FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of August 30, 2013 among DS WATERS ENTERPRISES, INC., as Holdings, CRESTVIEW DS MERGER SUB II, INC. (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into DS WATERS OF AMERICA, INC.), as Borrower, THE LENDERS PARTY...
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
CONFIDENTIAL
Dated as of August 30, 2013
among
XX XXXXXX ENTERPRISES, INC.,
as Holdings,
CRESTVIEW DS MERGER SUB II, INC. (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into
XX XXXXXX OF AMERICA, INC.),
as Borrower,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC,
and
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS1,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
1 | “BMO Capital Markets” is the trade name of BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS | ||||||
Section 1.01 | Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02 | Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 1.03 | Terms Generally |
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Section 1.04 | Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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Section 1.05 | Effectuation of Transactions |
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ARTICLE II | ||||||
THE CREDITS | ||||||
Section 2.01 | Commitments |
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Section 2.02 | Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 2.03 | Requests for Borrowings |
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Section 2.04 | [Reserved] |
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Section 2.05 | [Reserved] |
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Section 2.06 | Funding of Borrowings |
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Section 2.07 | Interest Elections |
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Section 2.08 | [Reserved] |
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Section 2.09 | [Reserved] |
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Section 2.10 | Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.11 | Amortization of Term B Loans |
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Section 2.12 | Prepayment of Loans |
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Section 2.13 | Fees |
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Section 2.14 | Interest |
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Section 2.15 | Alternate Rate of Interest |
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Section 2.16 | Increased Costs |
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Section 2.17 | Break Funding Payments |
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Section 2.18 | Taxes |
68 | ||||
Section 2.19 | Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs |
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Section 2.20 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
73 | ||||
Section 2.21 | Incremental Commitments |
74 | ||||
Section 2.22 | [Reserved] |
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Section 2.23 | Defaulting Lenders |
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Section 2.24 | Illegality |
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ARTICLE III | ||||||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||||
Section 3.01 | Organization; Powers |
81 | ||||
Section 3.02 | Authorization; Enforceability |
81 | ||||
Section 3.03 | Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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Section 3.04 | Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 3.05 | Properties |
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Section 3.06 | Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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Section 3.07 | Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
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Section 3.08 | Investment Company Status |
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Section 3.09 | Taxes |
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Section 3.10 | ERISA |
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Section 3.11 | Disclosure |
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Section 3.12 | Subsidiaries |
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Section 3.13 | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. |
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Section 3.14 | Solvency |
85 | ||||
Section 3.15 | Senior Indebtedness |
85 | ||||
Section 3.16 | Federal Reserve Regulations |
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Section 3.17 | Use of Proceeds |
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Section 3.18 | No Conflict with Sanctions Laws |
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Section 3.19 | No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS |
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Section 4.01 | Closing Date |
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Section 4.02 | Each Credit Event |
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 5.01 | Financial Statements, Reports, etc. |
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Section 5.02 | Notice of Material Events |
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Section 5.03 | [Reserved] |
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Section 5.04 | Existence; Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.05 | Payment of Taxes |
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Section 5.06 | Insurance |
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Section 5.07 | Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections |
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Section 5.08 | Use of Proceeds |
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Section 5.09 | Compliance with Laws |
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Section 5.10 | Compliance with Environmental Laws |
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Section 5.11 | Further Assurances; Additional Security |
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Section 5.12 | Rating |
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Section 5.13 | [Reserved] |
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Section 5.14 | Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 5.15 | Certain Post-Closing Obligations |
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ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 6.01 | Indebtedness |
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Section 6.02 | Liens |
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Section 6.03 | Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
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Section 6.04 | Investments, Loans and Advances |
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Section 6.05 | Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions |
117 | ||||
Section 6.06 | Dividends and Distributions |
119 | ||||
Section 6.07 | Transactions with Affiliates |
122 | ||||
Section 6.08 | Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries |
125 | ||||
Section 6.09 | Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc. |
125 | ||||
Section 6.10 | Fiscal Year |
128 | ||||
Section 6.11 | Passive Holding Company |
128 | ||||
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 7.01 | Events of Default |
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ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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Section 8.01 | Appointment and Authorization of Agents |
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Section 8.02 | Rights as a Lender |
132 | ||||
Section 8.03 | Exculpatory Provisions |
132 | ||||
Section 8.04 | Reliance by Administrative Agent |
133 | ||||
Section 8.05 | Delegation of Duties |
134 | ||||
Section 8.06 | Indemnification of the Administrative Agent |
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Section 8.07 | Resignation of Administrative Agent |
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Section 8.08 | Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders |
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Section 8.09 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Irrevocable Authorization |
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Section 8.10 | Withholding Taxes |
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Section 8.11 | Binding Effect |
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Section 8.12 | Additional Secured Parties |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.01 | Notices |
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Section 9.02 | Waivers; Amendments |
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Section 9.03 | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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Section 9.04 | Successors and Assigns |
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Section 9.05 | Survival |
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Section 9.06 | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 9.07 | Severability |
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Section 9.08 | Right of Setoff |
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Section 9.09 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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Section 9.10 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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Section 9.11 | Headings |
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Section 9.12 | Confidentiality |
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Section 9.13 | USA Patriot Act |
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Section 9.14 | Judgment Currency |
157 | ||||
Section 9.15 | Release of Liens and Guarantees |
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Section 9.16 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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Section 9.17 | Interest Rate Limitation |
160 | ||||
Section 9.18 | Intercreditor Agreements |
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 1.01(A) | — | Certain U.S. Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule 1.01(B) | — | Mortgaged Properties | ||
Schedule 1.01(C) | — | Immaterial Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule 1.01(D) | — | Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Property | ||
Schedule 1.01(E) | — | Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule 2.01 | — | Commitments | ||
Schedule 3.04 | — | Financial Statements | ||
Schedule 3.06(a) | — | Litigation | ||
Schedule 3.12 | — | Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule 5.15 | — | Certain Post-Closing Obligations | ||
Schedule 6.01 | — | Existing Indebtedness | ||
Schedule 6.02(a) | — | Existing Liens | ||
Schedule 6.04 | — | Existing Investments | ||
Schedule 6.07 | — | Transactions with Affiliates | ||
Schedule 9.01 | — | Notices | ||
EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A | — | Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||
Exhibit B | — | Form of Perfection Certificate | ||
Exhibit C | — | Form of Solvency Certificate | ||
Exhibit D | — | EBITDA Adjustments Pursuant to the Sponsor Model | ||
Exhibit E | — | Form of First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement | ||
Exhibit F | — | Certain Subordination Terms | ||
Exhibit G | — | Form of Non-Bank Certificate | ||
Exhibit H | — | Form of Borrowing Request | ||
Exhibit I | — | Form of Interest Election Request | ||
Exhibit J | — | Form of Term Note | ||
Exhibit K | — | Form of Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance | ||
Exhibit L | — | Form of Mortgage | ||
Exhibit M | — | Form of Prepayment Notice |
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 30, 2013 (this “Agreement”), among XX XXXXXX ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CRESTVIEW DS MERGER SUB II, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub 2,” with references to the “Borrower” herein being to Merger Sub 2 prior to the Subsidiary Merger and to the Company following the Subsidiary Merger), the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
WHEREAS, (i) Crestview DSW Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent”) and Crestview DSW Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Parent, Merger Sub, DSW Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Target”), and DSW Group Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the parent of the Target (the “Seller”), dated as of July 23, 2013 (as amended or supplemented through the date hereof, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge (the “Merger”) with and into Target, with Target surviving and Holdings as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Target and (ii) Merger Sub 2, a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Merger Sub, will enter into a merger agreement with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “Company”), pursuant to which Merger Sub 2 will merge (the “Subsidiary Merger”) with and into the Company, with the Company surviving; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Borrower has requested the Lenders to make Term B Loans on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $320,000,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend such Term B Loans to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABL Credit Agreement” means the Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Borrower, as borrower, Holdings, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A., as administrative agent, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A., as ABL Facility Agent (as defined therein), Barclays Bank PLC, as First-Priority Collateral Agent and First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor
Agent (each as defined therein) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Second-Priority Collateral Agent (as defined therein), the Loan Parties party thereto, as such document may be amended, renewed, extended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
“ABL Maturity Date” means August 30, 2018.
“ABL Loan Documents” means the ABL Credit Agreement and the “Loan Documents” under and as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, as each such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
“ABR” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the higher of (x) (a) the LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Statutory Reserve Rate applicable to such Eurocurrency Borrowing, if any, and (y) 1.00%.
“Administrative Agent” means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. None of the Administrative Agent, any Lender (other than any Affiliate Lender or any Affiliated Debt Fund) or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of Holdings or any subsidiary thereof.
“Affiliated Debt Funds” means any Affiliated Lender that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and with respect to which the Sponsor does not, directly or indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity.
“Affiliate Lender” or “Affiliated Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is an Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries) and any Fund Affiliate Lender at such time.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.01(c).
“Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
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“Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the preliminary statements hereto.
“All-in Yield” means, as to any Loans (or Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans, if applicable), the yield thereon payable to all Lenders (or other lenders, as applicable) providing such Loans (or Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans, if applicable) in the primary syndication thereof, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, original issue discount, up-front fees, rate floors or otherwise; provided, that original issue discount and up-front fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if less, the life of such Loans (or Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans, if applicable)); and provided, further, that “All-in Yield” shall not include arrangement, commitment, underwriting, structuring or similar fees paid to arrangers for such Loans (or Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans, if applicable) and customary consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting lenders.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate determined on such date (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate determined on such day at approximately 11 a.m. (London time) by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates (or the successor thereof if the British Bankers’ Association is no longer making such rates available) for deposits in dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association (or the successor thereof if the British Bankers’ Association is no longer making such rates available) as an authorized vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO 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 LIBO Rate, respectively.
“Applicable Account” means, with respect to any payment to be made to the Administrative Agent hereunder, the account specified by the Administrative Agent from time to time for the purpose of receiving payments of such type.
“Applicable Collateral Agent” means (i) the First-Priority Collateral Agent (as defined in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) (or other analogous term in another Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable) or (ii) if at any time there is no First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement as described in the definition of Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement then in effect, the Collateral Agent.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, (i) with respect to any Term B Loan, (1) 3.25% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, or (2) 4.25% per annum, in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan; (ii) with respect to any Other Incremental Term Loan, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement relating thereto, and (iii) with respect to any Refinancing Term Loan, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loan.
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“Approved Bank” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Investments.”
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and 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.
“Asset Sale” means any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any Disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of, any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04), substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other form reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United State Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“BMO Capital Markets” means BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A., acting under its trade name “BMO Capital Markets” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such Person, (c) in the case of any partnership, the board of directors or board of managers of the general partner of such Person and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
“Borrower Materials” means materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” means a written request by the Borrower for a Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit H delivered in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Budget” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(e).
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“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Business Material Adverse Change” means any change, effect, event, occurrence, condition, state of facts or development that is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to (a) the business, results of operation or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Target and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Merger Agreement), taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Target to consummate timely the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; provided, however, that, for purposes of the foregoing clause (a) only, Business Material Adverse Change shall not include, alone or in any combination, any adverse change, effect, event, occurrence, condition, state of facts or development relating to or resulting from (i) the economy in general, the industry in which the Target or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Merger Agreement) operates, or any worldwide, national or local conditions or general circumstances (political, economic, financial, regulatory or otherwise), (ii) acts of god, force majeure, an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or the declaration of a state of emergency or war, or the occurrence of any other similar calamity or crisis (including any act of terrorism), (iii) changes in Laws (as defined in the Merger Agreement) after the date hereof, (iv) changes in GAAP or its authoritative application after the date hereof, (v) the announcement or existence of the Merger Agreement or the Merger or the other transactions contemplated thereby (provided, that the exception in this clause (v) shall not be deemed to apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.3(d) of the Merger Agreement, the first sentence of Section 4.8(d) of the Merger Agreement, the fourth sentence of Section 4.8(e) of the Merger Agreement and the first sentence of Section 4.9(g) of the Merger Agreement and, to the extent related thereto, the condition set forth in Section 10.2(b) of the Merger Agreement), or (vi) actions or omissions of the Target or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Merger Agreement) taken with the prior written consent of Parent or Merger Sub and the Joint Lead Arrangers, except to the extent, with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, that any such change, effect, event, occurrence, condition, state of facts or development disproportionately affects the Target and/or its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Merger Agreement) relative to other participants in the industries in which the Target and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Merger Agreement) participate.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not include:
(a) expenditures to the extent they are made with proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of, or a cash capital contribution to, the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date,
(b) Capital Expenditures with proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned
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assets, equipment or other property to the extent such Capital Expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries within 15 months of receipt of such proceeds (or, if not made within such period of 15 months, are committed to be made during such period),
(c) interest capitalized during such period,
(d) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period),
(e) the book value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided, that (i) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made and (ii) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired,
(f) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past or industry practice,
(g) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business Acquisition, or
(h) the purchase of property, plant or equipment made within 15 months of the sale of any asset to the extent purchased with the proceeds of such sale (or, if not made within such period of 15 months, to the extent committed to be made during such period).
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP; provided that obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or of a special purpose or other entity not consolidated with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, either existing on the Closing Date or created thereafter that (a) (x) as of the Closing Date, were not included on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as capital lease obligations and were subsequently recharacterized as capital lease obligations or (y) in the case of such a special purpose or other entity becoming consolidated with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, were required to be characterized as capital lease obligations upon such consolidation, in each case, due to a change in GAAP or (b) did not exist on the Closing Date and were required to be characterized as capital lease obligations when created after such date, but would not have been
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required to be treated as capital lease obligations under GAAP on the Closing Date had they existed at that time, shall for all purposes under this Agreement, not be treated as Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in accordance with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such person and its subsidiaries.
“Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of, without duplication, (a) pay-in-kind Interest Expense or other non-cash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing, and (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Hedging Agreements; provided, that Cash Interest Expense shall exclude any one time financing fees, including those paid in connection with the Transactions, or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing or any amendment of this Agreement.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.
“Cash Management Bank” means any person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement (or on the Closing Date), is an Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such person, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change in Control” means (a) the failure of Holdings, to own, directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, beneficially and of record, all of the Equity Interest of the Borrower, (b) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, the failure by the Permitted Holders to own, directly or indirectly through one or more holding company parents of Holdings, beneficially and of record, Equity Interests in Holdings representing at least a majority of the aggregate ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Holdings, unless the Permitted Holders otherwise have the right (pursuant to contract, proxy or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate or appoint (and do so designate or appoint) a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings, (c) after a Qualified IPO, the
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acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Effective Date), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) but excluding any employee benefit plan and/or Person acting as the trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator therefor, other than the Permitted Holders, of Equity Interests representing 35% or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the IPO Entity and the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power so held is greater than the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the Equity Interests in the IPO Entity held by the Permitted Holders, (d) the occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of Holdings by Persons who were neither nominated, designated or approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Permitted Holders nor appointed by directors so nominated, designated or approved or (e) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or similar event, however denominated), as defined in (i) the documentation governing the ABL Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Secured Notes or (ii) any indenture or credit agreement (or similar financing agreement) (including in respect of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to this Agreement, the ABL Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Secured Notes) governing any Material Indebtedness.
“Change in Law” means: (a) the adoption of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all rules, regulations, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) 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 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.
“Class” means, (a) when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, whether such Loan or the Loans comprising such Borrowing are Term B Loans or Other Incremental Term Loans; and (b) when used in respect of any Commitment, whether such Commitment is in respect of Term B Loans or Other Incremental Term Loans. Other Incremental Term Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) shall be construed to be in different Classes.
“Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in the last paragraph of Section 6.01.
“Closing Date” means August 30, 2013.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Co-Investors” means each of (a) the Sponsors and (b) the Management Group.
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“Collateral” means all the “Collateral” as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any subagent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to any Security Document.
“Collateral Agent” means the Administrative Agent acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Agreement” means the Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Loan Documents.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means the requirement that (in each case subject to Sections 5.11 (d), (e) and (g), Schedule 5.15, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and any other Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement):
(a) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) from the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party (if any), a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement, (ii) from each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement, and (iii) from Holdings, a counterpart of the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, in each case duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person;
(b) on the Closing Date, (i)(x) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and all other outstanding Equity Interests, in each case, directly owned by the Loan Parties, other than Excluded Securities, and (y) all Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party, other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or the Collateral Agreement, as applicable and (ii) the Applicable Collateral Agent shall have received certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests (other than certificates or instruments issued by any Immaterial Subsidiaries or Foreign Subsidiaries) and any notes or other instruments required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, together with stock powers, note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto indorsed in blank;
(c) in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, (ii) a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement and (iii) supplements to the other Security Documents, if applicable, in the form specified therefor or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party;
(d) after the Closing Date, (x) all outstanding Equity Interests of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date and (y) subject to Section 5.11(g), all Equity Interests directly acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date, in each case, other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged pursuant to the applicable Security Document, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto indorsed in blank;
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(e) except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document, all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and filings with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and all other actions required by the applicable Requirement of Law or reasonably requested by the Applicable Collateral Agent to be delivered, filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been delivered, filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(f) within (x) 90 days after the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(B) (or on such later date as the Applicable Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in Section 5.11 with respect to Mortgaged Properties required to be encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.11, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into with respect to each such Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing in all filing or recording offices that the Applicable Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and enforceable Lien subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens, at the time of recordation thereof, (ii) with respect to the Mortgage encumbering each such Mortgaged Property, opinions of counsel regarding the enforceability, due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgages and such other matters customarily covered in real estate counsel opinions as the Applicable Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Collateral Agent, (iii) with respect to each such Mortgaged Property, the Flood Documentation and (iv) such other documents as the Applicable Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property;
(g) within (x) 90 days after the Closing Date with respect to the Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(B) (or on such later date as the Applicable Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in Section 5.11 with respect to Mortgaged Properties required to be encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.11, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a policy or policies or marked up unconditional binder of title insurance with respect to properties located in the United States of America, or a date-down and modification endorsement, if available, paid for by the Borrower, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except Permitted Liens, in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Collateral Agent with respect to such Mortgaged Property (not to exceed 110% of the fair market value of the applicable Mortgaged Property, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) together with such customary endorsements (including zoning endorsements where reasonably appropriate at commercially reasonable rates and available), coinsurance and reinsurance as the Applicable Collateral Agent may reasonably request and which are available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located, and with respect to any such property located in a state in which a zoning endorsement is not available at commercially reasonable rates, a zoning report from a recognized vendor or zoning compliance letter from the
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applicable municipality in a form reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Collateral Agent, as the Applicable Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to properties located in the United States of America, (ii) a survey of each Mortgaged Property (including all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon reasonably required by the Applicable Collateral Agent), as applicable, for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid with respect to properties located in the United States of America, which is (A) complying in all material respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association and American Congress of Surveying and Mapping as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey and (B) sufficient for such title insurance company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy relating to such Mortgaged Property or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Collateral Agent;
(h) evidence of the insurance required by the terms of Section 5.06 hereof; and
(i) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.11 or the applicable Security Document, and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 5.11.
“Commitments” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment or Incremental Commitment.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements.
“Compliance Certificate” means a compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01.
“Consolidated Debt” at any date means the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money, Disqualified Stock and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services and purchase money debt of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(i) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income or expense or charge (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including any (1) severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses (to the extent set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower), or any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, (2) fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension
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charges, acquisition integration costs, new product lines, plant shutdown costs, facilities opening and integration costs, (3) signing, retention or completion bonuses, (4) expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests or debt securities of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, any Investment, acquisition, Disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), and (5) any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions (including any costs relating to auditing prior periods, any transition-related expenses, and Transaction Expenses incurred before, on or after the Closing Date), in each case, shall be excluded,
(ii) any net after-tax income or loss from Disposed of, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations or fixed assets and any net after-tax gain or loss on the Dispositions of Disposed of, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations or fixed assets shall be excluded,
(iii) any net after-tax gain or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business Dispositions or asset Dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past or industry practice (as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower) shall be excluded,
(iv) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
(v) the Net Income for such period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent person) in respect of such period,
(vi) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period shall be excluded,
(vii) effects of acquisition method accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such person and its subsidiaries) in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii) any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles and other non-cash fair value adjustments arising pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix) any non-cash compensation charge or expenses realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded,
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(x) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded,
(xi) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretation shall be excluded,
(xii) any non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded,
(xiii) any unrealized currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any non-cash net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Agreements for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded,
(xiv) the Net Income of any Person and its Subsidiaries shall be calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary except to the extent of dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior period on the shares of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary held by such third parties and (b) any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (v) above shall be included,
(xv) the non-cash gains or losses from the effects of the “straight-line” of rent expense shall be excluded,
(xvi) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (x) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (y) in fact reimbursed within 365 days following the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), (A) expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded; and (B) amounts estimated in good faith to be received from insurance in respect of lost revenues or earnings in respect of liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be included (with a deduction for amounts actually received up to such estimated amount to the extent included in Net Income in a future period), and
(xvii) an amount equal to the amount of distributions actually made to any parent or equity holder of such person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 6.06(b)(v) shall be included as an expense as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such person for such period.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and the consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were
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required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), as applicable, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any acquisition or Disposition of a person or assets that may have occurred on or after the last day of such Fiscal Quarter.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Cumulative Credit” means, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:
(a) $15,000,000, plus:
(b) the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount at such time, plus
(c) the aggregate amount of proceeds received after the Closing Date and prior to such time that would have constituted Net Proceeds pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof, except for the operation of clause (x) or (y) of the second proviso thereof (the “Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds”), plus
(d) (i) the cumulative amount of proceeds (including cash and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) from the sale of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options), which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Borrower, and (ii) common Equity Interests of Holdings or the Borrower issued upon conversion of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Loan Obligations in right of payment) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to a person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary not previously applied for a purpose other than use in the Cumulative Credit; provided, that this clause (d) shall exclude sales of Equity Interests financed as contemplated by Section 6.04(e) or used as described in clause (a)(ix) of the definition of EBITDA and any amounts used to finance the payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 6.09(b), plus
(e) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions as common equity to the capital of the Borrower received in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) after the Closing Date (subject to the same exclusions as are applicable to clause (d) above); plus
(f) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness (including the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness issued to a Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, plus
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(g) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) after the Closing Date from:
(A) the sale (other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that was originally designated as such by use of the Cumulative Credit, or
(B) any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary that was originally designated as such by use of the Cumulative Credit, plus
(h) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary that was originally designated as such by use of the Cumulative Credit has been redesignated as a Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Investments of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), plus
(i) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(Y), minus
(j) any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(Y) after the Closing Date prior to such time, minus
(k) the cumulative amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.06(e) prior to such time, minus
(l) payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(E) (other than payments made with proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests that were excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit pursuant to clause (d) above);
provided, however, for purposes of Sections 6.06(e) and 6.09(b), the calculation of the Cumulative Credit shall not include any Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds except to the extent they are used as contemplated in clause (j) above.
“Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” means, at any date, an amount (which shall not be less than zero in the aggregate) determined on a cumulative basis equal to the aggregate cumulative sum of the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the Closing Date for which any prepayments required by Section 2.12(d) have been made and prior to such date.
“Current Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of (a) all assets (other than cash and
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Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, and (b) in the event that a Permitted Receivables Financing is accounted for off balance sheet, (x) gross accounts receivable comprising part of the Receivables Assets subject to such Permitted Receivables Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to clause (x).
“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(iv), (a)(v), and (a)(vii) of the definition of such term.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, 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.
“Debt Service” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt for such period.
“Default” means any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.23(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal
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regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.23(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent Disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
“Disinterested Director” means, with respect to any person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.
“Dispose” means to convey, sell, lease, sell and leaseback, assign, farm-out, transfer or otherwise dispose of any property, business or asset. The term “Disposition” shall have a correlative meaning to the foregoing.
“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Loan Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance thereof (provided, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock). Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or
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disability and (ii) any class of Equity Interests of such person that by its terms provides that obligations thereunder will (or upon commercially reasonable terms may) be satisfied by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Lender” means any Lender that is a United States Person under and as defined in Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xiii) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income (and were not excluded therefrom) for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):
(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes,
(ii) Interest Expense (and to the extent not included in Interest Expense, (x) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, (net of interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period),
(iii) depreciation and amortization expenses of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits,
(iv) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or reserves to the extent set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility closure, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges),
(v) any other non-cash charges; provided, that for purposes of this subclause (v) of this clause (a), any non-cash charges or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable thereto are made (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),
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(vi) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate (or any accruals related to such fees and related expenses) during such period not in contravention of this Agreement,
(vii) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense as described in the preceding clause (iii)) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (x) such fees, expenses or charges related to the ABL Credit Agreement, the Second Lien Secured Notes and this Agreement, and (y) any amendment or other modification of the Obligations or other Indebtedness and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Permitted Receivables Financing,
(viii) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing,
(ix) any costs or expense incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party (other than contributions received from the Borrower or another Subsidiary Loan Party) or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock),
(x) non-cash non-operating expenses,
(xi) [Reserved],
(xii) with respect to any joint venture that is not a Subsidiary, and solely to the extent relating to any net income referred to in clause (v) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in clauses (i) and (ii) above relating to such joint venture corresponding to the Borrower’s and the Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of such joint venture’s Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such joint venture were a Subsidiary), and
(xiii) one-time costs associated with commencing Public Company Compliance;
minus (b) the sum of (without duplication and to the extent the amounts described in this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustments permitted hereunder with respect to acquisitions, Dispositions and other transactions occurring following the Closing Date and/or pursuant to the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”, for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement, EBITDA for the Fiscal Quarter ended September 28, 2012 shall be deemed to be $42,982,750, EBITDA for the Fiscal Quarter ended in December 28, 2012 shall be deemed to be $33,512,750, EBITDA for the Fiscal Quarter ended in March 29, 2013 shall be deemed to be $33,614,750, and EBITDA for the Fiscal Quarter ended in June 28, 2013 EBITDA shall be deemed to be $43,777,750.
“ECF Percentage” means, with respect to the prepayment required by Section 2.12(d) with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower, if the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio (without giving effect to the applicable prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12(d)) as of the end of such fiscal year is (a) greater than 1.50 to 1.00, 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, (b) greater than 1.00 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00, 25% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and (c) less than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00, 0% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (other than Holdings or any of its subsidiaries), other than, in each case, a natural person or (unless the Borrower shall have otherwise consented) an Ineligible Institution.
“Environment” means ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, binding agreements, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to human health and safety (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials).
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, action, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of medical monitoring, costs of environmental investigation, remediation or restoration, administrative oversight costs, consultants’ fees, fines, penalties and indemnities), of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or permit, license or approval issued thereunder, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage or treatment of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant (and the extent) to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Financing” means, the contribution of an aggregate amount in cash in the form of common equity or other Equity Interests on terms reasonably acceptable to the Joint Lead
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Arrangers, and which shall cause the equity interests of the Target to represent not less than 28.2% of the total consolidated capitalization of the Target on a Pro Forma Basis; provided, that for purposes of this determination, (i) Indebtedness under this Agreement to fund working capital adjustments in accordance with the Merger Agreement and (ii) increased levels of Indebtedness as a result of all original issue discounts in respect of Indebtedness under this Agreement, the ABL Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Secured Notes imposed pursuant to the “market flex” provisions of the Fee Letter and any outstanding letters of credit (to the extent undrawn) shall be excluded.
“Equity Interests” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such Person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary is treated as a single employer or under common control under Section 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) with respect to any Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code); (d) 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 Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (g) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (i) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; or (j) the withdrawal of any of Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity 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.
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“Eurocurrency” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period, EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, (A) without duplication,
(a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(b) the amount of any voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Excess Cash Flow Period (other than any voluntary prepayment of the Loans, which shall be the subject of Section 2.12(d)), so long as the amount of such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service,
(c) (i) Capital Expenditures by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period that are paid in cash during such period and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during the Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of capital,
(d) Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions or other permitted Investments that the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall, during such Excess Cash Flow Period, become obligated to make payments with respect thereto but that are not made during such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided, that (i) the Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and certifying such payments in respect of such Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions or other permitted Investments that are reasonably expected to be made in the following Excess Cash Flow Period, and (ii) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period,
(e) Taxes paid in cash by Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided, that with respect to any such amounts to be paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP,
(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
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(g) cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,
(h) permitted Restricted Payments paid in cash by the Borrower during such Excess Cash Flow Period and permitted Restricted Payments paid by any Subsidiary to any person other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries during such Excess Cash Flow Period, in each case in accordance with Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(e) and Section 6.06(j)),
(i) amounts paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in acquisition method accounting,
(j) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of principal of Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document, but including any mandatory prepayment of any revolving facility to the extent accompanied by permanent reduction of any revolving facility commitments with respect thereto), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith, but with respect to Junior Financing, to the extent such payments are expressly permitted under Section 6.09(b), and
(k) the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period), or an accrual for a cash payment, by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
plus, (B) without duplication,
(a) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period, commencing on or after December 28, 2013,
(b) all amounts referred to in clauses (A)(b), (A)(c) and (A)(d) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of (i) the issuance or the incurrence of Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, but excluding, solely as relating to Capital Expenditures, proceeds from extensions of credit under the ABL Credit Agreement or other revolving credit facility and which extensions of credit are repaid within thirty (30) days of the incurrence of such Capital Expenditures), (ii) the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital
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contributions) and (iii) proceeds arising from any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,
(c) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions or permitted Investments referred to in clause (A)(d) above do not occur in the following Excess Cash Flow Period of the Borrower specified in the certificate of the Borrower provided pursuant to clause (A)(d) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions or permitted Investments that were not so made in such following Excess Cash Flow Period,
(d) cash payments received in respect of Hedging Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,
(e) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.12(c)), and
(f) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (i) such items represented cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) such items do not represent cash paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period.
“Excess Cash Flow Period” means each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, commencing with the Fiscal Year of the Borrower ending in December of 2014.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Excluded Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01.
“Excluded Information” means information (including material nonpublic information) regarding the Loans of the applicable Class or the Loan Parties hereunder that is not known to a Lender participating in an assignment to an Affiliated Lender or in an assignment to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, that may be material to a decision by such Lender to participate in such assignment to such Affiliated Lender or such assignment to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable; provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any Proceeds (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property referred to in clauses (a) through (i) of the definition thereof (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property referred to in any such clause).
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“Excluded Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11(g).
“Excluded Hedging Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Hedging Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation unless otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. If a Hedging Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedging Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Securities” means any of the following:
(a) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;
(b) in the case of any pledge of voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO (in each case, that is owned directly by a Loan Party) to secure the Obligations, any voting Equity Interest of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such class;
(c) in the case of any pledge of voting Equity Interests of any FSHCO (in each case, that is owned directly by a Loan Party) to secure the Obligations, any voting Equity Interest of such FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such class;
(d) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness to the extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law;
(e) any Equity Interests of any person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an unaffiliated third party (other than, in this clause (A)(ii), customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirements of Law), (B) any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in clause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided, that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Loan Party or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate any Loan Party or its subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such organizational documents, joint venture agreement or
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shareholder agreement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Loan Party or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement governing such Equity Interests (or other contractual obligation referred to in clause (A)(ii) above) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than, in the case of other contractual obligations referred to in clause (A)(ii) above, customary non-assignment provisions that are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirement of Law);
(f) any Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary and any Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(g) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of, or other Equity Interests owned by, a Foreign Subsidiary;
(h) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Equity Interests could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to any Loan Party or any subsidiary thereof as determined in good faith by the Borrower;
(i) any Equity Interests set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) to this Agreement which have been identified on or prior to the Closing Date in writing to the Agent by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and agreed to by the Administrative Agent;
(j) [reserved]; and
(k) any Margin Stock.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any of the following (except as otherwise provided in clause (b) of the definition of Subsidiary Loan Party):
(a) each Immaterial Subsidiary,
(b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary),
(c) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations by any Requirement of Law or that would require consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority to guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received),
(d) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable unaffiliated third-party contractual requirement from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement ore renewal thereof is in effect),
(e) any Foreign Subsidiary,
(f) any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is an FSHCO or (ii) that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary,
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(g) any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which, (x) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of or granting Liens to secure the Obligations are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby or (y) providing such a Guarantee or granting such Liens could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and
(h) each Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) such recipient’s net income (however denominated) and franchise Taxes imposed on it, in each case, by a jurisdiction as a result of (i) such recipient being organized or having its principal office located in or, in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office located in, such jurisdiction, or (ii) any other present or former connection between such recipient and such jurisdiction (other than any connection arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations or received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, sold or assigned of an interest in, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, and/or enforced, any Loan Documents), (b) any branch profits tax imposed under Section 884(a) of the Code, or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA, (d) any withholding Tax that is attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.18(e), and (e) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than any Foreign Lender becoming a party hereto pursuant to a request by any Loan Party under Section 2.16 hereto), any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to a Requirement of Law in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax under Section 2.18(a).
“Extended Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
“Extending Term Loan Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), or any Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or official administrative interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve
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Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter dated as of July 23, 2013 by and among the Merger Sub, the Administrative Agent, Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse AG and Jefferies Finance LLC.
“Financial Officer” means, with respect to any person, the Director of Financial Reporting, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of such Person.
“Financing Transactions” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Second Lien Notes Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans (as defined in the Second Lien Notes Documents) and the use of the proceeds thereof (c) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the ABL Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowings of the Loans (as defined in the ABL Loan Documents) thereunder and the issuance of Letters of Credit thereunder, if any, and (d) the Equity Financing.
“First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto (which agreement in substantially such form or with immaterial changes thereto the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into) together with any material changes thereto in light of prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five (5) Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five (5) Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such material changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such material changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s execution thereof.
“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between Barclays Bank PLC as Credit Agreement Agent (as defined therein) and First-Priority Collateral Agent (as defined therein), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and Second-Priority Collateral Agent (as defined therein), the Loan Parties party thereto, as such document may be amended, renewed, extended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Fiscal Quarter” means any fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year, which fiscal quarter consists of a period of three consecutive fiscal months (generally consisting of four, four and five calendar weeks) and ends on the Friday nearest the last day of a calendar quarter (i.e., March, June, September or December), unless such Friday falls in the next calendar quarter, in which case, the fiscal quarter end is the final Friday in such calendar quarter.
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“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries ending on the Friday nearest December 31 unless such Friday falls in the next calendar year, in which case, the fiscal year end is December 31.
“Flood Documentation” means, with respect to each Mortgaged Property located in the United States of America or any territory thereof, (i) a completed “life-of-loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination (to the extent a Mortgaged Property is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, together with a notice about Special Flood Hazard Area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and the applicable Loan Party relating thereto) and (ii) a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, and a declaration page relating to, the insurance policies required by Section 5.06(b) hereof and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall (A) be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York” lender’s loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable), (B) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee/mortgagee, (C) identify the address of each property located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, the applicable flood zone designation and the flood insurance coverage and deductible relating thereto and (D) be otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Collateral Agent.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a United States Person under and as defined in Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FSHCO” shall mean any Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and/or of one or more FSHCOs.
“Fund” means collectively, investment funds managed by Affiliates of Crestview Advisors, L.L.C.
“Fund Affiliate” means (i) each Affiliate of the Fund that is neither a “portfolio company” (which means a company actively engaged in providing goods or services to unaffiliated customers), whether or not controlled, nor a company controlled by a “portfolio company” and (ii) any individual who is a partner or employee of Crestview Advisors, L.L.C.
“Fund Affiliate Lender” means an Affiliate Lender that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and with respect to which the Fund does not, directly or indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity.
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“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.04; provided, that any reference to the application of GAAP in Sections 3.09, 5.05, 5.07 and 6.02(e) to a Foreign Subsidiary (and not as a consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower) shall mean generally accepted accounting principles or equivalent in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
“Guarantee” of or by any person (the “guarantor”) means (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, 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 owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity 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 holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness or other obligation (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness or other obligation to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such person in good faith.
“Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee Agreement (First Lien) dated as of the date hereof as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, between each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent.
“guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”
“Guarantors” means the Loan Parties other than the Borrower.
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“Hazardous Materials” means all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum by products or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas or pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers or other agricultural chemicals, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means any person that, at the time it enters into a Hedging Agreement (or on the Closing Date), is an Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such person, in each case of the foregoing, in its capacity as a party to such Hedging Agreement.
“Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reserve repurchase transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction, spot contracts, fixed price physical delivery contracts, or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case of the foregoing, whether or not exchange traded; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement.
“Hedging Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“High Yield-Style Loans” means, at any time of determination, term loans governed by documentation containing a set of negative covenants substantially similar to those customary in the high-yield bond market at such time (as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith in consultation with the Administrative Agent).
“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement” means the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (First-Lien) dated as of the date hereof as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, between Holdings and the Collateral Agent.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), have assets with a value in excess of 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 2.5% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date, did not have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date;
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provided, that the Borrower may elect in its sole discretion to exclude as an Immaterial Subsidiary any Subsidiary that would otherwise meet the definition thereof. Each Immaterial Subsidiary as of the Closing Date shall be set forth in Schedule 1.01(C), and the Borrower shall update such Schedule from time to time after the Closing Date as necessary to reflect all Immaterial Subsidiaries at such time (the selection of Subsidiaries to be added to or removed from such Schedule to be made as the Borrower may determine).
“Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness means any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness or in the form of common stock of the Borrower, the accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.
“Increased Amount Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.
“Incremental Amount” means, at any time, the sum of:
(i) the excess (if any) of (a) $100,000,000 over (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Commitments established after the Closing Date and prior to such time by utilizing this clause (i) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(aa) prior to such time; plus
(ii) any additional amounts so long as at the time of and after giving effect to the establishment of the commitments in respect thereof (and assuming such commitments are fully drawn) and the use of proceeds of the loans thereunder, (a) in the case of Incremental Term Loans secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing Term Loans, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 3.00 to 1.00 and (b) in the case of Other Incremental Term Loans secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior to Liens on the Collateral securing the Term Loans, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 4.50 to 1.00; provided, that for the purposes of this clause (ii), net cash proceeds of Incremental Term Loans incurred at such time shall not be netted against the applicable amount of Consolidated Debt for purposes of such calculation of the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Net Secured Leverage Ratio.
“Incremental Assumption Agreement” means an Incremental Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, one or more Incremental Lenders.
“Incremental Commitment” means the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.21 to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.
“Incremental Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
“Incremental Term Loans” means (i) Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) consisting of additional Term B Loans, (ii) to the extent
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permitted by Section 2.21 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Incremental Term Loans (including in the form of Extended Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, as applicable) or (iii) any of the foregoing.
“Indebtedness” of any person means, if and to the extent (other than with respect to clause (i)) the same would constitute indebtedness or a liability in accordance with GAAP, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than such obligations accrued in the ordinary course), to the extent that the same would be required to be shown as a long term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such person, (f) all net payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Hedging Agreements, (g) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (h) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (i) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) to (h) above and (j) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade and other ordinary-course payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (D) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP, (E) obligations in respect of Third Party Funds or (F) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, intercompany liabilities in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness limits the liability of such person in respect thereof. To the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness shall include the amount of any Receivables Net Investment.
“Indemnified Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, fees or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Agent Party in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, the use of proceeds thereunder, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein, the Transaction or the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent Party under or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) any Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
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“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
“Ineligible Institution” means the persons identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date, and as may be identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to include competitors of Holdings and its subsidiaries, by delivery of a notice thereof to the Administrative Agent setting forth such person or persons (or the person or persons previously identified to the Administrative Agent that are to be no longer considered “Ineligible Institutions”) which designation shall become effective two (2) Business Days after it is delivered to the Administrative Agent, but which shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired any assignment or participation in the Loan solely with respect to such previously acquired Loan or participation.
“Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12(a).
“Intellectual Property” means all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including all copyrights and any registrations and applications for registration thereof, copyright licenses, patents and patent applications, patent licenses, trademarks and any registrations and applications for registration thereof, trademark licenses, trade names, domain names, knowhow and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
“Interest Expense” means, with respect to any person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense (net of interest income) of such person for such period on a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Hedging Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense, (b) capitalized interest of such person and (c) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing which are payable to any person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to Hedging Agreements, and interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and,
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in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date such Borrowing is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and ending on the date that is one, two, three or six months thereafter as selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request (or, if agreed to by each Lender participating therein, twelve months or, if agreed to by the Administrative Agent, one week); provided that (a) 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, (b) 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 at the end of such Interest Period and (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Term Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“IPO Entity” means, at any time after a Qualified IPO, Holdings, a direct or indirect parent entity of Holdings, as the case may be, the Equity Interests of which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to a Qualified IPO; provided that, immediately following such Qualified IPO, the Borrower is a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such IPO Entity and such IPO Entity owns, directly or through its subsidiaries, substantially all the businesses and assets owned or conducted, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower immediately prior to such Qualified IPO.
“Joint Bookrunners” means Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Jefferies Finance LLC and BMO Capital Markets.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Jefferies Finance LLC and BMO Capital Markets.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Junior Financing” means (a) any preferred Equity Interests, (b) any Disqualified Stock, (c) any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, or (d) any Material Indebtedness for borrowed money that is either unsecured or secured by Liens on Shared Term Loan Collateral that are junior to the Liens securing the Loan Obligations (other than (i)(x) any Material Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p) and (y) any Material Indebtedness that is secured by Liens on Collateral that are pari passu to the Liens securing the Indebtedness described in subclause (i)(x) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of either of the foregoing).
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“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Term Loans at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04 or Section 2.21, in each case, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“LIBO Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (or the successor page thereto if the British Bankers Association is no longer providing quotations for interest rates for deposits) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Borrowing being made, continued or converted by Barclays Bank PLC and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Barclays Bank PLC to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar monetary encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Loan Documents” means (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Guarantee Agreement, (iii) the Security Documents, (iv) each Incremental Assumption Agreement, (v) the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vi) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) any (A) First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (B) Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, (C) Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (D) Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement, (viii) any Note issued under Section 2.10(e) and (ix), solely for the purposes of Sections 4.02 and 7.01 hereof, the Fee Letter.
“Loan Extension” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
“Loan Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower under this Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower owed under or
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pursuant to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents; provided that in no event will Loan Obligations include any Excluded Hedging Obligations.
“Loan Parties” means Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Majority in Interest,” when used in reference to Lenders of any Class, means, at any time, in the case of the Term Lenders of any Class, Lenders holding outstanding Term Loans of such Class representing more than 50% of all Term Loans of such Class outstanding at such time, provided that (a) Term Loans of the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof and (b) whenever there are one or more Defaulting Lenders, the total outstanding Term Loans of each Defaulting Lender, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Majority in Interest of such Class.
“Management Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, on the Closing Date together with (a) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (b) executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder; provided, however, that solely for purposes of determining whether the condition in Section 4.01(j) has been satisfied in connection with the Borrowing on the Closing Date, any reference to “Material Adverse Effect” in any of the representations and warranties referred to in Section 4.01(j)(A) and Section 4.01(j)(B) means Business Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than Loans) of any one or more of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000.
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“Material Real Property” means any parcel or parcels of Real Property located in the United States now or hereafter owned in fee by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and having a fair market value (on a per-property basis) of (x) at least $5,000,000 as at the Closing Date for Real Property now owned or (y) at least $2,000,000 as of the date of acquisition for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date, in each case as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Maximum ABL Amount” means, at any time, the sum of (i) $75,000,000, (ii) the aggregate amount of all “Incremental Commitments” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) established after the Closing Date and prior to such time (whether or not in effect at such time) and (iii) without duplication, the aggregate amount of any additional “Incremental Commitments” (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) that would be allowed to be established at such time pursuant to the terms of the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (or, if the ABL Credit Agreement is not in existence at the time of determination, the amount that would have been determined pursuant to this clause (iii) at the time the ABL Credit Agreement was terminated (assuming there were no amounts outstanding under the foregoing clause (ii) at such time)).
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
“Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Merger Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Merger Sub” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Merger Sub 2” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph hereof.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Secured Obligations. Each Mortgage shall be in substantially in the form of Exhibit L (with such changes as are reasonably consented to by the Administrative Agent), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mortgaged Properties” means the Material Real Properties and the Eligible Real Properties (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) owned in fee by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties that are set forth on Schedule 1.01(B) and each additional Material Real Property encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to Section 5.11.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
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“Net First Lien Leverage Ratio” means on any date, the ratio of (a) (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date that is then secured by first-priority Liens on Shared ABL Collateral or Shared Term Loan Collateral, less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and unrestricted Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period, to (b) EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
“Net Proceeds” means, (a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale (other than any Asset Sales of Shared ABL Collateral or any Asset Sales pursuant to Section 6.05(a), (b), (c), (d) (unless it is a Mortgaged Property), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j) or (l)), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, and (iii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if Holdings or the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth Holdings’ or the Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Business Acquisitions and other permitted Investments hereunder (except for Permitted Investments or intercompany Investments in Subsidiaries, in each case within 12 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 12 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 12 month period but within such 12 month period are contractually committed to be used, then such remaining portion if not so used within six months following the end of such 12 month period shall constitute Net Proceeds as of such date without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the
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foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $2,000,000 and (y) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing shall constitute Net Proceeds in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds (excluding net cash proceeds excluded under clause (x) of this proviso) in such fiscal year shall exceed $15,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds); and
(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.
“Net Secured Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date that is then secured by Liens on Collateral securing the Term B Obligations, less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and unrestricted Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period, to (b) EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Net Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
“Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Loan Obligations, (b) obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (c) obligations (other than Excluded Hedging Obligations) in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.
“Other Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise, transfer, sales, property, intangible, mortgage recording or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, registration, delivery or enforcement of, consummation or administration of, from the receipt of perfection of security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents (but excluding any Excluded Taxes).
“Parent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Parent Entity” means any direct or indirect parent of Holdings.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d)(i).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d)(ii).
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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Permitted ABL Commitment Amount” means, at any time, (i) the excess (if any) of (a) the Maximum ABL Amount at such time over (b) the aggregate amount of Receivables Net Investment outstanding at such time.
“Permitted Business Acquisition” means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) not previously held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; and (iv) to the extent required by Section 5.11, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, shall be merged into the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or become upon consummation of such acquisition a Subsidiary Loan Party.
“Permitted Holder Group” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Holders.”
“Permitted Holders” means (i) the Co-Investors, (ii) any person that has no material assets other than the capital stock of the Borrower and that, directly or indirectly, holds or has acquired beneficial ownership of 100% on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower, and of which no other person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 or Section 14(d)(2) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clause (i), beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clause (i)) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests thereof and (iii) any “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 or Section 14(d)(2) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clause (i) and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no person or other “group” (other than the other Permitted Holders specified in clause (i)) beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clause (i)) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests held by the Permitted Holder Group.
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“Permitted Investments” means any of the following, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary:
(a) dollars, euro or such other currencies mutually agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, having average maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is a Lender or (ii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 (any such bank in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with average maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable or fixed rate note issued by, or guaranteed by, a corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with average maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(e) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with an Approved Bank, a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;
(f) marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either (i) having assets in excess of $500,000,000 or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
(g) securities with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Xxxxx’x (or the equivalent thereof);
(h) investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;
(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above
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denominated in euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction; and
(j) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) through (i) of this definition.
“Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement” means, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be junior to the Liens securing the Term B Obligations, either (as the Borrower shall elect) (x) the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement if such Liens secure “Second-Priority Obligations” (as defined therein), (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such junior Liens than the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as mutually determined by the Borrower and Administrative Agent in good faith) (it being understood that the ABL Intercreditor Agreement satisfies the requirements of this clause (y) with respect to Liens on the Shared Term Loan Collateral securing the ABL Obligations (as defined therein)) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a junior basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Administrative Agent in the reasonable exercise of its judgment.
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
“Permitted Loan Purchase Amount” means 25% of the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term B Facility plus (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any Incremental Term Loans, in each case, calculated as of the date of the relevant purchase pursuant to Section 9.04(f).
“Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender as an Assignor and the Borrower as an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit K or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
“Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be pari passu with any Liens securing the Term B Obligations, either (as the Borrower shall elect) (x) the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such pari passu Liens than the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as mutually determined by the Borrower and Administrative Agent in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the
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sharing of liens on a pari passu basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Administrative Agent in the reasonable exercise of its judgment.
“Permitted Receivables Documents” means all documents and agreements evidencing, relating to or otherwise governing a Permitted Receivables Financing.
“Permitted Receivables Financing” means one or more transactions pursuant to which (i) Receivables Assets or interests therein are sold to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries finance their acquisition of such Receivables Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Receivables Assets; provided, that it is non-recourse to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions, except to the extent customary for similar transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, with respect to (x) customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities and (y) to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a “true sale”/“absolute transfer” opinion with respect to any transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary).
“Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Property” shall mean the properties listed on Schedule 1.01(D) hereto.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions, expenses, plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized thereunder and letters of credit undrawn thereunder), (b) except with respect to Section 6.01(i), (i) the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is on or after the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (y) the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence and (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the lesser of (A) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (B) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Class of Term Loans then outstanding with the greatest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Loan Obligations on terms in the aggregate not materially less favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have obligors that are not (or would not have been) obligated with respect to the Indebtedness so Refinanced than the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by Liens on any Collateral (whether senior to, equally and ratably with, or junior to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Loan Obligations under this Agreement or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured
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by such Collateral (including any Collateral pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent any such Collateral secured (or would have secured) the Indebtedness being Refinanced) so long as it complies with Section 6.02; provided, further, that Indebtedness constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not cease to constitute Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness as a result of the subsequent extension of the Latest Maturity Date.
“Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement” means, with respect to any Liens on Shared ABL Collateral that are intended to be senior to any Liens securing the Loan Obligations, either (as the Borrower shall elect) (x) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement if such Liens secure “ABL Obligations” (as defined therein), (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such senior Liens than the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a senior basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Administrative Agent in the reasonable exercise of its judgment.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that (i) is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and (ii) in the last six years prior to the Closing Date, has been sponsored or maintained or contributed to (or which there was an obligation to contribute) by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform” means Syndtrak® or another similar electronic system to which the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will post Borrower Materials to be made available to the Lenders.
“Prepayment Notice” means a written notice delivered by the Borrower for a repayment or prepayment substantially in the form of Exhibit M delivered in accordance with Section 2.11(d) or Section 2.12(g).
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Person acting as the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent or any Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”): (i) pro forma effect shall be given to any Disposition, any acquisition,
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Investment, capital expenditure, construction, repair, replacement, improvement, development, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation (including the Transactions) (or any similar transaction or transactions not otherwise permitted under Section 6.04 or 6.05 that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders and such waiver or consent has been obtained), any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, any designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Subsidiary Redesignation, and any restructurings of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made and are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar operational and other cost savings, which adjustments the Borrower determines are reasonable as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (the foregoing, together with any transactions related thereto or in connection therewith, the “relevant transactions”), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to Article II or Article VI, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the relevant transaction is consummated), (ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes and amounts outstanding under any Permitted Receivables Financing in each case not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to Article II or Article VI, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the relevant transaction is consummated) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in the preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods and (iii) (A) any Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and all other Subsidiary Redesignations after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and may include adjustments to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or cost savings reasonably expected to result from any relevant pro forma event (including, to the extent applicable, the Transactions) to the extent set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower and (2) all adjustments of the type used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth on Exhibit D hereto to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Reference Period.
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For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
“Proposed Change” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
“Pro Rata Loan Extension Offers” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
“Public Company Compliance” means compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules of national securities exchange listed companies (in each case, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public), including procuring directors’ and officers’ insurance, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees.
“Public Lender” means any Lender that does not wish to receive material non-public information (or, in the case of a company that is not a public-reporting company, material information of a type that would not be reasonably expected to be publicly available if such company were a public-reporting company) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests other than Disqualified Stock.
“Qualified IPO” means an underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) of the Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act which generates cash proceeds of at least $75,000,000.
“Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, whether by lease, license, or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
“Receivables Assets” means accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange) and related assets and property from time to time originated, acquired or otherwise owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Receivables Net Investment” means the aggregate cash amount paid by the lenders or purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in connection with their purchase of, or the making of loans secured by, Receivables Assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such Receivables Assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Permitted Receivables Documents (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of items included in clause (c) of the definition of Interest Expense); provided, however, that if all or any part of such Receivables Net Investment shall have been reduced by application of any distribution and thereafter such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Receivables Net Investment shall be increased by the amount of such distribution, all as though such distribution had not been made.
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“Refinancing Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(j).
“Refinancing Notes” means any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided, that (a) 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes are used to permanently reduce Term Loans substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Notes does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the portion of the Term Loans so reduced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses); (c) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Term Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced; (d) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Notes is greater than or equal to the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans so reduced; (e) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of notes issued under an indenture, the terms thereof do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (f) the other terms of such Refinancing Notes (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums), taken as a whole, are substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Refinancing Notes are issued), as determined by the Borrower in good faith (or, if more restrictive, the Loan Documents are amended to contain such more restrictive terms); and (g) Refinancing Notes that are secured by Collateral that rank junior in right of security to an existing Class of Term B Loans, such Liens will be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement; provided, further, that Indebtedness constituting Refinancing Notes shall not cease to constitute Refinancing Notes as a result of the subsequent extension of any Term Maturity Date.
“Refinancing Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(j).
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents, controlling persons, advisors and members of such Person and of each of such Person’s Affiliates and permitted successors and assigns.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the Environment.
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“Reportable Event” means any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans outstanding that taken together represent more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding at such time; provided, that (i) the Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time and (ii) the portion of any Loans held by Fund Affiliate Lenders in the aggregate in excess of 49.9% of the Required Amount of Loans shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time. For purposes of the foregoing, “Required Amount of Loans” means, at any time, the amount of Loans required to be held by Lenders in order for such Lenders to constitute “Required Lenders” (without giving effect to the foregoing clause (ii)).
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any statutes, laws, treaties, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or determinations of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer, or other similar officer, manager or a director of a Loan Party and with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, sole member, managing member or general partner thereof, and as to any document delivered on the Closing Date or thereafter pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,” any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/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” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06. The amount of any Restricted Payment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).
“Retained Percentage” means, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow, (a) 100% minus (b) the ECF Percentage with respect to such Excess Cash Flow.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Lien Notes Documents” means the indenture for the Second Lien Secured Notes and the other “Notes Documents” under and as defined in the Second Lien Secured Notes Indenture, as each such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Second Lien Secured Notes” means the 10.000% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 issued pursuant to the Second Lien Secured Notes Indenture.
“Second Lien Secured Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower, as issuer, the guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank to the extent that such Cash Management Agreement is designated in writing by the Borrower and such Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent as a Secured Cash Management Agreement.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank to the extent that such Hedging Agreement is designated in writing by the Borrower and such Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent as a Secured Hedge Agreement.
“Secured Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
“Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
“Security Documents” means the Mortgages, the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, the IP Security Agreements (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), and each of the security agreements, pledge agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.11.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Seller” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Shared ABL Collateral” means the meaning assigned to “ABL Priority Collateral” in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or other analogous term in another Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement).
“Shared Term Loan Collateral” has the meaning assigned to “Non-ABL Priority Collateral” in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or other analogous term in another Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement).
“Similar Business” means any business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from (i) business or activities conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, (ii) any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or (iii) any business that in the Borrower’s good faith business judgment constitutes a reasonable diversification of businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
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“Special Flood Hazard Area” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.06(b).
“Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing for the acquisition of Receivables Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in the event Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law).
“Sponsor(s)” means Crestview Advisors, L.L.C., one or more investment funds controlled by Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. and any of their respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.
“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 or similar percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by any Governmental Authority of the United States. Such reserve, liquid asset or similar percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board of Governors. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset 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 Regulation D or any other applicable law, rule or regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of Sections 3.04(d), 3.06(a), 3.07, 3.16, 5.05, 5.10 and 7.01(k), and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein), an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.
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“Subsidiary Loan Party” means (a) each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Subsidiary and (b) any other Subsidiary that may be designated by the Borrower in its sole discretion from time to time to be a guarantor in respect of the Obligations and the obligations in respect of the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Notes Documents.
“Subsidiary Redesignation” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in this Section 1.01.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
“Term B Facility” means the Term B Loan Commitments and the Term B Loans made hereunder.
“Term B Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Term Loan hereunder on the Closing Date expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. The amount of each Lender’s Term Commitment as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term Commitments as of the Closing Date is $320,000,000.
“Term B Loans” means (a) the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and (b) any Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term B Loans made by the Incremental Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Term B Obligations” means any Loan Obligations with respect to the Term B Facility.
“Term Commitment” means the Commitment of each Lender on the date hereof.
“Term Lender” means each party to this Agreement with a Term Commitment on the date hereof.
“Term Loans” means the Term B Loans and/or Incremental Term Loans.
“Term Maturity Date” means August 30, 2020 (or, with respect to any Term Lender that has extended the maturity date of its Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.21(e), the extended maturity date set forth in the extension notice delivered by the Borrower and such Term Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.21(e)).
“Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph of Article V.
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“Test Period” means, at any date of determination, the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower then last ended for which financial statements have been (or required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and, initially, the four Fiscal Quarter period ending December 27, 2013.
“Third Party Funds” means any accounts or funds, or any portion thereof, received by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as agent on behalf of third parties in accordance with a written agreement that imposes a duty upon such Loan Party or one or more of its Subsidiaries to collect and remit those funds to such third parties.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, less (ii) without duplication, all Unrestricted Cash and unrestricted Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period, to (b) EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Merger Agreement, the ABL Loan Documents, the Second Lien Notes Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including (a) the consummation of the Merger; (b) the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the initial borrowings hereunder; (c) the Equity Financing; (d) the execution, delivery and performance of the Second Lien Notes Documents, the creation of the Liens thereunder, and the initial borrowings thereunder; (e) the execution, delivery and performance of the ABL Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens thereunder, and the initial borrowings thereunder and (f) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.
“Type,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“United States Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(e).
“Unrestricted Cash” means cash or cash equivalents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower identified on Schedule 1.01(E), (2) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether now owned or acquired or created after the Closing Date, that is designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date so long as (a)
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no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 4.00 to 1.00, (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 6.04, and any prior or concurrent Investments in such Subsidiary by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been made under Section 6.04, (d) without duplication of clause (c), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.04 and (e) such Subsidiary shall have been designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants and defaults) under any Material Indebtedness applicable thereto and all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all Disqualified Stock; provided further, that the Borrower shall designate such entity as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in a written notice to the Administrative Agent at the time of the initial Investment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary, and (3) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided, that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of such officer’s knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clause (i).
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended from time to time.
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any person, such person’s Equity Interests having the right to vote for the election of directors of such person under ordinary circumstances.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, a subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person. Unless the context otherwise requires, “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
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“Working Capital” means, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided, that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of acquisition method accounting.
Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Term Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Term Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Term Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Term Borrowing”).
Section 1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement (including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and permitted assigns.
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision (including any definitions) hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become
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effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, any lease that is treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of the Closing Date shall continue to be treated as an operating lease (and any future lease, if it were in effect on the Closing Date, that would be treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of the Closing Date shall be treated as an operating lease), in each case for purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any change in GAAP after the Closing Date.
Section 1.05 Effectuation of Transactions. All references herein to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be references to such Persons, and all the representations and warranties of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed made, in each case, after giving effect to the Acquisition and the other Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, unless the context otherwise requires.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
Section 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:
(a) each Lender agrees to make Term B Loans to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Term B Loan Commitment, and
(b) each Lender having an Incremental Commitment agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Commitment.
(c) Amounts of Term B Loans borrowed under this Section 2.01 that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder, provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required hereby.
(b) Subject to Section 2.15, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.
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Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. Each Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the form of a written Borrowing Request, (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided, that to request a Borrowing on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request in writing not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Closing Date. Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable. Each Borrowing Request shall specify the following information:
(i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Term B Loans or a Borrowing of any other Class (specifying the Class thereof);
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06; and
(vii) that as of the date of such Borrowing, the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) are satisfied.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified as to any Borrowing, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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Section 2.04 [Reserved].
Section 2.05 [Reserved].
Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the Applicable Account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance on such assumption and in its sole discretion, make available to the 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 agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such share on demand of the Administrative Agent. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon demand of the Administrative Agent therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower agrees to pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.14. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
(c) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Term B Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 8.06 are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 8.06 on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 8.06.
Section 2.07 Interest Elections.
(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.03 and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or
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designated by Section 2.03. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election in writing by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable.
(c) Each Interest Election Request shall be in writing and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.03:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.”
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the applicable Interest Period.
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Section 2.08 [Reserved].
Section 2.09 [Reserved]
Section 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term B Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.11.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be conclusive absent manifest error, provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the entries made pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section, the accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall control.
(e) The Term B Loans made by each Term Lender shall, at the request of such Term Lender, be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit J, dated as of (i) the Closing Date or (ii) the effective date of an assignment pursuant to Section 9.04(b), payable to the order of such Term Lender and otherwise duly completed. Closing The date, amount, Type, interest rate and Interest Period of each Loan made by each Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books for its Notes, and, prior to any transfer may be endorsed by such Lender on the schedule attached to such Notes or any continuation thereof or on any separate record maintained by such Lender. Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by any Lender of its Note.
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Section 2.11 Amortization of Term B Loans.
(a) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, the Borrower shall repay Term B Loans on the last day of each March, June, September and December (commencing on December 31, 2013) in the principal amount of Term B Loans equal to (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term B Loans immediately after closing on the Closing Date multiplied by (ii) 0.25%; provided that if any such date is not a Business Day, such payment shall be due on the next preceding Business Day.
(b) To the extent not previously paid, all Term B Loans shall be due and payable on the Term Maturity Date.
(c) Any prepayment of a Borrowing of any Class (i) pursuant to Section 2.12(a) shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled and outstanding repayments of the Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section as directed by the Borrower (and absent such direction in direct order of maturity) and (ii) pursuant to Section 2.12(c) or Section 2.12(d) shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled and outstanding repayments of the Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section, or, except as otherwise provided in any Refinancing Term Loans, pursuant to the corresponding section of such Refinancing Term Loans, in direct order of maturity.
(d) Prior to any repayment of any Borrowings of any Class hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing by delivering a Prepayment Notice of such election not later than (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, 2:00 p.m. New York City time, one Business Day before the scheduled date of such repayment. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.17. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. Repayments of Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.
Section 2.12 Prepayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium (but subject to Section 2.12(b)) or penalty (but subject to Section 2.17), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.12(f).
(b) In the event that, on or prior to date that is twelve months after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall (x) prepay, refinance, substitute or replace all or a portion of the Term B Loans with the proceeds of, or any conversion of the Term B Loans into, any new or replacement tranche of long-term secured term loans that are syndicated to banks and other institutional investors and have an All-in Yield that is less than the All-in Yield of such Term B
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Loans or (y) effect any amendment, amendment and restatement and other modification to this Agreement which reduces the All-in Yield of the Term B Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, (A) in the case of clause (x), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (B) in the case of clause (y), a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Term B Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment. Such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of such prepayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement, or the effective date of such amendment, as the case may be.
(c) The Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds promptly upon receipt thereof to prepay Term B Loans in accordance with clause (f) of this Section 2.12. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase any Refinancing Notes that are secured by a pari passu Lien on the Collateral or other Indebtedness that is secured by pari passu Liens permitted by Section 6.02(ii) or Section 6.02(jj) to the extent that any such Indebtedness requires the Borrower to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Asset Sale, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Proceeds and (y) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase exists and (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of all Classes of Term Loans.
(d) Following the end of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower, commencing with the Fiscal Year ending in December of 2014 and solely to the extent that Excess Cash Flows for such Fiscal Year exceeds $5,000,000, the Borrower shall prepay Term B Loan Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to (i) the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year, minus (ii) to the extent not financed using the proceeds of, without duplication, the incurrence of Indebtedness and the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital contributions), the sum of (A) the amount of any voluntary prepayments during such Fiscal Year (plus, without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (A), the amount of any voluntary prepayments after the end of such Fiscal Year but before the date of prepayment under this clause (d)) of Term B Loans and (B) the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions during such Fiscal Year (plus, without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (B), the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions after the end of such Fiscal Year but before the date of prepayment under this clause (d)) of commitments under the ABL Credit Agreement and/or any other revolving credit facility not prohibited hereunder to the extent that an equal amount of loans under the ABL Credit Agreement and/or such other revolving credit facility was simultaneously repaid, to prepay Term B Loans in accordance with clauses (f) of Section 2.12. Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made on or before the date that is ten days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) with respect to the Fiscal Year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated.
(e) [Reserved].
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(f) Prior to any optional prepayment of Term Loans, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section. In the event of any mandatory prepayment of Term B Loan Borrowings made at a time when Term B Loan Borrowings of more than one Class remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term B Loan Borrowings to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated between Term B Loan Borrowings (and, to the extent provided for any Class of Refinancing Term Loans, the Borrowings of such Class) pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class; provided that any Term Lender (and, to the extent provided for any Class of Refinancing Term B Loans, any Lender that holds Refinancing Term Loans of such Class) may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent in writing at least three Business Days prior to the prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any prepayment of its Term B Loans or Refinancing Term Loans of any such Class pursuant to this Section (other than an optional prepayment pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section, which may not be declined), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay Term B Loans or Refinancing Term Loans of any such Class but was so declined shall be retained by the Borrower. Optional prepayments of Term B Loan Borrowings shall be allocated among the Classes of Term B Loan Borrowings as directed by the Borrower. In the absence of a designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding provisions of this paragraph of the Type of Borrowing of any Class, the Administrative Agent shall make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under Section 2.17; provided that, in connection with any mandatory prepayments by the Borrower of the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(c) or Section 2.12(d) such prepayments shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term B Loans being prepaid in direct order of maturity irrespective of whether such outstanding Term B Loans are ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans.
(g) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing by delivering a Prepayment Notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment, but in each case, subject to the following sentence. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditional upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied; provided further that, any notice of mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12(c) or Section 2.12(d) must be delivered not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five Business Days before the date of prepayment. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.
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(h) All prepayments hereunder shall be accompanied by (1) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.14, (2) any amounts payable as provided in Section 2.17 and (3) any premium payable under Section 2.12(b).
(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.12 to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary or Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Foreign Subsidiary is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States of America, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term B Loans at the times provided in Section 2.12(c) or Section 2.12(d) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States of America (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(c) or Section 2.12(d), to the extent provided therein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any or all of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided, that in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to Section 2.12(c) or Section 2.12(d), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such prepayments as if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is applied to the permanent repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary.
Section 2.13 Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts set forth in the Fee Letter.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (including those set forth in the Fee Letter).
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 2.23, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section.
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Section 2.14 Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Term B Loans; provided that no amount shall accrue or be payable pursuant to this Section 2.14(c) to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to clause (a) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.15 Alternate Rate of Interest. If at least two Business Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
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the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing and shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing, then such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided, however, that, in each case, the Borrower may revoke any Borrowing Request that is pending when such notice is received.
Section 2.16 Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);
(ii) subject any Lender to any Tax of any kind whatsoever (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes indemnifiable under Section 2.18 or Excluded Taxes); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or ABR Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, as the case may be, for such increased costs actually incurred or reduction actually suffered.
(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction actually suffered.
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(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company in reasonable detail, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased cost or reduction pursuant to this Section if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other credit agreements.
Section 2.17 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term B Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.12(g) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20 or Section 9.02(c), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by any Lender affected by any such event (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount), compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 2.17, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Loan made by it at the Adjusted LIBO Rate (excluding the impact of clause (y) of the definition of “Adjusted LIBO Rate”) for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Loan was in fact so funded. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt of such demand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 2.17 will not apply to losses, costs or expenses resulting from Taxes, as to which Section 2.18 shall govern.
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Section 2.18 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction on account of any Taxes, provided that if any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any other applicable withholding agent shall be required by applicable Requirements of Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of the applicable withholding agent) to deduct Taxes from such payments, then (i) if the Tax in question is an Indemnified Tax or an Other Tax, the amount payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions for such Taxes have been made (including such deductions applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section 2.18) each of the Administrative Agent and Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or other applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.
(b) Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Requirements of Law.
(c) Without duplication of any amounts paid under Sections 2.18(a) or 2.18(b) above, the Loan Parties shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for any Indemnified Taxes payable by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and any Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.18) and any reasonable out-of-pocket 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. A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, but no later than 30 days thereafter, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Each Lender shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provide Borrower and the Administrative Agent with any properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by law, or reasonably requested by Borrower or the Administrative Agent, certifying as to any entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from, or reduction in, any withholding Tax with respect to any payments to be made
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to such Lender under any Loan Document. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation expired, obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly to Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the applicable withholding agent) or promptly notify Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to do so. Unless the applicable withholding agent has received forms or other documents satisfactory to it indicating that payments under any Loan Document to or for a Lender are not subject to withholding tax or are subject to Tax at a rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty, Borrower, Administrative Agent or other applicable withholding agent shall withhold amounts required to be withheld by applicable law from such payments at the applicable statutory rate.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) Each Domestic Lender shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement two properly completed and duly signed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding.
(ii) Each Lender that is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor forms) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party and such other documentation as required under the Code,
(2) two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms),
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) two properly completed and duly signed certificates, substantially in the form of Exhibit G (any such certificate a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”), and (y) two properly completed and duly signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor forms),
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Foreign Lender, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY (or other successor forms) or any other required information from each beneficial owner that would be required under
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this Section 2.18 if such beneficial owner were a Lender, as applicable (provided that, if the Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Lender on behalf of such direct or indirect partners), or
(5) any other form prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law as a basis for claiming an exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law to permit Borrower and the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(iii) If a payment made to any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or the Administrative Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of those Sections (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b), as applicable) of the Code, such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower 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 Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender or the Administrative Agent has or has not complied with such Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s FATCA obligations and, if necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.18(e)(iii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Closing Date.
In addition, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, (x)(i) prior to the date on which the first payment by the Borrower is due hereunder or (ii) prior to the first date on or after the date on which the Administrative Agent becomes a successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.07 on which payment by the Borrower is due hereunder, properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law certifying its entitlement to an available exemption from applicable U.S. federal withholding Tax in respect of any payments to be made to the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as the Administrative Agent) by any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document, and (y) on or before the date on which any such previously delivered documentation expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent documentation previously delivered by it to the Borrower, and from time to time if reasonably requested by the Borrower, further copies of such documentation.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause (e), a Lender or the Administrative Agent shall not be required to deliver any form that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
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(f) If and to the extent the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole good faith discretion, that it received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.18, it shall pay to the relevant Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, under this Section 2.18 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the applicable Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, agrees promptly to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.18(f), in no event shall the Administrative Agent or a Lender be required to pay any amount to a Loan Party pursuant to this Section 2.18(f) to the extent such payment would place the Administrative Agent or a Lender, as applicable, in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or a Lender, as applicable, would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 2.18(f) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to file for a refund of Taxes or make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to Taxes which it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other person.
(g) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on or with respect to any payment under any Loan Document that is attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that no Loan Party has already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(d)(ii) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to any Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to any Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (g).
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Section 2.19 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it under any Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.16, 2.17 or 2.18, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, recoupment or setoff. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to such account as may be specified by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to any shall be made as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, if any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurocurrency Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate for the period of such extension. All payments or prepayments of any Loan shall be made in dollars, all payments of accrued interest payable on a Loan shall be made in dollars, and all other payments under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Term B Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term B Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term B Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Term B Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
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restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant or (C) any disproportionate payment obtained by a Lender of any Class as a result of the extension by Lenders of the maturity date or expiration date of some but not all Loans of that Class or any increase in the Applicable Rate in respect of Loans of Lenders that have consented to any such extension. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption and in its sole discretion, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Section 2.20 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.16, or if the Borrower is required to pay any amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(a) or (c) or any event gives rise to the operation of Section 2.24, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder affected by such event, or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.16 or 2.18 or mitigate the applicability of Section 2.24, as the case may be, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material and would not be inconsistent with the internal policies of, or otherwise be disadvantageous in any material economic, legal or regulatory respect to, such Lender.
(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.16 or gives notice under Section 2.24, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any amount to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18 or (iii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and
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delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent to the extent such consent would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, which consents, in each case, shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued but unpaid interest thereon, accrued but unpaid fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees, including pursuant to Section 2.12(b)) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (C) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid (unless waived) to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 9.04(b)(ii) and (D) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.16, or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.18 or a notice given under Section 2.24, such assignment will result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto.
Section 2.21 Incremental Commitments.
(a) The Borrower may, from time to time, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request Incremental Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount at the time such Incremental Commitments are established from one or more Incremental Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Commitments in their own discretion. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $1,000,000 and a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Commitments are requested to become effective (the “Increased Amount Date”) and (iii) whether such Incremental Commitments are to be (x) commitments to make additional Term B Loans (“Additional Term B Loans”) or (y) commitments to make secured term loans with terms different from the Term B Loans (“Other Incremental Term Loans”).
(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Commitment of such Incremental Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Commitments; provided, that:
(i) any commitments to make Additional Term B Loans shall have the same terms as the Term B Loans,
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(ii) the Other Incremental Term Loans shall rank pari passu or junior in right of security with the Term B Loans (provided, that such Incremental Term Loans shall be subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement and any such Other Incremental Term Loans that rank junior in right of security with the Term B Loans shall be established as a separate facility from the Term B Facility),
(iii) the final maturity date of any Other Incremental Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term Maturity Date of the Term B Loans in effect on the Closing Date and, except as to pricing, amortization, final maturity date, participation in mandatory prepayments and ranking as to security, shall have (x) substantially the same terms as the Term B Loans or (y) such other terms (including as to guarantees and collateral) as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Other Incremental Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans,
(v) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom,
(vi) with respect to mandatory prepayments of the type set forth in Section 2.12, the Other Incremental Term Loans shall not participate on a greater than pro rata basis with the Term B Loans, and
(vii) with respect to any Other Incremental Term Loans that rank pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans, the All-in Yield shall be the same as that applicable to the Term B Loans made on the Closing Date, except that the All-in Yield in respect of any such Other Incremental Term Loan may exceed the All-in Yield in respect of such Term B Loans made on the Closing Date by no more than 0.50%, or if it does so exceed such All-in Yield (such difference, the “Yield Differential”) then the Applicable Rate (or the “LIBOR floor” as provided in the following proviso) applicable to such Term B Loans shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.50%; provided that, to the extent any portion of the Yield Differential is attributable to a higher “LIBOR floor” being applicable to such Other Incremental Term Loans and such floor is greater than the Adjusted LIBO Rate in effect for an Interest Period of three months’ duration at such time, the “LIBOR floor” applicable to the outstanding Term B Loans shall be increased to an amount not to exceed the “LIBOR floor” applicable to such Other Incremental Term Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Rate applicable to such Term B Loans then outstanding.
Each party hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.02(b). Any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document that is necessary to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21 and any such collateral and other documentation shall be deemed “Loan Documents” hereunder and may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received customary legal opinions, board resolutions and other customary closing certificates and documentation as required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement and, to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date and such additional customary documents and filings (including amendments to the Mortgages and other Security Documents and title endorsement bringdowns) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to assure that the Incremental Term Loans are secured by the Collateral ratably with (or, to the extent agreed by the applicable Incremental Lenders in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, junior to) one or more Classes of then-existing Loans.
(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Incremental Term Loans), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding applicable Class of Term B Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrower agrees that Section 2.17 shall apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.19(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (e) through (i) of this Section 2.21), pursuant to one or more offers made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders of any Class of Term B Loans, on a pro rata basis and on the same terms (“Pro Rata Loan Extension Offers”), the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate transactions with individual Lenders from time to time to extend the maturity date of such Lender’s Term B Loans of such Class and to otherwise modify the terms of such Lender’s Term B Loans of such Class pursuant to the terms of the relevant Pro Rata Loan Extension Offer (including, without limitation, increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Lender’s Term B Loans and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lender’s Term B Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to “on the same terms” in the preceding sentence shall mean, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term B Loans, that all of the Term B Loans of such Class are offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable with respect to such extension are the same. Any such extension (a “Loan Extension”) agreed to between the Borrower and any such Lender (an “Extending Term Loan Lender”) will be established under this Agreement by implementing an Incremental Term Loan for such Lender (such extended Term B Loan, an “Extended Term Loan”). Each Pro Rata Loan Extension Offer shall specify the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Extended Term Loan shall be made, which shall be a date not earlier than five Business Days after the date on which notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
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(f) The Borrower and each Extending Term Loan Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Extended Term Loans of such Extending Term Loan Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Extended Term Loans; provided, that (i) except as to interest rates, fees, any other pricing terms (which interest rates, fees and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2.21(b)(vii)), amortization, final maturity date and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to clauses (ii) through (iv) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Loan Extension Offer), the Extended Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as an existing Class of Term B Loans or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Class of Term B Loans to which such offer relates, and (iv) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder. Upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.02(b). Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.
(g) Upon the effectiveness of any such Loan Extension, the applicable Extending Term Loan Lender’s Term B Loan will be automatically designated an Extended Term Loan. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Extending Term Loan Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Extended Term Loan.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Extended Term Loans will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Extended Term Loan is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) any Extending Term Loan Lender may extend all or any portion of its Term B Loans pursuant to one or more Pro Rata Loan Extension Offers (subject to applicable proration in the case of over participation) (including the extension of any Extended Term Loan), (iv) there shall be no condition to any Loan Extension at any time or from time to time other than notice to the Administrative Agent of such Loan Extension and the terms of the Extended Term Loan implemented thereby (in accordance with the applicable terms of clause (f) of this Section 2.21) and (v) all Extended Term Loans and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Loan Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(i) Each Loan Extension shall be consummated pursuant to procedures set forth in the associated Pro Rata Loan Extension Offer; provided, that the Borrower shall
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cooperate with the Administrative Agent prior to making any Pro Rata Loan Extension Offer to establish reasonable procedures with respect to mechanical provisions relating to such Loan Extension, including, without limitation, timing, rounding and other adjustments.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.19(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clause (j) through (l) of this Section 2.21), the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent establish one or more additional tranches of term loans under this Agreement (“Refinancing Term Loans”), the Net Proceeds of which are used to Refinance in whole or in part any Class of Term B Loans. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Refinancing Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Refinancing Term Loans shall be made, which shall be a date not earlier than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided, that:
(i) before and after giving effect to the borrowing of such Refinancing Term Loans on the Refinancing Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 and Section 4.02 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans;
(ii) the final maturity date of the Refinancing Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term Maturity Date of the refinanced Term B Loans,
(iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than the then-remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the refinanced Term B Loans;
(iv) the aggregate principal amount of the Refinancing Term Loans shall not exceed the outstanding principal amount of the refinanced Term B Loans plus amounts used to pay fees and expenses (including original issue discount) and accrued interest associated therewith;
(v) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Term Loans (other than provisions relating to original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates or any other pricing terms (which original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2.21(b)(vii)), and optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment, which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date then in effect), as determined by the Borrower in good faith;
(vi) Refinancing Term Loans secured by Liens on the Collateral;
(vii) there shall be no obligor in respect of such Refinancing Term Loans that is not a Loan Party, and
(viii) the Term B Loans or Refinancing Term Loans being refinanced or replaced will be permanently reduced simultaneously with the refinancing or replacement thereof.
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(k) The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other person that would be an Eligible Assignee pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans; provided, that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Refinancing Term Loan. Any Refinancing Term Loans made on any Refinancing Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Term B Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, further, that any Refinancing Term Loans may, to the extent provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Term B Loans made to the Borrower.
(l) For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, if a Lender is providing a Refinancing Term Loan, such Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Refinancing Term Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Refinancing Term Loans will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Refinancing Term Loan is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment and (iii) there shall be no condition to any incurrence of any Refinancing Term Loan at any time or from time to time other than those set forth in clause (j) above.
Section 2.22 [Reserved].
Section 2.23 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 9.02.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any
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judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fourth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and fifth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans and such Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clause (a) of the definition thereof, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the relevant Loans of the relevant non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) [Reserved].
(iv) [Reserved].
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be 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, such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitments, whereupon that 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 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 Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.24 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Adjusted LIBO Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans or to convert ABR Loans denominated in dollars to Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon three Business Days’ notice from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Loans, and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates
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based upon the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Adjusted LIBO Rate. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing promptly upon becoming aware that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Adjusted LIBO Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictions) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Loan Document to which it is a party and to effect the Financing Transactions and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, including jurisdictions where its ownership, lease or operation of properties requires such qualification.
Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Financing Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action and, if required, action by the holders of such Loan Party’s Equity Interests. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, as the case may be, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing, (iv) any foreign laws, rules and regulations as they relate to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties.
Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Financing Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, the ABL Loan Documents and Second Lien Notes Documents, (b) will not violate (i) the Organizational Documents of, or (ii) any Requirements of Law applicable to, any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any
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indenture or other agreement or instrument in respect of Material Indebtedness binding upon any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiary or their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment, repurchase or redemption to be made by any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation thereunder and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Loan Documents, except (in the case of each of clauses (a), (b)(ii) and (c)) to the extent that the failure to obtain or make such consent, approval, registration, filing or action, or such violation, as the case may be, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) [Reserved].
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the six (6) months ended June 28, 2013 for Holdings and its subsidiaries and (b) (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets for the Fiscal Years ended December 30, 2011 and December 28, 2012 and (ii) statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flow as of and for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2010, December 30, 2011 and December 28, 2012 for Holdings and its subsidiaries, including in each case the notes thereto, if applicable, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Holdings and its subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods referred to therein and the results of operations and, if applicable, cash flows for the periods then ended, and, except as set forth on Schedule 3.04, were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except, in the case of interim period financial statements, for the absence of notes and for normal year-end adjustments and except as otherwise noted therein.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Since the Closing Date, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.05 Properties.
(a) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties has good title to all the Mortgaged Properties, (i) free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens or Liens arising by operation of Law and (ii) except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.
(b) No Mortgage encumbers Mortgaged Property that is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area unless flood insurance available under such Act has been obtained in accordance with Section 5.06.
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Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.06(a), there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened against or affecting any of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has, to the knowledge the Borrower, any basis to reasonably expect that any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries will become subject to any Environmental Liability or (v) currently owns, leases or operates, or to the knowledge of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, has formerly owned, leased or operated any properties which contain or where there has been a Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which constitute a violation of, could reasonably be expected to result in any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries incurring Environmental Liability, or require investigation, response or other corrective action by the Borrower or any Subsidiary under, applicable Environmental Laws. To the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, all Hazardous Materials transported from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries for off-site disposal have been disposed of in a manner which would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no material written environmental assessment or audit conducted by or on behalf of and in the possession, custody or control of any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries of any property, currently or, to Holding’s or the Borrower’s knowledge, formerly owned or leased by any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries that has not been provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.
Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with (a) its Organizational Documents, (b) all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property and (c) all indentures and other agreements and instruments in respect of Material Indebtedness binding upon it or its property, except, in the case of clauses (b) and (c) of this Section, where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.08 Investment Company Status. None of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiary is required to register as an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
Section 3.09 Taxes. Except for failures that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties and each of its Subsidiaries (a) have timely filed, caused to be filed or have had filed on their behalf all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed with the appropriate Governmental
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Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such Tax returns are required to be filed and all such Tax returns are true and correct in all material respects, and (b) have timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes levied or imposed on it or its properties, income or assets (whether or not shown on a Tax return) including in their capacity as tax withholding agents, except any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefore in accordance with GAAP.
There is no current, pending or proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries except (i) those being actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted that stay the enforcement of the Tax in question and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (ii) those that would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
Section 3.10 ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that have been filed; (ii) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (iii) none of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
Section 3.11 Disclosure. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of any Loan Document or delivered thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, Holdings and the Borrower represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by them to be reasonable at the time delivered and, if such projected financial information was delivered prior to the Closing Date, as of the Closing Date, it being understood that any such projected financial information may vary from actual results and such variations could be material.
Section 3.12 Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 3.12 sets forth the name of, and the ownership interest of Holdings and each Subsidiary in, each Subsidiary.
Section 3.13 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, license or possess the right to use, all Intellectual Property that is reasonably necessary for the operation of their businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens, except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Intellectual Property used by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the operation of its business as currently conducted infringes upon any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any Intellectual Property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiary, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.14 Solvency. (a) Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
(b) As of the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower does not intend to, and the Borrower does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.
Section 3.15 Senior Indebtedness. The Loan Obligations constitute “Senior Indebtedness” (or any comparable term) under and as defined in the documentation governing any Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted to be incurred hereunder constituting Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations.
Section 3.16 Federal Reserve Regulations. None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, to purchase or carry any margin stock or to refinance any Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or for any other purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of the provisions of Regulations U or X of the Board of Governors.
Section 3.17 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans made on or after the Closing Date (a) to fund a portion of the consideration for the Merger, (b) to pay the Transaction Expenses, (c) to provide for working capital and (d) for general corporate purposes (including for Permitted Business Acquisitions and any purchase price adjustments (including working capital adjustments) under the Merger Agreement).
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Section 3.18 No Conflict with Sanctions Laws. None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, any director, officer, agent or employee of any of the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries is a person, government, country or entity (“Person”) with whom transactions or dealings would be prohibited for U.S. persons to engage in under any of the sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of State, as well as the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority with jurisdiction over such person (collectively “Sanctions”), nor is the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries located, organized, resident, doing business or conducting transactions with the government of, or persons within, a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Borrower will not knowingly use the proceeds from the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (i) to fund any activities of or business with any Person that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or is in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Agent or otherwise) of Sanctions.
Section 3.19 No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. To the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended, and rules and regulations thereunder (“FCPA”) and the UK Bribery Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used directly or to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA or the UK Bribery Act.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
Section 4.01 Closing Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to each of the following conditions, each of which shall be satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or other electronic transmission of a signed counterpart of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Closing Date) of Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York and Delaware counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
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covering such matters relating to the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Section 4.01(g), Section 4.01(j) and Section 4.01(k) hereof.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, attaching a copy of (i) each Organizational Document of each Loan Party certified, to the extent applicable, as of a recent date by the applicable Governmental Authority, (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the Responsible Officers of each Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (iii) resolutions of the board of directors and/or similar governing bodies of each Loan Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of Loan Documents to which it is a party, certified as of the date of the Closing Date by its secretary, an assistant secretary or a Responsible Officer as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment, and (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Loan Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts previously agreed in writing by the Joint Bookrunners and the Borrower to be due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder or under any Loan Document.
(f) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (other than to the extent contemplated by Section 5.15 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall override the applicable clauses of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” for the purposes of this Section 4.01), and subject to the grace periods and post-closing set forth in such definition) shall have been satisfied (or waived) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and none of such Collateral shall be subject to any other pledges, security interests or mortgages except Liens permitted by Section 6.02.
(g) Since the date of the Merger Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Business Material Adverse Effect.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of insurance in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing the existence of insurance to be maintained by Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.06, and the Administrative Agent shall be designated as additional insured and loss payee or mortgagee as its interest may appear thereunder, or solely as
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additional insured, as the case may be, thereunder (provided that if such endorsement as additional insured cannot be delivered by the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent may consent to such endorsement being delivered at such later date as it deems appropriate in the circumstances).
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and (ii) a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and a related pro forma consolidated statement of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (based on the financial statements of the Target referred to in Section 3.04) as of and for the four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period ending June 28, 2013, prepared after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other statement of income), which include adjustments customary for Rule 144A transactions, provided, that it being understood that any acquisition method accounting adjustments may be preliminary in nature and be based only on estimates and allocations determined by the Borrower.
(j) (A) the representations and warranties of Target set forth in Section 4.6(a) of the Merger Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects, (B) the representations and warranties made by or with respect to the Target and its Subsidiaries in the Merger Agreement that are material to the interests of the Lenders (but only to the extent that Parent has the right to terminate its obligations under the Merger Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Merger Agreement) shall be true and correct in all material respects, and (C) the representations and warranties made in respect of the Borrower in Sections 3.01, 3.02 (with respect to authorization, execution, delivery and performance and enforceability of the Loan Documents), Section 3.03(b)(i), Section 3.08, Section 3.14, Section 3.16, Section 3.18 and Section 3.19 and Sections 2.03 and 3.02 of the Collateral Agreement (limited to creation, validity and perfection) shall be true and correct in all material respects.
(k) The Merger shall have been consummated, or substantially simultaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Closing Date, shall be consummated, in all material respects in accordance with the Merger Agreement, without giving effect to any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification thereof by Parent or Merger Sub that is materially adverse to the interests of the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders (in their capacities as such) unless it is approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(l) The Lenders shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C certifying as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date.
(m) Prior to, simultaneously, or substantially concurrently with the closing under this Agreement, the Fund or Fund Affiliates and other investors designated by the Fund shall have contributed the Equity Financing.
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(n) The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, in each case to the extent requested of the Borrower at least 10 business days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information about the Loan Parties as shall have been requested in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Bookrunners that they shall have determined is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act.
(o) [Reserved].
(p) [Reserved].
(q) The Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of Uniform Commercial Code, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, tax and judgment lien searches, bankruptcy and pending lawsuit searches or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is organized or maintains its principal place of business and such other searches that are required by the Perfection Certificate or that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Security Documents (other than Permitted Liens).
(r) On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries shall have any Indebtedness of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under this Agreement, (ii) the extensions of credit under the ABL Credit Agreement, (iii) the issuance of credit under the Second Lien Secured Notes, (iv) other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred or outstanding on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (v) other Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 and (vi) other Indebtedness approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
The Administrative Agent shall notify Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Section 4.02 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to receipt of the borrowing request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing (in each case, unless such date is the Closing Date); provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided further that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on the date of such credit extension or on such earlier date, as the case may be.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (other than, in the case of any Borrowing on the Closing Date).
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Each Borrowing (provided that a conversion or a continuation of a Borrowing shall not constitute a “Borrowing” for purposes of this Section) (other than any Borrowing on the Closing Date) shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Holdings and the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.02 and in Section 2.21 to the contrary, to the extent that the proceeds of Incremental Term Loans are to be used to finance a Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder, the only conditions precedent to the funding of such Incremental Term Loans shall be the conditions precedent set forth in the documentation related to such Incremental Term Loans.
The Administrative Agent shall notify Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Holdings (with respect to Section 5.04, Section 5.05 and Section 5.09) and the Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts (other than contingent amounts not yet due) payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full (the “Termination Date”), unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:
Section 5.01 Financial Statements, Reports, etc.
Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) within 150 days after the end of the Fiscal Year ending December 27, 2013 and within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year thereafter (or, if delivered in a shorter period to any holder of other Indebtedness in its capacity as such, such shorter period), an audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and the consolidated results of their operations during such year and, starting with the Fiscal Year ending in December of 2014, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior Fiscal Year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity shall be accompanied by customary management discussion and analysis and audited by independent public accountants of recognized national
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standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of Holdings or any Material Subsidiary as a going concern, other than solely with respect to, or resulting solely from an upcoming maturity date under any series of Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by Holdings of annual reports on Form 10-K of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries or a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-4 shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.01(a) to the extent such annual reports or registration statement include the information specified herein);
(b) within 60 days after the end of each of the Fiscal Quarters ending in September of 2013, March of 2014 and June of 2014, and within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending in September of 2014) (or, if delivered in a shorter period to any holder of other Indebtedness in its capacity as such, such shorter period), a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and the consolidated results of their operations during such Fiscal Quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year and, starting with the Fiscal Quarter ending in September of 2014, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior Fiscal Year, all of which shall be in reasonable detail and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be accompanied by customary management discussion and analysis and certified by a Financial Officer of Holdings on behalf of Holdings as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by Holdings of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries or a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-4 shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.01(b) to the extent such quarterly reports or registration statement include the information specified herein);
(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth the reasonably detailed calculation and uses of the Cumulative Credit for the fiscal period then ended if the Borrower shall have used the Cumulative Credit for any purpose during such fiscal period and (iii) certifying a list of names of all Immaterial Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Immaterial Subsidiary and that all such Subsidiaries in the aggregate do not exceed the limitation set forth in clause (b) of the definition of the term “Immaterial Subsidiary”, and (y) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, if the accounting firm is not restricted from providing such a certificate by its policies office, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations);
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(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or after an initial public offering, distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided, however, that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of the Borrower or the website of the SEC and written notice of such posting has been delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(e) within 90 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree) (or, if delivered in a shorter period to any holder of other Indebtedness in its capacity as such, such shorter period), a consolidated annual budget for such Fiscal Year consisting of a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income (collectively, the “Budget”), which Budget shall in each case be prepared in reasonable detail (including as to assumptions applied with respect thereto), and be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that the Budget is based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;
(f) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent not more frequently than once a year, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this clause (f) or Section 5.11(f);
(g) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender); and
(h) in the event that Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, is not engaged in any business or activity, and does not own any assets or have other liabilities, other than those incidental to its ownership directly or indirectly of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and the incurrence of Indebtedness for borrowed money (and, without limitation on the foregoing, does not have any subsidiaries other than the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and any direct or indirect parent companies of the Borrower that are not engaged in any other business or activity and do not hold any other assets or have any liabilities except as indicated above) such consolidated reporting at such Parent Entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.01 for the Borrower will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered
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electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.01 (or otherwise notified pursuant to Section 9.01(d)); or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent upon its reasonable request until a written notice to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and upon its reasonable request, provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that all financial statements and certificates furnished pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be Borrower Materials suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to Public Lenders as contemplated by the next paragraph and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as if the same had been marked “PUBLIC” in accordance with such paragraph (unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent on or prior to the delivery thereof).
The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials 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, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as solely containing information that is either (A) publicly available, (B) of a type that would reasonably be expected to be publicly available if Holdings or the Borrower were a public reporting company or (C) not material (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that such Borrower Materials shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.12, to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute information subject to the terms thereof), (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (iv) 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 Investor.”
Section 5.02 Notice of Material Events. Promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof, will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender through the Administrative Agent) written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
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(b) to the extent permissible by law, the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or, to the knowledge of a Financial Officer or another executive officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, affecting Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the receipt of a notice of an Environmental Liability that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
Section 5.03 [Reserved].
Section 5.04 Existence; Conduct of Business. Do or cause to be done all things necessary to obtain, preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names, in each case that are material to the conduct of its business, except to the extent (other than with respect to the preservation of the existence of Holdings and the Borrower) that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or any Disposition permitted by Section 6.05 or (b) the abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business and to the extent such abandonment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.05 Payment of Taxes. Pay its obligations and liabilities in respect of Taxes (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) levied or imposed upon it or its properties, income or assets, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except to the extent (i) any such Taxes are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.06 Insurance.
(a) Maintain, with insurance companies that Holdings believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of Holdings) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which Holdings believes (in the good faith judgment of management of Holdings) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as Holdings believes (in the good faith judgment or the management of Holdings) are reasonable and prudent in light of
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the size and nature of its business, and at any time, will furnish to the Lenders, upon written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or mortgagee endorsement that names the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders as the loss payee or mortgagee thereunder.
(b) If any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area (each, a “Special Flood Hazard Area”) with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, as determined in the Borrower’s reasonable discretion, flood insurance in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Section 5.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties (which, with respect to the Material Real Properties, shall include permission to conduct non-invasive environmental site assessments where a reasonable basis for such assessments exists) of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings or the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings or the Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (so long as the Borrower has the opportunity to participate in any such discussions with such accountants), in each case, subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract.
Section 5.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans made on the Closing Date only as contemplated by Section 3.17.
Section 5.09 Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, that this Section 5.09 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.10, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.05.
Section 5.10 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with
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all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.10, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.11 Further Assurances; Additional Security. Subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and any other Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement:
(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents) that the Applicable Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b) If any asset (other than Real Property) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in an amount greater than $3,000,000 is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof and (y) assets constituting Excluded Property), (i) notify the Collateral Agent of such acquisition or ownership and (ii) cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien (subject to any Permitted Liens) securing the Obligations and take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Applicable Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 5.11, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to clause (g) below.
(c) (i) Grant and cause each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security interests in, and mortgages on, any Material Real Property of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Parties, as applicable, that are not Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date, within 90 days after such acquisition (or such later date as the Applicable Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent with respect to the Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(B) as of the Closing Date or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Collateral Agent (each, an “Additional Mortgage”), which security interest and mortgage shall constitute valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens or Liens arising by operation of law, at the time of recordation thereof, (ii) record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges required to be paid in connection with such recording or filing,
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in each case subject to clause (g) below, and (iii) deliver to the Collateral Agent an updated Schedule 1.01(B) reflecting such additional Mortgaged Properties. Unless otherwise waived by the Applicable Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the Borrower shall cause the requirements set forth in clauses (vi) and (vii) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” to be satisfied with respect to such Material Real Property.
(d) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Loan Party, within 15 Business Days after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Applicable Collateral Agent shall agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Applicable Collateral Agent shall agree in its reasonable discretion (or, with respect to clauses (vi), (vii) and (viii) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”, within 90 days after such formation or acquisition or such longer period set forth therein or as the Applicable Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, as applicable), cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to clause (g) below.
(e) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party, within 15 Business Days after the date on which such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Applicable Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within 50 Business Days after the date on which such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Applicable Collateral Agent shall agree in its reasonable discretion, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to clause (g) below.
(f) (i) Furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party’s corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number, (D) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization or (E) in the location of the chief executive office of any Loan Party that is not a registered organization; provided, that the Borrower shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within 30 days following such change (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), under the Uniform Commercial Code that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by such filing, for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) promptly notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
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(g) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.11 and the other Loan Documents with respect to the Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to any of the following (collectively, the “Excluded Property”): (i) any Real Property other than Material Real Property, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, other than to the extent a Lien on such assets or such rights can be perfected by filing a UCC-1) and commercial tort claims with a value of less than $3,000,000, (iii) pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable law, rule, regulation or contractual obligation (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code), (iv) Equity Interests in any person other than Wholly Owned Subsidiaries to the extent not permitted by the terms of such person’s organizational or joint venture documents, (v) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse tax consequence as determined in good faith by the Borrower, (vi) any lease, license or other agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (vii) those assets as to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequence of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby, (viii) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (ix) pending United States “intent-to-use” trademark applications for which a verified statement of use or an amendment to allege use has not been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (x) other customary exclusions under applicable local law or in applicable local jurisdictions, (xi) assets subject to Liens securing Permitted Receivables Financings, (xii) any Excluded Securities, (xiii) Third Party Funds, (xiv) all assets of Holdings other than Equity Interests in the Borrower and other related assets pledged pursuant to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, and (xv) any other exceptions mutually agreed upon between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent; provided, that the Borrower may in its sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of Excluded Property. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) the Applicable Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time or waiver of requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (B) no control agreement or control, lockbox or similar arrangement shall be required with respect to any deposit accounts, securities accounts or commodities accounts, (C) no landlord, mortgagee and bailee waivers shall be required, (D) no notices shall be required to be sent to account debtors or other contractual third-parties, (E) no foreign-law governed security documents or perfection under foreign law shall be required, (F) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to, or any other requirements of, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the Security Documents shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth
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in the Security Documents and (G) to the extent any Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction with mortgage recording or similar tax, the amount secured by the Security Document with respect to such Mortgaged Property shall be limited to the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property as determined in good faith by the Borrower (subject to any applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction or such lesser amount agreed to by the Collateral Agent).
Section 5.12 Rating. Exercise commercially reasonable efforts to maintain public corporate credit and public corporate family ratings from each of Xxxxx’x and S&P for the Term B Loans.
Section 5.13 [Reserved].
Section 5.14 Maintenance of Properties. Keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition (subject to casualty, condemnation and ordinary wear and tear), except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.15 Certain Post-Closing Obligations. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time periods after the Closing Date specified in Schedule 5.15 or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing in its sole discretion, deliver the documents or take the actions specified on Schedule 5.15, in each case except to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to its authority as set forth in the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.” For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to each Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(B), the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be satisfied.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
The Borrower (and in the case of Section 6.11, Holdings) covenants and agrees with each Lender that, until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
Section 6.01 Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date (provided, that any such Indebtedness that is in excess of $2,000,000 shall be set forth on Schedule 6.01) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary);
(b) Indebtedness created hereunder (including pursuant to Section 2.21) and under the other Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;
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(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes;
(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower to Holdings or any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party owing to the Loan Parties shall be subject to Section 6.04(b) and (ii) Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party to Holdings or any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be unsecured and subordinated to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement on subordination terms substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto or on other subordination terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services, in each case incurred the ordinary course of business;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or a person merged or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness otherwise incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all or substantially all of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) not previously held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or a division or line of business of a person or a controlling interest in a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in any such acquisition), where such acquisition, merger or consolidation is not prohibited by this Agreement; provided, that (x) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with, or senior to, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Loan Obligations, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, the assumption or incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting any of the proceeds thereof) and any related transactions is (I) not greater than 3.50 to 1.00 or (II) no greater than the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto, (y) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such
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acquisition, merger or consolidation, the incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting any of the proceeds thereof) and any related transactions is (I) not greater than 4.50 to 1.00 or (II) no greater than the Net Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto and (z) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, the incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting any of the proceeds thereof) and any related transactions is (I) not greater than 5.00 to 1.00 or (II) no greater than the Total Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto; provided, further, (A) that the incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money pursuant to this clause (h)(i) (except for any seller note or other seller financing) shall be subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6.01, and (B) any such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall not exceed at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other non-Guarantor Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(l)(i), (r)(i) and (s)(i), the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets; and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness;
(i) (i) Capitalized Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and other Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interest of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(i), would not exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(j) Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 6.03 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(k) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(k), would not exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(l) (i) Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that are (or, if any Term B Obligations were then outstanding, would have been) pari passu with the Liens securing the Term B Obligations so long as, at the time of and after giving effect to the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting any of the proceeds thereof), the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 3.50 to 1.00, provided, (A) that the incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money pursuant to this clause (l)(i) shall be subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 6.01 and if any such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (l)(i) is secured by pari passu Liens on
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Collateral pursuant to Section 6.02(ii) and is in the form of term loans (other than High Yield-Style Loans), then the incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to clause (l)(i) shall be further subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6.01 to the extent applicable and (B) any such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall not exceed at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other non-Guarantor Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(h)(i), (r)(i) and (s)(i), the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(m) Guarantees (i) by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(v)), (iii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, and (iv) by the Borrower of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties incurred for working capital purposes in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(t) to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(v)); provided, that (x) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party under this Section 6.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such person shall be expressly subordinated to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement to at least the same extent as such underlying Indebtedness is subordinated and (y) no Guarantee by any Subsidiary of any Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Subsidiary has also provided a Guarantee of the Loan Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement;
(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Business Acquisition, other Investments or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement;
(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(p) Indebtedness incurred under the ABL Credit Agreement (or under any other credit facility with availability subject to a borrowing base formula) with aggregate commitments in an amount not to exceed the Permitted ABL Commitment Amount on the date such commitments are established;
(q) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past or industry practice;
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(r) (i) other Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that are junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Loan Obligations under this Agreement, so long as after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting any of the proceeds thereof), the Net Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 4.50 to 1.00; provided, that (A) the incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money pursuant to this clause (r)(i) shall be subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 6.01 and (B) any such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall not exceed at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other non-Guarantor Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(h)(i), (l)(i) and (s)(i), the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets; and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(s) other unsecured Indebtedness so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting any of the proceeds thereof) is not greater than 5.00 to 1.00; provided, (A) that the incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money pursuant to this clause (s)(i) shall be subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 6.01 and (B) any such Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall not exceed at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other non-Guarantor Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(h)(i), (l)(i) and (r)(i), the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(t) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(t), would not exceed the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(u) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided, that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business consistent with past or industry practice and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Hedging Agreements.
(v) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower (or, to the extent such work is done for Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past or industry practice;
(w) Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings.
(x) (i) Indebtedness represented by the Second Lien Secured Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed on the date of incurrence, $350,000,000, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
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(y) obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements;
(z) Refinancing Notes hereunder and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof;
(aa) (i) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at the time of incurrence an amount equal to clause (i) of the definition of Incremental Amount at such time, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided, that (A) the incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money pursuant to this clause (aa) shall be subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 6.01 and (B) if any such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(aa)(i) is secured by pari passu Liens on Collateral pursuant to Section 6.02(jj) and is in the form of term loans (other than High Yield-Style Loans), then the incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.01(aa)(i) shall be further subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6.01 to the extent applicable;
(bb) [Reserved];
(cc) Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing Guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the aggregate amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(cc), would not exceed the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(dd) Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity permitted by Section 6.06;
(ee) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Business Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;
(ff) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to or on behalf of any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and
(gg) all premium (if any, including tender premiums) expenses, defeasance costs, interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (ee) above or refinancings thereof.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on customary currency exchange rates in effect, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) on or prior to
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the Closing Date, on the Closing Date and, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) after the Closing Date, on the date on which such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided, that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced), and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
Further, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 6.01(a) through (ff) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 6.01(a) through (ff), the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.01 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such item of Indebtedness shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses; provided, that (i) all Indebtedness under this Agreement outstanding on the Closing Date shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 6.01, (ii) all Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement outstanding on the Closing Date shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (p) of Section 6.01 and (iii) all Indebtedness represented by the Second Lien Secured Notes outstanding on the Closing Date shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (x)(i) of this Section 6.01. In addition, with respect to any Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred hereunder on the date of such incurrence, any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness shall also be permitted hereunder after the date of such incurrence.
With respect to any Indebtedness for borrowed money described in Section 6.01(h)(i), 6.01(l)(i), 6.01(r)(i), 6.01(s)(i) or 6.01(aa)(i), (A) the stated maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date as in effect at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or, in the case of any such Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit facility, the ABL Maturity Date, (B) except in respect of any such Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit facility, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans, and (C) except in respect of any such Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit facility, such Indebtedness shall not require the maintenance of any financial performance standards other than as a condition to taking specified actions or unless such maintenance standards that take effect prior to the Termination Date are contemporaneously added to this Agreement.
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With respect to any class of Indebtedness referred to in clause (B) of the provisos to Section 6.01(l)(i) and (aa)(i) or Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in the proviso to Section 6.02(ii) (any such class, a “Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans”), if the All-in Yield in respect of such Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans exceeds the Class of Term B Loans made on the Closing Date by more than 0.50% (such difference, the “Pari Yield Differential”), then the Applicable Rate (or “LIBOR floor” as provided in the following proviso) applicable to such Class of Term B Loans shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Pari Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.50%; provided, that, to the extent any portion of the Pari Yield Differential is attributable to a higher “LIBOR floor” being applicable to such Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans and such floor is greater than the Adjusted LIBO Rate in effect for an Interest Period of three months’ duration at such time, the “LIBOR floor” applicable to such outstanding Class of Term B Loans shall be increased to an amount not to exceed the “LIBOR floor” applicable to such Class of Applicable Other Pari Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Rate applicable to such Class of Term B Loans then outstanding.
Section 6.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):
(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date (or created following the Closing Date pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date requiring the creation of such Liens) and set forth on Schedule 6.02(a) or, to the extent not listed in such Schedule, where such property or assets have a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) that does not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate, and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Liens, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;
(b) (i) any Lien created under the Loan Documents (including Liens created under the Security Documents securing obligations in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage, (ii) any Lien created under the Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), and (iii) any Lien created under the Second Lien Notes Documents;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h); provided, that such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset and accessions and additions thereto and proceeds and products thereof (other than after acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after acquired property, it being understood that such
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requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition); provided further, with respect to Liens in connection with Indebtedness that is assumed in connection with an acquisition of assets of Capital Stock, no such Lien extends to or covers any other assets (other than the proceeds or products thereof, accessions or additions thereto and improvements thereon) or was created in contemplation of the applicable acquisition of assets or Capital Stock (except to the extent the Indebtedness with respect to such Liens are otherwise permitted under Section 6.01);
(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent by more than 30 days or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
(e) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, suppliers’, construction or other like Liens, securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;
(f) (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or otherwise constituting Investments permitted by Section 6.04;
(h) zoning restrictions, easements, survey exceptions, trackage rights, leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declarations on or with respect to the use of Real Property, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, individually or in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(i); provided, that such Liens do not apply to any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than
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the property or assets acquired, leased, constructed, replaced, repaired or improved with such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness Refinanced thereby), and accessions and additions thereto, proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits; provided, that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of the same type provided by such lender (and its Affiliates);
(j) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under Section 6.03, so long as (i) such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions and additions thereto or proceeds and products thereof and related property and (ii) such Liens are created substantially simultaneously with the consummation of the related Sale-Leaseback Transaction;
(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);
(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies or surveys reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, delivered with respect to the Mortgaged Properties set forth on Schedule 1.01(B) as of the Closing Date or subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.11 or Schedule 5.15 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided, that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;
(m) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks and other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposits, sweep accounts, reserve accounts or similar accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including with respect to credit card charge-backs and similar obligations, or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Liens (i) arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes or (iv) in respect of Third Party Funds;
(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations permitted under Section 6.01(f), (k) or (o) and covering the property (or the documents of title in respect of such property) financed by such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and the proceeds and products thereof;
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(q) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(s) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
(t) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing obligations of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party permitted under Section 6.01;
(u) Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;
(v) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or industry practice;
(w) agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(x) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements;
(y) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures (i) securing obligations of such joint venture or (ii) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement;
(z) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (c) of the definition thereof;
(aa) Liens in respect of non-recourse sales or factoring of receivables owned by any Foreign Subsidiary that extend only to the receivables and associated ancillary rights subject thereto;
(bb) Liens in respect of Permitted Receivables Financings that extend only to the receivables subject thereto;
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(cc) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements; provided, that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;
(dd) in the case of Real Property that constitutes a leasehold interest, any Lien to which the fee simple interest (or any superior leasehold interest) is subject;
(ee) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligation (i) of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and (ii) of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(ff) Liens on not more than $15,000,000 of deposits securing Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes;
(gg) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or banker’s acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;
(hh) Liens on Collateral that are junior to the Liens thereon securing the Term B Obligations, so long as such junior Liens are subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement;
(ii) Other Liens on Collateral, including Liens that are pari passu with the Liens securing the Term B Obligations, so long as (i) at the time of and after giving effect to the incurrence of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting any of the proceeds thereof), the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 3.50 to 1.00 (assuming, for purposes of this clause (ii), all Indebtedness incurred in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions made in reliance upon Section 6.03(b) and outstanding at such time is included in such calculation of the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio), and (ii) such Liens are subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement; provided, that, if any Liens pursuant to this clause (ii) secure Indebtedness that is in the form of term loans (other than High Yield-Style Loans), then such Indebtedness secured by such pari passu Liens pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be subject to the last paragraph of Section 6.01;
(jj) Liens on Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens securing the Term B Obligations, so long as such pari passu Liens (i) secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(b), 6.01(z) or 6.01(aa) and (ii) are subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement;
(kk) Liens on Shared ABL Collateral that are senior to or pari passu with the Liens securing the Term B Obligations in connection with Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01(p), so long as such Liens are subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Senior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable;
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(ll) Liens to secure any Indebtedness issued or incurred to Refinance (or successive Indebtedness issued or incurred for subsequent Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by this Section 6.02; provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same type of property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on and accessions to such property, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent such assets secured (or would have secured) the Indebtedness being Refinanced), (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) or, if greater, committed amount of the applicable Indebtedness at the time the original Lien became a Lien permitted hereunder, (B) unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) and (C) an amount necessary to pay any associated underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses, and (z) on the date of the incurrence of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens, the grantors of any such Liens shall be no different from the grantors of the Liens securing the Indebtedness being Refinanced or grantors that would have been obligated to secure such Indebtedness or a Loan Party; and
(mm) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Liens, would not exceed the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in Sections 6.02(a) through (mm) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in Sections 6.02(a) through (mm), the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien in one of the above clauses and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses. In addition, with respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness.
Section 6.03 Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter, as part of such transaction, rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”); provided, that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted (a) with respect to (i) Excluded Property or Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Property, (ii) property owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is consummated within 365 days of the acquisition of such property or (iii) property owned by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan
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Party regardless of when such property was acquired, and (b) with respect to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, (i) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio, immediately after giving effect to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction and all related transactions on a Pro Forma Basis, will not exceed 3.50:1.0 (assuming, for purposes of this subclause (b), that all Indebtedness incurred in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions made in reliance on this subclause (b) and all Indebtedness incurred under Section 2.21(a) and Section 6.01(r), in each case outstanding at such time, is included in such calculation of the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio) and (ii) the Net Proceeds therefrom are used to prepay the Term B Loans to the extent required by Section 2.12(c); provided, further, that the Borrower or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary shall receive at least fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for any property disposed of in any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or clause (b) of this Section 6.03 (as approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in any case of any property with a fair market value in excess of $25,000,000).
Section 6.04 Investments, Loans and Advances. (i) Purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with a person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other person, (ii) make any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the Indebtedness of any other person, or (iii) purchase or otherwise acquire, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (x) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another person or (y) assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such person (each of the foregoing, an “Investment”), except:
(a) the Transactions;
(b) after giving effect to the applicable Investments, (i) Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) intercompany loans by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of (A) Investments (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) made after the Closing Date by the Loan Parties pursuant to subclause (i) in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties, plus (B) net outstanding intercompany loans made after the Closing Date by the Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to subclause (ii), plus (C) outstanding Guarantees by the Loan Parties of Indebtedness after the Closing Date of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to subclause (iii), shall not exceed the sum of (X) the greater of $10,000,000 and 1% of Consolidated Total Assets plus (Y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment;
(c) Permitted Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;
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(d) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of non-cash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05;
(e) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business not to exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 1% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write downs or write offs thereof), (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity;
(f) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes;
(h) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (h) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or committed on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date);
(i) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 6.02(f), (g), (o), (r), (s), (ee) and (ll);
(j) other Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed the sum of (X) the greater of $50,000,000 and 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, plus (Y) any portion of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.04(j)(Y) in a written notice of a Responsible Officer thereof, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied so long as, at the time of and after giving effect thereto, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 2.25 to 1.0, and plus (Z) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(j); provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(j) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(j) (except to the extent the preceding parenthetical does not apply);
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(k) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;
(l) intercompany loans between Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Guarantees by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties permitted by Section 6.01(m);
(m) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(n) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a person merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent such acquisition, merger or consolidation is permitted under this Section 6.04, (ii) in the case of any acquisition, merger or consolidation, in accordance with Section 6.05 and (iii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(o) [Reserved];
(p) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided, that both such amount contributed as Qualified Equity Interests and such Investment are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;
(r) Investments in the Equity Interests of one or more newly formed persons that are received in consideration of the contribution by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary of assets (including Equity Interests and cash) to such person or persons; provided, that (i) the fair market value of such assets, determined in good faith by the Borrower, so contributed pursuant to this clause (r) shall not in the aggregate exceed $15,000,000 and (ii) in respect of each such contribution, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall certify, in a form to be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (x) after giving effect to such contribution, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (y) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the assets so contributed and (z) that the requirements of clause (i) of this proviso remain satisfied;
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(s) Investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06;
(t) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practice and industry practice;
(u) Investments that constitute loans or advances in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries;
(v) Guarantees permitted under Section 6.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to this Section 6.04);
(w) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(x) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including loans to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, if the Borrower or any Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount (provided, that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under the appropriate clause of Section 6.06 for all purposes of this Agreement);
(y) Investments arising as a result of Permitted Receivables Financings;
(z) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other persons in the ordinary course of business;
(aa) to the extent constituting Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(bb) Investments received substantially contemporaneously in exchange for Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided, that both such amount contributed as Qualified Equity Interests and such Investment are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;
(cc) Investments in joint ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (X) the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets, plus (Y) an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (cc); provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (cc) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary
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thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(cc) (except to the extent the preceding parenthetical does not apply);
(dd) Investments in a Similar Business in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) not to exceed the sum of (X) the greater of $50,000,000 and 4.5% of Consolidated Total Assets plus (Y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment; provided, that the Person in which Investments pursuant to this clause (dd) are made in shall become a Subsidiary thereafter; provided, further that such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(dd) (except to the extent the preceding parenthetical does not apply); and
(ee) Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) not to exceed the sum of (X) the greater of $25,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets plus (Y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment; provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(ee) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment shall, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(ee) (except to the extent the preceding parenthetical does not apply).
The amount of Investments that may be made at any time pursuant to Section 6.04(b), 6.04(j) or 6.04(dd) (such Sections, the “Related Sections”) may, at the election of the Borrower, be increased by the amount of Investments that could be made at such time under the other Related Section; provided, that the amount of each such increase in respect of one Related Section shall be treated as having been used under the other Related Section.
Any Investment in any person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party that is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04 may be made through intermediate Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and such intermediate Investments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth above. The amount of any Investment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof.
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Section 6.05 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or Dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or Dispose of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all of the assets of any other person or division or line of business of a person, except that this Section 6.05 shall not prohibit:
(a) (i) the purchase and Disposition of inventory, or the non-recourse sale or factoring of receivables that are owned by any Foreign Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, with respect to operating leases, otherwise for fair market value on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (iii) the Disposition of surplus, obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) the assignment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with insurance arrangements of their rights and remedies under, and with respect to, the Merger Agreement in respect of any breach by the Seller of its representations and warranties set forth therein, (v) the Disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business or (vi) the non-recourse factoring of receivables pursuant to a factoring program sponsored by a retailer of national standing in partnership with one or more financial institutions;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary with or into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the survivor, (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary with or into any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is or becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders or (v) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging or consolidating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.11;
(c) Dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided, that any Dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party in reliance on this clause (c) shall be made either (i) on terms that are substantially no less favorable to such Loan Party, as applicable, then would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party in good faith or (ii) be counted as an Investment to the extent of any shortfall below fair market value and permitted to the extent permitted by Section 6.07;
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(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;
(e) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Permitted Liens, and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;
(f) Dispositions of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction;
(g) Dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided, that the Net Proceeds thereof, if any, are applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c);
(h) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving corporation;
(i) leases, licenses or subleases or sublicenses any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Dispositions of inventory or Dispositions or abandonment of Intellectual Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c);
(k) acquisitions and purchases made with the proceeds of any Asset Sale pursuant to the first proviso of clause (a) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”;
(l) the purchase and Disposition (including by capital contribution) of Receivables Assets pursuant to Permitted Receivables Financings;
(m) any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value; provided, that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $10,000,000, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $20,000,000, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower; provided, further, that (A) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom and (B) the Net Proceeds, if any, thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c); and
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(n) Dispositions not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided, that the aggregate gross proceeds thereof shall not exceed, in any Fiscal Year of the Borrower, $20,000,000; provided further, that (A) amounts not fully utilized in any Fiscal Year may be carried forward and utilized in the next Fiscal Year and (B) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.05 above, no Disposition of assets under Section 6.05(g) shall be permitted unless (i) such Disposition is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (iii) such Disposition (except to Loan Parties) is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided, that the provisions of this clause (iii) shall not apply to any individual transaction or series of related transactions involving assets with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of less than $10,000,000 or to other transactions involving assets with a fair market value of not more than the greater of $30,000,000 and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate for all such transactions during the term of this Agreement; provided, further, that for purposes of this clause (iii), each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (a) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, or otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction, (b) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days after receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received) and (c) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $30,000,000 and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets immediately prior to the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).
Section 6.06 Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of the Borrower’s Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person redeeming, purchasing, retiring or acquiring such shares) (all of the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that:
(a) Restricted Payments may be made to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);
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(b) Restricted Payments may be made in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of Holdings or any Parent Entity, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of Equity Interests or debt securities of Holdings or any Parent Entity whether or not consummated, (iii) franchise and similar taxes and other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its (and any Parent Entity’s) existence and its (or any Parent Entity’s indirect) ownership of the Borrower, (iv) payments permitted by Section 6.07(b) (other than Section 6.07(b)(vii)), (v) in respect of any taxable period for which the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries are members of a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or similar tax group for U.S. federal and/or applicable state, local or foreign tax purposes of which a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower is the common parent, distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in an amount not to exceed the amount of any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, would have paid for such taxable period had the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, been a stand-alone corporate taxpayer or a stand-alone corporate group, and (vi) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors and employees of Holdings or any Parent Entity, in each case in order to permit Holdings or any Parent Entity to make such payments; provided, that in the case of subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that are allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as, as the case may be, (x) Holdings owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests in the Borrower and assets incidental to such equity ownership, or (y) any Parent Entity owns directly or indirectly no material assets other than Equity Interests in Holdings and assets incidental to such equity ownership);
(c) Restricted Payments may be made to Holdings, the proceeds of which are used to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan or any shareholders’ agreement then in effect upon such person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided, that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this clause (c) shall not exceed in any Fiscal Year $10,000,000 (which shall increase to $15,000,000 subsequent to a Qualified IPO) (plus (x) the amount of net proceeds contributed to the Borrower that were (x) received by Holdings or any Parent Entity during such calendar year from sales of Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity to directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements; provided, that such proceeds are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit, (y) the amount of net proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year, and (z) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of management, directors or consultants of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or the
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Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests), which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year subject to a maximum of $20,000,000 in any Fiscal Year (which shall increase to $30,000,000 subsequent to a Qualified IPO); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary from members of management of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.06;
(d) any person may make non-cash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;
(e) Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount equal to a portion of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.06(e) in a written notice of a Responsible Officer thereof, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided, that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and, at the time of and after giving effect thereto, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 2.25 to 1.0;
(f) Restricted Payments may be made on the Closing Date in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;
(g) Restricted Payments may be made to pay, or to allow Holdings or any Parent Entity to make payments, in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;
(h) after a Qualified IPO, Restricted Payments may be made to pay, or to allow Holding or a Parent Entity to pay, dividends and make distributions to, or repurchase or redeem shares from, its equity holders in an amount equal to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Borrower from any public offering of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;
(i) Restricted Payments may be made to Holdings or any Parent Entity to finance any Investment that if made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly would be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.04; provided, that (A) such dividend or distribution shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary or (2) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation (to the extent permitted in Section 6.05) of the person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.11; or
(j) other Restricted Payments, together with payments and distributions made pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(F), may be made in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000.
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Section 6.07 Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower, Holdings, and the Subsidiaries or any person that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) in a transaction (or series of related transactions) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000, unless such transaction (or series of related transactions) is (i) otherwise permitted (or required) under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms that are substantially no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in good faith.
(b) The foregoing clause (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the board of directors of Holdings or of the Borrower,
(ii) loans or advances to employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04(e),
(iii) transactions among the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which a Subsidiary is the surviving entity),
(iv) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of any Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as Holdings or such Parent Entity, as the case may be, owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Borrower, Holdings or another Parent Entity and assets incidental to the ownership of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries)),
(v) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.07(b)(xiv), if applicable, transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents and permitted transactions, agreements and arrangements in existence on the Closing Date and, to the extent involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2,000,000, set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof or similar arrangement to the extent such amendment, replacement or arrangement is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined by the Borrower in good faith),
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(vi) (A) any employment agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto,
(vii) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06, including payments to Holdings (and any Parent Entity), and Investments permitted under Section 6.04,
(viii) any purchase by Holdings of the Equity Interests of the Borrower; provided, that any Equity Interests of the Borrower held by Holdings shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent (and Holdings shall deliver the relevant certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests to the Applicable Collateral Agent) on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement,
(ix) payments by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower, or a majority of Disinterested Directors of the Borrower, in good faith,
(x) transactions for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(xi) any transaction in respect of which the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of the Borrower qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter states that (i) such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (ii) such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view,
(xii) subject to subclause (xiv) below, if applicable, the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the Transactions, including fees to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate to the extent listed on a funds flow mutually acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
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(xiii) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(xiv) any agreement to pay, and the payment of, monitoring, consulting, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate (A) in an aggregate amount in any Fiscal Year not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $2,000,000 and 2% of EBITDA for such Fiscal Year, plus reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods; plus (2) any previously unused or deferred fees (to the extent such fees could have been within such amount in clause (A)(1) above originally), plus (B) 1% of the value of transactions with respect to which the Fund or any Fund Affiliate provides any transaction, advisory or other services in connection with a public offering of equity, plus (C) a transaction fee of not more than $10,000,000 to be paid to the Fund or a Fund Affiliate in connection with the Transactions on the Closing Date, plus (D) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in the event of a Qualified IPO, the present value of all future amounts payable pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (A)(1) above in connection with the termination of such agreement with the Fund and its Fund Affiliates; provided, that if any such payment pursuant to clause (D) is not permitted to be paid as a result of an Event of Default, such payment shall accrue and may be payable when no Event of Default is continuing to the extent that no further Event of Default would result therefrom,
(xv) the issuance, sale, transfer of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to Holdings (or a Parent Entity) and capital contributions by Holdings (or a Parent Entity) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
(xvi) the issuance of Equity Interests to the management of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions,
(xvii) payments by Holdings (and any Parent Entity), the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to a tax sharing agreement or arrangement (whether written or as a matter of practice) that complies with clause (v) of Section 6.06(b),
(xviii) transactions pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing,
(xix) payments, loans (or cancellation of loans) or advances to employees or consultants that are (i) approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of Holdings or the Borrower in good faith, (ii) made in compliance with applicable law and (iii) otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
(xx) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement that are fair to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries,
(xxi) transactions between the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and any person, a director of which is also a director of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower; provided, however, that (A) such director abstains from
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voting as a director of the Borrower or such direct or indirect parent company, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other person and (B) such person is not an Affiliate of the Borrower for any reason other than such director’s acting in such capacity,
(xxii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 6.05,
(xxiii) intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth herein, and
(xxiv) Investments by the Fund or a Fund Affiliate in securities of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries so long as (A) the Investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the Investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the outstanding issue amount of such class of securities.
Section 6.08 Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any material respect in any business or business activity substantially different from any business or business activity conducted by any of them on the Closing Date or any Similar Business, and in the case of a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary, Permitted Receivables Financings.
Section 6.09 Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc. (a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower)), the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
(b) (i) Make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of, or in respect of, principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (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 in respect of any Junior Financing, except for:
(A) Refinancings of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 (other than a Refinancing utilizing proceeds from loans made under the ABL Credit Agreement or other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p) that is secured by a senior Lien on the Collateral),
(B) payments of regularly-scheduled interest and fees due thereunder, other non-principal payments thereunder, any mandatory prepayments of principal, interest and fees thereunder, scheduled payments thereon necessary to avoid
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the Junior Financing from constituting “applicable high yield discount obligations” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(l) of the Code, and, to the extent this Agreement is then in effect, principal on the scheduled maturity date of any Junior Financing;
(C) payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds contributed to the Borrower by Holdings from the issuance, sale or exchange by Holdings (or any Parent Entity) of Qualified Equity Interests made within twelve months prior thereto; provided, that such proceeds are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;
(D) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity; and
(E) so long as (1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (2) at the time of and after giving effect to such payments or distributions, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 2.25 to 1.0, payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings prior to any scheduled maturity made, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed a portion of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.09(b)(i)(E) in a written notice of a Responsible Officer thereof, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; or
(F) other payments and distributions, together with Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.06(j), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000, or
(ii) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder that is a Junior Financing, or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating to any of the foregoing, other than amendments or modifications that (A) are not materially adverse to Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions, if applicable, thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) otherwise comply with the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.
(c) Permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary that is a Loan Party pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:
(A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;
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(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date under Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01, the Second Lien Notes Documents, the ABL Loan Documents, any Refinancing Notes or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness that does not materially expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(F) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(k), (l), (p), (r), (s), (z) or (aa) or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in (x) this Agreement, if such Indebtedness is secured by Liens pari passu with or senior to the Liens securing the Term B Obligations or (y) in all other cases, the Second Lien Notes Documents (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(G) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of Intellectual Property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(H) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;
(I) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(J) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;
(K) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Lien and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien, and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 6.09;
(L) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Subsidiaries, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;
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(M) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;
(N) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party;
(O) customary restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;
(P) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(Q) [Reserved]; or
(R) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 6.09(c)(i) and 6.09(c)(ii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of, or similar arrangements to, the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (Q) above; provided, that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings or similar arrangements are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions as contemplated by such provisions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing similar arrangements.
Section 6.10 Fiscal Year. In the case of the Borrower, permit its Fiscal Year to change without prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.
Section 6.11 Passive Holding Company
(a) Holdings will not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (iv) the performance of its obligations under and in connection with its Organizational Documents, the Loan Documents, the ABL Loan Documents, the Second Lien Note Documents, the Merger Agreement, the other agreements contemplated by the Merger Agreement, any agreement contemplated by Section 6.07(b)(xiv) and any other agreements contemplated hereby and thereby, (v) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or registration of its Qualified Equity Interests for sale or resale, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including
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professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes, (vii) providing usual and customary indemnification to officers and directors, (viii) activities incidental to the consummation of the Transactions and (ix) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) to (viii) of this paragraph.
(b) Holdings will not own or acquire any material assets (other than Equity Interests as referred to in Section 6.11(a)(i) above, cash and Permitted Investments or intercompany Investments in the Borrower or incur any liabilities (other than liabilities imposed by law, including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to its existence and business and activities permitted by this Agreement or to the extent such asset is only held for a limited period prior to being transferred to the Borrower) or issue any Disqualified Stock.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default. If any of the following events (any such event, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:
(a) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section) payable under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.04 (with respect to the existence of Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiaries), 5.02(a), 5.08 or in Article VI (other than Section 6.11);
(e) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of this Section), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace period);
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(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this paragraph (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement) or (ii) termination events or similar events (other than defaults or events of default) occurring under any Hedging Agreement that constitutes Material Indebtedness (it being understood that paragraph (f) of this Section will apply to any failure to make any payment required as a result of any such termination or similar event);
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a material part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, examiner, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) Holdings, the Borrower or any other Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, court protection, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in paragraph (h) of this Section, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, examiner, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a material part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(j) one or more enforceable judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000 (to the extent not covered by insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any judgment creditor shall legally attach or levy upon assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to enforce any such judgment;
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(k) (i) an ERISA Event occurs that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document, except (i) as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents, (ii) as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes, certificates of title or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents or (iii) as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage;
(m) any material provision of any Loan Document or any Guarantee of a material portion of the Loan Obligations shall for any reason be asserted by any Loan Party not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any Loan Party thereto other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder;
(n) any Guarantees of the Loan Obligations by any Loan Party pursuant to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement or the Collateral Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect (in each case, other than in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents); or
(o) a Change in Control shall occur;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Holdings or the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) of this Section), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to Holdings or the Borrower described in
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paragraph (h) or (i) of this Section, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 8.01 Appointment and Authorization of Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Barclays Bank PLC to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Requirement of Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
Section 8.02 Rights as a Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
Section 8.03 Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (i) be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (ii) have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except (in the case of the Administrative Agent) discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law,
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including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and (iii) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(b) 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 Article VII and Section 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”
(c) No Agent Party shall 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 set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than (in the case of the Administrative Agent) to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to it.
Section 8.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to any Borrowing that by its terms shall be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to any such Borrowing. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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Section 8.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Loans as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 8.06 Indemnification of the Administrative Agent. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each Lender shall indemnify upon demand each Agent Party (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower and without limiting the obligations of any Loan Party to do so) on a pro rata basis (determined as of the time that the applicable payment is sought based on each Lender’s ratable share at such time) and hold harmless each Agent Party against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for payment to any Agent Party of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Party own gross negligence or willful misconduct (and no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lender shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section). In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights and responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such costs or expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower.
Section 8.07 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent (which may be an Affiliate of a Lender), with the consent of the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such
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notice on such effective date, where (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for 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.
Section 8.08 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender and acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent Party or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent Party or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Section 8.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Irrevocable Authorization. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.13 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.13 and 9.03.
In addition, each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Secured Hedge Agreement with respect to any Hedging Obligation, or by entering into documentation in connection with any Secured Cash Management Agreement, each of the other Secured Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to authorize) the Administrative Agent, on behalf of all Secured Parties to take any of the following actions upon the instruction of the Required Lenders:
(a) consent to the Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral free and clear of the Liens securing the Secured Obligations in connection with any Disposition pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 thereof;
(b) credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations, or purchase all or any portion of the Collateral (in each case, either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles), in connection with any Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Section 363 thereof;
(c) credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations, or purchase all or any portion of the Collateral (in each case, either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles), in connection with any Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the applicable provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC;
(d) credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations, or purchase all or any portion of the Collateral (in each case, either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles), in connection with any foreclosure or other Disposition conducted in accordance with applicable law following the occurrence of an Event of Default, including by power of sale, judicial action or otherwise; and/or
(e) estimate the amount of any contingent or unliquidated Secured Obligations of such Lender or other Secured Party;
it being understood that no Lender shall be required to fund any amounts in connection with any purchase of all or any portion of the Collateral by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the foregoing clauses (b), (c) or (d) without its prior written consent.
Each Lender and each other Secured Party agrees that the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to credit bid any part of the Secured Obligations or to purchase or retain or acquire any portion of the Collateral; provided that, in connection with any credit bid or purchase under clauses (b), (c) or (d) of the preceding paragraph, the Secured Obligations owed to all of the
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Secured Parties (other than with respect to contingent or unliquidated liabilities as set forth in the next succeeding paragraph) shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent on a ratable basis.
With respect to each contingent or unliquidated claim that is a Secured Obligation, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, but is not required, to estimate the amount thereof for purposes of any credit bid or purchase described in the second preceding paragraph so long as the fixing of the amount or liquidation of such claim would not unduly delay the ability of the Administrative Agent to credit bid the Secured Obligations or purchase the Collateral in the relevant Disposition. In the event that the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects not to estimate any such contingent or unliquidated claim or any such claim cannot be estimated without unduly delaying the ability of the Administrative Agent to consummate any credit bid or purchase in accordance with the second preceding paragraph, then any contingent or unliquidated claims not so estimated shall be disregarded, shall not be credit bid, and shall not be entitled to any interest in the portion or the entirety of the Collateral purchased by means of such credit bid.
Each Secured Party whose Secured Obligations are credit bid under clauses (b), (c) or (d) of the third preceding paragraph shall be entitled to receive interests in the Collateral or other asset or assets acquired in connection with such credit bid (or in the Capital Stock of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such acquisition) on a ratable basis in accordance with the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the amount of the Secured Obligations of such Secured Party that were credit bid in such credit bid or other Disposition, by (y) the aggregate amount of all Secured Obligations that were credit bid in such credit bid or other Disposition.
Section 8.10 Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by any applicable laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.18, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payments in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective), whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
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Section 8.11 Binding Effect. Each Secured Party by accepting the benefits of the Loan Documents agrees that (i) any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, (ii) any action taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.
In addition, each Lender irrevocably authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent shall,
(a) release any Lien on any property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted under the Loan Documents to a Person that is not a Loan Party, (iii) that does not constitute (or ceases to constitute) Collateral, (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Subsidiary Loan Party, upon the release of such Subsidiary Loan Party from the Guarantee Agreement in accordance with the Loan Documents and subject to Section 9.15, (v) as required under clause (c) below or (vi) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 9.02;
(b) subject to Section 9.15, release any Subsidiary Loan Party from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary) as a result of a single transaction or related series of transactions permitted hereunder;
(c) enter into subordination, intercreditor and/or similar agreements with respect to Indebtedness that is (x) required or permitted to be subordinated hereunder and/or (y) secured by Liens, and which Indebtedness contemplates an intercreditor, subordination or collateral trust agreement; and
(d) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document.
Upon the request of 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 Loan Party from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement pursuant to this Article 8. In each case as specified in this Article 8, the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest therein , or to release such Loan Party from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Article 8 and so long as the Borrower or applicable Loan Party shall have provided the Administrative Agent such certifications or documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in order to demonstrate compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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Section 8.12 Additional Secured Parties. The benefit of the provisions of the Loan Documents directly relating to the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder shall extend to and be available to any Secured Party that is not a Lender party hereto as long as, by accepting such benefits, such Secured Party agrees, as among the Administrative Agent and all other Secured Parties, that such Secured Party is bound by (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent shall confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent) this Article VIII, Section 2.18, Section 9.01, Section 9.04, Section 9.08, Section 9.12 and Section 9.16 and the decisions and actions of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders or other parties hereto as required herein) to the same extent a Lender is bound; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) such Secured Party shall be bound by Section 8.10 and Section 9.03 only to the extent of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to or otherwise relating to the Collateral held for the benefit of such Secured Party, in which case the obligations of such Secured Party thereunder shall not be limited by any concept of pro rata share or similar concept, (b) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders party hereto shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion, without regard to the interest of such Secured Party, regardless of whether any Loan Obligation to such Secured Party thereafter remains outstanding, is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral, becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to such Secured Party or any such Loan Obligation and (c) except as otherwise set forth herein, such Secured Party shall not have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under any Loan Document.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01 Notices.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax or other electronic transmission, as follows:
(i) if to Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, to the address, fax number, e-mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 9.01; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number, telephone number or email address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).
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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). 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).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including email and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners or any of their respective Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
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(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, electronic mail address, fax or telephone number for notices and other communications or website hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, fax or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, fax number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
Section 9.02 Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power under this Agreement or any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on the Borrower or Holdings in any case shall entitle the Borrower or Holdings to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Except as provided in Section 2.21 with respect to any Incremental Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, neither this Agreement, any Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Required Lenders (other than the Fee Letter, which may be amended and
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modified in accordance with the terms thereof) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall:
(i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender),
(ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay default interest pursuant to Section 2.14(c) or to amend Section 2.14(c),
(iii) postpone the maturity of any Loan, or the date of any scheduled amortization payment of the principal amount of any Term B Loan, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby,
(iv) change Section 2.19(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of the Lenders holding a Majority in Interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each adversely affected Class,
(v) change any of the provisions of this Section without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby,
(vi) change the percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders,” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be),
(vii) release all or substantially all the value of the Guarantees under the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement or the Collateral Agreement (except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement or the Collateral Agreement) without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender),
(viii) release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents (except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the Security Documents), without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender),
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(ix) change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders holding Loans of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class, without the written consent of Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender) holding a Majority in Interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each affected Class, or
(x) change the rights of the Term Lenders to decline mandatory prepayments as provided in Section 2.12 or the rights of any incremental Term Lenders of any Class to decline mandatory prepayments of Term Loans of such Class as provided in the agreements with respect to applicable Incremental Term Loans, without the written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Term Lenders or incremental Term Lenders of such Class, as applicable;
provided further that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and (B) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (x) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (where such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not object to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within three (3) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof) or (y) to integrate any Incremental Commitments in a manner consistent with Section 2.21, including, with respect to Other Incremental Term Loans, as may be necessary to establish such Incremental Term Loans as a separate Class or tranche from the existing Loans or Commitments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Lenders prior to such inclusion and (b) guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Foreign Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement, amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities or defects or (iii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed Change”) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders (and, to the extent any Proposed Change requires the
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consent of Lenders holding Loans of any Class pursuant to clause (iv) or (ix) of paragraph (b) of this Section, the consent of a Majority in Interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of such Class) to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in paragraph (b) of this Section being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then, so long as the Lender that is acting as Administrative Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which Eligible Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent to the extent such consent would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of its Loans, accrued but unpaid interest thereon, accrued but unpaid fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (including pursuant to Section 2.12(b)) from the Eligible Assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) unless waived, the Borrower or such Eligible Assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 9.04(b)(ii). A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Term B Loans of any Lender that is at the time a Defaulting Lender shall not have any voting or approval rights under the Loan Documents and shall be excluded in determining whether all Lenders (or all Lenders of a Class), all affected Lenders (or all affected Lenders of a Class), a Majority in Interest of Lenders of any Class or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to this Section); provided that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, each Affiliated Lender hereby agrees that, if a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law shall be commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party at a
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time when such Lender is an Affiliated Lender, such Affiliated Lender irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent to vote on behalf of such Affiliated Lender with respect to the Loans held by such Affiliated Lender in any manner in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, unless the Administrative Agent instructs such Affiliated Lender to vote, in which case such Affiliated Lender shall vote with respect to the Loans held by it as the Administrative Agent directs; provided that such Affiliated Lender shall be entitled to vote in accordance with its sole discretion (and not in accordance with the direction of the Administrative Agent) in connection with any plan of reorganization to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat any Secured Obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Secured Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower.
Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners and their respective Affiliates (without duplication), including any and all recording and filing fees, cost and expenses incurred in connection with the Platform, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP and, if necessary, one local firm of counsel in each applicable jurisdiction (exclusive of any reasonably necessary special firm of counsel in each appropriate specialty) and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel per affected party, in each case, as counsel, for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, and the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof, (ii) [Reserved] and (iii) all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in connection with the enforcement or protection of any rights or remedies (A) in connection with the Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws), including its rights under this Section or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans; provided that such counsel shall be limited to one lead counsel and such local counsel (exclusive of any reasonably necessary special counsel) as may reasonably be deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent in each relevant jurisdiction and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel per affected party.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Joint Lead Arrangers and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, including any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and similar other taxes, if any, and reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses for any Indemnitee (excluding the allocated costs of in house counsel and limited to not more than one counsel for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, a single special
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counsel in each appropriate specialty for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where such Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of such for such affected Indemnitee)), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, regardless of whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and (iv) any or alleged presence of Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, to or from any Material Real Property or any other property currently or formerly owned or operated by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any other Environmental Liability related in any way to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or related expenses (x) resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment), (y) resulted from a material breach of the Loan Documents by such Indemnitee (or any of its Affiliates, successors and assigns or their Related Party (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment) or (z) arise from disputes between or among Indemnitees that do not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than claims against an Indemnitee in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as an administrative agent or arranger or any similar role under this Agreement).
(c) [Reserved].
(d) No Loan Party shall assert, and each hereby waives on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party, any claim against any Indemnitee (i) for any direct or actual damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet) in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such direct or actual damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (ii) on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions or any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefor; provided, however, that any Indemnitee shall promptly refund an indemnification payment received hereunder to the extent that there is a final judicial determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such payment pursuant to this Section.
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Section 9.04 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder other than as expressly provided in Section 6.05 without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b)(ii) and (f) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent (except with respect to assignments to an Ineligible Institution) not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of (A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment (x) by a Lender to any Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender, (y) by a Lender to an Approved Fund or (z) (other than to an Ineligible Institution) if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing; and (B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of a Term B Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or to an Affiliated Lender. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, if the Borrower has not given the Administrative Agent written notice of its objection to an assignment within ten (10) Business Days after written notice of such assignment, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to such assignment.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (in each case, other than an Ineligible Institution) or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the trade date specified in the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment or, if no trade date is so specified, as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall, not be less than $1,000,000, unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is
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continuing; provided further that simultaneous assignments by or to two or more Approved Funds shall be combined for purposes of determining whether the minimum assignment requirement is met, (B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause (B) shall not be construed to prohibit assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans, (C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or, if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, and, in each case, together (unless waived or reduced by the Administrative Agent) with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may elect to waive or reduce such processing and recordation fee; provided further that assignments made pursuant to Section 2.20(b), Section 9.02(c) or Section 9.02(e) shall not require the signature of the assigning Lender to become effective and (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax forms required by Section 2.18(e) and an 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, the Loan Parties and their Related Parties 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.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto 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 (and subject to the obligations and limitations of) Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 9.03 and to any fees payable hereunder that have accrued for such Lender’s account but have not yet been paid); provided that an assignee shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment pursuant to Section 2.18 than the applicable assignor would have been entitled to receive had no such assignment occurred. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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 paragraph (c)(i) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal and interest amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
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contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by (i) the Borrower and (ii) to the extent of (A) its own Loan and Commitments and (B) Loans of Affiliated Lenders, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Commitments and Loans are intended to be in “registered form” within the meaning of Treasury regulations Sections 1.871-14(c) and 5f.103-1(c) and Sections 163(f), 871(h) and 881(c) of the Code, and this Section 9.04(b)(iv) shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent therewith.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required by Section 2.18(e) (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(vi) The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other Persons other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender, Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and any other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the clause (i), (ii), (iii), (vii) or (viii) of the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that directly and adversely affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (d)(iii) of this Section, the Borrower
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agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17 and 2.18 (subject to the obligations and limitations of such Sections, including Section 2.18(e) (provided that any required documentation shall be provided to the participating Lender) and Section 2.20) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.19(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal and interest amounts of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary; provided that no Lender shall have the obligation to disclose all or a portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any loans or other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary in connection with a Tax audit or other proceeding to establish that any loans are in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Commitments and Loans are intended to be in “registered form” within the meaning of Treasury regulations Sections 1.871-14(c) and 5f.103-1(c) and Sections 163(f), 871(h) and 881(c) of the Code, and this Section 9.04(d)(ii) shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent therewith.
(iii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.16 or Section 2.18 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent that a Participant’s right to a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.
Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other “central” bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest, provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or sub-participations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the
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applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Commitment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(f) Assignments of Term Loans to an Affiliated Lender shall be subject to the following additional limitations:
(i) Affiliated Lenders will not (i) receive information provided solely to Lenders by the Administrative Agent, any Joint Bookrunners or any Lender and will not be permitted to attend or participate in meetings attended solely by the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners, other than the right to receives notices or Borrowings, notices or prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II and (ii) be entitled to receive advice of counsel to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent or challenge the Lenders’ attorney-client privilege;
(ii) for purposes of any amendment, waiver or modification of any Loan Document (including such modifications pursuant to Section 9.02), or, subject to Section 9.02(f), any plan of reorganization pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, that in either case does not require the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender or does not adversely affect such Affiliated Lender in any material respect as compared to other Lenders, Affiliated Lenders will be deemed to have voted in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders voting on such matter; and each Affiliated Lender hereby acknowledges, agrees and consents that if, for any reason, its vote to accept or reject any plan pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code is not deemed to have been so voted, then such vote will be (x) deemed not to be in good faith and (y) “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code such that the vote is not counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such plan in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; provided that Affiliated Debt Funds will not be subject to such voting limitations and will be entitled to vote as any other Lender;
(iii) such Affiliated Lenders shall (x) represent in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement that it is not in possession of material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal and state securities laws) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their respective securities (or, if Holdings is not at the time a public-reporting company, material information of a type that would not be reasonably expected to be publicly available if Holdings were a public-reporting company) that (A) has not been disclosed to the assigning Lender or to the Lenders generally and (B) could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material to, the assigning Lender’s decision make such assignment and (y) hereby waives and releases, to the extent permitted by law, any claims such Affiliated Lender may have against the Administrative Agent and any other Agent Parties, under applicable laws or otherwise (solely in its capacity as a Lender hereunder);
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(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans purchased by assignment pursuant to this Section 9.04 and held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed the Permitted Loan Purchase Amount; and
(v) Affiliated Lenders other than Affiliated Debt Funds will not be permitted to vote on matters requiring a Required Lender vote, and the Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders shall be disregarded in determining (x) other Lenders’ commitment percentages or (y) matters submitted to Lenders for consideration that do not require the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender or do not adversely affect such Affiliated Lender in any material respect as compared to other Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders; provided that the commitments of any Affiliated Lender shall not be increased, the Interest Payment Dates and the dates of any scheduled amortization payments (including at maturity) owed to any Affiliated Lender hereunder will not be extended and the amounts owning to any Affiliated Lender hereunder will not be reduced without the consent of such Affiliated Lender.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in Section 9.02 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, all Term Loans held by Affiliated Debt Funds may not account for more than 49.9% of the Term Loans of consenting Lenders included in determining whether the Required Lenders have consented to any action pursuant to Section 9.02.
(h) Each Lender participating in any assignment to Affiliated Lenders acknowledges and agrees that in connection with such assignment, (1) the Affiliated Lenders then may have, and later may come into possession of Excluded Information, (2) such Lender has independently and, without reliance on the Affiliated Lenders or any of their Subsidiaries, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent Parties, has made its own analysis and determination to participate in such assignment notwithstanding such Lender’s lack of knowledge of the Excluded Information, (3) none of the Affiliated Lenders or any of their Subsidiaries, Holdings, the Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any other Agent-Related Persons shall have any liability to such Lender, and such Lender hereby waives and releases, to the extent permitted by law, any claims such Lender may have against the Affiliated Lenders and any of their Subsidiaries, Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and any other Agent Parties, under applicable laws or otherwise, with respect to the nondisclosure of the Excluded Information and (4) that the Excluded Information may not be available to the Administrative Agent or the other Lenders.
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(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.19(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (i) or (j) of this Section 9.04), any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower may purchase by way of assignment and become an Eligible Assignee with respect to Term B Loans at any time and from time to time from Lenders in accordance with Section 9.04(b) hereof (each, a “Permitted Loan Purchase”); provided, that, in respect of any Permitted Loan Purchase, (A) any such purchase occurs pursuant to Dutch auction procedures open to all Lenders of the relevant Class of Term B Loans on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided, that any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower shall be entitled to make open market purchases of the Term B Loans without complying with such Dutch auction procedures, (B) upon consummation of such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Loans purchased pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately cancelled and extinguished in accordance with Section 9.04(j), (C) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Permitted Loan Purchase and (D) any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower and such Lender that is the assignor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Assumption (and for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be required to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(ii) and shall otherwise comply with the conditions to assignments under this Section 9.04 and represented in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement that it is not in possession of material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal and state securities laws) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their respective securities (or, if Holdings is not at the time a public-reporting company, material information of a type that would not be reasonably expected to be publicly available if Holdings were a public-reporting company) that (A) has not been disclosed to the assigning Lender (other than because such assigning Lender does not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) and (B) could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material to, the assigning Lender’s decision make such assignment.
(j) Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Term B Loans and the Borrower shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans.
Section 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid. The provisions of Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and
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9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, an assignment or rights by or replacement of any Lender, the repayment of all Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or the syndication of the Loans and Commitments constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 9.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.07, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
Section 9.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower then due and owing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although (i) such obligations may be contingent or unmatured and (ii) such obligations are owed to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such Indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.23 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Secured Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to
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which it exercised such right of setoff. The applicable Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such setoff and application; provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such setoff and application under this Section. The rights of each Lender and its respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender and its respective Affiliates may have.
Section 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in any Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document against Holdings or the Borrower or their respective properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in any Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER
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PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.12 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates, and to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential and any failure of such Persons acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent or the relevant Lender to comply with this Section shall constitute a breach of this Section by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Lender, as applicable), (ii) to the extent requested by any governmental or regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority, required by applicable law or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided that solely to the extent permitted by law and other than in connection with routine audits and reviews by regulatory and self-regulatory authorities, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower as promptly as practicable of any such requested or required disclosure in connection with any legal or regulatory proceeding; provided further that in no event shall any Lender or the Administrative Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings, (iii) to any other party to this Agreement, (iv) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (v) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any Hedging Agreement or derivative transaction relating to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries and its obligations under the Loan Documents or (C) any pledgee referred to in Section 9.04(d), (vi) if required by any rating agency; provided that prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall have agreed in writing to maintain the confidentiality of such Information, (vii) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Holdings or the Borrower or (viii) to the extent necessary or customary for inclusion in league table measurement. For the purposes hereof, “Information” means all information received from Holdings or the Borrower relating to Holdings, the Borrower, any other Subsidiary or their business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings, the Borrower or any
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Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of information received from Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
(b) EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(c) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT, WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
Section 9.13 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
Section 9.14 Judgment Currency.
(a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
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(b) The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any holder of any obligation owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.
Section 9.15 Release of Liens and Guarantees.
(a) A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, and all security interests created by the Security Documents in Collateral owned by such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary (including pursuant to a merger with a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party); provided that, if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall not have provided otherwise. Upon any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party (other than to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party) of any Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest created under any Security Document in any Collateral or the release of Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party from its Guarantee under the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement or the Collateral Agreement pursuant to Section 9.02, the security interests in such Collateral created by the Security Documents or such guarantee shall be automatically released. Upon the Termination Date, all obligations under the Loan Documents and all security interests created by the Security Documents shall be automatically released. Any such release of Secured Obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Secured Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Secured Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release so long as the Borrower or applicable Loan Party shall have provided the Administrative Agent such certifications or documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in order to demonstrate compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no release under this Section shall occur solely because a Subsidiary Loan Party has become an Immaterial Subsidiary or a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary unless (x) the Borrower so elects and (y) such release does not result in the release of all or substantially all of the Collateral.
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(b) The Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to subordinate the Administrative Agent’s Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(i).
(c) Each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to provide any release or evidence of release, termination or subordination contemplated by this Section. 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 Loan Party from its obligations under any Loan Document, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Document and this Section.
Section 9.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each of the Borrower and Holdings acknowledges and agrees that (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, Holdings and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of the Borrower and Holdings has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each of the Borrower and Holdings is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, Holdings, any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers has any obligation to the Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged, for their accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, Holdings and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrower and Holdings hereby agrees it will not claim that the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any Joint Lead Arranger has rendered advisory services of any nature or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to it in connection with the Transactions and waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
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Section 9.17 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the obligations hereunder.
Section 9.18 Intercreditor Agreements. Reference is made to the First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereunder (a) acknowledges that it has received a copy of the First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and (c) authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to enter into the First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, in each case, as Administrative Agent and on behalf of such Lender. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to the lenders under the Second Lien Notes Documents and the ABL Loan Documents to extend credit to the Borrower and such lenders are intended third party beneficiaries of such provisions. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of either the First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or ABL Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable, shall control. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
CRESTVIEW DS MERGER SUB II, INC. (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX XXXXXX OF AMERICA, INC.), as the Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
XX XXXXXX ENTERPRISES, INC., as Holdings | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to First Lien Credit Agreement]
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender and as Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to First Lien Credit Agreement]
Execution Version
Schedule 1.01(A)
Certain U.S. Subsidiaries
None.
Schedule 1.01(B)
Mortgaged Property1
Property Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxx |
Xxxx | ||
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. * | CA | Irwindale | ||
8631 Younger Creek Dr. * | CA | Sacramento | ||
0000 Xxxx Xxxx. * | CA | Los Angeles | ||
00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx * | PA | Xxxxxxxx | ||
0 Xxxxxxxx Xx. * | CA | Irvine | ||
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx. | XX | Mableton | ||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xx. | XX | Ephrata | ||
00000 Xxxxxxx 00 | XX | Xxxxxxxx | ||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx. | XX | Los Angeles | ||
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx. * | IL | Chicago | ||
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx. * | IL | Chicago | ||
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxx. * | CA | Gardena | ||
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx. | XX | Oceanside | ||
0000 Xxxxxx Xx. | XX | Riverside | ||
0000 Xxxxxx Xxx. | XX | San Francisco | ||
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xx. | XX | Arlington Heights |
1 | Each Mortgaged Property that is expected to be Eligible Real Property under the ABL Credit Agreement is designated by a “*”. |
Schedule 1.01(C)
Immaterial Subsidiaries
None.
Schedule 1.01(D)
Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Property
Property |
State |
City | ||
0000 X Xxxx Xxxxx | XX | Phoenix | ||
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx | XX | Orlando | ||
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx | XX | Irwindale | ||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx | XX | Sacramento | ||
0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xx. | XX | Santa Xxx | ||
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx. | XX | Chicago | ||
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx. | XX | Chicago | ||
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xx | XX | Elgin | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx | XX | Peoria | ||
I-55 – 000 Xxxxxxxx Xx. | XX | Xxxxxxxx | ||
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | XX | Xxx Xxxxxxx | ||
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx Xx | XX | Las Vegas | ||
00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx | XX | Carnegie | ||
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx | XX | Grand Prairie | ||
0000 X 0000 X | XX | Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx |
Schedule 1.01(E)
Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries
None.
Schedule 2.01
Commitments
Lender |
Term B Loan Commitment | |||
BARCLAYS BANK PLC |
$ | 320,000,000 |
Schedule 3.04
Financial Statements
None.
Schedule 3.06(a)
Litigation
None.
Schedule 3.12
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries |
Jurisdiction of Formation |
Record Owner |
Percentage of Equity Interest Owned |
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1. | Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc. (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) |
Delaware |
XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc. |
100 | % | |||||
2. | XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. |
Delaware |
XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc. |
100 | % | |||||
3. | Crystal Springs of Alabama Holdings, LLC |
Delaware |
XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. |
100 | % | |||||
4. | Polycycle Solutions, LLC |
Delaware |
XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. |
100 | % |
Schedule 5.15
Post-Closing Items
1. | Within 45 days of the Closing Date (as such date may be extended at the reasonable discretion of the Applicable Collateral Agent), the Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Collateral Agent evidence of release of each of the mortgages set forth on Item 3 of Schedule 6.02(a). |
Schedule 6.01
Indebtedness
1. | Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date, pursuant to a Capitalized Lease Obligation documented by that certain Truck Lease and Service Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2004, by and between Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. and XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. (as successor to Blue Ridge Mountain Water Inc.). |
2. | Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date, pursuant to (x) that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1996, between Xxxxxx County Industrial Development Corporation (the “Issuer”) and XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. (successor in interest to McKesson Water Products Company) and (y) that certain Promissory Note, made by XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. (successor in interest to McKesson Water Products Company) in favor of the Issuer. |
3. | Indebtedness evidenced by the following letters of credit outstanding as of the Closing Date:2 |
Beneficiary |
Amount Outstanding | LC Number | Issuing Bank | Expiration Date | ||||||
Old Republic Insurance Company |
$ | 110,000 | S12031 | Handelsbanken | April 12, 2014 | |||||
Zurich American Insurance Company |
$ | 15,000,000 | S12027 | Handelsbanken | March 20, 2014 | |||||
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company |
$ | 1,589,957 | S12029 | Handelsbanken | March 5, 2014 | |||||
Safety National |
$ | 7,000,000 | S12032 | Handelsbanken | November 7, 2013 |
2 | These Letters of Credit are being back-stopped as of the Closing Date under the ABL Credit Agreement. |
Schedule 6.02(a)
Liens
1. | Liens securing the Indebtedness in existence as of the Closing Date described in item 1 and item 3 of Schedule 6.01. |
2. | Liens on the collateral described in the following financing statements on Form UCC-1, securing the Indebtedness, in existence as of the Closing Date, owed to the secured party evidenced thereby: |
Debtor |
Jurisdiction |
Type of |
Secured Party |
Collateral |
Original File Date |
Original File Number | ||||||
XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. | Delaware | UCC Debtor | United Rentals Northwest, Inc. | Customer grants Secured Party, a security interest in the Equipment described as Customer: # 481026 Equipment: # 521506 Qty: 1 Invoice/Seq#: 90882479-001 Make: JLG |
12/2/2010 | 04233890 | ||||||
XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. | Delaware | UCC Debtor | Rocktenn CP, LLC | Xxxxxxx Axiom Wrap 8 | 9/10/2012 | 23488311 | ||||||
XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. | UCC Debtor | Delaware | WM Recycle America LLC | One (1) used Max-Pak MP60HD baler, Serial Number: 03077216, together with all substitutions and replacements for and products of the foregoing and all additions and accessions thereto, all spare and repair parts and proceeds and products thereof as defined in Article 9 of the UCC as it may be amended, reenacted or otherwise in effect from time to time and all debtors recyclables. | 5/15/2013 | 31865121 |
3. | The following properties are subject to mortgages for the benefit of (a) General Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent (“GE Capital”) under the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 29, 2012 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented through the date hereof), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “DSWA”), the lenders party thereto and GE Capital, (b) |
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent (“CS”) under the First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of February 29, 2012 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented through the date hereof) among Holdings, DSWA, the lenders party thereto and CS and (c) CS, as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Second Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of February 29, 2012 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented through the date hereof) among Holdings, DSWA, the lenders party thereto and CS:3 |
1) | 0 Xxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxx, XX |
2) | 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
3) | 0000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
4) | 8631 Younger Creek Dr. and 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
5) | 0000 X.X. 00xx Xxxxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
6) | 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxx, XX |
7) | 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxx, XX |
8) | 0000 X. Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX |
9) | 000 Xxxx X Xxxxxx, 536-536 1⁄2 East I Street (aka 528) and 000 Xxxxx 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX |
10) | 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxxxx, XX |
11) | 00000 Xxxxxxx 00, Xxxxxxxx, XX |
12) | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
13) | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
14) | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
15) | 0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx Xxx, XX |
16) | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxx, XX |
17) | Southfield Park, Centennial, CO |
18) | 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxx, XX |
3 | The Indebtedness with respect to each of these existing credit agreements is repaid in full and all Liens granted under the security agreements related to such existing credit agreements are released by GE Capital and CS pursuant to the payoff letters dated as of the Closing Date. However, the evidence of release of the mortgage with respect to the above listed properties will be obtained in accordance with Schedule 5.15. |
19) | 000 Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (x/x/x Xxxxxxxx Xxx.), Xxxx Xxxxx, XX |
20) | 0000 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
21) | 0000 X.X. 000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, XX |
22) | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX |
23) | 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx. and 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxxxxx, XX |
24) | 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
25) | 0000 X. 00 Xx., Xxxxxxx, XX |
26) | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xx., Xxxxx, XX |
27) | 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
28) | 000 X. Xxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
29) | 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX |
30) | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxx, XX |
31) | 0000 X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX |
32) | I-55 – 000 Xxxxxxxx Xx. and I-55 – 000 Xxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxx, XX |
33) | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxx. and 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxx |
34) | 000 Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxxxx, XX |
35) | 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX |
36) | 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
37) | 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxx Xx., Xxx Xxxxx, XX |
38) | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX |
39) | 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX |
40) | 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
41) | 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxx, XX |
42) | 0000 X 0000 X Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX |
43) | Xx. 00 & Xx. 00, 0000 X.X.X. Xxx., Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX |
44) | 000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, XX |
Schedule 6.04
Investments
1. | Investments by Crystal Springs of Alabama Holdings, LLC in 50% of the partnership interests in Crystal Springs of Alabama Joint Venture (the “Joint Venture”), existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date, in accordance with the terms and conditions of that certain Joint Venture Agreement, dated July 1, 1993, by and between Crystal Springs of Alabama Holdings, LLC (as successor in interest to Suntory Water Group of Alabama, Inc.) and Water Way Distributing Company, Inc. |
2. | Investments existing as of the Closing Date with respect to the $6,000,000 Variable Rate Demand Industrial Development Revenue Bonds Series 1996 issued pursuant to the Indenture of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1996, by and between The Bank of New York, as trustee, and Xxxxxx County Industrial Development Corporation. |
Schedule 6.07
Transactions with Affiliates
None.
Schedule 9.01
Notices
Party |
Notice Address | |||
Any Loan Party | XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. 0000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | |||
Attention: |
Xxxx X Xxxxx, Chief Legal Officer | |||
Telephone: |
(000) 000-0000 | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Email: | XXxxxx@xxxxx.xxx | |||
with copy to: |
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Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attention: |
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Telephone: |
(000) 000-0000 | |||
Facsimile: |
(000) 000-0000 | |||
Email: | XXxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx XXxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx | |||
with copy to: |
||||
Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attention: |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Telephone: |
(000) 000-0000 | |||
Facsimile: |
(000) 000-0000 | |||
Email: | XXxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx | |||
Administrative Agent |
As Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and Swingline Lender:
Other than for Payments and Requests for Extensions of Credit Barclays Bank PLC Bank Debt Management Group 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | |||
Attention: | XX Xxxxxx Portfolio Manager: Xxxxxx Xxxxx / Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx |
Telephone: | (000) 000-0000 / (000) 000-0000 | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Email: | Xxxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx / | |||
Xxxxxxxxxxx.X.Xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx | ||||
Payments and Requests for Extensions of Credit: | ||||
Barclays Bank PLC | ||||
Loan Operations | ||||
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attention: | Agency Services – XX Xxxxxx; Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Telephone: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Email: | Xxxxxxxxxxxx0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx | |||
with copy to: | ||||
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP | ||||
000 0xx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Attention: | Xxxx Xxxx | |||
Telephone: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||
Email: | xxxx.xxxx@xxxx.xxx |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as the same may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.
1. The Assignor (as defined below) hereby sells and assigns, without recourse, to the Assignee (as defined below), and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes, without recourse, from the Assignor, effective as of the Effective Date set forth below (the “Effective Date”) (but not prior to the registration of the information contained herein in the Register pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(iv) of the Credit Agreement), the interests set forth below (the “Assigned Interest”) in the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the amounts and percentages set forth below of (i) the Commitments of the Assignor on the Effective Date and (ii) the Loans owing to the Assignor which are outstanding on the Effective Date.
2. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is not a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document , (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.04(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a
Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (vii) attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
4. From and after the Effective Date (i) the Assignee shall be a party to and be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the Loan Documents and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent of the interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
5. Pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement, this Assignment and Acceptance is being delivered to the Administrative Agent together with (i) if required by Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C) of the Credit Agreement, a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 and (ii) if the Assignee is not already a Lender under the Credit Agreement, a completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement.
6. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any principle of conflicts of law that could require the application of any other law.
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2 | To be completed to the extent consents are required under Section 9.04(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement. |
3 | Consent of the Administrative Agent shall not be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or an Affiliate of the Borrower made in accordance with Section 9.04(i) (see Exhibit K to the Credit Agreement) of the Credit Agreement or Section 9.04(f) of the Credit Agreement. |
4 | Consent of the Borrower shall not be required for an assignment (x) by a Lender to any Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender, (y) by a Lender to an Approved Fund or (z) (other than to an Ineligible Institution) if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing. Consent of the Borrower shall be deemed to have been given if the Borrower has not responded within ten (10) Business Days after any request for such consent. |
[Signature Page to Assignment and Acceptance]
Execution Version
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
August 30, 2013
Reference is hereby made to:
(i) | that certain First Lien Credit Agreement of even date herewith (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”, to be merged with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger), certain other parties thereto and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “First Lien Agent”); and |
(ii) | that certain Indenture of even date herewith (the “Indenture”) by and among the Borrower, as the issuer, certain other parties thereto and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Second Lien Agent” and together with the First Lien Agent, the “Agents”). |
As used herein, the term “Pledgor” means Holdings, the Borrower and each Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Subsidiary (each, a “Subsidiary Loan Party”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable, or the Collateral Agreement referred to therein.
The undersigned, solely in their capacities as Responsible Officers of Holdings and the Borrower, hereby certify to each of the Agents as follows:
Names.
Set forth on Schedule 1(a) is (1) the exact legal name of each Pledgor as such name appears in its respective certificate of incorporation or other organizational document, (2) the type of entity of each Pledgor, (3) the jurisdiction of formation of each Pledgor, (4) the organizational identification number, if any, of each Pledgor, and (5) the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number, if any, of each Pledgor.
Set forth on Schedule 1(b) is a list of any other corporate or organizational names each Pledgor, which has changed its corporate or organizational name, has had in the past five years, together with the date of the relevant change.
Set forth on Schedule 1(c) is a list of any Pledgor’s change in identity or corporate structure within the past five years, including by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise (other than as specified on Schedule 1(b)).
Current Locations.
The chief executive office of each Pledgor is located at the address set forth in Schedule 2(a) hereto.
Schedule 2(b) is a list of all U.S. real property owned by each Pledgor in fee and having a fair market value (on a per-property basis) of at least $5,000,000 as of the date hereof and all U.S. real properties that are, as of the date hereof, expected to be Eligible Real Properties (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement).
Set forth on Schedule 2(c) opposite the name of each Pledgor are all locations (other than the chief executive office) at which any Pledgor maintains any books or records relating to any Accounts (with each location at which chattel paper, if any, is kept being designated by a *).
Set forth on Schedule 2(d) are all the locations, not identified above, where each Pledgor maintains any Equipment having an aggregate value in excess of $5,000,000 at such location.
Extraordinary Transactions. Except for those purchases, acquisitions and other transactions described on Schedule 3 or otherwise disclosed in Section 1, in the past five years all Accounts have been originated by the Pledgors and all Inventory has been acquired by the Pledgors in the ordinary course of business (except Accounts and Inventory acquired pursuant to an acquisition or merger set forth on Schedule 1(b) or Schedule 1(c)).
Schedule of UCC Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 4 is a schedule of the appropriate filing offices for the UCC-1 financing statements to be filed with respect to each Pledgor as contemplated by the Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable.
Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests.
Attached hereto as Schedule 5(a) is a true and correct list of all of the issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity interests (the “Equity Interests”) issued by the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties and any other Subsidiaries that are directly owned by any Pledgor and the record and direct beneficial owners of such Equity Interests setting forth the percentage of such Equity Interests owned and the percentage pledged under the Collateral Agreements.
Attached hereto as Schedule 5(b) is a true and correct list in all material respects of all other Equity Interests directly owned by any Pledgor and the record and direct beneficial owners of such Equity Interests setting forth (to the knowledge of the relevant Pledgor) the percentage of such Equity Interests owned and the percentage pledged under the Collateral Agreements.
Debt Instruments. Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness, in each case in excess of $2,000,000 on an individual basis, held by any Pledgor as of the date hereof that are required to be pledged under the Collateral Agreements, including all intercompany notes between or among any two or more Pledgors or any of their Subsidiaries.
Intellectual Property.
(a) Attached hereto as Schedule 7(a) is a schedule setting forth all of each Pledgor’s Patents and Trademarks applied for or registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as of the date hereof, including the name of the registered owner or applicant, the name of the patent or trademark, the registration, application, or publication number, as applicable, and the issuance, registration or application date, as applicable, of each Patent or Trademark owned by each Pledgor.
(b) Attached hereto as Schedule 7(b) is a schedule setting forth all of each Pledgor’s Copyrights applied for or registered with the United States Copyright Office, including the name of the registered owner or applicant and the registration or application number, as applicable, of each Copyright owned by each Pledgor.
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8. Letter-of-Credit Rights. Attached hereto as Schedule 8 is a true and correct list of all Letters of Credit issued in favor of each Pledgor, as beneficiary thereunder with a face amount in excess of $5,000,000.
9. Commercial Tort Claims. Attached hereto as Schedule 9 is a list of commercial tort claims with a value reasonably estimated to exceed $3,000,000 held by any Pledgor, including a brief description thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed this Perfection Certificate as of the date first above written.
XX XXXXXX ENTERPRISES, INC. | ||
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CRESTVIEW DS MERGER SUB II, INC. (to be merged with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger), on behalf of itself and each Subsidiary Loan Party | ||
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Schedule 1(a)
Legal Names, Etc.
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Jurisdiction of Formation |
Organizational Number |
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Schedule 1(b)
Prior Organizational Names (Last Five Years)
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Schedule 1(c)
Changes in Corporate Identity/Structure (Last Five Years)
Pledgor |
Description of Change |
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Schedule 2(a)
Chief Executive Offices
Pledgor |
Address |
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Schedule 2(b)
Material Owned U.S. Real Property and Eligible Real Property5
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5 | Each property expected to be Eligible Real Property is designated by a “*”. Each property having a fair market value of less than $5,000,000 is designated by a “+”. |
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Schedule 2(c)
Location of Books Relating to Accounts (other than the Chief Executive Office)
Pledgor |
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Schedule 2(d)
Other Locations of Equipment
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Schedule 3
Transactions Other Than in the Ordinary Course of Business
Entity |
Description of Transaction Including Parties Thereto |
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Schedule 4
UCC-1 Filing Offices
Pledgor |
UCC-1 Filing Office | |||
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Schedule 5(a)
Equity Interests Issued by Borrower, Subsidiary Loan Parties and their Direct Subsidiaries
Issuer |
Record Owner |
Certificate No. |
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Schedule 5(b)
Other Equity Interests Directly Owned by Pledgor
Issuer |
Record Owner |
Percentage of Equity Interest Owned |
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Schedule 6
Debt Instruments Held by Pledgors
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Schedule 7(a)
Registered Patents and Trademarks
UNITED STATES PATENTS:
Registrations:
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Applications:
UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS:
Registrations:
Owner |
Trademark |
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Registration |
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Applications:
Owner |
Trademark |
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Registration |
Registration Date | ||||
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Schedule 7(b)
Registered Copyrights
UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTS
Registered:
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Copyright |
Registration Number | ||
Copyright Applications Filed with the United States Copyright Office:
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Schedule 8
Letter of Credit Rights
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Schedule 9
Commercial Tort Claims
Execution Version
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF
SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
August 30, 2013
This Solvency Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(l) of the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (the “Credit Agreement”) among Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), the lenders party thereto from time to time, and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned hereby certifies, solely in his capacity as an officer of the Borrower and not in his individual capacity, as follows:
1. I am the [Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower. I am familiar with the Transactions, and have reviewed the Credit Agreement, financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 of the Credit Agreement and such documents and made such investigation as I have deemed relevant for the purposes of this Solvency Certificate.
2. As of the date hereof, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, on and as of such date (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, exceeds the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis do not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
3. As of the date hereof, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower does not intend to, and the Borrower does not believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debts or the debts of any such subsidiary.
This Solvency Certificate is being delivered by the undersigned officer only in his capacity as [Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower and not individually and the undersigned shall have no personal liability to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect thereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solvency Certificate on the date first written above.
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EXECUTION VERSION
EXHIBIT E TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
FIRST LIEN/FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
dated as of
[ ], 20[ ]
among
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Applicable Authorized Representative,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement,
[ ],
as the Initial Other Authorized Representative,
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each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto
relating to
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.01 |
Construction; Certain Defined Terms |
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Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Common Collateral | ||||||
SECTION 2.01 | Priority of Claims |
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SECTION 2.02 | Actions with Respect to Common Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens |
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SECTION 2.03 | No Interference; Payment Over |
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SECTION 2.04 | Automatic Release of Liens |
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SECTION 2.05 | Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings |
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SECTION 2.06 | Reinstatement |
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SECTION 2.07 | Insurance |
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SECTION 2.08 | Refinancings |
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SECTION 2.09 | Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection |
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SECTION 4.01 | Appointment and Authority |
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SECTION 4.02 | Rights as a First-Priority Secured Party |
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SECTION 4.03 | Exculpatory Provisions |
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SECTION 4.04 | Reliance by Applicable Authorized Representative |
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SECTION 4.05 | Delegation of Duties |
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SECTION 4.06 | Non-Reliance on Applicable Authorized Agent and Other First-Priority Secured Parties |
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SECTION 4.07 | Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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SECTION 5.01 | Notices |
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SECTION 5.02 | Other First-Priority Obligations |
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SECTION 5.03 | Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements |
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SECTION 5.04 | Parties in Interest |
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SECTION 5.05 | Survival of Agreement |
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SECTION 5.06 | Counterparts |
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SECTION 5.07 | Severability |
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SECTION 5.08 | Governing Law |
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SECTION 5.09 | Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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SECTION 5.10 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 5.11 | Headings |
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SECTION 5.12 | Conflicts |
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SECTION 5.13 | Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights |
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SECTION 5.14 | Authorized Representatives |
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SECTION 5.15 | ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Applicable Authorized Representative |
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SECTION 5.16 | Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
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Annexes and Exhibits
Annex A | Consent of Grantors | |
Annex B | Other First-Priority Secured Party Consent |
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This FIRST LIEN/FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “Agreement’), dated as of [ ], 20[ ], is among BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Applicable Authorized Representative (as defined herein), BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Initial Other Authorized Representative”), and each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto for the Other First-Priority Secured Parties of the Series with respect to which it is acting in such capacity, as consented to by the Grantors in the Consent of Grantors.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, in its capacity as Applicable Authorized Representative, the Administrative Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the Initial Other Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties) and each additional Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Other First-Priority Secured Parties of the applicable Series) agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Construction; Certain Defined Terms.
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) unless otherwise expressly stated herein, all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term “or” is not exclusive.
(b) It is the intention of the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series that the holders of First-Priority Obligations of such Series (and not the First-Priority Secured Parties of any other Series) bear the risk of (i) any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the First-Priority Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of First-Priority Obligations), (y) any of the First-Priority Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of First-Priority Obligations and/or (z) any intervening security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of First-Priority Obligations and, without limiting the foregoing, after taking into account the effect of any applicable intercreditor agreements) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of First-Priority Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of First-Priority Obligations or (ii) the existence of any Collateral for any other Series of First-Priority Obligations that is not Common Collateral (any such condition referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) with respect to any Series of First-Priority Obligations, an “Impairment” of such Series). In the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of First-Priority Obligations, the results of such Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of First-Priority Obligations, and the rights of the holders of such Series of First-Priority Obligations (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions in respect of such Series of First-Priority Obligations pursuant to Section 2.01) set forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are borne solely by the holders of the Series of such First-Priority Obligations subject to such Impairment. Additionally, in the event the First-Priority Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to applicable law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code), any reference to such First-Priority Obligations or the Secured Credit Documents governing such First-Priority Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.
(c) Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means the ABL Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 by and among BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A., as ABL Facility Agent (as defined therein), Barclays Bank PLC, as First-Priority Collateral Agent and First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent (each as defined therein), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Agent (as defined therein), the Company and the other parties thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or restated, in whole or in part, from time to time.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
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“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Applicable Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, (i) until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Authorized Representative of the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and (ii) from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative. The Applicable Authorized Representative at any time hereunder shall act, or appoint an agent to act, as the “First-Priority Agent” (or any other equivalent term) for purposes of any junior lien intercreditor agreement or as the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent” for purposes of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof).
“Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Credit Agreement Secured Obligations or the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent or the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, as applicable, (ii) in the case of the Initial Other First-Priority Obligations or the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties, the Initial Other Authorized Representative and (iii) in the case of any Series of Other First-Priority Obligations or Other First-Priority Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Case” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Cash Management Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations, whether now owing or hereafter arising, of such Person in respect of overdrafts or other liabilities owed to any other Person that arise from treasury, depositary or cash management services, including any automated clearing house or other electronic transfers of funds, credit cards, purchase or debit cards, e-payable services or any similar transactions, including any services or transactions of the type referred to in the definition of “Cash Management Agreement” in the Credit Agreement.
“Collateral” means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any First-Priority Collateral Document to secure one or more Series of First-Priority Obligations.
“Collateral Agreement” means the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of August 30, 2013 among the Company, each other pledgor party thereto, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or restated from time to time.
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“Common Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First-Priority Obligations (or their respective Authorized Representatives on behalf of such holders) hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien (including, without limitation, in respect of equity interests of Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by any Grantor that have been pledged as Collateral) at such time. If more than two Series of First-Priority Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of First-Priority Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Common Collateral for those Series of First-Priority Obligations that hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Common Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time.
“Company” means XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Consent of Grantors” means the Consent of Grantors in the form of Annex A attached hereto.
“Controlled” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the Series of First-Priority Secured Parties whose Authorized Representative is the Applicable Authorized Representative for such Common Collateral.
“Credit Agreement” means that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2013, among Holdings, the Company, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, including, in the event such Credit Agreement is terminated or replaced and the Company subsequently enters into any agreement, indenture, instrument or other document evidencing any Indebtedness, the agreement, indenture, instrument or other document designated by the Company to be the “Credit Agreement” hereunder.
“Credit Agreement Collateral Agent” means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Credit Agreement Documents” means the Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or any Equivalent Provision thereof).
“Credit Agreement Obligations” means all “Loan Obligations” (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof)) of the
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Company and other obligors under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Agreement Documents, and all other obligations to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Credit Agreement Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the lenders and agents under the Credit Agreement Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.
“Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) any First-Priority Cash Management Obligations and First-Priority Hedging Obligations included in the term “Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof).
“Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof).
“DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
“DIP Financing Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
“DIP Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
“Discharge” means, with respect to any Obligations, except to the extent otherwise provided herein with respect to the reinstatement or continuation of any such Obligations, the payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of all such Obligations then outstanding, if any, and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding under the agreements or instruments (the “Relevant Instruments”) governing such Obligations, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in a manner consistent with such agreement or instrument, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder, and the termination of all commitments of “secured parties” under the Relevant Instruments. In the event any Obligations are modified and such Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified, in each case, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, such Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such new or modified indebtedness shall have been satisfied. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.
“Discharge of Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” means the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations; provided that the Discharge of Credit Agreement Secured Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such Credit Agreement Secured Obligations or an
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incurrence of future Credit Agreement Secured Obligations with additional First-Priority Obligations secured by such Common Collateral under an Other First-Priority Agreement which has been designated in writing by the Company to the Applicable Authorized Representative and each other Authorized Representative as the “Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Equivalent Provision” means, with respect to any reference to a specific provision of an agreement in effect on the date hereof (the “original agreement”), if such agreement is amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced after the date hereof in a manner permitted hereby, the provision in such amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replacement agreement that is the equivalent to such specific provision in such original agreement.
“Event of Default” means an Event of Default under and as defined in the Credit Agreement, the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement or any other Other First Priority Agreement (or, in each case, the Equivalent Provision thereof).
“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15(b).
“First-Priority Cash Management Obligations” means any Cash Management Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the First-Priority Collateral Documents.
“First-Priority Collateral Documents” means any agreement, instrument or document entered into in favor of any Authorized Representative for purposes of securing any Series of First-Priority Obligations.
“First-Priority Hedging Obligations” means any Hedging Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the First-Priority Collateral Documents.
“First-Priority Obligations” means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, (ii) each Series of Other First-Priority Obligations and (iii) any other First-Priority Hedging Obligations and First-Priority Cash Management Obligations (which shall be deemed to be part of the Series of Other First-Priority Obligations to which they relate to the extent provided in the applicable Other First-Priority Agreement).
“First-Priority Secured Parties” means (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (ii) the Other First-Priority Secured Parties with respect to each Series of Other First-Priority Obligations.
“Grantors” means Holdings, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries of the Company that has executed and delivered a First-Priority Collateral Document as a grantor thereunder.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (a) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements,
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currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements, and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements and (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices, including any obligations of the type referred to in the definition of “Hedging Agreement” in the Credit Agreement.
“Holdings” means XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Impairment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.01(b).
“Initial Other Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Initial Other First-Priority Agreement” means that certain [DESCRIBE THE RELEVANT OTHER FIRST-PRIORITY AGREEMENT], as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Initial Other First-Priority Obligations” means the Other First-Priority Obligations arising under or pursuant to the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement.
“Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties” means the holders of any Initial Other First-Priority Obligations and the Initial Other Authorized Representative.
“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:
(1) any case commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency (except for any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up to the extent permitted by the applicable Secured Credit Documents); or
(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
“Intervening Creditor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Joinder Agreement” means the documents required to be delivered by an Authorized Representative to the Applicable Authorized Representative pursuant to Section 2.08 or 5.02 in order to create an additional Series of Other First-Priority Obligations or a Refinancing of any Series of First-Priority Obligations.
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“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar monetary encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the Authorized Representative of the Series of Other First-Priority Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding Series of First-Priority Obligations with respect to such Common Collateral.
“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
“Non-Controlling Authorized Representative” means, at any time with respect to any Common Collateral, any Authorized Representative that is not the Applicable Authorized Representative at such time with respect to such Common Collateral.
“Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative, the date which is 180 days (throughout which 180 day period such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative was the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative) after the occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Other First-Priority Agreement under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) and (ii) the Applicable Authorized Representative’s and each other Authorized Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative certifying that (x) such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Other First-Priority Agreement under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the First-Priority Obligations of the Series with respect to which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Other First-Priority Agreement; provided that the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to any Common Collateral (1) at any time the Administrative Agent or the Applicable Authorized Representative has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Common Collateral or (2) at any time the Grantor that has granted a security interest in such Common Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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“Non-Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the First-Priority Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such Common Collateral.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), penalties, fees indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness.
“Other First-Priority Agreement” means each of the agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing any Other First-Priority Obligations, and includes the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement.
“Other First-Priority Documents” means each of the Other First-Priority Agreements and any related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any Other First-Priority Agreement at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any indebtedness arising under any Other First-Priority Agreement. The Other First-Priority Documents at any time hereunder shall be deemed to be the “Other First-Priority Documents” (or any other equivalent term) as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) or as defined in any junior lien intercreditor agreement.
“Other First-Priority Obligations” means any indebtedness or Obligations (other than Credit Agreement Secured Obligations) of the Grantors that are to be secured with a Lien pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and are designated by the Company as Other First-Priority Obligations hereunder; provided, however, that the requirements set forth in Section 5.02 shall have been satisfied; provided, further, that Other First-Priority Obligations include the Initial Other First-Priority Obligations. The Other First-Priority Obligations at any time hereunder shall be deemed to be the “Other First-Priority Obligations” (or any other equivalent term) as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) or as defined in any junior lien intercreditor agreement.
“Other First-Priority Secured Party” means the holders of any Other First-Priority Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto and includes the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Possessory Collateral” means any Common Collateral in the possession of the Credit Agreement Secured Collateral Agent (or, following the Discharge of the
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Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Applicable Authorized Representative) (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or otherwise. Possessory Collateral includes, without limitation, any Certificated Securities, Promissory Notes, Instruments, and Chattel Paper, in each case, delivered to or in the possession of the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent (or, following the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Applicable Authorized Representative) under the terms of the First-Priority Collateral Documents. All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the New York UCC.
“Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter into alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.
“Secured Credit Document” means (i) the Credit Agreement Documents, (ii) the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement and (iii) each other Other First-Priority Document.
“Series” means (a) with respect to the First-Priority Secured Parties, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties (in their capacity as such) and (iii) the Other First-Priority Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First-Priority Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First-Priority Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, (ii) the Initial Other First-Priority Obligations and (iii) the Other First-Priority Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other First-Priority Agreement (other than the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement), which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First-Priority Obligations).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
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ARTICLE II
Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Common Collateral
SECTION 2.01 Priority of Claims.
(a) Anything contained herein or in any of the Secured Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding (but subject to Section 1.01(b)), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Applicable Authorized Representative or any First-Priority Secured Party is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Common Collateral, or any distribution is made in respect of any Common Collateral in any Bankruptcy Case of any Grantor or any First-Priority Secured Party receives any payment pursuant to any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Common Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Collateral by the Applicable Authorized Representative or any First-Priority Secured Party or received by the Applicable Authorized Representative or any First-Priority Secured Party pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement with respect to such Common Collateral and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately following) to which the First-Priority Obligations are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “Proceeds”), shall be applied by the Applicable Authorized Representative in the order specified below:
FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative and any other Authorized Representative in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any Secured Credit Document or any of the First-Priority Obligations, including without limitation all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the relevant Authorized Representatives hereunder or under any Secured Credit Document on behalf of any Grantor, any other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any Secured Credit Document, and all other fees, indemnities and other amounts owing or reimbursable to the Administrative Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other Authorized Representative hereunder or under any Secured Credit Document;
SECOND, to the Authorized Representatives for each Series of First-Priority Obligations on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective amounts of the First-Priority Obligations owed to the First-Priority Secured Parties of each such Series on the date of any such distribution (with the amounts so applied to each Series to be distributed by the
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Authorized Representative for such Series as specified in the applicable Secured Credit Documents for such Series) until the Discharge of each Series of First-Priority Obligations has occurred; and
THIRD, to the Grantors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
If, despite the provisions of this Section 2.01(a), any First-Priority Secured Party shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the First-Priority Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Section 2.01(a), such First-Priority Secured Party shall hold such payment or recovery in trust for the benefit of all First-Priority Secured Parties for distribution in accordance with this Section 2.01(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Common Collateral for which a third party (other than a First-Priority Secured Party and, without limiting the foregoing, after taking into account the effect of any applicable intercreditor agreements) has a lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of First-Priority Obligations but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the security interest of any other Series of First-Priority Obligations (such third party an “Intervening Creditor”), the value of any Common Collateral or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Common Collateral or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of First-Priority Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists.
(b) It is acknowledged that the First-Priority Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Secured Credit Documents, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the First-Priority Secured Parties of any Series.
(c) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of First-Priority Obligations granted on the Common Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, or any other applicable law or the Secured Credit Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations of any Series or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 1.01(b) hereof), each First-Priority Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of First-Priority Obligations on any Common Collateral shall be of equal priority.
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SECTION 2.02 Actions with Respect to Common Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens.
(a) With respect to any Common Collateral, (i) notwithstanding Section 2.01, only the Applicable Authorized Representative shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Common Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Common Collateral, including the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) the Applicable Authorized Representative shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Common Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Common Collateral) from any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative (or any other First-Priority Secured Party) and (iii) no Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or other First-Priority Secured Party (other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) shall or shall instruct the Applicable Authorized Representative to, commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Common Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Common Collateral), whether under any First-Priority Collateral Document, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Applicable Authorized Representative, acting in accordance with the applicable First-Priority Collateral Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Common Collateral. Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens, the Applicable Authorized Representative may deal with the Common Collateral as if it had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or Non-Controlling Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party or any other exercise by the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral or to cause the Applicable Authorized Representative to do so. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any First-Priority Secured Party, Applicable Authorized Representative or any Authorized Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Common Collateral.
(b) Each of the Authorized Representatives agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any Common Collateral for the benefit of any Series of First-Priority Obligations (other than funds deposited for the discharge or defeasance of any Other First-Priority Agreement) other than pursuant to the First-Priority Collateral Documents and, by executing this Agreement (or a Joinder Agreement), each Authorized Representative and the Series of First-Priority Secured Parties for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the other First-Priority Collateral Documents applicable to it.
(c) Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, attachment, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the First-Priority Secured Parties on all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or
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impair (i) the rights of the Applicable Authorized Representative, any Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party to enforce this Agreement or (ii) the rights of any First-Priority Secured Party from contesting or supporting any other Person in contesting the enforceability of any Lien purporting to secure First-Priority Obligations constituting unmatured interest pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
SECTION 2.03 No Interference; Payment Over.
(a) Each First-Priority Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any First-Priority Obligations of any Series or any First-Priority Collateral Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any First-Priority Collateral Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First-Priority Secured Party from challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any First-Priority Obligations constituting unmatured interest or the validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral by the Applicable Authorized Representative, (iii) except as provided in Section 2.02, it shall have no right to (A) direct the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common Collateral (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement) or (B) consent to the exercise by the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Common Collateral, and none of the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party with respect to any Common Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Common Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vi) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.
(b) Each First-Priority Secured Party hereby agrees that, if it shall obtain possession of any Common Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in
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respect of any such Common Collateral, pursuant to any First-Priority Collateral Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time prior to the Discharge of each Series of First-Priority Obligations, then it shall hold such Common Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other First-Priority Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Common Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Applicable Authorized Representative, to be distributed by the Applicable Authorized Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a) hereof.
SECTION 2.04 Automatic Release of Liens.
(a) If at any time (i) any Common Collateral is transferred to a third party or otherwise disposed of, in each case, in connection with any enforcement by the Applicable Authorized Representative in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (ii) any Lien on Common Collateral that is ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) is released as required by the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other Authorized Representative, for the benefit of each Series of First-Priority Secured Parties upon such Common Collateral will automatically be released and discharged upon final conclusion of foreclosure proceeding; provided that any proceeds of any Common Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
(b) Each Authorized Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the Applicable Authorized Representative to evidence and confirm any release of Common Collateral, whether in connection with a sale of such assets by the relevant owner pursuant to the preceding clauses or otherwise, or amendment to any First-Priority Collateral Document provided for in this Section.
SECTION 2.05 Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the commencement and continuance of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law by or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The relative rights as to the Common Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition therefor. The parties hereto acknowledge that the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be enforceable as contemplated by Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. All references herein to any Grantor shall include such Grantor as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Grantor.
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(b) If any Grantor shall become subject to a case (a “Bankruptcy Case”) under any Bankruptcy Law and shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (“DIP Financing”) to be provided by one or more lenders (the “DIP Lenders”) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, each First-Priority Secured Party (other than any Controlling Secured Party or any Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party) agrees that it will raise, join or support no objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the Common Collateral securing the same (“DIP Financing Liens”) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Common Collateral, unless any Controlling Secured Party, or an Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party, shall then oppose or object (or join in or support any objection) to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Common Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Common Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any First-Priority Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Common Collateral granted to secure the First-Priority Obligations of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such Common Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (A) the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Common Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-a-vis all the other First-Priority Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the First-Priority Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any First-Priority Secured Parties as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-a-vis the First-Priority Secured Parties as set forth in this Agreement, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the First-Priority Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, and (D) if any First-Priority Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the First-Priority Secured Parties of such Series or its Authorized Representative that shall not constitute Common Collateral; and provided, further, that the First-Priority Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other First-Priority Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such First-Priority Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.
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(c) Nothing in this Agreement will in any way prohibit or limit the right of any First-Lien Secured Party to receive and retain any debt or equity securities that are issued by any reorganized debtor pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; provided, however, that any debt or equity securities received by any First-Lien Secured Party on account of Proceeds in satisfaction of any First-Lien Obligations that constitute a “secured claim” within the meaning of Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code (or similar Bankruptcy Law) will be paid over or otherwise transferred to the Applicable Authorized Representative for application in accordance with Section 2.01 unless such distribution is made under a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding that purports to give effect to this Agreement.
SECTION 2.06 Reinstatement. In the event that any of the First-Priority Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including an order or judgment for disgorgement of a preference under any Bankruptcy Law, or any similar law, or the settlement of any claim in respect thereof), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Article II shall be fully applicable thereto until all such First-Priority Obligations shall again have been paid in full in cash.
SECTION 2.07 Insurance. As between the First-Priority Secured Parties, the Applicable Authorized Representative shall have the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Common Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral.
SECTION 2.08 Refinancings. The First-Priority Obligations of any Series may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing transaction under any Secured Credit Document) of, any First-Priority Secured Party of any other Series, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that the Authorized Representative of the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness shall have executed a Joinder Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness.
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SECTION 2.09 Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.
(a) The Credit Agreement Collateral Agent (or, following a Discharge of the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Applicable Authorized Representative) agrees to hold any Common Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral that is part of the Collateral in its possession or control (or, in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First-Priority Secured Party and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First-Priority Collateral Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09. Pending delivery to the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent (or following a Discharge of the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Applicable Authorized Representative), each other Authorized Representative agrees to hold any Common Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral, from time to time in its possession, as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First-Priority Secured Party and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First-Priority Collateral Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09.
(b) The duties or responsibilities of the Applicable Authorized Representative and each other Authorized Representative under this Section 2.09 shall be limited solely to holding any Common Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First-Priority Secured Party for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such First-Priority Secured Parties therein.
(c) The agreement of the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent (or, following a Discharge of the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Applicable Authorized Representative) to act as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent pursuant to this Section 2.09 is intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC.
ARTICLE III
Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations
Whenever the Applicable Authorized Representative or any Authorized Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any First-Priority Obligations of any Series, or the Common Collateral subject to any Lien securing the First-Priority Obligations of any Series, it may request that such information be furnished to it in writing by each other Authorized Representative and shall be entitled to make such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided, however, that, if an Authorized Representative shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, the requesting Applicable Authorized Representative or Authorized Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination or not make any determination by such method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Company. The
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Applicable Authorized Representative and each Authorized Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Grantor, any First-Priority Secured Party or any other person as a result of such determination.
ARTICLE IV
The Applicable Authorized Representative
SECTION 4.01 Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties hereby irrevocably appoints Barclays Bank PLC to act on its behalf as the Applicable Authorized Representative hereunder and under each of the other First-Priority Collateral Documents and authorizes the Applicable Authorized Representative to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Applicable Authorized Representative by the terms hereof or thereof, including for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any Grantor to secure any of the First-Priority Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Applicable Authorized Representative and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Applicable Authorized Representative pursuant to Section 4.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under any of the First-Priority Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IV and Article VIII (including the resignation provisions thereof) of the Credit Agreement and the equivalent provision of any Other First-Priority Agreement (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were named therein) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
(b) Each Non-Controlling Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that the Applicable Authorized Representative shall be entitled, for the benefit of the First-Priority Secured Parties, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with any Common Collateral as provided herein and in the First-Priority Collateral Documents, without regard to any rights to which Non-Controlling Secured Parties would otherwise be entitled as a result of holding any First-Priority Obligations. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Secured Party agrees that none of the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any type of Common Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any of the First-Priority Obligations), or to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such Common Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any First-Priority Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Non-Controlling Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds
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actually received by the Non-Controlling Secured Parties from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties waives any claim it may now or hereafter have against the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Authorized Representative of any other Series of First-Priority Obligations or any other First-Priority Secured Party of any other Series arising out of (i) any actions which the Applicable Authorized Representative, any Authorized Representative or any First-Priority Secured Party takes or omits to take (including, actions with respect to the creation, attachment, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the First-Priority Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the First-Priority Collateral Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the First-Priority Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the First-Priority Obligations, (ii) any election by any Applicable Authorized Representative or any holders of First-Priority Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) subject to Section 2.05 of this Agreement, any borrowing or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Applicable Authorized Representative shall not accept any Common Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of any First-Priority Obligations pursuant to Section 9-620 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, without the consent of each Authorized Representative representing holders of First-Priority Obligations for whom such Collateral constitutes Common Collateral.
SECTION 4.02 Rights as a First-Priority Secured Party. The Person serving as the Applicable Authorized Representative hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a First-Priority Secured Party under any Series of First-Priority Obligations that it holds as any other First-Priority Secured Party of such Series and may exercise the same as though it were not the Applicable Authorized Representative and the term “First-Priority Secured Party” or “First-Priority Secured Parties” or (as applicable) “Credit Agreement Secured Party”, “Credit Agreement Secured Parties”, “Other First-Priority Secured Party” or “Other First-Priority Secured Parties” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Applicable Authorized Representative hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Applicable Authorized Representative hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other First-Priority Secured Party.
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SECTION 4.03 Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) The Applicable Authorized Representative shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other First-Priority Collateral Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Applicable Authorized Representative:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties of any kind or nature to any Person, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other First-Priority Collateral Documents that the Applicable Authorized Representative is required to exercise; provided that the Applicable Authorized Representative shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Applicable Authorized Representative to liability or that is contrary to any First-Priority Collateral Document or applicable law;
(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other First-Priority Collateral Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Applicable Authorized Representative or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;
(iv) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the percentage of Controlling Secured Parties required for such action or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment) or (iii) in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Company stating that such action is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement. The Applicable Authorized Representative shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default under any Series of First-Priority Obligations unless and until notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Applicable Authorized Representative by the Authorized Representative of such First-Priority Obligations or the Company;
(v) 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 First-Priority Collateral 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 First-Priority Collateral Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or
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the creation, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the First-Priority Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral for any Series of First-Priority Obligations, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any Secured Credit Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Applicable Authorized Representative;
(vi) shall not have any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of any kind or nature under any Other First-Priority Agreement (but shall be entitled to all protections provided to the Applicable Authorized Representative therein);
(vii) with respect to the Credit Agreement, any Other First-Priority Agreement or any First-Priority Collateral Document, may conclusively assume that the Grantors have complied with all of their obligations thereunder unless advised in writing by the Authorized Representative thereunder to the contrary specifically setting forth the alleged violation; and
(viii) may conclusively rely on any certificate of an officer of the Company provided pursuant to Section 6.14 of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) Each Secured Party acknowledges that, in addition to acting as the initial Applicable Authorized Representative, Barclays Bank PLC also serves as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and each First-Priority Secured Party hereby agrees not to assert any claim (including as a result of any conflict of interest or breach of duties) against Barclays Bank PLC or any successor, arising from the role of Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement so long as Barclays Bank PLC or any such successor is either acting in accordance with the express terms of such documents or otherwise has not engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment).
(c) The Initial Other Authorized Representative and the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties hereby waive any claim they may now or hereafter have against the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Parties arising out of (i) any actions which the Applicable Authorized Representative (or any of its representatives) takes or omits to take (including actions with respect to the creation, attachment, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, disposition, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any relevant First-Priority Collateral Documents, or any other agreement related thereto, or to the collection of the Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the Obligations, (ii) any election by the Applicable Authorized Representative (or any of its agents), in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (iii) subject to Section 2.05, any borrowing by, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession.
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SECTION 4.04 Reliance by Applicable Authorized Representative. The Applicable Authorized Representative shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Applicable Authorized Representative also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Applicable Authorized Representative may consult with legal counsel (who may include, but shall not be limited to counsel for the Company or counsel for the Administrative Agent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
SECTION 4.05 Delegation of Duties. The Applicable Authorized Representative may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other First-Priority Collateral Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Applicable Authorized Representative. The Applicable Authorized Representative and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Applicable Authorized Representative and any such sub-agent.
SECTION 4.06 Non-Reliance on Applicable Authorized Agent and Other First-Priority Secured Parties. Each First-Priority Secured Party acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Applicable Authorized Representative, any Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Secured Credit Documents. Each First-Priority Secured Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Applicable Authorized Representative, any Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Secured Credit Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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SECTION 4.07 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties irrevocably authorizes the Applicable Authorized Representative, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Applicable Authorized Representative under any First-Priority Collateral Document in accordance with Section 2.04 of this Agreement or upon receipt of a written request from the Company stating that the release of such Lien is not prohibited by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document; and
(b) to release any Grantor from its obligations under the First-Priority Collateral Documents upon receipt of a written request from the Company stating that such release is not prohibited by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a) if to the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Administrative Agent, to it as provided in the Credit Agreement;
(b) if to the Initial Other Authorized Representative, to it at as provided in the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement; and
(c) if to any additional Other Authorized Representative, to it at the address set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt (if a Business Day) and on the next Business Day thereafter (in all other cases) if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 5.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 5.01. As agreed to in writing among the Applicable Authorized Representative and each Authorized Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
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SECTION 5.02 Other First-Priority Obligations. On or after the date hereof and so long as such obligations are permitted to be incurred under the Credit Agreement and are not prohibited by any Other First-Priority Agreement then in effect, the Company may from time to time designate obligations in respect of Indebtedness to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Other First-Priority Obligations then in effect under the applicable First-Priority Security Documents by delivering to the Applicable Authorized Representative and each Authorized Representative (a) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such obligations are designated as Other First-Priority Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation of such obligations as Other First-Priority Obligations complies with the terms of the Credit Agreement and are not prohibited by any Other First-Priority Agreement then in effect and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for such obligations and (b) a fully executed Other First-Priority Secured Party Consent (substantially in the form attached as Annex B).
SECTION 5.03 Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall not be prohibited by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or modified (other than pursuant to any Joinder Agreement) except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Authorized Representative (or its authorized agent) and the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.03(b) to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company, at the Company’s expense, and without the consent of any Authorized Representative or any First-Priority Secured Party to add other parties holding Other First-Priority Obligations (or any agent or trustee therefor) to the extent such obligations are not prohibited by any First-Priority Collateral Document. Each party to this Agreement agrees that (i) at the request (and sole expense) of the Company, without the consent of any First-Priority Secured Party, each of the Authorized Representatives shall execute and deliver an acknowledgment and confirmation of such
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modifications and/or enter into an amendment, a restatement or a supplement of this Agreement to facilitate such modifications (it being understood that such actions shall not be required for the effectiveness of any such modifications) and (ii) the Company shall be a beneficiary of this Section 5.03(b).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First-Priority Secured Party, any Authorized Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 2.08 or 5.02 and, upon such execution and delivery, such Authorized Representative and the Other First-Priority Secured Parties and Other First-Priority Obligations of the Series for which such Authorized Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof and the terms of the other First-Priority Collateral Documents applicable thereto.
SECTION 5.04 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other First-Priority Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement.
SECTION 5.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or via electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
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SECTION 5.08 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
SECTION 5.09 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Applicable Authorized Representative and each Authorized Representative, on behalf of itself and the First-Priority Secured Parties of the Series for whom it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the First-Priority Collateral Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York County and appellate courts from any thereof and waives any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person (or its Authorized Representative) at the address referred to in Section 5.01 hereof;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any First-Priority Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 5.09 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
SECTION 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
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SECTION 5.11 Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 5.12 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any of the other Secured Credit Documents or First-Priority Collateral Documents, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 5.13 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First-Priority Secured Parties in relation to one another. None of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement (provided that nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.08, 2.09 or Article V) is intended to or will amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Credit Agreement or any Other First-Priority Agreements), and none of the Company or any other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.08, 2.09 and Article V). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First-Priority Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.
SECTION 5.14 Authorized Representatives Each of the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement and the Initial Other Authorized Representative is executing and delivering this Agreement solely in its capacity as such and pursuant to directions set forth in the Credit Agreement or the Initial Other First Priority Agreement, as applicable; and in so doing, neither the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement nor the Initial Other Authorized Representative shall be responsible for the terms or sufficiency of this Agreement for any purpose. Each of the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement and the Initial Other Authorized Representative shall not have duties or obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement other than such duties expressly set forth in this Agreement as duties on its part to be performed or observed. In entering into this Agreement, or in taking (or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement and the Initial Other Authorized Representative shall have and be protected by all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under the Credit Agreement or the Initial Other First Priority Agreement, as applicable.
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SECTION 5.15 ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Applicable Authorized Representative.
(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens and security interests granted to any Authorized Representative pursuant to any First-Priority Collateral Document and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by any Authorized Representative (including in the capacity as the Applicable Authorized Representative) hereunder or thereunder or the application of proceeds (including insurance proceeds and condemnation proceeds) of any Common Collateral, are subject to the provisions of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement. As between the ABL Facility Secured Parties (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement), on the one hand, and the First-Priority Secured Parties, on the other hand, in the event of any conflict between the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
(b) The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that, until the Discharge of each Series of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, for purposes of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Applicable Authorized Representative shall act as the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent (as defined therein) (in such capacity the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent”) for each Series of First-Priority Secured Parties as a single class, and authorize the Applicable Authorized Representative to enter into (or amend, renew, extend, supplement, restate, replace, waive or otherwise modify) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement in the capacity of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent, and shall be entitled to exercise all rights, powers and remedies granted to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent (for itself in such capacity and on behalf of the Non-ABL Secured Parties (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement)) thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, nothing herein shall be construed to impose any fiduciary or other duty on the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agent.
SECTION 5.16 Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Initial Other Authorized Representative and each other Authorized Representative hereby appoint the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent to act as agent on their behalf pursuant to and in connection with the execution of any intercreditor agreements governing any Liens on the Common Collateral junior to Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations that are incurred after the date hereof in compliance with the Secured Credit Documents. The Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, solely in such capacity under any such intercreditor agreements, shall take direction from the Applicable Authorized Representative with respect to the Common Collateral. If the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent shall resign or otherwise cease to serve as the collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, or if the Discharge of Credit Agreement Secured Obligations shall have occurred, the Applicable Authorized Representative shall appoint a representative (which may be itself) to act as agent on behalf of each Authorized Representative pursuant to and in connection with the execution of any intercreditor agreements governing any Liens on the Common Collateral junior to Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations that are incurred after the date hereof in compliance with the Secured Credit Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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[First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
Annex A
to First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
[Form of]
CONSENT OF GRANTORS
Dated: [ ]
Reference is made to the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [ ], among Barclays Bank PLC, as Applicable Authorized Representative, Barclays Bank PLC, as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement, and [ ], as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Each of the Grantors party hereto has read the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and consents thereto. Each of the Grantors party hereto agrees that it will not take any action that would be contrary to the express provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement, agrees to abide by the requirements expressly applicable to it under the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that, except as otherwise provided therein, no First-Priority Secured Party shall have any liability to any Grantor for acting in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the Grantors party hereto confirms that the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement is for the sole benefit of the First-Priority Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and that no Grantor is an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary thereof except to the extent otherwise expressly provided therein.
Each of the Grantors party hereto agrees to take such further action and to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Applicable Authorized Representative may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement.
This Consent of Grantors shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Notices delivered to the Grantors pursuant to this Consent of Grantors shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, this Consent of Grantors is hereby executed by each of the Grantors as of the date first written above.
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CRYSTAL SPRINGS OF ALABAMA HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||
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Annex B
to First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
[Form of]
Other First-Priority Secured Party Consent
[Date]
The undersigned is the Authorized Representative for Persons wishing to become Secured Parties (the “New Secured Parties”) under the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], among Barclays Bank PLC, as Applicable Authorized Representative, Barclays Bank PLC, as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement, and [ ], as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:
(i) represents that the Authorized Representative has been duly authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the “New Secured Obligation”) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;
(ii) acknowledges that the Authorized Representative has received a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii) accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties with respect to the New Secured Obligations and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to holders of Other First-Priority Obligations, with all the rights and obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and bound by all the provisions thereof as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the effective date of the Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that its address for receiving notices pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement shall be as follows:
[Address]
THIS OTHER FIRST-PRIORITY SECURED PARTY CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Execution Version
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION TERMS
SUBORDINATED INTERCOMPANY NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned listed on the signature page hereto that is a Loan Party (each, in such capacity, a “Payor”), to the extent a borrower from time to time from any other person listed on the signature page hereto that is Holdings or a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (each, in such capacity, a “Payee”), hereby promises to pay to the order of such Payee, in lawful money of the United States of America, or in such other currency as agreed to by such Payor and such Payee, in immediately available funds, at such location as such Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all Indebtedness of such Payor to such Payee on such date or dates as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor and such Payee (or, if no such dates are specified, on demand). Each Payor promises also to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of all such loans and advances in like money at said location from the date of such loans and advances until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor and such Payee.
Capitalized terms used in this intercompany promissory note (this “Note”) but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them, as the context may require, in (a) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc. (“Holdings”), Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), the lenders party thereto from time to time and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent (the “Term Agent”) or (b) that certain Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ABL Credit Agreement” and, together with the First Lien Credit Agreement, each, a “Credit Agreement” and collectively, the “Credit Agreements”) among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time and BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A, as administrative agent (the “ABL Agent”). For all purposes herein, the term “Applicable Administrative Agent” shall mean the Term Agent for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (as defined below), subject to any applicable intercreditor agreement, until and unless another applicable agent is appointed pursuant to such intercreditor agreement.
The Indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor to any Payee shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to (a) all Loan Obligations (under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) of such Payor, (b) all Loan Obligations (under and as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) of such Payor, (c) any senior secured Indebtedness that renews, refunds, restructures or refinances any of the Indebtedness specified in clause (a) or (b),
in each case, to the extent by its terms expressly requiring the subordination thereto of the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, (d) any other senior secured Indebtedness of such Payor permitted under the Credit Agreements that by its terms expressly requires the subordination thereto of the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and (e) interest on any of the foregoing, accruing after the commencement of any proceedings referred to in clause (i) below, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding (the Indebtedness specified in clauses (a) through (e) being hereinafter collectively referred to as “Senior Indebtedness”), until the latest to occur of (x) the Termination Date under the First Lien Credit Agreement, (y) the Termination Date under the ABL Credit Agreement and (z) the date of payment in full in cash of any other Senior Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made) (such latest date to occur, the “Payoff Date”); provided that each such Payor may make payments to the applicable Payee unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such Payor shall have received notice from the Applicable Administrative Agent (provided that no such notice shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of either of the Credit Agreements).
(i) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection therewith, relating to any Payor or to its property, and in the event of any proceedings for involuntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of any such Payor, or any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of any such Payor that violates the terms of the Credit Agreements, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (x) the Payoff Date shall have occurred before any Payee shall be entitled to receive (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demand for, any payment from such Payor on account of any Indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by such Payor to such Payee and (y) until the Payoff Date shall have occurred, any such payment or distribution to which such Payee would otherwise be entitled, whether in cash, property or securities (other than a payment of debt securities of such Payor that are subordinated and junior in right of payment to the Senior Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note is subordinated and junior in right of payment to the Senior Indebtedness then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter referred to as “Restructured Debt Securities”)) shall instead be made to the Applicable Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and after notice from the Applicable Administrative Agent (provided that no such notice shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of either of the Credit Agreements), then until the earliest to occur of (x) the Payoff Date, (y) the date on which such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived and (z) the date on which the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have rescinded such notice, no payment or distribution of any kind or character shall be made by or on behalf of any Payor, or any other person on its behalf, with respect to any amounts evidenced by this Note.
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(iii) If any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), and whether directly, by purchase, redemption, exercise of any right of setoff or otherwise, with respect to any amounts evidenced by this Note shall (despite these subordination provisions) be received by any Payee in violation of clause (i) or (ii) above prior to the occurrence of the Payoff Date, such payment or distribution shall be held by such Payee in trust (segregated from other property of such Payee) for the benefit of the Applicable Administrative Agent, and shall be paid over or delivered to the Applicable Administrative Agent promptly upon receipt.
(iv) Each Payee agrees to file all claims against each relevant Payor in any bankruptcy or other proceeding in which the filing of claims is required by law in respect of any Senior Indebtedness, and the Applicable Administrative Agent shall be entitled to all of such Payee’s rights thereunder. If for any reason a Payee fails to file such claim at least ten Business Days prior to the last date on which such claim should be filed, such Payee hereby irrevocably appoints the Applicable Administrative Agent as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, and the Applicable Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to act as attorney-in-fact in such Payee’s name to file such claim or, in the Applicable Administrative Agent’s discretion, to assign such claim to and cause proof of claim to be filed in the name of the Applicable Administrative Agent or its nominee. In all such cases, whether in administration, bankruptcy or otherwise, the person or persons authorized to pay such claim shall pay to the Applicable Administrative Agent the full amount payable on the claim in the proceeding, and, to the full extent necessary for that purpose, each Payee hereby assigns to the Applicable Administrative Agent all of such Payee’s rights to any payments or distributions to which such Payee otherwise would be entitled. If the amount so paid is greater than such Payee’s liability hereunder, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall pay the excess amount to the party entitled thereto.
(v) Each Payee waives the right to compel that any property of any Payor or any property of any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person be marshaled or applied in any particular order to discharge such Senior Indebtedness. Each Payee expressly waives the right to require the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness to proceed against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person, or to pursue any other remedy in its or their power that such Payee cannot pursue and that would lighten such Payee’s burden, notwithstanding that the failure of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such other holder to do so may thereby prejudice such Payee. Each Payee agrees that it shall not be discharged, exonerated or have its obligations hereunder reduced by the Applicable Administrative Agent’s or any other holder’s of Senior Indebtedness delay in proceeding against or enforcing any remedy against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person; by the Applicable Administrative Agent or any holder of Senior Indebtedness releasing any such Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person from all or any part of the Senior Indebtedness; or by the discharge of any such Payor, any guarantor of
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any Senior Indebtedness or any other person by an operation of law or otherwise, with or without the intervention or omission of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such holder.
(vi) Each Payee waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, even though that election of remedies, including any nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any property securing any Senior Indebtedness, has impaired the value of such Payee’s rights of subrogation, reimbursement, or contribution against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person. Each Payee expressly waives any rights or defenses it may have by reason of protection afforded to any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person with respect to the Senior Indebtedness pursuant to any anti-deficiency laws or other laws of similar import that limit or discharge the principal debtor’s indebtedness upon judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of property or assets securing any Senior Indebtedness.
(vii) Each Payee agrees that, without the necessity of any reservation of rights against it, and without notice to or further assent by it, any demand for payment of any Senior Indebtedness made by the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness may be rescinded in whole or in part by the Applicable Administrative Agent or such holder, and any Senior Indebtedness may be continued, and the Senior Indebtedness or the liability of any Payor, any guarantor thereof or any other person obligated thereunder, or any right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, in each case without notice to or further assent by any Payee, which will remain bound hereunder, and without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting the subordination provided for herein.
(viii) Each Payee waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any Senior Indebtedness, and any and all notice of or proof of reliance by holders of Senior Indebtedness upon the subordination provisions set forth herein. The Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have been created, contracted or incurred, and the consent to create the obligations of any Payee evidenced by this Note shall be deemed conclusively to have been given, in reliance upon the subordination provisions set forth herein.
(ix) To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Payee waives any claim it might have against the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness with respect to, or arising out of, any action or failure to act or any error of judgment, negligence, or mistake or oversight whatsoever on the part of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such holder, or any of their Related Parties, with respect to any exercise of rights or remedies under the Loan Documents (as defined in each Credit Agreement), except to the extent due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such holder, as the case may be, or any
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of its Related Parties, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment. None of the Applicable Administrative Agent, any other holder of Senior Indebtedness or any of their Related Parties shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any guarantee of any Senior Indebtedness, or for any delay in doing so, or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any property upon the request of any Payor, any Payee or any other person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any such guarantee or any other property.
Each Payee and each Payor hereby agree that the subordination provisions set forth in this Note are for the benefit of the Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness are obligees under this Note to the same extent as if their names were written herein as such and the Applicable Administrative Agent may, on behalf of itself and such other holders, proceed to enforce the subordination provisions set forth herein.
All rights and interests of the Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness hereunder, and the subordination provisions and the related agreements of the Payors and Payees set forth herein, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreements or any other Loan Document (as defined in each Credit Agreement);
(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Senior Indebtedness or any amendment or waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of, or consent to departure from, the Credit Agreements or any other Loan Document (as defined in each Credit Agreement);
(iii) any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of or consent to departure from, any guarantee of any Senior Indebtedness; or
(iv) any other circumstances that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Payor in respect of any Senior Indebtedness or of any Payee or any Payor in respect of the subordination provisions set forth herein.
Nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will impair, as between each Payor and each Payee, the obligations of such Payor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Payee the principal of and interest on this Note as and when due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of such Payee and other creditors of such Payor other than the Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness, in each case subject to any applicable intercreditor agreement.
Each Payee is hereby authorized to record all Indebtedness made by it to any Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note except as provided below), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein.
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Each Payor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with this Note. All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
This Note shall be binding upon each Payor and its successors and assigns, and the terms and provisions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of each Payee and its successors and assigns, including subsequent holders hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in any other Loan Document (as defined in each Credit Agreement) or in any other promissory note or other instrument, (a) if any Indebtedness made on or before the date hereof by any Payee to any Payor is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or agreement in existence as of the date hereof (an “Existing Note”), it is agreed between such Payee and such Payor that the obligations under such Existing Note are hereafter to be evidenced by this Note, except the Indebtedness evidenced by an Existing Note described on Schedule A hereto (as such Schedule may from time to time be amended) and (b) it is agreed between the Payor and Payee that the agreements in existence as of the date hereof with respect to any existing obligations (including agreements contained in any Existing Note) as to principal, amortization, currency, payment location and interest rate (if any) will continue to have effect under this Note until modified by agreement between such Payor and such Payee. For the avoidance of doubt, this Note as between each Payor and each Payee contains additional terms to any intercompany loan agreement between them and this Note does not in any way replace such intercompany loans between them nor does this Note in any way change the principal amount of any intercompany loans between them.
From time to time after the date hereof, additional Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become parties hereto (as Payor, in the case of a Loan Party, or as Payee, in the case of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, as the case may be) by executing a counterpart signature page to this Note (each additional Subsidiary, an “Additional Party”). Upon delivery of such counterpart signature page to the Payees, notice of which is hereby waived by the other Payors, each Additional Party shall be a Payor and/or a Payee, as the case may be, and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional Party were an original signatory hereof. Each Payor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Payor or Payee hereunder. This Note shall be fully effective as to any Payor or Payee that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Payor or Payee hereunder.
No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provisions of this Note shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by each Payor and Payee whose rights or obligations shall be affected thereby; provided that, (x) the parties hereto agree that the Applicable Administrative Agent is, and is intended to be, a third party beneficiary of this paragraph, the subordination provisions herein and the provisions related to the enforcement of such subordination provisions and (y) until the Payoff Date shall have occurred, the parties hereto shall not amend or modify (A) any of the provisions referred to in clause (x) of this proviso or (B) this Note in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders when taken as
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a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), unless, in each case of subclauses (A) and (B), the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have provided its prior written consent thereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). For the avoidance of doubt, any waivers of any rights or defenses by any Payee shall only apply to such Payee in its capacity as a Payee hereunder and not in any other capacity.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Note to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.
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[Signature Page to Subordinated Intercompany Note]
SCHEDULE A
[List here any Existing Notes to be excluded in accordance with the fourth to last paragraph of this Note]
Execution Version
EXHIBIT G-1
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.18(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall furnish the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which payment is to be made by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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EXHIBIT G-2
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Barclays Bank PLC. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of 2.18(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) and IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
[Foreign Lender] | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
EXHIBIT G-3
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Barclays Bank PLC. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.18(e) and Section 9.04(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
[Foreign Participant] | ||
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[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
EXHIBIT G-4
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.18(e) and Section 9.04(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) and IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
[Foreign Participant] | ||
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Dated: , 20[ ]
Execution Version
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
Date:6 | , | |
To: | Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) under that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as the same may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the above-described Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement, wherever used herein, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings herein as are prescribed by the Credit Agreement. The undersigned hereby irrevocably notifies you of the Borrowing specified below:
1. | The Borrowing will be a Borrowing of Loans.7 |
2. | The aggregate amount of the proposed Borrowing is: $ . |
3. | The Business Day of the proposed Borrowing is: . |
4. | The Borrowing is comprised of $ of ABR Loans and $ of the Eurocurrency Loans. |
6 | The Borrower must notify the Administrative Agent in the form of a written Borrowing Request not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request will be irrevocable. |
7 | Term B Loans, Refinancing Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans. |
5. | The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurocurrency Loans, if any, included in the Borrowing shall be month(s). |
6. | The location and number of the account to which the proceeds of such Borrowing are to be deposited is . |
[The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof:
(A) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, with the same effect as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and
(B) No Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the proposed Borrowing.]8
8 | Only made to the extent required by the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement. |
This Borrowing Request is issued pursuant to and is subject to the Credit Agreement, executed as of the date first written above.
XX XXXXXX OF AMERICA, INC. | ||
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Execution Version
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
Date:9 ,
To: | Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) under that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as the same may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the above-described Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement, wherever used herein, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings herein as are prescribed by the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes an Interest Election Request and the undersigned Borrower hereby makes an election with respect to Loans under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection such Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such election:
7. | Borrowing to which this request applies (including Facility, principal amount and Type of Loans subject to election): .10 |
8. | Effective date of election (which shall be a Business Day): . |
9. | The Loans are to be [converted into] [continued as] [ABR] [Eurocurrency] Loans. |
10. | The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurocurrency Loans, if any, included in the election shall be months. |
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9 | The Borrower must notify the Administrative Agent of such election in writing by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each written Interest Election Request will be irrevocable. |
10 | If different options are being elected with respect to different portions of the Borrowing, the portions thereof must be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to Paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing). |
This Interest Election Request is issued pursuant to and is subject to the Credit Agreement, executed as of the date first written above.
XX XXXXXX OF AMERICA, INC. | ||
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Execution Version
EXHIBIT J
TERM B LOAN NOTE
$[ ] | [ ], 2013 |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CRESTVIEW DS MERGER SUB II, INC., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [ ] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of the Term B Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed [ ] DOLLARS ($[ ]). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term B Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower from the date of such Term B Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest on the Term B Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in U.S. Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Lending Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. This Note is secured by the Security Documents and is entitled to the benefits of the guaranties thereunder. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement. The Term B Loan made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
The Lender and any subsequent owner and holder of this Note shall, and is hereby authorized to, make a notation on Schedule A attached hereto of the date and the amount of the Term B Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower and the date and the amount of the payment of principal thereon, which notation shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, and, prior to any transfer of this Note, the Lender shall endorse the outstanding principal amount of this Note on Schedule A attached hereto; provided, however, that failure to make such notation or any error in such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect the Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of the Term B Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by the Lender of this Note.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Note is executed as of the date set forth above.
XX XXXXXX OF AMERICA, INC. | ||
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Schedule A
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Amount of Term B Loan Made |
Amount of Principal Repaid |
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Execution Version
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF PERMITTED LOAN PURCHASE ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
The Assignor identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Assignor”) and the [Borrower][Holdings][any Subsididiary of Holdings] agree as follows:
The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined below) and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement for Permitted Loan Purchases (including, without limitation, Section 9.04(i) and 9.04(j) thereof), the interest described in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Assigned Interest”) in and to the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to those credit facilities contained in the Credit Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (individually, an “Assigned Facility”; collectively, the “Assigned Facilities”), in a principal amount for each Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; (c) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any other obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any other obligor of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (d) attaches any Notes held by it evidencing the Assigned Facilities. To the extent that the Assignor has retained any interest in the Assigned Facility and holds a Note evidencing such interest, the Assignor hereby requests that the Administrative Agent exchange the attached Notes for a new Note or Notes payable to the Assignor, in each case in amounts which reflect the assignment being made hereby (and after giving effect to any other assignments which have become effective on the Effective Date).
The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and has taken all action necessary to execute and deliver this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby; (b) represents and warrants that it satisfied the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied in order to make a Permitted Loan Purchase of the Assigned Interest and (c) represents and warrants that it is not in possession of material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal and state securities laws (or, in the case of any such person that is not a public reporting company, material information of a type that would not be reasonably expected to be publicly available if such person were a public reporting company) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their respective securities that (A) has not been disclosed to the Assignor or the Lenders generally (other than because any such Assignor or other Lender does not wish to receive material non-public information (or, in the case of any such person that is not a public reporting company, material information of a type that would not be reasonably expected to be publicly available if such person were a public reporting company) with respect to the Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or their respective securities) and (B) could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material to, Assignor’s decision to assign the Assigned Facilities to the Assignee.
The effective date of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be the Effective Date of Assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Effective Date”). Following the execution of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance, the Assigned Interest shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately (contributed to the Borrower, if applicable, and) cancelled and extinguished. The Administrative Agent shall update the Register, effective as of the Effective Date, to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Assigned Interest pursuant to Section 9.04(j) of the Credit Agreement.
Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued prior to the Effective Date. No payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (which shall be deemed to have been cancelled and extinguished as of the Effective Date) shall be due to the Assignor or the Assignee for amounts which accrue on and after the Effective Date.
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As of the Effective Date, the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance by electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance.
This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any principle of conflicts of law that could require the application of any other law.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.
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SCHEDULE 1
Assigned Interests
Class Assigned |
(1) Amount of Loans / Commitments Assigned |
(2) Aggregate Amount of Loans or Commitments of the Assigned Class |
(3) Aggregate Amount of Outstanding Term Loans |
(1) / (2) x 100% | (1) / (3) x 100% | |||||
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Execution Version
EXHIBIT L to
First Lien Credit Agreement
FORM OF MORTGAGE
CONFIDENTIAL
MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING
by and from
[ ]
“Mortgagor”
to
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, in its capacity as Collateral Agent, “Mortgagee”
Dated as of , 201
Location: | [ ] | |||||
Municipality: | [ ] | |||||
County: | [ ] | |||||
State: | [ ] |
RECORDING REQUESTED BY,
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
[ ]
Prepared by [ ]
MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING
THIS MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING (this “Mortgage”) is dated as of , 201 by and from [ ], a [ ], as mortgagor, assignor and debtor (in such capacities and, together with any successors and assigns in such capacities, “Mortgagor”), whose address is [ ], to BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”), as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, as mortgagee, assignee and secured party (in such capacities and, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, “Mortgagee”), having an address at [ ].
WHEREAS, reference is made to (a) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Barclays, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties party thereto, (b) that certain Indenture dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Secured Notes Indenture”), among the Borrower, as issuer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and the other parties party thereto, (c) that certain Collateral Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013, 2013 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, “Collateral Agreement”), among Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party (as defined therein) party thereto and the Collateral Agent, (d) that certain First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), by and among Barclays, as Credit Agreement Agent and First-Priority Collateral Agent, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto, and (e) that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ABL Intercreditor Agreement”), by and among Barclays, as Credit Agreement Agent and First-Priority Collateral Agent and BMO Xxxxxx Bank N.A., as the ABL Facility Agent (as defined therein), and the other parties party thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Mortgage. [Mortgagor is a subsidiary of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is willing to execute and deliver this Mortgage in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.]
Exh. B-1
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS
Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. The rules of construction specified in the Credit Agreement also apply to this Mortgage. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ABL Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage or, if replaced by another intercreditor agreement in compliance with the Credit Agreement, such replacement (as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2.
“Barclays” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
“Charges” means any and all present and future real estate, property and other taxes, assessments and special assessments, levies, fees, all water and sewer rents and charges and all other governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for landlords’, carriers’, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, laborer’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and warehousemen’s liens and other claims arising by operation of law), judgments or demands against, all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or other amounts of any nature which, if unpaid, might result in or permit the creation of, a Lien on the Mortgaged Property or which might result in foreclosure of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property except, in each case, Permitted Liens.
“Collateral Agent” means Barclays acting as the collateral agent for the Secured Parties, together with its successors in such capacity.
“Collateral Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
“Credit Agreement Documents” means (a) the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement and (b) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the documents referred to in the foregoing clause (a), in each case, as such documents or instruments may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
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“Excluded Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage or, if replaced by another intercreditor agreement in compliance with the Credit Agreement, such replacement (as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
“Intercreditor Agreements” means each of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement entered into in compliance with the Credit Agreement.
“Mortgage” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
“Mortgaged Property” means the fee interest in the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, together with any greater estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor and all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights-of-way, easements, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the foregoing in each case whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, including without limitation all water rights, mineral, oil and gas rights, easements and rights of way (collectively, the “Land”), and all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest now or hereafter acquired in, to and under the following (in each case other than Excluded Property): (1) all buildings, structures and other improvements now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon the Land (the “Improvements”; the Land and Improvements are collectively referred to as the “Premises”), (2) all materials, supplies, equipment, apparatus and other items of personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with any of the Improvements or the Land, and water, gas, electrical, telephone, storm and sanitary sewer facilities and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements, and all equipment, inventory and other goods in which Mortgagor now has or hereafter acquires any rights or any power to transfer rights and (in each case in this clause (2)) that are or are to become fixtures (as defined in the UCC, defined below) related to the Land (the “Fixtures”), (3) all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Agreement Documents and all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in all reserves, deferred payments, deposits, refunds and claims of any nature that (in each case in this clause (3)) are specifically related to the Mortgaged Property (the “Deposit Accounts”), (4) all leases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect) which grant to any person a possessory interest in, or the right to use, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, together with all related security and other deposits (the “Leases”), (5) all of the rents, revenues, royalties, income, proceeds, profits, accounts receivable, security and other types of deposits, and other benefits paid or payable by parties to the Leases for using, leasing, licensing, possessing, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying the Mortgaged Property (the “Rents”), (6) all other agreements, such as construction contracts, architects’ agreements, engineers’ contracts, utility contracts, maintenance agreements,
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management agreements, service contracts, listing agreements, guaranties, indemnities, warranties, permits, licenses, certificates and entitlements in any way relating specifically to the construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment or ownership of the Mortgaged Property (the “Property Agreements”), (7) all property tax refunds payable with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the “Tax Refunds”), (8) all accessions, replacements and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof (the “Proceeds”), (9) all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (the “Insurance”), (10) all awards, damages, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any governmental authority pertaining to any condemnation or other taking (or any purchase in lieu thereof) of all or any portion of the Land, Improvements or Fixtures (the “Condemnation Awards”) and (11) any and all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to any and all drawings, plans, specifications, file materials, operating and maintenance records, catalogues, tenant lists, correspondence, advertising materials, operating manuals, warranties, guarantees, appraisals, studies and data relating specifically to the Mortgaged Property or the construction of any alteration relating to the Premises or the maintenance of any Property Agreement (the “Records”). As used in this Mortgage, the term “Mortgaged Property” shall mean all or, where the context permits or requires, any portion of the above or any interest therein.
“Mortgagee” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
“Mortgagor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
“Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Second Lien Secured Notes Indenture.
“Permitted Liens” means Liens that are not prohibited by the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the matters that are set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto are Permitted Liens.
“Second Lien Secured Notes Indenture” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
“Second-Priority Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
“Secured Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4.
“Secured Obligations” means “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
“Secured Parties” means the persons holding any Secured Obligations and in any event including all “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of [ ] or, if the creation, perfection and enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of a state other than [ ], then, as to the matter in question, the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in that state.
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Xxxxx. To secure the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, Mortgagor MORTGAGES, GRANTS, BARGAINS, ASSIGNS, SELLS, CONVEYS and CONFIRMS, to Mortgagee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to Mortgagee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a mortgage lien upon and a security interest in all of Mortgagor’s estate, right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property, subject, however, to Permitted Liens, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the title to the Mortgaged Property unto Mortgagee.
Secured Obligations. This Mortgage secures, and the Mortgaged Property is collateral security for, the payment and performance in full when due of the Secured Obligations.
Future Advances. This Mortgage shall secure all Secured Obligations including, without limitation, future advances whenever hereafter made with respect to or under any Credit Agreement Document and shall secure not only Secured Obligations with respect to presently existing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement Documents, but also any and all other indebtedness which may hereafter be owing to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement Documents, however incurred, whether interest, discount or otherwise, and whether the same shall be deferred, accrued or capitalized, including future advances and re-advances, pursuant to the Credit Agreement Documents, whether such advances are obligatory or to be made at the option of the Secured Parties, or otherwise, and any extensions, modifications or renewals of all such Secured Obligations whether or not Mortgagor executes any extension agreement or renewal instrument and, in each case, to the same extent as if such future advances were made on the date of the execution of this Mortgage.
Maximum Amount of Indebtedness. The maximum aggregate amount of all indebtedness that is, or under any contingency may be secured at the date hereof or at any time hereafter by this Mortgage is $[ ] (the “Secured Amount”), plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, collection costs, sums advanced for the payment of taxes, assessments, maintenance and repair charges, insurance premiums and any other costs incurred to protect the security encumbered hereby or the lien hereof, expenses incurred by Mortgagee by reason of any default by Mortgagor under the terms hereof, together with interest thereon, all of which amount shall be secured hereby.11
Last Dollar Secured. So long as the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations exceeds the Secured Amount, any payments and repayments of the Secured Obligations shall not be deemed to be applied against or to reduce the Secured Amount.
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No Release. Nothing set forth in this Mortgage shall relieve Mortgagor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on Mortgagor’s part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or from any liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or shall impose any obligation on Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on Mortgagor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on Mortgagee or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of Mortgagor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of Mortgagor contained in this Mortgage or any other Credit Agreement Document or under or in respect of the Mortgaged Property or made in connection herewith or therewith. The obligations of Mortgagor contained in this Section 2.6 shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of Mortgagor’s other obligations under this Mortgage and the other Credit Agreement Documents.
WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS
Mortgagor warrants, represents and covenants to Mortgagee as follows:
Title to Mortgaged Property and Lien of this Instrument. Mortgagor has valid fee simple title to the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any liens, claims or interests, except Permitted Liens. Upon recordation in the official real estate records in the county (or other applicable jurisdiction) in which the Premises are located, this Mortgage will constitute a valid and enforceable mortgage lien, with record notice to third parties, on the Mortgaged Property in favor of Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties subject only to Permitted Liens.
Priority. Mortgagor shall preserve and protect the priority of the lien and security interest of this Mortgage. If any lien or security interest other than a Permitted Lien is asserted against the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor shall promptly, and at its expense, pay the underlying claim in full or take such other commercially reasonable action so as to cause it to be released or contest the same in compliance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement.
Replacement of Fixtures. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, permit any of the Fixtures owned or leased by Mortgagor to be removed at any time from the Land or Improvements, unless the removed item is (a) removed temporarily for its protection, maintenance or repair, (b) replaced by an item of similar functionality and quality, (c) obsolete or unnecessary for the then-current operation of the Premises, or (d) not prohibited from being removed by the Credit Agreement or the Collateral Agreement.
Inspection. Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee and its agents, representatives and employees, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor and at reasonable times during regular business hours, to inspect the Mortgaged Property and all books and records of Mortgagor located thereon, and to conduct such environmental and engineering studies as Mortgagee may reasonably require, provided that such inspections and studies shall not materially or unreasonably interfere with the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property. The expense of any inspection shall be borne by the Mortgagee unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such inspection, in which case the Mortgagor shall pay, or reimburse the Mortgagee for, such expense.
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Insurance; Condemnation Awards and Insurance Proceeds.
Insurance. Mortgagor shall maintain or cause to be maintained the insurance required by Section 5.06 of the Credit Agreement.
Condemnation Awards. Mortgagor shall cause all condemnation awards that constitute Net Proceeds (or any equivalent term) in accordance with the Credit Agreement to be applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c) of the Credit Agreement.
Insurance Proceeds. Mortgagor shall cause all proceeds of any insurance policies insuring against loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property that constitute Net Proceeds (or any equivalent term) in accordance with the Credit Agreement to be applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c) of the Credit Agreement.
Payment of Charges. Unless and to the extent not prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, from time to time prior to same becoming delinquent, all Charges. Mortgagor shall deliver to Mortgagee, upon Mortgagee’s reasonable written request, to the extent reasonably available to Mortgagor, receipts evidencing the payment of all such Charges.
DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE
Remedies. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagee may, at Mortgagee’s election, exercise any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses:
Entry on Mortgaged Property. Enter the Mortgaged Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto or located thereon. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Mortgaged Property following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and without Mortgagee’s prior written consent, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor.
Operation of Mortgaged Property. Hold, lease, develop, manage, operate, carry on the business thereof or otherwise use the Mortgaged Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems necessary or desirable), and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.7.
Foreclosure and Sale. Institute proceedings for the complete foreclosure of this Mortgage by judicial action or by power of sale, in which case the Mortgaged Property may be sold for cash or credit in one or more parcels. With respect to any notices required or permitted under the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings, power of sale, or any other legal right, remedy or recourse, the title to and right of possession of any such property shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim, equity, equity of redemption, and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the
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property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against Mortgagor, and against all other persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee or any of the other Secured Parties may be a purchaser at such sale. If Mortgagee or such other Secured Party is the highest bidder, Mortgagee or such other Secured Party may credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to Mortgagee or such other Secured Party against the Secured Obligations in lieu of paying cash. In the event this Mortgage is foreclosed by judicial action, appraisement of the Mortgaged Property is waived. Mortgagee may adjourn from time to time any sale by it to be made under or by virtue hereof by announcement at the time and place appointed for such sale or for such adjourned sale or sales, and Mortgagee, without further notice or publication, may make such sale at the time and place to which the same shall be so adjourned.
Receiver. Make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or regard to the adequacy of the Mortgaged Property for the repayment of the Secured Obligations, the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver shall have all the usual powers and duties of receivers in similar cases, including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Mortgaged Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.7; provided, however, notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, Mortgagee shall be entitled as pledgee to the possession and control of any cash, deposits or instruments at the time held by or payable or deliverable under the terms of the Credit Agreement to Mortgagee.
Other. Exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted under the Credit Agreement Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity.
Separate Sales. The Mortgaged Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its sole discretion may elect. The right of sale arising out of any Event of Default shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales.
Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and Section 5.15 of the Collateral Agreement, Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall have all rights, remedies and recourses granted in the Credit Agreement Documents and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights (a) shall be cumulative and concurrent, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor or others obligated under the Credit Agreement Documents, or against the Mortgaged Property, or against any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee or such other Secured Party, as the case may be, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee or any other Secured Party in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses under the Credit Agreement Documents or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.
Release of and Resort to Collateral. Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any
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subordinate lien on the Mortgaged Property, any part of the Mortgaged Property without, as to the remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the lien or security interest created in or evidenced by the Credit Agreement Documents or the lien priority and security interest in and to the Mortgaged Property. For payment of the Secured Obligations, Mortgagee may resort to any other security in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.
Appearance, Waivers, Notice and Marshalling of Assets. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and immediately upon the commencement of any action, suit or legal proceedings to obtain judgment for the payment or performance of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof, or of any proceedings to foreclose the lien and security interest created and evidenced hereby or otherwise enforce the provisions hereof or of any other proceedings in aid of the enforcement hereof, Mortgagor shall enter its voluntary appearance in such action, suit or proceeding. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or law or judicial decision exempting the Mortgaged Property from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for payment, (b) all notices of any Event of Default or of Mortgagee’s election to exercise or the actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under the Credit Agreement Documents, and (c) any right to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation. Mortgagor shall not claim, take or insist on any benefit or advantage of any law now or hereafter in force providing for the valuation or appraisal of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, prior to any sale or sales of the Mortgaged Property which may be made pursuant to this Mortgage, or pursuant to any decree, judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction. Mortgagor covenants not to hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted or delegated to Mortgagee by this Mortgage but to suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted.
Discontinuance of Proceedings. If Mortgagee or any other Secured Party shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under the Credit Agreement Documents and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, Mortgagee or such other Secured Party, as the case may be, shall have the unqualified right to do so and, in such an event, Mortgagor, Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall be restored to their former positions with respect to the Secured Obligations, the Credit Agreement Documents, the Mortgaged Property and otherwise, and the rights, remedies, recourses and powers of Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall continue as if the right, remedy or recourse had never been invoked, but no such discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default which may then exist or the right of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under the Credit Agreement Documents for such Event of Default.
Application of Proceeds. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagee shall promptly apply the proceeds of any sale of the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with Section 4.02 of the Collateral Agreement.
Mortgagee shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Mortgage. Upon any sale of Mortgaged
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Property by Mortgagee (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by Mortgagee or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Mortgaged Property so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to Mortgagee or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
Occupancy After Foreclosure. Any sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof in accordance with Section 4.1(d) will divest all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to the property sold. Subject to applicable law, any purchaser at a foreclosure sale will receive immediate possession of the property purchased. If Mortgagor retains possession of such property or any part thereof subsequent to such sale, Mortgagor will be considered a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and will, if Mortgagor remains in possession after demand to remove, be subject to eviction and removal, forcible or otherwise, with or without process of law.
Additional Advances and Disbursements; Costs of Enforcement.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Mortgagee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Event of Default in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. All reasonable sums advanced and reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred at any time by Mortgagee under this Section 4.9, or otherwise under this Mortgage or applicable law, that is payable under Section 4.9(b) shall, if not paid when due, bear interest at the rate provided therefor in Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement and all such sums, together with interest thereon, shall be secured by this Mortgage.
To the extent contemplated by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor shall pay all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of or incidental to the perfection and enforcement of this Mortgage or the enforcement, compromise or settlement of the Secured Obligations or any claim under this Mortgage, and for the curing thereof, or for defending or asserting the rights and claims of Mortgagee in respect thereof, by litigation or otherwise.
No Mortgagee in Possession. Neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Article 4, the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Article 5, the security interests under Article 6, nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee under the Credit Agreement Documents, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Mortgaged Property, to obligate Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to lease the Mortgaged Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise.
ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES
Assignment. In furtherance of and in addition to the assignment made by Mortgagor in Section 2.1 of this Mortgage, Mortgagor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all
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Leases (but only to the extent permitted under the existing Leases), whether now existing or hereafter entered into, and all of its right, title and interest in and to all Rents. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Mortgagee shall not have made the election below, Mortgagor shall have a revocable license from Mortgagee to exercise all rights extended to the landlord under the Leases, including the right to receive and collect all Rents and to otherwise use the same. The foregoing license is granted subject to the conditional limitation that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced, and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Secured Obligations or solvency of Mortgagor, the license herein granted shall, at the election of Mortgagee, expire and terminate, upon written notice to Mortgagor by Mortgagee.
Perfection Upon Recordation. Mortgagor acknowledges that upon recordation of this Mortgage Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law and by the terms of the Leases, a valid and fully perfected, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, “xxxxxx” and enforced as to Mortgagor and to the extent permitted under applicable law, all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.
Bankruptcy Provisions. Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Security Interest. This Mortgage constitutes a “security agreement” on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law with respect to the Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records. To this end, Mortgagor grants to Mortgagee a security interest in the Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards, Records and all other Mortgaged Property which is personal property to secure the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC with respect to such property. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records sent to Mortgagor at least ten (10) Business Days prior to any action under the UCC shall constitute reasonable notice to Mortgagor. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency whatsoever between the terms of this
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Mortgage and the terms of the Collateral Agreement with respect to the collateral covered both therein and herein, including, but not limited to, with respect to whether any such Mortgaged Property is to be subject to a security interest or the use, maintenance or transfer of any such Mortgaged Property, or the exercise or applicability of any remedies in respect thereof, the Collateral Agreement shall control, govern, and prevail, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency. For the avoidance of doubt, no personal property of Mortgagor that constitutes Excluded Property under the Collateral Agreement shall be subject to any security interest of Mortgagee or any Secured Party or constitute collateral hereunder.
Financing Statements. Mortgagor shall prepare and deliver to Mortgagee such financing statements, and shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee such other documents, instruments and further assurances, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Mortgagee, as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagee’s security interest hereunder. Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes Mortgagee to cause financing statements (and amendments thereto and continuations thereof) and any such documents, instruments and assurances to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest.
Fixture Filing. This Mortgage shall also constitute a “fixture filing” for the purposes of the UCC against all of the Mortgaged Property which is or is to become fixtures. The information provided in this Section 6.3 is provided so that this Mortgage shall comply with the requirements of the UCC for a mortgage instrument to be filed as a financing statement. Mortgagor is the “Debtor” and its name and mailing address are set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage. Mortgagee is the “Secured Party” and its name and mailing address from which information concerning the security interest granted herein may be obtained are also set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage. A statement describing the portion of the Mortgaged Property comprising the fixtures hereby secured is set forth in the definition of “Mortgaged Property” in Section 1.1 of this Mortgage. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that Mortgagor is the record owner of the Mortgaged Property.
MISCELLANEOUS
Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Mortgagee and the Borrower. All communications and notices hereunder to Mortgagor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower, with such notice to be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Covenants Running with the Land. All grants, covenants, terms, provisions and conditions contained in this Mortgage are intended by Mortgagor and Mortgagee to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the Land. As used herein, “Mortgagor” shall refer to the party named in the first paragraph of this Mortgage and to any subsequent owner of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property. All persons who may have or acquire an interest in the Mortgaged Property shall be deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents,; provided, however, that no such party shall be entitled to any rights thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee.
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Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints Mortgagee as its attorney-in-fact, which agency is coupled with an interest and with full power of substitution, with full authority in the place and stead of Mortgagor and in the name of Mortgagor or otherwise (a) to execute and/or record any notices of completion, cessation of labor or any other notices that Mortgagee reasonably deems appropriate to protect Mortgagee’s interest, if Mortgagor shall fail to do so within ten (10) days (or such longer period as Mortgagee may agree in its reasonable discretion) after written request by Mortgagee, (b) upon the issuance of a deed pursuant to the foreclosure of this Mortgage or the delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, to execute all instruments of assignment, conveyance or further assurance with respect to the Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records in favor of the grantee of any such deed and as may be necessary or desirable for such purpose, (c) to prepare and file or record financing statements and continuation statements, and to prepare, execute and file or record applications for registration and like papers necessary to create, perfect or preserve Mortgagee’s security interests and rights in or to any of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to perform any obligation of Mortgagor hereunder; provided, however, that (1) Mortgagee shall not under any circumstances be obligated to perform any obligation of Mortgagor; (2) any sums advanced by Mortgagee in such performance that are payable under Section 4.9(b) shall be added to and included in the Secured Obligations and, if not paid when due, shall bear interest at the rate provided therefor in Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement; (3) Mortgagee as such attorney-in-fact shall only be accountable for such funds as are actually received by Mortgagee; and (4) Mortgagee shall not be liable to Mortgagor or any other person or entity for any failure to take any action which it is empowered to take under this Section 7.3. Mortgagor hereby ratifies all that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Mortgage any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of Mortgagor or Mortgagee that are contained in this Mortgage shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns. Mortgagee hereunder shall at all times be the same person that is the “Collateral Agent” under the Collateral Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the “Collateral Agent” pursuant to the Collateral Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Mortgagee under this Mortgage. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the “Collateral Agent” under the Collateral Agreement by a successor “Collateral Agent”, that successor “Collateral Agent” shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Mortgagee pursuant hereto.
Waivers; Amendment.
No failure or delay by Mortgagee or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Agreement Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party hereunder and under the other Credit Agreement Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or
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remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Mortgage or consent to any departure by Mortgagor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.5, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on Mortgagor in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
Neither this Mortgage nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Mortgagee and Mortgagor, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement and except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreements. Mortgagee may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of Mortgagor as to whether any amendment contemplated by this Section 7.5(b) is permitted.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Mortgagee may grant extensions of time or waivers of the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the date hereof for the perfection of security interests in the assets of Mortgagor on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Mortgage or the other Credit Agreement Documents.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MORTGAGE (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS MORTGAGE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.6.
Termination or Release.
In each case subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements:
This Mortgage and the Liens and security interests created by this Mortgage shall automatically terminate and be released upon the occurrence of the Termination Date or otherwise in accordance with Section 9.15 of the Credit Agreement.
[Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Mortgaged Property shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement as a result of which
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Mortgagor ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary or ceases to be a Guarantor or is otherwise released from its obligations under the Guarantee.]12
The security interests in the Mortgaged Property shall automatically be released (i) upon any sale or other transfer thereof by Mortgagor that is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement to any person that is not a Loan Party, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in such Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, or (iii) as otherwise may be provided in the Intercreditor Agreements.
Solely with respect to the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in the Mortgaged Property shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 9.15 of the Credit Agreement without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Mortgaged Property shall revert to Mortgagor.
In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 7.7, Mortgagee shall execute and deliver to Mortgagor all documents that Mortgagor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, mortgagee releases or UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to Mortgagor, such of the Mortgaged Property that may be in the possession of Mortgagee and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Mortgage. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made without recourse to or warranty by Mortgagee. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 7.7, Mortgagor shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of mortgage releases or UCC termination statements. Upon the receipt of any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by Mortgagor, Mortgagee shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Mortgaged Property permitted to be released pursuant to this Mortgage. Mortgagor agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Mortgagee (and its representatives) in connection with the execution and delivery of such release documents or instruments.
Waiver of Stay, Moratorium and Similar Rights. Mortgagor agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time insist upon or plead or in any way take advantage of any stay, marshalling of assets, extension, redemption or moratorium law now or hereafter in force and effect so as to prevent or hinder the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage or the Secured Obligations secured hereby, or any agreement between Mortgagor and Mortgagee or any rights or remedies of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party.
Applicable Law. The provisions of this Mortgage shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located.
12 | NTD: To be included if Mortgagor is a Subsidiary Loan Party. |
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Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Mortgage and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Mortgage.
Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Mortgage should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Mortgagee as Agent. Mortgagee has been appointed to act as Agent by the other Secured Parties pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agreement. Mortgagee shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of the Mortgaged Property) in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and this Mortgage. Mortgagor and all other persons shall be entitled to rely on releases, waivers, consents, approvals, notifications and other acts of Mortgagee, without inquiry into the existence of required consents or approvals of the Secured Parties therefor.
Recording Documentation To Assure Security. Mortgagor shall promptly, from time to time, cause this Mortgage and any financing statement, continuation statement or similar instrument relating to any of the Mortgaged Property or to any property intended to be subject to the lien hereof or the security interests created hereby to be filed, registered and recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law and shall take such actions as Mortgagee shall reasonably deem necessary in order to publish notice of and fully to protect the validity and priority of the liens, assignment, and security interests purported to be created upon the Mortgaged Property and the interest and rights of Mortgagee therein. Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and fees incident to such filing, registration and recording, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment thereof, and of any instrument of further assurance, and all Federal or state stamp taxes or other taxes, duties and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of such instruments. In the event Mortgagee advances any sums to pay the amounts set forth in the preceding sentence, such advances shall be secured by this Mortgage.
Further Acts. Mortgagor shall, at the sole cost and expense of Mortgagor, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers, financing statements, continuation statements, instruments and assurances as Mortgagee shall from time to time reasonably request, which may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of Mortgagee from time to time to assure, perfect, convey, assign, mortgage, transfer and confirm unto Mortgagee, the property and rights hereby conveyed or assigned or which Mortgagor may be or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to Mortgagee or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms hereof or the filing, registering or recording hereof. In the event Mortgagor shall fail after written demand to execute any instrument or take any action required to be executed or taken by Mortgagor under this Section 7.14, Mortgagee may execute or take the same as the
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attorney-in-fact for Mortgagor, such power of attorney being coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and fees incident to such filing, registration and recording, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment thereof, and of any instrument of further assurance, and all Federal or state stamp taxes or other taxes, duties and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of such instruments. In the event Mortgagee advances any sums to pay the amounts set forth in the preceding sentence, such advances shall be secured by this Mortgage.
Additions to Mortgaged Property. All right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to all extensions, amendments, relocations, restakings, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutes and replacements of, and all additions and appurtenances to, the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired by or released to Mortgagor or constructed, assembled or placed by Mortgagor upon the Land, and all conversions of the security constituted thereby, immediately upon such acquisition, release, construction, assembling, placement or conversion, as the case may be, and in each such case without any further mortgage, conveyance, assignment or other act by Mortgagor, shall become subject to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage as fully and completely and with the same effect as though now owned by Mortgagor and specifically described in the grant of the Mortgaged Property above, but at any and all times Mortgagor will execute and deliver to Mortgagee any and all such further assurances, mortgages, conveyances or assignments thereof as Mortgagee may reasonably require for the purpose of expressly and specifically subjecting the same to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage.
Relationship. The relationship of Mortgagee to Mortgagor hereunder is strictly and solely that of lender and borrower and mortgagor and mortgagee and nothing contained in the Credit Agreement, this Mortgage or any other document or instrument now existing and delivered in connection therewith or otherwise in connection with the Secured Obligations is intended to create, or shall in any event or under any circumstance be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy or other relationship of any nature whatsoever between Mortgagee and Mortgagor other than as lender and borrower and mortgagor and mortgagee.
No Claims Against Mortgagee. Nothing contained in this Mortgage shall constitute any consent or request by Mortgagee, express or implied, for the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, nor as giving Mortgagor any right, power or authority to contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against Mortgagee in respect thereof or any claim that any lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the lien hereof, except Permitted Liens.
Mortgagee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
Mortgagor agrees that Mortgagee shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder by the Mortgagor and Mortgagee and other indemnitees shall be indemnified by the Mortgagor, in each case of this clause (a), mutatis mutandis, as provided in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.
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Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby. The provisions of this Section 7.18 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Mortgage or any other Credit Agreement Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Mortgage, any other Credit Agreement Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.18 shall be payable within fifteen days (or such longer period as Mortgagee may reasonably agree to) on written demand therefor.
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Mortgagor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Mortgagee, any Secured Party, or any Affiliate of the foregoing, in any way relating to this Mortgage, any other Credit Agreement Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Mortgage or in any other Credit Agreement Document shall affect any right that Mortgagee or any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Mortgage or other Credit Agreement Document against Mortgagor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Mortgage or the other Credit Agreement Documents in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Mortgage irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.1. Nothing in this Mortgage will affect the right of any party to this Mortgage or any other Credit Agreement Document to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 1.2 Subject to Intercreditor Agreements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens and security interests granted to the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Mortgage and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Mortgagee hereunder or the application of proceeds (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) of the Mortgaged Property are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
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Agreements to the extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the terms of this Mortgage, the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS
Local Law Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Mortgage but subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and to Section 5.18 of the Collateral Agreement, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Article 8 and the other provisions of this Mortgage, the provisions of this Article 8 will govern.
[LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS TO FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mortgagor has on the date set forth in the acknowledgement hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly EXECUTED AND DELIVERED by authority duly given.
MORTGAGOR: | [ ], | |||||||
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK | ) |
I, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said County and State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that [ ], personally known to me to be the Secretary, of [ ], a [ ], personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that as such Secretary, he signed and delivered the said instrument of said corporation, pursuant to the authority given by the Board of Directors of said corporation a free and voluntary act, and as the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand and official seal, this day of , 201 . |
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Legal Description of premises commonly known as [COMMON NAME, IF ANY] and located at [INSERT ADDRESS]:
[to come from title policy]
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EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
Each of the liens and other encumbrances excepted as being prior to the Lien hereof as set forth in Schedule B to the marked [Pro Forma Policy] issued by [Title Insurance Company], dated as of the date hereof and delivered to Mortgagee on the date hereof, bearing [Title Insurance Company] reference number [Title Number] relating to the real property described in Schedule A attached hereto.
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Execution Version
EXHIBIT M
[ ], [ ] 20[ ]131415
Barclays Bank PLC | ||
Loan Operations | ||
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: | Agency Services – XX Xxxxxx; Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Telephone: | (000) 000-0000 | |
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
Re: XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. / Notice of [Repayment][Optional Prepayment][Mandatory Prepayment]
Ladies/Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2013 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XX Xxxxxx Enterprises, Inc., Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged on the Closing Date with and into XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with XX Xxxxxx of America, Inc. being the surviving corporation of the merger) (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and the other parties party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings provided thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to Section [2.11(d)][2.12(g)]16 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby gives notice to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower intends to make [a repayment pursuant to Section 2.11(a)][an optional prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12(a)][a mandatory prepayment pursuant to [Section 2.12(c)][Section 2.12(d)]] of $[ ] of [ABR Loans][Eurocurrency Loans] constituting [Term B Loans][Other Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement on [ ], [ ] 20[ ]. [The calculation of the amount of mandatory prepayment in reasonable detail is set forth on Annex I attached hereto.]17
13 | Any notice of repayment from quarterly scheduled amortization pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) must be delivered (i) for Eurocurrency Borrowing, 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the scheduled repayment date and (ii) for ABR Borrowing, 2:00 p.m. New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the scheduled repayment date. |
14 | Any notice of optional prepayment pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) must be delivered (i) for Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the prepayment date or (ii) for ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the prepayment date. |
15 | Any notice of mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12(c) (Net Proceeds) or Section 2.12(d) (Excess Cash Flow) must be delivered not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five (5) Business Days before the prepayment date. |
16 | Insert reference to (a) Section 2.11(d) for a Notice of Repayment or (b) Section 2.12(g) for either a Notice of Optional Prepayment or a Notice of Mandatory Prepayment. |
17 | Relevant for Notice of Mandatory Prepayment only |
[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Notice of Optional Prepayment is made expressly conditional upon the successful completion of [ ] and the Borrower hereby reserves the right to withdraw this Notice of Optional Prepayment at any time on or prior to [ ], [ ] 20[ ]].18
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18 | Relevant for Notice of Optional Prepayment only. |
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Very truly yours, | ||
XX XXXXXX OF AMERICA, INC., as Borrower | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |