SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of August 23, 2022 among ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC. and ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V. as Borrowers, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Administrative Agent and The Other Lenders Party...
Exhibit 10.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
Dated as of August 23, 2022
among
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC. and
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
as Borrowers,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Administrative Agent
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto,
and
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Joint Lead Arrangers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SCHEDULES
1.01Existing Letters of Credit
2.01Commitments/Applicable Percentages
5.05Material Indebtedness and Other Liabilities
5.06Litigation
5.09Environmental Matters
5.12ERISA
5.13Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments
5.17Tax Identification Numbers
5.18Intellectual Property Matters
5.19Perfection of Security Interest
5.21Bank Accounts
7.01Existing Liens
7.03Existing Indebtedness
7.07Transactions with Affiliates
7.08Burdensome Agreements
10.02Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
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EXHIBITS
A-1Domestic Loan Notice
A-2Foreign Loan Notice
CCompliance Certificate
EAssignment and Assumption Agreement
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is dated as of August 23, 2022 among ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under Dutch law, having its seat (statutaire zetel) in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, and registered with the Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister) under number 24365775 (“Allied B.V.” and together with the Company, the “Borrowers” and, each a “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers.
BACKGROUND
A.The Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders previously entered into a First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 12, 2020, as amended pursuant to a First Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 6, 2020, a Consent and Second Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 12, 2021, a Third Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 17, 2021, a Fourth Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 27, 2022 and a Fifth Amendment to First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 12, 2022, which itself amended and restated a Credit Agreement dated as of October 28, 2016 among the same parties as amended pursuant to a First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 28, 2017 and a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2018 (as so amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).
B.The Existing Credit Agreement provides for a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $240,000,000.
C.The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders amend and restate such revolving credit facility with a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $280,000,000 and the Lenders are agreeable to providing such an amended and restated revolving credit facility to the Borrowers, such facility to be on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
X.Xx is the intention and desire of the parties hereto that the loans and other obligations of the Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement shall hereafter be evidenced by this Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“1000212261 Ontario” means 1000212261 Ontario Inc., a Canadian numbered corporation.
“ABR” or “Alternate Base Rate” means for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect plus 0.5% or (iii) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period (taking into account any Floor) in effect on such day, plus 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively.
“ABR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the ABR. All ABR Loans shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be made available only to the Company.
“Adjusted EURIBOR Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the EURIBOR Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (i) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (ii) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided, that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for purposes of this agreement.
“Administrative Agent” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Company and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Advance Funding Arrangements” means any arrangements requested by the Company and acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion for the delivery of funds by Xxxxxxx to or for the account of the Administrative Agent for safekeeping pending their delivery by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers on the Closing Date to fund Loans of such Lenders on such date.
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified, except that a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be an Affiliate of the Company.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the sum of the Commitments of all the Lenders, as in effect from time to time. Commencing on the Closing Date, the Aggregate Commitment is equal to $280,000,000 or the Alternative Currency Equivalent thereof.
“Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.19.
“Airex” means Airex, LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company.
“Alio” means Alio Industries, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company.
“Allied AB” means Allied Motion Stockholm AB, a Swedish corporation.
“Allied B.V.” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Allied Corp.” means Allied Motion Control Corporation, a Colorado corporation.
“Alternative Currency” means CAD, Euro, Krona or any other currency (other than Dollars) approved in accordance with Section 1.11 of this Agreement.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Valuation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Applicable Foreign Loan Party Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 5.23(a).
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Commitments represented by such Xxxxxx’s Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligations of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Rate” means from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
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Level | Leverage Ratio | Applicable Margin Spread over Adjusted Term SOFR, Eurocurrency Rate or CDOR Rate | Applicable Margin over ABR | Letter of Credit Fee | Unused Fee: Revolver |
I | <1.25x | 1.00% | 0% | 1.00% | 0.10% |
II | ≥1.25x but <1.75x | 1.25% | 0.25% | 1.25% | 0.125% |
III | ≥1.75x but <2.25x | 1.375% | 0.375% | 1.375% | 0.15% |
IV | ≥2.25 but <2.75x | 1.50% | 0.50% | 1.50% | 0.175% |
V | >2.75x but <3.25x | 1.625% | 0.625% | 1.625% | 0.20% |
VI | >3.25 but <4.00 | 1.75% | 0.75% | 1.75% | 0.225% |
VII | >4.00 | 2.25% | 1.25% | 2.25% | 0.275% |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level VI shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered, and shall apply until the date which is five Business Days after the Compliance Certificate is delivered, whereupon the applicable Pricing Level shall be determined based on the Leverage Ratio set forth in such Compliance Certificate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 or 6.02(a) is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether (i) this Agreement is in effect, (ii) any Commitments are in effect, or (iii) any Credit Extension is outstanding when such inaccuracy is discovered or such financial statement or Compliance Certificate was delivered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Rate for any period (an “Effected Period”) than the Applicable Rate applied for such Effected Period, then (A) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Effected Period, (B) the Applicable Rate for such Effected Period shall be determined as if the Leverage Ratio in the corrected Compliance Certificate were applicable for such Effected Period, and (C) the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Effected Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and
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Lenders with respect to any of their rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations.
“Applicable Reference Rate” means (a) with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the applicable Eurocurrency Rate, (b) with respect to SOFR Loans, the Term SOFR Rate and (c) with respect to CDOR Loans, the CDOR Rate, which Applicable Reference Rate shall be the relevant Benchmark for calculating interest on Loans denominated in a particular currency.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“ASC” means an accounting standards codification promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of
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doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.13.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, and (b) the date that the Commitment is terminated pursuant to Section 8.02.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers in respect to any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU, as amended or re-enacted, establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time.
“Bank Product Obligations” means every obligation of the Company and its Subsidiaries under and in respect of any (a) Swap Contract with any Hedge Bank to which the Company or such Subsidiary is a party or which the Company or such Subsidiary has guaranteed and (b) one or more of the following types of services or facilities extended to the Company or such Subsidiary (or which the Company or such Subsidiary has guaranteed) by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate thereof: (i) credit and purchase cards, (ii) Cash Management Services, and (iii) electronic business-to-business payment arrangements (and any corresponding float financing on accounts payable related thereto).
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization of liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in the furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Applicable Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to any such Benchmark or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.13.
“Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(a)in the case of a replacement of the Term SOFR Reference Rate only, the sum of (i) Daily Simple SOFR plus (ii) 0.10% (10 basis points) for Dollars; or
(b)the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving
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or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less than the Floor, then such rate will be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to then-current Benchmark:
(a)in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b)in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness, will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a)a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
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thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof)
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.13 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.13.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. Sec. 1010.230, as amended.
“Benefit Plan” or “Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, including any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in section 3(1) of ERISA), any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), and any plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee pension benefit plan, and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such Plan were terminated, would under Section
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4062 or Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA”.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” each has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of a SOFR Loan, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a CDOR Loan, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.02.
“Breakage Fee” means, in the event that (i) any payment of a SOFR Loan, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a CDOR Loan is required, made or permitted on a date other than the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto (including upon demand by any applicable Lender), (ii) the conversion of any SOFR Loan, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a CDOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (iii) the failure to convert, continue, borrow or prepay any SOFR Loan, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a CDOR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any such event, an amount equal to any loss, cost and expense attributable to such event, including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or redeployment of funds. A certificate of a Lender delivered to the Borrower and setting forth any amount or amounts that the applicable Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this paragraph shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Business Day” means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) and (c) below, any day excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any day in which banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or governmental action to close, (b) with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Euro, any day which is a Business Day described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in U.S. dollar deposits in Brussels, Belgium, and (c) with respect to advances or payments of Loans or other matters relating to Loans denominated in Alternative Currency, such day shall be a day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant Alternative Currency are carried on in the relevant interbank market.
“CAD” means lawful currency of Canada.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Management Services” means (a) any services provided from time to time by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate thereof (even if such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender) to the Company or any Subsidiary (or guaranteed
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by the Company or any Subsidiary) in connection with operating, collections, payroll, trust, or other depository or disbursement accounts, including automatic clearinghouse, controlled disbursement, depository, electronic funds transfer, information reporting, lockbox, stop payment, overdraft and/or wire transfer services and (b) corporate credit cards issued any Lender for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Casualty Event” means, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking of, such property for which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds, or proceeds of a condemnation award or other compensation.
“CDOR Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “CDOR Lending Office” (or if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“CDOR Loan” means any Loan on which Interest is calculated based on the CDOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
“CDOR Rate” means, for each day in any period, the annual rate of interest that is the rate based on an average rate applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances for a term equal to the term of the relevant Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time), on such date, or if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided that if such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page on such date as contemplated, then the CDOR Rate on such date shall be the rate that would be applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances quoted by the Administrative Agent as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) two Business Days prior to the relevant date or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
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“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any Law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or any foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Closing Date” means August 23, 2022.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Collateral” means all of the property, rights and interests of the Loan Parties that are or are intended to be subject to the Liens created by the Security Documents.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to (a) make Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01, and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name on Schedule 2.01 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.
“Commitment Percentage” means, with respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto as such Lender’s percentage of the Aggregate Commitments.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Company Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2016, from the Company to the Administrative Agent.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Conforming Changes” - means with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest
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Period” or any similar or analogous definition, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.13 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Consideration” means, in connection with an acquisition or disposition, the aggregate consideration paid, including borrowed funds, cash, the issuance of securities or notes, the assumption or incurring of liabilities (direct or contingent) valued in accordance with GAAP, the payment of consulting fees to prior owners of an acquired business (except to the extent constituting reasonable compensation for services rendered) or fees for a covenant not to compete and any other consideration paid for the acquisition or disposition; excluding, however, the payment of any fees to any investment banker or the assumption of any trade payables and short term accruals in the ordinary course of business in connection with such acquisition or disposition.
“Consolidated” or “Consolidated Basis” means, when used with reference to financial statement items of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any other Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with the consolidation principles of GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any Reference Period and without duplication, (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (b) to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income and without duplication (i) income taxes expensed during such period by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) Interest Expenses during such period, (iii) depreciation, amortization and other Non-Cash Charges accrued for such period, (iv) non-cash losses from any Casualty Event, Disposition or discontinued operation during such period, and (v) stock compensation expense, minus (c) to the extent such items were added in calculating Consolidated Net Income (i) Extraordinary Gains during such period, (ii) gains from any Casualty Event, Disposition or discontinued operation during such period, (iii) interest income, royalty payments and other income during such period, (iv) Federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, and (v) all non-cash income items for such period; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, for purposes of computing any pro-forma calculation required by this Agreement, the term “Consolidated EBITDA” shall be computed, on a consistent basis, to reflect purchases and acquisitions, whether a Permitted Acquisition or otherwise, and sales of assets of the Company or a Subsidiary constituting a business line or division, by the Company or a Subsidiary during the Reference Period as if they had occurred at the beginning of such Reference Period, and Xxxxxxxxx, during the twelve (12) month period following the date of any purchases and acquisitions, may include in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA the necessary portion of the adjusted historical results attributable to the assets, businesses or entities acquired in acquisitions that were achieved prior to the applicable date of the acquisition for such time period as is necessary for Borrowers to have
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figures for a full Reference Period from the date of determination with respect to such acquired entities.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means as of any date of determination, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or a similar caption) on a Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and all Subsidiaries at such date.
“Contractual Obligation” 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.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Xxxxxx’s Loans and Commitment Percentage of L/C Obligations.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
“CRR” means the Council Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debtor Relief Laws” 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.
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“Default” 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.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the ABR plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to ABR Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event, (e) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that in the cases of clauses (d) and (e), a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender, or (f) with respect to any Lender that is a Foreign Lender, has failed, within ten (10) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or the Company acting in good faith, to provide certification of such Foreign Lender’s compliance with the requirements of FATCA, provided however such Foreign Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (f) upon the Administrative Agent’s or Company’s receipt of such certification. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (f) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Company, L/C Issuer and each Lender.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent such country or territory is, or its government is, the subject of Sanctions which, as of the Closing Date, includes
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the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetske People’s Republic or Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.
“Discharge Date” means the date on which the Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid in full and all Letters of Credit terminated or Cash Collateralized, except for contingent obligations under the Loan Documents which by their terms survive.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) 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.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Valuation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Domestic Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule 2.01 hereto or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it became a Lender, as the case may be, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Domestic Loan Party” means a Loan Party that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.
“Domestic Loan Party Obligations” means Obligations of the Domestic Loan Parties.
“Domestic Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereto.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.
“Dordrecht” means Allied Motion Dordrecht B.V. (formerly known as Precision Motor Technology B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under Dutch law, having its seat (statutaire zetel) in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, its registered office at Xxxxx 000, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, and registered with the Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister) under number 23086029.
“Dutch Loan Party” means a Loan Party which is incorporated or established in The Netherlands.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of a Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in any EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this
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definition, or (c) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.06(b)(iv), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)).
“Eligible Contract Participant” means, in respect of any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a (47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, each Subsidiary that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such swap was entered into or such other Subsidiary as constitutes an eligible contract participant under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Emoteq” means Emoteq Corporation, a Colorado corporation.
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act of 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including, but not limited to, those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems or other Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests),
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and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980, and as otherwise amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan, including the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to make minimum required contributions (within the meaning of Section 4.12(a)(2)(A) of the Code); (b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.12); (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate; (g) the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or failure by a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (h) any failure by any Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Pension Plan, whether or not waived or the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (i) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; or (j) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in "at risk" status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 9.19(a).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 9.19(e).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person) from time to time.
“EURIBOR Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, with respect to any Loan denominated in Euro and for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal
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places as the EURIBOR Screen Rate) determined by Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between (a) the EURIBOR Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the EURIBOR Screen Rate is available for Euro) that is shorter than the Impacted EURIBOR Rate Interest Period and (b) the EURIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the EURIBOR Screen Rate is available for Euro) that exceeds the Impacted EURIBOR Rate Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that, if any EURIBOR Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“EURIBOR Rate” means, with respect to any Loan denominated in Euro and for any Interest Period, the EURIBOR Screen Rate; provided that, if the EURIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted EURIBOR Rate Interest Period”) with respect to Euro then the EURIBOR Rate shall be the EURIBOR Interpolated Rate.
“EURIBOR Screen Rate” means, for any day and time, with respect to any Loan denominated in Euro and for any Interest Period, the Euro Interbank Offered Rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Reuters as of 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. If such page or service ceases to be available, Administrative Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with Borrowers. If the EURIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, the EURIBOR Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Loan (a) denominated in Alternative Currency (other than Euro and Krona) for the Interest Period therefore, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, as necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of one percent (0.01%)) equal to the relevant rate at which the relevant Alternative Currency is offered by leading banks, (b) denominated in Euro, the rate per annum equal to the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate and (c) denominated in Krona, the rate per annum equal to SIOR calculated and published each Business Day in Sweden, provided, however, if the rate of Interest in (a), (b) or (c) is less than zero percent (0%), such rate shall be deemed to be zero percent (0%).
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligations under a Swap Contract entered into by the Company whose obligations are being guaranteed if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, such Obligation is or becomes
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illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation thereof) (a) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an Eligible Contract Participant at the time the Guaranty becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Contract, or (b) in the case of a Swap Contract subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), at the time the Guaranty becomes or would become effective with respect to such related Swap Contract. If an Obligation guarantied arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Contract that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(d) and (e) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, “Excluded Taxes” shall not include any withholding tax imposed at any time on payments made by or on behalf of Allied B.V. to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document; provided that such Lender shall have complied with Section 3.01(e).
“Executive Order No. 13224” means the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been or shall hereafter be, amended, renewed, extended or replaced.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means any Letters of Credit under the Existing Credit Agreement which is outstanding on the Closing Date, as further described on Schedule 1.01.
“Existing LIBOR Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(d).
“Extraordinary Gains” means, with respect to any period, any Extraordinary Gains, as defined under GAAP.
“Facility Office” means the office through which such Lender will perform its obligations hereunder.
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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations (whether temporary or proposed) that are issued thereunder, or official governmental interpretations thereof.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (based on a year of 365 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” as of the date of this Agreement; provided, if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced.
“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated of even date herewith among the Borrowers and HSBC Bank.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate or the CDOR Rate. For the avoidance of doubt the initial Floor for Adjusted Term SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate or the CDOR Rate, as applicable, shall be 0.00%.
“Foreign Guarantors” means, collectively, Allied B.V., Dordrecht, Heidrive, Allied AB, Globe Lda and 1000212261 Ontario.
“Foreign Lender” means, with respect to any Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of the L/C Issuer). For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit (a) issued for the benefit of Allied B.V. or (b) denominated in Alternative Currency.
“Foreign Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Foreign Loan Party” means a Loan Party that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Foreign Loan Party Obligations” means Obligations of each Foreign Loan Party.
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“Foreign Sublimit” means, initially, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Aggregate Commitments or the Alternative Currency Equivalent thereof, as may be adjusted from time to time at the discretion of the Lenders, upon request of the Borrowers.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funded Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, relating to (i) the borrowing of money or the obtaining of credit, including the issuance of notes or bonds, (ii) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligations or any Capital Lease Obligations, and (iii) the maximum drawing amount of all letters of credit outstanding, plus (b) Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of another Person guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries minus unrestricted domestic cash (consisting of xxxxx cash and cash on deposit in United States based bank accounts) and cash equivalents (each as defined under GAAP).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the Accounting Standards Codification promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied, except for the purposes of the books and records of the Foreign Loan Parties only, “GAAP” means the IFRS or generally accepted accounting principles applicable in The Netherlands or Canada. The financial statements of the Foreign Loan Parties to be delivered under Section 6.01 must be presented under the foregoing described generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the United States.
“Globe Inc.” means Globe Motors, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Globe Lda.” means Allied Motion Portugal, Lda.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Governmental Official” means any governmental official or employee, employee of any government-owned or government-controlled entity, political party, any official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization or anyone else acting in an official capacity.
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“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g).
“Guaranty” means, as to any Person, any (a) obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) 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 obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guaranty 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 Guaranty 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 “Guaranty” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means, collectively, the US Guarantors and the Foreign Guarantors and each other Person which guaranties the Obligations.
“Guarantor Security Agreement” means each security agreement and each pledge agreement from a Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders to secure the Obligations.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other 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 Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that is or was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time it entered into a Swap Contract with a Borrower.
“Heidrive” means Heidrive GmbH, a German limited liability company.
“HSBC Bank” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association.
“ICC” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h) of this Agreement.
“ICC Rule” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h) of this Agreement.
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“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements delivered under to referred to herein.
“Impacted EURIBOR Rate Interest Period” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “EURIBOR Rate” set forth in this Section 1.01.
“Indebtedness” 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:
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall 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, unless such Indebtedness is made non-recourse to such Person. 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 any Capital Lease Obligation or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(b).
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“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” means each Trademark Agreement and Patent Agreement.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company ending on the date of determination (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended to (b) Interest Expense for such period.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, for the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP), of the following: (a) all interest in respect of Indebtedness accrued or paid during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period), plus (b) the net amounts paid (or minus the net amounts received) in respect of interest rate Swap Contracts during such period, excluding reimbursement of legal fees and other similar transaction costs and excluding payments required by reason of the early termination of interest rate Swap Contracts, plus (c) all fees, including letter of credit fees and expenses, (but excluding reimbursement of legal fees), plus (d) the amortization of financing costs in connection with Indebtedness.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a ABR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a SOFR Loan, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or CDOR Loan that 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) as to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September, and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means as to any Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter, as specified in the applicable Loan Notice; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period, (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date, and (iv) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.13 shall be available for specification in such Loan Notice. For purposes hereof, the date of a Loan initially shall be the date on which such Loan is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Loan.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guaranty or assumption of debt 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 and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guaranties Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any
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Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.18.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h) of this Agreement.
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Company or Allied B.V. or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means collectively, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and any successor to any of the foregoing, in its capacities as a lead arranger.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.19.
“Kinetic” means Kinetic Machine Development, LLC, a New York limited liability company.
“Krona” means the lawful currency of Sweden.
“Laws” 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, in each case having the force of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars or Alternative Currency depending on the currency in which the applicable Letter of Credit was denominated.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Loan.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means HSBC Bank in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be
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drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.08. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto, and shall include any Affiliate of a Lender that makes any Loan hereunder.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Xxxxxx’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent, which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.
“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or Alternative Currency.
“Letter of Credit Application” 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 L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five days prior to the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means $10,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
“Leverage Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10(b).
“Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Funded Indebtedness (which shall include the L/C Obligations) of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period ended on such date.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest 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 financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate cash on hand of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, plus (b) the aggregate cash equivalents (as defined under GAAP) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, plus (c) the amount of any unused Aggregate Commitments.
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“Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, as the same may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.06. The initial maximum amount of each Lender’s Loan Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Loan Commitment, as applicable.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee Letter, each Guaranty by a Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent, each of the Security Documents or any other document designated as a “Loan Document” by the Administrative Agent and the Company.
“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Loans which are Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(c), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 in the case of the Company or Exhibit A-2 in the case of Allied B.V. or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent) appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Company, Allied B.V. and each Guarantor, or individually a “Loan Party”.
“Loan Party Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) continuations of Loans which are SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans or CDOR Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(c), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 in the case of the Company or Exhibit A-2 in the case of Allied B.V. or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent) appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower
“Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon, or material impairment of, the legality, validity, binding effect, enforceability or rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders against any Loan Party under any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Material Acquisition” means any Permitted Acquisition (whether by direct purchase, merger or otherwise, and whether in one or more related transaction) by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in which the total Consideration for such acquisition exceeds $15,000,000.
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“Material Rental Obligation” means the obligation of the Loan Parties to pay rent under any one or more operating leases with respect to any real or personal property that is material to the business of such Loan Party.
“Maturity Date” means, February 12, 2025; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“MPC” means Motor Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has an obligation to contribute.
“Non-Cash Charges” means, with respect to any calculation of Consolidated Net Income for any period, all non-cash charges related to incentive stock compensation, all non-cash extraordinary losses and charges deducted in such calculation, as determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding inventory and account receiveable write-downs and charge-offs), including, without limitation, non-cash recognition of unrealized declines in the market value of marketable securities recorded in accordance with ASC No. 320, non-cash asset impairment charges recorded in accordance with ASC No. 350 and ASC No. 360, and non-cash restructuring charges.
“Non-Material Covenant Subsidiary” means a Non-Material Subsidiary that, as of the date of determination, (a) has been a Subsidiary for at least ninety (90) days, (b) is not a Loan Party, and (c) with respect to which no Loan Party Notice has been delivered by the Company within the past ninety (90) days.
“Non-Material Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company that has, as of the date of determination, assets equal to less than ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Total Assets of the Company based on the quarterly financial statements of the Company most recently delivered to the Lenders.
“Note” means any note delivered to a Lender pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Agreement.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit or any Bank Product Obligations or the enforcement of collection thereof, 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 of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Loan Party as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided that Obligations of a Loan Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Loan Party.
“Organizational Documents” means: (a) 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) with respect to any limited liability company, the
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certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; (c) 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; and (d) with respect to each Dutch Loan Party, an up to date extract from the Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister), its deed of incorporation, its articles of association and an up to date copy of its shareholders register.
“Ormec” means Ormec Systems Corp., a New York corporation.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means: (i) with respect to Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrowers of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the greater of (i) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternate Currency, in the 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 HSBC Bank in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to EMU.
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“Patent Agreement” means any grant of security interest in patents, made by any Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent, or any of its predecessors, including, without limitation that certain Patent Collateral Assignment and Security Agreements, dated as of October 28, 2016, from the Company, Globe Inc. and Stature to the Administrative Agent, the Patent and Trademark Security Agreement dated January 15, 2019 from TCI to the Administrative Agent and the Patent and Trademark Security Agreement dated January 29, 2022 from Spectrum to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning specified in Section 9.19(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Pension Plan” means any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA and 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or if such Plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA or any other Plan with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or may incur liability, including contingent liability, under Title IV of ERISA, to such plan or to PBGC.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02 of this Agreement.
“Permitted Lien” means a Lien permitted under Section 7.01 of this Agreement.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity, body, organization or group.
“Plan” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Benefit Plan”.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02 of this Agreement.
“Pledge Agreements” means the pledge agreements, between a Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which any Loan Party pledges any stock, other equity interests or intercompany notes held by it, including, without limitation those certain Pledge Agreements, dated as of October 28, 2016, by the Company and Allied B.V. to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, replaced or assigned from time to time.
“Pre-Change Lease Accounting” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03(b) of this Agreement.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest publicly announced by HSBC Bank from time to time as its Prime Rate and is a base rate for calculating interest on certain loans. Any change in the Prime Rate due to a change in any of the foregoing shall take effect at the opening of business
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on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. The Prime Rate may or may not be the most favorable rate charged by HSBC Bank to its customers.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the US Department of Labor, as such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02 of this Agreement.
“QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.25 of this Agreement.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Domestic Loan Party that is an Eligible Contract Participant and can cause another Person to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant.
“Rate Determination Date” means two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then “Rate Determination Date” means such other day as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).
“Recipient” means, as applicable (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender, (c) the L/C Issuer or (d) any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.
“Reference Period” means, as of any date of determination, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company and its Subsidiaries ending on such date, or if such date is not a fiscal quarter end date, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended (in each case treated as a single accounting period).
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c) of this Agreement.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Loan, or conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice, and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, two or more Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the Commitments of each Lender to make
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Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, two or more Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Outstanding Amounts (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Outstanding Amount held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Resolution Authority” means any body which has authority to execute any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
“Responsible Officer” means, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary or Controller of a Loan Party and with respect to each Foreign Loan Party, any of its managing directors (statutaire bestuurders) or any other representative designated in writing by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party. Subject to the foregoing, any document delivered pursuant to any Loan Document that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary, corporate, partnership or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Loan Party or any 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, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Company’s or any other Loan Party’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of, or other equity interest in, any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of, or other equity interest in, any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption purchase, retirement, defeasance (including economic or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to any intercompany Indebtedness owing by the Company or any Subsidiary, and (v) any payment made to any Affiliates of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of management, consulting or other similar services provided to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, “Restricted Payment” shall not shall not include any payment for the purchase or redemption of shares of stock of the Company held by (a) any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if the sole purpose of such payment is provide funds for the payment of taxes with respect to shares of the Company held by such employee, and (b) any employee stock ownership plan or trust if the sole purpose of such payment is to provide funds for payments by such plan or trust of payments that are required to be made to employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Reuters Screen CDOR Page” means the display designated as “Reuters Screen CDOR Page” by Xxxxxxxx Reuters, in its capacity as administrator for the CDOR Rate, or such other service as may be named as a replacement page for rates for Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptance.
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“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Sanction(s)” means, any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority.
“Security Documents” means collectively, the Guaranties of the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Pledge Agreements, the Company Security Agreement, the Guarantor Security Agreements, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, any assignments of intercompany Indebtedness and all other security agreements, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and any other instruments or documents required by the Administrative Agent to be executed or delivered hereunder to secure the Obligations.
“SIOR” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan in Krona and for any applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Stockholm interbank offered rate administered by the Swedish Bankers’ Association (or any other person that takes over the administration of that rate) for deposits in Krona with a term equivalent to such Interest Period as displayed on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on such Reuters page, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the quotation day for such Interest Period.
“SOFR” means with respect to any day the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.
“SOFR Administrator” - means The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Lending Office” - means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “SOFR Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule 2.01 hereto or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“SOFR Loan” means any Loan on which interest is calculated based on Adjusted Term SOFR plus the applicable margin set forth in the definition of Applicable Rate (other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of “ABR”).
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that, at fair valuations, (a) the sum of such Person’s assets is greater than (x) all of such Person’s consolidated liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) and (y) the amount
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required to pay such liabilities as they become absolute, matured or otherwise become due in the normal course of business, (b) such Person has the ability to pay its debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) as they become absolute, matured or otherwise become due in the normal course of business and (c) such Person does not have an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business. 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.
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g) of this Agreement.
“Specified Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is not then an Eligible Contract Participant (determined prior to giving effect to Section 10.21 of this Agreement).
“Spectrum” means Spectrum Controls, Inc., a Washington corporation.
“Spot Rate” means the spot rate of exchange that appears on the Reuters World Currency Page applicable to such currency (or such other page that may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the spot rate of exchange) for the purchase of such currency with another currency at approximately 10:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that if there shall at any time no longer exist such a page on such service, the Spot Rate shall be determined by reference to another similar rate publishing service reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent.
“Stature” means Stature Electric, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank, monetary authority, the FRB, the FCA, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the European Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in the applicable currency, expressed in the case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D. Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable Law, including Regulation D. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.
“Subsidiary” 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 “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or
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Subsidiaries of the Company or other Loan Party, as applicable. For purposes of this Agreement, a Subsidiary of the Company or other Loan Party, as applicable, shall be deemed a “Subsidiary” on the date of formation and shall cease to be deemed a “Subsidiary” on the date of merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” 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) 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) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Synthetic Lease” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination thereof, all obligations of such Person in respect of transactions entered into by such Person that are intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds but are not otherwise included in the definition of “Indebtedness” or as a liability on the Consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“TCI” means TCI LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company.
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“Term SOFR” means (a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and (b) for any calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “ABR Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any ABR Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such ABR SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Adjustment” - means, for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan or the SOFR prong of an ABR Loan, a percentage per annum as set forth below for the applicable Type of such Loan (if applicable) and Interest Period therefor:
FOR SOFR PRONG OF ABR LOANS:
ABR Loans: | 0.10% (10 basis points) |
FOR SOFR LOANS:
Interest Period | Percentage |
One Month | 0.10% (10 basis points) |
Three Month | 0.15% (15 basis points) |
Six Month | 0.25% (25 basis points) |
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” – means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
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“Thingap” means ThinGap, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Threshold Amount” means $2,000,000.
“Trademark Agreement” means any grant of security interest in trademarks, made by any Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent, or any of its predecessors, including, without limitation that certain Trademark Collateral Security and Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2016 from the Company and Globe Inc. to the Administrative Agent, the Patent and Trademark Security Agreement dated as of January 15, 2019 from TCI to the Administrative Agent and the Patent and Trademark Security Agreement dated as of January 29, 2022 from Spectrum to the Administrative Agent as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Transtar” means Transtar International, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company.
“Twinsburg” means Allied Motion, Twinsburg, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a ABR Loan, a SOFR Loan, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a CDOR Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York.
“UCP” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h) of this Agreement.
“UCP 500” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h) of this Agreement.
“UCP 600” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h) of this Agreement.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” - means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i) of this Agreement.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“US Guarantors” means collectively, Allied Corp., Emoteq, MPC, Stature, Globe Inc., TCI, Twinsburg, Spectrum, Ormec, Kinetic, Alio, Thingap, Transtar and Airex.
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“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Valuation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine or the Required Lenders shall reasonably require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“Voting Stock” of any Person means, at any time, the capital stock of such Person that is at the time, entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company all of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of every class of which is owned by the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, and which has outstanding no options, warrants, rights or other securities entitling the holder thereof (other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to acquire shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Subsidiary.
“Write-down and Conversion Powers” means relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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(i)any action required to comply with the Dutch Works Council Act (Wet op de ondernemingsraden); and
(ii)obtaining unconditional positive advice (advies) from each competent works council;
(i)declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard);
(ii)dissolved (ontbonden);
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(a)The Company may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Lender; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.
(b)Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the L/C Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of any such request; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuer thereof. Each Lender or the L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
(c)Any failure by a Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency and the Administrative Agent and such Lenders reasonably determine that an appropriate interest rate is available to be used for such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and (i) the Administrative Agent and such Lenders may amend the definition of Eurocurrency to the extent necessary to add the applicable Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and (ii) to the extent the definition of Eurocurrency Rate reflects the appropriate interest rate for such currency or has been amended to reflect the appropriate rate for such currency, such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and (A) the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may amend the definition of Eurocurrency Rate to the extent necessary to add the applicable Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and (B) to the extent the definition of Eurocurrency Rate reflects the appropriate interest rate for such currency or has been amended to reflect the appropriate rate for such currency, such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all
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purposes to be an Alternative Currency, for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.11, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Company.
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(i)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company or Allied B.V. and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (w) the Outstanding Amounts shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (x) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of any Lender, shall not exceed such Xxxxxx’s Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of all Foreign Loans plus Foreign Letters of Credit shall not exceed the Foreign Sublimit, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by a Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrowers that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrowers 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.
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(ii)The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A)subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B)the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless the L/C Issuer and all the Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii)The L/C Issuer shall not be under any 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 the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense and which the L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C)such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Alternative Currency;
(D)such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder;
(E)any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements satisfactory to the L/C Issuer with the Borrowers and/or such Impacted Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Defaulting Lender; or
(F)the L/C Issuer does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency.
(iv)The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v)The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend or extend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of
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Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment or extension to such Letter of Credit.
(vi)The L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(i)Each Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Company or Allied B.V. delivered to the 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 applicable Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment or date of extension, as the case may be. 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 satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. 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 satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, applicable Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii)Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the 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 Company or Allied B.V. and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company or Allied B.V., as applicable or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit,
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each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii)If the Company or Allied B.V. so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving 30-days’ prior notice to the beneficiary thereof (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Company or Allied B.V., as applicable, that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(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 L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company or Allied B.V. and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(i)Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) the L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the applicable Borrower shall have notified the L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the applicable Borrower will reimburse the L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the L/C Issuer shall notify the applicable Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the applicable Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an
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amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the applicable Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Loan of ABR 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 Section 2.02 for the principal amount of ABR Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 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 Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount 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 Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer in Dollars.
(iii)With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Loan of ABR Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an 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 Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 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 Section 2.03.
(iv)Until each Lender funds its Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Xxxxxx’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v)Each Lender’s obligation to make Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Company, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s
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obligation to make Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Company of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi)If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the 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 the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(i)At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Company or Allied B.V. or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii)If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage 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 applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
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(i)any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii)the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Company or Allied B.V. 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 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)waiver by the L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for the L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrowers or any waiver by the L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrowers;
(v)honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(vi)any payment made by the L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCP or the ISP, as applicable;
(vii)any payment by the 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 so long as the L/C Issuer has not acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct; or any payment made by the 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;
(viii)any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to Allied B.V. or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(ix)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.
The Company or Allied B.V. shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the applicable Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Company or Allied B.V. will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrowers shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
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(i)Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (A) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount thereof.
(ii)In addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies any Borrower at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the applicable Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
(iii)Sections 2.04 and 8.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.04 and Section 8.02(c), “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.
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Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at HSBC Bank.
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(i)If on any date the Credit Exposures of the Lenders exceed the Aggregate Commitments, or the Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeds such Lender’s
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Commitment, or the total L/C Obligations exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, then in each case the applicable Borrower shall, upon request made by the Administrative Agent, prepay on such date the principal amount of the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess or, in the case where total L/C Obligations exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount in cash equal to such excess to be held as security for the reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers in respect of Letters of Credit pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the L/C Issuer.
(ii)If the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Assigned Dollar Value of the outstanding amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit to and for the account of Allied B.V. at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the Foreign Sublimit then in effect, then, within two (2) Business Days after Company’s receipt of such notice, the Company shall prepay or cause prepayment of Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such outstanding amount as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Foreign Sublimit then in effect.
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(ii)If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by any Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii)Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the applicable Borrowers shall pay interest on the principal amount of their outstanding respective Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv)Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
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(i)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans or CDOR Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of ABR Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Xxxxxx’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of ABR Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by such Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Company with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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(i)if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii)the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations to any assignee or participant, other than to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
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now owned or hereafter acquired, (i) all personal property of each Domestic Loan Party, (ii) all Equity Interests of all Domestic Subsidiaries of each Loan Party and all Equity Interests of each first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of each Domestic Loan Party; provided that, the Company shall not be required to pledge its Equity Interests in Allied Motion Canada Inc., Globe Inc. shall not be required to pledge its Equity Interests in Globe Motors de Mexico SA de CV, no Loan Party shall be required to pledge its Equity Interests in a Non-Material Subsidiary, and with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries, such equity pledge shall be limited to 65% of the capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary to the extent the pledge secures Domestic Loan Party Obligations and a pledge of any greater percentage would result in material adverse tax consequences to any Loan Party (for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the equity pledge of the Foreign Subsidiary secures Foreign Loan Party Obligations, such limitation shall not apply) and all proceeds and products of the property and assets described in (i) and (ii) above. In the event that Allied B.V. is no longer a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Domestic Loan Party, then the Administrative Agent shall immediately terminate its security interest in the Equity Interests of Allied B.V. and deliver any certificates evidencing such Equity Interests to the Company for delivery to the Person owning the same.
(a)Benchmark Replacement. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
(ii) No Swap Contract shall be deemed to be a “Loan Document” for purposes of this Section 2.13.
(b)Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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(c)Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of (i) the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower of (x) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.13(d) and (y) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.13(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.13(c).
(d)Unavailability of Tenor Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate or the CDOR Rate, as applicable) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Xxxxxxxxx has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(e)Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrowers’ receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a SOFR Loan, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a CDOR Loan, as applicable, or, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans or CDOR Loans, as applicable, to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Loan of or conversion to ABR Loans. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.
(f)Rates. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 2.13 provides
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a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, SIOR or the CDOR Rate, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, SIOR or the CDOR Rate or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, SIOR or the CDOR Rate, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain ABR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, the Eurocurrency Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, SIOR or the CDOR Rate, or any other Benchmark including any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
(a) Any payment of principal, interest or fees delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) shall, for so long as such Defaulting Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, be held by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and directed by all parties hereto to hold such funds in escrow and apply such funds as follows:
(i)First, if applicable, to any payments due to the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c) of this Agreement or the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as Administrative Agent under Article IX of this Agreement; and
(ii)Second, to Loans required to be made by such Defaulting Lender on any borrowing date to the extent such Defaulting Lender fails to make such Loans; and
(iii) Third, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent as a result of any judgment of a court of
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competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent against such defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement;
(iv)Fourth, to the payment of any amount due to the Borrowers under Section 2.10(b) of this Agreement; and
(v)Fifth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Advances in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate shares and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans, and L/C Advances, owed to all Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans or L/C Advances owed to such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded L/C Obligations are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owned by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the termination of the Commitments and the payment and performance of all of the Indebtedness and other obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement (other than those owing to a Defaulting Lender), any funds then held in escrow by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be distributed to each Defaulting Lender, pro rata in proportion to amounts that would be due to each Defaulting Lender but for the fact that it is a Defaulting Lender.
(c)If the Company, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer agree in writing that a Lender should no longer be deemed a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, take such actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held on a pro rata basis by Lenders in accordance with their Commitments, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the applicable Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Xxxxxx’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
(b)The Company may, at any time by three (3) Business Days prior written notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent state the Company’s desire to reduce the
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Aggregate Commitments to any amount which is not less than the aggregate of the then outstanding principal amount of Loans and the face amount of outstanding undrawn Letters of Credit, if any. Any reductions of the Aggregate Commitments shall not be reinstated at any future date (except in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05) and any partial reduction shall be in the amount of $2,500,000 and in incremental multiples of $500,000 thereafter. Two (2) Business Days after receipt of such reduction notice, the obligation of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder or purchase participations in Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder shall be limited to the Aggregate Commitments as reduced pursuant to said notice. Any such reduction of the Commitment shall be accompanied by payment of any applicable Breakage Fees.
(i)Any and all payments by or on account of any Obligation of the respective Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require any Borrower or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.
(ii)If any Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall
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withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by such Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(iii)If any Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount so withheld or deducted by it to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by such Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(i)Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in respect thereof within fifteen (15) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Each Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or the L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to a Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that such certificate contains a reasonably detailed statement of the amounts then payable and the calculations thereof.
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(ii)Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and the L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify on a several basis each Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within fifteen (15) days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for such Borrower or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against such Borrower or the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to such Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e). Each Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(i)Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 3.01(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that a Borrower is a U.S. Person,
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(A)any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B)any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2)executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of a Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable); or
(4)to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-2 or Exhibit M-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a
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U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C)any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Company or the Administrative Agent), executed copies (or originals, as required) of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D)if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Xxxxxx has complied with such Xxxxxx’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii)Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(iv)For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the effective date of this Agreement, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Loans as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).
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(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurocurrency Rate) or the L/C Issuer; or
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(ii)impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the applicable interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans or SOFR Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii)subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) on its loans, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(iv)If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Xxxxxx’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Xxxxxx’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity, and provided such Change in Law has or would have a similar effect on Lender as a consequence of other similarly situated credits of Lender), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(v)A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 3.04 shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
(vi)Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the applicable Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the applicable Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
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costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
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(a)any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a ABR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b)any failure by any 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 an ABR Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Company or the applicable Borrower; or
(c)any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency;
including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract. The applicable Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Borrowers to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the applicable Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan, CDOR Rate Loan made by it at the applicable CDOR Rate for such Loan or a SOFR Loan made by it at the applicable Adjusted Term SOFR for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, CDOR Loan or SOFR Loan, as applicable, was in fact so funded.
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(i)executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Company;
(ii)executed copies of each of the Security Documents or reaffirmations thereof, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Company;
(iii)resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may 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 or reaffirmations thereof to which such Loan Party is a party;
(iv)such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good standing to the extent applicable and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v)evidence that all insurance required to be maintained by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect;
(vi)with respect to each Dutch Loan Party, an up to date extract from the Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister), of its deed of incorporation, its articles of association and an up to date copy of its shareholders register;
(vii)an opinion of Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxx, XXXX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx counsel to the Loan Parties addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters concerning the Loan Parties and this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(viii)the results of Uniform Commercial Code searches and other evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that there are no Liens upon the Collateral, other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
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(ix)such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03, (i) for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section, 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 and (ii) in the event that Advance Funding Arrangements shall exist, the delivery by the Lender (x) of funds pursuant to such Advance Funding Arrangements (“Advance Funds”) and (y) its signature page to this Agreement shall constitute the request, consent and direction by such Lender to the Administrative Agent (unless expressly revoked by written notice from such Lender received by the Administrative Agent prior to the earlier to occur of funding or the Administrative Agent’s declaration that this Agreement is effective) to withdraw and release to the Borrowers on the Closing Date the applicable funds of such Lender to be applied to the funding of Loans by such
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Lender in accordance with Section 2.02 upon the Administrative Agent’s determination (made in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement) that it has received all items expressly required to be delivered to it under this Section 4.01.
Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by the Company shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
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Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
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accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.
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and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.
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the Loan Parties have no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 5.13. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Loan Parties described in Part (b) of Schedule 5.13 have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
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operation of their respective businesses infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. Set forth on Schedule 5.18 hereto is a complete list of all patents, trademarks and copyrights of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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entity, organization, foreign country or regime that is subject to any OFAC sanctions program, or (c) otherwise blocked, subject to sanctions under or engaged in any activity in violation of other United States economic sanctions, including but not limited to, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act (“CISADA”) or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, any OFAC sanctions program, or any economic sanctions regulations administered and enforced by the United States or any enabling legislation or executive order relating to any of the foregoing (collectively, “U.S. Economic Sanctions”) (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and government of a country described in clause (a), clause (b) or clause (c), a “Blocked Person”). Neither the Company nor any Person Controlled by the Company has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a state list of Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.
(ii)No part of the proceeds of the Loans constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Company or any Person Controlled by the Company, directly or indirectly, (a) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person, or (b) otherwise in violation of U.S. Economic Sanctions.
(iii)Neither the Company nor any Person Controlled by the Company (a) has been found in violation of, charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act), the USA PATRIOT Act or any other United States law or regulation governing such activities (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) or any U.S. Economic Sanctions violations, (b) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions violations, (c) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions, or (d) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Person Controlled by the Company is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Money Laundering Laws and U.S. Economic Sanctions.
(iv)(a)Neither the Company nor any Person Controlled by the Company (w) has been charged with, or convicted of bribery or any other anti-corruption related activity under any applicable law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. country or jurisdiction, including but not limited to, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”), (x) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, is under investigation by any U.S. or non-U.S. Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, (y) has been assessed civil or criminal penalties under any Anti-Corruption Laws or (z) has been or is the target of sanctions imposed by the United Nations or the European Union;
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(b)To the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, neither the Company nor any Person Controlled by the Company has, within the last five years, directly or indirectly offered, promised, given, paid or authorized the offer, promise, giving or payment of anything of value to a Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty for the purposes of: (x) influencing any act, decision or failure to act by such Governmental Official in his or her official capacity or such commercial counterparty, (y) inducing a Governmental Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of the Governmental Official’s lawful duty, or (z) inducing a Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty to use his or her influence with a government or instrumentality to affect any act or decision of such government or entity; in each case in order to obtain, retain or direct business or to otherwise secure an improper advantage in violation of any applicable law or regulation or which would cause any Lender to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such Lender; and
(c)No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage. The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Person Controlled by the Company is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
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So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrowers shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each Subsidiary to:
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Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information
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provided by or on behalf of such Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on DebtDomain or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to any of the Borrowers or their respective Affiliates, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. Each Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the applicable Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
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contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary; (b) lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; and (c) Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.
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material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
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So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Loan Parties shall not, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
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(i)Subject to subsection (ii) below, permit the Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth below:
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Quarter Ended | Ratio |
June 30, 2022 - December 31, 2022 | 4.0:1.0* |
March 31, 2023 - September 30, 2023** | 4.0:1.0 |
December 31, 2023 and thereafter | 3.5:1.0 |
* Subject to an additional 0.5x pursuant to current Leveage Increase effective until January 1, 2023.
** No Leverage Increase available during this period.
(ii) If no Default or Event of Default exists, the Company may elect, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, prior to closing a Material Acquisition or not more than thirty (30) days after closing a Material Acquisition, which election may not be exercised more than two (2) times during the term of this Agreement, to increase the maximum Leverage Ratio by 0.5x (a “Leverage Increase”) during the fiscal quarter in which such Material Acquisition took place and (A) for the next succeeding three (3) fiscal quarters or (B) if such Material Acquisition occurs within the last forty-five (45) days of any fiscal quarter, then for the next succeeding four (4) fiscal quarters.
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imposed by the United Nations or by the European Union, or (ii) directly or indirectly have any investment or engage in any dealing or transaction (including, without limitation, any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Loans) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (a) would cause any Lender to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such Lender, or (b) is prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions, or (iii) engage, or permit any Affiliate of either to engage, in any activity that could subject such Person or any Lender to sanctions under CISADA or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.
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provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law, 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 applicable 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. In the absence of such direction or consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall (but shall not be obligated to) take such action or refrain from taking such action with respect to an Event of Default as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer and solely to the extent permitted hereunder or pursuant to the other Loan Documents. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a direction by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall seek to enforce the Security Documents and to realize upon the Collateral in accordance with such direction; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to follow any direction by Required Lenders if Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such direction is in conflict with any provisions of any applicable law or any Security Document and the Administrative Agent shall not, under any circumstance be liable to any Lenders or the L/C Issuer for following the direction of the Required Lenders. At all times, if
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the Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the Required Lenders advises the Lenders that it wishes to proceed in good faith with respect to any enforcement action, each of the Lenders will cooperate in good faith with respect to such enforcement action and will not unreasonably delay the enforcement of the Security Documents.
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting (i) Bank Product Obligations (other than obligations under and in respect of lease financing or related services) and (ii) unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders, the Hedge Banks (and the other providers of Bank Product Obligations) in respect of Bank Product Obligations and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit;
Sixth, to all other Obligations; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Company or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(g), 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.
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(c)(i)Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to administer and enforce this Agreement on behalf of the Credit Parties, and the other Security Documents to which it is a party and to foreclose upon, collect and dispose of the Collateral and to apply the proceeds therefrom, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, as provided in this Agreement, and otherwise to perform its duties and obligations as the representative of the Credit Parties thereunder in accordance with the terms hereof. The Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party as Administrative Agent, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into any such Security Documents against the Administrative Agent, and its duties thereunder shall be administrative in nature only, whether or not a default has occurred and is continuing.
(ii)The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to the other Credit Parties for (A) the performance or observance by any Borrower or any of the Credit Parties (other than as to itself) of any of their respective agreements contained herein or therein, nor shall the Administrative Agent be liable because of the invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions of this Agreement (other than as to itself) or (B) the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder (except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence, or willful misconduct on the part of the Administrative Agent), the validity of the title to the Collateral, insuring the Collateral or the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable or responsible to the Lenders for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith, (y) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or (z) in the absence of its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as and to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(iii) In the event that the Administrative Agent is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion may cause the Administrative Agent to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Administrative Agent to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Administrative Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the Administrative Agent or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Except for such claims or actions arising directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable to any person or entity for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of
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the Administrative Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time after any foreclosure on the Collateral (or a transfer in lieu of foreclosure) upon the exercise of remedies in accordance with the Security Documents it is necessary or advisable to take possession, own, operate or manage any portion of the Collateral by any person or entity other than the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall appoint an appropriately qualified Person to possess, own, operate or manage such Collateral.
(iv)The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and related Security Documents are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession and the accounting for monies actually received by it, the Administrative Agent shall have no other duty as to the Collateral, whether or not the Administrative Agent or any of the other Lenders or L/C Issuer has or is deemed to have knowledge of any matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to the Collateral. The Administrative Agent xxxxxx agrees to exercise reasonable care in respect of the custody and preservation of the Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Administrative Agent accords its own property.
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The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition present set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by HSBC Bank as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer 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 and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.08 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 or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10.
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(a)Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or Guarantor, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i)such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
(ii)the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Xxxxxx’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii)(A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the
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requirements of subsection (a) of Part I or PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Xxxxxx’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv)such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or Guarantor, that:
(i)none of the Administrative Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto),
(ii)the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),
(iii)the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the Obligations),
(iv)the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions thereunder; and
(v)no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.
(c)The Administrative Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give
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advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
9.19Erroneous Payment. (a) If the Administrative Agent (x) notifies a Lender or L/C Issuer or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer (any such Lender, L/C Issuer or other recipient (and each of their respective successors and assigns), a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its reasonable discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender, L/C Issuer or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof) (provided, that, without limiting any other rights or remedies (whether at law or in equity), the Administrative Agent may not make any such demand under this clause (a) with respect to an Erroneous Payment unless such demand is made within five (5) Business Days of the date of receipt of such Erroneous Payment by the applicable Payment Recipient, such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 9.19 and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Lender or L/C Issuer shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at a rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b)Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender or L/C Issuer or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer (and each of their respective successors and assigns), agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment
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(whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Lender or L/C Issuer or other such Recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:
(i)it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and
(ii)such Lender or L/C Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one (1) Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.19(b).
For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.19(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s obligations pursuant to Section 9.19(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made.
(c)Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or Issuing Bank under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender or Issuing Bank under any Loan Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under immediately preceding clause (a).
(d) Reserved.
(e)The parties hereto agree that (x) irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer, to the rights and interests of such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be) under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”) and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Indebtedness owed by the Borrowers; provided that this Section 9.19 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Indebtedness of the Borrowers relative to the amount (and/or
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timing for payment) of the Indebtedness that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrowers for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.
(f)To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
(g)Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 9.19 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
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and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) 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 the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iii) Section 10.06(g) 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; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except (y) that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, and (z) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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(i)if to a Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and
(ii)if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient); provided that electronic confirmation of a successful transmission has been received by the sender. Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
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(i)Minimum Amounts.
(A)in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Xxxxxx’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B)in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000; provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met. Until the interpretation of the term “public” (as referred to in Article 4.1(1) of the CRR) has been published by the competent authority, the share of a Lender in any Loan requested by Allied B.V. and, consequently, the amount transferred by one Lender to another Lender in relation to a Loan to Allied B.V. should be at least EUR 5,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and as soon as the interpretation of the term “public” has been published by the competent authority, the Lender to which the assignment is made may not be considered to be part of the public on the basis of such interpretation.
(ii)Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Xxxxxx’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned.
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(iii)Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A)the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(B)the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C)the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
The Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to an assignment if the Company has not objected in writing to such assignment within twenty (20) Business Days after such amount is requested.
(iv)Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v)No Assignment to Company. No such assignment shall be made to any Loan Party or any of a Loan Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi)No Assignment to Natural Persons or Defaulting Lenders. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person or holding company, investment vehicle or a trust for the benefit of a natural person or a Defaulting Lender.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the 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 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 Lender’s 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, and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, each 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
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comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section.
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 to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; 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 Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
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entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11 as though it were a Lender.
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LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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(i)a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect to any such liability;
(ii)a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
(iii)a cancellation of any such liability; and
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“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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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.
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
Name: X.X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
lenders:
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender AND L/C Issuer
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as JOINT LEAD ARRANGER and as a LENDER
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as JOINT LEAD ARRANGER and as a LENDER
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as JOINT LEAD ARRANGER and AS a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Authoirzed Officer
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
Citizens Bank, N.A., as a LENDER
By: /s/ X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS JOINT LEAD ARRANGER
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
[Signature Page to Allied Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement]
SCHEDULES
to the
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 23, 2022
among
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC. and
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
as Borrowers,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
and
The Other Lenders Party Hereto,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Joint Lead Arrangers
This document contains the Schedules (each individually a "Schedule" and collectively the "Schedules") referred to in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of August 23, 2022 by and among ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC., a Colorado corporation (the "Company"), ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under Dutch law, having its seat (statutaire zetel) in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, and registered with the Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister) under number 24365775 (“Allied B.V.” and together with the Company, the “Borrowers” and, each a “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer, and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
The Schedules are qualified in their entirety by reference to specific provisions of the Agreement, and are not intended to constitute, and shall not be construed as constituting, representations, warranties, covenants or other obligations of any Borrower or Guarantor except to the extent expressly provided in the Agreement. Matters reflected in the Schedules are not necessarily limited to matters required by the Agreement to be reflected in the Schedules. To the extent any such additional matters are included, they are included for informational purposes and do not necessarily include other matters of a similar nature. Headings and subheadings have been inserted herein for convenience of reference only and shall to no extent have the effect of amending or changing the express description hereof as set forth in the Agreement. Any matter set forth on a particular Schedule shall be deemed set forth on each other Schedule to the extent the applicability or relevance of such disclosure on such other Schedule is reasonably apparent.
Neither the specification of any dollar amount in the representations, warranties, or covenants contained in the Agreement nor the inclusion of any specific item in any Schedule is intended to imply that such amounts, higher or lower amounts, the items so included, or other items are or are not material or outside the ordinary course of business, and no party shall use the setting of such amounts or the fact of the inclusion of any such item in any Schedule in any dispute or controversy between the parties as to whether any obligation, item or matter is or is not material, or may constitute an event or condition which could be considered to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Subject to applicable Law, this information is disclosed in confidence for the purposes contemplated in the Agreement and is subject to the confidentiality provisions of any other agreements entered into by the parties. Moreover, in disclosing the information in the Schedules, Borrowers and Guarantors expressly do not waive any attorney-client privilege associated with such information or any protection afforded by the work-product doctrine with respect to any of the matters disclosed or discussed herein.
Schedule 1.01 – Existing Letters of Credit
None.
Schedule 2.01 – Commitments/Applicable Percentages
Schedule 5.05 – Material Indebtedness and Other Liabilities
1. | Borrowers and Guarantors have incurred Indebtedness and granted Liens under the Loan Documents. |
2. | Post-closing payments to the shareholders of Spectrum Control permitted by the terms of Section 7.03. |
3. | Any Indebtedness between a Borrower or any Subsidiary and another Borrower or Subsidiary . |
4. | Any lease with respect to real property that is considered a finance lease or a capital lease under GAAP. |
Schedule 5.06 – Litigation
None.
Schedule 5.09 – Environmental Matters
None.
Schedule 5.12 – ERISA
The Company's subsidiary Motor Products Corporation sponsors a defined benefit pension plan, the Motor Products - Owosso Corporation UAW Local 743 Pension Plan (the "Motor Products Pension Plan"). As of December 31, 2021 the projected benefit obligation under the Motor Products Pension Plan exceeded the fair market value of the plan's assets by approximately $2,056,521.
Schedule 5.13 – Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments
Name | Percentage Equity | Record Owner |
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Emoteq Corporation | 100% | Allied Motion Control Corporation |
Allied Motion Control Corporation | 100% | |
Motor Products Corporation | 100% | Allied Motion Control Corporation |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | 100% | |
Östergrens Elmotor GmbH 1 | 100% | Allied Motion Stockholm AB |
Allied Motion Ferndown Limited | 100% | Allied Motion Stockholm AB |
Allied Motion Stockholm AB | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies B.V. |
Allied Motion Technologies B.V. | 100% | |
Allied Motion Changzhou Motor Company Ltd | 100% | Allied Motion Asia Holdings Limited |
Allied Motion Changzhou Trading Company Ltd | 100% | Allied Motion Asia Holdings Limited |
Allied Motion Asia Holdings Limited | 100% | Allied Motion Dordrecht B.V. |
Allied Motion Dordrecht B.V. | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies B.V. |
Globe Motors de Mexico, SA de C.V. | 99.98% | Globe Motors, Inc. |
Globe Motors de Mexico, SA de C.V. | .02% | Allied Motion Control Corporation 2 |
Allied Motion Portugal, Lda. | 99.99% | Allied Motion Technologies B.V. |
Allied Motion Portugal, Lda. | .01% | Allied Motion Control Corporation |
Stature Electric, Inc. | 100% | |
Globe Motors Inc. | 100% | |
Heidrive GmbH | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies B.V. |
Heidrive s.r.o. | 100% | Heidrive GmbH |
PASOTEC GmbH | 100% | Heidrive GmbH |
Allied Motion Twinsburg, LLC | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
TCI, LLC | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
Allied Motion Christchurch Limited | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
Dynamic Controls | 100% | Allied Motion Christchurch Limited |
1 This entity is in the process of being dissolved.
2 This equity is in the process of being transferred to Emoteq Corporation
Name | Percentage Equity | Record Owner |
Dynamic Europe Limited | 1% | Allied Motion Christchurch Limited |
Dynamic Europe Limited | 99% | Dynamic Controls |
Dynamic Suzhou Holdings New Zealand | 100% | Dynamic Controls |
Dynamic Connect (Suzhou) Hi- Tech Electronics Co. Ltd. | 100% | Dynamic Suzhou Holdings New Zealand |
Ormec Systems Corp. | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
Kinetic Machine Development LLC | 100% | Ormec Systems Corp. |
Alio Industries LLC | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
Alio GmbH | 100% | Alio Industries LLC |
Spectrum Controls Inc. | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
ThinGap Inc. | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
1000212261 Ontario Inc. | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
FPH Group Inc. | 100% of voting shares* | 1000212261 Ontario Inc. |
Transtar International, LLC | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
Airex, LLC | 100% | Allied Motion Technologies Inc. |
*Certain non-voting, “exchangeable” shares are held by Gilmour Holdings Inc. and 2565221 Ontario Inc.
Schedule 5.17 – Tax Identification Numbers
Company and Domestic Subsidiaries
Entity | U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | 00-0000000 |
Allied Motion Control Corporation | 00-0000000 |
Emoteq Corporation | 00-0000000 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | 00-0000000 |
Motor Products Corporation | 00-0000000 |
Stature Electric, Inc. | 00-0000000 |
Allied Motion Twinsburg, LLC | 00-0000000 |
TCI, LLC | 00-0000000 |
Ormec Systems Corp. | 00-0000000 |
Kinetic Machine Development LLC | |
Alio Industries LLC | 00-0000000 |
Spectrum Controls Inc. | 00-0000000 |
ThinGap Inc. | 00-0000000 |
Transtar International, LLC | 00-0000000 |
Airex, LLC | 00-0000000 |
Foreign Borrower and Foreign Subsidiaries
Entity | Jurisdiction | Unique Identification Number |
---|---|---|
Allied Motion Asia Holdings Limited | Hong Kong | 6F1 – 59179860 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | Canada | 819615667 |
Allied Motion Changzhou Motor Company Ltd. | People's Republic of China | 320400750007981 |
Allied Motion Changzhou Trading Company Ltd. | People's Republic of China | 320400689199223 |
Allied Motion Ferndown Limited | United Kingdom | 06257100 |
Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Sweden | 556292-1212 |
Allied Motion Technologies B.V. | Netherlands | 24365775 |
Globe Motors Mexico S.A. de C.V. | Mexico | GMM0010099V7 |
Allied Motion Portugal, Lda. | Portugal | 505422760 |
Entity | Jurisdiction | Unique Identification Number |
---|---|---|
Östergrens Elmotor GmbH 3 | Germans | 244/134/30069 |
Allied Motion Dordrecht B.V. | Netherlands | 23086029 |
Heidrive GmbH | Germany | HRB 14183 |
Heidrive s.r.o. | Czech Republic | C 19619 |
PASOTEC GmbH | Germany | HRB 14480 |
Allied Motion Christchurch Limited | New Zealand | 9429047968943 |
Dynamic Controls | New Zealand | 9429031868730 |
Dynamic Europe Limited | United Kingdom | 02385287 |
Dynamic Suzhou Holdings New Zealand | People's Republic of China | 000-000-000 |
Dynamic Connect (Suzhou) Hi- Tech Electronics Co. Ltd. | People's Republic of China | 9132059477246370X9 |
Alio GmbH | Germany | D2601V_HRB200860 |
1000212261 Ontario Inc. | Canada | 725024103 |
FPH Group Inc. | Canada | 88801 3331 RC0004 |
3 This entity is in the process of being dissolved.
Schedule 5.18 – Intellectual Property Matters
Set forth on below is a complete list of all patents, trademarks and copyrights of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries. In addition, certain of the Loan Parties have unregistered trademarks (including logos) and unregistered copyrights used in the ordinary course of business.
Trademarks
Owner | Trademark | Jurisdiction | Status | Registration No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | ALLIED MOTION | United States | Registered | 3,230,122 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | ALLIED MOTION (and design) | United States | Registered | 3,133,416 |
Allied Motion Twinsburg, LLC | RACKZILLA | United States | Registered | 3,675,433 |
Allied Motion Twinsburg, LLC | Shield Design | United States | Registered | 4,418,902 |
Allied Motion Twinsburg, LLC | WICKED BILT | United States | Registered | 4,214,452 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | ELECTROWIND | Canada | Registered | TMA526,397 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | ELECTROWIND | Europe | Registered | 596,411 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | ELECTROWIND | Mexico | Registered | 569,263 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | ELECTROWIND | United States | Registered | 2,220,026 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | EW and Design | Canada | Registered | TMA558,884 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | EW and Design | Europe | Registered | 1,049,089 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | EW and Design | Mexico | Registered | 611,811 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | EW and Design | United States | Registered | 2,169,353 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | GLOBE POW-R STEER | United States | Registered | 3,479,718 |
Globe Motors, Inc. | POW-R STEER | United States | Pending | 88/159,817 |
Heidrive GmbH | HEIDRIVE | China | Registered | 1178910 |
Owner | Trademark | Jurisdiction | Status | Registration No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heidrive GmbH | HEIDRIVE | Europe | Registered | 001219252 |
Heidrive GmbH | HEIDRIVE | Norway | Registered | 1178910 |
Heidrive GmbH | HEIDRIVE | Switzerland | Registered | 1178910 |
Heidrive GmbH | HEIMOTION | China | Registered | 1029996 |
Heidrive GmbH | HEIMOTION | Europe | Registered | 1029996 |
Heidrive GmbH | HEIMOTION | Germany | Registered | 302008046282 |
Heidrive GmbH | HEIMOTION | United States | Registered | 4,004,450 |
Heidrive GmbH | HIEDRIVE | United States | Registered | 4,634,721 |
TCI, LLC | EZ-RIDE | United States | Registered | 2,422,486 |
TCI, LLC | HARMONICGUARD | United States | Registered | 1,777,035 |
TCI, LLC | HG7 and Design | United States | Registered | 3,823,748 |
TCI, LLC | HGP | United States | Registered | 5,848,456 |
TCI, LLC | MOTORGUARD | United States | Registered | 3,895,950 |
TCI, LLC | PQCONNECT | United States | Registered | 5,927,693 |
TCI, LLC | SUSPENSION CONNECTION | United States | Registered | 4,998,200 |
TCI, LLC | TCI and Design | China | Pending | 29227681 |
TCI, LLC | TCI and Design | United States | Registered | 3,812,811 |
TCI, LLC | TUFF COUNTRY | United States | Registered | 4,983,300 |
TCI, LLC | V1K | United States | Registered | 5,315,926 |
TCI, LLC | V1K and Design | United States | Registered | 3,823,747 |
Ormec Systems Corp. | ORION | United States | Registered | 2,065,675 |
Ormec Systems Corp. | ORMEC | United States | Registered | 1,960,107 |
Ormec Systems Corp. | SERVOWARE | United States | Registered | 2,533,002 |
Ormec Systems Corp. | ULTRADRIVE | United States | Registered | 2,448,509 |
Ormec Systems Corp. | MOTIONBASIC and Design | United States | Registered | 1,621,012 |
Alio Industries LLC | TRUE NANO | United States | Registered | 3,886,860 |
Owner | Trademark | Jurisdiction | Status | Registration No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alio Industries LLC | TRUE NANO POSITIONING | United States | Registered | 3,990,433 |
Alio Industries LLC | 6-D NANO PRECISION | United States | Registered | 4,018,313 |
Alio Industries LLC | HYBRID HEXAPOD | United States | Registered | 4,396,243 |
Alio Industries LLC | POINT PRECISION | United States | Registered | 4,387,617 |
Alio Industries LLC | 6-D POINT PRECISION | United States | Registered | 4,387,618 |
Spectrum Controls Inc. | SC and Design | United States | Registered | 1,852,271 |
Spectrum Controls Inc. | CONNECTS | United States | Registered | 3,352,403 |
Spectrum Controls Inc. | WEBPORT | United States | Registered | 3,083,907 |
Spectrum Controls Inc. | SOI | United States | Registered | 1,748,238 |
Patents
Owner | Title | Jurisdiction | Status | Patent No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Method for deriving an absolute multiturn rotational angle of rotating shaft, and a device therefor | Sweden | Issued | 538475 |
Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Method for deriving an absolute multiturn rotational angle of rotating shaft, and a device therefore | United States | Pending | 15/300,036 |
Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Steering wheel sensor unit comprising a ring magnet | International (PCT) | Pending | PCT/SE2018/050699 |
Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Steering wheel sensor unit comprising a ring magnet | Sweden | Issued | 541620 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | Method and apparatus for sensing load current in a motor controller | United States | Issued | 5,874,818 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | System and method for attenuating noise associated with a back electromotive force signal in a motor | United States | Issued | 7,256,564 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | System and method for commutating a motor | United States | Issued | 7,288,911 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | System and method for commutating a motor using back electromotive force signals | United States | Issued | 7,477,034 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | System and method for evaluating back electromotive force in a motor | United States | Issued | 7,279,860 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | System and method for sensor less magnetic field control of a motor | United States | Issued | 7,116,070 |
Allied Motion Canada Inc. | System and method for starting and operating a motor | United States | Issued | 7,592,761 |
Owner | Title | Jurisdiction | Status | Patent No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Electrical connector and method of assembling same | Canada | Issued | 2879132 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Electrical connector and method of assembling same | China | Granted | 104737385 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Electrical connector and method of assembling same | Europe | Pending | 13817324.0 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Electrical connector and method of assembling same | United States | Issued | 8,888,509 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Flexible winding for an electric motor and method of producing | Europe (CH, XX.XX) | Issued | 2697891 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Flexible winding for an electric motor and method of producing | Japan | Issued | 0000000 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Flexible winding for an electric motor and method of producing | United States | Issued | 10,498,183 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Stator winding for a slotless motor | Canada | Issued | 2645,192 |
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. | Stator winding for a slotless motor | United States | Issued | 7,915,779 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Concealed electrical door operator | United States | Issued | 8,261,491 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Concealed electrical door operator | United States | Issued | 10,221,609 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Concealed electrical door operator | United States | Pending | 16/211,023 |
Owner | Title | Jurisdiction | Status | Patent No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Globe Motors Inc. | Dual function holding device operable under a system power loss condition | United States | Issued | 7,828,132 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Electrical door operator | United States | Issued | 8,844,200 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Frameless electric motor assembly | Europe (AT, CH, DE, GB) | Issued | 2410635 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Frameless electric motor assembly | United States | Issued | 8,410,643 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Machine for winding dynamo-electric stators | Mexico | Issued | 237504 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Machine for winding dynamo-electric stators | United States | Issued | 6,616,082 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Machine for winding dynamo-electric stators | United States | Issued | 6,745,973 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Manual override for steering actuator | Europe (AT, CH, DE,GB) | Issued | 2896559 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Manual override for steering actuator | United States | Pending | 9,403,589 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method and apparatus for powder coating stator stacks | United States | Issued | 7,981,465 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method and apparatus for winding field coils for dynamo-electric machines | United States | Issued | 7,419,116 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method and apparatus for winding field coils for dynamo-electric machines | United States | Issued | 7,325,764 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method of controlling an automatic door system | United States | Issued | 8,405,337 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method of positioning a sensor within a motor assembly | Brazil | Pending | 1120140191972 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method of positioning a sensor within a motor assembly | Europe (AT, CH, DE, GB) | Issued | 2837085 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method of positioning a sensor within a motor assembly | Japan | Issued | 0000000 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Method of positioning a sensor within a motor assembly | United States | Issued | 9,190,888 |
Owner | Title | Jurisdiction | Status | Patent No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Globe Motors Inc. | Multi-track sense magnet with reduced cross-talk | United States | Issued | 7,573,259 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Parallel wound stator | United States | Issued | 8,653,711 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Retention structure for heat generating component | United States | Issued | 8,702,052 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Rotary actuator housing | Europe | Issued | 864459-0001 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Rotary actuator housing | Japan | Issued | 0000000 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Rotary actuator housing | Mexico | Issued | 27728 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Rotary actuator housing | United States | Issued | D571,290 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Rotor including anti-rotation feature for multi-pole structure | Europe (AT, CH, DE, GB) | Issued | 2826134 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Rotor including anti-rotation feature for multi-pole structure | Europe (AT, CH, DE, GB) | Japan | 0000000 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Rotor including anti-rotation feature for multi-pole structure | United States | Issued | 9,190,878 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Seat storage actuator | United States | Issued | 7,494,184 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Seat storage actuator | United States | Issued | 7,600,801 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Sense magnet assembly including multiple annular portions with alternating magnetic poles | United States | Issued | 8,089,271 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Steering system torque sensor | United States | Issued | 7,412,906 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Tool including winding spindle for winding and forming field coils | United States | Issued | 5,732,900 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Tool including winding spindle for winding and forming field coils | United States | Issued | 5,860,615 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Trolling motor | United States | Pending | 16/102,826 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Winding machine including actuated collet | United States | Issued | 7,191,974 |
Owner | Title | Jurisdiction | Status | Patent No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Globe Motors Inc. | Winding tool for forming wire coils in a stator stack including radially movable forming members | United States | Issued | 6,695,244 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Wire winding clamp | United States | Issued | 6,206,319 |
Globe Motors Inc. | Wound stator with insulation system | United States | Pending | 15/139,393 |
Heidrive GmbH | Kit for producing servomotor systems | Europe | Pending | 18178888.6 |
Heidrive GmbH | Servomotor and method for mounting a servomotor | Germany | Pending | 102014115016.3 |
Östergrens Elmotor AB | Control device for articulated vehicles | Sweden | Issued | 535141 |
TCI, LLC | Bobbin wound electrical reactor assembly | International (PCT) | Pending | PCT/US2018/060631 |
TCI, LLC | Bobbin wound electrical reactor assembly | United States | Pending | 16/188,526 |
TCI, LLC | Paralleling of active filters with independent controls | Canada | Pending | 2838384 |
TCI, LLC | Paralleling of active filters with independent controls | Mexico | Issued | 344849 |
TCI, LLC | Paralleling of active filters with independent controls | United States | Issued | 9,099,916 |
TCI, LLC | Paralleling of active filters with independent controls | United States | Issued | 9,444,253 |
TCI, LLC | Paralleling of active filters with independent controls | United States | Issued | 9,577,429 |
TCI, LLC | Paralleling of active filters with independent controls | United States | Issued | 9,812,862 |
TCI, LLC | Paralleling of active filters with independent controls | United States | Issued | 9,893,522 |
TCI, LLC | Passive harmonic filter power quality monitor and communications device | Canada | Pending | TBD |
TCI, LLC | Passive harmonic filter power quality monitor and communications device | United States | Pending | 16/134,593 |
TCI, LLC | Reconfigurable passive filter | Canada | Pending | 2865763 |
TCI, LLC | Reconfigurable passive filter | Mexico | Issued | 339175 |
TCI, LLC | Reconfigurable passive filter | United States | Issued | 9,257,894 |
Owner | Title | Jurisdiction | Status | Patent No. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alio Industries LLC | Precision Tripod Motion System with Six Degrees of Freedom | United States | Issued | 15/633,335 |
Alio Industries LLC | Precision Tripod Motion System with Six Degrees of Freedom | United States | Issued | US 9,694,455 B2 |
Alio Industries LLC | Airbrushing Linear Stage System | United States | Issued | US 8,174,154 B2 |
Spectrum Controls Inc. | Micro-controller with FSK modem | United States | Issued | US 8,290,030 |
ThinGap Inc. | BRUSHLESS MOTOR | United States | Issued | 6,873,085 |
ThinGap Inc. | METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN INDUCTIVE COIL | United States | Issued | 7,305,752 |
ThinGap Inc. | TURBO GENERATOR | United States | Issued | 8,174,141 |
ThinGap Inc. | ARMATURE WITH UNITARY COIL AND COMMUTATOR | United States | Issued | 6,958,564 |
ThinGap Inc. | METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN INDUCTIVE COIL | United States | Issued | 7,305,752 |
ThinGap Inc. | COMPOSITE STATOR FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL POWER CONVERSION | JP PCT | Issued | 6,346,172 |
ThinGap Inc. | COMPOSITE STATOR FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL POWER CONVERSION | CA PCT | Issued | 2,873,049 |
ThinGap Inc. | COMPOSITE STATOR FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL POWER CONVERSION | United States | Issued | 9,425,664 |
Copyrights
Owner | Copyright | Country | Status | Registration No. |
Globe Motors, Inc. | Gear pivot : camslide part no. 9852477AB | United States | Registered | VAu000707401 |
Schedule 5.19 – Perfection of Security Interest
1. | To the extent it has not already, the Administrative Agent must file UCC-1 Financing Statements in respect of each Domestic Loan Party in the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party was organized or formed. |
2. | In order to perfect its security interest in certain deposit accounts the Administrative Agent must, to the extent it as not already, enter into appropriate control agreements with the respective depositary banks, if any such bank is not HSBC Bank. |
Schedule 5.21 – Bank Accounts
Schedule 5.21 lists all banks and other financial institutions other than HSBC Bank USA, National Association at which each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries maintains deposits and/or other accounts, and such Schedule correctly identifies the name and address of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number.
Name and Address of Depository Bank | Name in Which Account is Held | Purpose of Account | Account Number |
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ABN-AMRO Bank N.V. PO Box 184, 3000BV Rotterdam, the Netherlands | Allied Motion Technologies B.V. | Intercompany payments | 240040961 |
ABN-AMRO Bank N.V. PO Box 184, 3000BV Rotterdam, the Netherlands | Allied Motion Technologies B.V. | Intercompany payments | 240575881 |
ABN-AMRO Bank N.V. PO Box 184, 3000BV Rotterdam, the Netherlands | Precision Motor Technology B.V | Receipts and disbursements | 242102611 |
ABN-AMRO Bank N.V. XX Xxx 000, 0000XX Xxxxxxxxx, the Netherlands | Precision Motor Technology B.V | Payments and payroll | 240041577 |
Swedbank 105 34 Stockholm Sweden | Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Receipts and disbursements | 8327-9, 23689529-8 |
Name and Address of Depository Bank | Name in Which Account is Held | Purpose of Account | Account Number |
---|---|---|---|
Swedbank 105 34 Stockholm Sweden | Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Receipts and disbursements | 8327-9, 37670232-0 |
Swedbank 105 34 Stockholm Sweden | Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Receipts and disbursements | 8327-9, 37024166-3 |
Swedbank 105 34 Stockholm Sweden | Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Payroll | 8327-9, 904617307-7 |
Swedbank 105 34 Stockholm Sweden | Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Savings | 8327-9, 914397216-5 |
Swedbank 105 34 Stockholm Sweden | Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Deposit account for Swedish customs | 8327-9, 934820265-7 |
Swedbank 105 34 Stockholm Sweden | Allied Motion Stockholm AB | Receipts and disbursements | 8327-9, 37081108-5 |
Danske Bank 75 King Xxxxxxx Street, EC4N 7DT London, U.K. | Allied Motion Ferndown Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 30128122004980 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Motor Company Ltd. | Disbursements | 543058210654 |
Name and Address of Depository Bank | Name in Which Account is Held | Purpose of Account | Account Number |
---|---|---|---|
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Motor Company Ltd. | Receipts | 000000000000 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Motor Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 504058219657 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Motor Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 10615101040233523 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Motor Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 10615114040013779 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Motor Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 10615114040014736 |
Name and Address of Depository Bank | Name in Which Account is Held | Purpose of Account | Account Number |
---|---|---|---|
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Motor Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 10615114040013787 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Trading Company Ltd. | Disbursements | 10615114040004943 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Trading Company Ltd. | Receipts | 10615114040004950 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Trading Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 10615101040215603 |
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Trading Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 10615138040002474 |
Name and Address of Depository Bank | Name in Which Account is Held | Purpose of Account | Account Number |
---|---|---|---|
Changzhou Xinbei Branch of Agricultural Bank of China 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Jiangsu Province | Allied Motion (Changzhou) Trading Company Ltd. | Receipts and disbursements | 10615138040002482 |
Commerzbank AG Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Heidrive GmbH | Checking | XX00000000000000000000 |
Commerzbank AG Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Heidrive GmbH | Checking | XX00000000000000000000 |
Kreissparkasse Kelheim Xxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Heidrive GmbH | Checking | XX00000000000000000000 |
Kreissparkasse Kelheim Xxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Heidrive GmbH | Checking | XX00000000000000000000 |
Commerzbank AG Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Heidrive GmbH | Checking | DE74750800030190152701CZK |
Kreissparkasse Kelheim Xxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Heidrive GmbH | Savings | DE96750515653404220026 |
Deutsche Bank XX Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Pasotech GmbH | Checking | XX00000000000000000000 |
Name and Address of Depository Bank | Name in Which Account is Held | Purpose of Account | Account Number |
---|---|---|---|
BANCO SANTANDER (MEXICO), S.A. Blvd. Morelos y Republica de Chile Col. Anzalduas Reynosa Tamaulipas Mexico | GLOBE MOTORS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. | Receipts and Disbursements | 00-0000000-0 |
BMO Xxxxxx Bank NA 770 N. Water St Milwaukee, WI | TCI, LLC | Receipts and Disbursements | 0047892064 |
MidFirst Bank Checking | Alio Industries LLC | Business Checking | 5023031875 |
First Citizens Bank Checking | Alio Industries LLC | Payroll | 009560202146 |
First Citizens Bank Checking | Alio Industries LLC | Receipts and disbursements | 009560204416 |
First Citizens Bank Checking | Alio Industries LLC | Receipts | 009560202162 |
First Citizens Bank Checking | Alio Industries LLC | Reserve act | 009560202154 |
M&T Bank | ORMEC Systems Corp | Receipts and disbursements | 7011653299 |
Name and Address of Depository Bank | Name in Which Account is Held | Purpose of Account | Account Number |
---|---|---|---|
Washington Trust Bank | Spectrum Controls Inc. | Receipts and disbursements | 1003940111 |
JPMorgan Chase Bank | ThinGap, Inc. | Savings Account | 000003806311859 |
JPMorgan Chase Bank | ThinGap, Inc. | Receipts and disbursements | 000000583829988 |
Cathay Bank | ThinGap, Inc. | Checking | 0034125230 |
Cathay Bank | ThinGap, Inc. | Savings Account | 0034124810 |
Cathay Bank | ThinGap, Inc. | Certificate of Deposit | 0000000000 |
SCOTIABANK - CDN | FPH Group | Receipts and disbursements | 67876 00464 18 |
Citizens | Transtar International LLC DBA FPH USA LLC | Checking | 0000000000 |
Kennebunk Savings Bank | Airex | Checking Account | 00000000 |
Kennebunk Savings Bank | Airex | Savings Account | 0000000 |
Schedule 7.01 – Existing Liens
Liens evidenced by the financing statements described below:
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.
Colorado
(1) | File Number:20172001953 (Original) |
File Date:January 9, 2017
Secured Party:Dell Financial Services, L.L.C.
Collateral: | All computer equipment, peripherals, and other equipment financed under the Master Lease Agreement between Lessee and Lessor, and all of Lessee’s interest in and to use any software and services financed under such agreement, and all substitutions, additions, accessions and replacements of any of the foregoing and the proceeds thereof together with all payments, insurance proceeds, credits or refunds due and to be become due and arising from any of the foregoing. |
(2) | File Number:20172004147 (Original) |
File Date:January 16, 2017
Secured Party:Dell Financial Services, L.L.C.
Collateral: | All computer equipment, peripherals, and other equipment leased under the Master Lease Agreement between Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (as assignee of Globe Motor’s obligations) (“Lessee”) and Lessor, and all substitutions, additions, accessions, and replacements of any of the foregoing and the proceeds thereof together with all rental or installment payments, insurance proceeds, other proceeds, and payments due and arising from any of the foregoing. |
Emoteq Corporation
Colorado
(1) | File Number:20182105292 (Original) |
File Date:November 30, 2018
Secured Party:Citibank, N.A., its branches, subsidiaries and affiliates
Collateral: | All right, title and interest of Emoteq Corporation (“Emoteq”) in and to all accounts and all other forms or obligations (“Accounts Receivable”) owing to Emoteq by FLIR Systems Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Account Debtor”), whether now existing or hereafter created, arising out of Emoteq’s sale and delivery of goods and services to Account Debtor, to the extent such Accounts Receivable are purchased by Secured Party under that certain Supplier Agreement between Secured Party and Emoteq, as |
such agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, and all collections thereon and proceeds thereof.
Globe Motors, Inc.
Delaware
(1) | File Number:20270332392 (Original) |
File Date:January 16, 2017
Secured Party:Dell Financial Services L.L.C.
Collateral: | All computer equipment, peripherals, and other equipment financed under and described in the Master Lease Agreement between Lessee and Lessor, and all of Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to use any software and services financed under and described in such agreement, and all substitutions, additions, accessions and replacements of any of the foregoing and the proceeds thereof together with all payments, insurance proceeds, credits or refunds due and to be become due and arising from any of the foregoing. |
(2) | File Number:20188018745 (Original) |
File Date:November 19, 2018
Secured Party:Citibank, N.A., its branches, subsidiaries and affiliates
Collateral: | All right, title and interest of Globe Motors, Inc. (“Supplier”) in and to all accounts and all other forms of obligations (“Accounts Receivable”) owing to Supplier by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxx, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Account Debtor”), whether now existing or hereafter created, arising out of Supplier’s sale and delivery of goods and services to Account Debtor, to the extent such Accounts Receivable are purchased by Secured Party under that certain Supplier Agreement between Secured Party and Supplier, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, and all collections thereon and proceeds thereof. |
(3) | File Number:20197192524 (Original) |
File Date:October 15, 2019
Secured Party:Xxxxxxxx Tractor Co., Inc.
Collateral: | Crown FC4525, SN: 9A204971; Crown SC5225, SN: 10081552. Proceeds of the collateral are also covered. |
TCI, LLC
Wisconsin
(1) | File Number:080010503615 (Original) |
File Date:July 25, 2008
Secured Party: | BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A., as Agent, and M&I Xxxxxxxx & Ilsley Bank, as Agent |
Collateral: | All assets of debtor 4 |
Dynamic Controls
Pledge of account number 000-000000-000 with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited to secure a $150,000 NZD credit card line (such credit cards being issued by ANZ Bank) and a local bank encashment of up to $1,000 NZD.
4 Note: The indebtedness with respect to this financing statement has been paid off. TCI is working to have this financing statement terminated.
Schedule 7.03 – Existing Indebtedness
Any lease with respect to real property that is considered a finance lease or a capital lease under GAAP.
Schedule 7.07 - Transaction with Affiliates
None.
Schedule 7.08 - Burdensome Agreements
None.
Schedule 10.02 - Administrative Agent's Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
If to the Company:
Allied Motion Technologies Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xx., Xxx. 0
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxx, PLLC
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: 716.416.7377
If to Allied B.V.:
Allied Motion Technologies X.X.,
Xxxxx 000, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Telephone: x00 (00) 000 0000
Facsimile: x00 (00) 000 0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to: Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (same address and contact info as above)
with a further copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxx, PLLC
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: 716.416.7377
Schedule 10.02 - Administrative Agent's Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
(Continued)
If to the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer:
HSBC Bank USA
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email:
Attention:
with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP
One Canalside
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
EXHIBIT A-1
DOMESTIC Loan Notice
The undersigned hereby certifies to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent under Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 23, 2022 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the undersigned, Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and Allied Motion Technologies B.V., the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Keybank National Association, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers, that:
The undersigned requests or has requested by telephone or facsimile notice a:
◻ Domestic Loan
(Check One)
[ ] new loan
[ ] conversion
[ ] continuation
of a
(Check One)
[ ] ABR Loan
[ ] SOFR Loan
to a or as a
(Check One)
[ ] ABR Loan
[ ] SOFR Loan
in the amount of $_____________ for an Interest Period of
(Check One if applicable)
[ ] one month.
[ ] three months.
[ ] six months.
The proposed loan/conversion/continuation is to be made on ____________, 20___ which is a Business Day.
The undersigned has made payments of principal of the Domestic Loans in the amount of $__________ since the date of the most recent Domestic Loan. The outstanding principal balance of the Domestic Loans is $_______.
WITNESS the signature of the undersigned authorized signatory of the Borrower this ____ day of _____________, 20___.
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
[Signature Page - Domestic Loan Notice]
EXHIBIT A-2
FOREIGN LOAN NOTICE
The undersigned hereby certifies to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent under Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 23, 2022 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the undersigned, Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and Allied Motion Technologies B.V., the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Keybank National Association, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers, that:
The undersigned requests or has requested by telephone or facsimile notice a:
◻ Eurocurrency Rate Loan
◻ CDOR Loan
(Check One)
[ ] new loan
[ ] conversion
[ ] continuation
in the amount of _____________ for an Interest Period, of
(Check One if applicable)
[ ] one month.
[ ] three months.
[ ] six months.
The proposed loan/conversion/continuation is to be made on ____________, 20___ which is a Business Day.
The undersigned has made payments of principal of the Foreign Loans in the amount of ______________ since the date of the most recent Foreign Loan. The outstanding principal balance of the Foreign Loans is ______________.
WITNESS the signature of the undersigned authorized signatory of the Borrower this ____ day of _____________, 20___.
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
By:
Name:
Title:
| | |
EXHIBIT C
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned hereby certifies to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Administrative Agent (“Agent”) and pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 23, 2022 (together with all amendments, restatements, and other modifications, if any, from time to time hereafter made thereto, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and Allied Motion Technologies B.V., the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Keybank National Association, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers, that:
1.Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
2.The Borrower and each Loan Party has complied with all the terms, covenants and conditions to be performed or observed by it contained in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents.
3.There exists no Default or Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect on the date hereof or, if applicable, after giving effect to the Loan made, continued or converted on the date hereof.
4.The representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement, in any Loan Document or in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished at any time thereunder are true, correct and complete in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the date hereof, except to the extent that any such representation and warranty relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation and warranty shall be true, correct and complete on and as of such earlier date).
5.There is no unsatisfied reimbursement obligation of an Loan Party in connection with any Letter of Credit.
0.Xx of the date hereof and for the period ending date set forth below, the computations, ratios and calculations set forth in this Certificate are true and correct:
Period Ending Date: _____________
§7.10(a)Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio
(1)Consolidated EBITDA for Reference Period = ________________
(2)Interest Expense for Reference Period = ________________
Actual Ratio of (1) to (2 = _____:1.0
Required: Not less than 3.0:1.0, as of the end of any fiscal quarter.
| | |
§7.10(b)Total Leverage Ratio
(1)Total Funded Indebtedness (which shall include
the L/C Obligations) of Company and
its Subsidiaries = ________________
(2)Consolidated EBITDA for Reference Period = ________________
Actual Ratio of (1) to (2) = _____:1.0
Required: Not greater than [_____], as of the end of any fiscal quarter.
[Signature Page Follows]
WITNESS the signature of a duly authorized officer of the Borrower on __________, 20__.
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
By:
Name:
Title:
[Signature Page - Compliance Certificate]
EXHIBIT E
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit and guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1.Assignor:______________________________
2.Assignee:______________________________
[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]5]
3.Borrowers:Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and Allied Motion Technologies B.V. (collectively, the “Borrower”)
4.Administrative Agent: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement (“Administrative Agent”)
5 Select as applicable.
0.Xxxxxx Agreement:Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 23, 2022 (together with all amendments, restatements, and other modifications, if any, from time to time hereafter made thereto, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, Hsbc Bank USA, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Keybank National Association, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers.
6. | Assigned Interest: |
Facility Assigned6 | Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders | Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned | Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans7 |
| $ | $ | % |
| $ | $ | % |
| $ | $ | % |
Effective Date: _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE AMOUNT TRANSFERRED BY ONE LENDER TO ANOTHER LENDER IN RELATION TO A LOAN/COMMITMENT TO ANY BORROWER IS AT LEAST EUR 5,000,000 (OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN ANOTHER CURRENCY) OR SUCH OTHER AMOUNT SPECIFIED FOR THIS PURPOSE UNDER OR FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DUTCH FINANCIAL SUPERVISION ACT (WET OP HET FINANCIEEL TOEZICHT) INCLUDING ANY REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT THERETO. OTHERWISE, INSERT A CONFIRMATION BY THE NEW LENDER WHO LENDS TO THE RELEVANT BORROWER THAT THE NEW LENDER IS A PROFESSIONAL MARKET PARTY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE FINANCIAL SUPERVISION ACT (WET OP HET FINANCIEEL TOEZICHT) INCLUDING ANY REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT THERETO.
The Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower, or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
6 Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g. “Commitment,” “Revolving Credit,” etc.)
7 Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:______________________________
Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:______________________________
Title:
[Consented to and]8 Accepted:
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Administrative Agent
By_________________________________
Title:
[Consented to:]9
[NAME OF RELEVANT PARTY]
By________________________________
Title:
8 To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
9 To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. L/C Issuer) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.