject to the rights of the Company and the other Grantors under the First Lien Documents and subject to the provisions of Sections 5.3 and 8.7), the First Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the First Lien Documents and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party, without incurring any liabilities to any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party and without impairing or releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation or other right or remedy of any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more of the following:
(1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the First Lien Obligations or any Lien on any First Lien Collateral or guaranty of any of the First Lien Obligations or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or extension of the First Lien Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held by any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent or any of the other First Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Obligations or any of the First Lien Documents;
(2) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any part of the First Lien Collateral or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to any of the First Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Representatives or the First Lien Collateral Agents, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;
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(3) settle or compromise any First Lien Obligation or any other liability of the Company or any other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability (including the First Lien Obligations) in any manner or order; and
(4) exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Company or any other Grantor or any other Person or any security, and elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Company, any other Grantor or any First Lien Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to the First Lien Secured Parties or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, also agrees that the First Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Representatives and the First Lien Collateral Agents shall have no liability to such Second Lien Representative, such Second Lien Collateral Agent or any such Second Lien Secured Parties, and such Second Lien Representative and such Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby waives any claim against any First Lien Secured Party, any First Lien Representative or any First Lien Collateral Agent arising out of any and all actions which the First Lien Secured Parties, any First Lien Representative or any First Lien Collateral Agent may take or permit or omit to take with respect to:
(1) the First Lien Documents (other than this Agreement);
(2) the collection of the First Lien Obligations; or
(3) the foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any First Lien Collateral.
Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees that the First Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Representatives and the First Lien Collateral Agents have no duty to them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the First Lien Collateral, the First Lien Obligations or otherwise.
(d) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to any First Lien Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.
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7.4 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Secured Parties, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Lien Documents or any Second Lien Documents;
(b) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any First Lien Document or any Second Lien Document;
(c) except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange of any security interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or any guaranty thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of any First Lien Representative, any First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Obligations, any First Lien Secured Party, any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Obligations or any Second Lien Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
SECTION 8. Miscellaneous.
8.1 Integration/Conflicts. This Agreement, the First Lien Documents and the Second Lien Documents represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the First Lien Secured Parties or the Second Lien Secured Parties relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.
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8.2 Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the First Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to any Second Lien Representative or any other Second Lien Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any Grantor constituting First Lien Obligations in reliance hereon. Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or such Grantor as debtor and debtor- in-possession and any receiver, trustee or similar person for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:
(a) with respect to any First Lien Representative and any First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it and their First Lien Obligations, on the date on which the First Lien Obligations of such First Lien Secured Parties are Discharged, subject to Sections 5.6 and 6.5; and
(b) with respect to any Second Lien Representative and any Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it and their Second Lien Obligations, on the date on which the Second Lien Obligations of such Second Lien Secured Parties are Discharged, subject to Sections 5.6 and 6.5;
provided, however, that in each case, such termination shall not relieve any such party of its obligations incurred hereunder prior to the date of such termination.
8.3 Amendments; Waivers.
(a) No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent their rights are directly and adversely affected.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First Lien Secured Party or Second Lien Secured Party, any Representative and Collateral Agent may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with SectionΒ 8.7 and upon such execution and delivery, such Representative and Collateral Agent and the Additional First Lien Secured Parties and Additional First Lien Obligations or Additional Second Lien Secured Parties or Additional Second Lien Obligations of the Series for which such Representative and Collateral Agent is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any other Representative, Collateral Agent or First Lien Secured Party, the Designated First Lien Representative may effect amendments and modifications to this Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect any incurrence of any Additional First Lien Obligations or Additional Second Lien Obligations in compliance with this Agreement.
8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Grantors and their Subsidiaries. The First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the First Lien Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the Second Lien Secured Parties, on the other hand, shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a)Β the financial condition of the Grantors and their Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations and (b)Β all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations. The First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or any other Second Lien Secured Party of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents or any of the other First Lien Secured Parties, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any Second Lien Representative, any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party, it or they shall be under no obligation:
(a) to make, and the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided;
(b) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion;
(c) to undertake any investigation; or
(d) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
8.5 Subrogation. With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets that any of the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents or the other Second Lien Secured Parties pays over to any of the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents or the other First Lien Secured Parties under the
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terms of this Agreement, such Second Lien Secured Parties, Second Lien Representatives and Second Lien Collateral Agents shall be subrogated to the rights of such First Lien Representatives, First Lien Collateral Agents and First Lien Secured Parties; provided that each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby agrees not to assert or enforce any such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred. The Company and the other Grantors each acknowledges and agrees that the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other assets received by any Second Lien Representative, Second Lien Collateral Agent or other Second Lien Secured Party that are paid over to any First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent or other First Lien Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the Second Lien Obligations.
8.6 Application of Payments. All payments received by any First Lien Representative, First Lien Collateral Agent or other First Lien Secured Party may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the First Lien Obligations provided for in the First Lien Documents (subject to the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement, in each case if then in effect). Each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, agrees to any extension or postponement of the time of payment of the First Lien Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security which may at any time secure any part of the First Lien Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
8.7 Additional Debt Facilities.
(a) To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the First Lien Documents and the Second Lien Documents and SectionΒ 5.3, the Company may (x)Β incur or issue and sell one or more series or classes of Indebtedness that the Company designates as Additional First Lien Debt and/or one or more series or classes of Indebtedness that the Company designates as Additional Second Lien Debt (each, βAdditional Debtβ) or (y)Β incur Indebtedness under any Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement that is secured on an equal and ratable basis with the Liens (other than any First Lien Declined Liens), which shall be Additional First Lien Obligations.
Any such series or class of Additional First Lien Debt may be secured by a first-priority, senior Lien on the Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Documents for such Series of Additional First Lien Debt, if and subject to the condition that, unless such Indebtedness is part of an existing Series of Additional First Lien Debt represented by a First Lien Representative and First Lien Collateral Agent already party to this Agreement, the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect), the Additional First Lien Representative and the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent of any such Additional First Lien Debt each becomes a party to this Agreement, the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect) by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (1)Β through (3) of paragraph (b)Β of this
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SectionΒ 8.7. Any Indebtedness and other Initial First Lien Obligations under any Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement may be secured by Liens on an equal and ratable basis, in each case under and pursuant to the Initial First Lien Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Replacement First Lien Representative and Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of the holders of such Initial First Lien Obligations, each becomes a party to this Agreement, the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect) by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (1)Β through (3) of paragraph (b)Β of this SectionΒ 8.7. Upon any Additional First Lien Representative and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent, or Replacement First Lien Representative and Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be, so becoming a party hereto and becoming a party to the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect) in accordance with the terms thereof, all Additional First Lien Obligations of such Series or all Initial First Lien Obligations under any Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable, shall also be entitled to be so secured by a senior Lien on the Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
Any such series or class of Additional Second Lien Debt may be secured by a second-priority, subordinated Lien on the Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Second Lien Collateral Documents for such Series of Additional Second Lien Debt, if and subject to the condition, unless such Indebtedness is part of an existing Series of Additional Second Lien Debt represented by a Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent already party to this Agreement, the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect), the Additional Second Lien Representative and Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent of any such Additional Second Lien Debt each becomes a party to this Agreement, the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect) by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (1) through (3)Β of paragraph (b)Β of this SectionΒ 8.7. Upon any Additional Second Lien Representative and Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent so becoming a party hereto and becoming a party to the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect) in accordance with the terms thereof, all Additional Second Lien Obligations of such Series shall also be entitled to be so secured by a subordinated Lien on the Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
(b) In order for an Additional Representative and an Additional Collateral Agent, or, in the case of a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement, the Replacement First Lien Representative and the Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent in respect thereof, to become a party to this Agreement:
(1) such Additional Representative and such Additional Collateral Agent or such Replacement First Lien Representative and such Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered to each other then-existing Representative (A)Β a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (if such Representative is an Additional Second Lien
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Representative and such Collateral Agent is an Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent) or Exhibit II hereto (if such Representative is an Additional First Lien Representative and such Collateral Agent is an Additional First Lien Collateral Agent or in the case of a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement) (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Designated First Lien Representative and such Representative and such Collateral Agent) pursuant to which (x)Β such Additional Representative becomes a Representative hereunder, such Additional Collateral Agent becomes a Collateral Agent hereunder and the related First Lien Secured Parties or Second Lien Secured Parties, as applicable, become subject hereto and bound hereby or (y)Β such Replacement First Lien Representative becomes the Initial First Lien Representative hereunder and such Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent becomes the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, such Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement becomes the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement hereunder and such Initial First Lien Obligations and holders of such Initial First Lien Obligations become subject hereto and bound hereby and (B)Β a joinder agreement to the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect) in the form required thereby or such other form as may be acceptable to the parties thereto;
(2) the Company shall have delivered a Designation to each other then-existing Collateral Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit III hereto, pursuant to which a Responsible Officer of the Company shall (A)Β identify the Indebtedness to be designated as Additional First Lien Obligations, Additional Second Lien Obligations, or Initial First Lien Obligations, as applicable, and the initial aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, (B)Β specify the name and address of the applicable Additional Representative and Additional Collateral Agent or the Replacement First Lien Representative and Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent, (C)Β certify that such Additional Debt or Initial First Lien Obligations is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed by each First Lien Document and Second Lien Document and that the conditions set forth in this SectionΒ 8.7 are satisfied with respect to such Additional Debt or Initial First Lien Obligations, as applicable and (D)Β in the case of a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement, expressly state that such agreement giving rise to the new Indebtedness satisfies the requirements of a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement and is designated as a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement; and
(3) the Company shall have delivered to each other Collateral Agent true, complete and certified copies of each of the First Lien Documents or Second Lien Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional First Lien Debt, Additional Second Lien Debt, or the Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable.
(c) The Additional Second Lien Documents or Additional First Lien Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional Obligations shall provide that each of the applicable Secured Parties with respect to such Additional Obligations will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Additional Obligations.
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(d) Upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement by an Additional First Lien Representative and an Additional First Lien Collateral Agent or an Additional Second Lien Representative and an Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Replacement First Lien Representative and the Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case, in accordance with this SectionΒ 8.7, each other Representative and Collateral Agent shall acknowledge receipt thereof by countersigning a copy thereof and returning the same to such Additional First Lien Representative and such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent or such Additional Second Lien Representative and such Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent or the Replacement First Lien Representative and the Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be; provided that the failure of any Representative or Collateral Agent to so acknowledge or return the same shall not affect the status of such Additional Obligations as Additional First Lien Obligations or Additional Second Lien Obligations, or a Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement, as the case may be, if the other requirements of this SectionΒ 8.7 are complied with.
(e) With respect to any incurrence, issuance or sale of Indebtedness after the date hereof under the Additional First Lien Documents or Additional Second Lien Documents of a Series of Additional First Lien Debt or Series of Additional Second Lien Debt whose Representative and Collateral Agent is already each a party to this Agreement, the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement (if then in effect) and the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, the requirements of SectionΒ 8.7(b) shall not be applicable and such Indebtedness shall automatically constitute Additional First Lien Debt or Additional Second Lien Debt so long as (i)Β such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed by each First Lien Document and Second Lien Document and (ii)Β the provisions of paragraph (c)Β above have been complied with; provided, further, however that with respect to any such Indebtedness incurred, issued or sold pursuant to the terms of any Additional First Lien Documents or Additional Second Lien Documents of such existing Series of Additional First Lien Debt or Additional Second Lien Debt as such terms existed on the date the Representative and Collateral Agent for such Series of Additional First Lien Debt or Additional Second Lien Debt executed the Joinder Agreement, the requirements of clause (i)Β of this paragraph (e)Β shall be tested only as of (x) the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement, if pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such Joinder Agreement and (y)Β with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Indebtedness, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment.
8.8 Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers. Each of the Company, each other Grantor, and each Representative and each Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Secured Parties for whom it is acting, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits, for itself and its property to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each such party
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hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each such party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that each Collateral Agent and each Representative may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding against the Borrower or any Grantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction;
(b) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so (i)Β any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (a)Β of this SectionΒ 8.8 and (ii)Β the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding; and
(c) consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in SectionΒ 8.10. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
8.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
8.10 Notices. All notices to the Second Lien Secured Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties permitted or required under this Agreement shall be sent to the applicable Second Lien Representative and the applicable First Lien Representative, respectively. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served or sent by facsimile or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each partyβs name on the signature pages hereto or in the Joinder Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.
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8.11 Further Assurances. Each First Lien Representative and each First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First Lien Secured Parties represented by it, each Second Lien Representative and each Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, and the Company and each other Grantor, agree that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as any First Lien Representative and First Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Representative and Second Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
8.12 Agency Capacities. Except as expressly provided herein, JPM is acting in the capacity of Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent solely for the Initial First Lien Secured Parties. Except as expressly provided herein, each other Representative and Collateral Agent is acting in the capacity of Representative and Collateral Agent, respectively, solely for the Secured Parties under the First Lien Documents or Second Lien Documents for which it is the named Representative or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
8.13 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.14 Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents, the other First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents, the other Second Lien Secured Parties, the Company and the other Grantors, and their respective successors and assigns. If any of the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents, the Second Lien Representatives or the Second Lien Collateral Agents resigns or is replaced pursuant to the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, its successor shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights of, and be subject to all the obligations of, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of a trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate or creditor of any Grantor, including where any such trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate is the beneficiary of a Lien securing Collateral by virtue of the avoidance of such Lien in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
8.15 Section Headings. Section headings and the Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.16 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic imaging means), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. βpdfβ or βtifβ format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
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8.17 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement, on behalf of such party or Grantor but not in his or her personal capacity as a signatory, represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.
8.18 No Third Party Beneficiaries/Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Representatives, the First Lien Collateral Agents and the other First Lien Secured Parties on the one hand and the Second Lien Representatives, the Second Lien Collateral Agents and the other Second Lien Secured Parties on the other hand. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the relative rights and obligations as among the First Lien Secured Parties or as among the Second Lien Secured Parties; as among the First Lien Secured Parties, such rights and obligations are governed by, and any provisions herein regarding them are therefore subject to, the provisions of the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and as among the Second Lien Secured Parties, such rights and obligations are governed by, and any provisions herein regarding them are therefore subject to, the provisions of the Second Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (provided that, solely as among any Initial Second Lien Secured Parties party to the Initial First Lien Credit Agreement, the Initial Second Lien Documents shall define the relative rights and priorities of such Second Lien Secured Parties (as among each other) with respect to the Collateral (including, without limitation, as to waterfalls, voting rights and intercreditor provisions contained therein as applicable among such First Lien Secured Parties)). Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the relative rights and obligations as among the parties to the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement; as among such Persons, such rights and obligations are governed by, and any provisions herein regarding them are therefore subject to, the provisions of the Term/ABL Intercreditor Agreement. Other than as set forth in SectionΒ 8.3, none of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights hereunder and neither the Company nor any Grantor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Company or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.
8.19 No Indirect Actions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, if a party may not take an action under this Agreement, then it may not take that action indirectly, or support any other Person in taking that action directly or indirectly. βTaking an action indirectlyβ means taking an action that is not expressly prohibited for the party but is intended to have substantially the same effects as the prohibited action.
8.20 Additional Grantors. In the event any Subsidiary shall have granted a Lien on any of its assets to secure any Secured Obligations, the Company shall cause such Subsidiary, if not already a signatory hereto, to execute an acknowledgment hereto as a βGrantorβ in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each Collateral Agent (which may include an additional counterpart signature page to this Agreement). The execution and delivery of any such acknowledgment shall not require the consent of any other party hereto. The rights and obligations of each party hereto shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the acknowledgment of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this [Second] Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the date first written above.
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., |
as Initial First Lien Representative and as Initial |
First Lien Collateral Agent Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: Β |
[NOTICE ADDRESS] |
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] |
as Initial Second Lien Representative and Initial |
Second Lien Collateral Agent Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
[NOTICE ADDRESS] |
Acknowledged and Agreed to by: |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: Β |
[NOTICE ADDRESS] Β |
GRANTORS: |
[INSERT NAME OF OTHER GRANTORS] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: Β |
[NOTICE ADDRESS] |
Exhibit I to the
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
[FORM OF] SECOND LIEN JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] to the SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [Β Β Β Β ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βSecond Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ), among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Representative, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and the additional Representatives from time to time a party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the βCompanyβ), certain subsidiaries of the Company (each a βGrantorβ).
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
As a condition to the ability of the Company to incur Additional Second Lien Debt and to secure such Additional Second Lien Debt and related Additional Second Lien Obligations with a lien on the Collateral and to have such Additional Second Lien Debt and related Additional Second Lien Obligations guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the applicable Additional Second Lien Documents, each of the Additional Second Lien Representative and the Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Additional Second Lien Debt and related Additional Second Lien Obligations is required to become a Representative and Collateral Agent, respectively, under, and the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. SectionΒ 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Additional Second Lien Representative and Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent may become a Representative and Collateral Agent, respectively, under, and such Additional Second Lien Secured Parties may become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Additional Second Lien Representative and Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in SectionΒ 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Additional Second Lien Representative (the βNew Representativeβ) and Additional Second Lien Collateral Agent (the βNew Collateral Agentβ) are executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Accordingly, the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent agree as follows:
In accordance with SectionΒ 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent by their signatures below become a Second Lien Representative and a Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively, under, and the related Additional Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent had originally been named therein as a Second Lien Representative and a Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively, and each of the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Second
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Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Second Lien Representative and a Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively, and to the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties represented by it as Second Lien Secured Parties. Each reference to a βRepresentativeβ or βSecond Lien Representativeβ in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative, each reference to a βCollateral Agentβ or βSecond Lien Collateral Agentβ in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Collateral Agent and each reference to βSecond Lien Secured Partiesβ shall include the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties represented by such New Representative and New Collateral Agent. The Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.
Each of the New Representative and New Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the other Representatives, Collateral Agents and the other Secured Parties that (i)Β it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (iii)Β the Second Lien Documents relating to such Additional Second Lien Debt provide that, upon the New Representativeβs and New Collateral Agentβs entry into this Agreement, the Additional Second Lien Secured Parties in respect of such Additional Second Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Second Lien Secured Parties.
This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.
Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Any provision of this Joinder Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
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All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in SectionΒ 8.10 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative and New Collateral Agent have duly executed this Joinder Agreement to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] for the holders of |
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
Address for notices: |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
attention of:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Telecopy:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β [NAME OF NEW COLLATERAL AGENT], as [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] for the holders of |
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
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Β Address for notices:Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
attention of:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Telecopy:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β Receipt of the foregoing acknowledged: [NAME OF APPLICABLE REPRESENTATIVE], as [Insert title of Representative] |
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By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: Β |
Receipt of the foregoing acknowledged: |
[NAME OF APPLICABLE COLLATERAL |
AGENT], as [Insert title of Collateral Agent] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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Exhibit I β Page 5
Exhibit II to the
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
[FORM OF] FIRST LIEN JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] to the SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [Β Β Β Β ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βSecond Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ), among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Representative, [INSERT NAME], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and the additional Representatives and Collateral Agents from time to time a party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the βCompanyβ), certain subsidiaries and parent entities of the Company (each a βGrantorβ).
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
As a condition to the ability of the Company to incur [Additional First Lien Debt][Initial First Lien Obligations under the Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement] after the date of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such [Additional First Lien Debt and related Additional First Lien Obligations][Initial First Lien Obligations] with a lien on the Collateral and to have such [Additional First Lien Debt and related Additional First Lien Obligations][Initial First Lien Obligations] guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the [applicable Additional First Lien Documents][Initial First Lien Documents], each of the [Additional First Lien Representative and the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of such Additional First Lien Debt and related Additional First Lien Obligations][Replacement First Lien Representative and Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent] is required to become [a Representative and Collateral Agent][the Initial First lien Representative and the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent], respectively, under, and the [Additional First Lien Secured Parties][Initial First Lien Secured Parties] in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. SectionΒ 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such [Additional First Lien Representative and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent may become a Representative and Collateral Agent][Replacement First Lien Representative and Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent may become the Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent], respectively, under, and such [Additional First Lien Secured Parties][Initial First Lien Secured Parties] may become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the [Additional First Lien Representative and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent][Replacement First Lien Representative and Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent] of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in SectionΒ 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned [Additional First Lien Representative][Replacement First Lien Representative] (the βNew Representativeβ) and [Additional First Lien Collateral Agent][Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent] (the βNew Collateral Agentβ) are executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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Accordingly, the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent agree as follows:
In accordance with SectionΒ 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent by their signatures below become a [First Lien Representative and a First Lien Collateral Agent][the Initial First Lien Representative and the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent], respectively, under, and the related [Additional First Lien][Initial First Lien] Secured Parties represented by it become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent had originally been named therein [a First Lien Representative and a First Lien Collateral Agent][the Initial First Lien Representative and the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent], respectively, and each of the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the [Additional First Lien][Initial First Lien] Secured Parties represented by it, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as [a First Lien Representative and a First Lien Collateral Agent][the Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent], respectively, and to the [Additional First Lien][Initial First Lien] Secured Parties represented by it as [First Lien Secured Parties][Initial First Lien Secured Parties]. Each reference to a [βRepresentativeβ or βFirst Lien Representativeβ][βInitial First Lien Representativeβ] in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to [include][refer] the New Representative, each reference to a [βCollateral Agentβ or βFirst Lien Collateral Agentβ][βInitial First Lien Collateral Agentβ] in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to [include][refer] the New Collateral Agent and each reference to [βFirst Lien Secured Partiesβ][βInitial First Lien Secured Partiesβ] shall include the [Additional First Lien Secured Parties][Initial First Lien Secured Parties] represented by such New Representative and New Collateral Agent. The Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Each of the New Representative and New Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the other Representatives, Collateral Agents and the other Secured Parties that (i)Β it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (iii)Β the [First Lien Documents relating to such Additional First Lien Debt provide][Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement provides] that, upon the New Representativeβs and New Collateral Agentβs entry into this Agreement, the [Additional First Lien][Initial First Lien] Secured Parties in respect of such [Additional First Lien Debt][Initial First Lien Obligations] will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as [First Lien Secured Parties][Initial First Lien Secured Parties].
This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.
Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Any provision of this Joinder Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in SectionΒ 8.10 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent have duly executed this Joinder Agreement to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] for the holders of |
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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Title: Β |
Address for notices: |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
attention of:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Telecopy:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β [NAME OF NEW COLLATERAL AGENT], as [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] for the holders of |
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
attention of:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Telecopy:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β Receipt of the foregoing acknowledged: |
[NAME OF APPLICABLE REPRESENTATIVE], as [Insert title of Representative] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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Receipt of the foregoing acknowledged: |
[NAME OF APPLICABLE COLLATERAL |
AGENT], as [Insert title of Collateral Agent ] Β |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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Exhibit II β Page 5
Exhibit III to the
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
[FORM OF] DEBT DESIGNATION NO. [ ] (this βDesignationβ) dated as of [ ], 20[ ] with respect to the SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [Β Β Β Β ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βSecond Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ), among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent for the Initial First Lien Secured Parties, [Β Β Β Β ], as Initial Second Lien Representative, [Β Β Β Β ], as Initial Second Lien Collateral Agent and the additional Representatives and Collateral Agent from time to time a party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the βCompanyβ), and certain subsidiaries and parent entities of the Company (each a βGrantorβ).
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
This Designation is being executed and delivered in order to designate [additional][replacement] secured Obligations of the Company and the Grantors as [Additional First Lien Debt][Additional Second Lien Debt][Initial First Lien Obligations under the Replacement First Lien Credit Agreement] entitled to the benefit of and subject to the terms of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
The undersigned, the duly appointed [specify title of Responsible Officer] of the Company hereby certifies on behalf of the Company that:
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Β | 1. | [Insert name of the Company or other Grantor] intends to incur Indebtedness (the βDesignated Obligationsβ) in the initial aggregate principal amount of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] pursuant to the following agreement: [describe credit/loan agreement indenture or other agreement giving rise to Additional First Lien Debt or Additional Second Lien Debt, as the case may be][Replacement Credit Agreement] (the βDesignated Agreementβ) which will be [Additional First Lien Obligations][Additional Second Lien Obligations][Initial First Lien Obligations] for purposes of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. |
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Β | 2. | The incurrence of the Designated Obligations is permitted by each applicable First Lien Document and Second Lien Document. |
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Β | 3. | Conform the following as applicable; Pursuant to and for the purposes of SectionΒ 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (i)Β the Designated Agreement is hereby designated as [an βAdditional First Lien Documentβ] [an βAdditional Second Lien Documentβ][the βReplacement First Lien Credit Agreementβ] [and][,] (ii) the Designated Obligations are hereby designated as [βAdditional First Lien Obligationsβ] [βAdditional Second Lien Obligationsβ][βInitial First Lien Obligations] [insert for Replacement Credit Agreements only: and (iii)Β the Designated Agreement satisfies the requirements of a Replacement Credit Agreement]. |
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Β | 4. | a. The name and address of the [Representative][Replacement First Lien Representative] for such Designated Obligations is: |
[Insert name and all capacities; Address]
Telephone: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Fax:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Email: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
b. The name and address of the [Collateral Agent][Replacement First Lien Collateral Agent] for such Designated Obligations is:
[Insert name and all capacities; Address]
Telephone:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Fax:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Email: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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Exhibit III β Page 2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Designation to be duly executed by the undersigned Responsible Officer as of the day and year first above written.
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AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
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EXHIBIT I
[FORM OF]
NOTE
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$[Β Β Β Β ].00 | Β Β | [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], 20[Β Β Β Β ] |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, promises to pay [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and assigns, the βLenderβ), the principal sum of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] DOLLARS ($[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ].00), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Loan made by the Lender to or for the account of the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as hereafter defined), with interest, fees, expenses and costs at the rate and payable in the manner stated in the Credit Agreement. As used herein, the βCredit Agreementβ means and refers to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 4, 2018 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the βBorrowerβ), the Subsidiary Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents, and each Lender and other party from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
This is a βNoteβ to which reference is made in the Credit Agreement and is subject to all terms and provisions thereof. This Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee under the Collateral Agreement and is secured by the Collateral. The principal of, and interest on, this Note shall be payable at the times, in the manner, and in the amounts as provided in the Credit Agreement and shall be subject to prepayment and acceleration as provided therein. The Administrative Agentβs books and records concerning the Loan, the accrual of interest and fees thereon, and the repayment of such Loan, shall be prima facie evidence of the indebtedness to the Lender hereunder, absent manifest error.
No delay or omission by the Administrative Agent or the Lender in exercising or enforcing any of the Administrative Agentβs or Lenderβs powers, rights, privileges, remedies, or discretions hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof on that occasion nor on any other occasion. No waiver of any Event of Default shall operate as a waiver of any other Event of Default, nor as a continuing waiver.
The Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, and protest, and also waives any delay on the part of the holder hereof. The Borrower assents to any extension or other indulgence (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral) permitted by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or the Lender with respect to this Note and/or any Collateral Document or any extension or other indulgence with respect to any other liability or any collateral given to secure any other liability of the Borrower or any other Person obligated on account of this Note.
This Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and upon its successors, assigns, and representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors, endorsees and assigns.
The Borrower agrees that any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, may be brought in the courts of the state of New York sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan or of any United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, and by execution and delivery of this Note, the Borrower and the Lender each consent, for itself and in respect of its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower irrevocably waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note in the courts of the state of New York sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan or of the United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Borrower makes the following waiver knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally, and understands that the Administrative Agent and the Lender, in the establishment and maintenance of their respective relationship with the Borrower contemplated by this Note, are each relying thereon. THE BORROWER, AND THE LENDER BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Note to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT J
FILO INTERCREDITOR PROVISIONS
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EXHIBIT J
FILO INTERCREDITOR PROVISIONS
SectionΒ 1 Definitions.
In this Exhibit J (the βFILO Intercreditor Provisionsβ), capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached. In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
βBankruptcy Codeβ means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled βBankruptcy,β as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto.
βBankruptcy Lawβ means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors as now or hereafter in effect.
βCollateral Proceedsβ means any proceeds, dividends, distributions or other payments (whether in cash, securities or other property) in respect of, or in substitution or exchange for, any Collateral or any Liens or claims on, based on or otherwise arising from or with respect to any Collateral (including claims in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), or from any sale or other disposition of any Collateral or any liquidation, foreclosure or similar transaction with respect to any Collateral.
βInsolvency or Liquidation Proceedingβ means (a)Β any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Loan Party, (b)Β any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Loan Party or with respect to any of its assets, (c)Β any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Loan Party whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d)Β any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Loan Party.
βRefinancing Term Loan Obligationsβ means all present or future loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations (whether or not performance is then required or contingent, or such amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by any Loan Party to any Term Loan Claimholder in respect of any Refinancing Term Loan, whether or not evidenced by a Note, arising under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including all principal, interest, fees, expenses, charges, indemnities and other amounts (including interest, fees, expenses and other amounts accrued or incurred on and after the filing of a petition initiating any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest or fees are deemed to accrue, or such expenses or other amounts are incurred, after the filing of such petition and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding).
βRevolving Facility Claimholderβ means, at any relevant time, the holders of Revolving Facility Claims at such time, including without limitation the Revolving Lenders and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to the extent it is owed any Revolving Facility Claims by any Loan Party.
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βTerm Loan Claimholderβ means, at any relevant time, the holders of Refinancing Term Loan Obligations at such time, including without limitation the Refinancing Term Loan Lenders and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to the extent it is owed any Refinancing Term Loan Obligations by any Loan Party.
SectionΒ 2 Agreements Among Claimholders.
(a) In any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the Revolving Facility Claimholders may seek adequate protection in the form of current post-petition interest payments, incurred fees and expenses, or other cash payments. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the Revolving Facility Claimholders and the Term Loan Claimholders as a group are granted adequate protection in the form of current post-petition interest payments, incurred fees and expenses, or other cash payments, then the Term Loan Claimholders agree that the Revolving Facility Claimholders shall be entitled to receive all such payments until they have actually received the full amount of post-petition interest, fees, and expenses owed or to be owed thereto as of the date of each such payment(s), before any distribution from, or in respect of, any such post-petition payments may be made to the Term Loan Claimholders, with the Term Loan Claimholders hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Revolving Facility Claimholders any Collateral Proceeds (including proceeds of post-petition assets) otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Term Loan Claimholders.
(b) In any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the Term Loan Claimholders shall be entitled to vote on any proposed plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, but agree they shall not support any plan inconsistent with the payment priorities set forth in the Agreement. The Term Loan Claimholders further agree that they will not raise any objection to, oppose, or otherwise take any action that could hinder, delay, interfere with, or impede the approval and confirmation of any plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that is supported or proposed by the Required Lenders.
(c) The Term Loan Claimholders agree that in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, their claims in respect of the Collateral or otherwise would not be βsubstantially similarβ to those of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, as such term is utilized in SectionΒ 1122(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, and, therefore, shall be placed into a separate class of creditors from those of the Revolving Facility Claimholders for voting and all other purposes under any proposed plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and will in any case not raise any objection to, oppose or otherwise take action that could interfere with such treatment of their claims in such manner. The Term Loan Claimholders further agree that they will not vote to accept any proposed plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that does not so separately classify their claims from those of the Revolving Facility Claimholders (except to the extent they are otherwise expressly instructed to do so by the Required Lenders or their agent).
(d) If, notwithstanding the foregoing clause (c), in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, it is held that the claims of the Revolving Facility Claimholders and Term Loan Claimholders in respect of the Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of secured claims) or are placed in the same class for voting or distribution
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purposes, then the Revolving Facility Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to Collateral Proceeds distributed to them from, or in respect of, principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, fees, costs, premium and other charges, irrespective of whether all or any portion of the claim for such amounts is allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding pursuant to SectionΒ 502 or SectionΒ 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims, before any distribution of Collateral Proceeds is made in respect of the claims held by the Term Loan Claimholders, with the Term Loan Claimholders hereby acknowledging and agreeing to promptly turn over to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Revolving Facility Claimholders in accordance with SectionΒ 2.18(3) of the Agreement any Collateral Proceeds otherwise received or receivable by them, without offset, defense, deduction or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Term Loan Claimholders.
(e) If (i)Β any Revolving Facility Claims are determined to be unsecured in part for purposes of SectionΒ 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, but would not have been deemed unsecured in part for such purposes, or would have been deemed to be unsecured in part by a lesser amount for such purposes, or (ii)Β any payments received in respect of any Revolving Facility Claims are voided, set aside or otherwise required to be returned, but would not have been voided, set aside or otherwise required to be returned, in either case if the Refinancing Term Loans had been subject to a separate junior lien on the Collateral, and any payment or distribution is made in respect of the Collateral to or for the benefit or account of the Term Loan Claimholders, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of Revolving Facility Claimholders up to an amount equal to the additional amount that would have been paid, payable or distributed in respect of the Revolving Facility Claims, or not voided, set aside or otherwise required to be returned, if such separate junior lien had existed, and shall be promptly transferred or delivered to the Administrative Agent for application to the Revolving Facility Claims in the manner provided in SectionΒ 2.18(3) of the Agreement.
(f) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Term Loan Claimholders shall not be entitled to share in or receive any Collateral Proceeds or any liens or claims on, based on or otherwise arising from or with respect to any Collateral (including claims in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims (or to the extent that the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Claims and Refinancing Term Loan Obligations then outstanding exceeds the aggregate value of the Collateral (net of prior liens and encumbrances) so that no portion of the claims of the Revolving Facility Claimholders in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be deemed an unsecured claim as a result of such excess; provided that in no such event shall the Term Loan Claimholders be entitled to receive any payments in cash with respect to the foregoing (other than post-petition interest) until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims).
(g) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Lien on any Collateral securing any Revolving Facility Claims, and any Refinancing Term Loan Obligations and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, any other applicable law or any Loan Document, or any other circumstance whatsoever, the Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Revolving
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Facility Claimholders and the Term Loan Claimholders, agrees that Liens on any Collateral securing any Revolving Facility Claims and any Refinancing Term Loan Obligations shall be of equal priority, but shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject in all cases to SectionΒ 2.18(3) of the Agreement and to these FILO Intercreditor Provisions.
SectionΒ 3 Exercise of Remedies.
(a) So long as the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Loan Party:
(i) the Term Loan Claimholders:
(A) will not, independently without the express consent and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, a joinder by the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf), exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including any right of set-off or recoupment) with respect to any Collateral (including the exercise of any right under any lockbox agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver or baileeβs letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which the Term Loan Claimholders and/or the Administrative Agent is a party) or institute or commence (or join with any other Person, other than the Required Lenders, in commencing) any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) with respect to any Lien held by it or for its benefit under the Security Documents or otherwise;
(B) will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Revolving Facility Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of any or all of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, or any other exercise by the Revolving Facility Claimholders, or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of any or all of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral or otherwise under the Security Documents, applicable law or otherwise, provided that the respective interests of the Term Loan Claimholders attach to the proceeds thereof, subject to the relative priorities described in SectionΒ 2.18(3) of the Agreement;
(C) will not object to the forbearance by the Revolving Facility Claimholders, or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, or the refusal of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, to consent to any requested act by the Term Loan Claimholders, or from the Revolving Facility Claimholders, or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral; and
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(D) will not, independently, without the express written consent and, if required by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, a joinder by the Required Lenders, file, pursuant to SectionΒ 109 or 303 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, a petition in order to commence an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding against any Borrower and/or any other Loan Party (an βInvoluntary Insolvency Proceedingβ). In the event that any Revolving Facility Claimholder or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, files a petition with the bankruptcy court pursuant to SectionΒ 109 of the Bankruptcy Code in order to commence an Involuntary Insolvency Proceeding, the Term Loan Claimholders agree that they will not oppose such petition or support any Person opposing such petition;
(E) shall not (and hereby waive any right to) take any action to challenge, contest or support any other Person in contesting or challenging, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of a Lien securing all or any portion of any Revolving Facility Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of the any Revolving Facility Claimholders (or Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent on behalf thereof) or any agent or trustee therefor in any Collateral.
(ii) Subject to SectionΒ 4 of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions, the Revolving Lenders and the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the Term Loan Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders; except, however, that, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Claimholders shall join and shall otherwise support any such action taken by the Revolving Facility Claimholders; provided, that
(A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Loan Party, the Term Loan Claimholders may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the Refinancing Term Loan Obligations;
(B) the Term Loan Claimholders may join in any action undertaken by the Revolving Facility Claimholders in order to preserve or protect the Lien of the Collateral Agent on the Collateral; and
(C) the Term Loan Claimholders shall be entitled to file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Term Loan Claimholders, including any claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions.
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In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the Revolving Lenders and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, may enforce the provisions of the Loan Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. The Term Loan Claimholders agree that the Revolving Facility Claimholders are not acting as the agent of the Term Loan Claimholders and do not otherwise owe them any fiduciary duty, and may instead act for all purposes in a manner that maximizes the interests of the Revolving Facility Claimholders. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by the Required Lenders to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, or to consent to the sale or other disposition of Collateral by or on behalf of any Loan Party, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) The Refinancing Term Lenders agree that they will not take or receive any Collateral Proceeds in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off or recoupment) with respect to any Collateral, and that any Collateral or Collateral Proceeds taken or received by the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Term Loan Claimholders, will be paid over to, or held by, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims occurs. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims occurs, except as expressly provided in SectionΒ 3(a)(ii) of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions, the sole right of the Term Loan Claimholders with respect to the Collateral is for the Collateral Agent to hold a Lien on the Collateral to secure the Refinancing Term Loan Obligations owing to them pursuant to the Loan Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein.
(c) Subject to the proviso in clause (ii)Β of SectionΒ 3(a) and SectionΒ 3(d) of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions, the Refinancing Term Lenders agree that (i)Β the Term Loan Claimholders will not take any action that would hinder, delay or impede or object to any exercise of remedies of the Revolving Facility Claimholders (or the Collateral Agent on behalf of any or all of the Revolving Facility Claimholders or in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders) under the Loan Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and whether by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders or by any Loan Party with the consent of the Required Lenders, and (ii)Β the Refinancing Term Lenders hereby waive any and all rights they may have as a secured creditor or otherwise to object to the manner or order in which the Revolving Loan Claimholders (or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Revolving Loan Claimholders) seek to enforce or collect the Revolving Facility Claims or the Liens granted in any of the Collateral.
(d) The Refinancing Term Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Revolving Facility Claimholders with respect to the Collateral as set forth in the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions) and the other Loan Documents.
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(e) If any Term Loan Claimholder, contrary to the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions) commences or participates in any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or the Collateral, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Revolving Lenders may interpose in the name of the Revolving Facility Claimholders the making of the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions) as a defense or dilatory plea.
(f) Should any Term Loan Claimholder, contrary to the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions), in any way take, or attempt or threaten to take, any action with respect to the Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions)), or fail to take any action required by these FILO Intercreditor Provisions, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Revolving Lenders (in its own name or in the name of a Loan Party) may obtain relief against such Term Loan Claimholder by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief, it being understood and agreed by the Term Loan Claimholders that (i)Β the Revolving Facility Claimholdersβ damages from such actions may be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii)Β the Term Loan Claimholders waive any defense that the Revolving Facility Claimholders cannot demonstrate damage or can be made whole by the awarding of damages and any requirement for the posting of a bond.
SectionΒ 4 Insolvency and Liquidation Proceedings.
(a) Use of Cash Collateral and Financing Issues. Until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims has occurred, if any Borrower or any other Loan Party shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Required Lenders, or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, shall desire to permit or consent to the use of cash collateral on which the Revolving Loan Claimholders or any other creditor has a Lien or to permit, consent to or provide any Borrower or any other Loan Party obtaining financing, (including under the Agreement) under SectionΒ 363 or SectionΒ 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law (each, a βDIP Financingβ), then the Term Loan Claimholders and the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, (A)Β agree that they will raise no objection to such use of cash collateral or DIP Financing, nor support any other Person objecting to, such use of cash collateral or DIP Financing and will not request any form of adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except as agreed by the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, or to the extent expressly permitted by SectionΒ 4(d) of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions) and, (i)Β to the extent the Liens securing the Revolving Facility Claims are subordinated to any such DIP Financing provided by the Revolving Lenders, the Term Loan Claimholders agree that the Collateral Agent may subordinate the Liens in the Collateral to the extent held for the benefit of the Term Loan Claimholders to (x)Β the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto), (y) any adequate protection Liens provided to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders or any of them (or any other agent on their behalf) and (z)Β any βcarveoutβ for professional or United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Revolving Lenders or the Administrative Agent (or any other agent), acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders and (ii)Β to the extent the Liens securing the Revolving Facility Claims are pari passu with any such DIP Financing provided by the Revolving Lenders, the Term Loan Claimholders agree that the Administrative Agent may subordinate any Liens or payments with respect to the Collateral or other receipt of any Collateral Proceeds to the extent held for the benefit of the Term Loan Claimholders to (x)Β any Lien securing or payment to, receipt by, or
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rights of, the holders of such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto), (y) the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders in connection with any adequate protection Liens provided to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders or any of them (or any other agent on their behalf) and (z)Β any βcarveoutβ for professional or United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Revolving Lenders or the Administrative Agent (or any other agent), acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders; and (B)Β agree that notice received two (2)Β calendar days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash collateral or approving such DIP Financing shall be adequate notice. If any Loan Party shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the Term Loan Claimholders agree that (other than with respect to any DIP Financing provided by any or all of the Revolving Lenders or consented to by the Required Lenders in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence and except as otherwise may be instructed by the Required Lenders) they will not consent to provide or participate in, or otherwise support, any DIP Financing that, pursuant to SectionΒ 364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, would be secured by a lien on any portion of the Collateral that is senior or equal to (and not subject to SectionΒ 2.18(3) of the Agreement in the same manner as the Refinancing Term Loan Obligations) the lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the any or all of the Revolving Facility Claimholders (or any other agent acting on their behalf) on the Collateral. The Term Loan Claimholders further agree that, except as otherwise instructed by Required Facility Claimholders, they will join in or otherwise support any objection filed by the Revolving Lenders to any proposed DIP Financing by any Person that would be secured by a lien on any portion of the Collateral that is senior or equal to the liens of the Collateral Agent held for the benefit of the Revolving Facility Claimholders on the Collateral.
(b) Sale Issues. The Term Loan Claimholders agree that they will not raise any objection to or oppose a sale or other disposition of any Collateral (including any post-petition assets subject to liens in favor of the Lenders or the Collateral Agent on behalf of any Lenders or any other agent) free and clear of its Liens or other claims under SectionΒ 363 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code if the Required Lenders under the Agreement have consented to such sale or disposition of such assets, so long as the interests of the Term Loan Claimholders in the Collateral (and any post-petition assets subject to liens in favor of the Lenders or the Collateral Agent on behalf of Lenders or any other agent) attach to the proceeds thereof, subject to the terms of the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions). If requested by the Required Lenders in connection therewith, the Term Loan Claimholders shall affirmatively consent to such a sale or disposition and take such other action as may be required in connection therewith.
(c) Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims has occurred, the Term Loan Claimholders agree that none of them shall (i)Β seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Collateral, without the prior written consent of, and, if required by Agent or the Required Lenders, a joinder in any such action by, the Required Lenders, or (ii)Β oppose any request by any Revolving Facility Claimholder (or the Administrative Agent on behalf of any Revolving Facility Claimholder) to seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Collateral.
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(d) Adequate Protection.
(i) The Term Loan Claimholders agree that none of them shall contest (or support any other person contesting)Β (A) any request by the Revolving Facility Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, for adequate protection or (B)Β any objection by the Revolving Facility Claimholders to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Revolving Facility Claimholders claiming a lack of adequate protection. In any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the Term Loan Claimholders may not, without the express written consent of, or joinder by, the Required Lenders, independently seek adequate protection in respect of the Refinancing Term Loan Obligations. In the event the Revolving Facility Claimholders seek or request adequate protection in respect of Revolving Facility Claims and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then the Term Loan Claimholders agree that any payments in respect of any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Refinancing Term Loan Obligations and any other receipt of Collateral Proceeds with respect thereto shall be subordinated to the rights in respect of such Liens securing the Revolving Facility Claims and any DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) and to any other Liens granted to the Revolving Facility Claimholders (or the Collateral Agent or any other agent for the benefit of any or all of Revolving Facility Claimholders) as adequate protection, any payment or other receipt of Collateral Proceeds with respect to any of the foregoing and any rights with respect thereto, in each case on the same basis as set forth in SectionΒ 2.18(3) of the Agreement.
(ii) Similarly, if the Revolving Facility Claimholders and the Term Loan Claimholders are granted adequate protection in the form of an administrative expense or superpriority claim, then the Term Loan Claimholders agree that any payment or other receipt with respect to any of the foregoing will be subordinated in all respects to any payment or other receipt with respect to any of the foregoing and any rights with respect thereto of the Revolving Facility Claimholders in such superpriority claim.
(e) No Waiver. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the Revolving Facility Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by the Term Loan Claimholders in violation of the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions), including the seeking by the Term Loan Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, of adequate protection or the asserting by the Term Loan Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, of any of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents or otherwise without the express written consent of the Required Lenders; provided, however, that this SectionΒ 4(e) shall not limit the rights of the Term Loan Claimholders under the proviso in SectionΒ 3(a)(ii) or under SectionΒ 4(d) or SectionΒ 4(h), in each case of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions.
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(f) Avoidance Issues. In addition to any other rights provided to the Revolving Facility Claimholders hereunder (including SectionΒ 2(e) of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions), if any Revolving Facility Claimholder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, or otherwise, to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Borrower or any other Loan Party any amount in respect of a Revolving Facility Claim (a βRecoveryβ), then such Revolving Facility Claimholders shall be entitled to a reinstatement of Revolving Facility Claims with respect to all such recovered amounts. If the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions) shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions), shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto from such date of reinstatement. Collateral or Collateral Proceeds received by the Term Loan Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, after the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims and prior to the reinstatement of such Revolving Facility Claims shall be delivered to the Revolving Lenders upon such reinstatement.
(g) Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, both on account of Revolving Facility Claims and on account of Refinancing Term Loan Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Revolving Facility Claims and on account of the Refinancing Term Loan Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same property, the provisions of the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions) will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
(h) Post-Petition Claims.
(i) Neither the Term Loan Claimholders nor the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Revolving Facility Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Revolving Facility Claims consisting of post-petition interest, fees, costs, charges or expenses to the extent of the value of the Collateral subject to the Lien of the Administrative Agent to secure the Revolving Facility Claims, without regard to the existence of the Lien of the Administrative Agent to secure the Refinancing Term Loan Obligations.
(ii) Neither the Revolving Facility Claimholders nor the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Term Loan Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Refinancing Term Loan Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, costs, charges or expenses to the extent of the value of the Term Loan Claimholdersβ Lien on the Collateral (after taking into account the Revolving Facility Claims).
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(i) Waiver. The Term Loan Claimholders waive any claim they may hereafter have against the Revolving Facility Claimholders arising out of the election of the Revolving Facility Claimholders or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, of the application of SectionΒ 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, or out of any cash collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
(j) Expense Claims. Neither the Term Loan Claimholders nor the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, will (i)Β contest the payment of fees, expenses or other amounts to any Revolving Facility Claimholder or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Facility Claimholders, under SectionΒ 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise to the extent provided for in the Agreement (including, without limitation, these FILO Intercreditor Provisions) or (ii)Β assert or enforce, at any time prior to the Discharge of ABL Revolving Claims, any claim under SectionΒ 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code senior to or on parity with the Revolving Facility Claims for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Collateral.
(k) Other Matters. To the extent that any Term Loan Claimholder or the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Term Loan Claimholders, has or acquires rights under SectionΒ 361, SectionΒ 363 or SectionΒ 364 of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any of the Collateral, the Term Loan Claimholders agree not to assert any of such rights without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; provided that if requested by the Required Lenders, the Refinancing Term Lenders shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Required Lenders, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.
(l) Effectiveness in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings. Sections 1 through SectionΒ 4 of these FILO Intercreditor Provisions, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a βsubordination agreementβ under SectionΒ 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references in such Sections to any Loan Party shall include such Person as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Person in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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Schedule 1.01(1)
Existing Letters of Credit
Β
Letter of Credit Number |
Β Β | Issuing Bank |
Β Β | Current Amount |
Β Β | Renewal Date |
Β Β | Beneficiary |
6644/S25975 | Β Β | RBC | Β Β | $337,575.39 | Β Β | 2/28/2018Β (autoΒ renews) | Β Β | AREPΒ Ft.Β WashΒ LLC |
Schedule 1.01(2)
Collateral Locations
The locations listed on Schedule 3.15(1) and Schedule 3.15(2) are incorporated herein by reference.
Third Party Locations:
Β
Third Party Name |
Β Β | Third Party Address |
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. | Β Β | 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Xxxx-Xxxx, Inc. | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, XX |
UPS | Β Β | 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX |
Halo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Β Β | 00 X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Xxxxxxxx Plastics Corporation | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Schedule 2.01
Commitments
Lender |
Β Β | RevolvingΒ Facility Commitment |
Β | |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
Β Β | $ | 90,000,000 | Β |
Bank of America, N.A. |
Β Β | $ | 60,000,000 | Β |
Royal Bank of Canada |
Β Β | $ | 20,000,000 | Β |
Bank of the West |
Β Β | $ | 50,000,000 | Β |
Capital One, N.A. |
Β Β | $ | 50,000,000 | Β |
SunTrust Bank |
Β Β | $ | 50,000,000 | Β |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA |
Β Β | $ | 50,000,000 | Β |
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association |
Β Β | $ | 50,000,000 | Β |
Citizens Bank, N.A. |
Β Β | $ | 25,000,000 | Β |
U.S. Bank National Association |
Β Β | $ | 25,000,000 | Β |
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. |
Β Β | $ | 25,000,000 | Β |
State Bank of India |
Β Β | $ | 25,000,000 | Β |
Β Β | Β |
Β |
Β | |
Total: |
Β Β | $ | 500,000,000 | Β |
Β Β | Β |
Β |
Β |
Schedule 3.06
Subsidiaries
Β
Owner |
Β Β | Subsidiary |
Β Β | Type of Organization |
Β Β | Jurisdiction of Organization / Formation |
Β Β | % of Equity Interests Owned |
Β | |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
Β Β | UK Holding Company Limited | Β Β | Private Company Limited By Shares | Β Β | England and Wales | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK, LLC | Β Β | Limited Liability Company | Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
Β Β | Amneal Biosciences LLC | Β Β | Limited Liability Company | Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
Β Β | Amneal-Agila, LLC | Β Β | Limited Liability Company | Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | Limited Liability Company | Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
Β Β | Amneal Pharmaceuticals Dutch Holding Company, LLC | Β Β | Limited Liability Company | Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
Β Β | Amneal Pharmaceuticals Holding Cooperatief U.A. | Β Β | Cooperative | Β Β | Netherlands | Β Β | Β | 99 | %Β |
Amneal Pharmaceuticals Dutch Holding Company, LLC |
Β Β | Amneal Pharmaceuticals Holding Cooperatief U.A. | Β Β | Cooperative | Β Β | Netherlands | Β Β | Β | 1 | %Β |
UK Holding Company Limited |
Β Β | Amneal Pharma Holding GmbH | Β Β | Gesellschaft mit beschrΓ€nkter Haftung | Β Β | Switzerland | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Owner |
Β Β | Subsidiary |
Β Β | Type of Organization |
Β Β | Jurisdiction of Organization / Formation |
Β Β | % of Equity Interests Owned |
Β | |
Amneal Pharma Holding GmbH |
Β Β | Bioeq Pharma GmbH | Β Β | Gesellschaft mit beschrΓ€nkter Haftung | Β Β | Germany | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Pharma Holding GmbH |
Β Β | Amneal Singapore | Β Β | Private Company With Limited Liability | Β Β | Singapore | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Pharma Holding GmbH |
Β Β | Amneal Netherlands BV | Β Β | Besloten Vennootschap | Β Β | Netherlands | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Pharma Holding GmbH |
Β Β | Amneal Pharma Co GmbH | Β Β | Gesellschaft mit beschrΓ€nkter Haftung | Β Β | Switzerland | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Pharma Holding GmbH |
Β Β | Amneal Ireland Ltd. | Β Β | Private Company Limited By Shares | Β Β | Ireland | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Pharma Holding GmbH |
Β Β | Amneal Pharma UK Holdings Ltd. | Β Β | Private Company Limited By Shares | Β Β | England and Wales | Β Β | Β | 60 | %Β |
Bioeq Pharma GmbH |
Β Β | Amneal Deutschland GmbH | Β Β | Gesellschaft mit beschrΓ€nkter Haftung | Β Β | Germany | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Singapore |
Β Β | RAKS Pharma Pvt Ltd. | Β Β | Private Limited Company | Β Β | India | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Singapore |
Β Β | Amneal Pharmaceuticals Co. | Β Β | Private Limited Company | Β Β | India | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Amneal Pharma Co GmbH |
Β Β | Amneal Pharma Europe Ltd. | Β Β | Private Company Limited By | Β Β | Ireland | Β Β | Β | 100 | %Β |
Owner |
Β Β | Subsidiary |
Β Β | Type of Organization |
Β Β | Jurisdiction of Organization / Formation |
Β Β | % of Equity Interests Owned |
Amneal Pharma UK Holdings Ltd. |
Β Β | Creo Pharma Holdings Ltd |
Β Β | Private Company Limited By Shares |
Β Β | England and Wales | Β Β | 100% |
Amneal Pharmaceuticals Co |
Β Β | Amneal Oncology Pvt Ltd. |
Β Β | Private Limited Company |
Β Β | India | Β Β | 100% |
Creo Pharma Holdings Ltd |
Β Β | Creo Pharma Ltd |
Β Β | Private Company Limited By Shares |
Β Β | England and Wales | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | Impax Laboratories USA, LLC |
Β Β | Limited Liability Company |
Β Β | California | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | Prohealth Biotech, Inc. |
Β Β | Corporation |
Β Β | Taiwan | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | Mountain, LLC |
Β Β | Limited Liability Company |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | Trail Services, LLC |
Β Β | Limited Liability Company |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | Amedra Pharmaceuticals LLC |
Β Β | Limited Liability Company |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | Impax Laboratories Ireland Limited |
Β Β | Private Company Limited By Shares |
Β Β | Ireland | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories Ireland Limited |
Β Β | Impax Holdings LLC |
Β Β | Limited Liability Company |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100% |
Impax Laboratories Ireland Limited |
Β Β | Impax Laboratories (Netherlands) CV |
Β Β | Commanditaire Vennootschap |
Β Β | Netherlands | Β Β | 99.99% |
Impax Holdings LLC |
Β Β | Impax Laboratories (Netherlands) CV |
Β Β | Commanditaire Vennootschap |
Β Β | Netherlands | Β Β | 0.01% |
Schedule 3.11
Taxes
None.
Schedule 3.13
Environmental Matters
None.
Schedule 3.15(1)
Owned Material Real Property
Β
Β | Β Β | Grantor |
Β Β | Address/City/State/Zip Code |
Β Β | County |
Β Β | State |
1. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxx, XX, 00000 | Β Β | Alameda |
Β Β | CA |
2. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | 00000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxx, XX, 00000 | Β Β | Alameda |
Β Β | CA |
3. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | 00000 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxx, XX, 00000 | Β Β | Alameda |
Β Β | CA |
4. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC |
Β Β | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxx, XX, 00000 | Β Β | Alameda |
Β Β | CA |
Schedule 3.15(2)
Leased Material Real Property
Β
Β | Β Β | Grantor |
Β Β | Address/City/State/Zip Code |
Β Β | County |
Β Β | State |
1. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Barren | Β Β | KY |
2. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Barren | Β Β | KY |
3. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 39β00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Middlesex | Β Β | NJ |
4. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | Xxx Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Middlesex | Β Β | NJ |
5. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Xxxxxx | Β Β | NJ |
6. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 0000 X.X. Xxxxxxx 000/000 Xxxxxxxx X, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Somerset | Β Β | NJ |
7. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx XxxxΒ & 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Somerset | Β Β | NJ |
8. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Somerset | Β Β | NJ |
9. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 00 Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Middlesex | Β Β | NJ |
10. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Middlesex | Β Β | NJ |
11. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Somerset | Β Β | NJ |
12. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Somerset | Β Β | NJ |
13. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Passaic | Β Β | NJ |
14. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Suffolk | Β Β | NY |
Β | Β Β | Grantor |
Β Β | Address/City/State/Zip Code |
Β Β | County |
Β Β | State |
15. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | Orange | Β Β | CA |
16. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | 1045 Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854 | Β Β | Middlesex | Β Β | NJ |
17. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK, LLC | Β Β | 50 Horseblock, Yaphank, NY 11980 | Β Β | Suffolk | Β Β | NY |
18. | Β Β | AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK, LLC | Β Β | 75 Xxxxx Avenue, Hauppauge, NY 11788 | Β Β | Suffolk | Β Β | NY |
19. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 1502 Xxxxxxx Ave., Hayward, CA 94544 | Β Β | Alameda | Β Β | CA |
20. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 30941 San Clemente St., Hayward, CA 94544 | Β Β | Alameda | Β Β | CA |
21. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 31047 Genstar Rd., Hayward, CA 94544 | Β Β | Alameda | Β Β | CA |
22. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 1837 Xxxxxxx Xx., Hayward, CA 94544 | Β Β | Alameda | Β Β | CA |
23. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 31387 Medallion Dr., Hayward, CA 94544 | Β Β | Alameda | Β Β | CA |
24. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 100 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxxxxx Xorporate Center, Building I Bridgewater, NJ 08807 | Β Β | Somerset | Β Β | NJ |
25. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 31780 Xxxxxx Street, Hayward, CA 94544 | Β Β | Alameda | Β Β | CA |
26. | Β Β | Impax Laboratories, LLC | Β Β | 602 Office Center Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034 | Β Β | Xxxxxxxxxx | Β Β | PA |
Schedule 3.18
Insurance
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC Insurance Information
Β
Line of Coverage | Β Β | Carrier | Β Β | Policy Number | Β Β | Policy Term |
Β |
Β Β | Β |
Β Β | Β |
Β Β | Β |
Products Liability | ||||||
Products Liability | Β Β | Federal Insurance Company | Β Β | 3587-55-30 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
India β Products/HCT | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | 92923152 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | Ironshore Specialty | Β Β | 001056406 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Insurance Co. (XX Xxxxxx) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | Columbia Casualty | Β Β | ADE 4031975349 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Company (CNA) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | Llyods (Life Science Risk) | Β Β | LSR-XS-00256-17 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | National FireΒ & Marine / | Β Β | 42-XSF-301436-03 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Berkshire Hathaway | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Property and Cargo | ||||||
Commercial Property | Β Β | Great Northern Insurance | Β Β | 3589-58-53 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Coverage | Β Β | Company (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Spain β Property | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | 33220474 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Switzerland β Property | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | 33220474 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Cargo | Β Β | Llyodβs of London | Β Β | MARCW1700186 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Cargo | Β Β | Llyodβs of London | Β Β | MARCW1700188 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Management Liability | Β Β | ||||
DirectorsΒ & Officers / | Β Β | U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. | Β Β | 14-MGU-17-A40834 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Employment Practices | Β Β | (HCC Global) | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Ireland Local D&O Policy | Β Β | HCC Intβl Ins. Co. Plc | Β Β | 16G132240100 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | (HCCI) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Australia | Β Β | HCC Intβl Ins. Co | Β Β | 16G151290100 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Switzerland | Β Β | HCC Intβl Ins. Co | Β Β | 16G143340100 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Fiduciary Liability | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 | |
Employed Lawyers | Β Β | Federal Insurance Co. | Β Β | 8225-4108 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Crime | Β Β | Chubb Ins. Co. of NJ | Β Β | 8225-4107 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Special Crime | Β Β | Chubb Ins. Co. of NJ | Β Β | 8225-4107 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Primary and Excess Casualty | Β Β | ||||
General Liability Coverage | Β Β | Great Northern Insurance Company (Chubb) | Β Β | 3589-58-53 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Business Auto Coverage | Β Β | Travelers Indemnity Co. of America | Β Β | HE-CAP 1D751229 IND 17 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Workers Compensation & | Β Β | Charter Oak Fire Insurance | Β Β | HC20-UB 162D6142 17 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Employers Liability | Β Β | Co. (Travelers) | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Lead Umbrella Liability | Β Β | Chubb Insurance Company | Β Β | 7986-82-14 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | of New Jersey | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Umbrella Liability | Β Β | Navigators Insurance Co. | Β Β | NY17FXR712189IV | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Foreign / Exporters | Β Β | Great Northern Insurance Company (Chubb) | Β Β | 3589-58-53 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Package (included in | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Domestic Package) | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
India β General Liability | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | 92923151 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
(Locally Admitted Policy) | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β |
Spain β General Liability | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | 27341587 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
(Locally Admitted Policy) | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Switzerland β General | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | 33228970 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Liability | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
UK β Package | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 | |
Ireland β Package | Β Β | Chubb | Β Β | 36033648 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Pollution | Β Β | Illinois Union Insurance Co. | Β Β | PPL G27169296-001 | Β Β | 8/1/2017Β βΒ 8/1/2018 |
Β Β | (ACE) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Surety Bond β Nevada | Β Β | FidelityΒ & Deposit Company | Β Β | [Various Policy Numbers] | Β Β | [Various Policy Numbers] |
State Board of Pharmacy | Β Β | of Maryland | Β Β | Β Β |
Impax Laboratories, LLC Insurance Information
Β
Line of Coverage | Β Β | Carrier | Β Β | Policy Number | Β Β | Policy Term |
Β |
Β Β | Β |
Β Β | Β |
Β Β | Β |
Products Liability | ||||||
Primary Products Liability | Β Β | Berkshire Hathaway | Β Β | 42-PCL-302802-02 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Specialty | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | Ironshore | Β Β | 437407 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | Chubb Custom | Β Β | 7996-52-33 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | Life Science Risk (Lloyds) | Β Β | LSR-XS-00272-17 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Excess Products Liability | Β Β | Navigators | Β Β | PH17LEX611141NV | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Products Recall | Β Β | Liberty Surplus Insurance | Β Β | GCM20004090 117 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Company | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Products Recall | Β Β | XxxxΒ & Xxxxxxx Specialty | Β Β | RCE 102773 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Ins. Co. | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Products Recall | Β Β | Berkeley Assurance | Β Β | BGCP007702 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Property and Marine Cargo | ||||||
Commercial Property | Β Β | Zurich | Β Β | PPR9261394-10 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Coverage | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | Endurance | Β Β | ESP30000448500 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | Everest Indemnity | Β Β | 8400005377-171 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | United Specialty | Β Β | RDF100794 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | Evanston | Β Β | MKLV10XP002281 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | United Specialty | Β Β | RDF100792 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | General Security Indemnity | Β Β | TR0001486-03804-17 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | Everest Indemnity | Β Β | 840005375-171 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess California | Β Β | United National | Β Β | DIX0000275 | Β Β | 9/1/2017-9/1/2018 |
Earthquake | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Ocean/Air CargoβMarine | Β Β | Xxxxxx | Β Β | MC-30185 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Management Liability | ||||||
Primary Directors & Officers |
Β Β | National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg (AIG) |
Β Β | 00-000-00-00 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Excess Directors & Officers | Β Β | Endurance | Β Β | DOX10009654201 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Excess Directors & | Β Β | XL Specialty | Β Β | ELU151385-17 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Officers | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Directors & | Β Β | Argonaut | Β Β | MLX 7602095-01 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Officers | Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
DirectorsΒ & Officers-Side A DIC |
Β Β | National Union Fire Insurance Company of |
Β Β | 00-000-00-00 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Pittsburg (AIG) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Employment Practices | Β Β | Continental Casualty | Β Β | 596475906 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Company (CNA) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Β Β | National Union Fire | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Fiduciary Liability | Β Β | Insurance Company of | Β Β | 00-000-00-00 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Pittsburg (AIG) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Β Β | National Union Fire | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Primary Crime | Β Β | Insurance Company of | Β Β | 00-000-00-00 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Pittsburg (AIG) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Crime | Β Β | ACE American Insurance | Β Β | DOX X00000000 004 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Company (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Primary and Excess Casualty | ||||||
General Liability Coverage | Β Β | Great Northern Insurance | Β Β | 3598-32-17 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Company (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Business Auto Coverage | Β Β | Great Northern Insurance | Β Β | 9949-99-05 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | Company (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Workers Compensation | Β Β | Federal Insurance Company | Β Β | (00)0000-00-00 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
International Package | Β Β | ACE American Insurance | Β Β | PHFD3837154A 002 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2020 |
Β Β | Company (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Lead Umbrella Liability | Β Β | Federal Insurance Company | Β Β | (00)0000-00-00 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Β Β | (Chubb) | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Excess Umbrella Liability | Β Β | Continental Insurance Company (CNA) | Β Β | 6011609135 | Β Β | 8/1/2017-8/1/2018 |
Schedule 5.12
Post-Closing Matters
None.
Schedule 6.04
Investments
Investments in Non-U.S. Subsidiaries1:
Β
Loan Party |
Β Β | Investment Type |
Β Β | Non-U.S. Subsidiary |
Β Β | Amount | Β | |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | Distribution | Β Β | APHC, LLC | Β Β | Β | $108,063,478 | Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | Loan | Β Β | AmnealΒ PharmaΒ HoldingΒ GmbH | Β Β | Β | $388,261,434 | Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | ECB Loan | Β Β | Amneal Pharmaceuticals Co | Β Β | Β | $Β Β 93,753,279 | Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | ECB Loan | Β Β | RAKS Pharma Pvt Ltd. | Β Β | Β | $Β Β 27,573,260 | Β |
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | Β Β | Loan | Β Β | Amneal Ireland Ltd. | Β Β | Β | $Β Β 84,478,024 | Β |
Β
1 | Note: Excludes Investments in aggregate principal amount less than $25Β million. |
Schedule 6.08
Transactions with Affiliates
The transactions listed in the βCertain Related Parties and Related Party Transactionsβ section of the Atlas Holdings, Inc. Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on MarchΒ 7, 2018 are incorporated herein by reference.
Schedule 6.10
Burdensome Agreements
None.
Schedule 10.01
Notice Information
If to the Borrower or another Guarantor:
[c/o] AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
400 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Reasons, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
[c/o] AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
400 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
XxxxxxΒ & Xxxxxxx LLP
880 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Email Address: xxxxx.xxxxx@xx.xxx
If to the Administrative Agent or Lenders:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Middle Market Loan and Agency
10 X. Xxxxxxxx Xx. X0 xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile: 0-000-000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxx.xxx