CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of April 10, 2007 among PTS ACQUISITION CORP. (TO BE MERGED WITH AND INTO CARDINAL HEALTH 409, INC.), as Borrower, PTS INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC, as Holdings, MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative Agent,...
Exhibit 10.19
EXECUTION VERSION
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Dated as of AprilΒ 10, 2007
among
PTS ACQUISITION CORP.
(TO BE MERGED WITH AND INTO CARDINAL HEALTH 409, INC.),
as Borrower,
PTS INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC,
as Holdings,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as L/C Issuer,
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
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XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
as Syndication Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BEAR XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC. AND
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agents,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC. AND
XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers,
and
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND
BEAR XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC.,
as Joint Bookrunners
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||
Definitions and Accounting Terms | ||
Β | Β Β | Page |
Β Β | ||
SECTIONΒ 1.01.Β Β Β Β Defined Terms |
Β Β | 2 |
SECTIONΒ 1.02.Β Β Β Β Other Interpretive Provisions |
Β Β | 55 |
SECTIONΒ 1.03.Β Β Β Β Accounting Terms |
Β Β | 55 |
SECTIONΒ 1.04.Β Β Β Β Rounding |
Β Β | 56 |
SECTIONΒ 1.05.Β Β Β Β References to Agreements, Laws, Etc |
Β Β | 56 |
SECTIONΒ 1.06.Β Β Β Β Times of Day |
Β Β | 56 |
SECTIONΒ 1.07.Β Β Β Β Timing of Payment or Performance |
Β Β | 56 |
SECTIONΒ 1.08.Β Β Β Β Currency Equivalents Generally |
Β Β | 56 |
ARTICLE II | Β Β | |
The Commitments and Credit Extensions | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 2.01.Β Β Β Β The Loans |
Β Β | 57 |
SECTIONΒ 2.02.Β Β Β Β Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans |
Β Β | 58 |
SECTIONΒ 2.03.Β Β Β Β Letters of Credit |
Β Β | 60 |
SECTIONΒ 2.04.Β Β Β Β Swing Line Loans |
Β Β | 68 |
SECTIONΒ 2.05.Β Β Β Β Prepayments |
Β Β | 70 |
SECTIONΒ 2.06.Β Β Β Β Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
Β Β | 74 |
SECTIONΒ 2.07.Β Β Β Β Repayment of Loans |
Β Β | 75 |
SECTIONΒ 2.08.Β Β Β Β Interest |
Β Β | 76 |
SECTIONΒ 2.09.Β Β Β Β Fees |
Β Β | 76 |
SECTIONΒ 2.10.Β Β Β Β Computation of Interest and Fees |
Β Β | 77 |
SECTIONΒ 2.11.Β Β Β Β Evidence of Indebtedness |
Β Β | 77 |
SECTIONΒ 2.12.Β Β Β Β Payments Generally |
Β Β | 78 |
SECTIONΒ 2.13.Β Β Β Β Sharing of Payments |
Β Β | 80 |
SECTIONΒ 2.14.Β Β Β Β Incremental Credit Extensions |
Β Β | 81 |
ARTICLE III | Β Β | |
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 3.01.Β Β Β Β Taxes |
Β Β | 83 |
SECTIONΒ 3.02.Β Β Β Β Illegality |
Β Β | 85 |
SECTIONΒ 3.03.Β Β Β Β Inability to Determine Rates |
Β Β | 85 |
SECTIONΒ 3.04.Β Β Β Β Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans |
Β Β | 86 |
SECTIONΒ 3.05.Β Β Β Β Funding Losses |
Β Β | 87 |
SECTIONΒ 3.06.Β Β Β Β Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation |
Β Β | 88 |
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SECTION 3.07.Β Β Β Β Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances |
Β Β | 89 |
SECTIONΒ 3.08.Β Β Β Β Survival |
Β Β | 90 |
ARTICLE IV | Β Β | |
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 4.01.Β Β Β Β Conditions of Initial Credit Extension |
Β Β | 90 |
SECTIONΒ 4.02.Β Β Β Β Conditions to All Credit Extensions |
Β Β | 92 |
ARTICLE V | Β Β | |
Representations and Warranties | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 5.01.Β Β Β Β Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws |
Β Β | 93 |
SECTIONΒ 5.02.Β Β Β Β Authorization; No Contravention |
Β Β | 93 |
SECTIONΒ 5.03.Β Β Β Β Governmental Authorization; Other Consents |
Β Β | 94 |
SECTIONΒ 5.04.Β Β Β Β Binding Effect |
Β Β | 94 |
SECTIONΒ 5.05.Β Β Β Β Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
Β Β | 94 |
SECTIONΒ 5.06.Β Β Β Β Litigation |
Β Β | 95 |
SECTIONΒ 5.07.Β Β Β Β No Default |
Β Β | 96 |
SECTIONΒ 5.08.Β Β Β Β Ownership of Property; Liens |
Β Β | 96 |
SECTIONΒ 5.09.Β Β Β Β Environmental Compliance |
Β Β | 96 |
SECTIONΒ 5.10.Β Β Β Β Taxes |
Β Β | 97 |
SECTIONΒ 5.11.Β Β Β Β ERISA Compliance |
Β Β | 97 |
SECTIONΒ 5.12.Β Β Β Β Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
Β Β | 98 |
SECTIONΒ 5.13.Β Β Β Β Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act |
Β Β | 98 |
SECTIONΒ 5.14.Β Β Β Β Disclosure |
Β Β | 98 |
SECTIONΒ 5.15.Β Β Β Β Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. |
Β Β | 99 |
SECTIONΒ 5.16.Β Β Β Β Solvency |
Β Β | 99 |
SECTIONΒ 5.17.Β Β Β Β Subordination of Junior Financing |
Β Β | 99 |
ARTICLE VI | Β Β | |
Affirmative Covenants | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 6.01.Β Β Β Β Financial Statements |
Β Β | 99 |
SECTIONΒ 6.02.Β Β Β Β Certificates; Other Information |
Β Β | 100 |
SECTIONΒ 6.03.Β Β Β Β Notices |
Β Β | 102 |
SECTIONΒ 6.04.Β Β Β Β Payment of Obligations |
Β Β | 102 |
SECTIONΒ 6.05.Β Β Β Β Preservation of Existence, Etc. |
Β Β | 103 |
SECTIONΒ 6.06.Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Properties |
Β Β | 103 |
SECTIONΒ 6.07.Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Insurance |
Β Β | 103 |
SECTIONΒ 6.08.Β Β Β Β Compliance with Laws |
Β Β | 103 |
SECTIONΒ 6.09.Β Β Β Β Books and Records |
Β Β | 103 |
SECTIONΒ 6.10.Β Β Β Β Inspection Rights |
Β Β | 103 |
SECTIONΒ 6.11.Β Β Β Β Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security |
Β Β | 104 |
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SECTION 6.12.Β Β Β Β Compliance with Environmental Laws |
Β Β | 106 |
SECTIONΒ 6.13.Β Β Β Β Further Assurances and Post-Closing Conditions |
Β Β | 106 |
SECTIONΒ 6.14.Β Β Β Β Designation of Subsidiaries |
Β Β | 107 |
SECTIONΒ 6.15.Β Β Β Β Post-Closing Matters |
Β Β | 107 |
ARTICLE VII | Β Β | |
Negative Covenants | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 7.01.Β Β Β Β Liens |
Β Β | 108 |
SECTIONΒ 7.02.Β Β Β Β Investments |
Β Β | 112 |
SECTIONΒ 7.03.Β Β Β Β Indebtedness |
Β Β | 116 |
SECTIONΒ 7.04.Β Β Β Β Fundamental Changes |
Β Β | 120 |
SECTIONΒ 7.05.Β Β Β Β Dispositions |
Β Β | 121 |
SECTIONΒ 7.06.Β Β Β Β Restricted Payments |
Β Β | 123 |
SECTIONΒ 7.07.Β Β Β Β Change in Nature of Business |
Β Β | 127 |
SECTIONΒ 7.08.Β Β Β Β Transactions with Affiliates |
Β Β | 127 |
SECTIONΒ 7.09.Β Β Β Β Burdensome Agreements |
Β Β | 128 |
SECTIONΒ 7.10.Β Β Β Β Use of Proceeds |
Β Β | 128 |
SECTIONΒ 7.11.Β Β Β Β Accounting Changes |
Β Β | 128 |
SECTIONΒ 7.12.Β Β Β Β Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness |
Β Β | 129 |
SECTIONΒ 7.13.Β Β Β Β Equity Interests of Certain Restricted Subsidiaries |
Β Β | 129 |
ARTICLE VIII | Β Β | |
Events of Default and Remedies | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 8.01.Β Β Β Β Events of Default |
Β Β | 129 |
SECTIONΒ 8.02.Β Β Β Β Remedies Upon Event of Default |
Β Β | 132 |
SECTIONΒ 8.03.Β Β Β Β Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries |
Β Β | 133 |
SECTIONΒ 8.04.Β Β Β Β Application of Funds |
Β Β | 133 |
ARTICLE IX | Β Β | |
Administrative Agent and Other Agents | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 9.01.Β Β Β Β Appointment and Authorization of Agents |
Β Β | 134 |
SECTIONΒ 9.02.Β Β Β Β Delegation of Duties |
Β Β | 135 |
SECTIONΒ 9.03.Β Β Β Β Liability of Agents |
Β Β | 135 |
SECTIONΒ 9.04.Β Β Β Β Reliance by Agents |
Β Β | 136 |
SECTIONΒ 9.05.Β Β Β Β Notice of Default |
Β Β | 136 |
SECTIONΒ 9.06.Β Β Β Β Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents |
Β Β | 136 |
SECTIONΒ 9.07.Β Β Β Β Indemnification of Agents |
Β Β | 137 |
SECTIONΒ 9.08.Β Β Β Β Agents in their Individual Capacities |
Β Β | 138 |
SECTIONΒ 9.09.Β Β Β Β Successor Agents |
Β Β | 138 |
SECTIONΒ 9.10.Β Β Β Β Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
Β Β | 139 |
SECTIONΒ 9.11.Β Β Β Β Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
Β Β | 139 |
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SECTION 9.12.Β Β Β Β Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers |
Β Β | 140 |
SECTIONΒ 9.13.Β Β Β Β Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents |
Β Β | 141 |
ARTICLE X | Β Β | |
Miscellaneous | Β Β | |
SECTIONΒ 10.01.Β Β Amendments, Etc. |
Β Β | 142 |
SECTIONΒ 10.02.Β Β Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies |
Β Β | 144 |
SECTIONΒ 10.03.Β Β No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
Β Β | 145 |
SECTIONΒ 10.04.Β Β Attorney Costs and Expenses |
Β Β | 145 |
SECTIONΒ 10.05.Β Β Indemnification by the Borrower |
Β Β | 146 |
SECTIONΒ 10.06.Β Β Payments Set Aside |
Β Β | 147 |
SECTIONΒ 10.07.Β Β Successors and Assigns |
Β Β | 147 |
SECTIONΒ 10.08.Β Β Confidentiality |
Β Β | 151 |
SECTIONΒ 10.09.Β Β Setoff |
Β Β | 152 |
SECTIONΒ 10.10.Β Β Interest Rate Limitation |
Β Β | 152 |
SECTIONΒ 10.11.Β Β Counterparts |
Β Β | 153 |
SECTIONΒ 10.12.Β Β Integration |
Β Β | 153 |
SECTIONΒ 10.13.Β Β Survival of Representations and Warranties |
Β Β | 153 |
SECTIONΒ 10.14.Β Β Severability |
Β Β | 153 |
SECTIONΒ 10.15.Β Β Tax Forms |
Β Β | 153 |
SECTIONΒ 10.16.Β Β GOVERNING LAW |
Β Β | 155 |
SECTIONΒ 10.17.Β Β WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY |
Β Β | 156 |
SECTIONΒ 10.18.Β Β Binding Effect |
Β Β | 156 |
SECTIONΒ 10.19.Β Β Judgment Currency |
Β Β | 156 |
SECTIONΒ 10.20.Β Β Lender Action |
Β Β | 157 |
SECTIONΒ 10.21.Β Β USA PATRIOT Act |
Β Β | 157 |
SECTIONΒ 10.22.Β Β Agent for Service of Process |
Β Β | 157 |
SCHEDULES
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1 |
Β | Guarantors |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.01A |
Β | Certain Security Interests and Guarantees |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.01B |
Β | Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.01C |
Β | Mandatory Cost |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.01D |
Β | Excluded Subsidiaries |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.01(a) |
Β | Dollar Term Commitment |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.01(b) |
Β | Euro Term Commitment |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.01(c) |
Β | Revolving Credit Commitment |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.03(a)(ii)(B) |
Β | Certain Letters of Credit |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 5.05 |
Β | Certain Liabilities |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 5.10 |
Β | Taxes |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 5.11(a) |
Β | ERISA Compliance |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 5.12 |
Β | Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.15 |
Β | Mortgaged Properties |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.01(b) |
Β | Existing Liens |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.02(g) |
Β | Existing Investments |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.03(b) Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.04(f) |
Β | Existing Indebtedness Subsidiaries to be Dissolved |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.05(k) |
Β | Dispositions |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.08 |
Β | Transactions with Affiliates |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.09 |
Β | Existing Restrictions |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.02 |
Β | Administrative Agentβs Office, Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β A |
Β Β | Committed Loan Notice |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β B |
Β Β | Swing Line Loan Notice |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β X-0 Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β X-0 |
Β Β | Xxxxxx Xxxx Note Euro Term Note |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β C-3 |
Β Β | Revolving Credit Note |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β D |
Β Β | Compliance Certificate |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β E |
Β Β | Assignment and Assumption |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β F |
Β Β | Guaranty |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β G |
Β Β | Security Agreement |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β H |
Β Β | Opinion MattersβCounsel to Loan Parties |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β I |
Β Β | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT (βAgreementβ) is entered into as of AprilΒ 10, 2007, among PTS ACQUISITION CORP. (βAcquisition Subβ and, prior to the Acquisition (as defined below), the βBorrowerβ), a Delaware corporation to be merged with and into CARDINAL HEALTH 409, INC., a Delaware corporation (βCardinalβ and, after the Acquisition, the βBorrowerβ), PTS INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (βHoldingsβ), XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDINC, INC., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the βLendersβ and individually, a βLenderβ).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as this and other capitalized terms used in these preliminary statements are defined in SectionΒ 1.01 below), Acquisition Sub will merge (the βAcquisitionβ) with and into Cardinal (which owns, directly or indirectly, all of the Equity Interest of the Transferred Entities), with (i)Β the consideration for the Acquisition being paid, (ii)Β Cardinal surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings and (iii)Β Cardinal assuming by operation of law all of the Obligations of Acquisition Sub under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and all references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term βBorrowerβ shall thereupon be deemed to be references to Cardinal).
The Borrower has requested that simultaneously with the consummation of the Acquisition, the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i)Β Dollar Term Loans in an initial aggregate principal Dollar Amount of $1,060,000,000, (ii)Β Euro Term Loans in an aggregate principal Euro Amount of β¬265,000,000 and (iii)Β Revolving Credit Commitments in an initial aggregate principal Dollar Amount of $350,000,000 (the βRevolving Credit Facilityβ). The Revolving Credit Facility may include one or more Swing Line Loans and one or more Letters of Credit from time to time.
The proceeds of the Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing (to the extent permitted in accordance with the definition of the term βPermitted Initial Revolving Borrowing Purposesβ), together with the proceeds of (i)Β the issuance of the High Yield Notes and (ii)Β the Equity Contribution, will be used to finance the Transaction and the Transaction Expenses. The proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans made after the Closing Date will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of Permitted Acquisitions. Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend, and the L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTIONΒ 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
βAcquired EBITDAβ means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business.
βAcquired Entity or Businessβ has the meaning specified in the definition of the term βConsolidated EBITDAβ.
βAcquisitionβ has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.
βAdditional Lenderβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βAdministrative Agentβ means MSSF, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
βAdministrative Agentβs Officeβ means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agentβs address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
βAdministrative Questionnaireβ means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
βAffiliateβ means, with respect to any 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. 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.
βAgent-Related Personsβ means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
βAgentsβ means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents and the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any).
βAggregate Commitmentsβ means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
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βAgreementβ means this Credit Agreement.
βAgreement Currencyβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.19.
βApplicable Rateβ means a percentage per annum equal to (a)Β until delivery of financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01, (i)Β for Eurocurrency Rate Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, 2.25%, (ii)Β for Base Rate Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans, 1.25%, (iii)Β for Letter of Credit fees, 2.25% less the fronting fee payable in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit, (iv)Β for commitment fees, 0.50%, (v)Β for Eurocurrency Rate Loans that are Term Loans, 2.25% and (vi)Β for Base Rate Loans that are Term Loans, 1.25% and (b)Β thereafter, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 6.02(a):
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Applicable Rate |
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Pricing Level |
Β Β | TotalΒ Leverage Ratio |
Β Β | EurocurrencyΒ Rate for Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Fees |
Β | Β | BaseΒ RateΒ for Revolving Loans |
Β | Β | Commitment Fee Rate |
Β | Β | Eurocurrency Rate for Term Loans |
Β | Β | BaseΒ RateΒ for Term Loans |
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Β Β | >Β 5.0:1.0 | Β Β | 2.25 | % | Β | 1.25 | % | Β | 0.50 | % | Β | 2.25 | % | Β | 1.25 | % |
2 |
Β Β | <Β 5.0:1.0Β but > 4.0:1.0 |
Β Β | 2.25 | % | Β | 1.25 | % | Β | 0.50 | % | Β | 2.00 | % | Β | 1.00 | % |
3 |
Β Β | < 4.0:1.0 | Β Β | 2.00 | % | Β | 1.00 | % | Β | 0.375 | % | Β | 1.75 | % | Β | 0.75 | % |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.02(a); provided that at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, Pricing Level 1 shall apply (x)Β as of the first Business Day after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered but was not delivered, and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Compliance Certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply) and (y)Β as of the first Business Day after an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
βAppropriate Lenderβ means, at any time, (a)Β with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b)Β with respect to any Letters of Credit, (i)Β the relevant L/C Issuer and (ii)Β the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c)Β with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i)Β the Swing Line Lender and (ii)Β if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
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βApproved Fundβ means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a)Β such Lender, (b)Β an Affiliate of such Lender or (c)Β an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
βArrangersβ means MSSF and Xxxxxxx Sachs Credit Partners L.P., each in its capacity as a Joint Lead Arranger under this Agreement.
βAsset Percentageβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.05(b)(ii)(A).
βAssigneesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.07(b).
βAssignment and Assumptionβ means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
βAttorney Costsβ means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.
βAttributable Indebtednessβ means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized 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.
βAudited Financial Statementsβ means the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Transferred Entities as of each of JuneΒ 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and the related audited consolidated and combined statements of operations, business/stockholdersβ equity and cash flows for the Transferred Entities for the fiscal years ended JuneΒ 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
βAuto-Renewal Letter of Creditβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.03(b)(iii).
βAvailable Amountβ means, at any time (the βReference Dateβ), an amount equal to the sum of (a)Β the greater of (i)Β Cumulative Excess Cash Flow that is Not Otherwise Applied and (ii)Β the Available Amount Percentage of Consolidated Net Income for the Available Amount Reference Period (or in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus (b)Β to the extent not utilized in connection with other transactions permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.12, the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds retained by the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (c)Β the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds of Scheduled Dispositions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (d)Β the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds from Permitted Equity Issuances (or issuance of debt securities that have been converted or exchanged into Qualified Equity Interests) (other than the Equity Contribution or any other capital contributions or equity or debt issuances to the extent utilized in connection with other transactions permitted pursuant to Sections 7.02, 7.06 or 7.12) received or made by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (e)Β to the extent not
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(i) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii)Β already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (h)Β below, the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and other cash distributions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (f)Β to the extent not (A)Β already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B)Β already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (h)Β below, the aggregate amount of all cash repayments of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date in respect of loans or advances made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries; plus (g)Β to the extent not (i)Β already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii)Β already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (h)Β below, or (iii)Β are used to prepay Term Loans in accordance with SectionΒ 2.05(b)(i), the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any Minority Investment or Unrestricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; minus (h)Β the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.02(o)(ii) (net of any return of capital in respect of such Investment or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment including, without limitation, upon the re-designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the Disposition of any such Investment), any Restricted Payment made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.06(k)(iii) or any payment made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.12(a)(iv)(2)(C) during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on prior to the Reference Date (and, for purposes of this clause (h), without taking account of the intended usage of the Available Amount on such Reference Date).
βAvailable Amount Percentageβ means (i)Β at any time that the condition set forth in clause (ii)Β is not satisfied, 50% and (ii)Β at any time that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the most recent Test Period is less than 3.00:1.00, 75%.
βAvailable Amount Reference Periodβ means, with respect to any Reference Date, the period commencing at the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Closing Date occurs and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, for which financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) or SectionΒ 6.01(b), and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.02(a), have been received by the Administrative Agent.
βBase Rateβ means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a)Β the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b)Β the rate of interest per annum published by the Wall Street Journal from time to time, as the βprime lending rate.β
βBase Rate Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
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βBorrowerβ has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
βBorrowingβ means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.
βBusiness Dayβ means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agentβs Office is located; provided that (a)Β if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market and (b)Β if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euros in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euros to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day.
βCapital Expendituresβ means, for any period, the aggregate of (a)Β all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (b)Β all Capitalized Software Expenditures for such period, (c)Β the value of all assets under Capitalized Leases incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than as a result of purchase accounting) and (d)Β less any capital grants received from a Governmental Authority that are reflected as a reduction of fixed assets in conformity with GAAP; provided that the term βCapital Expendituresβ shall not include (i)Β expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed with (x)Β insurance proceeds paid on account of the loss of or damage to the assets being replaced, restored or repaired or (y)Β awards of compensation arising from the taking by eminent domain or condemnation of the assets being replaced, (ii)Β the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time, (iii)Β the purchase of plant, property or equipment to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions that are not required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(b), (iv)Β expenditures that constitute any part of Consolidated Lease Expense, (v)Β expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that actually are paid for by a Person other than the Borrower or 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 Person or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period), (vi)Β 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
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such period; provided that (x)Β any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period in which such expenditure actually is made and (y)Β such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired, (vii)Β expenditures that constitute Permitted Acquisitions, (viii)Β any capitalized interest expense reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (ix)Β any non-cash compensation or other non-cash costs reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
βCapitalized Lease Obligationβ means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
βCapitalized Leasesβ means all leases that are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.
βCapitalized Software Expendituresβ means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
βCash Collateralβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.03(f).
βCash Collateral Accountβ means a blocked account at a commercial bank to be agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or another commercial bank selected in compliance with SectionΒ 9.09) in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
βCash Collateralizeβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.03(f).
βCash Equivalentsβ means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(1) Dollars;
(2) (a) Sterling, Euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (b)Β in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
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(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankersβ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4)Β and (8)Β entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4)Β above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Xxxxxβx or at least A-1 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of βAβ or higher from S&P or βA2β or higher from Xxxxxβx with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Xxxxxβx or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Xxxxxβx nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation or acquisition thereof;
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Xxxxxβx or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from either Xxxxxβx or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated within the top three ratings category by S&P or Xxxxxβx; and
(11) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1)Β through (10)Β above.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i)Β investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1)Β through (8)Β and clauses (10)Β and (11)Β above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from
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comparable foreign rating agencies and (ii)Β other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1)Β through (11)Β and in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1)Β and (2)Β above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1)Β and (2)Β as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts. At any time at which the value, calculated in accordance with GAAP, of all investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that were deemed, when made, to be Cash Equivalents in accordance with clauses (1)Β through (11)Β above exceeds the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, βCash Equivalentsβ shall also mean any investment (a βQualifying Investmentβ) that satisfies the following two conditions: (a)Β the Qualifying Investment is of a type described in clauses (1)Β through (10)Β and the immediately preceding paragraph of this definition, but has an effective maturity (whether by reason of final maturity, a put option or, in the case of an asset-backed security, an average life) of five years and one month or less from the date of such Qualifying Investment (notwithstanding any provision contained in such clauses (1)Β through (10)Β or the immediately preceding paragraph requiring a shorter maturity); and (b)Β the weighted average effective maturity of such Qualifying Investment and all other investments that were made as Qualifying Investments in accordance with this paragraph, does not exceed two years from the date of such Qualifying Investment.
βCash Management Bankβ means any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender providing treasury, depository and/or cash management services to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or conducting any automated clearing house transfers of funds.
βCash Management Obligationsβ means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers 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.
βChange of Controlβ means the earliest to occur of
(a) the Permitted Holders ceasing to have the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings; provided that the occurrence of the foregoing event shall not be deemed a Change of Control if,
(i) any time prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, and for any reason whatsoever, (A)Β the Permitted Holders otherwise have the right, directly or indirectly, to designate (and do so designate) a majority of the board of directors of Holdings at such time or (B)Β the Permitted Holders own a majority of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of Holdings at such time, or
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(ii) at any time upon or after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, and for any reason whatsoever, (A)Β no βpersonβ or βgroupβ (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of 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), excluding the Permitted Holders, shall become the βbeneficial ownerβ (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under such Act), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x)Β thirty-five percent (35%)Β of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings, and (y)Β the percentage of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially by the Permitted Holders, and (B)Β during each period of twelve (12)Β consecutive months, the board of directors of Holdings shall consist of a majority of the Continuing Directors; or
(b) any βChange of Controlβ (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to the High Yield Notes, the Permitted Refinancing thereof, or any Junior Financing with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or
(c) at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO of the Borrower, the Borrower ceasing to be a direct wholly owned subsidiary of (i)Β Holdings or (ii)Β if any Intermediate Holding Company is formed, the Intermediate Holding Company that is a direct parent of the Borrower.
βClassβ (a)Β when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are Revolving Credit Lenders, Dollar Term Lenders or Euro Term Lenders, (b)Β when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Credit Commitments, Dollar Term Commitments or Euro Term Commitments and (c)Β when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Dollar Term Loans or Euro Term Loans.
βClosing Dateβ means the first date all the conditions precedent in SectionΒ 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with SectionΒ 4.01.
βClosing Date Material Adverse Effectβ means any event, circumstance, change or effect that has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole; provided, however, that no change or effect arising out of or resulting from any of the following shall be deemed by itself or by themselves, either alone or in combination, to constitute or contribute to a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect (except in the case of clauses (i)Β through (iv)Β to the extent that such event, circumstance, change or effect has had a disproportionate effect on the Transferred Entities, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the industries in which the Transferred Entities conduct their business): (i)Β general changes affecting the pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical distribution and/or pharmaceutical technology industries in which the Transferred Entities operate; (ii)Β general political or economic conditions or changes therein (including the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war,
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material armed hostilities or other material internal or national calamity or acts of terrorism or earthquakes, hurricanes, other natural disasters or acts of God); (iii)Β general financial or capital market conditions, including interest rates or currency exchange rates, or changes therein; (iv)Β any changes in applicable Law (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or GAAP (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or other accounting standards, or authoritative interpretations thereof, from and after JanuaryΒ 25, 2007; (v)Β the announcement of the potential sale of the Business (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the negotiation, execution, announcement, existence or performance of the Purchase Agreement or the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; or changes or actions resulting from any of the foregoing, including any change in the relationships of the Transferred Entities with their customers, suppliers or employees; (vi)Β subject to the Commitment Letter, any action or omission required pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, or pursuant to the express written request of the Borrower; and (vii)Β any failure of the Seller, the Transferred Entities or the Business (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to meet financial projections or any estimates of revenues or earnings; provided that the exception in this clause (vii)Β shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change or effect underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect so long as it is not excluded by clauses (i)Β through (vi)Β above.
βCodeβ means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and rules and regulations related thereto.
βCollateralβ means all the βCollateralβ as defined in any Collateral Document and shall include the Mortgaged Properties.
βCollateral Agentβ means MSSF, in its capacity as collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent.
βCollateral and Guarantee Requirementβ means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to SectionΒ 4.01(a)(iii) or pursuant to SectionΒ 6.11 or SectionΒ 6.13 at such time, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto;
(b) all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed (the βGuaranteesβ) by Holdings and each Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) that is a wholly-owned Material Domestic Subsidiary including those that are listed on Schedule I hereto (each, a βGuarantorβ);
(c) all guarantees issued or to be issued in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes (i)Β shall be subordinated to the Guarantees to the same extent that the Senior Subordinated Notes are subordinated to the Obligations and (ii)Β shall provide for their automatic release upon a release of the corresponding Guarantee;
(d) the Obligations and the Guarantees shall have been secured by a first-priority security interest in (i)Β all the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii)Β all Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any Equity Interest
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of any Restricted Subsidiary pledged to secure Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 7.03(g)) of each wholly-owned Material Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings, the Borrower or any Guarantor that is a direct Subsidiary of Holdings, the Borrower or any Guarantor and (iii)Β 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests (and 100% of the issued and outstanding non-voting Equity Interests, if any) of each wholly-owned Material Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Borrower, or any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor.
(e) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guarantees shall have been secured by a perfected security interest (other than in the case of mortgages, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated securities, filing UCC financing statements or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office) in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor (including accounts receivable (other than any Securitization Assets), inventory, equipment, investment property, intercompany notes, intellectual property, other general intangibles, owned (but not leased) real property and proceeds of the foregoing), in each case, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents; provided that security interests in real property shall be limited to the Mortgaged Properties;
(f) none of the Collateral shall be subject to any Liens other than Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01; and
(g) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i)Β counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.11 (the βMortgaged Propertiesβ) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such property, (ii)Β a policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid Lien on the property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.01, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and (iii)Β such existing surveys, existing abstracts, existing appraisals, legal opinions and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgaged Property.
The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance or surveys with respect to, particular assets if and for so long as, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining title insurance or surveys in respect of such assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with
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the Borrower, that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a)Β with respect to leases of real property entered into by any Loan Party, such Loan Party shall not be required to take any action with respect to creation or perfection of security interests with respect to such leases, (b)Β Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (c)Β the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall not apply to any of the following assets: (i)Β any fee-owned real property that is not a Material Real Property and any leasehold interests in real property, (ii)Β motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, letter of credit rights and commercial tort claims, (iii)Β assets a pledge thereof or a security interest therein is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, (iv)Β assets (including deposit and securities accounts) specifically requiring perfection through control agreements, and (v)Β any assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that the cost of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby.
βCollateral Documentsβ means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Mortgages, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 6.11 or SectionΒ 6.13, the Guaranty and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or Guarantee in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
βCommitmentβ means a Term Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may require.
βCommitment Letterβ means the Commitment Letter dated FebruaryΒ 20, 2007 among the Borrower, the Arrangers, Bank of America, N.A , Banc of America Bridge LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, Bear, XxxxxxxΒ & Co. Inc., Bear Xxxxxxx Corporate Lending Inc., Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and General Electric Capital Corporation.
βCommitted Loan Noticeβ means a notice of (a)Β a Term Borrowing, (b)Β a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (c)Β a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d)Β a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to SectionΒ 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
βCompensation Periodβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.12(c)(ii).
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βCompliance Certificateβ means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
βConsolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expenseβ means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs and Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated EBITDAβ means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes (such as the Pennsylvania capital tax and Texas margin tax) and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period (including (x)Β net losses or any obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, (y)Β bank fees and (z)Β costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, plus amounts excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense as set forth in sub-clauses (t)Β to (z)Β of clause (a)Β of the definition thereof) to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iv) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any equity offering, Investment, acquisition, disposition, or recapitalization permitted hereunder or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (A)Β such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Senior Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Loans and any credit facilities and (B)Β any amendment or other modification of the Senior Notes, Senior Subordinated Notes, the Loans and the credit facilities and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(v) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration costs or other business optimization expenses, costs associated with establishing new facilities or reserves deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Closing Date, and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; plus
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(vi) any other non-cash charges, (collectively, the βNon-Cash Chargesβ) including any write offs or write downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus
(vii) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus
(viii) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsor to the extent permitted under SectionΒ 7.08 and deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income;
(ix) the amount of net cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken or initiated during or prior to such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (A)Β such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (B)Β such actions are taken no later than 36 months after the Closing Date and (C)Β the aggregate amount of cost savings added pursuant to this clause (ix)Β shall not exceed $50,000,000 for any four consecutive quarter period (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma cost savings adjustments made pursuant to SectionΒ 1.03); plus
(x) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower; plus
(xi) any net loss from disposed or discontinued operations, including, for the avoidance of doubt, operating losses related to the closure of the Borrowerβs Nexus facility; plus
(xii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b)Β below for any previous period and not added back; plus
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(xiii) interest income or investment earnings on retiree medical and intellectual property, royalty or license receivables; plus
(xiv) the amount of allocated expenses from the Seller that are projected by the Borrower in good faith to be in excess of its stand-alone costs; plus
(xv) the amount of loss on sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets to any Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(b) decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; plus
(ii) any net income from disposed or discontinued operations provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrowerβs Fort Worth, Texas facility will not, during the twelve-month period after the Closing Date, be considered as disposed or discontinued operations; and
(c) increased or decreased without duplication, as applicable, by any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Interpretation No.Β 45 (Guarantees).
There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A)Β the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an βAcquired Entity or Businessβ) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each a βConverted Restricted Subsidiaryβ), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) and (B)Β for the purposes of the definition of the term βPermitted Acquisitionβ and compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test, an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. For purposes of determining the Total Leverage Ratio and the Senior
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Secured Leverage Ratio, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a βSold Entity or Businessβ) and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each a βConverted Unrestricted Subsidiaryβ), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition.
βConsolidated Interest Expenseβ means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i)Β amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii)Β all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (iii)Β non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the xxxx to market valuation of obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv)Β the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (v)Β net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received) pursuant to interest rate obligations under any Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (t)Β any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any acquisition, (u)Β penalties and interest relating to taxes, (v)Β any additional interest owing pursuant to the registration rights agreement with respect to the Senior Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes or other securities, (w)Β amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (x)Β any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, (y)Β commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Securitization Financing, and (z)Β any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities; plus
(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less
(c) interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of determining Consolidated Interest Expense for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, after giving pro forma effect to the Transaction, Consolidated Interest Expense for the Test Period ending at the end of the first complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date shall be Consolidated Interest Expense for the period between the Closing Date and the end of the first complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, multiplied by 365 and divided by the total number
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of days within such period, and Consolidated Interest Expense for each subsequent Test Period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date shall be Consolidated Interest Expense for the last fiscal quarter in such Test Period, multiplied by 4.
βConsolidated Lease Expenseβ means, for any period, all rental expenses of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period under operating leases for real or personal property (including in connection with sale-leaseback transactions permitted by SectionΒ 7.05(f)), excluding real estate taxes, insurance costs and common area maintenance charges and net of sublease income, other than (a)Β obligations under vehicle leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b)Β all such rental expenses associated with assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to the extent such rental expenses relate to operating leases in effect at the time of (and immediately prior to) such acquisition and related to periods prior to such acquisition and (c)Β all obligations under Capitalized Leases, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated Net Incomeβ means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(a) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transaction Expenses or any multi-year strategic initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded,
(b) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,
(c) any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations shall be excluded,
(d) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments or the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business shall be excluded,
(e) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(f) solely for the purpose of calculating the Available Amount, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
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distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived, provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,
(g) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items in such Personβs consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transaction or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(h) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of (i)Β Indebtedness, (ii)Β obligations under any Swaps Contracts or (iii)Β other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
(i) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,
(j) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights shall be excluded,
(k) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,
(l) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded, and
(m) the following items shall be excluded:
(i) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Swap Contracts and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.Β 133; and
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(ii) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses including those (x)Β related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and (y)Β resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder.
βConsolidated Senior Secured Debtβ means, as of any date of determination, (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of (i)Β Loans and Unreimbursed Amounts hereunder, (ii)Β any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(e) and (iii)Β any other Indebtedness for borrowed money or debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments that are secured by a Lien, minus (b)Β the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01 and Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01(s) and clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β of SectionΒ 7.01(t)) included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Senior Secured Debt shall not include (i)Β all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (ii)Β obligations under Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes or (iii)Β Indebtedness in respect of any Qualified Securitization Financing.
βConsolidated Total Debtβ means, as of any date of determination, (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b)Β the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01 and Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01(s) and clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β of SectionΒ 7.01(t)) included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include (i)Β all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (ii)Β obligations under Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes or (iii)Β Indebtedness in respect of any Qualified Securitization Financing.
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βConsolidated Working Capitalβ means, at any date, the excess of (a)Β the sum of (i)Β all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current assetsβ (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (ii)Β long-term accounts receivable over (b)Β the sum of (i)Β all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current liabilitiesβ (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (ii)Β long-term deferred revenue, but excluding, without duplication, (a)Β the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b)Β all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations to the extent otherwise included therein, (c)Β the current portion of interest, (d)Β the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e)Β the current portion of any Capitalized Lease Obligations and (f)Β deferred revenue arising from cash receipts that are earmarked for specific projects.
βContinuing Directorsβ means the directors of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be, on the Closing Date, as elected or appointed after giving effect to the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and each other director, if, in each case, such other directorβs nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be (or the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after a Qualifying IPO of such direct or indirect parent) is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors or such other director receives the vote of the Permitted Holders in his or her election by the stockholders of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be (or the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after a Qualifying IPO of such direct or indirect parent).
βContract Considerationβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βExcess Cash Flowβ.
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.
βControlβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βAffiliateβ.
βConverted Restricted Subsidiaryβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βConsolidated EBITDAβ.
βConverted Unrestricted Subsidiaryβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βConsolidated EBITDAβ.
βCredit Extensionβ means each of the following: (a)Β a Borrowing and (b)Β an L/C Credit Extension.
βCumulative Excess Cash Flowβ means the sum of Excess Cash Flow (but not less than zero for any period) for the fiscal year ending on JuneΒ 30, 2008 and Excess Cash Flow for each succeeding and completed fiscal year (it being understood that no Excess Cash Flow generated during any period shall be deemed to be Cumulative Excess Cash Flow until the financial statements for such period are delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.02(a)).
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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.
βDeclined Proceedsβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.05(b)(vi).
βDefaultβ means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
βDefault Rateβ means an interest rate equal to (a)Β the Base Rate plus (b)Β the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c)Β 2.0%Β per annum; provided that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate and any Mandatory Cost) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0%Β per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
βDefaulting Lenderβ means any Lender that (a)Β has failed to fund any portion of the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one (1)Β Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless the subject of a good faith dispute (or a good faith dispute that is subsequently cured), (b)Β has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1)Β Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute (or a good faith dispute that is subsequently cured), or (c)Β has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
βDesignated Non-Cash Considerationβ means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to SectionΒ 7.05(j) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
βDisposed EBITDAβ means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
βDispositionβ or βDisposeβ means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale of Equity Interests) 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; provided that βDispositionβ and βDisposeβ shall not be deemed to include any issuance by Holdings of any of its Equity Interests to another Person.
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βDisqualified Equity Interestsβ means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a)Β matures or is 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 event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and all outstanding Letters of Credit), (b)Β is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c)Β provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d)Β is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91)Β days after the Maturity Date of the Term Loans.
βDocumentation Agentsβ means Bank of America, N.A., Bear Xxxxxxx Corporate Lending Inc. and General Electric Capital Corporation, as Documentation Agents under this Agreement.
βDollarβ and β$β mean lawful money of the United States.
βDollar Amountβ means, at any time, (a)Β with respect to any Loan or Commitment denominated in Dollars (including, with respect to any Swing Line Loan, any funded participation therein), the principal amount thereof then outstanding (or in which such participation is held), and (b)Β with respect to any Loan or Commitment denominated in Euros, the principal amount thereof then outstanding in Euros, converted to Dollars in accordance with SectionΒ 1.08.
βDollar Refinanced Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.01.
βDollar Replacement Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.01.
βDollar Term Borrowingβ means a borrowing consisting of Dollar Term Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Dollar Term Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(a).
βDollar Term Commitmentβ means, as to each Dollar Term Lender, its obligation to make a Dollar Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lenderβs name on Schedule 2.01(a) under the caption βDollar Term Commitmentβ or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Dollar Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Dollar Term Commitments is $1,060,000,000.
βDollar Term Lenderβ means, at any time, any Lender that has a Dollar Term Commitment or a Dollar Term Loan at such time.
βDollar Term Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(a).
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βDollar Term Noteβ means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Dollar Term Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Dollar Term Lender resulting from the Dollar Term Loans made by such Dollar Term Lender.
βDomestic Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
βECF Percentageβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.05(b)(i).
βEligible Assigneeβ means any Assignee permitted by and consented to in accordance with SectionΒ 10.07(b).
βEMUβ means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
βEMU Legislationβ means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
βEnvironmental Lawsβ means any and all Laws relating to pollution, the protection of the environment, natural resources or to the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.
βEnvironmental Liabilityβ means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)Β violation of any Environmental Law, (b)Β the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c)Β exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d)Β the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e)Β any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
βEnvironmental Permitβ means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any applicable Environmental Law.
βEquity Contributionβ means, collectively, (a)Β the contribution by the Equity Investors of an aggregate amount of cash of not less than 25% of the aggregate pro forma capitalization of Holdings on the Closing Date to Holdings or one or more direct or indirect holding company parents of Holdings, and (b)Β the further contribution to the Borrower of any portion of such cash contribution proceeds not directly received by the Borrower or used by Holdings or such parent to finance the Transaction or to pay Transaction Expenses.
βEquity Interestsβ means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).
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βEquity Investorsβ means the Sponsor and the Management Stockholders.
βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with any Loan Party and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of SectionΒ 414 of the Code or SectionΒ 4001 of ERISA.
βERISA Eventβ means (a)Β a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b)Β a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension 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 that is treated as a termination under SectionΒ 4062(e) of ERISA; (c)Β a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, notification of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA (or, after the effectiveness of the Pension Act, that is in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of SectionΒ 305 of ERISA); (d)Β the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e)Β an event or condition which constitutes grounds under SectionΒ 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f)Β the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under SectionΒ 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate; or (g)Β on and after the effectiveness of the Pension Act, a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in βat-riskβ status (within the meaning of SectionΒ 303(i)(4)(A) of ERISA or SectionΒ 430(i)(4)(A) of the Code).
βEuroβ and βEURβ means the lawful single currency of the European Union.
βEuro Amountβ means, at any time, (a)Β with respect to any Loan or Commitment denominated in Euros, the principal amount thereof then outstanding, and (b)Β with respect to any Loan or Commitment denominated in Dollars, the principal amount thereof then outstanding in Dollars, converted to Euros in accordance with SectionΒ 1.08.
βEuro Refinanced Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.01.
βEuro Replacement Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.01.
βEuro Term Borrowingβ means a borrowing consisting of Euro Term Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Euro Term Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(b).
βEuro Term Commitmentβ means, as to each Euro Term Lender, its obligation to make a Euro Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(b) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lenderβs name on Schedule 2.01(b) under the caption βEuro Term Commitmentβ or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to
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which such Euro Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Euro Term Commitments is the Euro Amount of β¬265,000,000.
βEuro Term Lenderβ means, at any time, any Lender that has a Euro Term Commitment or a Euro Term Loan at such time.
βEuro Term Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(b).
βEuro Term Noteβ means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Euro Term Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Euro Term Lender resulting from the Euro Term Loans made by such Euro Term Lender.
βEurocurrency Rateβ means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan:
(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Dow Xxxxx Market screen (or any successor thereto) that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the London Interbank Market for deposits of amounts in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period, or
(b) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a)Β does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall not be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the London Interbank Market for deposits of amounts in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period, or
(c) if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a)Β and (b)Β are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by a London Affiliate of the Administrative Agent to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the London Interbank Market for deposits of amounts in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period
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(d) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on Telerate page 248 (or any successor thereto) for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period, or
(e) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (d)Β does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall not be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average Banking Federation of the European Union Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period, or
(f) if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (d)Β and (e)Β are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by a London Affiliate of the Administrative Agent to major banks in the European interbank market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period.
βEurocurrency Rate Loanβ means a Loan, whether denominated in Dollars or Euros, that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate.
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 8.01.
βExcess Cash Flowβ means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
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(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting), and
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; over
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (a)Β through (f)Β of the definition of Consolidated Net Income,
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi)Β below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A)Β the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B)Β the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(b)(ii) to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (X)Β all other prepayments of Term Loans, (Y)Β all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and (Z)Β all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except, in the case of clauses (Y)Β and (Z), to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of incurrence or issuance of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
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(vi) cash payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, (including such Indebtedness specified in clause (b)(iii) above),
(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi)Β below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments and acquisitions made during such period to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period pursuant to SectionΒ 7.06(k) to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period,
(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the βContract Considerationβ) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash flow actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, and
(xii) the amount of cash taxes paid or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period.
βExchange Actβ means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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βExchange Rateβ means on any day with respect to any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency; in the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such date for the purchase of Dollars for delivery two Business Days later.
βExcluded Subsidiaryβ means (a)Β any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary, (b)Β any Securitization Subsidiary, (c)Β each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01D hereto, (d)Β any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (e)Β any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (f)Β any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(g) and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness; provided that each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (f)Β if such secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured or if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to guarantee such secured Indebtedness, as applicable, (g)Β any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom and (h)Β each Unrestricted Subsidiary.
βFacilityβ means the Term Loans, the Letter of Credit Facility, or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context may require.
βFederal Funds Rateβ means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a)Β if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b)Β if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
βForeign Casualty Eventβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.05(b).
βForeign Dispositionβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.05(b).
βForeign Lenderβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.15(a)(i).
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βForeign Planβ means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by, or entered into with, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary with respect to employees employed outside the United States.
βForeign Subsidiaryβ means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
βForeign Subsidiary Total Assetsβ means the total assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP in good faith by a Responsible Officer, without intercompany eliminations.
βFRBβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
βFundβ means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
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, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
βGAAPβ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
βGranting Lenderβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.07(h).
βGuaranteeβ means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a)Β any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i)Β to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
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for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii)Β to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii)Β to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv)Β entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b)Β any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term βGuaranteeβ shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case 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 shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary 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.
βGuarantorsβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βCollateral and Guarantee Requirementβ.
βGuarantyβ means (a)Β the guaranty made by Holdings and the other Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F and (b)Β each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.11.
βHazardous Materialsβ means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law.
βHedge Bankβ means any Person that is a Lender, an Arranger or an Affiliate of the foregoing at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, in its capacity as a party thereto.
βHigh Yield Notesβ means the Senior Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes.
βHigh Yield Notes Documentationβ means the High Yield Notes, and all documents executed and delivered with respect to the High Yield Notes, including the High Yield Notes Indentures.
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βHigh Yield Notes Indenturesβ means the Senior Notes Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.
βHoldingsβ has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
βHonor Dateβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.03(c)(i).
βIncremental Acquisition Loansβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βIncremental Amendmentβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βIncremental Availabilityβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βIncremental Facility Closing Dateβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βIncremental Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βIndebtednessβ means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankersβ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i)Β trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii)Β any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
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(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A)Β include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Personβs liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt and (B)Β in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary of business consistent with past practice. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e)Β shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i)Β the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii)Β the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.
βIndemnified Liabilitiesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.05.
βIndemniteesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.05.
βInformationβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.08.
βInitial Revolving Borrowingβ means one or more borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans or issuances or deemed issuances of Letters of Credit on the Closing Date as specified in the definition of the term βPermitted Initial Revolving Borrowing Purposesβ.
βIntellectual Property Security Agreementβ means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I, together with each other Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement executed and delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.11.
βIntellectual Property Security Agreement Supplementβ has the meaning specified in the Intellectual Property Security Agreement.
βInterest Payment Dateβ means, (a)Β as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b)Β as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
βInterest Periodβ means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or
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to the extent available to each Lender of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, nine or twelve months or less than one month thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
βIntermediate Holding Companyβ means any Subsidiary of Holdings that, directly or indirectly, owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.
βInvestmentβ means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a)Β the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b)Β a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or (c)Β the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
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 an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower.
βIP Rightsβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 5.15.
βIRSβ means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
βJudgment Currencyβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.19.
βJunior Financingβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 7.12(a).
βJunior Financing Documentationβ means any documentation governing any Junior Financing.
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βLawsβ means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, 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 Advanceβ means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lenderβs funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
βL/C Borrowingβ means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the applicable Honor Date or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.
βL/C Credit Extensionβ means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
βL/C Issuerβ means Bank of America, N.A. and any other Lender that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03(j) or 10.07(j), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
βL/C Obligationβ means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate maximum amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under any such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit) plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of Letters of Credit, including all L/C Borrowings.
βLenderβ has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a βLenderβ.
βLending Officeβ means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lenderβs Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
βLetter of Creditβ means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
βLetter of Credit Applicationβ means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.
βLetter of Credit Expiration Dateβ means the day that is five (5)Β Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
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βLetter of Credit Sublimitβ means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)Β $100,000,000 and (b)Β the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
βLienβ means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
βLoanβ means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan, a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan (including any Incremental Term Loans, any extensions of credit under any Revolving Commitment Increases and any Incremental Acquisition Loans).
βLoan Documentsβ means, collectively, (i)Β this Agreement, (ii)Β the Notes, (iii)Β the Guaranty, (iv)Β the Collateral Documents and (v)Β each Letter of Credit Application.
βLoan Partiesβ means, collectively, (i)Β the Borrower, (ii)Β Holdings and (iii)Β each other Guarantor that satisfies the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
βManagement Stockholdersβ means the members of management of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower, who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.
βMandatory Costβ means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01C.
βMaster Agreementβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βSwap Contractβ.
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means (a)Β a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b)Β a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties and the Guarantors (taken as a whole) to perform their respective payment obligations under any Loan Document to which any of the Loan Parties or Guarantors is a party or (c)Β a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under any Loan Document.
βMaterial Domestic Subsidiaryβ means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrowerβs Domestic Subsidiaries (a)Β whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b)Β whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that βMaterial Domestic Subsidiaryβ shall also include any of the Borrowerβs Subsidiaries selected by the Borrower which is required to ensure that all Material Domestic Subsidiaries have in the aggregate (i)Β total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period that were equal to or
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greater than 95% of the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries at such date and (ii)Β gross revenues for such Test Period that were equal to or greater than 95% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
βMaterial Foreign Subsidiaryβ means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrowerβs Foreign Subsidiaries (a)Β whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b)Β whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that βMaterial Foreign Subsidiaryβ shall also include any of the Borrowerβs Subsidiaries selected by the Borrower which is required to ensure that all Material Foreign Subsidiaries have in the aggregate (i)Β total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period that were equal to or greater than 95% of the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries at such date and (ii)Β gross revenues for such Test Period that were equal to or greater than 95% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
βMaterial Real Propertyβ means any real property owned by any Loan Party with a book value in excess of $15,000,000.
βMaterial Subsidiaryβ means any Material Domestic Subsidiary or any Material Foreign Subsidiary.
βMaturity Dateβ means (a)Β with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date and (b)Β with respect to the Term Loans, the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date; provided that if either such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such day.
βMaximum Rateβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.10.
βMinority Investmentβ means any person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns capital stock.
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
βMortgageβ means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecs and mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.11.
βMortgage Policiesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 6.13(b)(ii).
βMortgaged Propertiesβ has the meaning specified in paragraph (g)Β of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
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βMSSFβ means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc.
βMultiemployer Planβ means any employee benefit plan of the type described in SectionΒ 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the period since JanuaryΒ 1, 2003, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
βNet Cash Proceedsβ means:
(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of (i)Β the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by or paid to or for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) over (ii)Β the sum of (A)Β the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid (and is timely repaid) in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B)Β the out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneysβ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event, (C)Β taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be actually payable in connection therewith, and (D)Β any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x)Β the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (y)Β any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction and it being understood that βNet Cash Proceedsβ shall include (i)Β any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any such Disposition and (ii)Β upon the reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in clause (D)Β above or if such liabilities have not been satisfied in cash and such reserve is not reversed within three hundred and sixty-five (365)Β days after such Disposition or Casualty Event, the amount of such reserve; provided that (x)Β no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $20,000,000 and (y)Β no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a)Β in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $50,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a)) and (z)Β net cash proceeds from Scheduled Dispositions shall not constitute Net Cash Proceeds; and
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(b)(i) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (x)Β the sum of the cash received in connection with such incurrence or issuance over (y)Β the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts, commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance and (ii)Β with respect to any Permitted Equity Issuance by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the amount of cash from such Permitted Equity Issuance contributed to the capital of the Borrower.
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.
βNon-Cash Chargesβ has the meaning specified in the definition of the term βConsolidated EBITDAβ.
βNon-Consenting Lenderβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 3.07(d).
βNon-Loan Partyβ means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.
βNonrenewal Notice Dateβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.03(b)(iii).
βNoteβ means a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.
βNot Otherwise Appliedβ means, with reference to any amount of Net Cash Proceeds of any transaction or event or of Excess Cash Flow or of the Available Amount that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount (a)Β was not required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(b), and (b)Β has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than that such particular use or transaction.
βObligationsβ means all (x)Β advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party, any Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, (y)Β obligations of any Loan Party, any Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement, and (z)Β Cash Management Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties and the Guarantors under the Loan Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a)Β the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party, any Guarantor
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or any of their respective Subsidiaries under any Loan Document and (b)Β the obligation of any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party, such Guarantor or such Subsidiary.
βOrganization Documentsβ means (a)Β with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b)Β with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c)Β with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
βOther Taxesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 3.01(b).
βOutstanding Amountβ means (a)Β with respect to the Dollar Term Loans, Euro Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the outstanding principal Dollar Amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Dollar Term Loans, Euro Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b)Β with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the outstanding Dollar Amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any related L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit or related L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under related Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
βOvernight Rateβ means, for any day, (a)Β with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate, and (b)Β with respect to any amount denominated in Euros, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in Euros, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of the Administrative Agent in the applicable offshore interbank market for Euros to major banks in such interbank market.
βParticipantβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.07(e).
βParticipating Member Stateβ means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
βPension Actβ means the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as amended.
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βPension Planβ means any βemployee pension benefit planβ (as such term is defined in SectionΒ 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in SectionΒ 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time since JanuaryΒ 1, 2003.
βPermitted Acquisitionβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 7.02(j).
βPermitted Equity Issuanceβ means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings (and, after a Qualifying IPO, of any Intermediate Holding Company), in each case to the extent permitted hereunder.
βPermitted Holdersβ means each of (i)Β the Sponsor and (ii)Β the Management Stockholders.
βPermitted Initial Revolving Borrowing Purposesβ means (a)Β one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to finance the Transaction and to pay the Transaction Expenses and (b)Β the issuance of Letters of Credit in replacement of, or as a backstop for, letters of credit of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing Date.
βPermitted Refinancingβ means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a)Β the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b)Β other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(e), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (c)Β other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(e), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (d)Β if such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(b) or 7.03(t) or is Junior Financing, (i)Β to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (ii)Β the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral but excluding as to subordination, interest rate and redemption premium) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to
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the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions 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 foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (iii)Β such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
βPlanβ means any βemployee benefit planβ (as such term is defined in SectionΒ 3(3) of ERISA), other than a Foreign Plan, established by any Loan Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to SectionΒ 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
βPledged Debtβ has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
βPledged Equityβ has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
βPost-Acquisition Periodβ means, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the sixth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
βPro Forma Adjustmentβ means, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a)Β actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b)Β any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, (i)Β at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $5,000,000, and (ii)so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided further that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired
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EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
βPro Forma Balance Sheetβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 5.05(a)(ii).
βPro Forma Basisβ and βPro Forma Effectβ mean, with respect to compliance with any test hereunder, that (A)Β to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B)Β all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test: (a)Β income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i)Β in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii)Β in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of βSpecified Transactionβ, shall be included, (b)Β any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c)Β any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A)Β above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (i)Β (x)Β directly attributable to such transaction, (y)Β expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (z)Β factually supportable or (ii)Β otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
βPro Forma Financial Statementsβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 5.05(a)(ii).
βPro Rata Shareβ means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
βPurchase Agreementβ means the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of JanuaryΒ 25, 2007, as amended by Amendment No.Β 1, dated as of MarchΒ 9, 2007 and Amendment No.Β 2, dated as of AprilΒ 10, 2007, by and between the Seller and the Borrower.
βQualified Equity Interestsβ means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
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βQualified Securitization Financingβ means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a)Β the board of directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b)Β all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (iii)Β the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings. The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Agreement prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
βQualifying IPOβ means the issuance by Holdings, any Intermediate Holding Company, any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or the Borrower of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).
βRegisterβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.07(d).
βRejection Noticeβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.05(b)(vi).
βReportable Eventβ means with respect to any Plan any of the events set forth in SectionΒ 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30)Β day notice period has been waived.
βRequest for Credit Extensionβ means (a)Β with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Dollar Term Loans, Euro Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b)Β with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c)Β with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
βRequired Lendersβ means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a)Β Total Outstandings (with the aggregate outstanding Dollar Amount of each Lenderβs risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed βheldβ by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b)Β aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c)Β aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitment and unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
βResponsible Officerβ means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer of a Loan Party or a Guarantor and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or
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assistant secretary of a Loan Party or a Guarantor. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party or Guarantor shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party or such Guarantor and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party or such Guarantor.
βRestricted Paymentβ means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrowerβs stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
βRestricted Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
βRetained Declined Proceedsβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.05(b)(vii).
βRevolving Commitment Increaseβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βRevolving Commitment Increase Lenderβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.14(a).
βRevolving Credit Borrowingβ means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(c).
βRevolving Credit Commitmentβ means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a)Β make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01(c), (b)Β purchase participations in L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and (c)Β purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth, and opposite such Lenderβs name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption βRevolving Credit Commitmentβ or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $350,000,000 on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
βRevolving Credit Exposureβ means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Credit Lenderβs Revolving Credit Loans and its Pro Rata Share of the L/C Obligations and the Swing Line Obligations at such time.
βRevolving Credit Facilityβ has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.
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βRevolving Credit Lenderβ means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
βRevolving Credit Loanβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.01(c).
βRevolving Credit Noteβ means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.
βS&Pβ means StandardΒ & Poorβs Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
βSame Day Fundsβ means (a)Β with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b)Β with respect to disbursements and payments in Euros, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in Euros.
βScheduled Dispositionβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 7.05(k).
βSECβ means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
βSecured Hedge Agreementβ means any Swap Contract permitted under SectionΒ 7.03(f) that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
βSecured Partiesβ means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to SectionΒ 9.01(c).
βSecurities Actβ means the Securities Act of 1933.
βSecuritization Assetsβ means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment related to the Specified Contract Rights subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.
βSecuritization Feesβ means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
βSecuritization Financingβ means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a)Β a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b)Β any other Person (in
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the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
βSecuritization Repurchase Obligationβ means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing 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 receivable 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.
βSecuritization Subsidiaryβ means a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person (as provided below) as a Securitization Subsidiary and (a)Β no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i)Β is guaranteed by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii)Β is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii)Β subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b)Β with which none of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and (c)Β to which none of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entityβs financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person giving effect to such designation and a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
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βSecurity Agreementβ means, collectively, the Security Agreement executed by the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit G, together with each other Security Agreement Supplement executed and delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.11.
βSecurity Agreement Supplementβ has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
βSellerβ means Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio corporation.
βSenior Notesβ means $565,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Borrowerβs senior unsecured PIK election notes due 2015 and any additional notes issued or any increase in the outstanding principal amount, in each case, in lieu of cash interest in accordance with the indenture governing such senior unsecured PIK election notes.
βSenior Notes Indentureβ means the Indenture for the Senior Notes, dated as of AprilΒ 10, 2007.
βSenior Secured Incurrence Testβ means, with respect to the most recent Test Period, as of any date in any fiscal year of the Borrower set forth below, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be no greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such date:
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Fiscal Year |
Β Β | Senior Secured Leverage Ratio |
2007 |
Β Β | 4.50 to 1.00 |
2008 |
Β Β | 4.50 to 1.00 |
2009 |
Β Β | 4.25 to 1.00 |
2010 |
Β Β | 4.00 to 1.00 |
2011 |
Β Β | 4.00 to 1.00 |
2012 |
Β Β | 4.00 to 1.00 |
2013 |
Β Β | 4.00 to 1.00 |
2014 |
Β Β | 4.00 to 1.00 |
βSenior Secured Leverage Ratioβ means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a)Β Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b)Β Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
βSenior Subordinated Notesβ means β¬225,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Borrowerβs senior subordinated notes due 2017.
βSenior Subordinated Notes Indentureβ means the Indenture for the Senior Subordinated Notes, dated as of AprilΒ 10, 2007.
βSold Entity or Businessβ has the meaning specified in the definition of the term βConsolidated EBITDAβ.
βSolventβ and βSolvencyβ mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a)Β the fair value of the property (for the avoidance of doubt,
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calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b)Β the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c)Β such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Personβs ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d)Β such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Personβs property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
βSPCβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.07(h).
βSpecified Contract Rightsβ means certain intellectual property licenses, agreements or other contracts giving rise to not more than $100,000,000 of annual accounts receivable, royalty or other intellectual property revenue streams or other rights to payment.
βSpecified Transactionβ means any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan, Revolving Commitment Increase that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a βPro Forma Basisβ or after giving βPro Forma Effectβ; provided that a Revolving Commitment Increase, for purposes of this βSpecified Transactionβ definition, shall be deemed to be fully drawn.
βSponsorβ means The Blackstone Group and its Affiliates and funds or partnerships managed by them or any of their Affiliates, but not including, however, any of their portfolio companies.
βSponsor Management Agreementβ means the management agreement between certain of the management companies associated with the Sponsor or its advisors and the Borrower.
βSponsor Termination Feesβ means the one time payment under the Sponsor Management Agreement of a termination fee to one or more of the Sponsor and its Affiliates in the event of either a Change of Control or the completion of a Qualifying IPO.
βStandard Securitization Undertakingsβ means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary, necessary or advisable in a Securitization Financing.
βSubordinated Lien Facilityβ means a secured credit facility or note issuance providing for the making of an issuance of debt to the Borrower, which credit facility or note may be secured on a second or more junior priority basis by all or any portion of the Collateral (but not by any other assets) and may be guaranteed by each Guarantor; provided that (a)Β the Indebtedness under such credit facility or note will not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date of the Term Loans, (b)Β such credit facility or note shall provide for no
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scheduled amortization, payments of principal, sinking fund or similar scheduled payments (other than regularly scheduled payments of interest), (c)Β such credit facility or note has covenant, default and remedy provisions and provisions relating to mandatory prepayment, repurchase, redemption and offers to purchase that, taken as a whole, are consistent with those customarily found in junior lien financings and (d)Β concurrently with the effectiveness of such credit facility or note issuance, the Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall have been entered into and shall at all times thereafter be in full force and effect.
βSubordinated Lien Facility Documentationβ means the credit agreement or loan agreement or indenture evidencing the Subordinated Lien Facility, the Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement and all security agreements, guarantees, pledge agreements and other agreements or instruments executed in connection therewith.
βSubordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ means an intercreditor agreement among Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the collateral agent under the Subordinated Lien Facility, pursuant to which it is agreed that the Liens on the Collateral securing the obligations under the Subordinated Lien Facility are subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations on customary terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
βSubsidiaryβ of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a βSubsidiaryβ or to βSubsidiariesβ shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
βSubsidiary Guarantorβ means, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Guarantors.
βSuccessor Borrowerβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 7.04(d).
βSupplemental Administrative Agentβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 9.13(a) and βSupplemental Administrative Agentsβ shall have the corresponding meaning.
βSwap Contractβ means (a)Β any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and
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(b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a βMaster Agreementβ), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
βSwap Termination Valueβ means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a)Β for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b)Β for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined by the Hedge Bank in accordance with the terms thereof and in accordance with customary methods for calculating xxxx-to-market values under similar arrangements by the Hedge Bank.
βSwing Line Borrowingβ means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04.
βSwing Line Facilityβ means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04.
βSwing Line Lenderβ means MSSF, in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
βSwing Line Loanβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.04(a).
βSwing Line Loan Noticeβ means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
βSwing Line Obligationsβ means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
βSwing Line Sublimitβ means an amount equal to the lesser of (a)Β $25,000,000 and (b)Β the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
βSyndication Agentβ means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit Partners L.P., as Syndication Agent under this Agreement.
βTARGET Dayβ means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
βTaxesβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 3.01(a).
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βTerm Borrowingβ means a Dollar Term Borrowing and/or a Euro Term Borrowing, as the context may require.
βTerm Commitmentβ means a Dollar Term Commitment and/or a Euro Term Commitment, as the context may require.
βTerm Lenderβ means a Dollar Term Lender and/or a Euro Term Lender, as the context may require.
βTerm Loanβ means a Dollar Term Loan and/or a Euro Term Loan, as the context may require.
βTerm Noteβ means a Dollar Term Note or a Euro Term Note, a the context may require.
βTest Periodβ in effect at any time shall mean the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) or (b); provided that, prior to the first date that financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Transferred Entities ended DecemberΒ 31, 2006. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e., the βMarch 31, 2007 Test Periodβ refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended MarchΒ 31, 2007), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.
βThreshold Amountβ means $25,000,000.
βTotal Assetsβ means the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) or (b)Β or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) or (b), the pro forma financial statements of the Borrower giving effect to the Transaction as set forth in the Offering Memorandum dated AprilΒ 4, 2007, relating to the High Yield Notes.
βTotal Leverage Ratioβ means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a)Β Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b)Β Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
βTotal Outstandingsβ means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
βTransactionβ means, collectively, (a)Β the Equity Contribution, (b)Β the Acquisition, (c)Β the issuance of the High Yield Notes, (d)Β the funding of the Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing on the Closing Date, (e)Β the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing, and (f)Β the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
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βTransaction Expensesβ means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transaction, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
βTransferred Companiesβ means collectively, Cardinal Health 409, Inc. and Cardinal Health P.R. 410, Inc.
βTransferred Entitiesβ means collectively, the Transferred Companies together with their Subsidiaries.
βTypeβ means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
βUnaudited Financial Statementsβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 4.01(f).
βUniform Commercial Codeβ 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.
βUnited Statesβ and βU.S.β mean the United States of America.
βUnreimbursed Amountβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.03(c)(i).
βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ means (i)Β each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01B, (ii)Β each Securitization Subsidiary, and (iii)Β any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to SectionΒ 6.14 subsequent to the date hereof and any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted 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)), as amended or modified from time to time.
βU.S. Lenderβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 10.15(b).
βWeighted Average Life to Maturityβ means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i)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 payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b)Β the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii)Β the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
βwholly ownedβ means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x)Β directorβs qualifying shares and (y)Β shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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βWithdrawal Liabilityβ mans the liability of 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.
SECTIONΒ 1.02. Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words βhereinβ, βheretoβ, βhereofβ and βhereunderβ and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(iii) The term βincludingβ is by way of example and not limitation.
(iv) The term βdocumentsβ includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word βfromβ means βfrom and includingβ; the words βtoβ and βuntilβ each mean βto but excludingβ; and the word βthroughβ means βto and includingβ.
(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTIONΒ 1.03. Accounting Terms.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Total Leverage Ratio and Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
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SECTIONΒ 1.04. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTIONΒ 1.05. References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a)Β references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b)Β references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
SECTIONΒ 1.06. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTIONΒ 1.07. Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SECTIONΒ 1.08. Currency Equivalents Generally.
(a) Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles II, IX and X or as set forth in paragraph (b)Β of this Section) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be determined at the rate of exchange quoted by the Reuters World Currency Page for the applicable currency at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day (or, in the event such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such date for the purchase of Dollars for delivery two Business Days later); provided that the determination of any Dollar Amount shall be made in accordance with SectionΒ 1.08(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 1.08 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
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(b) For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 7.02, 7.05 and 7.06, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating net income in the Borrowerβs annual financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to the determination of any amount of Indebtedness.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Amount or the Euro Amount, as the case may be, of any Credit Extension, Commitment or Outstanding Amount of any Loan as of (A)Β the Closing Date, (B)Β the first day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, (C)Β as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, and (D)Β such dates as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine or the Required Lenders shall reasonably require, and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each Dollar Amount or Euro Amount, as the case may be, so determined by it. Each such determination shall be based on the Exchange Rate (x)Β on the date of the related Committed Loan Notice for purposes of the initial such determination for any Loan and (y)Β on the second Business Day prior to the date as of which such Dollar Amount or Euro Amount, as the case may be, is to be determined, for purposes of any subsequent determination.
ARTICLE II
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
SECTIONΒ 2.01. The Loans.
(a) The Dollar Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Dollar Term Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower a single loan denominated in Dollars in a principal amount equal to such Term Lenderβs Dollar Term Commitment on the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under this SectionΒ 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Dollar Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) The Euro Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Euro Term Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower a single loan denominated in Euros in a principal amount equal to such Term Lenderβs Euro Term Commitment on the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under this SectionΒ 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Euro Term Loans must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(c) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans to the Borrower as elected by the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.02 (each such loan, a βRevolving Credit Loanβ) from time to time, on any Business Day after the Closing Date until the Maturity Date (provided that each Revolving Credit Lender agrees to make the Initial Revolving Borrowing, at the request of the Borrower, on the Closing Date), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
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Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Lenderβs Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this SectionΒ 2.01(c), prepay under SectionΒ 2.05, and reborrow under this SectionΒ 2.01(c). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
SECTIONΒ 2.02. Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrowerβs irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York, New York time, or London, England time in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Euros) (i)Β three (3)Β Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, and (ii)Β one (1)Β Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Dollar Term Loans (or comparable amounts determined by the Administrative Agent in the case of Euro Term Loans). Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i)Β whether the Borrower is requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii)Β in the case of a Term Borrowing, the currency in which the Loans to be borrowed are to be denominated, (iii)the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iv)Β the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (v)Β the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (vi)Β if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If, with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars, the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period (or fails to give timely notice requesting a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Euros), it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1)Β month. If no currency is specified, the requested Borrowing shall be in Dollars.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Class of
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Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in SectionΒ 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agentβs Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than 1:00 p.m. (London time), in the case of any Loan in Euros, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, SectionΒ 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i)Β crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii)Β wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under SectionΒ 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than fifteen (15)Β Interest Periods in effect.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenderβs portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may, with the Borrowerβs consent, assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (b)Β above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
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Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and the Borrower severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i)Β in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii)Β in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this SectionΒ 2.02(g) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lenderβs portion of such Borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon accruing from the date on which the Administrative Agent made the funds available to the Borrower at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lenderβs Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, and the Borrowerβs obligation to repay the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.02(g) shall cease.
SECTIONΒ 2.03. Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitments.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (1)Β each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this SectionΒ 2.03, (x)Β from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date applicable to Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower) and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03(b), and (y)Β to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit and (2)Β the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03; provided that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if after giving effect to such L/C Credit Extension, (x)Β the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would exceed such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Commitment, or (y)Β the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowerβs ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of
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Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or direct that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
(B) subject to SectionΒ 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit (other than the Letters of Credit listed on Schedule 2.03(a)(ii)(B)) would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws binding upon such L/C Issuer.
(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A)Β such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B)Β the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Renewal Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon at least two (2)Β Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later date and time as the relevant L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a)Β the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b)Β the amount thereof; (c)Β the expiry date thereof; (d)Β the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (e)Β the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (f)Β the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (g)Β such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1)Β the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2)Β the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3)Β the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4)Β such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
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(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by the relevant L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, acquire from the relevant L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lenderβs Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an βAuto-Renewal Letter of Creditβ); provided that any such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the βNonrenewal Notice Dateβ) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer for any such renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the applicable Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not permit any such renewal if (A)Β the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of SectionΒ 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B)Β it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5)Β Business Days before the Nonrenewal Notice Date from the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in SectionΒ 4.02 is not then satisfied.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. On the Business Day on which the Borrower shall have received notice of any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (or, if the Borrower
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shall have received such notice later than 10:00 a.m. on any Business Day, on the immediately following Business Day) (each such date, an βHonor Dateβ), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the βUnreimbursed Amountβ), and the amount of such Appropriate Lenderβs Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in SectionΒ 2.02 for the principal amount of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Appropriate Lenders and Revolving Credit Lenders, and subject to the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender (including any such Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agentβs Office for payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer a L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lenderβs payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this SectionΒ 2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lenderβs obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this SectionΒ 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A)Β any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
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other right which such Lender may have against the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B)Β the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C)Β any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit Lenderβs obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 2.03(c) by the time specified in SectionΒ 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. A certificate of the relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this SectionΒ 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(vii) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lenderβs L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with this SectionΒ 2.03(c), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lenderβs L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(viii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in SectionΒ 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.
(d) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
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(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Loan Party or Guarantor may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations any Loan Party or Guarantor in respect of such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party or Guarantor;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such L/C Issuerβs gross negligence or willful misconduct when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof.
(e) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i)Β any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii)Β any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii)Β the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document
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or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowerβs pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i)Β through (iii)Β of this SectionΒ 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuerβs willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuerβs willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(f) Cash Collateral. (i)Β If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to SectionΒ 8.02(c) or (ii)Β an Event of Default set forth under SectionΒ 8.01(f) or (g)Β occurs and is continuing, then the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such Event of Default), and shall do so not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on (x)Β in the case of the immediately preceding clause (i), (1)Β the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice thereof, if such notice is received on such day prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, or (2)Β if clause (1)Β above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice and (y)Β in the case of the immediately preceding clause (ii), the Business Day on which an Event of Default set forth under SectionΒ 8.01(f) or (g)Β occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such day. For purposes hereof, βCash Collateralizeβ means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (βCash Collateralβ) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Revolving Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked accounts at Bank of America, N.A. and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith
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upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts at Bank of America, N.A. as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (a)Β such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (b)Β the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. If such Event of Default is cured or waived and no other Event of Default is then occurring and continuing, the amount of any Cash Collateral shall be refunded to the Borrower.
(g) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit). Such letter of credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such letter of credit fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date relating to Letters of Credit and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(h) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it equal to 0.125%Β per annum of the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit). Such fronting fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within ten (10)Β Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(i) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in any Letter of Credit Application, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
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(j) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A Revolving Credit Lender may become an additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Credit Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such additional L/C Issuer.
SECTIONΒ 2.04. Swing Line Loans.
(a)Β The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans (each such loan, a βSwing Line Loanβ) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day (other than the Closing Date) until the Maturity Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; provided further that, the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this SectionΒ 2.04, prepay under SectionΒ 2.05, and reborrow under this SectionΒ 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrowerβs irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i)Β the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000 (and any amount in excess of $100,000 shall be an integral multiple of $25,000), and (ii)Β the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A)Β directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of SectionΒ 2.04(a), or (B)Β that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in SectionΒ 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
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(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of SectionΒ 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agentβs Office for payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to SectionΒ 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lenderβs payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 2.04(c) by the time specified in SectionΒ 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii)Β shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lenderβs obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A)Β any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
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such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B)Β the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C)Β any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit Lenderβs obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lenderβs risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in SectionΒ 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.04 to refinance such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
SECTIONΒ 2.05. Prepayments.
(a)Β Optional.
(i) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1)Β such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York, New York time, or London, England time in the case of Loans denominated in Euros) (A)Β two (2)Β Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B)Β three (3)Β Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Euros and (C)Β on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (2)Β any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
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shall be in a principal amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Dollar Term Loans (or comparable amounts determined by the Administrative Agent in the case of Euro Term Loans); and (3)Β any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by a Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to SectionΒ 3.05. Each prepayment of principal of, and interest on, Euro Term Loans shall be made in Euros (even if the Borrower is required to convert currency to do so). Each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.05(a) shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(ii) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1)Β such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (2)Β any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under SectionΒ 2.05(a)(i) or 2.05(a)(ii) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.
(b) Mandatory.
(i) Within five (5)Β Business Days after financial statements have been delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.02(a), the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to (A)Β 50% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the βECF Percentageβ) of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements (commencing with the fiscal year ended JuneΒ 30, 2008) minus (B)Β the sum of (i)Β all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such fiscal year and (ii)Β all voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans during such fiscal year to the extent the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payments, in the case of each of the immediately preceding clauses (i)Β and (ii), to the extent such prepayments are not funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness; provided that (x)Β the ECF Percentage shall be 25% if the Total Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than
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5.50:1.00 and greater than or equal to 4.50:1.00 and (y)Β the ECF Percentage shall be 0% if the Total Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 4.50:1.00.
(ii) (A) If (x)Β the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by SectionΒ 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d)Β (to the extent constituting a Disposition to a Loan Party), (e), (g), (h)Β or (p)) or (y)Β any Casualty Event occurs, which in the aggregate results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid on or prior to the date which is ten (10)Β Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the βAsset Percentageβ) of all such Net Cash Proceeds realized or received; provided that no such prepayment shall be required pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.05(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such portion of such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrower shall have, on or prior to such date, given written notice to the Administrative Agent of its intent to reinvest in accordance with SectionΒ 2.05(b)(ii)(B) (which notice may only be provided if no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing); provided that the Asset Percentage shall be 75% if the Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period was less than 4.50:1.00;
(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Disposition (other than any Disposition specifically excluded from the application of SectionΒ 2.05(b)(ii)(A)) or any Casualty Event, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for its business within (x)Β fifteen (15)Β months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (y)Β if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within fifteen (15)Β months following receipt thereof, within the later of (1)Β fifteen (15)Β months following receipt thereof or (2)Β one hundred and eighty (180)Β days of the date of such legally binding commitment; provided that (i)Β so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall not be permitted to make any such reinvestments (other than pursuant to a legally binding commitment that the Borrower entered into at a time when no Event of Default is continuing) and (ii)Β if any Net Cash Proceeds are not so reinvested by the deadline specified in clause (x)Β or (y)Β above, as applicable, or if any such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested at any time after delivery of a notice of reinvestment election, an amount equal to any such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied within five (5)Β Business Days after such deadline or the date the Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested, as the case may be, to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this SectionΒ 2.05.
(iii) If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any Indebtedness not expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03, the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5)Β Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(iv) If for any reason the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at any time exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall
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promptly prepay or cause to be promptly prepaid Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.05(b)(iv) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans such aggregate Outstanding Amount exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
(v) (X) Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.05(b) shall be applied in direct order of maturity to repayments thereof required pursuant to SectionΒ 2.07(a) and (b); and (Y)Β each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares subject to clause (vi)Β of this SectionΒ 2.05(b).
(vi) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i)Β through (iii)Β of this SectionΒ 2.05(b) at least three (3)Β Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the contents of the Borrowerβs prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Appropriate Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the βDeclined Proceedsβ) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i)Β through (iii)Β of this SectionΒ 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a βRejection Noticeβ) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) one Business Day after the date of such Lenderβs receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory prepayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory repayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrower (βRetained Declined Proceedsβ).
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this SectionΒ 2.05(b), (i)Β to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to a prepayment event pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(b)(ii) (a βForeign Dispositionβ), the Net Cash Proceeds of any Casualty Event from a Foreign Subsidiary (a βForeign Casualty Eventβ), or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this SectionΒ 2.05(b) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be immediately effected and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the
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Term Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.05(b) to the extent provided herein and (ii)Β to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition, any Foreign Casualty Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit received in connection with such repatriation) with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.05(b) (or such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required if it were Net Cash Proceeds), (x)Β the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y)Β such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary.
(c) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this SectionΒ 2.05 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan pursuant to SectionΒ 3.05.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of SectionΒ 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans is required to be made under this SectionΒ 2.05, prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor and less than three months are remaining in such Interest Period, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.05 in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder into a Cash Collateral Account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this SectionΒ 2.05. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with the relevant provisions of this SectionΒ 2.05.
SECTIONΒ 2.06. Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a)Β Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class; provided that (i)Β any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent three (3)Β Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii)Β any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and (iii)Β if, after giving effect to any reduction of
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the Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility, such sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The amount of any such Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may rescind or postpone any notice of termination of the Commitments if such termination would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities, which refinancing shall not be consummated or otherwise shall be delayed.
(b) Mandatory. The Term Commitment of each Term Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of such Term Lenderβs Term Loans pursuant to Sections 2.01(a) and 2.01(b). The Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the applicable Maturity Date for each such Facility.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused portions of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or the Swing Line Sublimit or the unused Commitments of any Class under this SectionΒ 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in SectionΒ 3.07). All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
SECTIONΒ 2.07. Repayment of Loans.
(a) Dollar Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Dollar Term Lenders (i)Β on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of September 2007, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Dollar Term Loans outstanding on the Closing Date (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in SectionΒ 2.05) and (ii)Β on the Maturity Date for the Dollar Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Dollar Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Euro Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Euro Term Lenders (i)Β on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of September 2007, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Euro Term Loans outstanding on the Closing Date (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in SectionΒ 2.05) and (ii)Β on the Maturity Date for the Euro Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Euro Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(c) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all of its Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date.
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(d) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay its Swing Line Loans on the earlier to occur of (i)Β the date five (5)Β Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii)Β the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, all Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.07 or otherwise, in the currency in which they were made.
SECTIONΒ 2.08. Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.08(b), (i)Β each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost; (ii)Β each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate and (iii)Β each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, each Euro Term Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on past due amounts hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in the currency in which each Loan was made.
SECTIONΒ 2.09. Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(g) and (h):
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each (i)Β Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to commitment fees times the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment exceeds the sum of (A)Β the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and (B)Β the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations; provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Revolving Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided further that no commitment fee shall accrue on
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any of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The commitment fees shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent).
SECTIONΒ 2.10. Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the βprime lending rateβ shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365)Β days or three hundred and sixty-six (366)Β days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360)Β day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to SectionΒ 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1)Β day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTIONΒ 2.11. Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a)Β The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation SectionΒ 5f.103-1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lenderβs Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
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(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in SectionΒ 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register, evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTIONΒ 2.12. Payments Generally.
(a)Β All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in Euros, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agentβs Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in Euros shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agentβs Office in Euros and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (London time) on the dates specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lenderβs Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i)Β after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii)Β after 2:00 p.m. (London time) in the case of payments in Euros, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:
(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the applicable Overnight Rate; and
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the βCompensation Periodβ) at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall constitute such Lenderβs Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agentβs demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this SectionΒ 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation.
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(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in SectionΒ 8.04. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties and Guarantors under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lenderβs Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a)Β the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b)Β the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.
SECTIONΒ 2.13. Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a)Β notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b)Β purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in SectionΒ 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lenderβs ratable share (according to the proportion of (i)Β the amount of such paying Lenderβs required repayment to (ii)Β the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to SectionΒ 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this SectionΒ 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices,
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requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
SECTIONΒ 2.14. Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request (a)Β one or more additional tranches of term loans (the βIncremental Term Loansβ) or (b)Β one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (each such increase, a βRevolving Commitment Increaseβ), provided that both at the time of any such request and upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment referred to below, no Default or Event of Default shall exist and at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan is made (and after giving effect thereto) no Default or Event of Default shall exist. Each tranche of Incremental Term Loans and each Revolving Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $25,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than $25,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the next sentence). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Loans and the Revolving Commitment Increases shall not exceed $300,000,000 (the βIncremental Availabilityβ); provided, that the Borrower may incur additional Incremental Term Loans hereunder and effect additional Revolving Commitment Increases hereunder, in each case to finance Permitted Acquisitions (the βIncremental Acquisition Loansβ), so long as, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Term Loan or borrowing under such Revolving Commitment Increase, the Senior Secured Incurrence Test would be satisfied (it being understood that Incremental Acquisition Loans may be effected by the Borrower whether or not there is any unused Incremental Availability (subject to satisfaction of the Senior Secured Incurrence Test)); and provided, further, that the Incremental Availability shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(w). The Incremental Term Loans (a)Β shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans, (b)Β shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to the Term Loans and (c)Β shall be treated substantially the same as the Term Loans (in each case, including with respect to mandatory and voluntary prepayments), provided that (i)Β the terms and conditions applicable to Incremental Term Loans may be materially different from those of the Term Loans to the extent such differences are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (ii)Β the interest rates and amortization schedule applicable to the Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereof; provided, further, that, as of the date of the incurrence of the Incremental Term Loans, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Incremental Term Loans shall not be shorter than that of the Term Loans. Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Commitment Increases. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Revolving Commitment Increases may be provided, by any existing Lender (and each existing Term Lender will have the right, but not an obligation, to make a portion of any Incremental Term Loan, and each existing Revolving Credit Lender will have the right, but not an obligation, to provide a portion of any Revolving Commitment Increase, in each case on terms permitted in this SectionΒ 2.14 and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) or by any other bank or other financial
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institution (any such other bank or other financial institution being called an βAdditional Lenderβ), provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to such Lenderβs or Additional Lenderβs providing such Revolving Commitment Increases if such consent would be required under SectionΒ 10.07(b) for an assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments to such Lender or Additional Lender. Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans and Revolving Commitment Increases shall become Commitments (or in the case of a Revolving Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Lenderβs applicable Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an βIncremental Amendmentβ) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section. The effectiveness of (and, in the case of any Incremental Amendment for an Incremental Term Loan, the borrowing under) any Incremental Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an βIncremental Facility Closing Dateβ) of each of the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 (it being understood that all references to βthe date of such Credit Extensionβ or similar language in such SectionΒ 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the effective date of such Incremental Amendment) and such other conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans and Revolving Commitment Increases for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Commitment Increases, unless it so agrees. Upon each increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section, each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Revolving Commitment Increase (each a βRevolving Commitment Increase Lenderβ) in respect of such increase, and each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lenderβs participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (i)Β participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (ii)Β participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders represented by such Revolving Credit Lenderβs Revolving Credit Commitment and (b)Β if, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving Credit Commitments), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with SectionΒ 3.05. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
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(b) This SectionΒ 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in SectionΒ 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
ARTICLE III
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality
SECTIONΒ 3.01. Taxes.
(a) Except as provided in this SectionΒ 3.01, any and all payments by the Borrower (the term Borrower under Article III being deemed to include any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit is issued) or any Guarantor to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (including branch profits), and franchise (and similar) taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a Lending Office, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as βTaxesβ). If the Borrower shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i)Β the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this SectionΒ 3.01), each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii)Β the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii)Β the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv)Β within thirty (30)Β days after the date of such payment (or, if receipts or evidence are not available within thirty (30)Β days, as soon as possible thereafter), the Borrower shall furnish to such Agent or Lender (as the case may be) the original or a facsimile copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to any Agent or any Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify such Agent and such Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by such Agent or such Lender arising out of such failure.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise, property, intangible or mortgage recording taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document excluding, in each case, such amounts that result from an Assignment and Assumption, grant of a Participation, transfer or assignment to or designation of a new applicable Lending Office or other office for receiving payments under any
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Loan Document, except to the extent that any such change is requested or required in writing by the Borrower (all such non-excluded taxes described in this SectionΒ 3.01(b) being hereinafter referred to as βOther Taxesβ).
(c) The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Lender for (i)Β the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable and paid under this SectionΒ 3.01) payable by such Agent and such Lender and (ii)Β any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, provides the Borrower with a written statement thereof setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts. Payment under this SectionΒ 3.01(c) shall be made within ten (10)Β days after the date such Lender or such Agent makes a demand therefor.
(d) The Borrower shall not be required pursuant to this SectionΒ 3.01 to pay any additional amount to, or to indemnify, any Lender or Agent, as the case may be, to the extent that such Lender or such Agent becomes subject to Taxes subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date such Lender or Agent becomes a party to this Agreement) as a result of a change in the place of organization or place of doing business of such Lender or Agent or a change in the lending office of such Lender, except to the extent that any such change is requested or required in writing by the Borrower (and provided that nothing in this clause (d)Β shall be construed as relieving the Borrower from any obligation to make such payments or indemnification in the event of a change in lending office or place of organization that precedes a change in Law to the extent such Taxes result from a change in Law).
(e) Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, if a Foreign Lender or an Agent is subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a rate in excess of zero percent at the time such Lender or such Agent, as the case may be, first becomes a party to this Agreement, U.S. federal withholding tax (including additions to tax, penalties and interest imposed with respect to such U.S. federal withholding tax which is excluded from Taxes under this clause (e)) imposed by such jurisdiction at such rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, is subject to a lesser rate of withholding and provides the appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon U.S. federal withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such forms for which such lesser rate applies; provided that, if at the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which a Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to payments under clause (a)Β of this SectionΒ 3.01 in respect of U.S. federal withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes shall include the U.S. federal withholding tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Lender assignee on such date.
(f) If any Lender or Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it is entitled to receive a refund in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it by the Borrower pursuant to this SectionΒ 3.01, it shall use its reasonable best efforts to receive such refund and upon receipt of any such refund shall promptly remit such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this SectionΒ 3.01 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes
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giving rise to such refund plus any interest included in such refund by the relevant taxing authority attributable thereto) to the Borrower, net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant taxing authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, agrees promptly to return such refund to such party in the event such party is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowerβs request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that such Lender or Agent may delete any information therein that such Lender or Agent deems confidential). Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of a Lender or Agent to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Lender or Agent to claim any tax refund or to make available its tax returns or disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or require any Lender or Agent to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.
(g) Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of SectionΒ 3.01(a) or (c)Β with respect to such Lender it will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this SectionΒ 3.01(g) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 3.01(a) or (c).
SECTIONΒ 3.02. Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall 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 shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due, if any, in connection with such prepayment or conversion under SectionΒ 3.05. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
SECTIONΒ 3.03. Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency
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Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or that the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, or that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and the Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
SECTIONΒ 3.04. Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
(a)Β If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, in each case after the date hereof, or such Lenderβs compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this SectionΒ 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i)Β Taxes or Other Taxes covered by SectionΒ 3.01, (ii)Β the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any taxes payable by such Lender, (iii)Β reserve requirements contemplated by SectionΒ 3.04(c) or (iv)Β the requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory Cost, other than as set forth below) or the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, does not represent the cost to such Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, then from time to time within fifteen (15)Β days after demand by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with SectionΒ 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction or, if applicable, the portion of such cost that is not represented by the Mandatory Cost.
(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lenderβs obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lenderβs desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with SectionΒ 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction within fifteen (15)Β days after receipt of such demand.
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(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i)Β as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error), and (ii)Β as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least fifteen (15)Β daysβ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or cost from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice fifteen (15)Β days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or cost shall be due and payable fifteen (15)Β days from receipt of such notice.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this SectionΒ 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenderβs right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 3.04(a), (b)Β or (c)Β for any such increased cost or reduction incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180)Β days prior to the date that such Lender demands, or notifies the Borrower of its intention to demand, compensation therefor; provided further that, if the circumstance giving rise to such increased cost or reduction is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) If any Lender requests compensation under this SectionΒ 3.04, then such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided further that nothing in this SectionΒ 3.04(e) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 3.04(a), (b), (c)Β or (d).
SECTIONΒ 3.05. Funding Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
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including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this SectionΒ 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
SECTIONΒ 3.06. Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.
(a) Any Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to the Borrower setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(b) With respect to any Lenderβs claim for compensation under Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04, no Borrower shall be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180)Β days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under SectionΒ 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another Eurocurrency Rate Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of SectionΒ 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended pursuant to SectionΒ 3.06(b) hereof, such Lenderβs Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by SectionΒ 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in SectionΒ 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:
(i) to the extent that such Lenderβs Eurocurrency Rate Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lenderβs Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and
(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
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(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) that the circumstances specified in SectionΒ 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of such Lenderβs Eurocurrency Rate Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lenderβs Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurocurrency Rate Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTIONΒ 3.07. Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.
(a) If at any time (i)Β any Lender requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to SectionΒ 3.01 or 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans as a result of any condition described in SectionΒ 3.02 or SectionΒ 3.04, (ii)Β any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (iii)Β any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, on ten (10)Β Business Daysβ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to SectionΒ 10.07(b) (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (or, with respect to clause (iii)Β above, all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Class of Loans or Commitments that is the subject of the related consent, waiver or amendment) to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person; and provided further that (A)Β in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under SectionΒ 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to SectionΒ 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (B)Β in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Eligible Assignees shall have agreed to the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents.
(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to SectionΒ 3.07(a) above shall (i)Β execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lenderβs Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, and (ii)Β deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or Administrative Agent. Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A)Β the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lenderβs Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, (B)Β all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption and (C)Β upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the assignee Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender
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hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Lender that acts as an L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time that it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to each such outstanding Letter of Credit and the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 9.09.
(d) In the event that (i)Β the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested that the Lenders consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or agree to any amendment thereto, (ii)Β the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 10.01 or all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class of the Loans and (iii)Β the Required Lenders have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a βNon-Consenting Lenderβ.
SECTIONΒ 3.08. Survival. All of the Borrowerβs obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
SECTIONΒ 4.01. Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent:
(a) The Administrative Agentβs receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party or Guarantor, as applicable, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and each Guaranty;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days in advance of the Closing Date;
(iii) each Collateral Document set forth on Schedule 1.01A required to be executed on the Closing Date as indicated on such schedule, duly executed by each Loan Party or Guarantor, as applicable, thereto, together with:
(A) certificates, if any, representing the Pledged Equity referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt indorsed in blank;
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(B) to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(C) evidence that all other actions, recordings and filings that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(iv) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party and each Guarantor as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require 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 such Loan Party or such Guarantor is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date;
(v) an opinion from Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxΒ & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H;
(vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that since JuneΒ 30, 2006 there has been no Closing Date Material Adverse Effect;
(vii) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(viii) evidence that all insurance (including title insurance) required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect and that the Administrative Agent has been named as loss payee and additional insured under each insurance policy with respect to such insurance as to which the Administrative Agent shall have requested to be so named;
(ix) certified copies of the Purchase Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto, together with all material agreements, instruments and other documents delivered in connection therewith as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, each including certification by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that such documents are in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;
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(x) a Committed Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, relating to the initial Credit Extension; and
(xi) copies of a recent Lien and judgment search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan Parties.
(b) All fees and expenses required to be paid hereunder and invoiced on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash or will be paid on the Closing Date out of the initial Credit Extension.
(c) Prior to or simultaneously with the initial Credit Extension, (i)Β the Equity Contribution shall have been funded in full in cash; (ii)Β the Borrower shall have received (whether directly as a result of the Equity Contribution or as a result of an equity contribution by Holdings) cash proceeds from the Equity Contribution in an aggregate amount equal to at least 25% of the aggregate pro forma capitalization of Holdings on the Closing Date; and (iii)Β the Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement (without giving effect to any amendments or waivers thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders without the reasonable consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) and in compliance with applicable material Laws and regulatory approvals.
(d) To the extent Equity Interests other than common Equity Interests was issued in connection with the Equity Contribution, such issuance shall be on terms and conditions, and pursuant to documentation, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to the extent material to the interests of the Lenders.
(e) Prior to or substantially simultaneously with the initial Credit Extensions, the Borrower shall have taken all other necessary actions such that, after giving effect to the Transaction, (i)Β the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness or preferred Equity Interests other than (A)Β the Loans and L/C Obligations, (B)Β the High Yield Notes, and (C)Β Indebtedness listed on Schedule 7.03(b).
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)Β the Audited Financial Statements and the audit report for such financial statements (which shall not be subject to any qualification), (ii)Β unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows of the Transferred Companies and their Subsidiaries, or Cardinal and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, for each subsequent fiscal quarter ended at least forty-five (45)Β days before the Closing Date (the βUnaudited Financial Statementsβ), which financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (iii)Β the Pro Forma Financial Statements.
SECTIONΒ 4.02. Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document (except, in the case of the
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initial Credit Extensions, the representations contained in Sections 5.03, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.14, 5.15 and 5.16 and in any other Loan Document) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided further that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to βmaterialityβ, βMaterial Adverse Effectβ or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(b) Except in the case of the initial Credit Extensions, no Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) submitted by a Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b)Β have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:
SECTIONΒ 5.01. Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a)Β is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b)Β has all requisite power and authority to (i)Β own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii)Β execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c)Β is duly qualified and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d)Β is in compliance with all Laws, orders, writs, injunctions and orders and (e)Β has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case referred to in clause (c), (d)Β or (e), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 5.02. Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party, and the consummation of the Transaction, are within such Loan Partyβs corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a)Β contravene the terms of any of such Personβs Organization Documents, (b)Β conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other
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than as permitted by SectionΒ 7.01), or require any payment to be made under (i)Β any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii)Β any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c)Β violate any material Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (b)(i), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 5.03. Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (a)Β the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the consummation of the Transaction, (b)Β the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c)Β the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the priority thereof) or (d)Β the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, except for (i)Β filings necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii)Β the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (iii)Β those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 5.04. Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and each Guarantor that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party or Guarantor, as the case may be, enforceable against each Loan Party and each Guarantor that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.
SECTIONΒ 5.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) (i) The Audited Financial Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Transferred Companies and their Subsidiaries, or Cardinal and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, 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. During the period from JuneΒ 30, 2006 to and including the Closing Date, there has been (i)Β no sale, transfer or other disposition by Cardinal, the Transferred Companies or any of their Subsidiaries of any material part of the business or property of Cardinal, the Transferred Companies or any of their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (ii)Β no purchase or other acquisition by Cardinal, the Transferred Companies or any of their Subsidiaries of any business or property (including any Equity Interests of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition of Cardinal, the Transferred Companies and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto or has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date.
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(ii) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at DecemberΒ 31, 2006 (including the notes thereto) (the βPro Forma Balance Sheetβ) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 12 month period ending on DecemberΒ 31, 2006 (together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, the βPro Forma Financial Statementsβ), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or at the beginning of such periods, as the case may be) to the Transaction, each material acquisition by Cardinal, the Transferred Companies or any of their Subsidiaries consummated after DecemberΒ 31, 2006 and prior to the Closing Date and all other transactions that would be required to be given pro forma effect by Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act (including other adjustments consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment or as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent). The Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at DecemberΒ 31, 2006 and their estimated results of operations for the periods covered thereby, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of the periods covered thereby.
(b) Since the Closing Date, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The forecasts of consolidated balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal year ending after the Closing Date until the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date in a form reasonably satisfactory to it, have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such forecasts, it being understood that actual results may vary from such forecasts and that such variations may be material.
(d) As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities, direct or contingent (other than (i)Β the liabilities reflected on Schedule 5.05, (ii)Β obligations arising under this Agreement and (iii)Β liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business) that, either individually or in the aggregate, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 5.06. Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTIONΒ 5.07. No Default. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 5.08. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all real property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes and Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01 and except where the failure to have such title or other interest could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 5.09. Environmental Compliance.
(a) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions, suits, or proceedings alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of, or otherwise relating to, any applicable Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i)Β there are no and never have been any underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or, to its knowledge, on any property formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii)Β there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iii)Β Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of by any of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries at any location in a manner which would give rise to liability under applicable Environmental Laws.
(c) The properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries do not contain any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which (i)Β constitute a violation of, (ii)Β require remedial action under, or (iii)Β could give rise to liability under, applicable Environmental Laws, which violations, remedial actions and liabilities, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is undertaking, and has not completed, either individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site or location, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any applicable Environmental Law except for such investigation or assessment or remedial or response action that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) All Hazardous Materials transported from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries for off-site disposal have been disposed of in a manner not reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries has contractually assumed any liability or obligation under or relating to any applicable Environmental Law.
(g) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries and their respective businesses, operations and properties are and have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.
SECTIONΒ 5.10. Taxes. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.10 or except as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state, foreign and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all federal, state, foreign and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.
SECTIONΒ 5.11. ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.11(a) or as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance in with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws.
(b) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred during the period beginning on JanuaryΒ 1, 2003 through the date on which this representation is made or deemed made; (ii)Β no Pension Plan has an βaccumulated funding deficiencyβ (as defined in SectionΒ 412 of the Code), whether or not waived and, on and after the effectiveness of the Pension Act, no Pension Plan has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of SectionΒ 412 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan; (iii)Β neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under SectionΒ 4007 of ERISA); (iv)Β neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under SectionΒ 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 et seq. or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v)Β neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to SectionΒ 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses of this SectionΒ 5.11(b), as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) Except where noncompliance would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i)Β each Foreign Plan has been maintained in substantial compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders, and (ii)Β neither a Loan Party nor any Subsidiary have incurred any material obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Plan which is funded, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year of a Loan Party or Subsidiary (based on the actuarial assumptions used for purposes of the applicable jurisdictionβs financial reporting requirements), did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Foreign Plan, and for each Foreign Plan which is not funded, the obligations of such Foreign Plan are properly accrued.
SECTIONΒ 5.12. Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.12, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and all Equity Interests owned by Holdings or any other Loan Party are owned free and clear of all Liens except (i)Β those created under the Collateral Documents and (ii)Β any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under SectionΒ 7.01. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.12 (a)Β sets forth the name and jurisdiction of each Subsidiary, (b)Β sets forth the ownership interest of Holdings, the Borrower and any of their Subsidiaries in each of their Subsidiaries, including the percentage of such ownership and (c)Β identifies each Person the Equity Interests of which are required to be pledged on the Closing Date pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
SECTIONΒ 5.13. Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) No Loan Party is engaged nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings or drawings under any Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose that violates Regulation U.
(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an βinvestment companyβ under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTIONΒ 5.14. Disclosure. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information and pro forma financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation; it being understood that such projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material.
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SECTIONΒ 5.15. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries own, license or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know-how database rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights (collectively, βIP Rightsβ) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, without violation of the rights of any Person, except to the extent such violations, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no such IP Rights infringe upon any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any such IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or Subsidiary, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 5.16. Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction the Loan Parties, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTIONΒ 5.17. Subordination of Junior Financing. The Obligations are βSenior Debtβ, βSenior Indebtednessβ, βGuarantor Senior Debtβ or βSenior Secured Financingβ (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any Junior Financing Documentation.
ARTICLE VI
Affirmative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03) cause each Restricted Subsidiary to:
SECTIONΒ 6.01. Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within one hundred and twenty (120)Β days after the end of the fiscal year ending JuneΒ 30, 2007 and within ninety (90)Β days after the end of each subsequent fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of ErnstΒ & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any βgoing concernβ or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
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(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45)Β days (or, solely in the case of the fiscal quarter ending MarchΒ 31, 2007, within sixty (60)Β days) after the end of each of the first three (3)Β fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended MarchΒ 31, 2007), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related (i)Β consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and (ii)Β consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and
(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b) above, the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a)Β and (b)Β of this SectionΒ 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A)Β the applicable financial statements of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower that holds all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or (B)Β the Borrowerβs (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A)Β and (B), (i)Β to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Borrower, such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to the Borrower (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii)Β to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under SectionΒ 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of ErnstΒ & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any βgoing concernβ or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit.
SECTIONΒ 6.02. Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) no later than five (5)Β days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in SectionΒ 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
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(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower files with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(c) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material requests or material notices received by any Loan Party (other than in the ordinary course of business) or material statements or material reports furnished to any holder of debt securities of any Loan Party or of any of its Subsidiaries having an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than the Threshold Amount or pursuant to the terms of any High Yield Notes Documentation, Subordinated Lien Facility Documentation or Junior Financing Documentation, in each case, so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereunder is greater than the Threshold Amount and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to any other clause of this SectionΒ 6.02;
(d) together with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) and each Compliance Certificate pursuant to SectionΒ 6.02(a), (i)Β a report setting forth the information required by SectionΒ 3.03(c) of the Security Agreement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last such report), (ii)Β a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last fiscal quarter covered by such Compliance Certificate requiring a mandatory prepayment under SectionΒ 2.05(b) and (iii)Β a list of each Subsidiary that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the last such list;
(e) (i) promptly following any request therefor, on and after the effectiveness of the Pension Act, copies of (i)Β any documents described in SectionΒ 101(k)(1) of ERISA that the Borrower and any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii)Β any notices described in SectionΒ 101(l)(1) of ERISA that the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates may request with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; provided that if the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Plan or Multiemployer Plan, the Borrower or its ERISA Affiliates 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
(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a) or (b)Β or SectionΒ 6.02(c) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i)Β on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowerβs website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii)Β on which such documents are posted on the Borrowerβs behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i)Β upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii)Β the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by SectionΒ 6.02(a) to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
SECTIONΒ 6.03. Notices. Promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default; and
(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including such matters arising out of or resulting from (i)Β breach or non-performance of, or any default or event of default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, (ii)Β any dispute, litigation, investigation or proceeding between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority, (iii)Β the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws or in respect of IP Rights or the assertion or occurrence of any noncompliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with, or liability under, any applicable Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, or (iv)Β the occurrence of any ERISA Event.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (x)Β that such notice is being delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.03(a) or (b)Β (as applicable) and (y)Β setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTIONΒ 6.04. Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities in respect of taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, except, in each case, to the extent the failure to pay or discharge the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTIONΒ 6.05. Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a)Β Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by SectionΒ 7.04 or 7.05 and (b)Β take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges (including its good standing), permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except in the case of clause (a)Β and (b), (i)Β to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii)Β pursuant to a transaction permitted by SectionΒ 7.04 or 7.05.
SECTIONΒ 6.06. Maintenance of Properties. Except if the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a)Β maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, and (b)Β make all necessary renewals, replacements, modifications, improvements, upgrades, extensions and additions thereof or thereto in accordance with prudent industry practice.
SECTIONΒ 6.07. Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and 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) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.
SECTIONΒ 6.08. Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except if the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTIONΒ 6.09. Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
SECTIONΒ 6.10. Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (other than the records of the Board of Directors of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary) and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this SectionΒ 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2)Β times during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and only one (1)Β such time shall be at the Borrowerβs expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists,
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the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrowerβs independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SectionΒ 6.10, none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i)Β constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii)Β in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (iii)Β is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
SECTIONΒ 6.11. Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. At the Borrowerβs expense, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:
(a) upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, the designation in accordance with SectionΒ 6.14 of any existing direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or any Subsidiary becoming a Material Subsidiary:
(i) within forty five (45)Β days after such formation, acquisition or designation or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion:
(A) cause each such Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the Material Real Properties owned by such Restricted Subsidiary in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(B) cause each such Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as appropriate) Mortgages, Security Agreement Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplements and other security agreements and documents (including, with respect to Mortgages, the documents listed in SectionΒ 6.13(b)), as reasonably requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Mortgages, Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
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(C) cause each such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to deliver any and all certificates representing Equity Interests (to the extent certificated) that are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank (or any other documents customary under local law) and instruments evidencing the intercompany Indebtedness held by such Restricted Subsidiary and required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents, indorsed in blank to the Collateral Agent;
(D) take and cause such Restricted Subsidiary and each direct or indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to take whatever action (including, in the case of Domestic Subsidiaries, the recording of Mortgages, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law),
(ii) within thirty (30)Β days (or forty five (45)Β days with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary) after the request therefor by the Administrative Agent (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such matters set forth in this SectionΒ 6.11(a) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and
(iii) as promptly as practicable after the request therefor by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent with respect to each Material Real Property, any existing title reports, surveys or environmental assessment reports.
(b) (i) the Borrower shall obtain the security interests and Guarantees set forth on Schedule 1.01A on or prior to the dates corresponding to such security interests and Guarantees set forth on Schedule 1.01A; and
(ii) after the Closing Date, promptly after the acquisition of any Material Real Property by any Loan Party, and such Material Real Property shall not already be subject to a perfected Lien pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Borrower shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and promptly thereafter shall cause
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such real property to be subjected to a Lien to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and will take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien, including, as applicable, the actions referred to in SectionΒ 6.13(b).
SECTIONΒ 6.12. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a)Β comply, and take all commercially reasonable actions to cause any lessees and other Persons operating or occupying its properties to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; (b)Β obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and, (c)Β in each case to the extent required by applicable Environmental Laws, conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up all Hazardous Materials from any of its properties, in accordance with the requirements of all applicable Environmental Laws.
SECTIONΒ 6.13. Further Assurances and Post-Closing Conditions.
(a) Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent (i)Β correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii)Β do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents.
(b) In the case of any Material Real Property, provide the Administrative Agent with Mortgages with respect to such owned real property within thirty (30)Β days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of the acquisition of, or, if requested by the Administrative Agent, entry into, or renewal of, a ground lease in respect of, such real property in each case together with:
(i) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as appropriate) for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) fully paid American Land Title Association Lenderβs Extended Coverage title insurance policies or the equivalent or other form available in each applicable jurisdiction (the βMortgage Policiesβ) in form and substance, with endorsements and in amount, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (not to exceed the value of the real properties covered thereby), issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers
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reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, subject to Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01, and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents) and such coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(iii) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the real properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(iv) such other evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken.
SECTIONΒ 6.14. Designation of Subsidiaries. The board of directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i)Β immediately before and after such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii)Β other than for purposes of designating a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with the establishment of a Qualified Securitization Financing, immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating satisfaction of such test) and (iii)Β no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a βRestricted Subsidiaryβ for the purpose of the High Yield Notes or any Junior Financing, as applicable. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the net book value of the Borrowerβs investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.
SECTIONΒ 6.15. Post-Closing Matters. To the extent such items have not been delivered as of the Closing Date, within ninety (90)Β days after the Closing Date, unless waived or extended by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, the applicable Loan Party shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Mortgaged Properties listed on Schedule 6.15, the following:
(i) duly executed and acknowledged Mortgages, financing statements and other instruments meeting the requirements of SectionΒ 4.01(a)(iii);
(ii) a Title Policy meeting the requirements of SectionΒ 4.01(a)(viii);
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(iii) evidence of payment of all applicable title insurance premiums, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of each Mortgage and issuance of the Title Policies as required by SectionΒ 4.01(a)(iii)(C);
(iv) surveys with respect to each Mortgaged Property; and
(v) favorable written opinions of local counsel in the states in which each such Mortgaged Property is located and any related fixture filings as required by SectionΒ 4.01(a)(iii)(B).
ARTICLE VII
Negative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
SECTIONΒ 7.01. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness in excess of (x)Β $2,500,000 individually or (y)Β $10,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (b)Β that are not listed on Schedule 7.01(b)) shall only be permitted to the extent such Lien is listed on Schedule 7.01(b);
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30)Β days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person to the extent required in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30)Β days or if more than thirty (30)Β days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable the Borrower to the extent required in accordance with GAAP;
(e) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workersβ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii)Β pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing
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liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property which, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and any exception on the title polices issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property;
(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(h);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 7.03(e); provided that (i)Β such Liens attach concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270)Β days after the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (ii)Β such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, replacements thereof and additions and accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits and (iii)Β with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for additions and accessions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
(j) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i)Β interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any material Subsidiary, taken as a whole, or (ii)Β secure any Indebtedness;
(k) 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 in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Liens (i)Β of a collection bank arising under SectionΒ 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection, (ii)Β attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii)Β in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
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(m) Liens (i)Β on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.02(j) or (o)Β to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment and (ii)Β consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under SectionΒ 7.05, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
(n) Liens on property of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(v) or (y);
(o) Liens in favor of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 7.03(d);
(p) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to SectionΒ 6.14), in each case after the date hereof (other than Liens on the Equity Interests of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that (i)Β such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii)Β such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (iii)Β the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under SectionΒ 7.03(e) or (g);
(q) any interest or title of a lessor under leases entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(r) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(s) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under SectionΒ 7.02 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;
(t) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i)Β relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii)Β relating to 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 and the Restricted
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Subsidiaries or (iii)Β relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(v) (i) Liens placed upon the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and (ii)Β Liens placed upon the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary and any of its Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness (or to secure a Guarantee of such Indebtedness) incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition;
(w) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(x) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings;
(y) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(z) Liens on the Collateral (but not any other assets) securing Indebtedness under any Subordinated Lien Facility incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(w) (or any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof); provided such Liens are subject to the Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or, in the case of any Permitted Refinancing thereof, another intercreditor agreement containing terms that are at least as favorable to the Secured Parties as those contained in the Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement);
(aa) 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 or any Material Subsidiary;
(bb) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Personβs obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or bankerβs acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
(cc) Liens securing letters of credit in a currency other than Dollars permitted under SectionΒ 7.03(p) in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $20,000,000;
(dd) Liens on the Securitization Assets arising in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing
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(ee) Liens on assets of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(n);
(ff) Liens on the Collateral (but not any other assets) securing Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 7.03(y); provided, that, to the extent such Liens are contemplated to be junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to the Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall have been incurred pursuant to the Subordinated Lien Facility;
(gg) the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by clauses (b), (i), (p), (v)Β and (z)Β of this SectionΒ 7.01; provided that (i)Β the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A)Β after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 7.03, and (B)Β proceeds and products thereof, provided that with respect to such modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by clause (z)Β of this SectionΒ 7.01, such Liens do not extend to any assets other than the Collateral; and (ii)Β the renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by SectionΒ 7.03; and
(hh) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000.
SECTIONΒ 7.02. Investments. Make or hold any Investments, except:
(a) Investments by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in assets that were Cash Equivalents when such Investment was made;
(b) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), any Intermediate Holding Company, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries (i)Β for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii)Β in connection with such Personβs purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof or after a Qualifying IPO, any Intermediate Holding Company or the Borrower) (provided that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity) and (iii)Β for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i)Β and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $20,000,000;
(c) asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Investments (i)Β by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, (ii)Β by any Non-Loan Party in any other Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii)Β by any Non-Loan Party in any Loan Party, (iv)Β by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that all such Investments pursuant to this clause (iv)Β shall be in the form of intercompany loans and evidenced by notes that have been pledged (individually or pursuant to a global note) to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
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of the Lenders (provided that in order to comply with the laws and regulations of a jurisdiction where such Non-Loan Party is located or organized, Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000,000 may be structured as an equity contribution or otherwise in a form other than an intercompany loan); provided further that to the extent that the amount of intercompany loans outstanding to any Non-Loan Party pursuant to this clause (iv)Β exceeds $75,000,000, such Non-Loan Party shall not be entitled to incur secured Indebtedness in excess of 50% of the aggregate amount of all such intercompany loans outstanding to such Non-Loan Party;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted under Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 and 7.06, respectively;
(g) Investments (i)Β existing or contemplated on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.02(g) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii)Β existing on the date hereof by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this SectionΒ 7.02(g) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment as of the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by this SectionΒ 7.02;
(h) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under SectionΒ 7.03;
(i) promissory notes and other noncash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 7.05;
(j) the purchase or other acquisition of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Subsidiary of the Borrower (including as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to this SectionΒ 7.02(j) (each, a βPermitted Acquisitionβ):
(A) subject to clause (B)Β below, a majority of all property, assets and businesses acquired in such purchase or other acquisition shall constitute Collateral and each applicable Loan Party and any such newly created or acquired Subsidiary (and, to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Subsidiaries of such created or acquired Subsidiary) shall be Guarantors and shall have complied with the requirements of SectionΒ 6.11, within the times specified therein (for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (A)Β shall not override any provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement);
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(B) the aggregate amount of consideration paid in respect of acquisitions of Persons that do not become Loan Parties (giving effect to any Investments permitted under SectionΒ 7.02(r)) shall not exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 5% of Total Assets (net of any return representing a return of capital in respect of any such Investment);
(C) the acquired property, assets, business or Person is in the same or substantially the same line of business as the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(D) the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Person to be so purchased or acquired shall not have indicated publicly its opposition to the consummation of such purchase or acquisition (which opposition has not been publicly withdrawn);
(E) (1)Β immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (2)Β immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) for the Test Period in effect at the time such purchase or other acquisition is to occur and, in the case of any acquisition the consideration for which is in excess of $25,000,000, satisfaction of such test shall be evidenced by a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer or other financial officer of the Borrower demonstrating such satisfaction calculated in reasonable detail; and
(F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, no later than five (5)Β Business Days after the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this clause (j)Β have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition;
(k) the Transaction;
(l) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Article III endorsements for collection or deposit and Article IV customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(m) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
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(n) loans and advances to the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to the Borrower (or such direct or indirect parent) in accordance with SectionΒ 7.06(f) or (g);
(o) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment no Default has occurred and is continuing, other Investments that do not exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 5% of Total Assets in the aggregate, net of any return representing return of capital in respect of any such investment and valued at the time of the making thereof; provided that such amount shall be increased by (i)Β the Net Cash Proceeds of Permitted Equity Issuances that are Not Otherwise Applied and (ii)Β if as of the last day of the immediately preceding Test Period, the Borrower shall have been in compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied;
(p) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or by the Borrower or any Intermediate Holding Company or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings after a Qualifying IPO of Holdings, the Borrower, such Intermediate Holding Company or such direct or indirect parent of Holdings);
(r) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a corporation merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with SectionΒ 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(s) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(t) (i) Investments in a Securitization Subsidiary or any Investment by a Securitization Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; provided, however, that any such Investment in a Securitization Subsidiary is in the form of a contribution of additional Securitization Assets or as equity, and (ii)Β distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; and
(u) Investments constituting the non-cash portion of consideration received in a Disposition permitted by SectionΒ 7.05.
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SECTIONΒ 7.03. Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents;
(b) (i) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03(b) and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and (ii)Β intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) Guarantees by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder (except that a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may not, by virtue of this SectionΒ 7.03(c), Guarantee Indebtedness that such Restricted Subsidiary could not otherwise incur under this SectionΒ 7.03); provided that (A)Β no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of any High Yield Note, Subordinated Lien Facility or Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Obligations substantially on the terms set forth in the Guaranty and (B)Β if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by SectionΒ 7.02; provided that all such Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any Person that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to the subordination terms set forth in SectionΒ 5.03 of the Security Agreement;
(e) (i) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness (including Capitalized Leases) financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270)Β days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, (ii)Β Attributable Indebtedness arising out of sale-leaseback transactions permitted by SectionΒ 7.05(f) and (iii)Β any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i)Β and (ii); provided that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (e)Β and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Assets;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(g) Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, provided that (x)Β such Indebtedness (i)Β was not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, (ii)Β is secured only by the assets acquired in the applicable Permitted Acquisition (including any acquired Equity Interests), (iii)Β the only obligors
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with respect to any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (g)Β shall be those Persons who were obligors of such Indebtedness prior to such Permitted Acquisition, and (y)Β both immediately prior and after giving effect thereto no Default shall exist or result therefrom;
(h) (i) Indebtedness (A)Β assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition; provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, or (B)Β of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition and (ii)Β any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing; provided, that in the case of each of (i)Β and (ii)Β above, such Indebtedness and all Indebtedness resulting from any Permitted Refinancing thereof (w)Β is unsecured or is subordinated to the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms set forth in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture as of the Closing Date, (x)Β both immediately prior and after giving effect thereto, no Default shall exist or result therefrom, (y)Β matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the Maturity Date of the Term Loans (it being understood that such Indebtedness may have mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemptions provisions satisfying the requirement of clause (z)Β hereof) and (z)Β has terms and conditions (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the Borrower as the terms and conditions of the Senior Subordinated Notes as of the Closing Date; provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions 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 foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees); and provided further that notwithstanding anything contained in the Loan Documents to the contrary, (a)Β the only obligors with respect to any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (A)Β of this paragraph or any Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness in respect thereof shall be those Persons who were obligors of such Indebtedness immediately prior to such Permitted Acquisition and (b)Β Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (h)Β in an aggregate outstanding amount in excess of 5% of Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets;
(i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness to current or former officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by SectionΒ 7.06;
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(k) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder or any Disposition, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;
(l) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with the Transaction and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder;
(m) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;
(n) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that a maximum of $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness may be incurred by Non-Loan Parties;
(o) 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;
(p) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankersβ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(q) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(r) Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary in a Qualified Securitization Financing that is not recourse (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(s) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;
(t) Indebtedness in respect of the High Yield Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(u) [Intentionally omitted]
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(v) Indebtedness incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (v)Β and then outstanding, does not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 5% of Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets;
(w) (i) Indebtedness under a Subordinated Lien Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, no Default exists or would result therefrom, and (ii)Β Permitted Refinancings in respect thereof; provided that the amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (w)Β shall reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the Incremental Availability;
(x) Unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (A)Β both immediately prior and after giving Pro Forma Effect to such incurrence no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (B)Β if such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, it is done so on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination terms set forth in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture as of the Closing Date;
(y) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition; provided that, both immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, (i)Β no Default shall exist or result therefrom and (ii)Β the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis); and
(z) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a)Β through (y)Β above.
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency 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, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall 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 extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased.
For purposes of determining compliance with this SectionΒ 7.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (a)Β through (z)Β above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof)
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and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that (i)Β all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance only on the exception in clause (a)Β of SectionΒ 7.03, and (ii)Β all Indebtedness outstanding under the High Yield Notes will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance only on the exception of clause (t)Β of SectionΒ 7.03.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this SectionΒ 7.03.
SECTIONΒ 7.04. Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with (i)Β the Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction); provided that (x)Β the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and (y)Β such merger does not result in the Borrower ceasing to be incorporated under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (ii)Β any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that when any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party is merging with another Restricted Subsidiary, a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) (i) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (ii)Β (A)Β any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or (B)Β the Borrower or any Subsidiary may change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and if not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then (i)Β the transferee must be a Loan Party or (ii)Β to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03, respectively;
(d) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge with any other Person; provided that (i)Β the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii)Β if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the βSuccessor Borrowerβ), (A)Β the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B)Β the Successor Borrower shall 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, (C)Β each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have
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by a supplement to the Guaranty confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrowerβs obligations under this Agreement, (D)Β each Loan Party, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrowerβs obligations under this Agreement, (E)Β each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrowerβs obligations under this Agreement, and (F)Β the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officerβs certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any other Loan Document comply with this Agreement; provided further that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement;
(e) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.02; provided that the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of SectionΒ 6.11;
(f) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom and no material assets have been transferred to such Subsidiaries from the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof from the Closing Date to the date of such dissolution or liquidation, the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7.04(f) may be dissolved or liquidated;
(g) the Acquisition may be consummated; and
(h) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.05.
SECTIONΒ 7.05. Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out or surplus property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Dispositions of inventory and immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business (including allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any immaterial IP Rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business);
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i)Β such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (ii)Β the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
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(d) Dispositions of property to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i)Β the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii)Β to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under SectionΒ 7.02;
(e) Dispositions permitted by Sections 7.02, 7.04 and 7.06 and Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01;
(f) Dispositions of property pursuant to sale-leaseback transactions; provided that (i)Β with respect to such property owned by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, the fair market value of all property so Disposed of after the Closing Date (taken together with the aggregate book value of all property Disposed of pursuant to SectionΒ 7.05(j)) shall not exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and five percent (5%)Β of Total Assets per year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to the next succeeding calendar year only) and (ii)Β with respect to such property acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, the applicable sale-leaseback transaction occurs within two hundred and seventy (270)Β days after the acquisition or construction (as applicable) of such property;
(g) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business of Cash Equivalents;
(h) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(i) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(j) Dispositions of property not otherwise permitted under this SectionΒ 7.05; provided that (i)Β at the time of such Disposition (other than any such Disposition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no Default exists), no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition, (ii)Β the aggregate book value of all property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (j)Β (taken together with the aggregate fair market value of all property Disposed of pursuant to SectionΒ 7.05(f)) shall not exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and five percent (5%)Β of Total Assets per year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to the next succeeding calendar year only) and (iii)Β with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (j)Β for a purchase price in excess of $10,000,000, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens at the time received, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01 and Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.01(a), SectionΒ 7.01(l) and clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β of SectionΒ 7.01(t)); provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (iii), (A)Β any liabilities (as shown on the Borrowerβs or such Restricted
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Subsidiaryβs most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B)Β any securities received by such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C)Β any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C)Β that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of 2.5% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash;
(k) Dispositions listed on Schedule 7.05(k) (βScheduled Dispositionsβ);
(l) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(m) Dispositions of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(n) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(o) the unwinding of any Swap Contract pursuant to its terms; and
(p) any Disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary;
provided that any Disposition of any property pursuant to this SectionΒ 7.05 (except pursuant to SectionΒ 7.05(e) and except for Dispositions from a Loan Party to another Loan Party), shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition. To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this SectionΒ 7.05 to any Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, upon the certification by the Borrower that such Disposition is permitted by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
SECTIONΒ 7.06. Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to other Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
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(b) (i) the Borrower may redeem in whole or in part any of its Equity Interests for another class of Equity Interests or rights to acquire its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests, provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such other class of Equity Interests are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby and (ii)Β the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by SectionΒ 7.03) of such Person;
(c) Restricted Payments made on the Closing Date to consummate the Transaction;
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of SectionΒ 7.02, 7.04 or 7.08 other than SectionΒ 7.08(f);
(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of Holdings (or of any such direct or indirect parent thereof) by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, director or consultant of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), any Intermediate Holding Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (f)Β shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any calendar year (which shall increase to $50,000,000 subsequent to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof, as the case may be) (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $40,000,000 in any calendar year (which shall increase to $75,000,000 subsequent to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO of the Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof, as the case may be)); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(i) to the extent contributed to the Borrower, the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any of the Borrowerβs direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to members of management, directors or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Closing Date; plus
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(ii) the Net Cash Proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; less
(iii) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β of this SectionΒ 7.06(f);
and provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower from members of management of the Borrower, any of the Borrowerβs direct or indirect parent companies or any of the Borrowerβs Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of any of the Borrowerβs direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement.
(g) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower:
(i) the proceeds of which will be used to pay the tax liability to each foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for such jurisdiction of the Borrower (or such direct or indirect parent) attributable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries filed separately;
(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay its operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries);
(iii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parentsβ) corporate existence;
(iv) to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.02; provided that (A)Β such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B)Β the Borrower shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1)Β all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be held by it or contributed to a Restricted Subsidiary or (2)Β the merger (to the extent permitted in SectionΒ 7.04) of
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the Person formed or acquired into a Restricted Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of SectionΒ 6.11;
(v) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary costs, fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering permitted by this Agreement; and
(vi) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may (a)Β pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b)Β honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms; and
(i) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrowerβs common stock following the first public offering of the Borrowerβs common stock or the common stock of any of the Borrowerβs direct or indirect parents after the Closing Date, of up to 6%Β per annum of the net proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower from any such public offering to the extent such net proceeds are not utilized in connection with other transactions permitted pursuant to Sections 7.02, 7.06 or 7.12;
(j) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options; and
(k) in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of (1)Β prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.12(a)(iv) and (2)Β loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.02(n) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (i), not to exceed the sum of (i)Β the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Assets, (ii)Β the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of Permitted Equity Issuances that are Not Otherwise Applied and (iii)Β if as of the last day of the immediately preceding Test Period, the Borrower is in compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), the amount of the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment consisting of any proceeds from a Qualified Securitization Transaction.
SECTIONΒ 7.07. Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
SECTIONΒ 7.08. Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than (a)Β transactions between or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction, (b)Β transactions on terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary 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, (c)Β the Transaction and the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transaction, (d)Β the issuance of Equity Interests to any officer, director, employee or consultant of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in connection with the Transaction, (e)Β the payment of management and monitoring fees to the Sponsor in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount permitted to be paid pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any Sponsor Termination Fees not to exceed the amount set forth in the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and related indemnities and reasonable expenses, (f)Β equity issuances, repurchases, retirements or other acquisitions or retirements of Equity Interests by the Borrower permitted under SectionΒ 7.06, (g)Β loans and other transactions by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under this Article VII, (h)Β employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements, (i)Β payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (j)Β the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (k)Β transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.08 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect, (l)Β dividends, redemptions and repurchases permitted under SectionΒ 7.06, (m)Β customary payments by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the board of directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith and (n)Β any Disposition of Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
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SECTIONΒ 7.09. Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability of (a)Β any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party or (b)Β any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to the Facilities and the Obligations or under the Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing clauses (a)Β and (b)Β shall not apply to Contractual Obligations which (i)Β (x)Β exist on the date hereof and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this SectionΒ 7.09) are listed on Schedule 7.09 hereto and (y)Β to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x)Β are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation, (ii)Β are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided further that this clause (ii)Β shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that are binding on a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to SectionΒ 6.14, (iii)Β represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party which is permitted by SectionΒ 7.03, (iv)Β arise in connection with any Lien permitted by SectionΒ 7.01(u) or any Disposition permitted by SectionΒ 7.05, (v)Β are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under SectionΒ 7.02 and applicable solely to such joint venture entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vi)Β are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 7.03 but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness (and excluding in any event any Indebtedness constituting any Junior Financing) and the proceeds and products thereof, (vii)Β 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, (viii)Β comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(e), 7.03(g), 7.03(n) or 7.03(v) to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or, in the case of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(g) only, to the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring or guaranteeing such Indebtedness, (ix)Β are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of any Restricted Subsidiary, (x)Β are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xi)Β are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xii)Β are customary restrictions contained in the Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture or the Subordinated Lien Facility and (xiii)Β arise in connection with cash or other deposits permitted under SectionΒ 7.01.
SECTIONΒ 7.10. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, in a manner inconsistent with the uses set forth in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.
SECTIONΒ 7.11. Accounting Changes. Make any change in fiscal year; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
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SECTIONΒ 7.12. Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness.
(a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled principal, interest and mandatory prepayments shall be permitted) the Senior Subordinated Notes, any subordinated Indebtedness incurred under SectionΒ 7.03(y) or 7.03(n) or any other Indebtedness that is or is required to be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents (collectively, βJunior Financingβ) or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing Documentation, except (i)Β the refinancing thereof with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a Permitted Refinancing and, if applicable, is permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.03(y)), to the extent not required to prepay any Loans or Facility pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(b) or the prepayment thereof with Declined Proceeds, (ii)Β the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iii)Β the prepayment of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted by the Collateral Documents and (iv)Β prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of (1)Β Restricted Payments made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.06(k) and (2)Β loans and advances to the Borrower made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.02(n), not to exceed the sum of (A)Β the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Assets, (B)Β the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of Permitted Equity Issuances that are Not Otherwise Applied, and (C)Β if as of the last day of the immediately preceding Test Period, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied.
(b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of any Junior Financing Documentation or Subordinated Lien Facility Documentation without the consent of the Administrative Agent.
SECTIONΒ 7.13. Equity Interests of Certain Restricted Subsidiaries. Permit any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to become a non-wholly owned Subsidiary, except to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary continues to be a Guarantor or in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or all of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted by SectionΒ 7.05 or the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to SectionΒ 6.14.
ARTICLE VIII
Events of Default and Remedies
SECTIONΒ 8.01. Events of Default. Any of the following events referred to in any of clauses (a)Β through (m)Β inclusive of this SectionΒ 8.01 shall constitute an βEvent of Defaultβ:
(a) Non-Payment. Any Loan Party or any other Guarantor fails to pay (i)Β when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii)Β within five (5)Β Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document; or
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(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 6.03(a) or 6.05(a) (solely with respect to the Borrower) or Article VII; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party or any other Guarantor fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in SectionΒ 8.01(a) or (b)Β above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30)Β days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A)Β fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate principal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount, or (B)Β fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Agreements), the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (e)(B) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; provided further that such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
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liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60)Β calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60)Β calendar days; or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i)Β Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts in excess of the Threshold Amount as they become due, or (ii)Β any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60)Β days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage thereof) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60)Β consecutive days; or
(i) ERISA. (i)Β An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)Β any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its Withdrawal Liability under SectionΒ 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii)Β a termination, withdrawal or noncompliance with applicable law or plan terms or termination, withdrawal or other event similar to an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under SectionΒ 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any Guarantor contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party or any Guarantor denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Loan Document; or
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(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or
(l) Collateral Documents. (i)Β Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant to SectionΒ 4.01 or 6.11 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof including as a result of a transaction permitted under SectionΒ 7.04 or 7.05) cease to create a valid and perfected lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents (or other security purported to be created on the applicable Collateral) on and security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, subject to Liens permitted under SectionΒ 7.01, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lenderβs title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage, or (ii)Β any of the Equity Interests of the Borrower ceasing to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement free of Liens other than Liens created by the Security Agreement or any nonconsensual Liens arising solely by operation of Law; or
(m) Junior Financing Documentation. (i)Β Any of the Obligations of the Loan Parties and Guarantors under the Loan Documents for any reason shall cease to be βSenior Indebtednessβ (or any comparable term) or βSenior Secured Financingβ (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in any Junior Financing Documentation, (ii)Β the subordination provisions set forth in any Junior Financing Documentation shall, in whole or in part, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against the holders of any Junior Financing, if applicable, or (iii)Β if applicable, the Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall, in whole or in part, cease to be effective or otherwise cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against the holders of any Indebtedness under the Subordinated Lien Facility.
SECTIONΒ 8.02. Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
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(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;
provided that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
SECTIONΒ 8.03. Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the purpose of determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (f)Β or (g)Β of SectionΒ 8.01, any reference in any such clause to any Restricted Subsidiary or Loan Party shall be deemed not to include any Restricted Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstances referred to in any such clause that is not a Material Subsidiary (it being agreed that all Restricted Subsidiaries affected by any event or circumstance referred to in any such clause shall be considered together, as a single consolidated Restricted Subsidiary, for purposes of determining whether the condition specified above is satisfied).
SECTIONΒ 8.04. Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in SectionΒ 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to SectionΒ 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under SectionΒ 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to each Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs payable under SectionΒ 10.05 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, the Swap Termination Value under Secured Hedge Agreements and the Cash Management Obligations, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
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Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit;
Sixth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties and Guarantors that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to SectionΒ 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, to the Borrower.
ARTICLE IX
Administrative Agent and Other Agents
SECTIONΒ 9.01. Appointment and Authorization of Agents.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term βagentβ herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i)Β provided to the Agents in this Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters
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of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term βAgentβ as used in this Article IX and in the definition of βAgent-Related Personβ included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii)Β as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the βcollateral agentβ under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, Swing Line Lender (if applicable), L/C Issuer (if applicable) and a potential Hedge Bank) hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of (and to hold any security interest created by the Collateral Documents for and on behalf of or on trust for) such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as βcollateral agentβ (and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX (including SectionΒ 9.07, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the βcollateral agentβ under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
SECTIONΒ 9.02. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents or of exercising any rights and remedies thereunder) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact including for the purpose of any Borrowing or payment in Euros, such sub-agents as shall be deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent 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 any agent or sub-agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
SECTIONΒ 9.03. Liability of Agents. No Agent-Related Person shall (a)Β be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b)Β be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant 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 or any Affiliate thereof.
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SECTIONΒ 9.04. Reliance by Agents.
(a) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in 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 notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
SECTIONΒ 9.05. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a βnotice of defaultβ. The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article VIII; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.
SECTIONΒ 9.06. Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any
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matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person 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 investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by any Agent herein, such Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.
SECTIONΒ 9.07. Indemnification of Agents. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such Agent-Related Personβs own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Loan Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this SectionΒ 9.07. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this SectionΒ 9.07 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower, provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrowerβs continuing reimbursement obligations with respect thereto. The undertaking in this SectionΒ 9.07 shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
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SECTIONΒ 9.08. Agents in their Individual Capacities. MSSF and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates as though MSSF were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, MSSF or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party, such Guarantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, MSSF shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms βLenderβ and βLendersβ include MSSF in its individual capacity.
SECTIONΒ 9.09. Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent upon thirty (30)Β daysβ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(f) or (g)Β (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor agent from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term βAdministrative Agentβ, shall mean such successor administrative agent and/or supplemental administrative agent, as the case may be, and the retiring Administrative Agentβs appointment, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Administrative Agentβs resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30)Β days following the retiring Administrative Agentβs notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agentβs resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to (a)Β continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents or (b)Β otherwise ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement is satisfied, the Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. After the retiring Administrative Agentβs resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent.
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SECTIONΒ 9.10. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(g) and (h), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
SECTIONΒ 9.11. Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders irrevocably agree:
(a) that any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document shall be automatically released (i)Β upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x)Β obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements not yet due and payable, (y)Β Cash Management Obligations not yet due and payable and (z)Β contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable), the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and any other obligation (including a guarantee that is contingent in nature), (ii)Β at the time the property subject to such Lien is transferred or to be transferred
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as part of or in connection with any transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Person other than the Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii)Β subject to SectionΒ 10.01, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, or (iv)Β if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (c)Β below;
(b) to release or subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by SectionΒ 7.01(i);
(c) that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of the High Yield Notes, any Permitted Refinancing thereof or any Junior Financing; and
(d) if any Subsidiary Guarantor shall cease to be a Material Subsidiary (as certified in writing by a Responsible Officer), (i)Β such Subsidiary shall be automatically released from its obligations under any Guaranty and (ii)Β any Liens granted by such Subsidiary or Liens on the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall be automatically released; provided that no such release shall occur if such Subsidiary continues to be a guarantor in respect of the High Yield Notes, any Permitted Refinancing thereof or any Junior Financing.
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 Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this SectionΒ 9.11. In each case as specified in this SectionΒ 9.11, the Administrative Agent will promptly (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrowerβs expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release or subordination of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, or to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this SectionΒ 9.11.
SECTIONΒ 9.12. Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a βsyndication agentβ, βdocumentation agentβ, βjoint bookrunnerβ or βarrangerβ shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
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SECTIONΒ 9.13. Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents.
(a) It is the purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall be no violation of any Law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case the Administrative Agent deems that by reason of any present or future Law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to appoint an additional individual or institution selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as a separate trustee, co-trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, administrative sub-agent or administrative co-agent (any such additional individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a βSupplemental Administrative Agentβ and collectively as βSupplemental Administrative Agentsβ).
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral, (i)Β each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental Administrative Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such Supplemental Administrative Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental Administrative Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either the Administrative Agent or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, and (ii)Β the provisions of this Article IX and of Sections 10.04 and 10.05 that refer to the Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Administrative Agent and all references therein to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, as the context may require.
(c) Should any instrument in writing from any Loan Party be required by any Supplemental Administrative Agent so appointed by the Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it 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 request by the Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Administrative Agent, or a successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Administrative Agent.
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ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTIONΒ 10.01. Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce the amount of, any payment of principal or interest under SectionΒ 2.07 or 2.08 without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest;
(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii)Β of the second proviso to this SectionΒ 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definition of Total Leverage Ratio or Senior Secured Leverage Ratio or in each case in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of βDefault Rateβ or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(d) change any provision of this SectionΒ 10.01, the definition of βRequired Lendersβ or βPro Rata Shareβ or SectionΒ 2.05(b)(v)(Y), 2.06(c), 8.04 or 2.13 without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(e) other than in a transaction permitted under SectionΒ 7.04 or SectionΒ 7.05, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) other than in a transaction permitted under SectionΒ 7.04 or SectionΒ 7.05, release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guarantees, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) change the currency in which any Loan is denominated of any Loan without the written consent of the Lender holding such Loans; or
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(h) amend the definition of the term βInterest Periodβ so as to permit intervals in excess of six months without regard to availability to all Lenders, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
and provided further that (i)Β no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii)Β no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii)Β no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv)Β SectionΒ 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 Dollar Term Loans, the Euro Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b)Β to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Dollar Replacement Term Loans or Euro Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Dollar Term Loans (βDollar Refinanced Term Loansβ) or Euro Term Loans (βEuro Refinanced Term Loansβ) with a replacement term loan denominated in Dollars (βDollar Replacement Term Loansβ) or denominated in Euros (βEuro Replacement Term Loansβ), respectively, hereunder; provided that (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of such Dollar Replacement Term Loans or Euro Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Dollar Refinanced Term Loans or Euro Refinanced Term Loans, respectively, (b)Β the Applicable Rate with respect to such Dollar Replacement Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Dollar Replacement Term Loans) or Euro Replacement Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Euro Replacement Term Loans) shall not be higher than the Applicable Rate for such Dollar Refinanced Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Dollar Refinanced Term Loans) or Euro Refinanced Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Euro Refinanced Term Loans), respectively, immediately prior to such refinancing, (c)Β the
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Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Dollar Replacement Term Loans or Euro Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Dollar Refinanced Term Loans or Euro Refinanced Term Loans, respectively, at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans) and (d)Β all other terms applicable to such Dollar Replacement Term Loans or Euro Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Dollar Replacement Term Loans or Euro Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Dollar Refinanced Term Loans or Euro Refinanced Term Loans, respectively, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in SectionΒ 10.01, guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement, amended, supplemented and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order (i)Β to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii)Β to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or (iii)Β to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTIONΒ 10.02. Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i)Β actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii)Β (A)Β if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B)Β if delivered by mail, four (4)Β Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C)Β if delivered by facsimile,
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when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D)Β if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 10.02(c)), when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person. In no event shall a voice mail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.
(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic communication. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Guarantors, the Agents and the Lenders.
(c) Reliance by Agents and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i)Β such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii)Β the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. All telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTIONΒ 10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.
SECTIONΒ 10.04. Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a)Β if the Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents and the Arrangers for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of ShearmanΒ & Sterling LLP and one local and foreign counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, and (b)Β to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Arrangers and each Lender for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding,
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including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all Attorney Costs of counsel to the Administrative Agent). The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other (reasonable, in the case of SectionΒ 10.04(a)) and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent. The agreements in this SectionΒ 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this SectionΒ 10.04 shall be paid within ten (10)Β Business Days of receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party or Guarantor fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party or such Guarantor by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
SECTIONΒ 10.05. Indemnification by the Borrower. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents, trustees, investment advisors and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the βIndemniteesβ) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a)Β the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b)Β any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), or (c)Β any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d)Β any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the βIndemnified Liabilitiesβ), in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulted from (x)Β the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee or (y)Β a material breach of the Loan Documents by such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee or any Loan Party have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or
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after the Closing Date). In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this SectionΒ 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, its directors, stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents is consummated. All amounts due under this SectionΒ 10.05 shall be paid within ten (10)Β Business Days after demand therefor; provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this SectionΒ 10.05. The agreements in this SectionΒ 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
SECTIONΒ 10.06. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a)Β to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b)Β each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate.
SECTIONΒ 10.07. Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither Holdings nor the Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i)Β to an Eligible Assignee, (ii)Β by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 10.07(e), (iii)Β by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of SectionΒ 10.07(g) or (iv)Β to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 10.07(h) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in SectionΒ 10.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (βAssigneesβ) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans
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(including for purposes of this SectionΒ 10.07(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required in connection with the primary syndication of the Facilities, or for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(a), (f)Β or (g)Β has occurred and is continuing, any Assignee;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(C) each L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment, provided that no consent of such L/C Issuers shall be required for any assignment of a Term Loan or any assignment to an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent; and
(D) in the case of any assignment of any of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenderβs Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility) or $1,000,000 (in the case of a Term Loan) unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents, provided that (1)Β no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.01(a), (f)Β or (g)Β has occurred and is continuing and (2)Β such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption; and
(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
This paragraph (b)Β shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 10.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
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extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this clause (c)Β shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with SectionΒ 10.07(e).
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agentβs Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, L/C Obligations (specifying the Unreimbursed Amounts), L/C Borrowings and amounts due under SectionΒ 2.03, owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the βRegisterβ). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person) (each, a βParticipantβ) in all or a portion of such Lenderβs rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lenderβs participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i)Β such Lenderβs obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii)Β such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii)Β the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument 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 or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to SectionΒ 10.01 that directly affects such Participant. Subject to SectionΒ 10.07(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 (subject to the requirements of SectionΒ 10.15), 3.04 and 3.05 (through the applicable Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to SectionΒ 10.07(c). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionΒ 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to SectionΒ 2.13 as though it were a Lender.
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(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under SectionΒ 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowerβs prior written consent.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a βGranting Lenderβ) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an βSPCβ) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i)Β nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and (ii)Β if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i)Β neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under SectionΒ 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05), (ii)Β no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii)Β the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i)Β with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii)Β disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1)Β any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2)Β any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this SectionΒ 10.07, (i)Β no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii)Β such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.
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(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender may, upon thirty (30)Β daysβ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, respectively; provided that on or prior to the expiration of such 30-day period with respect to such resignation, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have identified, in consultation with the Borrower, a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender willing to accept its appointment as successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable. In the event of any such resignation of an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders willing to accept such appointment a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If an L/C Issuer resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03(c)). If the Swing Line Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04(c).
SECTIONΒ 10.08. Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information and to not use or disclose such information, except that Information may be disclosed (a)Β to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliatesβ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b)Β to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority; (c)Β to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d)Β to any other party to this Agreement; (e)Β subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this SectionΒ 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in SectionΒ 10.07(g) or 10.07(i), counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement; (f)Β with the written consent of the Borrower; (g)Β to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this SectionΒ 10.08; (h)Β to any Governmental Authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization) regulating any Lender; (i)Β to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); or (j)Β in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. For the
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purposes of this SectionΒ 10.08, βInformationβ means all information received from any Loan Party or its Affiliates or its Affiliatesβ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, relating to Holding, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or its business, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this SectionΒ 10.08; provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential or (ii)Β is delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03 hereof.
SECTIONΒ 10.09. Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates and each L/C Issuer and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender or its Affiliates and no L/C Issuer or its Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held or other Indebtedness owning by such Lender or its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer or its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a βUnited States personβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 7701(a)(30) of the Code unless such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Borrower. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer under this SectionΒ 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender and such L/C Issuer may have.
SECTIONΒ 10.10. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the βMaximum Rateβ). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a)Β characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b)Β exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c)Β amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
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SECTIONΒ 10.11. Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.
SECTIONΒ 10.12. Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
SECTIONΒ 10.13. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by each Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
SECTIONΒ 10.14. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTIONΒ 10.15. Tax Forms.
(a) (i) Each Lender and Agent that is not a βUnited States personβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 7701(a)(30) of the Code (each, a βForeign Lenderβ) shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date which is ten (10)Β Business Days after the Closing Date (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two duly signed, properly completed copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from, or
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xxxxxxxxx xx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document) or such other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, United States federal withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to SectionΒ 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, and in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming such an exemption under SectionΒ 881(c) of the Code, a certificate that establishes in writing to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender is not (i)Β a βbankβ as defined in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (ii)Β a 10-percent stockholder within the meaning of SectionΒ 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or (iii)Β a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower with the meaning of SectionΒ 864(d) of the Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, (A)Β promptly submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one or more of such forms or certificates (or such successor forms or certificates as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then current United States Laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any available exemption from, or reduction of, United States federal withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower or other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement, or any other Loan Document, in each case, (1)Β on or before the date that any such form, certificate or other evidence expires or becomes obsolete, (2)Β after the occurrence of a change in the Lenderβs circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form, certificate or evidence previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (3)Β from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (B)Β promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in the Lenderβs circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(ii) Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Foreign Lender under any of the Loan Documents, shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on the date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (in either case, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (A)Β two duly signed completed copies of the forms or statements required to be provided by such Foreign Lender as set forth above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Foreign Lender acts for its own account that is not subject to United States federal withholding tax, and (B)Β two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto), together with any information such Foreign Lender is required to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of exemption required under the Code, to establish that such Foreign Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Foreign Lender.
(iii) The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount or any indemnity payment under SectionΒ 3.01 to (A)Β any Foreign Lender if such Foreign Lender shall
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have failed to satisfy the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 10.15(a), or (B)Β any U.S. Lender if such U.S. Lender shall have failed to satisfy the provisions of SectionΒ 10.15(b); provided that (i)Β if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirement of this or SectionΒ 10.15(b), as applicable, on the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with respect to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this SectionΒ 10.15(a) or SectionΒ 10.15(b) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to SectionΒ 3.01 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable Law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender or other Person for the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate and (ii)Β nothing in this SectionΒ 10.15(a) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to SectionΒ 3.01 in the event that the requirements of 10.15(a)(ii) have not been satisfied if the Borrower is entitled, under applicable Law, to rely on any applicable forms and statements required to be provided under this SectionΒ 10.15 by the Foreign Lender that does not act or has ceased to act for its own account under any of the Loan Documents.
(iv) The Administrative Agent may deduct and withhold any taxes required by any Laws to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents.
(b) Each Lender and Agent that is a βUnited States personβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 7701(a)(30) of the Code (each, a βU.S. Lenderβ) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower two duly signed, properly completed copies of IRS Form W-9, or any successor thereto, certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax (i)Β on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii)Β on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete, (iii)Β after the occurrence of a change in the Lenderβs circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (iv)Β from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. If such U.S. Lender fails to deliver such forms, then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to such U.S. Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable backup withholding tax imposed by the Code.
SECTIONΒ 10.16. GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX SITTING IN NEW
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XXXX XXXX XX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
SECTIONΒ 10.17. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 10.17 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
SECTIONΒ 10.18. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and Holdings and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer that each such Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders except as permitted by SectionΒ 7.04.
SECTIONΒ 10.19. Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the βJudgment Currencyβ) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the βAgreement Currencyβ), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum
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originally due to the Administrative Agent from any Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).
SECTIONΒ 10.20. Lender Action. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents or the Secured Hedge Agreements (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any bankerβs lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this SectionΒ 10.20 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.
SECTIONΒ 10.21. USA PATRIOT Act. Each 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 the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTIONΒ 10.22. Agent for Service of Process. The Borrower agrees that promptly following request by the Administrative Agent it shall cause each Material Foreign Subsidiary or for whose account a Letter of Credit is issued to appoint and maintain an agent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to receive service of process in New York City on behalf of such Material Foreign Subsidiary.
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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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PTS ACQUISITION CORP. as Borrower, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |
PTS INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC as Holdings, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |
The undersigned, as the successor by merger to PTS Acquisition Corp., on the Closing Date, hereby assumes and agrees to pay and perform all of the Obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents. | ||
CARDINAL HEALTH 409, INC. | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and as a Lender, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Vice President, |
XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as a Lender, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Authorized Signatory |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer and a Lender, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Senior Vice President |
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a Lender, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Duly Authorized Signatory |
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Vice President |
Β | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Vice President |
BEAR XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC., as a Lender, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Vice President |
CapitalSource Finance LLC, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Name: |
Β | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
Title: |
Β | Authorized Signatory |
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