CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 2, 2014, among IGLOO INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION, as Holdings, INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION, as Borrower, The Lenders Party Hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent BANK OF...
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
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Published CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0 Deal
Published CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0 Revolver
Published CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0 Term
dated as of
MayΒ 2, 2014,
among
IGLOO INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION,
as Holdings,
INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION,
as Borrower,
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner,
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK (USA),
as Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner and Co-Syndication Agent,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Joint Bookrunner and Co-Syndication Agent,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and UBS SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Bookrunners and Documentation Agents
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC. and
XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Managers
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Β | Defined Terms |
Β Β | Β | 1 | Β Β |
SECTION 1.02. |
Β | Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
Β Β | Β | 56 | Β Β |
SECTION 1.03. |
Β | Terms Generally |
Β Β | Β | 56 | Β Β |
SECTION 1.04. |
Β | Accounting Terms; GAAP |
Β Β | Β | 57 | Β Β |
SECTION 1.05. |
Β | [Reserved] |
Β Β | Β | 57 | Β Β |
SECTION 1.06. |
Β | Currency Translation |
Β Β | Β | 58 | Β Β |
SECTION 1.07. |
Β | Change of Currency |
Β Β | Β | 58 | Β Β |
ARTICLE II The Credits | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 2.01. |
Β | Commitments |
Β Β | Β | 59 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.02. |
Β | Loans and Borrowings |
Β Β | Β | 59 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.03. |
Β | Requests for Borrowings |
Β Β | Β | 60 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.04. |
Β | Swingline Loans |
Β Β | Β | 61 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.05. |
Β | Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees |
Β Β | Β | 62 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.06. |
Β | Funding of Borrowings |
Β Β | Β | 68 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.07. |
Β | Interest Elections |
Β Β | Β | 68 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.08. |
Β | Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
Β Β | Β | 70 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.09. |
Β | Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
Β Β | Β | 70 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.10. |
Β | Amortization of Term Loans |
Β Β | Β | 71 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.11. |
Β | Prepayment of Loans |
Β Β | Β | 71 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.12. |
Β | Fees |
Β Β | Β | 80 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.13. |
Β | Interest |
Β Β | Β | 81 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.14. |
Β | Alternate Rate of Interest |
Β Β | Β | 82 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.15. |
Β | Increased Costs |
Β Β | Β | 83 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.16. |
Β | Break Funding Payments |
Β Β | Β | 84 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.17. |
Β | Taxes |
Β Β | Β | 84 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.18. |
Β | Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs |
Β Β | Β | 87 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.19. |
Β | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
Β Β | Β | 89 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.20. |
Β | Incremental Credit Extensions |
Β Β | Β | 90 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.21. |
Β | Refinancing Amendments |
Β Β | Β | 92 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.22. |
Β | Defaulting Lenders |
Β Β | Β | 93 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.23. |
Β | Illegality |
Β Β | Β | 95 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.24. |
Β | Loan Modification Offers |
Β Β | Β | 95 | Β Β |
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Β | Organization; Powers |
Β Β | Β | 96 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.02. |
Β | Authorization; Enforceability |
Β Β | Β | 96 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.03. |
Β | Approvals; No Conflicts |
Β Β | Β | 97 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.04. |
Β | Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect |
Β Β | Β | 97 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.05. |
Β | Properties |
Β Β | Β | 97 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.06. |
Β | Litigation and Environmental Matters |
Β Β | Β | 98 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.07. |
Β | Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
Β Β | Β | 98 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.08. |
Β | Investment Company Status |
Β Β | Β | 98 | Β Β |
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SECTION 3.09. |
Β | Taxes |
Β Β | Β | 98 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.10. |
Β | ERISA |
Β Β | Β | 98 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.11. |
Β | Disclosure |
Β Β | Β | 99 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.12. |
Β | Subsidiaries |
Β Β | Β | 99 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.13. |
Β | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc |
Β Β | Β | 99 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.14. |
Β | Solvency |
Β Β | Β | 99 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.15. |
Β | Senior Indebtedness |
Β Β | Β | 100 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.16. |
Β | Federal Reserve Regulations |
Β Β | Β | 100 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.17. |
Β | Use of Proceeds |
Β Β | Β | 100 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.18. |
Β | PATRIOT Act, OFAC and FCPA |
Β Β | Β | 100 | Β Β |
ARTICLE IV Conditions | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Β | Effective Date |
Β Β | Β | 101 | Β Β |
SECTION 4.02. |
Β | Each Credit Event |
Β Β | Β | 102 | Β Β |
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Β | Financial Statements and Other Information |
Β Β | Β | 103 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.02. |
Β | Notices of Material Events |
Β Β | Β | 106 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.03. |
Β | Information Regarding Collateral |
Β Β | Β | 106 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.04. |
Β | Existence; Conduct of Business |
Β Β | Β | 106 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.05. |
Β | Payment of Taxes, etc |
Β Β | Β | 107 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.06. |
Β | Maintenance of Properties |
Β Β | Β | 107 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.07. |
Β | Insurance |
Β Β | Β | 107 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.08. |
Β | Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights |
Β Β | Β | 107 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.09. |
Β | Compliance with Laws |
Β Β | Β | 108 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.10. |
Β | Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit |
Β Β | Β | 108 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.11. |
Β | Additional Subsidiaries |
Β Β | Β | 108 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.12. |
Β | Further Assurances |
Β Β | Β | 108 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.13. |
Β | Ratings |
Β Β | Β | 109 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.14. |
Β | Designation of Subsidiaries |
Β Β | Β | 109 | Β Β |
SECTION 5.15. |
Β | Certain Post-Closing Obligations |
Β Β | Β | 109 | Β Β |
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 6.01. |
Β | Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities |
Β Β | Β | 110 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.02. |
Β | Liens |
Β Β | Β | 114 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.03. |
Β | Fundamental Changes; Holdings Covenant |
Β Β | Β | 117 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.04. |
Β | Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
Β Β | Β | 119 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.05. |
Β | Asset Sales |
Β Β | Β | 121 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.06. |
Β | Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
Β Β | Β | 123 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.07. |
Β | Negative Pledge |
Β Β | Β | 123 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.08. |
Β | Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
Β Β | Β | 125 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.09. |
Β | Transactions with Affiliates |
Β Β | Β | 129 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.10. |
Β | Changes in Fiscal Periods |
Β Β | Β | 130 | Β Β |
SECTION 6.11. |
Β | Financial Covenant |
Β Β | Β | 130 | Β Β |
ARTICLE VII Events of Default | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Β | Events of Default |
Β Β | Β | 131 | Β Β |
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SECTION 7.02. |
Β | Right to Cure |
Β Β | Β | 133 | Β Β |
SECTION 7.03. |
Β | Application of Proceeds |
Β Β | Β | 134 | Β Β |
ARTICLE VIII Administrative Agent | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 8.01. |
Β | Appointment and Authority |
Β Β | Β | 135 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.02. |
Β | Rights as a Lender |
Β Β | Β | 135 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.03. |
Β | Exculpatory Provisions |
Β Β | Β | 135 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.04. |
Β | Reliance by Administrative Agent |
Β Β | Β | 136 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.05. |
Β | Delegation of Duties |
Β Β | Β | 136 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.06. |
Β | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
Β Β | Β | 138 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.07. |
Β | No Other Duties, Etc |
Β Β | Β | 138 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.08. |
Β | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
Β Β | Β | 138 | Β Β |
SECTION 8.09. |
Β | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement |
Β Β | Β | 139 | Β Β |
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous | Β Β | |||||
SECTION 9.01. |
Β | Notices |
Β Β | Β | 140 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.02. |
Β | Waivers; Amendments |
Β Β | Β | 142 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.03. |
Β | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
Β Β | Β | 144 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.04. |
Β | Successors and Assigns |
Β Β | Β | 146 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.05. |
Β | Survival |
Β Β | Β | 152 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.06. |
Β | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
Β Β | Β | 153 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.07. |
Β | Severability |
Β Β | Β | 153 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.08. |
Β | Right of Setoff |
Β Β | Β | 153 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.09. |
Β | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
Β Β | Β | 154 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.10. |
Β | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
Β Β | Β | 154 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.11. |
Β | Headings |
Β Β | Β | 155 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.12. |
Β | Confidentiality |
Β Β | Β | 155 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.13. |
Β | USA Patriot Act |
Β Β | Β | 156 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.14. |
Β | Judgment Currency |
Β Β | Β | 156 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.15. |
Β | Release of Liens and Guarantees |
Β Β | Β | 157 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.16. |
Β | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
Β Β | Β | 157 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.17. |
Β | Interest Rate Limitation |
Β Β | Β | 158 | Β Β |
β’ |
Β | The Mandatory Cost (to the extent applicable) is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with: | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions); or | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | the requirements of the European Central Bank. | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Administrative Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the βAdditional Cost Rateβ) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as a weighted average of the Lendersβ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. The Administrative Agent will, at the request of the Borrower or any Lender, deliver to the Borrower or such Lender as the case may be, a statement setting forth the calculation of any Mandatory Cost. | Β Β |
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Β | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Administrative Agent. This percentage will be certified by such Lender in its notice to the Administrative Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of such Lenderβs participation in all Loans made from such Lending Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of Loans made from that Lending Office. | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as follows: | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | in relation to any Loan in Sterling: | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | in relation to any Loan in any currency other than Sterling: | Β Β | |
Β | β’Β Β Β Β Β Β Β For the purposes of this Schedule: |
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β’ |
Β | βEligible Liabilitiesβ and βSpecial Depositsβ have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England; | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | βEMU Legislationβ means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency; | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | βFees Rulesβ means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | βFee Tariffsβ means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate); | Β Β | |
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Β | βLending Officeβ means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lenderβs Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | βParticipating Member Stateβ means each state so described in any EMU Legislation; and | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | βTariff Baseβ has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules. | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5% will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded to four decimal places. | Β Β | |
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Β | If requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, each Lender with a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the rate of charge payable by such Lender to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by such Lender as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to such Lender for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per Β£1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of such Lender. | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender: | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | the jurisdiction of the Lending Office out of which it is making available its participation in the relevant Loan; and | Β Β |
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Β | any other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably require for such purpose. | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of charge of each Lender for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Administrative Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Administrative Agent to the contrary, each Lenderβs obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a lending office in the same jurisdiction as its Lending Office. | Β Β | |
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Β | The Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over- or under-compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects. | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | The Administrative Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above. | Β Β | |
β’ |
Β | Any determination by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto. | Β Β | |
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Β | The Administrative Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto. | Β Β |
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 1.01 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Mandatory Cost |
Schedule 1.01(a) |
Β | β |
Β Β | Excluded Subsidiaries |
Schedule 1.01(b) |
Β | β |
Β Β | Existing LCs |
Schedule 2.01 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Commitments |
Schedule 3.12 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Subsidiaries |
Schedule 5.15 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Certain Post-Closing Obligations |
Schedule 6.01 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 6.02 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Existing Liens |
Schedule 6.04(e) |
Β | β |
Β Β | Existing Investments |
Schedule 6.07 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Existing Restrictions |
Schedule 6.09 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Existing Affiliate Transactions |
Schedule 9.01 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Notices |
EXHIBITS: | ||||
Exhibit A |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit B |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Guarantee Agreement |
Exhibit C |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Perfection Certificate |
Exhibit D |
Β | β |
Β Β | [Reserved] |
Exhibit E |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Collateral Agreement |
Exhibit F |
Β | β |
Β Β | [Reserved] |
Exhibit G |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
Exhibit H |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
Exhibit I |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Closing Certificate |
Exhibit J |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Intercompany Note |
Exhibit K |
Β | β |
Β Β | [Reserved] |
Exhibit L |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Notice |
Exhibit M |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Response |
Exhibit N |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Notice |
Exhibit O |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Offer |
Exhibit P |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice |
Exhibit Q |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer |
Exhibit R |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of Acceptance and Prepayment Notice |
Exhibit S-1 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit S-2 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit S-3 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit S-4 |
Β | β |
Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014 (this βAgreementβ), among IGLOO INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (βInitial Holdingsβ), INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), the LENDERS party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
βABRβ 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.
βAcceptable Discountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βAcceptable Prepayment Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βAcceptance and Prepayment Noticeβ means an irrevocable written notice from a Term Lender accepting a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount specified therein pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D) substantially in the form of Exhibit R.
βAcceptance Dateβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βAccepting Lendersβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.24(a).
βAcquired EBITDAβ means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a βPro Forma Entityβ) for any period, as the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of βConsolidated EBITDAβ were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its Subsidiaries which will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity.
βAcquired Entity or Businessβ has the meaning given such term in the definition of βConsolidated EBITDA.β
βAcquisition Transactionβ means the purchase or other acquisition, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of), any Person.
βAdditional Lenderβ means any Additional Revolving Lender or any Additional Term Lender, as applicable.
βAdditional Revolving Lenderβ means, at any time, any bank or other financial institution that agrees to provide any portion of any (a)Β Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase or Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments pursuant to an Incremental Facility Amendment in accordance with SectionΒ 2.20 or (b)Β Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with SectionΒ 2.21; provided that each Additional Revolving Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and, if such Additional Revolving Lender will provide an Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitment, each Principal Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (such approval in each case not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
βAdditional Term Lenderβ means, at any time, any bank or other financial institution (including any such bank or financial institution that is a Lender at such time) that agrees to provide any portion of any (a)Β Incremental Term Facility pursuant to an Incremental Facility Amendment in accordance with SectionΒ 2.20 or (b)Β Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with SectionΒ 2.21; provided that each Additional Term Lender (other than any Person that is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender at such time) shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the Borrower.
βAdditional/Replacement Revolving Commitmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20(a).
βAdjusted LIBO Rateβ means, (a)Β with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (i)Β the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii)Β the Statutory Reserve Rate and (b)Β with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in euro or Sterling for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (i)Β the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus (ii)Β the Mandatory Cost.
βAdministrative Agentβ means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII. The Administrative Agent may from time to time designate one or more of its Affiliates or branches to perform the functions of the Administrative Agent in connection with Loans denominated in any currency other than dollars, in which case references herein to the βAdministrative Agentβ shall, in connection with Loans denominated in any such currency, mean any Affiliate or branch so designated.
βAdministrative Questionnaireβ means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
βAffected Classβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.24(a).
βAffiliateβ 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.
βAffiliated Debt Fundβ means an Affiliated Lender that is a bona fide debt fund primarily engaged in, or that 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 the investment decisions of which are not controlled by the private equity business of Silver Lake Partners or Warburg Pincus LLC.
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βAffiliated Lenderβ means, at any time, any Lender that is the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any natural person) at such time.
βAffiliated Lender Capβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.04(f)(vi).
βAgentβ means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lead Arranger, each Joint Bookrunner, each Syndication Agent, each Co-Documentation Agent and any successors and assigns in such capacity, and βAgentsβ means two or more of them.
βAgent Partiesβ has the meaning given to such term in SectionΒ 9.01(c).
βAgreementβ has the meaning provided in the preamble hereto.
βAgreement Currencyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.14(b).
βAlternate Base Rateβ means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a)Β the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b)Β the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plusΒ 1/2 of 1% and (c)Β the Adjusted LIBO Rate determined two Business Days prior to 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%. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing and solely with respect to Term Loans, the Alternate Base Rate will be deemed to be 2.00%Β per annum if the Alternate Base Rate calculated pursuant to the foregoing provisions would otherwise be less than 2.00%Β per annum.
βApplicable Accountβ 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.
βApplicable Creditorβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.14(b).
βApplicable Discountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βApplicable Fronting Exposureβ means, with respect to any Person that is an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender at any time, the sum of (a)Β the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such Person in its capacity as an Issuing Bank (if applicable) that remains available for drawing at such time, (b)Β the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements made by such Person in its capacity as an Issuing Bank (if applicable) that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time and (c)Β the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Person in its capacity as a Swingline Lender (if applicable) outstanding at such time.
βApplicable Percentageβ means, at any time with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment at such time (or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, such Lenderβs share of the total Revolving Exposure at that time); provided that, at any time any Revolving Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, βApplicable Percentageβ shall mean the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments (disregarding any such Defaulting Lenderβs Revolving Commitment) represented by such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the
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Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to this Agreement and to any Lenderβs status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
βApplicable Rateβ means, for any day, (a)Β with respect to any Term Loan, (A)Β 2.75%Β per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, or (B)Β 3.75%Β per annum, in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, and (b)Β with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan (other than a Term Loan) or any Base Rate Loan or the Revolving Commitments, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption βABR Spread,β βEurocurrency/Base Rate Spreadβ or βCommitment Fee Rate,β as the case may be, based upon the First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which consolidated financial statements have theretofore been most recently delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or 5.01(b); provided that, for purposes of clause (b), until the date of the delivery of the consolidated financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) as of and for the fiscal quarter ended SeptemberΒ 30, 2014, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the rates per annum set forth in CategoryΒ 1:
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Category |
Β Β | First Lien Leverage Ratio: |
Β Β | ABR Spread |
Β | Β | Eurocurrency/Base Rate Spread |
Β | Β | CommitmentΒ Fee Rate |
Β | |||
1 | Β Β | Greater than 4.50 to 1.0 | Β Β | Β | 2.75 | %Β | Β | Β | 3.75 | %Β | Β | Β | 0.50 | %Β |
2 | Β Β | Less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 and greater than 4.00 to 1.00 | Β Β | Β | 2.50 | %Β | Β | Β | 3.50 | %Β | Β | Β | 0.375 | %Β |
3 | Β Β | Less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 | Β Β | Β | 2.25 | %Β | Β | Β | 3.25 | %Β | Β | Β | 0.25 | %Β |
For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the Business Day following the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of the consolidated financial statements and related Compliance Certificate indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Rate, at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders, shall be based on the rates per annum set forth in CategoryΒ 1 (i)Β at any time that an Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01(a) has occurred and is continuing and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of Default shall cease to be continuing (and thereafter, the Category otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply) or (ii)Β if Holdings and the Borrower fail to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) or any Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant hereto, in each case within the time periods specified herein for such delivery, during the period commencing on and including the day of the occurrence of a Default resulting from such failure and until the delivery thereof.
βApproved Bankβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term βPermitted Investments.β
βApproved Foreign Bankβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βPermitted Investments.β
βApproved Fundβ 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)Β a Lender, (b)Β an Affiliate of a Lender or (c)Β an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
βAssignment and Assumptionβ 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 SectionΒ 9.04), substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ A or any other form reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent.
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βAuction Agentβ means (a)Β the Administrative Agent or (b)Β any other financial institution or advisor employed by the Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent).
βAudited Financial Statementsβ means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended DecemberΒ 31, 2011,Β DecemberΒ 31, 2012 and DecemberΒ 31, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
βAvailable Amountβ means a cumulative amount equal to (without duplication):
(a) $50,000,000 (the βStarter Basketβ), plus
(b) 50% of Consolidated Net Income for the period (treated as one accounting period) from the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Borrower commencing JanuaryΒ 1, 2014 to the end of the most recent Test Period, plus
(c) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Permitted Investments by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made using the Available Amount (not to exceed the amount of such Investments), plus
(d) Investments of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary made using the Available Amount that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (up to the lesser of (i)Β the Fair Market Value of the Investments of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such re-designation or merger or consolidation and (ii)Β the Fair Market Value of the original Investment by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary), plus
(e) the Net Proceeds of a sale or other Disposition of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including the issuance of stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) received by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, plus
(f) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, dividends or other distributions or returns on capital received by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(g) the aggregate amount of any Retained Declined Proceeds since the Effective Date;
provided that use of the Available Amount (other than the Starter Basket) pursuant to SectionΒ 6.08(a)(viii) or SectionΒ 6.08(b)(iv) shall be subject to compliance with a minimum Interest Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
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βAvailable Equity Amountβ means a cumulative amount equal to (without duplication):
(a) the Net Proceeds of new public or private issuances of Qualified Equity Interests in Holdings or any parent of Holdings which are contributed to the Borrower, plus
(b) capital contributions received by Holdings or the Borrower after the Effective Date in cash or Permitted Investments (other than in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest), plus
(c) the net cash proceeds received by Holdings or the Borrower from Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interest issuances issued after the Effective Date and which have been exchanged or converted into Qualified Equity Interests, plus
(d) returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Permitted Investments by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made using the Available Equity Amount (not to exceed the amount of such Investments).
βBank Guaranteeβ means any bank guarantee issued pursuant to this Agreement.
βBank of Americaβ means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
βBankruptcy Codeβ means Title 11 of the United State Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
βBase Rateβ means (a)Β with respect to Swingline Loans denominated in euro, the Euro Reference Rate, and (b)Β with respect to Swingline Loans denominated in Sterling, the Sterling Reference Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Rate with respect to Swingline Loans denominated in euros or Sterling will be deemed to be 1.00%Β per annum if the Base Rate determined pursuant to this definition would otherwise be less than 1.00%Β per annum.
βBase Rate Loan,β when used in reference to any Loan, refers to whether such Loan is bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
βBasel IIIβ means, collectively, those certain agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in βBasel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems,β βBasel III: International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring,β and βGuidance for National Authorities Operating the Countercyclical Capital Buffer,β each as published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010 (as revised from time to time), and as implemented by a Lenderβs primary banking regulatory authority.
βBoard of Directorsβ means, with respect to any Person, (a)Β 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)Β in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers, board of directors, manager or managing member of such Person or the functional equivalent of the foregoing, (c)Β in the case of any partnership, the board of directors, board of managers, manager or managing member of a general partner of such Person or the functional equivalent of the foregoing and (d)Β in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
βBoard of Governorsβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
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βBorrowerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
βBorrower Materialsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.01.
βBorrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepaymentβ means the offer by the Borrower to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified discount to par pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B).
βBorrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offersβ means the solicitation by the Borrower of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance by a Term Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a specified range at a discount to par pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βBorrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offersβ means the solicitation by the Borrower of offers for, and the subsequent acceptance, if any, by a Term Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βBorrowingβ means (a)Β Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date in the same currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b)Β a Swingline Loan.
βBorrowing Minimumβ means (a)Β in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that is (i)Β denominated in dollars, $5,000,000, (ii)Β denominated in euro, β¬5,000,000 and (iii)Β denominated in Sterling, Β£5,000,000, (b)Β in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, $1,000,000 and (c)Β in the case of a Swingline Loan (i)Β denominated in dollars, $1,000,000, (ii)Β denominated in euro, β¬1,000,000 and (iii)Β denominated in Sterling, Β£1,000,000.
βBorrowing Multipleβ means (a)Β in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that is (i)Β denominated in dollars, $1,000,000, (ii)Β denominated in euro, β¬1,000,000 and (iii)Β denominated in Sterling, Β£1,000,000, (b)Β in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, $500,000 and (c)Β in the case of a Swingline Loan (i)Β denominated in dollars, $100,000, (ii)Β denominated in euro, β¬100,000 and (iii)Β denominated in Sterling, Β£100,000.
βBorrowing Requestβ means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03.
βBusiness Dayβ means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in London or New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan (a)Β denominated in euro, the term βBusiness Dayβ shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in euro and (b)Β denominated in dollars or Sterling, the term βBusiness Dayβ shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar or Sterling deposits in the London interbank market.
βCapital Lease Obligationβ means an obligation that is a Capitalized Lease; and the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby at any time shall be the amount of the liability in respect thereof that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Effective Date.
βCapitalized Leasesβ means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Effective Date, recorded as capitalized leases.
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βCapitalized Software Expendituresβ means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
βCash Management Obligationsβ means (a)Β obligations of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds and (b)Β other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit or purchase card programs and similar arrangements.
βCash Management Servicesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βSecured Cash Management Obligations.β
βCasualty Eventβ means any event that gives rise to the receipt by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
βCFCβ means a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 957 of the Code.
βChange in Controlβ means (a)Β the failure of Holdings prior to an IPO, or, after the IPO, the IPO Entity, directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, to own all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (b)Β prior to an 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 the Board 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, ownership of Equity Interests or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate, nominate or appoint (and do so designate, nominate or appoint) a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings, (c)Β after an IPO, the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group, other than the Permitted Holders (directly or indirectly, including through one or more holding companies), of Equity Interests representingΒ 40% 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, unless the Permitted Holders (directly or indirectly, including through one of more holding companies) otherwise have the right (pursuant to contract, proxy or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate, nominate or appoint (and do so designate, nominate or appoint) a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the IPO Entity or (d)Β the occurrence of a βChange of Controlβ (or similar event, however denominated), as defined in the documentation governing the Senior Notes or any Junior Financing that is Material Indebtedness.
For purposes of this definition, (i)Β βbeneficial ownershipβ shall be as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act, (ii)Β the phrase Person or βgroupβ is within the meaning of SectionΒ 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or βgroupβ and its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and (iii)Β if any Person or βgroupβ includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings, the IPO Entity or the Borrower, as applicable, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such Person or βgroupβ shall not be treated as being owned by such Person or βgroupβ for purposes of determining whether clause (c)Β of this definition is triggered).
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βChange in Lawβ means: (a)Β the adoption of any rule, regulation, treaty or other law after the date of this Agreement, (b)Β any change in any rule, regulation, treaty or other law or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c)Β 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 date of this Agreement provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i)Β any requests, rules, guidelines or directives under the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or issued in connection therewith and (ii)Β any requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank of International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case shall be deemed to be a βChange in Law,β to the extent enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued after the date of this Agreement, but only to the extent such rules, regulations, or published interpretations or directives are applied to Holdings and its Subsidiaries by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in substantially the same manner as applied to other similarly situated borrowers under comparable syndicated credit facilities, including, without limitation, for purposes of SectionΒ 2.15.
βClassβ when used in reference to (a)Β any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Other Term Loans or Swingline Loans, (b)Β any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment, Other Revolving Commitment, Term Commitment or Other Term Commitment and (c)Β any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments. Other Term Commitments, Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Commitments (and the Other Revolving Loans made pursuant thereto) and Incremental Term Loans that have different terms and conditions shall be construed to be in different Classes.
βCo-Managersβ means Deutsche Bank Securities LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC.
βCodeβ means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
βCollateralβ means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Secured Obligations.
βCollateral Agentβ means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and shall include any duly appointed successor in that capacity.
βCollateral Agreementβ means the Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, each other Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ E.
βCollateral and Guarantee Requirementβ means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from (i)Β Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Foreign Subsidiary or any Excluded Subsidiary) either (x)Β a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (y)Β in the case of any Person that becomes a Loan Party
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after the Effective Date (including by ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary or ceasing to be a Foreign Subsidiary), a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person and (ii)Β Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party either (x)Β a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (y)Β in the case of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Effective Date (including by ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary), a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, in each case under this clause (a)Β together with, in the case of any such Loan Documents executed and delivered after the Effective Date, documents and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, opinions of the type referred to in Sections 4.01(b) and 4.01(c));
(b) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Equity Interests constituting Excluded Assets or Equity Interests of Immaterial Subsidiaries) owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received certificates or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests (if any), together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(c) if any Indebtedness for borrowed money of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a principal amount of $15,000,000 or more is owing by such obligor to any Loan Party, such Indebtedness shall be evidenced by a promissory note that shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(d) all certificates, agreements, documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by the Security Documents, Requirements of Law and reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, delivered, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents and the other provisions of the term βCollateral and Guarantee Requirement,β shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or recording; and
(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i)Β counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii)Β a policy or policies of title insurance (or marked unconditional commitment to issue such policy or policies) in the amount equal to not less than 100% (or such lesser amount as reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent) of the Fair Market Value of such Mortgaged Property and fixtures, as reasonably determined by the Company and agreed to by the Administrative Agent, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a first priority Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by SectionΒ 6.02, together with such endorsements (other than a creditorβs rights endorsement), coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to the extent available in the applicable jurisdiction at commercially reasonable rates, (iii)Β completed βLife-of-Loanβ Federal Emergency Management Agency (βFEMAβ) Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property subject to the applicable FEMA rules and regulations (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto), (iv)Β if any Mortgaged Property is located in
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an area determined by FEMA to have special flood hazards, evidence of such flood insurance as may be required under applicable law, including Regulation H of the Board of Governors and the other Flood Insurance Laws and as required under SectionΒ 5.07, and (v)Β such legal opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a)Β the foregoing provisions of this definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets of the Loan Parties, or the provision of Guarantees by any Subsidiary, if, and for so long as and to the extent that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree in writing that the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets, or obtaining such title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables in respect of such assets, or providing such Guarantees (taking into account any adverse tax consequences to Holdings and its Subsidiaries (including the imposition of withholding or other material taxes)), shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (b)Β Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the term βCollateral and Guarantee Requirementβ shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents as in effect on the Effective Date, (c)Β in no event shall control agreements or other control or similar arrangements be required with respect to deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts or other assets requiring perfection by control (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, possession), (d)Β no perfection actions shall be required with respect to assets subject to certificates of title, (e)Β no perfection actions shall be required with respect to commercial tort claims with a value less than $15,000,000 and, other than the filingΒ of UCC financing statements, no perfection shall be required with respect to promissory notes evidencing debt for borrowed money in a principal amount of less than $15,000,000, (f)Β no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States (including any Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries and any Foreign Intellectual Property) or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (g)Β no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights (other than the filing of UCC financing statements), and (h)Β in no event shall the Collateral include any Excluded Assets. The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the creation and perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any Guarantee by any Subsidiary (including extensions beyond the Effective Date or in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Effective Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by this Agreement or the Security Documents.
βCommitmentβ means (a)Β with respect to any Lender, its Revolving Commitment, Other Revolving Commitment of any Class, Term Commitment, Other Term Commitment of any Class or any combination thereof (as the context requires) and (b)Β with respect to any Swingline Lender, its Swingline Commitment.
βCommodity Exchange Actβ means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Β§ 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
βCompliance Certificateβ means a Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01.
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βConsolidated EBITDAβ means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:
(a) without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) total interest expense and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations or such derivative instruments, and bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities;
(ii) provision for taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital, including federal, foreign and state income, franchise, excise, and similar taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including in respect of repatriated funds) including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations;
(iii) depreciation and amortization (including amortization of Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of deferred financing fees or costs);
(iv) other non-cash charges (other than any accrual in respect of bonuses) (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);
(v) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of income attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back in such period to Consolidated Net Income) excluding cash distributions in respect thereof;
(vi) (A) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to (or on behalf of) the Sponsors (including any termination fees payable in connection with the early termination of management and monitoring agreements) and (B)Β the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted in the Loan Documents;
(vii) any costs or expenses incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are non-cash or otherwise funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or Net Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),
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(viii) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature.
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(b) without duplication, the amount of βrun rateβ cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken or initiated on or prior to the date that is 24 months after the end of the relevant Test Period (including actions initiated prior to the Effective Date) (in the good faith determination of the Borrower), including any cost savings, expenses and charges (including restructuring and integration charges) in connection with, or incurred by or on behalf of, any joint venture of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (whether accounted for on the financial statements of any such joint venture or the Borrower) with respect to any Specified Transaction, and any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative (which cost savings shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions; provided that (A)Β such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and quantifiable, (B)Β no cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (b)Β to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies that are included in clause (a)Β above (it being understood and agreed that βrun rateβ shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken) and (C)Β the share of any such cost savings, expenses and charges with respect to a joint venture that are to be allocated to Holdings, Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed the total amount thereof for any such joint venture multiplied by the percentage of income of such venture expected to be included in Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test Period;
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(c) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period);
(ii) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary added (and not deducted in such period from Consolidated Net Income);
in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;Β provided that,
(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) whether such acquisition occurred before or after the Effective Date to
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the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Effective Date, and not subsequently so disposed of, an βAcquired Entity or Businessβ), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a βConverted Restricted Subsidiaryβ), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis; and
(II) there shall be (A)Β excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of) (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified, a βSold Entity or Businessβ), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a βConverted Unrestricted Subsidiaryβ), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis and (B)Β included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period in which a Sold Entity or Business is disposed, an adjustment equal to the Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment with respect to such Sold Entity or Business (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such disposal) as specified in the Pro Forma Disposal Adjustment certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent (for further deliver to the Lenders).
βConsolidated First Lien Debtβ means the amount of Consolidated Net Debt under the Loans and under any Incremental Facilities and the amount of Consolidated Net Debt that is secured by any of the Collateral on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens securing the Secured Obligations.
βConsolidated Interest Expenseβ means the sum of (a)Β the amount of cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Leases), net of cash interest income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankersβ acceptance financing and net costs under hedging agreements, plus (b)Β the aggregate amount of actual cash payments made with respect to any increase in the principal amount of Indebtedness as a result of pay-in-kind interest that are required to be made in connection with any repayment of such Indebtedness, and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i)Β amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest (including as a result of the effects of acquisition method accounting or pushdown accounting), (ii)Β non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the xxxx-to-market valuation of obligations under hedging agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No.Β 815-Derivatives and Hedging, (iii)Β any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of hedging agreements for interest rates, (iv)Β all non-recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations and (v)Β any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto and with respect to any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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βConsolidated Net Debtβ means, as of any date of determination, (a)Β the aggregate amount ofΒ Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with any Permitted Acquisition (or other Investment permitted hereunder) or any push-down accounting) consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, unreimbursed obligations under letters of credit, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b)Β the aggregate amount of cash and Permitted Investments (in each case, free and clear of all liens, other than Liens permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.02), excluding cash and Permitted Investments, which are listed as βrestrictedβ on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date.
βConsolidated Net Incomeβ means, for any period, the net income (loss)Β of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without duplication:
(a) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilitiesβ opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions after the Effective Date and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities, internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities),
(b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
(c) Transaction Costs,
(d) the net income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such Person to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof during such period,
(e) any fees and expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Effective Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 805 and gains or losses associated with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460),
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(f) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, hedging agreements or other derivative instruments,
(g) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP (including any adjustment of estimated payouts on existing earn-outs) or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,
(h) all Non-Cash Compensation Expenses,
(i) any income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts,
(j) any income (loss) from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting (but including any cash dividends or distributions actually received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such investment),
(k) any gain (loss) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or income (loss) from discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of),
(l) any non-cash gain (loss) attributable to the xxxx to market movement in the valuation of hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815-Derivatives and Hedging or xxxx to market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period,
(m) any non-cash gain (loss) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including the net loss or gain resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances),
(n) any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures (provided, in each case, that the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such cash payment was made),
(o) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, and investments in debt and equity securities, and
(p) solely for the purpose of calculating the Available Amount, the net income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior Governmental Approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually
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paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Permitted Investments to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein.
There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period the effects from applying acquisition method accounting, including applying acquisition method accounting to inventory, property and equipment, loans and leases, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue (including deferred costs related thereto and deferred rent) required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of any acquisition or Investment consummated prior to the Effective Date and any Permitted Acquisitions or other Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
In addition, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, Consolidated Net Income shall include (i)Β the amount of proceeds received or due from business interruption insurance or reimbursement of expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification and other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or any disposition of any asset permitted hereunder and (ii)Β the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period.
βConsolidated Secured Debtβ means Consolidated Net Debt that is secured by a Lien on any Collateral.
βConsolidated Total Assetsβ means, as at any date of determination, the amount that would be set forth opposite the caption βtotal assetsβ (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated Working Capitalβ means, at any date, the excess of (a)Β the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Permitted Investments) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current assetsβ (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes over (b)Β the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current liabilitiesβ (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including deferred revenue but excluding, without duplication, (i)Β the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii)Β all Indebtedness consisting of Loans and obligations under Letters of Credit to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii)Β the current portion of interest and (iv)Β the current portion of current and deferred income taxes; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in working capital (A)Β arising from acquisitions or dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be measured from the date on which such acquisition or disposition occurred until the first anniversary of such acquisition or disposition with respect to the Person subject to such acquisition or disposition and (B)Β shall exclude (I)Β the impact of non-cash adjustments contemplated in the Excess Cash Flow calculation, (II) the impact of adjusting items in the definition of Consolidated Net Income and (III) any changes in current assets or current liabilities as a result of (x)Β the effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities under hedging agreements or other derivative obligations, (y)Β any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (z)Β the effects of acquisition method accounting.
βContract Considerationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βExcess Cash Flow.β
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βControlβ 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. βControllingβ and βControlledβ have meanings correlative thereto.
βConverted Restricted Subsidiaryβ has the meaning given such term in the definition of βConsolidated EBITDA.β
βConverted Unrestricted Subsidiaryβ has the meaning given such term in the definition of βConsolidated EBITDA.β
βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, existing Term Loans or Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments), (βRefinanced Debtβ); provided that such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing Indebtedness (a)Β is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Debt (plus any premium, accrued interest and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such exchange, extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing ), (b)Β does not mature earlier than or, except in the case of Revolving Commitments, have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity shorter than the Refinanced Debt, (c)Β shall not be guaranteed by any entity that is not a Loan Party, (d)Β in the case of any secured Indebtedness (i)Β is not secured by any assets not securing the Secured Obligations and (ii)Β is subject to the relevant Intercreditor Agreement(s) and (e)Β has terms and conditions (excluding pricing, interest rate margins, rate floors, discounts, fees, premiums and prepayment or redemption provisions) that are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the lenders or investors providing such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions of this Agreement (when taken as a whole) are to the Lenders (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing) (it being understood that, to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is either (i)Β also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness or (ii)Β only applicable after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing).
βCure Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 7.02(a).
βCure Rightβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 7.02(a).
βDebtor Relief Lawsβ 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.
βDefaultβ means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
βDefaulting Lenderβ means, subject to SectionΒ 2.22(b), any Lender that (a)Β has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b)Β has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement or provided any written notification to any Person to that effect with respect to its
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funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c)Β has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent (whether acting on its own behalf or at the reasonable request of the Borrower (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall comply with any such reasonable request)), to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d)Β has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has (i)Β become or is insolvent, (ii)Β become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (iii)Β had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iv)Β taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of (i)Β the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority or (ii)Β an undisclosed administration pursuant to the laws of the Netherlands.
βDefaulting Lender Fronting Exposureβ means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a)Β with respect to the Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit obligations other than Letter of Credit obligations as to which such Defaulting Lenderβs participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or cash collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b)Β with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lenderβs participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or cash collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
βDesignated Non-Cash Considerationβ means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or a Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to SectionΒ 6.05(k) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the Fair Market Value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
βDiscount Prepayment Accepting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B).
βDiscount Rangeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βDiscount Range Prepayment Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βDiscount Range Prepayment Noticeβ means a written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C) substantially in the form of Exhibit N.
βDiscount Range Prepayment Offerβ means the irrevocable written offer by a Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit O, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following the Auction Agentβs receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
βDiscount Range Prepayment Response Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βDiscount Range Prorationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
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βDiscounted Prepayment Determination Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βDiscounted Prepayment Effective Dateβ means in the case of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment or Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offer, five (5)Β Business Days following the receipt by each relevant Term Lender of notice from the Auction Agent in accordance with SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B), SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C) or SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D), as applicable unless a shorter period is agreed to between the Borrower and the Auction Agent.
βDiscounted Term Loan Prepaymentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(A).
βDisposed EBITDAβ means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term βConsolidated EBITDAβ (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
βDispositionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.05.
βDisqualified Equity Interestβ means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in such Person that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
(b) is convertible or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, for Indebtedness or Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests); or
(c) is redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) or is required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its Affiliates, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof;
in each case, on or prior to the date 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date; provided, however, that (i)Β an Equity Interest in any Person that would not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of an βasset saleβ or a βchange of controlβ or similar event shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest if any such requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Loans and all other Loan Document Obligations that are accrued and payable, the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments and (ii)Β if an Equity Interest in any Person is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) or any of its subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations of such Person.
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βDisqualified Lendersβ means (i)Β those Persons identified by Holdings or the Borrower to the Joint Bookrunners in writing prior to the commencement of βprimary syndicationβ as being βDisqualified Lenders,β (ii)Β those Persons who are competitors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries identified by a Sponsor or Holdings to the Administrative Agent from time to time in writing (including by email) which designation shall become effective two days after delivery of each such written supplement to the Administrative Agent, but which shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Loan and (iii)Β in the case of each Persons identified pursuant to clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β above, any of their Affiliates that are either (x)Β identified in writing by a Sponsor or Holdings from time to time, (y)Β clearly identifiable as Affiliates on the basis of such Affiliateβs name (other than, in the case of this clause (y), Affiliates that are bona fide debt funds) or (z)Β posted publicly.
βDocumentation Agentsβ means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and UBS Securities LLC in their capacity as documentation agents.
βdollarsβ or β$β refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
βDomestic Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
βECF Percentageβ means, with respect to the prepayment required by SectionΒ 2.11(d) with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower, if the First Lien Leverage Ratio (prior to giving effect to the applicable prepayment pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(d), but after giving effect to any voluntary prepayments made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a) prior to the date of such prepayment) as of the end of such fiscal year is (a)Β greater than 4.50:1.00, 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, (b)Β greater than 4.00 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00, 25% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and (c)Β equal to or less than 4.00:1.00, 0% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year.
βEffective Dateβ means the date on which the conditions specified in SectionΒ 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with SectionΒ 9.02).
βEffective Date Refinancingβ means the repayment, redemption, repurchase or other discharge of the Existing Notes and of the Existing Credit Agreement Indebtedness and termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith.
βEffective Yieldβ means, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield on such Indebtedness in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below) or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (a)Β the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness and (b)Β the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, ticking or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a βLIBOR floorβ or βBase Rate floor,β (i)Β to the extent that the LIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of
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calculating the Effective Yield and (ii)Β to the extent that the LIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.
βEligible Assigneeβ means (a)Β a Lender, (b)Β an Affiliate of a Lender, (c)Β an Approved Fund and (d)Β any other Person (including Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any of their Affiliates), other than, in each case, (i)Β a natural person, (ii)Β a Defaulting Lender or (iii)Β a Disqualified Lender.
βEMU Legislationβ means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
βEnvironmental Lawsβ means all applicable treaties, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees and other applicable Requirements of Law, and all applicable injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, in each instance relating to the protection of the environment, to preservation or reclamation of natural resources, to Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, to health or safety matters.
βEnvironmental Liabilityβ 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 remediation or restoration, administrative oversight costs, consultantsβ fees, fines, penalties and indemnities) directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)Β any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or permit, license or approval issued thereunder, (b)Β Environmental Laws and the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c)Β exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d)Β the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e)Β any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
βEquity Interestsβ means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.
βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under SectionΒ 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of SectionΒ 302 of ERISA and SectionΒ 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under SectionΒ 414 of the Code.
βERISA Eventβ means (a)Β any βreportable event,β as defined in SectionΒ 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b)Β any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of SectionΒ 412 or SectionΒ 430 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived; (c)Β the filing pursuant to SectionΒ 412 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d)Β a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in βat-riskβ status (as defined in SectionΒ 303(i)(4) of ERISA or SectionΒ 430(i)(4) of the Code); (e)Β the incurrence by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than premiums due and not delinquent under SectionΒ 4007 of ERISA) with respect to the termination of any Plan; (f)Β the receipt by a Loan Party or any ERISA
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Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan under SectionΒ 4041 of ERISA or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under SectionΒ 4042 of ERISA; (g)Β the incurrence by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Plan subject to SectionΒ 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a βsubstantial employerβ (as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under SectionΒ 4062(e) of ERISA), or a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meanings of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from a Multiemployer Plan; or (h)Β the receipt by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, βinsolvent,β within the meaning of SectionΒ 4245 of ERISA, or in βreorganization,β within the meaning of SectionΒ 4241 of ERISA or in βendangered or critical status,β within the meaning of Sections 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 304 or 305 of ERISA.
βeuroβ or ββ¬β means the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the EMU Legislation.
βEuro Reference Rateβ means, for any Interest Period, (i)Β the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 (or such other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the rates at which dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, (x)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period or (y)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, on the date of such Borrowing, for euro deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or (ii)Β if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the βEuro Reference Rateβ for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in euro for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Borrowing being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of Americaβs London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) (x)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period or (y)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, on the date of such Borrowing.
βEurocurrencyβ 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.
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 7.01.
βExcess Cash Flowβ means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charge represents an accrual or reserve for cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Excess Cash Flow in such future period),
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(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital, long-term receivables and long-term prepaid assets and increases in long-term deferred revenue for such period,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; less:
(v) extraordinary gains; less:
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (including any amounts included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the next to last sentence of the definition of βConsolidated Net Incomeβ to the extent such amounts are due but not received during such period) and cash charges included in clauses (a)Β through (p)Β of the definition of Consolidated Net Income (other than cash charges in respect of Transaction Costs paid on or about the Effective Date to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness incurred on the Effective Date),
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi)Β below in prior fiscal years, the amount of capital expenditures made in cash or accrued during such period, except to the extent that such capital expenditures were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness, including (A)Β the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B)Β the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Loans to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (I)Β all other prepayments of Term Loans and (II) all prepayments of revolving loans and swingline loans (including the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans) made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital, long term receivables and long-term prepaid assets and decreases in long term deferred revenue for such period,
(vi) cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness,
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(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (x)Β below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments (other than Investments in Permitted Investments) and acquisitions not prohibited by this Agreement, to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(viii) the amount of dividends and other restricted payments paid in cash during such period not prohibited by this Agreement, to the extent that such dividends and distributions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period,
(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, (1)Β the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts, commitments, letters of intent or purchase orders (the βContract Considerationβ), in each case, entered into prior to or during such period and (2)Β to the extent set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at or before the time the Compliance Certificate for the period ending simultaneously with such Test Period is required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(d), the aggregate amount of cash that is reasonably expected to be paid in respect of planned cash expenditures by Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the βPlanned Expendituresβ), in the case of each of clauses (1)Β and (2), relating to Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments (other than Investments in Permitted Investments) or Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures or other purchases of intellectual property) to be consummated or made during a subsequent Test Period (and in the case of Planned Expenditures, the subsequent Test Period); provided, that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Investments or Capital Expenditures during such Test Period is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such Test Period,
(xii) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash and/or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, and
(xiii) extraordinary losses.
βExchange Actβ means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
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βExchange Rateβ means on any day, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent of any amount denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into U.S. Dollars as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. on such day as set forth on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the Administrative Agent through its principal foreign exchange trading office, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error; and provided further that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Issuing Bank may use any such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in euro or Sterling.
βExcluded Assetsβ means (a)Β any fee-owned real property with a fair market value of less than $30,000,000 and all leasehold interests in real property, (b)Β motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title or ownership, (c)Β Equity Interests in any Person (other than any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) to the extent not permitted by the terms of such Personβs organizational or joint venture documents, (d)Β voting Equity Interests constituting an amount greater than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or any FSHCO, (e)Β any asset if, to the extent and for so long as the grant of a Lien thereon to secure the Secured Obligations is prohibited by any Requirements of Law (other than to the extent that any such prohibitionΒ would be rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable Requirements of Law), would require consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, (f)Β margin stock and, to the extent prohibited by, or creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto under (other than any Loan Party) the terms of any applicable Organizational Documents, joint venture agreement or shareholdersβ agreement, Equity Interests in any Person other than wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries, (g)Β assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings or one of its subsidiaries as reasonably determined by Holdings in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (h)Β any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a βStatement of Useβ or βAmendment to Allege Useβ with respect thereto, (i)Β any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject thereto (including pursuant to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement) to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Loan Party) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition or (j)Β commercial tort claims with a value of less than $15,000,000 and letter-of-credit rights (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by a UCC filing).
βExcluded Subsidiaryβ means (a)Β any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdings on the Effective Date or, if later, the date it first becomes a Subsidiary, (b)Β each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(a), (c)Β each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (d)Β each Immaterial Subsidiary, (e)Β any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (i)Β applicable Requirements of Law or (ii)Β any contractual obligation existing on the Effective Date or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long in respect of any such contractual prohibition such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), in each case from guaranteeing the Secured Obligations or which would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a Guarantee, or for which the provision
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of a Guarantee would result in a material adverse tax consequence (including as a result of the operation of SectionΒ 956 of the Code or any similar law or regulation in any applicable jurisdiction) to Holdings or one of its subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by Holdings in consultation with the Administrative Agent), (f)Β any Foreign Subsidiary, (g)Β any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of Holdings that is a CFC, (h)Β any FSHCO, (i)Β any other Subsidiary excused from becoming a Loan Party pursuant to clause (a)Β of the last paragraph of the definition of the term βCollateral and Guarantee Requirementβ and (j)Β any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, captive insurance companies or other special purpose subsidiaries designated by Holdings from time to time.
βExcluded Swap Obligationβ means, with respect to any Guarantor, (a)Β any Swap 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, as applicable, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantorβs failure for any reason to constitute an βeligible contract participantβ as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to any applicable keep well, support, or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all Guarantees of such Guarantorβs Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor, or a grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b)Β any other Swap Obligation designated as an βExcluded Swap Obligationβ of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Loan Parties and counterparty applicable to such Swap Obligations. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
βExcluded Taxesβ 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)Β any Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income or profits (however denominated), branch profits Taxes, and franchise Taxes, in each case imposed by (i)Β any jurisdiction as a result of 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)Β any jurisdiction as a result of any other present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than a connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, or 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, or enforced, any Loan Documents), (b)Β any withholding Tax that is attributable to a Lenderβs failure to comply with SectionΒ 2.17(e), (c)Β except in the case of an assignee pursuant to a request by a Borrower under SectionΒ 2.19, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed due to a Requirement of Law in effect at the time a Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax under SectionΒ 2.17(a) and (d)Β any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA.
βExisting LCsβ means each letter of credit identified on Schedule 1.01(b).
βExisting Credit Agreement Indebtednessβ means the principal, interest, fees and other amounts, other than contingent obligations not due and payable, outstanding under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 29, 2010, by and among Initial Holdings, Igloo Merger Corporation, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof.
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βExisting Notesβ means the existing senior unsecured notes due 2018 issued by the Borrower.
βFair Market Valueβ means with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at armβs length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, such value shall be determined in good faith by Borrower.
βFATCAβ means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury regulations or official administrative interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to current SectionΒ 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any intergovernmental agreements entered into in connection with the implementation of such current Sections of the Code (or any such amended or successor version described above).
βFCPAβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 3.18(b).
βFederal Funds Effective Rateβ means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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 Bank of NewΒ York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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.
βFEMAβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βCollateral and Guarantee Requirement.β
βFinancial Officerβ means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of Holdings.
βFinancial Performance Covenantβ means the covenant set forth in SectionΒ 6.11.
βFirst Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G among the Administrative Agent and one or more Senior Representatives for holders of Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, with such modifications thereto as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
βFirst Lien Leverage Ratioβ means, as of any date of determination, the ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis, of (a)Β Consolidated First Lien Debt as of such date to (b)Β Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
βFlood Insurance Lawsβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 5.07(b).
βForeign Intellectual Propertyβ means any right, title or interest in or to any Intellectual Property governed by or arising or existing under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state thereof.
βForeign Prepayment Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(g).
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βForeign Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
βFSHCOβ means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Holdings (other than any Intermediate Parent and the Borrower) that has no material assets other than Equity Interests in one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
βFunded Debtβ means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
βGAAPβ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if Holdings, Intermediate Parent or the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that Holdings, Intermediate Parent or such Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies Holdings, Intermediate Parent or any and Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a)Β 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 FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Intermediate Parent or any subsidiary at βfair value,β as defined therein and (b)Β the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capital Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligations.
βGovernmental Approvalsβ means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, Governmental Authorities.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
βGuaranteeβ of or by any Person (the βguarantorβ) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a)Β to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b)Β to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c)Β 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 (d)Β as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided that the term
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Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Effective Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer. The term βGuaranteeβ as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
βGuarantee Agreementβ means the Master Guarantee Agreement among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B.
βGuarantorsβ means collectively, (a)Β Holdings, each Intermediate Parent and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and (b)Β with respect to the Secured Obligations of Holdings, each Intermediate Parent and the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the Borrower.
βHazardous Materialsβ means all explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum by-products or distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated as hazardous or toxic, or any other term of similar import, pursuant to any Environmental Law.
βHoldingsβ means (a)Β prior to any IPO, Initial Holdings and (b)Β upon and after an IPO, (i)Β if the IPO Entity is Initial Holdings or any Person of which Initial Holdings is a Subsidiary, Initial Holdings or (ii)Β if the IPO Entity is an Intermediate Parent, the IPO Entity.
βIdentified Participating Lendersβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βIdentified Qualifying Lendersβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βIFRSβ means international accounting standards as promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board.
βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary other than a Material Subsidiary.
βImpacted Interest Periodβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βLIBO Rate.β
βImpacted Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.14(b).
βIncremental Capβ means, as of any date of determination, (I)Β (a)Β $375,000,000 plus (b)Β the principal amount of any Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a) prior to such date, minus (c)Β the amount of all Incremental Facilities and all Incremental Equivalent Debt outstanding at such time that was incurred in reliance on the foregoing clauses (a)Β and/or (b)Β plus (II) the maximum aggregate principal amount that can be incurred without causing the First Lien Leverage Ratio, after giving effect to the incurrence of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt (which shall assume that all such Indebtedness is Consolidated First Lien Debt and that the full amounts of any Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase and Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments established at such time are fully drawn and netting only cash proceeds thereof against Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness to the extent not promptly applied to the transaction financed in connection therewith) and the use of proceeds
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thereof, on a Pro Forma Basis (but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt made pursuant to the foregoing clause (a)), to exceed 5.00:1.00 for the most recent Test Period ended, at the Borrowerβs option, either at the time (A)Β of the effectiveness of such Incremental Facility or (B)Β a definitive agreement with respect to the transaction to be financed by such Incremental Facility is entered into.
βIncremental Equivalent Debtβ means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a)(xxiv).
βIncremental Facilityβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20(a).
βIncremental Facility Amendmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20(d)
βIncremental Revolving Commitment Increaseβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20(a).
βIncremental Term Loanβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20(a).
βIndebtednessβ of any Person means, without duplication, (a)Β all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b)Β all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c)Β all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d)Β all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after being due and payable), (e)Β all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f)Β all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g)Β all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h)Β all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i)Β all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankersβ acceptances; provided that the term βIndebtednessβ shall not include (i)Β deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii)Β purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller, (iii)Β any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto and (iv)Β Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of Holdings or the Borrower, or solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Personβs ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e)Β above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A)Β the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B)Β the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall exclude intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.
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βIndemnified Taxesβ means all Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
βIndemniteeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.03(b).
βInformationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.12(a).
βInformation Memorandumβ means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated April 2014 relating to the Loan Parties and the Term Facilities.
βInitial Holdingsβ has the meaning given to such term in the preliminary statements hereto.
βIntellectual Propertyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
βIntercreditor Agreementsβ means any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
βInterest Coverage Ratioβ means, as of any date, the ratio of (a)Β Consolidated EBITDA to (b)Β Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for the Test Period as of such date.
βInterest Election Requestβ means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Loan Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.07.
βInterest Payment Dateβ means (a)Β with respect to any ABR Loan (including a Swingline Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and (b)Β with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three monthsβ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three monthsβ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.
βInterest Periodβ 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 such other period less than one month thereafter as the Borrower may elect); provided that (a)Β 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)Β 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)Β no Interest Period shall extend beyond (i)Β in the case of Term Loans, the Term Maturity Date and (ii)Β in the case of Revolving Loans, the Revolving 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.
βIntermediate Parentβ means any Subsidiary of Holdings and of which the Borrower is a subsidiary.
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βInterpolated Rateβ means the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a)Β the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 for the longest period for which the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 is available that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b)Β the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 for the shortest period (for which the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
βInvestmentβ means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a)Β the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b)Β a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (i)Β intercompany advances arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and (ii)Β intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business) or (c)Β the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (a)Β any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount), but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (b)Β any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer, (c)Β any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of, or dividends or other distributions in respect of, such Investment (to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original amount of such Investment and without duplication of amounts increasing the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (d)Β any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (a), (b)Β or (c)Β above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (i)Β the cost of all additions thereto and minus (ii)Β the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts referred to in clause (ii)Β do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto and without duplication of amounts increasing the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. For purposes of SectionΒ 6.04, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Financial Officer.
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βInvestorβ means a holder of Equity Interests in Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof).
βInvestor Management Agreementβ means the Transaction and Management Fee Agreement among certain Investors and/or management companies associated with certain Investors and the Borrower.
βInvestor Termination Feesβ means the one-time payment under the Investor Management Agreement of a success fee to one or more of the Investors and their respective Affiliates in the event of either a change of control or the completion of an IPO.
βIPOβ means the initial underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on FormΒ S-8) of common Equity Interests in the IPO Entity.
βIPO Entityβ means, at any time after an IPO, Initial Holdings, a parent entity of Initial Holdings or an Intermediate Parent, as the case may be, the Equity Interests of which were issued or otherwise sold pursuant to the IPO; provided that, immediately following the IPO, the Borrower is a 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 the IPO.
βISPβ means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the βInternational Standby Practices 1998β published by the Institute of International Banking LawΒ & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
βIssuing Bankβ means (a)Β Bank of America, N.A. and (b)Β each Revolving Lender that shall have become an Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(k) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(l)), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term βIssuing Bankβ shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
βJoint Bookrunnersβ means Bank of America, N.A., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank (USA), Barclays Bank PLC, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC.
βJudgment Currencyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.14(b).
βJunior Financingβ means (a)Β any Material Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations, and (b)Β any Permitted Refinancing in respect of the foregoing.
βLatest Maturity Dateβ means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Other Term Loan, any Other Term Commitment, any Other Revolving Loan or any Other Revolving Commitment, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
βLC Disbursementβ means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
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βLC Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of (a)Β the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit that remains available for drawing at such time and (b)Β the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of RuleΒ 3.14 of the International Standby Practices (ISP98), such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be βoutstandingβ in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
βLead Arrangersβ means Bank of America, N.A. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank (USA).
βLendersβ means the Persons listed on ScheduleΒ 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, an Incremental Facility Amendment, a Loan Modification Agreement or a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term βLendersβ includes the Swingline Lender.
βLetter of Creditβ means any letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to this Agreement other than any such letter of credit or bank guarantee that shall have ceased to be a βLetter of Creditβ outstanding hereunder pursuant to SectionΒ 9.05.
βLetter of Credit Sublimitβ means an amount equal to the US Dollar Equivalent of $20,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of and not in addition to the aggregate Revolving Commitments.
βLIBO Rateβ means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 (or such other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the rates at which dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, on the second full Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided that if the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 shall not be available for such Interest Period (an βImpactedΒ Interest Periodβ) then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate (as defined above); provided, further that (i)Β if no comparable term for an Interest Period is available, the LIBO Rate shall be determined using the weighted average of the offered rates for the two terms most nearly corresponding to such Interest Period and (ii)Β if there shall at any time no longer exist a Reuters Screen LIBOR01, βLIBO Rateβ shall mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to Eurocurrency Borrowings comprising part of the same Borrowing, the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered deposits in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, two (2)Β Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to its portion of the amount of such Eurocurrency Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of clause (c)Β of the definition of Alternate Base Rate, the rates referred to above shall be the rates as of 11:00 a.m., London, England time, on the date of determination (rather than the second London Business Day preceding the date of determination).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing and solely in respect of Term Loans, the LIBO Rate in respect of any applicable Interest Period will be deemed to be 1.00%Β per annum if the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period calculated pursuant to the foregoing provisions would otherwise be less than 1.00%Β per annum.
βLienβ means, with respect to any asset, (a)Β any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b)Β 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.
βLoan Document Obligationsβ means (a)Β the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i)Β the principal of and interest at the applicable rate or rates provided in this Agreement (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, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii)Β all other monetary obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, 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), (b)Β the due and punctual payment and performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents and (c)Β the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (including interest and monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).
βLoan Documentsβ means this Agreement, any Refinancing Amendment, any Loan Modification Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements, the other Security Documents and, except for purposes of SectionΒ 9.02, any promissory notes delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 2.09(e).
βLoan Modification Agreementβ means a Loan Modification Agreement, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Accepting Lenders, effecting one or more Permitted Amendments and such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by SectionΒ 2.24.
βLoan Modification Offerβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.24(a).
βLoan Partiesβ means Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
βLoansβ means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
βLocal Timeβ means (a)Β with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in dollars, New York City time, and (b)Β with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in euro or Sterling, London time.
βLondon Banking Dayβ means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
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βMajority in Interest,β when used in reference to Lenders of any Class, means, at any time, (a)Β in the case of the Revolving Lenders, Lenders having Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Revolving Exposures and the unused aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time and (b)Β 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)Β the Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments of the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof and (b)Β whenever there are one or more Defaulting Lenders, the total outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Exposures of, and the unused Revolving Commitments of, each Defaulting Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Majority in Interest.
βManagement Investorsβ means the directors, officers and employees of Holdings, the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries who are (directly or indirectly through one or more investment vehicles) investors in Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof).
βMaster Agreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βSwap Agreement.β
βMandatory Costβ means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with ScheduleΒ 1.01.
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means any event, circumstance or condition that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a materially adverse effect on (a)Β the business, financial condition, or results of operations of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b)Β the ability of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations under the Loan Documents or (c)Β the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
βMaterial Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than the Loan Document Obligations), Capital Lease Obligations, unreimbursed obligations for letter of credit drawings and financial guarantees (other than ordinary course of business contingent reimbursement obligations) or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $75,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the βprincipal amountβ of the obligations in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
βMaterial Subsidiaryβ means (i)Β each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the most recent Test Period, had revenues or total assets for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended on such last day in excess of 5.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Borrower for such quarter and (ii)Β any group comprising Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clause (i)Β but that, taken together, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter of the Borrower, had revenues or total assets for such quarter in excess of 10.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Borrower for such quarter; provided that solely for purposes of Sections 7.01(h) and (i)Β each such Subsidiary forming part of such group is subject to an Event of Default under one or more of such Sections.
βMaximum Rateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.17.
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βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
βMortgageβ 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 form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
βMortgaged Propertyβ means each parcel of real property and the improvements thereto owned in fee by a Loan Party with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to SectionΒ 5.11 or SectionΒ 5.12.
βMultiemployer Planβ means a βmultiemployer planβ as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions or with respect to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate could have liability under SectionΒ 4212(c) of ERISA.
βNet Proceedsβ means, with respect to any event, (a)Β the proceeds received in respect of such event in cash or Permitted Investments, including (i)Β any cash or Permitted Investments received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earn-out, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii)Β in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds that are actually received, and (iii)Β in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments that are actually received, minus (b)Β the sum of (i)Β all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such event (including attorneyβs fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, underwriting discounts and commissions, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant, accountant and other customary fees), (ii)Β in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), (x)Β the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, (y)Β the pro rata portion of net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (y)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result thereof and (z)Β the amount of any liabilities directly associated with such asset and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii)Β the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable), and the amount of any reserves established by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, that are directly attributable to such event, provided that any reduction at any time in the amount of any such reserves (other than as a result of payments made in respect thereof) shall be deemed to constitute the receipt by the Borrower at such time of Net Proceeds in the amount of such reduction.
βNew Projectβ shall mean (a)Β each facility which is either a new facility, branch or office or an expansion, relocation, remodeling or substantial modernization of an existing facility, branch or office owned by the Borrower or the Subsidiaries which in fact commences operations and (b)Β each creation (in one or a series of related transactions) of a business unit to the extent such business unit commences operations or each expansion (in one or a series of related transactions) of business into a new market.
βNon-Accepting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.24(c).
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βNon-Cash Compensation Expenseβ means any non-cash expenses and costs that result from the issuance of stock-based awards, partnership interest-based awards and similar incentive based compensation awards or arrangements.
βNon-Consenting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.02(c).
βNot Otherwise Appliedβ means, with reference to the Available Amount, the Starter Basket or the Available Equity Amount, as applicable, that was not previously applied pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(m), 6.08(a)(viii) or 6.08(b)(iv).
βNon-Wholly Owned Subsidiaryβ of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
βOFACβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 3.18(c).
βOffered Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βOffered Discountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βOrganizational Documentsβ means (a)Β with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b)Β with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c)Β with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
βOther Revolving Commitmentsβ means one or more Classes of revolving credit commitments hereunder or extended Revolving Commitments that result from a Refinancing Amendment or a Loan Modification Agreement.
βOther Revolving Loansβ means the Revolving Loans made pursuant to any Other Revolving Commitment or a Loan Modification Agreement.
βOther Taxesβ means all present or future recording, stamp, documentary, transfer, sales, property or similar Taxes arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
βOther Term Commitmentsβ means one or more Classes of term loan commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment or a Loan Modification Agreement.
βOther Term Loansβ means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment or a Loan Modification Agreement.
βParent Entityβ means any Person that is a direct or indirect parent of Holdings.
βParticipantβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.04(c)(i).
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βParticipant Registerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.04(c)(ii).
βParticipating Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
βPerfection Certificateβ means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
βPermitted Acquisitionβ means an Acquisition Transaction; provided that (a)Β in the case of any purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests in a Person, (i)Β such Person, upon the consummation of such purchase or acquisition, will be a Subsidiary (including as a result of a merger or consolidation between any Subsidiary and such Person), or (ii)Β such Person is merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary and such Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation, (b)Β the business of such Person, or such assets, as the case may be, constitute a business permitted by SectionΒ 6.03(b), (c)Β with respect to each such purchase or other acquisition, all actions required to be taken with respect to any such newly created or acquired Subsidiary (including each subsidiary thereof) or assets in order to satisfy the requirements set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c)Β and (d)Β of the definition of the term βCollateral and Guarantee Requirementβ to the extent applicable shall have been taken (or arrangements for the taking of such actions after the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition shall have been made that are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) (unless such newly created or acquired Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to SectionΒ 5.14 or is otherwise an Excluded Subsidiary) and (d)Β after giving effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β of SectionΒ 7.01 shall have occurred and be continuing.
βPermitted Amendmentβ means an amendment to this Agreement and, if applicable the other Loan Documents, effected in connection with a Loan Modification Offer pursuant to SectionΒ 2.24, providing for an extension of a maturity date applicable to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders and, in connection therewith, (a)Β a change in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders and/or (b)Β a change in the fees payable to, or the inclusion of new fees to be payable to, the Accepting Lenders and/or (c)Β additional covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of such Loan Modification Offer (it being understood that to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Loans and/or Commitments, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is either (i)Β also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Loans and/or Commitments or (ii)Β only applicable after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of such Loan Modification Offer).
βPermitted Encumbrancesβ means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriersβ, warehousemenβs, mechanicsβ, materialmenβs, repairmenβs or construction contractorsβ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or, if more than 30 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
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conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case so long as such Liens do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i)Β in connection with workersβ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii)Β securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instrument for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items set forth in the foregoing clause (i);
(d) Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions, zoning restrictions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(f) Liens securing, or otherwise arising from, judgments not constituting an Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01(j);
(g) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent such obligations are permitted by SectionΒ 6.01;
(h) rights of setoff, bankerβs lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by of the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions in relation to the maintenance of administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments; and
(i) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
βPermitted First Priority Refinancing Debtβ means any secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Loan Party in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes; provided that (i)Β such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Loan Document Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii)Β such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans, Other Term Loans) or outstanding Revolving Loans, (iii)Β such Indebtedness does not have
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mandatory redemption features (other than customary asset sale, insurance and condemnation proceeds events, change of control offers or events of default) that could result in redemptions of such Indebtedness prior to the maturity of the Refinanced Debt and (iv)Β a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, the Second; provided that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
βPermitted Holdersβ means (a)Β the Sponsors and (b)Β the Management Investors and their respective Permitted Transferees; provided that in no event shall the Management Investors and their respective Permitted Transferees constitute Permitted Holders of more than 15% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings or the IPO Entity, as applicable, at any one time.
βPermitted Holdings Debtβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 6.01(a)(xviii).
βPermitted Investmentsβ means any of the following, to the extent owned by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Intermediate Parent:
(a) dollars, euro, pounds, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Yuan and such other currencies held by it 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 (i)Β the United States or (ii)Β any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moodyβs, having average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States or such member nation of the European Union is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankersβ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i)Β is a Lender or (ii)Β has combined capital and surplus of at least (x)Β $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (y)Β $100,000,000 (or the US Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks (any such bank meeting the requirements of clause (i)Β or (ii)Β above being an βApproved Bankβ), 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 Moodyβs, in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 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 (x)Β $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (y)Β $100,000,000 (or the US Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks, in each case, for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i)Β the United States or (ii)Β any member nation of the European Union (other than Greece), 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;
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(f) marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either (i)Β having assets in excess of (x)Β $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks or other U.S. financial institutions and (y)Β $100,000,000 (or the US Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks or other non-U.S. financial institutions or (ii)Β having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moodyβs (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moodyβs shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
(g) securities with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Xxxxxβx (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 Moodyβs;
(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clausesΒ (a) through (h)Β above 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 Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, 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 $250,000,000, 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 clausesΒ (a) through (i)Β of this definition.
(k) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i)Β obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii)Β certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least βA-2β or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxxβx is at least βP-2β or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an βApproved Foreign Bankβ), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii)Β the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and
(l) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a)Β through (k)Β above.
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βPermitted Refinancingβ means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a)Β the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other amounts paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b)Β other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a)(v), Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (c)Β immediately after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (d)Β if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations, Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (e)Β if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a)(xxi), (a)(xxii) or (a)(xxiii), such Indebtedness complies with the Required Additional Debt Terms and (f)Β if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a)(ii), (i)Β the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral but excluding as to subordination, interest rate (including whether such interest is payable in cash or in kind), rate floors, fees, discounts and redemption premium) of Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension are not, taken as a whole, materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (except for covenants or other provisions applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred) (it being understood that, to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any such Permitted Refinancing, the terms shall not be considered materially more favorable if such financial maintenance covenant is either (A)Β also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Permitted Refinancing or (B)Β only applicable after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of such refinancing); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such resulting Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies Holdings within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (ii)Β the primary obligor in respect of, and/or the Persons (if any) that Guarantee, the Indebtedness resulting from such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension are the primary obligor in respect of, and/or Persons (if any) that Guaranteed the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that a Permitted Refinancing may constitute a portion of an issuance of Indebtedness in excess of the amount of such Permitted Refinancing; provided that such excess amount is otherwise permitted to be incurred under SectionΒ 6.01. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that a Permitted Refinancing includes successive Permitted Refinancings of the same Indebtedness.
βPermitted Second Priority Refinancing Debtβ means secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Loan Party in the form of one or more series of junior lien secured notes or junior lien secured loans; provided that (i)Β such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a junior lien,
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subordinated basis to the Secured Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii)Β such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans or Other Term Loans) or outstanding Revolving Loans, (iii)Β such Indebtedness does not have mandatory redemption features (other than customary asset sale, insurance and condemnation proceeds events, change of control offers or events of default) that could result in redemptions of such Indebtedness prior to the maturity of the Refinanced Debt and (iv)Β the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v)Β such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Loan Parties and (vi)Β a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representatives for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
βPermitted Transfereesβ means, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a)Β such Personβs immediate family, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants, (b)Β any trust or other legal entity the beneficiary of which is such Personβs immediate family, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, stepchildren or their respective lineal descendants and (c)Β without duplication with any of the foregoing, such Personβs heirs, executors and/or administrators upon the death of such Person and any other Person who was an Affiliate of such Person upon the death of such Person and who, upon such death, directly or indirectly owned Equity Interests in Holdings or any other IPO Entity.
βPermitted Unsecured Refinancing Debtβ means unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Loan Party in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans; provided that (i)Β such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans or Other Term Loans) or outstanding Revolving Loans, (ii)Β such Indebtedness does not have mandatory redemption features (other than customary asset sale, insurance and condemnation proceeds events, change of control offers or events of default) that could result in redemptions of such Indebtedness prior to the maturity of the Refinanced Debt and (iii)Β such Indebtedness is not secured by any Lien on any property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
βPlanβ means any βemployee pension benefit planβ as defined in SectionΒ 3(2) ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is subject to the provisions of TitleΒ IV of ERISA or SectionΒ 412 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA, (i)Β which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (ii)Β with respect to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any actual or contingent liability.
βPlanned Expendituresβ has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (b)Β of the definition of βExcess Cash Flowβ.
βPlatformβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 5.01.
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βPost-Transaction Periodβ means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the period beginning on the date such Specified Transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the eighth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Specified Transaction is consummated.
βPrepayment Eventβ means:
(a) any sale, transfer or other disposition of any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by SectionΒ 6.05(k) other than dispositions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding (A)Β $20,000,000 in the case of any single transaction or series of related transactions and (B)Β $40,000,000 for all such transactions during any fiscal year of the Borrower; or
(b) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01 (other than Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt, Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt and Other Term Loans which shall constitute a Prepayment Event to the extent required by the definition of βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ) or permitted by the Required Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02.
βPrime Rateβ means the rate publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its βprime rate.β The Prime Rate is based upon various factors including Bank of Americaβs costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
βPrincipal Issuing Bankβ means, on any date, (a)Β the Issuing Bank, if there is only one Issuing Bank and (b)Β otherwise, (i)Β the Issuing Bank with the greatest LC Exposure on such date and (ii)Β each other Issuing Bank that has issued Letters of Credit that on such date have available for drawing thereunder (together with the aggregate unreimbursed LC Disbursement, thereunder on such date) the US Dollar Equivalent of greater than $5,000,000.
βPro Forma Adjustmentβ means, for any Test Period, any adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA made in accordance with clause (b)Β of the definition of that term.
βPro Forma Basis,β βPro Forma Complianceβ and βPro Forma Effectβ means, with respect to compliance with any test, financial ratio or covenant hereunder required by the terms of this Agreement to be made on a Pro Forma Basis, that (a)Β to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (b)Β all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test; financial ratio or covenant: (i)Β income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (A)Β in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any subsidiary of Holdings or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded and (B)Β in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of βSpecified Transaction,β shall be included, (ii)Β any retirement of Indebtedness, and (iii)Β any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition
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determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (a)Β above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of βConsolidated EBITDAβ and give effect to events (including cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies) that are (i)Β (x)Β directly attributable to such transaction, (y)Β expected to have a continuing impact on Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (z)Β factually supportable or (ii)Β otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.β
βPro Forma Disposal Adjustmentβ means, for any Test Period that includes all or a portion of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Transaction Period with respect to any Sold Business or Entity, the pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of contractual arrangements between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into with such Sold Entity or Business at the time of its disposal or within the Post-Transaction Period and which represent an increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA which is incremental to the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for the most recent Test Period prior to its disposal.
βPro Forma Entityβ has the meaning given to such term in the definition of βAcquired EBITDA.β
βPro Forma Financial Statementsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 3.04(b).
βProposed Changeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.02(c).
βPublic Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 5.01.
βPurchasing Borrower Partyβ means Holdings or any subsidiary of Holdings.
βQualified Equity Interestsβ means Equity Interests in Holdings or any parent of Holdings other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
βQualifying Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βRefinanced Debtβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.β
βRefinancing Amendmentβ means an amendment to this Agreement executed by each of (a)Β the Borrower and Holdings, (b)Β the Administrative Agent and (c)Β each Additional Lender and Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with SectionΒ 2.21.
βRegisterβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.04(b).
βRegistered Equivalent Notesβ means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a RuleΒ 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any specified Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents, controlling persons, advisors and other representatives of such Person and of each of such Personβs Affiliates and permitted successors and assigns.
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βReleaseβ means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) and including the environment within any building, or any occupied structure, facility or fixture.
βRepricing Transactionβ means (a)Β the incurrence by the Borrower of any Indebtedness in the form of term loan that is broadly marketed or syndicated to banks and other institutional investors (i)Β having an Effective Yield for the respective Type of such Indebtedness that is less than the Effective Yield for the Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness incurred in connection with (A)Β an IPO, (B)Β a Change of Control, (C)Β an Acquisition Transaction that is not a Permitted Acquisition or (D)Β any refinancing that involves an upsizing in connection with an Acquisition Transaction, and (ii)Β the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Term Loans or (b)Β any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with (A)Β an IPO, (B)Β a Change of Control, (C)Β an Acquisition Transaction that is not a Permitted Acquisition or (D)Β any refinancing that involves an upsizing in connection with an Acquisition Transaction. Any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Term Loans.
βRequired Additional Debt Termsβ means with respect to any Indebtedness, (a)Β such Indebtedness does not mature earlier than the Latest Maturity Date (except in the case of customary bridge loans which subject to customary conditions (including no payment or bankruptcy event of default), would either automatically be converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent refinancing which does not mature earlier than the Latest Maturity Date), (b)Β such Indebtedness does not have mandatory redemption features (other than customary asset sale, insurance and condemnation proceeds events, change of control offers or events of default or, if term loans, excess cash flow prepayments applicable to periods before the Latest Maturity Date) that could result in redemptions of such Indebtedness prior to the Latest Maturity Date, (c)Β such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any entity that is not a Loan Party, (d)Β such Indebtedness that is secured (i)Β is not secured by any assets not securing the Secured Obligations, (ii)Β is subject to the relevant Intercreditor Agreement(s) and (iii)Β is subject to security agreements relating to such Indebtedness that are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (e)Β the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing, interest rate margins, rate floors, discounts, fees, premiums and prepayment or redemption provisions) are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the lenders or investors providing such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions of this Agreement (when taken as a whole) are to the Lenders (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at such time) (it being understood that, to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any Indebtedness, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant is either (i)Β also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of any such Indebtedness in connection therewith or (ii)Β only applicable after the Latest Maturity Date at such time); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such resulting Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that Holdings has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
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βRequired Lendersβ means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments (other than Swingline Commitments) representing more than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments (other than Swingline Commitments) at such time; provided that to the extent set forth in SectionΒ 9.02, (a)Β the Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments of the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (other than an Affiliated Debt Fund) and (b)Β whenever there are one or more Defaulting Lenders, the total outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Exposures of, and the unused Revolving Commitments of, each Defaulting Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
βRequired Revolving Lendersβ means, at any time, Revolving Lenders having Revolving Exposures and unused Commitments (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) representing more than 50.0% of the aggregate Revolving Exposures and unused Commitments (exclusive of Swingline Commitments) at such time; provided that (a)Β the Revolving Exposures and unused Commitments of the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof and (b)Β whenever there are one or more Defaulting Lenders, the total outstanding Revolving Exposures of, and the unused Revolving Commitments of, each Defaulting Lender, shall, in each case of clauses (a)Β and (b), be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.
βRequirements of Lawβ means, with respect to any Person,Β 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.
βResignation Effective Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 8.05.
βResponsible Officerβ 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 Effective Date or thereafter pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of the term βCollateral and Guarantee Requirement,β 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.
βRestricted Paymentβ means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
βRestricted Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
βRetained Declined Proceedsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(e).
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βRevolving Availability Periodβ means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.
βRevolving Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit (including Bank Guarantees) and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a)Β reduced from time to time pursuant to SectionΒ 2.08 and (b)Β reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i)Β assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or (ii)Β a Refinancing Amendment or a Loan Modification Agreement. The initial amount of each Lenderβs Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption, Loan Modification Agreement or Refinancing Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as the case may be. The initial aggregate amount of the Lendersβ Revolving Commitments is $160,000,000.
βRevolving Exposureβ means, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the sum of the US Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
βRevolving Credit Facilityβ means the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans made hereunder.
βRevolving Lenderβ means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure.
βRevolving Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to clauseΒ (b) of SectionΒ 2.01.
βRevolving Maturity Dateβ means MayΒ 2, 2019 (or, with respect to any Revolving Lender that has extended its Revolving Commitment pursuant to a Permitted Amendment, the extended maturity date, set forth in any such Loan Modification Agreement).
βS&Pβ means StandardΒ & Poorβs Ratings Services, a StandardΒ & Poorβs Financial Services LLC business, and any successor to its rating agency business.
βSanctionsβ means economic sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, sanctions enforced by OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestyβs Treasury.
βSECβ means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
βSecond Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ means the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H among the Administrative Agent and one or more Senior Representatives for holders of Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, with such modifications thereto as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
βSecured Cash Management Obligationsβ means the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management services, corporate credit and purchasing cards and related programs or any automated
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clearing house transfers of funds (collectively, βCash Management Servicesβ) provided to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)) that are (a)Β owed to the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates, (b)Β owed on the Effective Date to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Effective Date or (c)Β owed to a Person that is an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or Lender at the time such obligations are incurred.
βSecured Leverage Ratioβ means, on any date, the ratio of (a)Β Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date to (b)Β Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
βSecured Obligationsβ means (a)Β the Loan Document Obligations, (b)Β the Secured Cash Management Obligations and (c)Β the Secured Swap Obligations (excluding with respect to any Loan Party, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party).
βSecured Partiesβ means (a)Β each Lender, (b)Β the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, (c)Β each Joint Bookrunner, (d)Β each Person to whom any Secured Cash Management Obligations are owed, (e)Β each counterparty to any Swap Agreement the obligations under which constitute Secured Swap Obligations and (f)Β the permitted successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
βSecured Swap Obligationsβ means the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower, and the Restricted Subsidiaries under each Swap Agreement that (a)Β is with a counterparty that is the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates, (b)Β is in effect on the Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent as of the Effective Date or (c)Β is entered into after the Effective Date with any counterparty that is a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into.
βSecurity Documentsβ means the Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement or pledge agreement executed and delivered pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, SectionΒ 4.01(f), 5.11, 5.12 or 5.15 to secure any of the Secured Obligations.
βSenior Notesβ means the $350 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019 issued by the Borrower on the Effective Date.
βSenior Representativeβ means, with respect to any series of Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
βSold Entity or Businessβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term βConsolidated EBITDA.β
βSolicited Discount Prorationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βSolicited Discounted Prepayment Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
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βSolicited Discounted Prepayment Noticeβ means an irrevocable written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D) substantially in the form of Exhibit P.
βSolicited Discounted Prepayment Offerβ means the irrevocable written offer by each Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit Q, submitted following the Administrative Agentβs receipt of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
βSolicited Discounted Prepayment Response Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D).
βSpecial Dividendβ means one or more dividends made by Holdings in an aggregate amount not to exceed $273,000,000 no later than 15 Business Days following the Effective Date (including dividends or distributions by the Borrower or any Intermediate Parent the proceeds of which are used to make such dividends).
βSpecified Discountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B).
βSpecified Discount Prepayment Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B).
βSpecified Discount Prepayment Noticeβ means an irrevocable written notice of the Borrower of Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B) substantially in the form of Exhibit L.
βSpecified Discount Prepayment Responseβ means the irrevocable written response by each Term Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit M, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
βSpecified Discount Prepayment Response Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B).
βSpecified Discount Prorationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B).
βSpecified Transactionβ means, with respect to any period, any Investment, sale, transfer or other disposition of assets, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation, New Project or other event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires βPro Forma Complianceβ with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
βSponsorsβ means Silver Lake Technology Management L.L.C., Warburg Pincus LLC and their respective Affiliates.
βStarter Basketβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of βAvailable Amount.β
βStatutory Reserve Rateβ means, with respect to any currency, 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 or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in
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such currency are made to which banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates applicable to Loans in such currency are determined. Such reserve, liquid asset or similar percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to RegulationΒ D of the Board of Governors, and if any Lender is required to comply with the requirements of The Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or any authority that replaces any of the functions thereof) or the requirements of the European Central Bank, the Statutory Reserve Rate shall include the Mandatory Costs. 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 RegulationΒ 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.
βSterlingβ or βΒ£β means the lawful money of the United Kingdom.
βSterling Reference Rateβ means, for any Interest Period, (i)Β 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) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, (x)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period or (y)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, on the date of such Borrowing, for Sterling deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or (ii)Β if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the βSterling Reference Rateβ for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Sterling for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Borrowing being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of Americaβs London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) (x)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period or (y)Β in the case of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, on the date of such Borrowing.
βSubmitted Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βSubmitted Discountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C).
βsubsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person (the βparentβ) 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 parentβs 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)Β 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)Β 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.
βSubsidiaryβ means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
βSubsidiary Loan Partyβ means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to the Guarantee Agreement.
βSuccessor Borrowerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.03(a)(iv).
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βSuccessor Holdingsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.03(a)(v).
βSwapβ means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a βswapβ within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
βSwap Agreementβ means (a)Β any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b)Β any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a βMaster Agreementβ), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
βSwap Obligationβ means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.
βSwingline Commitmentβ means the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans up to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the US Dollar Equivalent of $25,000,000.
βSwingline Exposureβ means, at any time, the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.
βSwingline Lenderβ means (a)Β Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity the lender of Swingline Loans hereunder and (b)Β each Revolving Lender that shall have become a Swingline Lender hereunder as provided in SectionΒ 2.04(d) (other than any Person that shall have ceased to be a Swingline Lender as provided in SectionΒ 2.04(e)), each in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
βSwingline Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04.
βSyndication Agentsβ means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank (USA) and Barclays Bank PLC, in their capacities as syndication agent.
βTARGETβ means the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system.
βTax Groupβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 6.08(a)(vii)(A).
βTaxesβ means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges, fees, assessments or withholdings (including backup withholdings) imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
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βTerm Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Term Loan hereunder on the Effective 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 (a)Β reduced from time to time pursuant to SectionΒ 2.08 and (b)Β 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 Lenderβs Term Commitment as of the Effective 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. As of the date hereof, the total Term Commitment is $1,900,000,000.
βTerm Facilityβ means the Term Loans and any Incremental Term Loans or any refinancing thereof.
βTerm Lendersβ means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, an Incremental Facility Amendment in respect of any Term Loans, Loan Modification Agreement or a Refinancing Amendment in respect of any Term Loans, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
βTerm Loan Standstill Periodβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 7.01(d).
βTerm Loansβ means Loans made pursuant to clause (a)Β of SectionΒ 2.01.
βTerm Maturity Dateβ means MayΒ 2, 2021.
βTest Periodβ means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been (or were required to have been) delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or 5.01(b); period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then last ended.
βTotal Leverage Ratioβ means on any date, the ratio of (a)Β Consolidated Net Debt as of such date to (b)Β Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.
βTransactionsβ means (a)Β the funding of the Term Loans on the Effective Date and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b)Β the Effective Date Refinancing, (c)Β the issuance of the Senior Notes, (d)Β the making of the Special Dividend, (e)Β the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (f)Β the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
βTransaction Costsβ means all fees, costs and expenses incurred or payable by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions.
βType,β 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.
βUCCβ or βUniform Commercial Codeβ shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Collateral Agentβs security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term βUCCβ shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
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βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to SectionΒ 5.14 subsequent to the Effective Date.
βUS Dollar Equivalentβ means, on any date of determination, (a)Β with respect to any amount denominated in dollars, such amount and (b)Β with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than dollars, the equivalent in dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 1.06 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such currency at the time in effect under the provisions of such Section.
βUSA Patriot Actβ 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.
βU.S. Tax Compliance Certificateβ has the meaning specified in SectionΒ 2.17(e).
βWeighted Average Life to Maturityβ means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a)Β the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i)Β the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii)Β the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b)Β the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
βWholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaryβ means any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
βWholly Owned Subsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person at any date, a subsidiary of such Person of which securities or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Equity Interests (other than (a)Β directorsβ qualifying shares and (b)Β nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law) are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
βWithdrawal Liabilityβ means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in PartΒ I of SubtitleΒ E of TitleΒ IV of ERISA.
βWithholding Agentβ means any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding tax, any other withholding agent, if applicable.
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 βRevolving Loanβ) or by Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Loanβ) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Revolving Loanβ). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a βRevolving Borrowingβ) or by Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Borrowingβ) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Revolving Borrowingβ).
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 βinclude,β βincludesβ
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and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitation.β The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word βshall.β Unless the context requires otherwise, (a)Β 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)Β any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs 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)Β the words βherein,β βhereofβ and βhereunder,β and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d)Β 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)Β the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test contained in this Agreement, the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to all Specified Transactions that have been made during the applicable period of measurement or subsequent to such period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation is made.
(c) Where reference is made to βHoldings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basisβ or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of Holdings other than Intermediate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(d) In the event that Holdings elects to prepare its financial statements in accordance with IFRS and such election results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms (collectively, the βAccounting Changesβ) in this Agreement, Holdings and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement (including the levels applicable herein to any computation of the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio and the Interest Coverage Ratio) so as to reflect equitably the Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Holdingsβ financial condition shall be substantially the same after such change as if such change had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed in accordance with GAAP (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of Holdings) (it being agreed that the reconciliation between GAAP and IFRS used in such determination shall be made available to Lenders) as if such change had not occurred.
SECTION 1.05. [Reserved].
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SECTION 1.06. Currency Translation.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing denominated in a currency other than dollars (i)Β as of the date of the commencement of the initial Interest Period therefor and as of the date of the commencement of each subsequent Interest Period therefor (or in the case of a Swingline Loan, on the borrowing date applicable thereto), in each case using the Exchange Rate for such currency in relation to dollars in effect on the date that is three Business Days prior to the date on which the applicable Interest Period shall commence (or in the case of a Swingline Loan, prior to the applicable borrowing date), and (ii)Β during the continuance of an Event of Default, as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall determine the US Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than dollars as of (i)Β a date on or about the date on which the applicable Issuing Bank receives a request from the Borrower for the issuance of such Letter of Credit, (ii)Β each subsequent date on which such Letter of Credit shall be renewed or extended or the stated amount of such Letter of Credit shall be increased, (iii)Β March 31 and SeptemberΒ 30 in each year and (iv)Β during the continuance of an Event of Default, as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in each case using the Exchange Rate for such currency in relation to dollars in effect on the date of determination.
(c) Each amount determined pursuant to clause (a)Β or (b)Β of this Section shall be the US Dollar Equivalent of the applicable Borrowing or Letter of Credit until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to the preceding sentences of this paragraph. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the applicable Lenders of each calculation of the US Dollar Equivalent of each Borrowing and Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than dollars
(d) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in dollars, but such Borrowing, Eurocurrency Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in euro or Sterling, such amount shall be the relevant US Dollar Equivalent (rounded to the nearest unit of such currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward).
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any determination under Article V, ArticleΒ VI (other than SectionΒ 6.11) or Article VII or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the Exchange Rate (rounded to the nearest currency unit, with 0.5 or more of a currency unit being rounded upward); provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Article VI with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Disposition or Restricted Payment in a currency other than dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred or Disposition or Restricted Payment made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 1.06 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred or Disposition or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of any determination of Consolidated Net Debt, amounts in currencies other than dollars shall be translated into dollars at the currency exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or (b).
SECTION 1.07. Change of Currency. Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
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specify with the Borrowerβs consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to such change in currency.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a)Β each Term Lender agrees to make a Term Loan to the Borrower on the Effective Date denominated in dollars in a principal amount not exceeding its Term Commitment and (b)Β each Revolving Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower denominated in dollars, euro or Sterling from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount of the US Dollar Equivalent of which will not result in such Lenderβs Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline 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 Lenderβs failure to make Loans as required hereby.
(b) Subject to SectionΒ 2.14, (i)Β each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing denominated in dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that all Borrowings denominated in dollars made on the Effective Date must be made as ABR Borrowings unless the Borrower shall have given the notice required for a Eurocurrency Borrowing under SectionΒ 2.03 and provided an indemnity letter extending the benefits of SectionΒ 2.16 to Lenders in respect of such Borrowings, and (ii)Β each Revolving Borrowing denominated in euro or Sterling shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency Loans. Each Swingline Loan denominated in dollars shall be an ABR Loan. Each Swingline Loan denominated in euro or Sterling shall be a Base Rate Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that a Eurocurrency Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Borrowing. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of twelve Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, an
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ABR Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Loan may be in an aggregate amount the US Dollar Equivalent of which is equal to the entire unused balance of the aggregate Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by SectionΒ 2.05(f).
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a)Β in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 2:00Β p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (or, in the case of any Eurocurrency Borrowing to be made on the Effective Date, such shorter period of time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) or (b)Β in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00Β p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by SectionΒ 2.05(f) may be given not later than 10:00Β a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information:
(i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, a Term Borrowing or a Borrowing of any other Class (specifying the Class thereof);
(ii) the currency and 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 (solely in the case of a Borrowing denominated in dollars) 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 βInterest Periodβ;
(vi) the location and number of the Borrowerβs account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of SectionΒ 2.06, or, in the case of any ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(f), the identity of the Issuing Bank that made such LC Disbursement; and
(vii) that as of the date of such Borrowing, the conditions set forth in SectionsΒ 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) are satisfied.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified as to any Borrowing denominated in dollars, 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 monthβs 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 and currency of such Lenderβs Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including SectionΒ 2.22), in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this SectionΒ 2.04, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period denominated in dollars, euros or Sterling, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i)Β subject to SectionΒ 9.04(b)(ii), the outstanding Swingline Loans of the Swingline Lender exceeding its Swingline Commitment or (ii)Β the aggregate Revolving Exposures exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitments, provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender of such request (i)Β by telephone (confirmed in writing), not later than 10:00 a.m., New York time, or, if agreed by the Swingline Lender,Β 2:00Β p.m., New York time (in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in dollars) or (ii)Β by facsimile (confirmed by telephone), notΒ later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, or, if agreed by the Swingline Lender, 11:00 a.m., Local Time (in the case of a Swingline LoanΒ denominated in euros or Sterling) on the day of such proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shallΒ specifyΒ the requested date (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Swingline Loan and (x)Β if the funds areΒ not to be credited to a general deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Swingline Lender because the Borrower is unable to maintain a general deposit account with the Swingline Lender under applicable Requirements of Law, the location and number of theΒ Borrowerβs account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with SectionΒ 2.06, or (y)Β in the case of any ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(f), the identity of the Issuing Bank that made such LC Disbursement. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit accounts of the Borrower maintained with the Swingline Lender (or with respect to Swingline Loans denominated in euro or Sterling, by remittance to the account directed by the Borrower if the Borrower is unable to maintain a general deposit account with the Swingline Lender under applicable Requirements of Law) for the applicable currency of such Swingline Loan (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(f), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank) by 3:00Β p.m., Local Time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00Β p.m., Local Time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the currency and aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice the currency and such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans in the applicable currency. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency, in the same manner as provided in SectionΒ 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (with references to 12:00 noon, Local Time, in such Section being deemed to be references to 3:00Β p.m., Local Time) (and SectionΒ 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment
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obligations of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other Person on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by the Swingline Lender to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear, provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and thereafter to the Borrower, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
(d) The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more Revolving Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i)Β such Revolving Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii)Β references herein to the term βSwingline Lenderβ shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
(e) The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a βSwingline Lenderβ hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i)Β such Swingline Lenderβs acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii)Β the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof, provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.
SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees.
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including SectionΒ 2.22), each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this SectionΒ 2.05, to issue Letters of Credit (including Bank Guarantees) denominated in dollars, euro or Sterling for the Borrowerβs own account (or for the account of any other Subsidiary of the Borrower so long as the Borrower and such other Subsidiary are co-applicants in respect of such Letter of Credit), in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, which shall reflect the standard operating procedures of such Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period and prior to the fifth Business Day prior to the Revolving Maturity Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit or bank guarantee application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the applicable Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding the
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foregoing but without limiting SectionΒ 2.22, (i)Β Bank Guarantees will be issued hereunder only by the London offices or branches of the Issuing Banks and (ii)Β Bank Guarantees shall be issued, renewed, extended or amended with such terms and provisions as are of the type, and subject to such conditions, as are, in each case, customary for bank guarantees issued by English banks in London, England, and shall in any event comply with all Requirements of Law applicable thereto.
(b) Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall deliver in writing by hand delivery or facsimile (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the recipient) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (at least five Business Days before the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension or such shorter period as the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent may agree) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraphΒ (d) of this Section), the currency and amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit or bank guarantee application on such Issuing Bankβs standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i)Β subject to SectionΒ 9.04(b)(ii), the Applicable Fronting Exposure of each Issuing Bank shall not exceed its Revolving Commitment, (ii)Β the aggregate Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments and (iii)Β the aggregate LC Exposure shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if (i)Β any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which such Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it, (ii)Β except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the such Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit or (iii)Β any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, if after giving effect to SectionΒ 2.22(a)(iv), any Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure remains outstanding, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of cash collateral, reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bankβs Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or such Letter of Credit and all other LC Exposure as to which such Issuing Bank has Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure.
(c) Notice. Each Issuing Bank agrees that it shall not permit any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit to occur unless it shall have given to the Administrative Agent written notice thereof required under paragraph (m)Β of this Section.
(d) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i)Β the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii)Β the
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date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date; provided that if such expiry date is not a Business Day, such Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, further, that any Letter of Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of one year or less (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date) unless the applicable Issuing Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof within the time period specified in such Letter of Credit or, if no such time period is specified, at least 30 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date, that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed.
(e) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank that is the issuer thereof or the Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraphΒ (f) of this Section in the currency of such LC Disbursement, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(f) Reimbursement. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the US Dollar Equivalent of such LC Disbursement not later than 4:00Β p.m., Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives notice of such LC Disbursement, provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000 (in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars), Β£1,000,000 (in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in Sterling) or β¬1,000,000 (in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in euro), the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing (in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars) or a Swingline Loan, in each case in the same currency and in an equivalent amount, and, to the extent so financed, the Borrowerβs obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and the currency and such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the applicable currency and the same manner as provided in SectionΒ 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and SectionΒ 2.06 shall apply, mutatisΒ mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender
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pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(g) Obligations Absolute. The Borrowerβs obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraphΒ (f) of this Section is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i)Β any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii)Β any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii)Β payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv)Β any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrowerβs obligations hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Banks; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bankβs failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Issuing Bank (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, nonappealable judgment), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit, and any such acceptance or refusal shall be deemed not to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery or facsimile) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement in accordance with paragraph (f)Β of this Section.
(i) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to (i)Β in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars, ABR
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Revolving Loans or (ii)Β in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in euro or Sterling, the Base Rate for Swingline Loans denominated in such currency; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraphΒ (f) of this Section, then SectionΒ 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraphΒ (f) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand has been made, on the date on which the Borrower reimburses the applicable LC Disbursement in full.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default under paragraph (a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β of SectionΒ 7.01 shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day on which the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing more than 50% of the aggregate LC Exposure of all Revolving Lenders) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash in dollars, US Dollar Equivalent of euro and US Dollar Equivalent of Sterling equal to the portions of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit denominated in dollars, US Dollar Equivalent of euro or US Dollar Equivalent of Sterling, respectively, as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in paragraphΒ (h) or (i)Β of SectionΒ 7.01. The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by SectionΒ 2.11(b). Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, if any Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure remains outstanding (after giving effect to SectionΒ 2.22(a)(iv)), then promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent cash collateral in an amount sufficient to cover such Defaulting Lender Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to any cash collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent in Permitted Investments and at the Borrowerβs risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Banks for LC Disbursements for which they have not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing more than 50% of the aggregate LC Exposure of all the Revolving Lenders), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default or the existence of a Defaulting Lender, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived or after the termination of Defaulting Lender status, as applicable. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain in compliance with SectionΒ 2.11(b) and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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(k) Designation of Additional Issuing Banks. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Revolving Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Revolving Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i)Β such Revolving Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii)Β references herein to the term βIssuing Bankβ shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
(l) Termination of an Issuing Bank. The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Issuing Bank as an βIssuing Bankβ hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Issuing Bank, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i)Β such Issuing Bankβs acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii)Β the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (or its Affiliates) shall have been reduced to zero. At the time any such termination shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(b). Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such termination, but shall not issue any additional Letters of Credit.
(m) Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i)Β periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions, amendments and renewals, all expirations and cancellations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii)Β within five Business Days following the time that such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the currency and face amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii)Β on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date, currency and amount of such LC Disbursement, (iv)Β on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the currency and amount of such LC Disbursement and (v)Β on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
(n) Existing LCs. The Existing LCs will be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement on the Effective Date.
(o) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i)Β the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii)Β the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
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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 in the applicable currency by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the Applicable Account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in SectionΒ 2.04. 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 maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City (or, in the case of Loans denominated in euro or Sterling, an account nominated by the Borrower) and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in SectionΒ 2.05(f) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(f) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.
(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 Lenderβs share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraphΒ (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 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)Β in the case of such Lender, (A)Β if such Borrowing is denominated in dollars, 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 and (B)Β if such Borrowing is denominated in euro or Sterling, the rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be its cost of funding such amount, or (ii)Β in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.13. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lenderβs Loan included in such Borrowing.
(c) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Term Loans and Revolving Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and to make payments pursuant to SectionΒ 9.03(c) 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 SectionΒ 9.03(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and, other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, 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 SectionΒ 9.03(c).
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections.
(a) Each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or designated by SectionΒ 2.03 and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or designated by SectionΒ 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
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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. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Revolving Borrowing Request would be required under SectionΒ 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 telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic transmission to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with SectionΒ 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 clausesΒ (iii) and (iv)Β 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 (solely in the case of a Borrowing denominated in dollars) 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 βInterest Period.β
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 monthβs 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 Lenderβs 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 (i)Β if such Borrowing is denominated in dollars, an ABR Borrowing and (ii)Β if such Borrowing is denominated in euro or Sterling, a Borrowing with a one-month Interest Period. 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)Β no outstanding Borrowing denominated in dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii)Β unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be converted to (i)Β if such Borrowing is denominated in dollars, an ABR Borrowing and (ii)Β if such Borrowing is denominated in euro or Sterling, a Borrowing with a one-month Interest Period at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, (i)Β the Term Commitments shall terminate at 5:00Β p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date and (ii)Β the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments of any Class, provided that (i)Β each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and (ii)Β the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans in accordance with SectionΒ 2.11, the aggregate Revolving Exposures would exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraphΒ (b) of this Section at least one Business Day prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable, provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned 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 may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date of termination) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i)Β to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Maturity Date, (ii)Β to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in SectionΒ 2.10 and (iii)Β to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made by the Swingline Lender on the earlier to occur of (A)Β the date that is ten (10)Β Business Days after such Loan is made and (B)Β the Revolving Maturity Date; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing in any currency is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans in such currency that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was requested.
(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)Β the currency and amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii)Β 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)Β the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lenderβs share thereof.
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(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphΒ (b) or (c)Β of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein, 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)Β and (c)Β of this Section, the accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c)Β of this Section shall control.
(e) Any Lender may request through the Administrative Agent that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender or its registered assigns and in a form provided by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower.
SECTION 2.10. Amortization of Term Loans.
(a) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraphΒ (c) of this Section, the Borrower shall repay Term Borrowings on the last Business Day of each September, December, March and June (commencing on SeptemberΒ 30, 2014) in the principal amount of Term Loans equal to (i)Β the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans immediately after closing on the Effective Date multiplied by (ii)Β 0.25%.
(b) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term Maturity Date.
(c) Any prepayment of a Term Borrowing of any Class (i)Β pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(i) shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled and outstanding repayments of the Term 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)Β pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(c) or 2.11(d)Β shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled and outstanding repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section, or, except as otherwise provided in any Refinancing Amendment or Loan Modification Agreement, pursuant to the corresponding section of such Refinancing Amendment or Loan Modification Agreement, as applicable, in direct order of maturity.
(d) Prior to any repayment of any Term 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 by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery or facsimile) of such election not later than 2:00Β p.m., Local 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 SectionΒ 2.16. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.
(a) (i) 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 or penalty; provided that in the event that, on or prior to the six month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Borrower (x)Β make any prepayment of Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on such Term Loans or (y)Β effects any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction the primary purpose of which is to decrease the Effective Yield on the Term
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Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Lenders, (I)Β a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the principal amount of the Term Loans being prepaid in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (II) in the case of clause (y), an amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the applicable Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may prepay the outstanding Term Loans on the following basis:
(A) The Borrower shall have the right to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par (such prepayment, the βDiscounted Term Loan Prepaymentβ) pursuant to a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, in each case made in accordance with this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii); provided that (x)Β the Borrower shall not make any Borrowing of Revolving Loans to fund any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and (y)Β the Borrower shall not initiate any action under this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii) in order to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment unless (I)Β at least ten (10)Β Business Days shall have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted Term Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by the Borrower on the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date; or (II) at least three (3)Β Business Days shall have passed since the date the Borrower was notified that no Term Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Term Loan and/or Other Term Loan at the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, the date of the Borrowerβs election not to accept any Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(B) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A)Β above, the Borrower may from time to time offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by providing the Auction Agent with three (3)Β Business Daysβ notice in the form of a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice; provided that (I)Β any such offer shall be made available, at the sole discretion of the Borrower, to each Term Lender and/or each Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such offer shall specify the aggregate principal amount offered to be prepaid (the βSpecified Discount Prepayment Amountβ) with respect to each applicable tranche, the tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the specific percentage discount to par (the βSpecified Discountβ) of such Term Loans to be prepaid (it being understood that different Specified Discounts and/or Specified Discount Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such an event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (III) the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such offer shall remain outstanding through the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each relevant Term Lender with a copy of such Specified Discount Prepayment Notice and a form of the Specified Discount Prepayment Response to be completed and returned by each such Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00Β p.m., New York time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Term Lenders (the βSpecified Discount Prepayment Response Dateβ).
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(2) Each relevant Term Lender receiving such offer shall notify the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date whether or not it agrees to accept a prepayment of any of its relevant then outstanding Term Loans at the Specified Discount and, if so (such accepting Term Lender, a βDiscount Prepayment Accepting Lenderβ), the amount and the tranches of such Lenderβs Term Loans to be prepaid at such offered discount. Each acceptance of a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by a Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender shall be irrevocable. Any Term Lender whose Specified Discount Prepayment Response is not received by the Auction Agent by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept the applicable Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment.
(3) If there is at least one Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender, the Borrower will make prepayment of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (B)Β to each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender in accordance with the respective outstanding amount and tranches of Term Loans specified in such Lenderβs Specified Discount Prepayment Response given pursuant to subsection (2); provided that, if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans accepted for prepayment by all Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders exceeds the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount, such prepayment shall be made pro-rata among the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts accepted to be prepaid by each such Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with the Borrower and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the βSpecified Discount Prorationβ). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three (3)Β Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, notify (I)Β the Borrower of the respective Term Lendersβ responses to such offer, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, and the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date and (III) each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender of the Specified Discount Proration, if any, and confirmation of the principal amount, tranche and Type of Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Borrower and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Borrower shall be due and payable by the Borrower on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F)Β below (subject to subsection (J)Β below).
(C) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A)Β above, the Borrower may from time to time solicit Discount Range Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with three (3)Β Business Daysβ notice in the form of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice; provided that (I)Β any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of the Borrower, to each Term Lender and/or each Lender with respect to any Class of Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II)Β any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term Loans (the βDiscount Range Prepayment Amountβ), the tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the maximum and minimum percentage discounts to par (the βDiscount Rangeβ) of the principal amount of such Term Loans with respect to each relevant tranche of Term Loans willing to be prepaid by the Borrower (it being understood that different Discount Ranges and/or Discount Range Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to
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different tranches of Term Loans and, in such an event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (III) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such solicitation by the Borrower shall remain outstanding through the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each relevant Term Lender with a copy of such Discount Range Prepayment Notice and a form of the Discount Range Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding relevant Term Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00Β p.m., New York time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Term Lenders (the βDiscount Range Prepayment Response Dateβ). Each relevant Term Lenderβs Discount Range Prepayment Offer shall be irrevocable and shall specify a discount to par within the Discount Range (the βSubmitted Discountβ) at which such Term Lender is willing to allow prepayment of any or all of its then outstanding Term Loans of the applicable tranche or tranches and the maximum aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Lenderβs Term Loans (the βSubmitted Amountβ) such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Submitted Discount. Any Term Lender whose Discount Range Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount to their par value within the Discount Range.
(2) The Auction Agent shall review all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received on or before the applicable Discount Range Prepayment Response Date and shall determine (in consultation with the Borrower and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the Applicable Discount and Term Loans to be prepaid at such Applicable Discount in accordance with this subsection (C). The Borrower agrees to accept on the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, in the order from the Submitted Discount that is the largest discount to par to the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par, up to and including the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range (such Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range being referred to as the βApplicable Discountβ) which yields a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lower of (I)Β the Discount Range Prepayment Amount and (II) the sum of all Submitted Amounts. Each Lender that has submitted a Discount Range Prepayment Offer to accept prepayment at a discount to par that is larger than or equal to the Applicable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Submitted Amount (subject to any required proration pursuant to the following subsection (3))Β at the Applicable Discount (each such Lender, a βParticipating Lenderβ).
(3) If there is at least one Participating Lender, the Borrower will prepay the respective outstanding Term Loans of each Participating Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the tranches specified in such Lenderβs Discount Range Prepayment Offer at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the Submitted Amount by all Participating Lenders offered at a discount to par greater than the Applicable Discount exceeds the Discounted Range Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the relevant Term Loans for those Participating Lenders whose Submitted Discount is a discount to par greater than or equal to the Applicable Discount (the βIdentified Participating Lendersβ) shall be made pro-rata among the Identified Participating Lenders in accordance with the Submitted Amount of each such Identified Participating Lender
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and the Auction Agent (in consultation with the Borrower and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the βDiscount Range Prorationβ). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within five (5)Β Business Days following the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, notify (I)Β the Borrower of the respective Term Lendersβ responses to such solicitation, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount and tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) each Participating Lender of the aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Lender to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, and (z)Β if applicable, each Identified Participating Lender of the Discount Range Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Borrower and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Borrower shall be due and payable by such Borrower on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F)Β below (subject to subsection (J)Β below).
(D) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A)Β above, the Borrower may from time to time solicit Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with three (3)Β Business Daysβ notice in the form of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice; provided that (I)Β any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of the Borrower, to each Term Lender and/or each Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate dollar amount of the Term Loans (the βSolicited Discounted Prepayment Amountβ) and the tranche or tranches of Term Loans the Borrower is willing to prepay at a discount (it being understood that different Solicited Discount Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such an event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (III) the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and whole increments of $500,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such solicitation by the Borrower shall remain outstanding through the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each relevant Term Lender with a copy of such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice and a form of the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Term Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00Β p.m., New York time on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to the relevant Term Lenders (the βSolicited Discounted Prepayment Response Dateβ). Each Term Lenderβs Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer shall (x)Β be irrevocable, (y)Β remain outstanding until the Acceptance Date, and (z)Β specify both a discount to par (the βOffered Discountβ) at which such Term Lender is willing to allow prepayment of its then outstanding Term Loan and the maximum aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Term Loans (the βOffered Amountβ) such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Offered Discount. Any Term Lender whose Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount.
(2) The Auction Agent shall promptly provide the Borrower with a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received on or before the Solicited
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Discounted Prepayment Response Date. The Borrower shall review all such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers and select the largest of the Offered Discounts specified by the relevant responding Term Lenders in the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers that is acceptable to the Borrower (the βAcceptable Discountβ), if any. If the Borrower elects to accept any Offered Discount as the Acceptable Discount, then as soon as practicable after the determination of the Acceptable Discount, but in no event later than by the third Business Day after the date of receipt by the Borrower from the Auction Agent of a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection (2)Β (the βAcceptance Dateβ), the Borrower shall submit an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice to the Auction Agent setting forth the Acceptable Discount. If the Auction Agent shall fail to receive an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice from the Borrower by the Acceptance Date, the Borrower shall be deemed to have rejected all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(3) Based upon the Acceptable Discount and the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, within three (3)Β Business Days after receipt of an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice (the βDiscounted Prepayment Determination Dateβ), the Auction Agent will determine (in consultation with the Borrower and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans (the βAcceptable Prepayment Amountβ) to be prepaid by the Borrower at the Acceptable Discount in accordance with this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D). If the Borrower elects to accept any Acceptable Discount, then the Borrower agrees to accept all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, in the order from largest Offered Discount to smallest Offered Discount, up to and including the Acceptable Discount. Each Lender that has submitted a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer with an Offered Discount that is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Offered Amount (subject to any required pro-rata reduction pursuant to the following sentence) at the Acceptable Discount (each such Lender, a βQualifying Lenderβ). The Borrower will prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this subsection (D)Β to each Qualifying Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the tranches specified in such Lenderβs Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer at the Acceptable Discount; provided that if the aggregate Offered Amount by all Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount exceeds the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the Term Loans for those Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount (the βIdentified Qualifying Lendersβ) shall be made pro-rata among the Identified Qualifying Lenders in accordance with the Offered Amount of each such Identified Qualifying Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with the Borrower and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the βSolicited Discount Prorationβ). On or prior to the Discounted Prepayment Determination Date, the Auction Agent shall promptly notify (I)Β the Borrower of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and Acceptable Prepayment Amount comprising the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Acceptable Discount, and the Acceptable Prepayment Amount of all Term Loans and the tranches to be prepaid to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) each Qualifying Lender of the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of such Lender to be prepaid at the Acceptable Discount on such
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date, and (IV) if applicable, each Identified Qualifying Lender of the Solicited Discount Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to such Borrower and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to such Borrower shall be due and payable by such Borrower on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F)Β below (subject to subsection (J)Β below).
(E) In connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may require as a condition to any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment, the payment of customary fees and expenses from the Borrower in connection therewith.
(F) If any Term Loan is prepaid in accordance with paragraphs (B)Β through (D)Β above, the Borrower shall prepay such Term Loans on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The Borrower shall make such prepayment to the Auction Agent, for the account of the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, at the Administrative Agentβs Office in the applicable currency and in immediately available funds not later than 11:00Β a.m. (New York time) on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and all such prepayments shall be applied to the remaining principal installments of the relevant tranche of Term Loans on a pro rata basis across such installments. The Term Loans so prepaid shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid up to, but not including, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. Each prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii) shall be paid to the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or Qualifying Lenders, as applicable. The aggregate principal amount of the tranches and installments of the relevant Term Loans outstanding shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the tranches of Term Loans prepaid on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment.
(G) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Term Loan Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent, with the provisions in this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii), established by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by the Borrower.
(H) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, for purposes of this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii), each notice or other communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon Auction Agentβs (or its delegateβs) actual receipt during normal business hours of such notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as of the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(I) Each of the Borrower and the Lenders acknowledges and agrees that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii) by itself or through any Affiliate of the Auction Agent and expressly consents to any such delegation of duties by the Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment provided for in this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii) as well as activities of the Auction Agent.
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(J) The Borrower shall have the right, by written notice to the Auction Agent, to revoke in full (but not in part) its offer to make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and rescind the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice therefor at its discretion at any time on or prior to the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date (and if such offer is revoked pursuant to the preceding clauses, any failure by such Borrower to make any prepayment to a Term Lender, as applicable, pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01 or otherwise).
(b) In the event and on each occasion that the aggregate Revolving Exposures exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments (including as a result of a determination with respect to the US Dollar Equivalent of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 1.06), the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Loans (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount necessary to eliminate such excess.
(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received (or, in the case of a Prepayment Event described in clause (b)Β of the definition of the term βPrepayment Event,β on the date of such Prepayment Event), prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the amount of such Net Proceeds; provided that, in the case of any event described in clauseΒ (a) of the definition of the term βPrepayment Eventβ and its Restricted Subsidiaries invest (or commit to invest) the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof) within 12 months after receipt of such Net Proceeds in the business of the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries (including any acquisitions permitted under SectionΒ 6.04), then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of such Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the applicable portion of such Net Proceeds, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so invested (or committed to be invested) by the end of such 12-month period (or if committed to be so invested within such 12-month period, have not been so invested within 18 months after receipt thereof), at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so invested (or committed to be invested); provided, further, that the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase any other Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Borrowings to the extent such other Indebtedness and the Liens securing the same are permitted hereunder and the documentation governing such other Indebtedness requires such a prepayment or repurchase thereof with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x)Β the amount of such Net Proceeds and (y)Β a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such other Indebtedness and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and such other Indebtedness.
(d) Following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending DecemberΒ 31, 2015, the Borrower shall prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year; provided that such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of prepayments of (i)Β Term Loans (and, to the extent the Revolving Commitments are reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to SectionΒ 2.08, Revolving Loans) made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(i) during such fiscal year or after such fiscal year and prior to the time such prepayment is due as provided below (provided that such reduction as a result of prepayments pursuant to clause (ii)Β thereof shall (x)Β be limited to the actual amount of such cash prepayment and (y)Β only be applicable if the applicable prepayment offer was made to all Lenders) and (ii)Β other Consolidated First Lien Debt (provided that in the case of the prepayment of any revolving
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commitments, there is a corresponding reduction in commitments) (excluding all such prepayments funded with the proceeds of other Indebtedness or the issuance of Equity Interests). Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made on or before the date that is five days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01 with respect to the fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated.
(e) Prior to any optional prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(i), the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraphΒ (f) of this Section. In the event of any mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings made at a time when Term Borrowings of more than one Class remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term Borrowings to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated between Term Borrowings (and, to the extent provided in the Refinancing Amendment for any Class of Other 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 in the Refinancing Amendment or Loan Modification Agreement for any Class of Other Term Loans, any Lender that holds Other Term Loans of such Class) may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) at least one Business Day prior to the prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any prepayment of its Term Loans or Other Term Loans of any such Class pursuant to this Section (other than an optional prepayment pursuant to paragraphΒ (a)(i) of this Section or a mandatory prepayment as a result of the Prepayment Event set forth in clause (b)Β of the definition thereof, which may not be declined), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay Term Loans or Other Term Loans of any such Class but was so declined shall be retained by the Borrower (such amounts, βRetained Declined Proceedsβ). Optional prepayments of Term Borrowings shall be allocated among the Classes of Term 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 SectionΒ 2.16.
(f) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) of any optional prepayment pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(i) by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of any prepayment hereunder (i)Β in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00Β a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii)Β in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00Β a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii)Β in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan denominated in euro or Sterling, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the currency and 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. Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), 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 SectionΒ 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. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by SectionΒ 2.13. At the Borrowerβs election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.11, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Term Loan or Revolving Loan of a Defaulting Lender and shall be allocated ratably among the relevant non-Defaulting Lenders.
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(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of SectionΒ 2.11(c) or (d), (A)Β to the extent that any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Prepayment Event by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to a prepayment pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(c) or (d)Β (a βForeign Prepayment Eventβ) or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the Borrower, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in SectionΒ 2.11(c) or (d), as the case may be, and such amounts 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 Borrower (Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than three Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(c) or (d), as applicable, and (B)Β to the extent that and for so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Foreign Prepayment Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation) with respect to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in SectionΒ 2.11(c) or SectionΒ 2.11(d), as the case may be, and such amounts may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that when the Borrower determines in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Foreign Prepayment Event or Excess Cash Flow would no longer have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation) with respect to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow shall be promptly (and in any event not later than three Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(c) or SectionΒ 2.11(d), as applicable.
SECTION 2.12. Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in dollars for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the third Business Day following the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose).
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i)Β to the Administrative Agent in dollars for the account of each Revolving Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender) a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the daily amount of such Lenderβs LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the
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period from and including the Effective Date to and including the later of the date on which such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii)Β to each Issuing Bank in dollars a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125%Β per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to and including the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bankβs standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business DayΒ following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the RevolvingΒ Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360Β days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(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.
(d) The Borrower agrees to pay on the Effective Date to each Term Lender party to this Agreement as a Term Lender on the Effective Date, as fee compensation for the funding of such Term Lenderβs Term Loan, a closing fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of the stated principal amount of such Term Lenderβs Term Loan. Such fees shall be payable to each Lender out of the proceeds of such Term Lenderβs Term Loan as and when funded on the Effective Date and shall be treated (and reported) by the Borrower and Term Lenders as a reduction in issue price of the Term Loans for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes. Such closing fee will be in all respects fully earned, due and payable on the Effective Date and non-refundable and non-creditable thereafter.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to SectionΒ 2.22, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any amounts to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.12.
SECTION 2.13. Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each ABRΒ Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan denominated in dollars) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at the 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)Β in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00%Β per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii)Β in the case of any other amount, 2.00%Β per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraphΒ (a) of this Section; provided that no amount shall be payable pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.13(c) to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender; provided
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further that no amounts shall accrue pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.13(c) on any overdue amount, reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement or other amount payable 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 and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments, provided that (i)Β interest accrued pursuant to paragraphΒ (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii)Β in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii)Β 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 the 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 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If at least two Business Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any currency:
(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 currency for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such currency 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 (in each case with respect to the Loans impacted by this clause (b)Β or clause (a)Β above, βImpacted Loansβ);
(c) 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)Β any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing denominated in such currency to, or continuation of any Borrowing denominated in such currency as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing and shall be ineffective and (ii)Β if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in such currency and (A)Β such currency is dollars, then such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing or (ii)Β such currency is euro or Sterling, then such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing; provided, however, that, in each case, the Borrower may revoke any Borrowing Request that is pending when such notice is received.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in clause (a)Β of this SectionΒ 2.14 and/or is advised by the Required Lenders of their determination in accordance with clause (b)Β of this SectionΒ 2.14 and the Borrower shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend the definition of βLIBO Rateβ and other applicable provisions to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change; provided that, until so amended, such Impacted Loans will be handled as otherwise provided pursuant to the terms of this SectionΒ 2.14.
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SECTION 2.15. 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 or any Issuing Bank (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(ii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than with respect to Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans or Base Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii) subject any Lender to any Taxes on its Loans, letters of credit, Commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
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 Base Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or issue any Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such increased costs actually incurred or reduction actually suffered, provided that to the extent any such costs or reductions are incurred by any Lender as a result of any requests, rules, guidelines or directives enacted or promulgated under the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and Basel III after the Effective Date, then such Lender shall be compensated pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.15(a) only to the extent such Lender is imposing such charges on similarly situated borrowers under the other syndicated credit facilities that such Lender is a lender under. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this paragraph will not apply to (A)Β Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes or (B)Β Excluded Taxes.
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs capital or on the capital of such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs policies and the policies of such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs holding company for any such reduction actually suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company in reasonable detail, as the
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case may be, as specified in paragraphΒ (a) or (b)Β of this Section delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15Β days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a)Β 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)Β the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c)Β the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan or Term Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under SectionΒ 2.11(f) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d)Β 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 SectionΒ 2.19 or SectionΒ 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 actual loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this SectionΒ 2.16, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Loan made by it at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable interbank eurodollar market for the applicable currency 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 SectionΒ 2.16 will not apply to losses, costs or expenses resulting from Taxes, as to which SectionΒ 2.17 shall govern.
SECTION 2.17. Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes, provided that if the applicable Withholding Agent shall be required by applicable Requirements of Law to deduct any Taxes from such payments, then (i)Β the applicable Withholding Agent shall make such deductions, (ii)Β the applicable Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law and (iii)Β if the Tax in question is an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, the amount payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions have been made (including deductions applicable to additional amounts payable under this SectionΒ 2.17) the Lender (or, in the case of a payment received by the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.
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(b) Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a)Β above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Requirements of Law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this SectionΒ 2.17) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. 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, 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 applicable Requirements of 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 to such Lender under the Loan Documents (including, in the case of a Lender seeking exemption from the withholding imposed under FATCA, any documentation necessary to prevent such withholding). 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 in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) Each Lender that is a United States person (as defined in SectionΒ 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 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 SectionΒ 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 when required by Law or upon the reasonable request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor forms) claiming eligibility for the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
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(B) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms),
(C) in the case of a Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under SectionΒ 881(c) of the Code, (x)Β two properly completed and duly signed certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit X-0, X-0, X-0 and S-4, as applicable (any such certificate a βU.S. Tax Compliance Certificateβ) and (y)Β two properly completed and duly signed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor forms),
(D) to the extent a Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), two properly completed and duly signed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Lender, accompanied by copies of a Form W-8ECI, Form W-8BEN, U.S. 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 this SectionΒ 2.17(e) if such beneficial owner were a Lender, as applicable (provided that, if the Lender is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Lender on behalf of such direct or indirect partner(s)), or
(E) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of any other form prescribed by applicable U.S. federal income tax law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax on any payments to such Lender under the Loan Documents, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law to permit Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(iii) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in SectionΒ 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender 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 Holdings or the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by SectionΒ 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Holdings or a 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 has or has not complied with such Lenderβs obligations under FATCA and, if necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (iii), βFATCAβ shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date hereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this SectionΒ 2.17(e), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form or other documentation that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(f) If the Borrower determines in good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting any Taxes for which indemnification has been demanded hereunder, the Administrative Agent or the relevant Lender, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in a reasonable challenge of such Taxes if so requested by the Borrower, provided that (a)Β the Administrative Agent or such Lender determines in its reasonable discretion that it would not be subject
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to any unreimbursed third party cost or expense or otherwise be prejudiced by cooperating in such challenge, (b)Β the Borrower pays all related expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable and (c)Β the Borrower indemnifies the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, for any liabilities or other costs incurred by such party in connection with such challenge. The Administrative Agent or a Lender shall claim any such refund that it determines is reasonably available to it, unless it concludes in its reasonable discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim. If the Administrative Agent or a Lender receives a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including 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 Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees promptly to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (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. The Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowerβs request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may delete any information therein that the Administrative Agent or such Lender deems confidential). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this SectionΒ 2.17(f) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to 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) The agreements in this SectionΒ 2.17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(h) For purposes of this SectionΒ 2.17, the term βLenderβ shall include any Issuing Bank and any Swingline Lender.
SECTION 2.18. 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, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under SectionΒ 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, 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 Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall be made as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 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. If any payment (other than payments on the Eurocurrency Loans) 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
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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 the currency in which such Loan is denominated, all reimbursements of any LC Disbursements shall be made in the currency of such LC Disbursement, all payments of accrued interest payable on a Loan or LC Disbursement shall be made in the currency of such Loan or LC Disbursement, as applicable, and all other payments under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars except as otherwise expressly provided herein or therein.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i)Β 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)Β second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements 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 Revolving Loans, Term Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline 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 Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline 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 Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i)Β 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 restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest and (ii)Β the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (A)Β 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)Β any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant or (C)Β 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 or Revolving Commitments 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 or the Issuing Banks 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 or Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative
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Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank 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.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to SectionΒ 2.04(c), SectionΒ 2.05(e) or SectionΒ 2.05(f), SectionΒ 2.06(a) or SectionΒ 2.06(b), SectionΒ 2.18(d) or SectionΒ 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and in the order determined by the Administrative Agent (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i)Β apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lenderβs obligations under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii)Β hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and to be applied to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section.
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under SectionΒ 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17 or any event gives rise to the operation of SectionΒ 2.23, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or its participation in any Letter of Credit 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)Β would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to SectionΒ 2.15 or 2.17 or mitigate the applicability of SectionΒ 2.23, as the case may be, and (ii)Β 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)Β any Lender requests compensation under SectionΒ 2.15 or gives notice under SectionΒ 2.23, (ii)Β the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17 or (iii)Β 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 delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in SectionΒ 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)Β the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent to the extent such consent would be required under SectionΒ 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable (and if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned and delegated, each Principal Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender), which consents, in each case, shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (B)Β such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and unreimbursed participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline 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) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (C)Β the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid (unless waived) to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in SectionΒ 9.04(b)(ii) and (D)Β in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under SectionΒ 2.15, payments required to be made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17 or a notice given under SectionΒ 2.23, 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
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Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a)Β 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 2.20. Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Effective Date, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent request (i)Β one or more additional Classes of term loans or additional term loans of the same Class of any existing Class of term loans (the βIncremental Term Loansβ), (ii)Β one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Commitments of any Class (each such increase, an βIncremental Revolving Commitment Increaseβ) or (iii)Β one or more additional Classes of Revolving Commitments (the βAdditional/Replacement Revolving Commitments,β and, together with the Incremental Term Loans and the Incremental Revolving Commitment Increases, the βIncremental Facilitiesβ); provided that, both at the time of any such request and after giving effect to the effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment referred to below and at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase or Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitment is made or effected, no Event of Default (except, in the case of the incurrence or provision of any Incremental Facility in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, no Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β of SectionΒ 7.01) shall have occurred and be continuing unless, in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or another Investment not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, customary βSungardβ or βcertain fundsβ conditionality is otherwise agreed to by the Lenders providing such Incremental Facilities. Notwithstanding anything to contrary herein, the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Facilities that can be incurred at any time shall not exceed the Incremental Cap at such time. Each Incremental Facility shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof if such Incremental Facilities are denominated in dollars (unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise agree); provided that such amount may be less than $10,000,000 if such amount represents all the remaining availability under the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Facilities set forth above.
(b) (i) The Incremental Term Loans (i)Β shall rank equal in right of payment with the Term Loans, shall be secured only by the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Loan Parties, (ii)Β shall not mature earlier than the Term Maturity Date, (iii)Β shall not have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the remaining Term Loans, (iv)Β shall have a maturity date (subject to clause (ii)), an amortization schedule (subject to clause (iii)), and interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums for the Incremental Term Loans as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of the Incremental Term Loans; provided that, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Incremental Term Loans incurred after the Effective Date is greater than the Effective Yield for the Term Loans by more than 0.50%Β per annum, then the Effective Yield for the Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Term Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Incremental Term Loans minus 0.50%Β per annum (provided that the βLIBOR floorβ applicable to the outstanding Term Loans shall be increased to an amount not to exceed the βLIBOR floorβ applicable to such Incremental Term Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Rate applicable to such Term Loans then outstanding); and (v)Β may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Term Loans (including currency denomination); provided that (x)Β except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (ii), (iii)Β and (iv)Β above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and
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other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y)Β the documentation governing any Incremental Term Loans may include a financial maintenance covenant, it being understood that, to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any Incremental Term Loan, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any of the Term Lenders to the extent that such financial maintenance covenant is (1)Β also added for the benefit of any existing Term Loans or (2)Β only applicable after the Latest Maturity Date.
(ii) The Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase shall be treated the same as the Class of Revolving Commitments being increased (including with respect to maturity date thereof) and shall be considered to be part of the Class of Revolving Loans being increased (it being understood that, if required to consummate an Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase, the pricing, interest rate margins, rate floors and undrawn commitment fees on the Class of Revolving Commitments being increased may be increased and additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the lenders providing the Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase (without any requirement to pay such fees to any existing Revolving Lenders)).
(iii) The Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments (i)Β shall rank equal in right of payment with the Revolving Loans, shall be secured only by the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Loan Parties, (ii)Β shall not mature earlier than the Revolving Maturity Date and shall require no mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Maturity Date, (iii)Β shall have interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, undrawn commitment fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts, prepayment terms and premiums and commitment reduction and termination terms as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments, (iv)Β shall contain borrowing, repayment and termination of Commitment procedures as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments, (v)Β may include provisions relating to letters of credit, as applicable, issued thereunder, which issuances shall be on terms substantially similar (except for the overall size of such subfacilities, the fees payable in connection therewith and the identity of the letter of credit issuer, as applicable, which shall be determined by the Borrower, the lenders of such commitments and the applicable letter of credit issuers and borrowing, repayment and termination of commitment procedures with respect thereto, in each case which shall be specified in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment) to the terms relating to the Letters of Credit with respect to the applicable Class of Revolving Commitments or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (vi)Β may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Revolving Credit Facility (including currency denomination); provided that (x)Β except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (ii), (iii), (iv)Β and (v)Β above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y)Β the documentation governing any Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments may include financial maintenance covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of each facility (provided, further, however, that, if the applicable new financial maintenance covenant is a βspringingβ financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, such financial maintenance covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder)).
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(c) Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be given in writing and shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments.
(d) Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of an Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Lender with a Revolving Commitment, an increase in such Lenderβs applicable Revolving Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an βIncremental Facility Amendmentβ) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. An Incremental Facility may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender shall have the right to participate in any Incremental Loans or, unless it agrees, be obligated to provide any Incremental Loans) or by any Additional Lender. Incremental Term Loans and loans under Incremental Revolving Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments shall be a βLoanβ for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Incremental Facility Amendment may, subject to SectionΒ 2.14(c), without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.20 (including, in connection with an Incremental Revolving Commitment Increase, to reallocate Revolving Exposure on a pro rata basis among the relevant Revolving Lenders). The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment and the occurrence of any credit event (including the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance, increase in the amount, or extension of a Letter of Credit thereunder) pursuant to such Incremental Facility Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Commitments for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this SectionΒ 2.20 shall supersede any provisions in SectionΒ 2.18 or SectionΒ 9.02 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.21. Refinancing Amendments.
(a) At any time after the Effective Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of (a)Β all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clauseΒ (a) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Term Loans) or (b)Β all or any portion of the Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments) under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clauseΒ (b) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Revolving Loans and Other Revolving Commitments), in the form of (x)Β Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments or (y)Β Other Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, in each case pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (i)Β will rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Other Term Loans and Commitments hereunder, (ii)Β will have such pricing and optional prepayment terms as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof, (iii)Β (x)Β with respect to any Other Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Commitments, will have a maturity date that is not prior to the maturity date of Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments) being refinanced and (y)Β with respect to any Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments, will have a maturity date that is not prior to the maturity date of, and will have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than, the Term Loans being refinanced, and (iv)Β the Net Proceeds of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied, substantially concurrently
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with the incurrence thereof, to the prepayment of outstanding Term Loans or reduction of Revolving Commitments being so refinanced, as the case may be. Each Class of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this SectionΒ 2.21 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x)Β not less than $10,000,000 in the case of Other Term Loans or $10,000,000 in the case of Other Revolving Loans and (y)Β an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (in each case unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise agree). Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, or the provision to the Borrower of Swingline Loans, pursuant to any Other Revolving Commitments established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under the Revolving Commitments. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Commitments and/or Other Term Commitments). Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each Issuing Bank, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Revolving Maturity Date shall be reallocated from Lenders holding Revolving Commitments to Lenders holding extended revolving commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Revolving Commitments, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such Revolving Commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including, without limitation, the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.
(b) This SectionΒ 2.21 shall supersede any provisions in SectionΒ 2.18 or SectionΒ 9.02 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.22. 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 Lenderβs right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in SectionΒ 9.02.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Subject to the last sentence of SectionΒ 2.11(f), 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 SectionΒ 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, in the case of a Revolving Lender, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, 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,
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as determined by the Administrative Agent; fourth, in the case of a Revolving Lender, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released inΒ order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement; sixth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to any Loan Party as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Loan Party against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and seventh, 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 or LC Disbursements and such Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clause (a)Β of the definition thereof, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the relevant Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, the relevant non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(j) or this SectionΒ 2.22(a)(ii). 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 or to post cash collateral pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(j) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x)Β shall not be entitled to receive or accrue any commitment fee pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y)Β shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in SectionΒ 2.12(b).
(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.05, the βApplicable Percentageβ of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1)Β the Revolving Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2)Β the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank 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 (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash Collateral), 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 and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to SectionΒ 2.22(a)(iv)), 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 Lenderβs having been a Defaulting Lender.
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SECTION 2.23. 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, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans denominated in dollars or to convert Base Rate Loans denominated in dollars to Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended, and (ii)Β if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate, the interest rate on such Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate, in each case 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)Β the Borrower shall, upon three Business Daysβ notice from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurocurrency Loans denominated in dollars of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate), 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)Β if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates 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.
SECTION 2.24. Loan Modification Offers.
(a) At any time after the Effective Date, the Borrower may on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, make one or more offers (each, a βLoan Modification Offerβ) to all the Lenders of one or more Classes (each Class subject to such a Loan Modification Offer, an βAffected Classβ) to effect one or more Permitted Amendments relating to such Affected Class pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower (including mechanics to permit cashless rollovers and exchanges by Lenders). Such notice shall set forth (i)Β the terms and conditions of the requested Permitted Amendment and (ii)Β the date on which such Permitted Amendment is requested to become effective. Permitted Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the Lenders of the Affected Class that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the βAccepting Lendersβ) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such Lenderβs Loans and Commitments of such Affected Class as to which such Lenderβs acceptance has been made.
(b) A Permitted Amendment shall be effected pursuant to a Loan Modification Agreement executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower, each applicable Accepting Lender and the Administrative Agent; provided that no Permitted Amendment shall become effective unless Holdings
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and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such legal opinions, board resolutions, secretaryβs certificates, officerβs certificates and other documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Modification Agreement. Each Loan Modification Agreement may, without the consent of any Lender other than the applicable Accepting Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to give effect to the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.24, including any amendments necessary to treat the applicable Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders as a new βClassβ of loans and/or commitments hereunder.
(c) If, in connection with any proposed Loan Modification Offer, any Lender declines to consent to such Loan Modification Offer on the terms and by the deadline set forth in such Loan Modification Offer (each such Lender, a βNon-Accepting Lenderβ) then the Borrower may, on notice to the Administrative Agent and the Non-Accepting Lender, (i)Β replace such Non-Accepting Lender in whole or in part by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in SectionΒ 9.04) all or any part of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of the Loans and Commitments of the Affected Class to one or more Eligible Assignees (which Eligible Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender; provided, further, that (a)Β the applicable assignee shall have agreed to provide Loans and/or Commitments on the terms set forth in the applicable Permitted Amendment, (b)Β such Non-Accepting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of the Loans of the Affected Class assigned by it pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.24(c), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts (including any amounts under SectionΒ 2.09(a)(i)) payable to it hereunder from the Eligible Assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) and (c)Β unless waived, the Borrower or such Eligible Assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in SectionΒ 9.04(b).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this SectionΒ 2.24 shall supersede any provisions in SectionΒ 2.18 or SectionΒ 9.02 to the contrary.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders as of the Effective Date that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries is (a)Β 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, (b)Β has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Loan Document to which it is a party and (c)Β is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in the case of clause (a)Β (other than with respect to any Loan Party), clause (b)Β (other than with respect to Holdings and the Borrower) and clause (c), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other
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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 Holdings, the Borrower or such Loan Party, as the case may be, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditorsβ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03. Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a)Β 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, (b)Β will not violate (i)Β the Organizational Documents of, or (ii)Β any Requirements of Law applicable to, Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture or other agreement or instrument binding upon Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment, repurchase or redemption to be made by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation thereunder and (d)Β will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except Liens created under the Loan Documents, except (in the case of each of clausesΒ (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, default or right, 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) The Audited Financial Statements (i)Β were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and (ii)Β fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein.
(b) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lead Arrangers the consolidated pro forma balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at DecemberΒ 31, 2013, and the related consolidated proΒ forma statement of income of the Borrower as of and for the twelve-month period then ended (such pro forma balance sheet and statement of income, the βPro Forma Financial Statementsβ), which have been prepared giving effect to the Transactions (excluding the impact of purchase accounting effects required by GAAP) as if such transactions had occurred on such date or at the beginning of such period, as the case may be. The Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by Holdings to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis and in accordance with GAAP the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at DecemberΒ 31, 2014, and their estimated results of operations for the periods covered thereby, assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of such period (excluding the impact of purchase accounting effects required by GAAP).
(c) Since DecemberΒ 31, 2013, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.05. Properties.
(a) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, if any (including the Mortgaged Properties), (i)Β free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted by SectionΒ 6.02 and
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(ii) except for minor defects in title that do not 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, in each case, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) As of the Effective Date, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns any real property.
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(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 in writing against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i)Β 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)Β has, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)Β has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv)Β has, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, any basis to reasonably expect that Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will become subject to any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with (a)Β its Organizational Documents, (b)Β all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property and (c)Β all indentures and other agreements and instruments binding upon it or its property, except, in the case of clauses (b)Β and (c)Β 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is an βinvestment companyβ 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 as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) have timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and (b)Β have paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid (whether or not shown on a Tax return) including in their capacity as tax withholding agents, except any Taxes (i)Β that are not overdue by more than 30Β days or (ii)Β that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 3.10. ERISA.
(a) Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state laws.
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(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i)Β no ERISA Event has occurred during the five year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made or is reasonably expected to occur, (ii)Β neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under SectionΒ 4007 of ERISA), (iii)Β neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under SectionΒ 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under SectionΒ 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan and (iv)Β neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to SectionΒ 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
SECTION 3.11. Disclosure. As of the Effective Date, neither (a) the Information Memorandum nor (b)Β any of the other 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 Effective Date, as of the Effective 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 Effective Date, ScheduleΒ 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. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary owns, licenses or possesses the right to use, all Intellectual Property that are reasonably necessary for the operation of its business as currently conducted, and, without conflict with the rights of any Person. No Intellectual Property, advertising, product, process, method, substance, part or other material used by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and the operation of its business as currently conducted, infringes upon or violates any Intellectual Property rights held by any Person except for such infringements or violations, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any of the Intellectual Property is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, threatened in writing against Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.14. Solvency. On the Effective Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date and taking into account the consummation of the Special Dividend, after taking into account all applicable rights of indemnity and contribution, (a)Β the fair value of the assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b)Β the present fair saleable value of the property of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c)Β Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, and (d)Β Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the
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business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Effective Date. For purposes of this SectionΒ 3.14, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
SECTION 3.15. Senior Indebtedness. The Loan Document Obligations constitute βSenior Indebtednessβ (or any comparable term) under and as defined in the documentation governing any Junior Financing.
SECTION 3.16. Federal Reserve Regulations. None of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted 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 (a)Β the Term Loans made on the Effective Date to finance a portion of the Transactions and pay Transaction Costs and (b) the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans on and after the Effective Date for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
SECTION 3.18. PATRIOT Act, OFAC and FCPA.
(a) Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, for the purpose of funding (i)Β any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or (ii)Β any other transaction that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(b) Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not use the proceeds of the Loans directly, or, to the knowledge of Holdings, 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 United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the βFCPAβ).
(c) Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of Holdings, none of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries has, in the past three years, committed a violation of applicable regulations of the United States Department of the Treasuryβs Office of Foreign Assets Control (βOFACβ), Title III of the USA Patriot Act or the FCPA.
(d) Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, employee or agent thereof is an individual or entity currently on OFACβs list of Specifically Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, nor is Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions.
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ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied (or waived in accordance with SectionΒ 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i)Β a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii)Β 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, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and dated the Effective Date) of Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxΒ & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York counsel for the Loan Parties in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit I with appropriate insertions, executed by any Responsible Officer of such Loan Party, and including or attaching the documents referred to in paragraph (d)Β of this Section.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of (i)Β each Organizational Document of each Loan Party certified, to the extent applicable, as of a recent date by the applicable Governmental Authority, (ii)Β signature and incumbency certificates of the Responsible Officers of each Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (iii)Β 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 Effective Date by its secretary, an assistant secretary or a Responsible Officer as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment, and (iv)Β a good standing certificate (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Loan Partyβs 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 Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
(f) Subject to SectionΒ 5.15, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby.
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(g) Certificates of insurance shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent evidencing the existence of insurance to be maintained by Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to SectionΒ 5.07 and, if applicable, the Administrative Agent shall be designated as an additional insured and loss payee as its interest may appear thereunder, or solely as the additional insured, as the case may be, thereunder (provided that if such endorsement as additional insured cannot be delivered by the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent may consent to such endorsement being delivered at such later date as it deems appropriate in the circumstances).
(h) The Joint Bookrunners shall have received the Pro Forma Financial Statements and the Audited Financial Statements.
(i) Substantially simultaneously with the initial Borrowing under the Term Facility and the issuance of the Senior Notes, the Effective Date Refinancing shall be consummated.
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower certifying as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions.
(k) The Senior Notes shall have been issued or shall be issued simultaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Effective Date.
(l) The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received all documentation and other information about the Loan Parties as shall have been reasonably requested in writing at least 10 days prior to the Effective Date by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Bookrunners that they shall have reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under applicable βknow your customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act.
The Administrative Agent shall notify Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02) at or prior to 5:00Β p.m., New York City time, on MayΒ 2, 2014 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to receipt of the 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 or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be (in each case, unless such date is the Effective 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 βmateriality,β βMaterial Adverse Effectβ 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.
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(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing (provided that a conversion or a continuation of a Borrowing shall not constitute a βBorrowingβ for purposes of this Section) and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Holdings and the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphsΒ (a) and (b)Β of this Section.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
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 and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. Holdings or the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender:
(a) on or before the date on which such financial statements are required or permitted to be filed with the SEC (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 100 days after the end of each such fiscal year of the Borrower), audited consolidated balance sheet and audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows of the Borrower as of the end of and for such year, and related notes thereto, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by ErnstΒ & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a βgoing concernβ or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any exception or explanatory paragraph, but not a qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (A)Β an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or (B)Β any potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period)) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition as of the end of and for such year and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending MarchΒ 31, 2014, on or before the date on which such financial statements are required or permitted to be filed with the SEC with respect to each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 55Β days after the end of each such fiscal quarter), unaudited consolidated balance sheet and unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and such portion of the fiscal
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year and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in clauses (a)Β and (b)Β above, the consolidating financial information reflecting adjustments, if any, necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements;
(d) not later than five days after any delivery of financial statements under paragraphΒ (a)Β or (b)Β above, a certificate of a Financial Officer (i)Β certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii)Β setting forth reasonably detailed calculations (A)Β demonstrating compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant, if applicable and (B)Β in the case of financial statements delivered under paragraphΒ (a) above, beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year of the Borrower ending DecemberΒ 31, 2015, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and (iii)Β in the case of financial statements delivered under paragraphΒ (a) above, setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of the Net Proceeds received during the applicable period by or on behalf of, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any event described in clause (a)Β of the definition of the term βPrepayment Eventβ and the portion of such Net Proceeds that has been invested or are intended to be reinvested in accordance with the proviso in SectionΒ 2.11(c);
(e) not later than 100 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower occurring prior to an IPO, a detailed consolidated budget for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of projected operations, comprehensive income and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year and setting forth the material assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget);
(f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and registration statements (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) filed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with the SEC or with any national securities exchange; and
(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender may reasonably request in writing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a)Β and (b)Β of this SectionΒ 5.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A)Β the Form 10-K or 10-Q (or the equivalent), as applicable, of the Borrower (or a parent company thereof) filed with the SEC or (B)Β the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any Intermediate Parent or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings); provided that (i)Β to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Borrower, such information is accompanied by consolidating information, which may be unaudited, that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its
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Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand, and (ii)Β to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under SectionΒ 5.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of ErnstΒ & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any βgoing concernβ or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any exception or explanatory paragraph but not a qualification, that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i)Β an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or (ii)Β any potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period).
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a), (b)Β or (f)Β (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i)Β on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowerβs website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.01 (or otherwise notified pursuant to SectionΒ 9.01(d)); or (ii)Β on which such documents are posted on the Borrowerβs 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)Β the Borrower shall deliver such documents to the Administrative Agent upon its reasonable request until a written notice to cease delivering such documents is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii)Β 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 that (a)Β the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Bookrunners will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, βBorrower Materialsβ) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the βPlatformβ) and (b)Β certain of the Lenders (each, a βPublic Lenderβ) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Personsβ securities. 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 (w)Β all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked βPUBLICβ which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word βPUBLICβ shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x)Β by marking Borrower Materials βPUBLIC,β the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in SectionΒ 9.12); (y)Β all Borrower Materials marked βPUBLICβ are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated βPublic Side Informationβ; and (z)Β the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked βPUBLICβ as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated βPublic Side Information.β Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to xxxx any Borrower Materials βPUBLIC.β
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. Promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof, Holdings or the Borrower 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;
(b) 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 written 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 could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in 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. Information Regarding Collateral.
(a) Holdings or the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt (and in any event within 30 days or such longer period as reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent) written notice of any change (i)Β in any Loan Partyβs legal name (as set forth in its certificate of organization or like document), (ii)Β in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Loan Party or in the form of its organization or (iii)Β in any Loan Partyβs organizational identification number to the extent that such Loan Party is organized or owns Mortgaged Property in a jurisdiction where an organizational identification number is required to be included in a UCC financing statement for such jurisdiction.
(b) Not later than five days after delivery of financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or (b), Holdings or the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the BorrowerΒ (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to Sections 1(a)(i), 1(b), 2, 5, 6 and 8 of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section, (ii)Β identifying any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and that has become, or ceased to be, a Material Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary during the most recently ended fiscal quarter and (iii)Β certifying that all notices required to be given prior to the date of such certificate by SectionΒ 5.03 have been given.
SECTION 5.04. Existence; Conduct of Business. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, 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, Intellectual Property 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 any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under SectionΒ 6.03 or any Disposition permitted by SectionΒ 6.05.
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SECTION 5.05. Payment of Taxes, etc. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay its obligations in respect of Tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where 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. Maintenance of Properties. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07. Insurance.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, 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 the size and nature of its business, and 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 maintained by a Loan Party shall (i)Β name the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii)Β in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable/mortgagee clause or endorsement that names the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as the loss payee mortgagee thereunder.
(b) If any portion of any Mortgaged Property subject to FEMA rules and regulations is at any time located in an area identified by FEMA (or any successor agency) as 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, the βFlood Insurance Lawsβ), then the Borrower shall, or shall cause the relevant Loan Party to, (i)Β maintain or cause to be maintained, flood insurance sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii)Β deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance, which evidence complies with applicable Flood Insurance Laws and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
SECTION 5.08. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain proper books of record and account in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP (or applicable local standards) consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise visitation and inspection rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this SectionΒ 5.08 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two times during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and only one
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such time shall be at the Borrowerβs expense; provided further that (a)Β when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice and (b)Β the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give Holdings and the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with Holdingsβ or the Borrowerβs independent public accountants.
SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Laws. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, comply with its Organizational Documents and all Requirements of Law (including Environmental Laws) with respect to it, its property and operations, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.10. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term Loans and Revolving Loans drawn on the Effective Date, together with cash on hand of the Borrower, on the Effective Date to finance a portion of the Transactions. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans drawn after the Effective Date will be used only for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions). Letters of Credit will be used only for general corporate purposes. Holdings and its subsidiaries will use the proceeds of (i)Β any Incremental Facilities for working capital or any other purpose not prohibited by this Agreement and (ii)Β any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, applied among the Loans and any Incremental Facilities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.11. Additional Subsidiaries.
(a) If any additional Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent is formed or acquired after the Effective Date, Holdings or the Borrower will, within 30Β days after such newly formed or acquired Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent is formed or acquired (unless such Restricted Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary), notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and will cause such Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party within 30 days after such notice (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree and the Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent signed by a Responsible Officer, together with all attachments contemplated thereby).
(b) Within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) after Holdings or the Borrower identifies any new Material Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary that has ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to SectionΒ 5.03(b), all actions (if any) required to be taken with respect to such Subsidiary in order to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken with respect to such Subsidiary.
SECTION 5.12. Further Assurances.
(a) Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each Loan Party to, 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, deeds of trust and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law and that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.
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(b) If, after the Effective Date, any material assets (including any owned (but not leased) real property or improvements thereto or any interest therein with a Fair Market Value in excess of $30,000,000) are acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or are held by any Subsidiary on or after the time it becomes a Loan Party pursuant to SectionΒ 5.11 (other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien created by such Security Document upon acquisition thereof or constituting Excluded Assets), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Secured Obligations and will take and cause the other Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary and reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and consistent with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraphΒ (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and subject to the last paragraph of the definition of the term βCollateral and Guarantee Requirement.β
SECTION 5.13. Ratings. Each of Holdings and the Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause (a)Β the Borrower to continuously have a public corporate credit rating from each of S&P and Xxxxxβx (but not to maintain a specific rating) and (b)Β the credit facilities made available under this Agreement to be continuously rated by each of S&P and Xxxxxβx (but not to maintain a specific rating).
SECTION 5.14. Designation of Subsidiaries. The Borrower may at any time after the Effective Date designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i)Β immediately before and after such designation on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of the most recent Test Period, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii)Β immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall have an Interest Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00:1.00 on a Pro Forma Basis and (iii)Β no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or continue as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a βRestricted Subsidiaryβ for the purpose of the Senior Notes or any other Material Indebtedness of Holdings or the Borrower. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrowerβs or its Subsidiaryβs (as applicable) investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i)Β the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii)Β a return on any Investment by the Borrower in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of the Borrowerβs or its Subsidiaryβs (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary.
SECTION 5.15. Certain Post-Closing Obligations. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time periods after the Effective Date specified in ScheduleΒ 5.15 or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees to in writing, including to reasonably accommodate circumstances unforeseen on the Effective Date, Holdings, the Borrower and each other Loan Party shall deliver the documents or take the actions specified on ScheduleΒ 5.15 that would have been required to be delivered or taken on the Effective Date, 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 βCollateral and Guarantee Requirement.β
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts payable (other than contingent amounts not yet
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due) under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities.
(a) Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents (including any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20, 2.21 or 2.24);
(ii) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on ScheduleΒ 6.01 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(iii) Guarantees by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that (A)Β such Guarantee is otherwise permitted by SectionΒ 6.04, (B)Β no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Senior Notes or any Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Loan Document Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement and (C)Β if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Loan Document Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(iv) Indebtedness of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or of any Restricted Subsidiary owing to any other Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower, Holdings or any Intermediate Parent to the extent permitted by SectionΒ 6.04; provided that all such Indebtedness of any Loan Party owing to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations (to the extent any such Indebtedness is outstanding at any time after the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to material adverse Tax consequences) on terms (i)Β at least as favorable to the Lenders as those set forth in the form of intercompany note attached as Exhibit J or (ii)Β otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(v) (A)Β Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, and (B)Β any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauseΒ (A); provided further that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that is outstanding in reliance on this clause (v)Β shall not exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
(vi) Indebtedness in respect of (A)Β Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of shares of capital stock or other
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Equity Interests of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) and (B)Β Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii) (A) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) after the date hereof as a result of a Permitted Acquisition, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by the Borrower any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in a Permitted Acquisition, provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition; provided, further, that the Interest Coverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the assumption of such Indebtedness and such Permitted Acquisition is either (x)Β equal to or greater than 2.0 to 1.0 or (y)Β equal to or greater than the Interest Coverage Ratio immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such Permitted Acquisition for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time and (B)Β any Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the foregoing subclause (A);
(viii) [Reserved];
(ix) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course ofΒ business;
(x) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured promissory notes issued by any Loan Party to current or former officers, directors and employees or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by SectionΒ 6.08(a);
(xi) Indebtedness constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price or other similar adjustments incurred in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment or any Disposition, in each case permitted under this Agreement;
(xii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder;
(xiii) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and Indebtedness arising from the honoring of a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (xiv)Β shall not exceed the greater of $190,000,000 and 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time; provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party outstanding in reliance on this clause (xiv)Β shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $75,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
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(xv) Indebtedness consisting of (A)Β the financing of insurance premiums or (B)Β take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(xvi) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankersβ acceptances or similar instruments issued or created, or related to obligations or liabilities incurred, in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(xvii) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance, bankers acceptance facilities and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(xviii) unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings or any Intermediate Parent (βPermitted Holdings Debtβ) (A)Β that is not subject to any Guarantee by any subsidiary thereof, (B)Β that will not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of issuance or incurrence thereof, (C)Β that has no scheduled amortization or payments, repurchases or redemptions of principal (it being understood that such Indebtedness may have mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions satisfying the requirements of clause (E)Β below), (D)Β that permits payments of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof to be paid in kind rather than in cash, (E)Β that has mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption, covenant, default and remedy provisions customary for senior or senior subordinated discount notes of an issuer that is the parent of a borrower under senior secured credit facilities, and in any event, with respect to covenant, default and remedy provisions, no more restrictive (taken as a whole) than those set forth in this Agreement (other than provisions customary for senior or senior subordinated discount notes of a holding company); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the issuance or incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that Holdings has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies Holdings within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (F)Β that any such Indebtedness of Holdings or any Intermediate Parent is subordinated in right of payment to its Guarantee under the Guarantee Agreement; provided, further, that any such Indebtedness shall constitute Permitted Holdings Debt only if immediately after giving effect to the issuance or incurrence thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(xix) (A) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis, the Interest Coverage Ratio is greater than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0 and (B)Β any Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the foregoing subclause (A); provided, that (i)Β to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on Collateral, such Liens shall be junior in priority relative
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to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and (ii)Β the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party outstanding in reliance on this clause (xix)Β shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $75,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
(xx) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;
(xxi) Indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Notes, and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(xxii) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(xxiii) Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(xxiv) (A) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party issued in lieu of Incremental Facilities consisting of (i)Β secured or unsecured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures, if secured, may be secured either by Liens having equal priority with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) or by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations) or (ii)Β secured or unsecured loans (which loans, if secured, must be secured by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations); provided that (i)Β the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause shall not exceed at the time of incurrence the Incremental Cap at such time, (ii)Β such Indebtedness complies with the Required Additional Debt Terms and (iii)Β the condition set forth in the proviso in the first sentence of SectionΒ 2.20(a) shall have been complied with as if such Indebtedness was an Incremental Facility and (B)Β any Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the foregoing subclause (A);
(xxv) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party outstanding in reliance on this clause (xxv)Β shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $37,500,000 and 10.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
(xxvi) (A) Indebtedness incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i)Β the Interest Coverage Ratio after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such Permitted Acquisition (tested, at the Borrowerβs option, either at the time (A)Β of the incurrence of such Indebtedness or (B)Β a definitive agreement with respect to such Permitted Acquisition is entered into) is either (x)Β equal to or greater than 2.0 to 1.0 or (y)Β equal to or greater than the Interest Coverage Ratio immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and such Permitted Acquisition for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time and (ii)Β to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on Collateral, such Liens shall be junior in priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and (B)Β any Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the foregoing subclause (A); provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party outstanding in reliance on this clause (xxvi)Β shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the greater of $75,000,000 and 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period as of such time;
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(xxvii) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clausesΒ (i) through (xxvi)Β above; and
(xxviii) Holdings and any Intermediate Parent will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness except Indebtedness created under SectionsΒ 6.01(a)(i), (iii), (iv), (vi), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xv)(A), (xviii)Β and all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in the foregoing clauses.
(b) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, issue any preferred Equity Interests or any Disqualified Equity Interests, except (A)Β in the case of Holdings, preferred Equity Interests that are Qualified Equity Interests and (B)Β in the case of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent, (x)Β preferred Equity Interests or Disqualified Equity Interests issued to and held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (y)Β preferred Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) issued to and held by joint venture partners after the Effective Date; provided that in the case of this clause (y)Β any such issuance of preferred Equity Interests shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness and subject to the provisions set forth in SectionΒ 6.01(a) and (b).
For purposes of determining compliance with this SectionΒ 6.01, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (a)(i) through (a)(xxviii) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will be deemed to have been incurred in reliance only on the exception in clause (a)(i).
SECTION 6.02. Liens. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:
(i) Liens created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Permitted Encumbrances;
(iii) Liens existing on the Effective Date; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness or other obligations in excess of $2,500,000 individually shall only be permitted if set forth on ScheduleΒ 6.02 and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (A)Β such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (1)Β after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (2)Β proceeds and products thereof, and (B)Β the obligations secured or benefited by such modified, replacement, renewal or extension Lien are permitted by SectionΒ 6.01;
(iv) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(a)(v); provided that (A)Β such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, repair, replacement, construction or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens,
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(B)Β such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness except for accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof, and any lease of such property (including accessions thereto) and the proceeds and products thereof and (C)Β with respect to Capital Lease Obligations; such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for accessions to or proceeds of such assets) other than the assets subject to such Capital Lease Obligations; provided further that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by suchΒ lender;
(v) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others that do not (A)Β interfere in any material respect with the business of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B)Β secure anyΒ Indebtedness;
(vi) 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;
(vii) Liens (A)Β of a collection bank arising under SectionΒ 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (B)Β in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(viii) Liens (A)Β on cash advances or escrow deposits in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or otherwise in connection with any escrow arrangements with respect to any such Investment or any Disposition permitted under SectionΒ 6.05 (including any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to such Investment or Disposition), or (B)Β consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under SectionΒ 6.05, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
(ix) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, which Liens secure Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, in each case permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(a);
(x) Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of any Loan Party, Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and Liens granted by a Loan Party in favor of any other Loan Party;
(xi) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the date hereof (other than Liens on the Equity Interests of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that (A)Β such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (B)Β such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and other than after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require or include, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (C)Β the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(a)(v) or (vii);
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(xii) any interest or title of a lessor under leases (other than leases constituting Capital Lease Obligations) entered into by any of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale or purchase of goods by any of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under clauseΒ (e) of the definition of the term βPermitted Investmentsβ;
(xv) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(xvi) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff (A)Β relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (B)Β relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (C)Β relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located;
(xviii) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(xix) Liens (A)Β on the Collateral securing Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, (B)Β on the Collateral securing Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, (C)Β on the Collateral securing Incremental Equivalent Debt and (D)Β on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a)(xix) and SectionΒ 6.01(a)(xxvi).
(xx) other Liens; provided that at the time of the granting of and after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such Lien and the obligations secured thereby (including the use of proceeds thereof) the aggregate outstanding face amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (xx)Β shall not exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such time.
(xxi) Liens on cash and Permitted Investments used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such satisfaction or discharge is permitted hereunder;
(xxii) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof; and
(xxiii) Liens on cash or Permitted Investments securing Swap Agreements in the ordinary course of business submitted for clearing in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.
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SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes; Holdings Covenant.
(a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any other Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that:
(i) any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with (A)Β the Borrower; provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (B)Β in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that when any Subsidiary Loan Party is merging, consolidating or amalgamating with another Restricted Subsidiary (1)Β the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party or (2)Β if the continuing or surviving Person is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, the acquisition of such Subsidiary Loan Party by such surviving Restricted Subsidiary is otherwise permitted under SectionΒ 6.04;
(ii) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) or Intermediate Parent may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if Holdings determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may make a Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then (A)Β the transferee must be a Loan Party, (B)Β to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in accordance with SectionΒ 6.04 or (C)Β to the extent constituting a Disposition to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, such Disposition is for Fair Market Value and any promissory note or other non-cash consideration received in respect thereof is a permitted Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in accordance with SectionΒ 6.04;
(iv) the Borrower may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person; provided that (A)Β the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B)Β if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the βSuccessor Borrowerβ), (1)Β the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (2)Β the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (3)Β each Loan Party other than the Borrower, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have reaffirmed, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that its Guarantee of, and grant of any Liens as security for, the Secured Obligations shall apply to the Successor Borrowerβs obligations under this Agreement and (4)Β the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation complies with this Agreement; provided further that (y)Β if such Person is not a Loan Party, no Event of Default exists after giving effect to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and (z)Β if the foregoing requirements are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided further that the Borrower agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any documentation and other information about the Successor Borrower as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by any the Lender through the Administrative
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Agent that such Lender shall have reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under applicable βknow your customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including Title III of the USA Patriot Act;
(v) Holdings or any Intermediate Parent may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person, so long as no Event of Default exists after giving effect to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation; provided that (A)Β Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B)Β if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, or is a Person into which Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, has been liquidated (any such Person, the βSuccessor Holdingsβ), (1)Β the Successor Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (2)Β each Loan Party other than Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have reaffirmed, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that its Guarantee of and grant of any Liens as security for the Secured Obligations shall apply to the Successor Holdingsβ obligations under this Agreement, (3)Β the Successor Holdings shall, immediately following such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, directly or indirectly own all Subsidiaries owned by Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction, (4)Β Holdings or Intermediate Parent, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation complies with this Agreement; provided further that if the foregoing requirements are satisfied, the Successor Holdings will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings or immediate Parent, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided further that Holdings agrees to provide any documentation and other information about the Successor Holdings as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by any the Lender through the Administrative Agent that such Lender shall have reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under applicable βknow your customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including Title III of the USA Patriot Act;
(vi) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04; provided that the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Sections 5.11 and 5.12;
(vii) any Restricted Subsidiary may effect a merger, dissolution, liquidation consolidation or amalgamation to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.05.
(b) Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by them on the Effective Date and other business activities which are extensions thereof or otherwise incidental, reasonably related or ancillary to any of the foregoing.
(c) Holdings and any Intermediate Parent will not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i)Β the ownership and/or acquisition of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and any Intermediate Parent, (ii)Β the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii)Β participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and
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the Borrower, (iv)Β the performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Loan Documents, any documentation governing any Indebtedness or Guarantee permitted to be incurred or made by it under Article VI and the other agreements contemplated hereby, (v)Β any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or registration of its Equity Interests for sale or resale not prohibited by this Agreement, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi)Β any transaction that Holdings or any Intermediate Parent is permitted to enter into or consummate under Article VI (including, but not limited to, the making of any Restricted Payment permitted by SectionΒ 6.08 or holding of any cash or Permitted Investments received in connection with Restricted Payments made in accordance with SectionΒ 6.08 pending application thereof in the manner contemplated by SectionΒ 6.04, the incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by it under SectionΒ 6.01 and the making of any Investment permitted to be made by it under SectionΒ 6.04), (vii)Β incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes, (viii)Β providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted in SectionΒ 6.09, (ix)Β activities incidental to the consummation of the Transactions and (x)Β activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i)Β to (ix)Β of this paragraph.
(d) Holdings and any Intermediate Parent will not own or acquire any assets (other than Equity Interests as referred to in paragraphΒ (c)(i) above, cash, Permitted Investments, loans and advances made by Holdings or any Intermediate Parent under SectionΒ 6.04(b), intercompany Investments consisting of Indebtedness permitted to be made by it under SectionΒ 6.04) or incur any liabilities (other than liabilities as referred to in paragraphΒ (c) above, liabilities imposed by law, including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to its existence and business and activities permitted by this Agreement).
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, make or hold any Investment, except:
(a) Permitted Investments at the time such Permitted Investment is made;
(b) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i)Β for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii)Β in connection with such Personβs purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) (provided that the amount of such loans and advances made in cash to such Person shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity or Qualified Equity Interests) and (iii)Β for purposes not described in the foregoing clausesΒ (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $35,000,000;
(c) Investments by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of any Investment by a Loan Party in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(d) Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Investments (i)Β existing or contemplated on the date hereof and set forth on ScheduleΒ 6.04(e) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii)Β Investments existing on the date hereof by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or
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extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment to the extent as set forth on Schedule 6.04(e) or as otherwise permitted by this SectionΒ 6.04;
(f) Investments in Swap Agreements permitted under SectionΒ 6.01;
(g) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 6.05;
(h) Permitted Acquisitions;
(i) [Reserved];
(j) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code ArticleΒ 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code ArticleΒ 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(k) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(l) loans and advances to Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Intermediate Parent in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to Holdings (or such parent) or such Intermediate Parent in accordance with SectionΒ 6.08(a);
(m) additional Investments and other acquisitions; provided that at the time any such Investment or other acquisition is made, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Investment or acquisition made in reliance on this clause (m), together with the aggregate amount of all consideration paid in connection with all other Investments and acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (m)Β (including the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness assumed in connection with any such other Investment or acquisition previously made under this clause (m)), shall not exceed the sum of (A)Β the greater of $190,000,000 and 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Investment or other acquisition, plus (B)Β so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or, in the case of the use of the Starter Basket that is Not Otherwise Applied, no Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b), (h)Β or (i)), the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment, plus (C)Β the Available Equity Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied as in effect immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment;
(n) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course ofΒ business;
(o) Investments and other acquisitions to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof or the IPO Entity); provided that (i)Β such amounts used pursuant to this clause (o)Β shall not increase the Available Equity Amount and (ii)Β any amounts used for such an Investment or other acquisition that are not Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof of or the IPO Entity) are otherwise permitted pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.04;
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(p) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date or of a Person merged or consolidated with any Subsidiary in accordance with this Section and SectionΒ 6.03 after the Effective Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(q) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that after giving effect to any such activities, the security interests of the Lenders in the Collateral, taken as a whole, would not be materially impaired; and
(r) Investments consisting of Indebtedness, Liens, fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted (other than by reference to this SectionΒ 6.04(r)) under Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05 and 6.08, respectively;
(s) additional Investments; provided that after giving effect to such Investment (A)Β on a Pro Forma Basis, the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 and (B)Β there is no continuing Event of Default;
(t) contributions to a βrabbiβ trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower;
(u) to the extent that they constitute Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials or equipment or purchases, acquisitions, licenses or leases of other assets, Intellectual Property, or other rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of βUnrestricted Subsidiary.β
SECTION 6.05. Asset Sales. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will Holdings or the Borrower permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary (other than issuing directorsβ qualifying shares, nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law and other than issuing Equity Interests to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with SectionΒ 6.01(b) (each, a βDispositionβ), except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, in the conduct of the business of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including allowing any registration or application for registration of any Intellectual Property that is no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, to lapse, go abandoned, or be invalidated);
(b) Dispositions of inventory and other assets in the ordinary course of business;
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(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i)Β such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii)Β an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacementΒ property;
(d) Dispositions of property to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then either (i)Β the transferee must be a Loan Party, (ii)Β to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in accordance with SectionΒ 6.04 or (iii)Β to the extent constituting a Disposition to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, such Disposition is for Fair Market Value and any promissory note or other non-cash consideration received in respect thereof is a permitted investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in accordance with SectionΒ 6.04;
(e) Dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 6.03, Investments permitted by SectionΒ 6.04, Restricted Payments permitted by SectionΒ 6.08 and Liens permitted by SectionΒ 6.02, in each case, other than by reference to this SectionΒ 6.05(e);
(f) Dispositions of property acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Effective Date pursuant to sale-leaseback transactions permitted by SectionΒ 6.06;
(g) Dispositions of Permitted Investments;
(h) Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (including sales to factors or other third parties);
(i) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business and that do not materially interfere with the business of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(j) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(k) Dispositions of property to Persons other than Restricted Subsidiaries (including the sale or issuance of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary) not otherwise permitted under this SectionΒ 6.05; provided that (i)Β such Disposition is made for Fair Market Value and (ii)Β with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (k)Β for a purchase price in excess of $30,000,000 for any transaction or series of related transaction, Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Permitted Investments; provided, however, that for the purposes of this clauseΒ (ii), (A)Β any liabilities (as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, shall be deemed to be cash, (B) any securities received by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Permitted Investments (to the extent of the cash or Permitted
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Investments received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition, shall be deemed to be cash and (C)Β any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clauseΒ (k) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets for the most recently ended Test Period as of the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash;
(l) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(m) Dispositions of any assets (including Equity Interests) (A)Β acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (B)Β made to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; and
(n) transfers of condemned property as a result of the exercise of βeminent domainβ or other similar powers to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of property arising from foreclosure or similar action or that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such real property as part of an insurance settlement.
SECTION 6.06. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, 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 rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 270Β days after the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset; provided that, if such sale and leaseback results in a Capital Lease Obligation, such Capital Lease Obligation is permitted by SectionΒ 6.01 and any Lien made the subject of such Capital Lease Obligation is permitted by SectionΒ 6.02.
SECTION 6.07. Negative Pledge. Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease that prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Secured Obligations or under the Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(a) restrictions and conditions imposed by (i)Β Requirements of Law, (ii)Β any Loan Document, (iii)Β the Senior Notes, (iv)Β any documentation governing Incremental Equivalent Debt, (v)Β any documentation governing Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt, Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, (vi)Β any documentation governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01(a)(xxiv) and (vii)Β any documentation
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governing any Permitted Refinancing incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness referenced in clauses (i)Β through (vi)Β above; provided that with respect to Indebtedness referenced in (A)Β clauses (iv)Β and (vi)Β above, such restrictions shall be no more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in the Loan Documents or, in the case of Junior Financing, are market terms at the time of issuance and (B)Β clause (v)Β above, such restrictions shall not expand the scope in any material respect of any such restriction or condition contained in the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(b) customary restrictions and conditions existing on the Effective Date and any extension, renewal, amendment, modification or replacement thereof, except to the extent any such amendment, modification or replacement expands the scope of any such restriction or condition;
(c) restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is or are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder;
(d) customary provisions in leases, licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof;
(e) restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent such restriction applies only to the property securing by such Indebtedness;
(f) any restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) (restrictions or conditions in any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 6.01 that is incurred or assumed by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties to the extent such restrictions or conditions are no more restrictive in any material respect than the restrictions and conditions in the Loan Documents or, in the case of Junior Financing, are market terms at the time of issuance and are imposed solely on such Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries);
(h) restrictions on cash (or Permitted Investments) or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (or other restrictions on cash or deposits constituting Permitted Encumbrances);
(i) restrictions set forth on Schedule 6.07 and any extension, renewal, amendment, modification or replacement thereof, except to the extent any such amendment, modification or replacement expands the scope of any such restriction or condition;
(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted by SectionΒ 6.04 and applicable solely to such joint venture and entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(k) 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 could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations.
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SECTION 6.08. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.
(a) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(i) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of any such Restricted Payment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, such Restricted Payment is made to the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(ii) the Special Dividend;
(iii) Holdings, any Intermediate Parent and the Borrower may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests of such Person;
(iv) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings (or Restricted Payments by Holdings to allow repurchases of Equity Interest in any direct or indirect parent of Holdings), any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or other incentive interests;
(v) Restricted Payments to Holdings which Holdings may use to redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase its Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights or other equity linked interests issued with respect to any of such Equity Interests) (or make Restricted Payments to allow any of the Holdingsβ direct or indirect parent companies to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Equity Interests) held by current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee stock ownership or incentive plan, stock subscription plan, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holdersβ agreement in an aggregate amount after the Effective Date together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to Holdings made pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(l) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (v)Β not to exceed $30,000,000 in any calendar year with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum of $50,000,000 in any calendar year (without giving effect to the following proviso); provided that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Effective Date;
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(vi) (A) for any taxable period for which the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries are members of a consolidated, combined or unitary tax group for U.S. federal and/or applicable state, local or foreign income Tax purposes of which an Intermediate Parent, Holdings or a direct or indirect parent of Holdings is the common parent (a βTax Groupβ), the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Intermediate Parent or Holdings, to pay the portion of any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign income Taxes (as applicable) of such Tax Group for such taxable period that is attributable to the income of the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries; provided that Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vi)(A) shall not exceed the Tax liability that the Borrower and/or its applicable Subsidiaries would have incurred in respect of such Taxes were such Taxes determined as if such entity(ies) were a stand-alone taxpayer or a stand-alone group; and provided, further, that Restricted Payments under this clause (vi)(A) in respect of any Taxes attributable to the income of any Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be made only to the extent that such Unrestricted Subsidiaries have made cash payments for such purpose to Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(B) for any taxable period for which any Intermediate Parent or Holdings is a member of a Tax Group of which Holdings or a direct or indirect parent of Holdings is the common parent, any Intermediate Parent may make Restricted Payments to Holdings and/or Holdings may make Restricted Payments to its direct or indirect parent (as applicable) in an aggregate amount equal to (1)Β the amount of any payments received by any Intermediate Parent or Holdings from Borrower pursuant to clause (vi)(A) in respect of such Tax Group for such taxable period plus (2)Β without duplication of subclause (1), the portion of such Tax Groupβs income taxes for such taxable period that is attributable to the income of any Intermediate Parent and/or Holdings, as applicable; provided that Restricted Payments made pursuant to this subclause (2)Β shall not exceed the Tax liability that such Intermediate Parent(s) and/or Holdings (as applicable) would have incurred in respect of such Taxes were such Taxes determined as if such entity(ies) were a stand-alone taxpayer or a stand-alone group that did not include Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(vii) any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in cash to Holdings and any Intermediate Parent and, where applicable, Holdings and such Intermediate Parent may make Restricted Payments in cash:
(A) [Reserved]
(B) the proceeds of which shall be used by Holdings or any Intermediate Parent to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to pay) (1)Β its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting, tax reporting and similar expenses payable to third parties) that are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2)Β any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of Holdings (or any parent thereof or any Intermediate Parent) attributable to the ownership or operations of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (3)Β fees and expenses (x)Β due and payable by the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries and (y)Β otherwise permitted to be paid by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement, (4)Β amounts due and payable pursuant to the Investor Management Agreement permitted to be paid pursuant to SectionΒ 6.09(iv) and (5)Β amounts that would otherwise be permitted to be paid pursuant to SectionΒ 6.09(iii) or (xi);
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(C) the proceeds of which shall be used by Holdings or any Intermediate Parent to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to pay) franchise and similar Taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain its organizational existence;
(D) the proceeds of which shall be used by Holdings to make Restricted Payments permitted by SectionΒ 6.08(a)(iv) or SectionΒ 6.08(a)(v);
(E) to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04 (other than SectionΒ 6.04(l)); provided that (A)Β such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B)Β Holdings or any Intermediate Parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1)Β all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests but not including any loans or advances made pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(b)) to be contributed to the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or (2)Β the Person formed or acquired to merge into or consolidate with the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is permitted in SectionΒ 6.03) in order to consummate such Investment, in each case in accordance with the requirements of SectionsΒ 5.11 and 5.12;
(F) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(G) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) fees and expenses related to any equity or debt offering not prohibited by this Agreement (whether or not such offering is successful); and
(H) the proceeds of which shall be used to make payments permitted by clauses (b)(iv) and (b)(v) of this SectionΒ 6.08;
(viii) in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments, the Borrower and any Intermediate Parent may make additional Restricted Payments to any Intermediate Parent and Holdings, the proceeds of which may be utilized by Holdings to make additional Restricted Payments or by Holdings or by any Intermediate Parent to make any payments in respect of any Permitted Holdings Debt, in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to Holdings previously made pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(l) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (viii), not to exceed the sum of (A)Β subject, to the extent used to fund the payment of dividends or distributions to the Sponsors, to no continuing Event of Default, an amount at the time of making any such Restricted Payment and together with any other Restricted Payment previously made utilizing this subclause (A)Β not to exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such Restricted Payment plus (B)Β so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied plus (C)Β the Available Equity Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied;
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(ix) redemptions in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests; provided that such new Equity Interests contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to the Lenders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby.
(x) payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units;
(xi) Holdings or any Intermediate Parent may (a)Β pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition (or other similar Investment) and (b)Β honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(xii) the declaration and payment of Restricted Payment on Holdingsβ or the Borrowerβs common stock (or the payment of Restricted Payments to any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to fund a payment of dividends on such companyβs common stock), following consummation of an IPO, of up to 6.0%Β per annum of the net cash proceeds of such IPO received by or contributed to the IPO Entity, other than public offerings with respect to the IPO Entityβs common stock registered on Form S-8;
(xiii) payments made or expected to be made by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective controlled Affiliates or Permitted Transferees) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes;
(xiv) additional Restricted Payments; provided that after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (A)Β on a Pro Forma Basis, the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 and (B)Β there is no continuing Event of Default;
(xv) in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments, the Borrower, any Intermediate Parent and Holdings may, subject, to the extent used to fund the payment of dividends or distributions to the Sponsors, to no continuing Event of Default, make additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 per calendar year;
(xvi) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Equity Interests of, or Indebtedness owed to Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are Permitted Investments).
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(b) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any other Restricted Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or 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 of any Junior Financing, or any other payment (including any payment under any Swap Agreement) that has a substantially similar effect to any of the foregoing, except:
(i) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as, in the form of payment and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of any Junior Financing prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(ii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by SectionΒ 6.01;
(iii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Intermediate Parent; and
(iv) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount, not to exceed the sum of (A)Β an amount at the time of making any such Restricted Payment and together with any other Restricted Payment made utilizing this subclause (A)Β not to exceed the greater of $40,000,000 and 10.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period after giving Pro Forma Effect to the making of such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment plus (B)Β the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied plus (C)Β the Available Equity Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied; and
(v) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity; provided that after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (A)Β on a Pro Forma Basis, the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.0 and (B)Β there is no continuing Event of Default.
(c) Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Intermediate Parent to, amend or modify any documentation governing any Junior Financing, in each case if the effect of such amendment or modification (when taken as a whole) is materially adverse to the Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 6.08 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary or any Intermediate Parent to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (i)Β (A)Β transactions with
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Holdings, the Borrower, any Intermediate Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and (B)Β transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration of less than $25,000,000, (ii)Β on terms substantially as favorable to Holdings, the Borrower, such Intermediate Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by such Person at the time in a comparable armβs-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, (iii)Β the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions, (iv)Β the payment of management and monitoring fees to the Investors (or management companies of the Investors) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount permitted to be paid pursuant to the Investor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any Investor Termination Fees not to exceed the amount set forth in the Investor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and related indemnities and reasonable expenses, (v)Β issuances of Equity Interests of Holdings to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (vi)Β employment and severance arrangements between Holdings, the Borrower, any Intermediate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in connection with the Transactions (including loans and advances pursuant to Sections 6.04(b) and 6.04(n), (vii)Β payments by Holdings (and any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among Holdings (and any such parent thereof), any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent payments are permitted by SectionΒ 6.08(a)(vi)(A), (viii)Β the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers and employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), the Borrower, any Intermediate Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ix)Β transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence or contemplated on the Effective Date and set forth on ScheduleΒ 6.09 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect, (x)Β Restricted Payments permitted under SectionΒ 6.08 and loans and advances in lieu thereof pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(l) and (xi)Β customary payments by Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsors made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions, divestitures or financings), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the board of directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of such Person in good faith; (xii)Β the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing) of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of any of the foregoing.
SECTION 6.10. Changes in Fiscal Periods. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will make any change in fiscal year; provided, however, that Holdings and the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
SECTION 6.11. Financial Covenant. If on the last day of any Test Period the sum of (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans then outstanding, plus (b)Β the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding, plus (c)Β the amount of all LC Disbursements then outstanding exceeds 30.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments then in effect, Holdings will not permit the First Lien Leverage Ratio to exceed 7.25 to 1.00 as of the last day of such Test Period.
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ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events (any such event, an βEvent of Defaultβ) shall occur:
(a) any Loan Party shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement 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) any Loan Party shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in paragraphΒ (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 five 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, and such incorrect representation or warranty (if curable) shall remain incorrect for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(d) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in SectionsΒ 5.02, 5.04 (with respect to the existence of Holdings or the Borrower), 5.10 or in ArticleΒ VI (other than Sections 6.03(b), 6.09 or 6.10); provided that any Event of Default under SectionΒ 6.11 is subject to cure as provided in SectionΒ 7.02 and an Event of Default with respect to such Section shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th day subsequent to the date on which the financial statements with respect to the applicable fiscal quarter (or the fiscal year ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter) are required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or SectionΒ 5.01(b), as applicable, and (ii)Β a default under SectionΒ 6.11 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Term Loans unless and until the Required Revolving Lenders shall have terminated their Revolving Commitments and declared all amounts under the Revolving Loans to be due and payable (such period commencing with a default under SectionΒ 6.11 and ending on the date on which the Required Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility terminate and accelerate the Revolving Loans, the βTermΒ LoanΒ Standstill Periodβ);
(e) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphΒ (a), (b)Β or (d)Β of this Section), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30Β days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shallΒ 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 paragraphΒ (g) shall not apply to (i)Β 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)Β termination events or similar events occurring under any Swap Agreement that constitutes Material Indebtedness (it being understood that paragraph (f)Β 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)Β 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)Β 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 60Β days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i)Β 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)Β consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in paragraphΒ (h) of this Section, (iii)Β 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)Β file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v)Β 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 $75,000,000 (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 Holdings, the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60Β consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any judgment creditor shall legally attach or levy upon assets of such Loan Party that are material to the businesses and operations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to enforce any such judgment;
(k) (i)Β an ERISA Event occurs that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)Β any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its Withdrawal Liability under SectionΒ 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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(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, except (i)Β as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral to a Person that is not a Loan Party in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents, (ii)Β as a result of the Administrative Agentβs failure to (A)Β maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents or (B)Β file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements, (iii)Β as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lenderβs title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage or (iv)Β as a result of acts or omissions of the Administrative Agent or any Lender;
(m) any material provision of any Loan Document or any Guarantee of the Loan Document 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 Document Obligations by any Loan Party pursuant to the Guarantee 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 paragraphΒ (h) or (i)Β of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders (or, if an Event of Default resulting from a breach of the Financial Performance Covenant occurs and is continuing and prior to the expiration of the Term Loan Standstill Period, at the request of the Required Revolving Lenders only, and in such case only with respect to the Revolving Commitments, Swingline Commitments, and any Letters of Credit) shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times:Β (i)Β terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)Β 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 paragraphΒ (h) or (i)Β of this Article, 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.
SECTION 7.02. Right to Cure.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in SectionΒ 7.01, in the event that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries fail to comply with the requirements of either Financial Performance Covenant as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, at any time after the beginning of such fiscal quarter until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the earlier of (i)Β the date on which a Compliance Certificate with respect to such fiscal quarter (or the fiscal year ended on the last day
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of such fiscal quarter) is delivered in accordance with SectionΒ 5.01(d) and (ii)Β the date on which the financial statements with respect to such fiscal quarter (or the fiscal year ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter) are required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable, Holdings shall have the right to issue Qualified Equity Interests for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Holdings as cash common equity or other Qualified Equity Interests (which Holdings shall contribute through its Subsidiaries of which the Borrower is a Subsidiary to the Borrower as cash common equity) (collectively, the βCure Rightβ), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of the Net Proceeds of such issuance that are Not Otherwise Applied (theΒ βCureΒ Amountβ) pursuant to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right such Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustment:
(i) Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter and any four fiscal quarter period that contains such fiscal quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and
(ii) if, after giving effect to the foregoing pro forma adjustment (without giving effect to any portion of the Cure Amount or any portion of the Cure Amount on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, with respect to such fiscal quarter only but with giving pro forma effect to any portion of the Cure Amount actually applied to any repayment of any Indebtedness), Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement;
provided that the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the exercise of such Cure Right within five (5)Β Business Days of the issuance of the relevant Qualified Equity Interests for cash or the receipt of the cash contributions by Holdings.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i)Β in each four consecutive fiscal quarter period of the Borrower there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii)Β during the term of this Agreement, the Cure Right shall not be exercised more than five times and (iii)Β for purposes of this SectionΒ 7.02, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenants and any amounts in excess thereof shall not be deemed to be a Cure Amount. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Cure Amount received pursuant to any exercise of the Cure Right shall be disregarded for purposes of determining any available basket under ArticleΒ VI of this Agreement and there shall not have been a breach of any covenant under Article VI of this Agreement by reason of having no longer included such Cure Amount in any basket during the relevant period.
SECTION 7.03. Application of Proceeds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in SectionΒ 7.01, any amounts received on account of the Secured Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with SectionΒ 4.02 of the Collateral Agreement and/or the similar provisions in the other Security Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from such Guarantor or its assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation to Secured Obligations otherwise set forth in SectionΒ 4.02 of the Collateral Agreement and/or the similar provisions in the other Security Documents.
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ARTICLE VIII
Administrative Agent
SECTION 8.01. Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America 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, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the βcollateral agentβ under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Bank for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as βcollateral agentβ and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 8.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article VIII and Article IX (including SectionΒ 9.03 as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the βcollateral agentβ under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
SECTION 8.02. Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder 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 and the term βLenderβ or βLendersβ 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, 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. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) 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 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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(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;
(d) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i)Β 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 SectionΒ 9.02 and in the last paragraph of SectionΒ 7.01) or (ii)Β in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided that the Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Bank;
(e) shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)Β any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii)Β the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii)Β 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)Β the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (v)Β the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi)Β the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; and
(f) shall have no responsibility or liability for monitoring or enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or for any assignment of any Loan or Commitment or for the sale of any participation, in either case, to a Disqualified Lender.
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, representation, 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 the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. 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.
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
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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 credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign upon 30 daysβ notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the Borrowerβs consent (unless an Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be an Approved Bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such Approved Bank (the date upon which the retiring Administrative Agent is replaced, the βResignation Effective Dateβ).
If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender, the Required Lenders and Holdings may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with the consent of the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (the βRemoval Effective Dateβ), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1)Β the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except (i)Β 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 or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and (ii)Β with respect to any outstanding payment obligations) and (2)Β except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, 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 successorβs 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 (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as set forth in this Section. 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 or removed Administrative Agentβs resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and SectionΒ 9.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed 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 or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent 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 and the Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent 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.
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Facility Amendment or Refinancing Amendment pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.
No Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Secured Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders in accordance with the terms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders at such sale or other disposition. Each Lender, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions.
SECTION 8.07. No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither any Joint Bookrunner nor any person named on the cover page hereof as a Joint Lead Arranger, a Syndication Agent or a Documentation Agent shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder.
SECTION 8.08. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or outstanding Letter of Credit shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Letter of Credit outstandings and all other Secured 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, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.12 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
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(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, 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 SectionsΒ 2.12 and 9.03.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the Issuing Bank or in any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.09. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Article VII for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Banks; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a)Β the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b)Β the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c)Β any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with SectionΒ 9.08 (subject to the terms of SectionΒ 2.18), or (d)Β any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i)Β the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VII and (ii)Β in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c)Β and (d)Β of the preceding proviso and subject to SectionΒ 2.18, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
To the extent required by any applicable Requirements of Law, the Administrative Agent may deduct or withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority of the United States
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or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not property 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), such Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by the Loan Parties pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17 and without limiting any obligation of the Loan Parties to do so pursuant to such Section) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Taxes or otherwise, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses and any other out-of-pocketΒ expenses, whether or not such Tax was 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Article VIII. The agreements in this paragraph 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 this Agreement and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations under any Loan Document. For the avoidance of doubt, the term βLenderβ in this Article VIII shall include any Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender.
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, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, 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 e-mail 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).
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 fax or other electronic transmission 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)Β below shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail
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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 or the Issuing Bank pursuant to ArticleΒ II if such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, 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)Β notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senderβs receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the βreturn receipt requestedβ 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)Β 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 clauseΒ (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED βAS ISβ AND βAS AVAILABLE.β THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS ORΒ THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONSΒ FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,Β 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 or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the βAgent Partiesβ) have any liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowerβs or the Administrative Agentβs 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, the Issuing Bank or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender 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, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i)Β an effective address, contact name, telephone number, fax number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii)Β accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank 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)Β such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii)Β the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, each Lender and the Related
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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, any Issuing Bank 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, the Issuing Banks 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 paragraphΒ (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 or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank 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 SectionΒ 2.20 with respect to any Incremental Facilities Amendment or SectionΒ 2.21 with respect to any Refinancing Amendment and SectionΒ 2.24 with respect to any Permitted Amendment, 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, the Administrative Agent (to the extent that such waiver, amendment or modification does not affect the rights, duties, privileges or obligations of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall execute such waiver, amendment or other modification to the extent approved by the Required Lenders) and the Required Lenders or, 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)Β 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 SectionΒ 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender), (ii)Β reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement (it being understood that a waiver of any Default, Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness in principal) 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 (it being understood that any change to the definition of First Lien Leverage Ratio or in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction of interest or fees), 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 SectionΒ 2.13(c), (iii)Β postpone the maturity of any Loan (it being understood that a waiver of any Default, Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension of any maturity date), or the date of any scheduled amortization payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan under SectionΒ 2.10 or the applicable Refinancing Amendment, or the reimbursement date with respect to any LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the
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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)Β change any of the provisions of this Section without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby); provided that any such change which is in favor of a Class of Lenders holding Loans maturing after the maturity of other Classes of Lenders (and only takes effect after the maturity of such other Classes of Loans or Commitments) will require the written consent of the Required Lenders with respect to each Class directly and adversely affected thereby, (v)Β change the percentage set forth in the definition of βRequired Lendersβ 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), (vi)Β release all or substantially all the value of the Guarantees under the Guarantee Agreement (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents) without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) or (vii)Β release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender), except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; provided further that (A)Β no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (B)Β 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 to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency and (C)Β any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, Intermediate Parent, the Borrower and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders stating that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a)Β 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)Β to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii)Β 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)Β guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, 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)Β to comply with local law or advice of local counsel, (ii)Β to cure ambiguities or defects or (iii)Β to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a βProposed Changeβ) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all directly and adversely affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders 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)Β of this Section being referred to as a βNon-Consenting Lenderβ), 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 SectionΒ 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume
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such obligations (which Eligible Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that (a)Β the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent to the extent such consent would be required under SectionΒ 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, each Principal Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (b)Β such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding par principal amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (including pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(i)) 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 (c)Β unless waived, the Borrower or such Eligible Assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in SectionΒ 9.04(b).
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Revolving Commitments, Term Loans and Revolving Exposure 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 SectionΒ 9.02); provided that (x)Β the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y)Β 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) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, each Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Debt Fund) hereby agrees that, if a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law shall be commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party at a 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 Agentβs 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 in any material respect to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Secured Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Required Revolving Lenders shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify the Financial Performance Covenant (or any component definition thereof as it relates thereto).
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrower shall pay, if the Effective Date occurs, (i)Β all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (without duplication), including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxxx XxxxxxΒ & Xxxxxxx LLP and to the extent reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction (exclusive of any reasonably necessary special counsel) and, in the case of an actual or reasonably perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel
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per affected party, in each case 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)Β all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii)Β all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, in connection with the enforcement or protection of any rights or remedies (A)Β 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)Β in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit; 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 reasonably perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel per affected party.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent, the Joint Bookrunners and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an βIndemniteeβ) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses of one counsel and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction (and, in the case of a conflict of interest, where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict notifies Holdings of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, one additional counsel) for all Indemnitees (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions), 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)Β 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)Β any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii)Β to the extent in any way arising from or relating to any of the foregoing, any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, to or from any Mortgaged 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, or (iv)Β any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; 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)Β resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Related Parties (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment), (y)Β resulted from a material breach of the Loan Documents by such Indemnitee or its Related Parties (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment) or (z)Β arise from disputes between or among Indemnitees that do not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank under paragraphΒ (a) or (b)Β of this Section,
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each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lenderβs pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank in its capacity as such. For purposes hereof, a Lenderβs βpro rata shareβ shall be determined based upon its share of the aggregate Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraphΒ (c) are subject to the last sentence of SectionΒ 2.02(a) (which shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Lendersβ obligations under this paragraph (c)).
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (i)Β 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, or a material breach of the Loan Documents by, such Indemnitee or its Related Parties or (ii)Β 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, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10)Β 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 SectionΒ 9.03.
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 (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i)Β the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder 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), (ii)Β no assignment shall be made to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Persons who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (ii)Β and (iii)Β 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 (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraphΒ (c) of this Section), the Indemnitees and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraphsΒ (b)(ii) and (f)Β 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 competitors of the
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Borrower) not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of (A)Β the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment (x)Β by a Term Lender to any Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender, (y)Β by a Term Lender to an Approved Fund or (z)Β if an Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β has occurred and is continuing, unless, in the case of clause (z)Β only, such assignment is to a competitor of the Borrower identified in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date; and provided further that the Borrower shall have the right to withhold its consent to any assignment if in order for such assignment to comply with applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority, (B)Β the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or to Holdings or any Affiliate thereof and (C)Β solely in the case of Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments, each Principal Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no consent of any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan or Term Commitment. Notwithstanding anything in this SectionΒ 9.04 to the contrary, if any Person the consent of which is required by this paragraph with respect to any assignment of Term Loans has not given the Administrative Agent written notice of its objection to such assignment within thirty (30)Β Business Days after written notice to such Person, such Person shall be deemed to have consented to such assignment.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (A)Β except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenderβs Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the 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, in the case of Revolving Loans, not be less than $5,000,000 (and integral multiples thereof) or, in the case of a Term Loan, $1,000,000 (and integral multiples thereof), unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent (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 SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β has occurred and is continuing, (B)Β each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clauseΒ (B) shall not be construed to prohibit assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans, (C)Β the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption (which shall include a representation by the assignee and the assignor that the assignee is not a Disqualified Lender or an Affiliate of a Disqualified Lender (so long as the list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders), together (unless waived 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 such processing and recordation fee; provided further that assignments made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19(b) or SectionΒ 9.02(c) shall not require the signature of the assigning Lender to become effective, (D)Β the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax forms required by SectionΒ 2.17(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 assigneeβs compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws and (E)Β unless the Borrower otherwise consents, no assignment of all or any portion of the Revolving Commitment of a Lender that is also the Swingline Lender or an Issuing Bank may be made unless (1)Β the
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assignee shall be or become a Swingline Lender and/or an Issuing Bank, as applicable, and assume a ratable portion of the rights and obligations of such assignor in its capacity as Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank, or (2)Β the assignor agrees, in its discretion, to retain all of its rights with respect to and obligations to make or issue Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit, as applicable, hereunder in which case the Applicable Fronting Exposure of such assignor may exceed such assignorβs Revolving Commitment for purposes of SectionsΒ 2.04(a) and 2.05(b) by an amount not to exceed the difference between the assignorβs Revolving Commitment prior to such assignment and the assignorβs Revolving Commitment following such assignment; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β has occurred and is continuing.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraphΒ (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 Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of (and subject to the obligations and limitations of) SectionsΒ 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and to any fees payable hereunder that have accrued for such Lenderβs account but have not yet been paid). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this SectionΒ 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 paragraphΒ (c)(i) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an 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 and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the βRegisterβ). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender is an Affiliated Lender, nor shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to monitor the aggregate amount of the Loans or Incremental Loans held by Affiliated Lenders. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Banks and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a list of Disqualified Lenders (the βDisqualified Lender Listβ), if any, identifying in writing those Persons designated as βDisqualified Lendersβ pursuant to clauses (i), (ii)Β or (iii)(x) of the definition thereof, which Disqualified Lender List shall (x)Β become effective two days after delivery to the Administrative Agent and (y)Β be made available to any Lender upon request in accordance with this Agreement; provided that such Disqualified Lender List shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Loan. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, if any Lender was a Disqualified Lender at the time of the assignment of any Loans or Commitments to such Lender, following written notice from the
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Borrower to such Lender and the Administrative Agent: (1) such Lender shall promptly assign all Loans and Commitments held by such Lender to an Eligible Assignee (a βDisqualified Lender Replacementβ); provided that (A)Β the Administrative Agent shall not have any obligation to the Borrower, such Lender or any other Person to find such a replacement Lender, (B)Β the Borrower shall not have any obligation to such Disqualified Lender or any other Person to find such a replacement Lender or accept or consent to any such assignment to itself or any other Person subject to the Borrowerβs consent in accordance with SectionΒ 9.04(b)(i) and (C)Β the assignment of such Loans and/or Commitments, as the case may be, shall be at Fair Market Value; (2)Β such 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 any Class), all affected Lenders (or all affected Lenders of any 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 SectionΒ 9.02); provided that (x)Β the Commitment of any Disqualified Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y)Β any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that affects any Disqualified Lender adversely and in a manner that is disproportionate to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Disqualified Lender; and (3)Β no Disqualified Lender is entitled to receive information provided solely to Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or will be permitted to attend or participate in meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, other than the right to receive notices or Borrowings, notices or prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans or Commitments required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assigneeβs completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required by SectionΒ 2.17(e) (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraphΒ (b) of this SectionΒ 9.04 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraphΒ (b) of this SectionΒ 9.04, 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 βexecution,β βsigned,β βsignatureβ 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) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other Persons (other than to a Person, that is not an Eligible Assignee; provided that for the purposes of this provision, Disqualified Lenders shall be deemed to be Eligible Assignees unless a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Borrowerβs Subsidiaries (a βParticipantβ) in all or a portion of such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A)Β such Lenderβs obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B)Β such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C)Β Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall
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continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and 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 first proviso to SectionΒ 9.02(b) that directly and adversely affects such Participant. Subject to paragraphΒ (c)(iii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the obligations and limitations thereof, it being understood that any tax forms required by SectionΒ 2.17(e) shall be provided to the Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraphΒ (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionΒ 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to SectionΒ 2.18(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 Participantβs interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the βParticipant Registerβ), provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participantβs interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary in connection with a Tax audit or other proceeding to establish that such Commitment, Loan, or other obligation is in registered form under SectionΒ 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive (absent manifest error), and each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register pursuant to the terms hereof shall be treated as a Participant for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.
(iii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under SectionΒ 2.15 or SectionΒ 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowerβs prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(d) 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 βcentralβ 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 subparticipations, 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 applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x)Β pay and satisfy in
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full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y)Β acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. 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) Any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to the Affiliated Lenders subject to the following limitations:
(i) Affiliated Lenders will not receive information provided solely to Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender and will not be permitted to attend or participate in meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, other than the right to receives notices or Borrowings, notices or prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans or Commitments required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this clause (i)Β will apply to any Affiliated Debt Fund only to the extent that the Administrative Agent has determined in good faith that affording such rights to such Affiliate Debt Fund during a period or in connection with a matter or matters being considered by Lenders would be inadvisable in light of such Affiliated Debt Fundβs status as an Affiliated Lender (in which case the Administrative Agent will promptly notify such Affiliated Debt Funds that are Lenders of such determination;
(ii) for purposes of any amendment, waiver or modification of any Loan Document (including such modifications pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02), or, subject to SectionΒ 9.02(f), any plan of reorganization pursuant to the 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 Bankruptcy Code is not deemed to have been so voted, then such vote will be (x)Β deemed not to be in good faith and (y)Β βdesignatedβ pursuant to SectionΒ 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code such that the vote is not counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such plan in accordance with SectionΒ 1126(c) of the 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) Affiliated Lenders may not purchase Revolving Loans by assignment pursuant to this SectionΒ 9.04;
(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Loans purchased by assignment pursuant to this SectionΒ 9.04 and held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders (other than Affiliated Debt Funds) may not exceed 25.0% of the outstanding principal amount of all Loans plus the outstanding principal amount of all term loans made pursuant to any Incremental Facility calculated at the time such Loans are purchased (such percentage, the βAffiliated Lender Capβ); provided that to the extent any assignment to an Affiliated Lender would result in the aggregate principal amount of all Loans held by Affiliated Lenders exceeding the Affiliated Lender Cap, the assignment of such excess amount will be void ab initio; and
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(g) Notwithstanding anything in SectionΒ 9.02 or the definition of βRequired Lendersβ to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i)Β 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)Β otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii)Β directed or required the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document,
(i) all Term Loans held by any Affiliated Lenders that are not Affiliated Debt Funds shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken any actions; and
(ii) all Term Loans, Revolving Commitments and Revolving Exposure held by Affiliated Debt Funds may not account for more than 50% of the Term Loans, Revolving Commitments and Revolving Exposure of consenting Lenders included in determining whether the Required Lenders have consented to any action pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02.
Each Affiliated Lender by its acquisition of any Loans outstanding hereunder will be deemed to have waived any right it may otherwise have had to bring any action in connection with such Loans against the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such, and will be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability for any losses suffered by any Person as a result of any purported assignment to or from an Affiliated Lender.
(h) Assignments of Term Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party shall be permitted through open market purchases and/or βDutch auctions,β so long as any offer to purchase or take by assignment (other than through open market purchases) by such Purchasing Borrower Party shall have been made to all Term Lenders on a pro rata basis, through procedures (and subject to the terms) set forth in SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii), so long as (i)Β the Term Loans purchased are immediately cancelled, (ii)Β no proceeds from any loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be used to fund such assignments and (iii)Β no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom.
(i) Upon any contribution of Loans to a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and upon any purchase of Loans by a Purchasing Borrower Party, (A)Β the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Loans shall automatically be cancelled and retired by the Borrower on the date of such contribution or purchase (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, with respect to a contribution of Loans, any applicable contributing Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in such Loans to the Borrower for immediate cancellation) and (B)Β the Administrative Agent shall record such cancellation or retirement in the Register.
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 and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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
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outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of SectionsΒ 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and ArticleΒ VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, in the event that, in connection with the refinancing or repayment in full of the credit facilities provided for herein, an Issuing Bank shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a written consent to the release of the Revolving Lenders from their obligations hereunder with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (whether as a result of the obligations of the Borrower (and any other account party) in respect of such Letter of Credit having been collateralized in full by a deposit of cash with such Issuing Bank or being supported by a letter of credit that names such Issuing Bank as the beneficiary thereunder, or otherwise), then from and after such time such Letter of Credit shall cease to be a βLetter of Creditβ outstanding hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have no participations in such Letter of Credit, and no obligations with respect thereto, under SectionΒ 2.05(e) or (f).
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. Except as provided in SectionΒ 4.01, 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 SectionΒ 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, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, 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 under SectionΒ 7.01(a), (b), (h)Β or (i)Β shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank 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 such Issuing Bank 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 or Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or Issuing Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such Indebtedness; provided that in the event that any
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Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x)Β all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 2.22 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)Β 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 which it exercised such right of setoff. The applicable Lender and applicable Issuing Bank 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 each Issuing Bank under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amount set off from any Guarantor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Guarantor.
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.
(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 NewΒ 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, any Issuing Bank 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 paragraphΒ (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 SectionΒ 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 PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
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THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)Β ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT 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, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i)Β to its and its Affiliatesβ 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, any Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender to comply with this SectionΒ 9.12 shall constitute a breach of this SectionΒ 9.12 by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender, as applicable), (ii)Β to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority, required by applicable law or by any subpoena or similar legal process or in connection with the exercise of remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; provided that (x)Β 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 and (y)Β in the case of clause (ii)Β only, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such Information is kept confidential in connection with the exercise of such remedies, and provided further that in no event shall any Lender or the Administrative Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings, (iii)Β to any other party to this Agreement, (iv)Β subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (A)Β any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (B)Β any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any Swap Agreement or derivative transaction relating to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries and its obligations under the Loan Documents or (C)Β any pledgee referred to in SectionΒ 9.04(d), (vi)Β 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 or (vii)Β to the extent such Information (x)Β becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y)Β becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Holdings or the Borrower. For the purposes hereof, βInformationβ 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, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of information received from Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, 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.
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(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.
(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 βApplicable Creditorβ) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the βJudgment Currencyβ) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the βAgreement Currencyβ), 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.
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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, (1)Β upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to a merger with a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or a designation as a Unrestricted Subsidiary) or (2)Β upon the request of the Borrower, in connection with a transaction permitted under this Agreement, as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; 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 Guarantee Agreement pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02, the security interests in such Collateral created by the Security Documents or such guarantee shall be automatically released. Upon termination of the aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (including as a result of obtaining the consent of the applicable Issuing Bank as described in SectionΒ 9.05), all obligations under the Loan Documents and all security interests created by the Security Documents shall be automatically released. 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 Partyβs 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.
(b) The Administrative Agent will, at the Borrowerβs expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to subordinate its 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 SectionΒ 6.02(iv).
(c) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to provide any release or evidence of release, termination or subordination contemplated by this SectionΒ 9.15. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agentβs authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under any Loan Document, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Document and this SectionΒ 9.15.
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)Β (A)Β the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers are armβs-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, Holdings and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers, on the other hand, (B)Β 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)Β 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)Β (A)Β each of the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as
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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)Β none of the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication 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)Β the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged 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 Documentation Agents, the Syndication 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 waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication 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.
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 βMaximum Rateβ). 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)Β exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c)Β amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the obligations hereunder.
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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.
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IGLOO INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Treasurer |
INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial |
Β | Officer |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXX XXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Director |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank, | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXX XXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Director |
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Authorized Signatory |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXXXXX XXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Title: | Β | Managing Director |
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ illegible |
Name: | Β | illegible |
Title: | Β | illegible |
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXXX XXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Authorized Signatory |
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXX XXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxx Xxxxx |
Title: | Β | Director |
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Associate Director |
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Vice President |
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Vice President |
XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXXXXXX XXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Title: | Β | Authorized Signatory |
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender | ||
By: | Β | /s/ XXXX XXXXXXXXX |
Name: | Β | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Title: | Β | Vice President |
SCHEDULE 1.01
MANDATORY COST
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Β | β’ | Β | The Mandatory Cost (to the extent applicable) is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with: |
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Β | β’ | Β | the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions); or |
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Β | β’ | Β | the requirements of the European Central Bank. |
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Β | β’ | Β | On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Administrative Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the βAdditional Cost Rateβ) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as a weighted average of the Lendersβ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. The Administrative Agent will, at the request of the Borrower or any Lender, deliver to the Borrower or such Lender as the case may be, a statement setting forth the calculation of any Mandatory Cost. |
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Β | β’ | Β | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Administrative Agent. This percentage will be certified by such Lender in its notice to the Administrative Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of such Lenderβs participation in all Loans made from such Lending Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of Loans made from that Lending Office. |
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Β | β’ | Β | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as follows: |
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Β | β’ | Β | in relation to any Loan in Sterling: |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β β’ AB+C(B-D)+E Γ 0.01Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β | β’ per cent per annum |
β’ 100 - (A+C) | Β |
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β’ | Β | in relation to any Loan in any currency other than Sterling: |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β’ E Γ 0.01Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | Β | β’ per cent per annum |
β’ 300 | Β |
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Β | β’ | Β | Where: |
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Β | β’ | Β | βAβ is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements. |
Β | β’ | Β | βBβ is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Rate, the Mandatory Cost and any interest charged on overdue amounts pursuant to the first sentence of SectionΒ 2.13(c) and, in the case of interest (other than on overdue amounts) charged at the default rate, without counting any increase in interest rate effected by the charging of the default rate) payable for the relevant Interest Period of such Loan. |
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Β | β’ | Β | βCβ is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England. |
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Β | β’ | Β | βDβ is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Administrative Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits. |
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Β | β’ | Β | βEβ is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Administrative Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per Β£1,000,000. |
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Β | β’ | Β | For the purposes of this Schedule: |
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Β | β’ | Β | βEligible Liabilitiesβ and βSpecial Depositsβ have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England; |
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Β | β’ | Β | βEMU Legislationβ means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency; |
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Β | β’ | Β | βFees Rulesβ means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; |
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Β | β’ | Β | βFee Tariffsβ means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate); |
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Β | β’ | Β | βLending Officeβ means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lenderβs Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; |
Β
Β | β’ | Β | βParticipating Member Stateβ means each state so described in any EMU Legislation; and |
Β
Β | β’ | Β | βTariff Baseβ has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules. |
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Β | β’ | Β | In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5% will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded to four decimal places. |
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Β | β’ | Β | If requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, each Lender with a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Administrative Agent and the |
Β | Borrower, the rate of charge payable by such Lender to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by such Lender as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to such Lender for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per Β£1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of such Lender. |
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Β | β’ | Β | Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender: |
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Β | β’ | Β | the jurisdiction of the Lending Office out of which it is making available its participation in the relevant Loan; and |
Β
Β | β’ | Β | any other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably require for such purpose. |
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Β | β’ | Β | Each Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph. |
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Β | β’ | Β | The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of charge of each Lender for the purpose of E above shall be determined by the Administrative Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the Administrative Agent to the contrary, each Lenderβs obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a lending office in the same jurisdiction as its Lending Office. |
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Β | β’ | Β | The Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over- or under-compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects. |
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Β | β’ | Β | The Administrative Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender pursuant to paragraphsΒ 3, 7 and 8 above. |
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Β | β’ | Β | Any determination by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto. |
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Β | β’ | Β | The Administrative Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto. |
SCHEDULE 1.01(a)
EXCLUDED SUBSIDIARIES
None.
SCHEDULE 1.01(b)
EXISTING LCS
Β
Account Party |
Β Β | IssuingΒ Bank |
Β Β | ExpiryΒ Date | Β Β | Letter of Credit Amount |
Β | Β Β | Beneficiary | |
Interactive Data Corporation |
Β Β | Bank of America, N.A. | Β Β | 07/29/14 | Β Β | $ | 619,620.00 | Β | Β Β | MFA 100 XXXXXXX LLC |
SCHEDULE 2.01
COMMITMENTS
[Provided under separate cover]
SCHEDULE 3.12
SUBSIDIARIES
Β
Subsidiary |
Β Β | Jurisdiction |
Β Β | Percent Ownership/ Membership InterestΒ heldΒ by IglooΒ Intermediate Corporation |
Β Β | Direct Owner of Subsidiary |
United States: |
Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Interactive Data Corporation |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100%Β Direct | Β Β | Igloo Intermediate Corporation |
Interactive Data Real-Time Group, Inc. |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100%Β Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Inc. |
Β Β | New York | Β Β | 100%Β Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
BondEdge Solutions LLC |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100%Β Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
Interactive Data Online Properties, Inc. |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100%Β Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC |
Β Β | Delaware | Β Β | 100%Β Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
Non-United States: |
Β Β | Β Β | Β Β | |||
Interactive Data Canada Inc. |
Β Β | Canada | Β Β | 100%Β Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC |
IDCO Canada Holdings Inc. |
Β Β | Canada | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
Interactive Data Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L. |
Β Β | Luxembourg | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
Interactive Data ManagementΒ & Services Verwaltungs GmbH |
Β Β | Germany | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L. |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions Nordic Oy |
Β Β | Finland | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Management & Services Verwaltungs GmbH |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG |
Β Β | Germany | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Management & Services Verwaltungs GmbH |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions SAS |
Β Β | France | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions S.L. |
Β Β | Spain | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions Ltd. |
Β Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG |
Β Β | Switzerland | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions S.r.l. |
Β Β | Italy | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG |
Interactive Data Luxembourg Management S.A.R.L. |
Β Β | Luxembourg | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L. |
Interactive Data Cayman Ltd. |
Β Β | Cayman Islands | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Luxembourg Management S.A.R.L. |
IDCO Worldwide Holdings Ltd. |
Β Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data Luxembourg Management S.A.R.L. |
IDCO Overseas Capital Management Ltd. |
Β Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Worldwide Holdings Ltd. |
IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Β Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Worldwide Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data (Ireland) Ltd. |
Β Β | Ireland | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data (Jersey) Ltd. |
Β Β | Channel Islands, UK | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data (Hong Kong) Ltd. |
Β Β | Hong Kong | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data (Australia) Pty. Ltd. |
Β Β | Australia | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interacitve Data Desktop Solutions (Europe) Ltd. |
Β Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data Corp. France S.A.S. |
Β Β | France | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. |
Β Β | Singapore | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. |
Β Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd. |
Interactive Data Japan KK |
Β Β | Japan | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. |
Interactive Data Xxxxβx S.r.l. |
Β Β | Italy | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. |
Interactive Data Finance (UK) Ltd. |
Β Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | 100% Indirect | Β Β | Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. |
SCHEDULE 5.15
CERTAIN POST-CLOSING OBLIGATIONS
1. Within 30 days following the Effective Date, to the extent not delivered on the Effective Date, each Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a counterpart to the Intercompany Note (to the extent required to do so in order to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement).
SCHEDULE 6.01
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
Β
β’ | Β | Capital lease between Interactive Data Japan KK and Ricoh Lease K.K. with respect an Elk Air Cleaner and consisting of monthly payments of Β₯21,500. The term of the lease is JanuaryΒ 1, 2010 through DecemberΒ 31, 2014. |
Β
β’ | Β | Capital lease between Interactive Data Japan KK and Nihon Business Lease with respect to a copier and consisting of monthly payments of Β₯25,800. The term of the lease is JuneΒ 1, 2009 through MayΒ 31, 2014. |
Β
β’ | Β | Capital lease between Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC (f/k/a Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc.) and IBM Credit LLC with respect to a server and consisting of monthly payments of $14,798. The term of the lease is December 2011 through November 2014. |
Β
β’ | Β | Capital lease between Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC (f/k/a Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc.) and IBM Credit LLC with respect to a server and consisting of monthly payments of $2,784. The term of the lease is December 2011 through November 2014. |
Β
β’ | Β | Capital lease between Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC (f/k/a Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc.) and Hewlett-Packard Financial Services Company with respect to a server and consisting of monthly payments of $8,467. The term of the lease is December 2011 through November 2014. |
Β
β’ | Β | Capital lease between Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC (f/k/a Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc.) and Hitachi Data Systems Credit Corporation with respect to equipment and consisting of monthly payments of $10,654. The term of the lease is April 2012 through September 2015. |
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β’ | Β | Capital lease between Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data LLC and IBM Credit LLC with respect to a server and consisting of monthly payments of $6,930. The term of the lease is November 2013 through October 2016. |
SCHEDULE 6.02
EXISTING LIENS
Β
β’ | Β | Liens securing the existing Indebtedness listed on Schedule 6.01. |
SCHEDULE 6.04(e)
EXISTING INVESTMENTS
Β
β’ | Β | On SeptemberΒ 5, 2008, IDCO Canada Holdings, Inc. and Prism Valuation Corporation (βPrismβ) entered into a joint venture arrangement pursuant to which IDCO Canada Holdings, Inc. purchased 150,000 shares of Prism Class C stock (the βSharesβ) for a subscription price of $400,000. |
SCHEDULE 6.07
EXISTING RESTRICTIONS
None.
SCHEDULE 6.09
EXISTING AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS
Β
β’ | Β | Investor Management Agreement |
Β
β’ | Β | Shareholders Agreement among Igloo Holdings Corporation, Igloo Intermediate Corporation, Interactive Data Corporation, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., Igloo Co-Invest, LLC and certain other Investors. |
Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | Β | SCHEDULEΒ 9.01 | |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Β | ||
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | NOTICES | ||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Holdings | Β | |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Igloo Intermediate Corporation | ||
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, | ||
Β | 0 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | Fax. No. (000) 000-0000 | ||
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | Email: xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx | ||
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | |||
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | Cc: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, General Counsel | ||
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx | ||
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | |||
Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | Borrower | ||
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | Interactive Data Corporation | ||
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, | ||
Β | 00 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | Fax. No. (000) 000-0000 | ||
Β | 21 | Β Β | Β | Email: xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx | ||
Β | 22 | Β Β | Β | |||
Β | 23 | Β Β | Β | Cc: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, General Counsel | ||
Β | 24 | Β Β | Β | Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx | ||
Β | 25 | Β Β | Β | Administrative Agent: | ||
Β | 26 | Β Β | Β | Administrative Agentβs Office | ||
Β | 27 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A. | ||
Β | 28 | Β Β | Β | Senior Credit Officer | ||
Β | 29 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Β | 30 | Β Β | Β | Mail Code: NC1-007-17-15 | ||
Β | 31 | Β Β | Β | 000 X Xxxxx Xx | ||
Β | 00 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Β | 33 | Β Β | Β | Telephone: 000 000-0000 | ||
Β | 34 | Β Β | Β | Facsimile: 000 000-0000 | ||
Β | 35 | Β Β | Β | Electronic Mail: xxxxx.x.xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx | ||
Β | 36 | Β Β | Β | Β | ||
Β | 37 | Β Β | Β | (for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions including Swing Line Loans): | ||
Β | 38 | Β Β | Β | Daily Operations Contact | ||
Β | 39 | Β Β | Β | Name: | Β | XxxxxxΒ XxxxxΒ Xxxxxx |
Β | 40 | Β Β | Β | Telephone: | Β | 000-000-0000 |
Β | 41 | Β Β | Β | Facsimile #: | Β | 000-000-0000 |
Β | 42 | Β Β | Β | Email: xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx | ||
Β | 43 | Β Β | Β | |||
Β | 44 | Β Β | Β | Mailing Address | ||
Β | 45 | Β Β | Β | Bank of American N.A. | ||
Β | 46 | Β Β | Β | 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Β | 47 | Β Β | Β | NC1-001-05-46 | ||
Β | 48 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | Β Β | ||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | USD Payment Instructions: | Β Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A. | Β Β | |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | New York, NY | Β Β | |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | ABA 000000000 | Β Β | |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Acct # 1366212250600 | Β Β | |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Acct Name: Corporate Credit Services | Β Β | |
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | Ref: Interactive Data Corporation | Β Β | |
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | Β Β | ||
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | EUR Payment Instructions: | Β Β | |
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A - London | Β Β | |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | SWIFT: BOFAGB22 | Β Β | |
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | IBAN #: XX00XXXX00000000000000 | Β Β | |
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | Acct #: 65280019 | Β Β | |
Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | Attn Credit Services | Β Β | |
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | Ref: Interactive Data Corporation | Β Β | |
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | Β Β | ||
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | GBP Payment Instructions: | Β Β | |
Β | 19 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A. - London | Β Β | |
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | SWIFT: BOFAGB22 | Β Β | |
Β | 21 | Β Β | Β | SORT CODE: 16-50-50 | Β Β | |
Β | 22 | Β Β | Β | Acct #: 65280027 | Β Β | |
Β | 23 | Β Β | Β | Attn: Credit Services | Β Β | |
Β | 24 | Β Β | Β | Ref: Interactive Data Corporation | Β Β | |
Β | 25 | Β Β | Β | Β Β | ||
Β | 26 | Β Β | Β | Daily Contact For GBP and EUR Swingline Activity | Β Β | |
Β | 27 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A. β London Branch | Β Β | |
Β | 28 | Β Β | Β | Xxxx Xxxxxxx/Xxx Xxxxxxxx | Β Β | |
Β | 29 | Β Β | Β | Loan Service | Β Β | |
Β | 30 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A., | Β Β | |
Β | 31 | Β Β | Β | 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, | Β Β | |
Β | 00 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxx, XX0 0XX | Β Β | |
Β | 33 | Β Β | Β | United Kingdom | Β Β | |
Β | 34 | Β Β | Β | Tel: x00-000-000-0000/3389 | Β Β | |
Β | 35 | Β Β | Β | Fax: x00-000-000-0000 | Β Β | |
Β | 36 | Β Β | Β | Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx | Β Β | |
Β | 37 | Β Β | Β | Β Β | ||
Β | 38 | Β Β | Β | Β Β | ||
Β | 39 | Β Β | Β | Payment details: | Β Β | |
Β | 40 | Β Β | Β | Β Β | ||
Β | 41 | Β Β | Β | GBP: | Β Β |
Β | 42 | Β Β | Β | Pay: | Β Β | Bank of America, N.A., London |
Β | 43 | Β Β | Β | SWIFT Code: | Β Β | XXXXXX00 |
Β | 44 | Β Β | Β | CHAPS Sort Code: | Β Β | 165050 |
Β | 45 | Β Β | Β | For Credit to: | Β Β | Loan Service |
Β | 46 | Β Β | Β | Account No: | Β Β | 00000000 |
Β | 47 | Β Β | Β | IBAN: | Β Β | XX00 XXXX 0000 0000 0000 00 |
Β | 48 | Β Β | Β | Ref: | Β Β | Loan Service/047/Interactive Data Corp |
Β | 49 | Β Β | Β | Β Β |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | EURO: | Β Β |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Pay: | Β Β | Bank of America, N.A., London |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | SWIFT Code: | Β Β | XXXXXX00 |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | For Credit to: | Β Β | Loan Service |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Account No: | Β Β | 00000000 |
Β | Β Β 6 | Β Β | Β | IBAN: | Β Β | XX00 XXXX 0000 0000 0000 00 |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ref: | Β Β | Loan Service/047/Interactive Data Corp |
Β | Β Β 8 | Β Β | Β | Financial Statements, Other Information for Distribution to Lenders and Other Notices as Administrative | ||
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | Agent: | Β Β | |
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A. | Β Β | |
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | Agency Management | Β Β | |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxx Xxxx | Β Β | |
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | Mail Code: TXΒ 1-492-14-11 | Β Β | |
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | Β Β | |
Β | 00 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | |
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | Telephone: 000 000-0000 | Β Β | |
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | Facsimile: 000 000-0000 | Β Β | |
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | Electronic Mail: xxxxxxx.x.xxxx@xxxx.xxx | Β Β | |
Β | 19 | Β Β | Β | Issuing Bank | Β Β | |
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | Bank of America, N.A. | Β Β | |
Β | 21 | Β Β | Β | Trade Operations | Β Β | |
Β | 22 | Β Β | Β | Mail Code: PA6-580-02-30 | Β Β | |
Β | 23 | Β Β | Β | 0 Xxxxx Xxx | Β Β | |
Β | 00 | Β Β | Β | Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | Β Β | |
Β | 25 | Β Β | Β | Telephone: 000 000-0000 | Β Β | |
Β | 26 | Β Β | Β | Facsimile: 000 000-0000 | Β Β | |
Β | 27 | Β Β | Β | Electronic Mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx | Β Β | |
Β | 28 | Β Β | Β | Β Β |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT A |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | This Assignment and Assumption (this βAssignment and Assumptionβ) is dated as of the |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor named below (the |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | βAssignorβ) and the Assignee named below (the βAssigneeβ). It is understood and agreed that the rights |
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | and obligations of the Assignor and the Assignee hereunder are several and not joint. Capitalized terms |
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified |
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | below (the βCreditΒ Agreementβ), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. |
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein |
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | in full. |
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the |
Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and |
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date |
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i)Β all of the Assignorβs rights and |
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered |
Β | 19 | Β Β | Β | pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such |
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below |
Β | 21 | Β Β | Β | (including, without limitation, Letters of Credit, Guarantees and Swingline Loans included in such |
Β | 22 | Β Β | Β | facilities) and (ii)Β to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of |
Β | 23 | Β Β | Β | action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known |
Β | 24 | Β Β | Β | or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or |
Β | 25 | Β Β | Β | instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on |
Β | 26 | Β Β | Β | or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice |
Β | 27 | Β Β | Β | claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clause (i)Β above (the rights and obligations sold | ||||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | and assigned pursuant to clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β above being referred to herein collectively as, the βAssigned | ||||
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Interestβ). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly | ||||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor. | ||||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | 1. | Β | Assignor: | Β | [Assignor Name] |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | 2. | Β | Assignee: | Β | [Assignee Name] |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | [and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund/Affiliated Debt Fund of | ||
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | [Lender Name]] | ||
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Assignees are Affiliated Lenders:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β | ||
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | 3. | Β | Borrower: | Β | Interactive Data Corporation |
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | 4. | Β | AdministrativeΒ Agent: | Β | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement | ||
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | 5. | Β | CreditΒ Agreement | Β | The Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2014 (as amended, |
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or | ||
Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | otherwise modified in writing from time to time), among | ||
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Igloo | ||
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial | ||
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank | ||
Β | 19 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, | ||
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. |
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2Β | To be inserted by Administrative Agent and which shall be the effective date of recordation of transfer in the Register therefor. |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | Β | The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to: | |||||||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | ASSIGNOR: | |||||
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | [NAME OF ASSIGNOR] | |||||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β | |||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | ||||
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | ||||
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | ASSIGNEE: | |||||
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] | |||||
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β | |||
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | ||||
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | ||||
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | [Consented to and]3 Accepted: | Β | Β | Β | |||||
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as | Β | Β | Β | |||||
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | Administrative Agent |
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Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | Name: | Β | Β | Β | Β | ||||
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | Title: | Β | Β | Β | Β | ||||
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | [Consented to:]4 | Β | Β | Β | |||||
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4 | To be added only if the consent of any of the Borrower, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | ANNEX A |
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Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | 1. Representations and Warranties. |
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Β | 1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it is the legal and Β beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii)Β the Assignee is not a Disqualified Lender or an Affiliate of Β a Disqualified Lender, (iii)Β the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other Β adverse claim and (iv)Β it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and Β deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and Β (b)Β assumes no responsibility with respect to (i)Β any statements, warranties or representations made in or Β in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii)Β the execution, legality, Β validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral Β thereunder, (iii)Β the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Β Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv)Β the performance or observance by the Β Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations Β under any Loan Document. |
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Β | 1.2 Assignee. The Assignee (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it has full power and Β authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and Β to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Β Agreement, (ii)Β it is not a Disqualified Lender or an Affiliate of a Disqualified Lender and it satisfies all Β the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order Β to acquire the Assigned Interest and to become a Lender (subject to receipt of such consents as may be Β required under the Credit Agreement), (iii)Β from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the Β provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, Β shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv)Β it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to Β acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising |
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Β | discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of Β such type, (v)Β it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent Β financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or (b)Β thereof, as applicable, and such other Β documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to Β enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it Β has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or Β any other Lender, (vi)Β if it is a Lender that is not a United States person, attached hereto is any Β documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly Β completed and executed by the Assignee and (vii) if it is an Affiliated Lender, it has indicated its status as Β such in the space provided on the first page of this Assignment and Assumption; and (b)Β agrees that (i)Β it Β will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, Β and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make Β its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii)Β it will perform Β in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are Β required to be performed by it as a Lender. |
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Β | 2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date referred to in this Assignment and Β Assumption, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest Β (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which Β have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued Β from and after the Effective Date. |
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Β | 3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, Β and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Β Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall Β constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment Β and Assumption by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually Β executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be Β governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. Β |
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Β | EXHIBIT B Β Form of Guarantee Agreement Β [Provided under separate cover] |
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Β | EXHIBIT C Β Form of Perfection Certificate Β [Provided under separate cover] |
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Β | EXHIBIT D Β [Reserved] |
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Β | EXHIBIT E Β Form of Collateral Agreement Β [Provided under separate cover] |
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Β | EXHIBIT F Β Β [Reserved] |
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Β | EXHIBIT G Β Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement Β [Provided under separate cover] |
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Β | EXHIBIT H Β Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement Β [Provided under separate cover] |
Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT I |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Closing Certificate |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | [NAME OF CERTIFYING LOAN PARTY] |
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Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | May 2, 2014 |
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Β | Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2014 (as amended, Β restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to Β time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among IGLOO INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION (βHoldingsβ), Β INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION (the βBorrowerβ), the financial institutions and lenders from Β time to time parties thereto and BANK, OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Β Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings Β given to such terms in the Credit Agreement. |
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Β | 1. The undersigned, [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], a Responsible Officer of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] (the Β βCertifying Loan Partyβ), hereby certifies that [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] is a duly elected and qualified Responsible Β Officer of the Certifying Loan Party and the signature set forth on the signature line for such officer Β below is such officerβs true and genuine signature, and such officer is duly authorized to execute and Β deliver on behalf of the Certifying Loan Party each Loan Document to which it is a party and any Β certificate or other document to be delivered by the Certifying Loan Party pursuant to such Loan Β Documents. |
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Β | 2. The undersigned, [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], a Responsible Officer of the Certifying Loan Β Party, hereby certifies as follows: |
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Β | (a) There are no liquidation or dissolution proceedings pending or to my knowledge threatened against the Certifying Loan Party, nor to my knowledge has any other event occurred affecting or threatening the [corporate] [organizational] existence of the Certifying Loan Party; |
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Β | (b) The Certifying Loan Party is a [corporation] [limited liability company] duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]; |
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Β | (c) Attached hereto as Annex A is a complete and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the [board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof)] [members] of the Certifying Loan Party on [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], 2014, approving and authorizing [(a)] the execution, delivery and |
Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | performance of the [Credit Agreement and other]5 Loan Documents (and any agreements relating |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | thereto) to which it is a party [and (b)Β the extensions of credit contemplated by the Credit |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Agreement]6; such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | rescinded and have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | hereof and are now in full force and effect; and such resolutions are the only [corporate] |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | [company] proceedings of the Certifying Loan Party now in force relating to or affecting the |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | matters referred to therein; |
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Β | (d) Attached hereto as Annex B is a true and complete copy of the certificate of [incorporation] [formation] of the Certifying Loan Party as in effect on the date hereof, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] as of a recent date; Β (e) Attached hereto as Annex C is a true and complete copy of the [by-laws] [limited liability company agreement] of the Certifying Loan Party as in effect on the date hereof; Β (f) Attached hereto as Annex D is a true and complete copy of a good standing certificate, certified by the Secretary of State of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] as of a recent date; |
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Β | (g) The following persons are now duly elected and qualified Responsible Officers of the Certifying Loan Party holding the offices indicated next to their respective names below, and such officers hold such offices with the Certifying Loan Party on the date hereof, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names below are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Certifying Loan Party each Loan Document to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by the Certifying Loan Party pursuant to such Loan Documents: |
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Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this certificate as of the date first written Β above. | ||||||
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Β | Annex A to the Closing Certificate Β Resolutions Β |
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Β | Annex B to the Closing Certificate Β Certificate of [Incorporation] [Formation] Β |
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Β | Annex C to the Closing Certificate Β [By-laws] [Limited Liability Company Agreement] |
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Β | Annex D to the Closing Certificate Β Good Standing Certificate |
Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT J |
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Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Intercompany Note |
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Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | New York, New York |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ] |
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Β | FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, to the extent a borrower from time Β to time from any other entity listed on the signature page hereto (each, in such capacity, a βPayorβ), Β hereby promises to pay on demand to such other entity listed below or its registered assigns (each, in such Β capacity, a βPayeeβ), in lawful money of the United States of America, or in such other currency as Β agreed to by such Payor and such Payee, in immediately available funds, at such location as a Payee shall Β from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances (including trade Β payables) made by such Payee to such Payor. Each Payor promises also to pay interest on the unpaid Β principal amount of all such loans and advances in like money at said location from the date of such loans Β and advances until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor Β and such Payee. |
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Β | This note (βNoteβ) is an Intercompany Note referred to in that certain Credit Agreement, Β dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing Β from time to time, the βAgreement;β the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), Β among INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), IGLOO Β INTERMEDIATE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), the financial institutions and Β lenders from time to time party thereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Β Collateral Agent, and is subject to the terms thereof, and shall be pledged by each Payee that is a Loan Β Party pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, to the extent required pursuant to the terms thereof. Each Β Payee hereby acknowledges and agrees that after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event Β of Default and after notice from the Administrative Agent to such Payee (provided that no such notice Β shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under SectionΒ 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of |
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Β | the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent may exercise any and all rights of any Loan Party with Β respect to this Note. |
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Β | Anything in this Note to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by this Β Note owed by any Payor that is a Loan Party to any Payee that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinate Β and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to all Secured Β Obligations of such Payor until the payment in full in cash of all Secured Obligations of such Payor; Β provided, that each Payor may make payments to the applicable Payee unless an Event of Default shall Β have occurred and be continuing and such Payor shall have received notice from the Administrative Β Agent (provided, that no such notice shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default Β arising under SectionΒ 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement) (such Secured Obligations and other Β indebtedness and obligations in connection with any renewal, refunding, restructuring or refinancing Β thereof, including interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any proceedings referred to in Β clause (i)Β below, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding, being hereinafter Β collectively referred to as βSenior Indebtednessβ): |
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Β | (i) in the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any Β receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection Β therewith, relating to any Payor or to its property, and in the event of any proceedings for Β voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Payor (except as expressly Β permitted by the Credit Agreement), whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, Β then, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (x)Β the holders of Senior Β Indebtedness shall be paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Β Indebtedness (including LC Disbursements, if any, but excluding contingent obligations Β as to which no claim has been made, Secured Cash Management Obligations and Secured Β Swap Obligations) before any Payee that is not a Loan Party is entitled to receive Β (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demands for, any payment on account of Β this Note and (y)Β until the holders of Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash in |
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Β | respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness (including LC Disbursements, if Β any, but excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made, Secured Β Cash Management Obligations and Secured Swap Obligations), any payment or Β distribution to which such Payee would otherwise be entitled (other than debt securities Β of such Payor that are subordinated, to at least the same extent as this Note, to the Β payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter Β referred to as βRestructured Debt Securitiesβ)) shall be made to the holders of Senior Β Indebtedness; Β |
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Β | (ii) if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and after prior Β written notice from the Administrative Agent (provided that no such notice shall be Β required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under SectionΒ 7.01(h) or Β 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement), then no payment or distribution of any kind or character Β shall be made by or on behalf of any Payor that is a Loan Party or any other Person on its Β behalf with respect to this Note owed to any Payee that is not a Loan Party; and Β |
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Β | (iii) if any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, Β securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), in respect of this Β Note shall (despite these subordination provisions) be received by any Payee in violation Β of clause (i)Β or (ii)Β before all Senior Indebtedness (including LC Disbursements, if any, Β but excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made, Secured Cash Β Management Obligations and Secured Swap Obligations) shall have been paid in full in Β cash, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be Β paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness (or their representatives), Β ratably according to the respective aggregate amounts remaining unpaid thereon, to the Β extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash. |
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Β | To the fullest extent permitted by law, no present or future holder of Senior Indebtedness Β shall be prejudiced in its right to enforce the subordination of this Note by any act or failure to act on the |
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Β | part of any Payor or by any act or failure to act on the part of such holder or any trustee or agent for such Β holder. Each Payee and each Payor hereby agree that the subordination provisions set forth in this Note Β are for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders Β and the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders are obligees under Β this Note to the same extent as if their names were written herein as such and the Administrative Agent Β may, on behalf of itself, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, proceed to enforce the Β subordination provisions herein. |
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Β | The indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor that is not a Loan Party or Β any Payor that is a Loan Party, in each case, to any Payee that is a Loan Party shall not be subordinated Β to, and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with, any other obligation of such Payor. |
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Β | Nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will Β impair, as between each Payor and each Payee, the obligations of such Payor, which are absolute and Β unconditional, to pay to such Payee the principal of and interest on this Note as and when due and payable Β in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of such Payee and other Β creditors of such Payor other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness. |
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Β | Each Payee is hereby authorized to record all loans and advances made by it to any Payor Β (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books Β and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information Β contained therein. |
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Β | Each Payor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in Β connection with this Note. All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or Β deduction of any kind. |
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Β | This Note shall be binding upon each Payor and its successors and assigns, and the terms Β and provisions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of each Payee and its successors and assigns, Β including subsequent holders hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in any Β other Loan Document or in any other promissory note or other instrument, this Note replaces and |
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Β | Β advances made on, before or after the date hereof by any Payee to Holdings, any Intermediate Parent, the |
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Β | Β Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case to the extent required to be pledged to the Collateral Agent |
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Β | Β pursuant to the Collateral Agreement. |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | From time to time after the date hereof, additional Subsidiaries of Holdings may become |
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Β | Β parties hereto (as Payor and/or Payee, as the case may be) by executing a counterpart signature page to |
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Β | Β this Note (each additional Subsidiary, an βAdditional Partyβ). Upon delivery of such counterpart |
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Β | Β signature page to the Payees, notice of which is hereby waived by the other Payors, each Additional Party Β shall be a Payor and/or a Payee, as the case may be, and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Β Additional Party were an original signatory hereof. Each Payor expressly agrees that its obligations Β arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Payor or Β Payee hereunder. This Note shall be fully effective as to any Payor or Payee that is or becomes a party Β hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Payor or Β Payee hereunder. |
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Β | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the subordination of indebtedness owed Β by any Payor to a Payee incorporated in Switzerland (the βSwiss Payeeβ), shall not result in a dividend Β distribution of a Swiss Payee to a Payor (other than a fully owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Β Swiss Payee) which exceeds the amount of the Swiss Payeeβs freely disposable equity in accordance with Β Swiss law, presently being the total shareholder equity less the total of (i)Β the aggregate share capital and Β (ii)Β statutory reserves (including reserves for own shares and revaluations as well as agio), to the extent Β such reserves cannot be transferred into unrestricted, distributable reserves. The amount of freely Β disposable equity shall be determined on the basis of an audited annual or interim balance sheet of the Β Swiss Payee. |
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Β | THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN Β ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Β [signature pages follow] |
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Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Β | INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION, | |||
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Β | as Payee and Payor | |||
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Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β | |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | ||
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | ||
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Β | Β | [SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER], as Payee and Payor | |||
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Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β | |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | ||
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | Β | EXHIBITΒ L | |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Β | ||
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Notice | Β | |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Β | ||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | Date:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ,Β 20Β Β Β Β | |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | To: [Bank of America, N.A.], as Auction Agent | Β | |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ladies and Gentlemen: | Β | |
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Β | This Specified Discount Prepayment Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section Β 2.11(a)(ii)(B) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2014, (as further amended, restated, Β extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βAgreementβ), among Β Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a Β Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of Β America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Β Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such Β terms in the Agreement. | ||
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Β | Pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(ii)(B) of the Agreement, the Borrower hereby offers to make Β a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment to each Term Lender [and to each Additional Term Lender of the Β [β, 20β]7 tranche[s] of Term Loans] on the following terms: | ||
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Β | 1. This Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment is available only to each Term Lender [and to each Additional Term Lender of the [β, 20β]8 tranche[s] of Term Loans]. | ||
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Β | 2. The maximum aggregate outstanding amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment that will be made in connection with this offer shall not exceed $[β] of Term Loans [and $[β] of the [β, 20β]9 tranche[(s)] of Term Loans] (the βSpecified Discount Prepayment Amountβ).10 | ||
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Β | 3. The percentage discount to par value at which such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment will be made is [β]% in respect of the Term Loans [and [β]% in respect of the [β, 20β]11 tranche[(s)] of Term Loans] (the βSpecified Discountβ). |
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8Β | List multiple tranches if applicable. |
9Β | List multiple tranches if applicable. |
10Β | Minimum of $1.0 million and whole increments of $500,000. |
11Β | List multiple tranches if applicable. |
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Β Β | To accept this offer, you are required to submit to the Administrative Agent a Specified Β Discount Prepayment Response on or before 5:00 p.m. New York time on the date that is three (3) Β Business Days following the date of delivery of this notice pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(ii)(B) of the Β Agreement. |
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Β Β | The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent [and the Term Β Lenders][, the Term Lenders and each Additional Term Lender of the [β, 20β]12 tranche[s] of Term Β Loans] as follows: |
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Β Β | 1. The Borrower will not make a Borrowing of Revolving Loans to fund this Discounted Term Loan Prepayment. |
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Β Β | 2. [At least ten (10) Business Days have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted Term Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by the Borrower on the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date.][At least three (3) Business Days have passed since the date the Borrower was notified that no Term Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Term Loan and/or Other Term Loan at the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, the date of the Borrowerβs election not to accept any Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made by a Term Lender.]13 |
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Β Β | The Borrower acknowledges that the Auction Agent and the relevant Term Lenders are Β relying on the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations and warranties in connection with their Β decision whether or not to accept the offer set forth in this Specified Discount Prepayment Notice and the Β acceptance of any prepayment made in connection with this Specified Discount Prepayment Notice. |
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Β Β | The Borrower requests that Auction Agent promptly notify each of the relevant Term Β Lenders party to the Agreement of this Specified Discount Prepayment Notice. |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Specified Discount | ||||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Prepayment Notice as of the date first above written. | Β | |||
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Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Interactive Data Corporation | Β | |||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | By: | Β | Β |
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Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Name: | Β | Β | ||
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Title: | Β | Β | ||
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | Enclosure: Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Response | ||||
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Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Specified Discount Prepayment Response |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | To: [Bank of America, N.A.], as Auction Agent |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ladies and Gentlemen: |
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Β | Reference is made to (a)Β that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014, (as Β further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, Β the βAgreementβ), among Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Β Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time Β party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender Β and Issuing Bank, and (b)Β that certain Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, dated Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β , from Β the Borrower (the βSpecified Discount Prepayment Noticeβ). Capitalized terms used herein and not Β otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Specified Discount Β Prepayment Notice or, to the extent not defined therein, in the Agreement. |
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Β | The undersigned [Term Lender] [Additional Term Lender] hereby gives you irrevocable Β notice, pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B) of the Agreement, that it is willing to accept a prepayment of the Β following [tranches of] Term Loans held by such [Term Lender] [Additional Term Lender] at the Β Specified Discount in an aggregate outstanding amount as follows: |
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Β | Β [Term Loans - $[β]] Β [[β, 20β]14 tranche[s] of Term Loans - $[β]] Β The undersigned [Term Lender] [Additional Term Lender] hereby expressly consents and Β agrees to a prepayment of its [Term Loans][[β, 20β]15 tranche[s]] pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(B) of the Β Agreement at a price equal to the [applicable] Specified Discount in the aggregate outstanding amount not |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | to exceed the amount set forth above, as such amount may be reduced in accordance with the Specified |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Discount Proration, and as otherwise determined in accordance with and subject to the requirements of |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | the Agreement. |
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Β | Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Specified Discount Β Prepayment Response as of the date first above written. | |||||
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Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Notice |
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Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20 Β Β Β Β |
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Β | Β To: [Bank of America, N.A.], as Auction Agent Β |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ladies and Gentlemen: |
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Β | This Discount Range Prepayment Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section Β 2.11(a)(ii)(C) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014, (as further amended, restated, Β extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βAgreementβ), among Β Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a Β Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of Β America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Β Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such Β terms in the Agreement. Β |
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Β | Pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(C) of the Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests that Β each Term Lender [and to each Additional Term Lender of the [β, 20β]16 tranche[s] of Term Loans] Β submit a Discount Range Prepayment Offer. Any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment made in Β connection with this solicitation shall be subject to the following terms: Β |
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Β | 1. This Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers is extended at the sole discretion of the Borrower to each Term Lender [and to each Additional Term Lender of the [β, 20β]17 tranche[s] of Term Loans]. Β |
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Β | 2. The maximum aggregate outstanding amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment that will be made in connection with this solicitation is $[β] of Term Loans [and $[β] of the [β, 20β]18 tranche[(s)] of Term Loans] (the βDiscount Range Prepayment Amountβ).19 Β |
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Β | 3. The Borrower is willing to make Discount Term Loan Prepayments at a percentage discount to par value greater than or equal to [β]% but less than or equal to [β]% in respect of the |
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17Β | List multiple tranches if applicable. |
18Β | List multiple tranches if applicable. |
19Β | Minimum of $1.0 million and whole increments of $500,000. |
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Β | To make an offer in connection with this solicitation, you are required to deliver to the Β Administrative Agent a Discount Range Prepayment Offer on or before 5:00 p.m. New York time on the Β date that is three (3)Β Business Days following the dated delivery of the notice pursuant to Section Β 2.11(a)(ii)(C) of the Agreement. Β |
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Β | The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Auction Agent [and the Term Β Lenders][, the Term Lenders and each Additional Term Lender of the [β, 20β]21 tranche[s] of Term Β Loans] as follows: Β |
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Β | 1. The Borrower will not make a Borrowing of Revolving Loans to fund this Discounted Term Loan Prepayment. Β |
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Β | 2. [At least ten (10)Β Business Days have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted Term Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by the Borrower on the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date.][At least three (3)Β Business Days have passed since the date the Borrower was notified that no Term Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Term Loan and/or Other Term Loan at the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, the date of the Borrowerβs election not to accept any Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made by a Term Lender.]22 Β |
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Β | The Borrower acknowledges that the Auction Agent and the relevant Term Lenders are Β relying on the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations and warranties in connection with any Β Discount Range Prepayment Offer made in response to this Discount Range Prepayment Notice and the Β acceptance of any prepayment made in connection with this Discount Range Prepayment Notice. Β |
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Β | The Borrower requests that Auction Agent promptly notify each of the relevant Term Β Lenders party to the Agreement of this Discount Range Prepayment Notice. Β |
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Β | Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Discount Range Β Prepayment Notice as of the date first above written. | |||||
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Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Β | Interactive Data Corporation | Β | ||||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | By: |
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Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Β | Name: |
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Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Β | Title: |
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Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | Β | Enclosure: Form of Discount Range Prepayment Offer |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT O |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Discount Range Prepayment Offer |
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Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | To: [Bank of America, N.A.], as Auction Agent |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ladies and Gentlemen: |
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | Reference is made to (a) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2014, (as |
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, |
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | the βAgreementβ), among Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time |
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender |
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | and Issuing Bank, and (b) that certain Discount Range Prepayment Notice, dated Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β , from the |
Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | Borrower (the βDiscount Range Prepayment Noticeβ). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise |
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Discount Range Prepayment Notice |
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | or, to the extent not defined therein, in the Agreement. |
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | The undersigned [Term Lender] [Additional Term Lender] hereby gives you irrevocable |
Β | 19 | Β Β | Β | notice, pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(ii)(C) of the Agreement, that it is hereby offering to accept a |
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | Discounted Term Loan Prepayment on the following terms: |
Β | 21 | Β Β | Β | 1. This Discount Range Prepayment Offer is available only for prepayment on the [Term |
Β | 22 | Β Β | Β | Loans][and the [β, 20β]23 tranche[s] of Term Loans] held by the undersigned. |
Β | 23 | Β Β | Β | 2. The maximum aggregate outstanding amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment |
Β | 24 | Β Β | Β | that may be made in connection with this offer shall not exceed (the βSubmitted Amountβ): |
Β | 25 | Β Β | Β | [Term Loans - $[β]] |
Β | 26 | Β Β | Β | [[β, 20β]24 tranche[s] of Term Loans - $[β]] |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | 3. The percentage discount to par value at which such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | may be made is [β]% in respect of the Term Loans [and [β]% in respect of the [β, 20β]25 |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | tranche[(s)] of Term Loans] (the βSubmitted Discountβ). |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | The undersigned [Term Lender] [Additional Term Lender] hereby expressly consents and |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | agrees to a prepayment of its [Term Loans] [[β, 20β]26 tranche[s] of Term Loans] indicated above |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(ii)(C) of the Agreement at a price equal to the Applicable Discount and in an |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed the Submitted Amount, as such amount may be reduced in |
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | accordance with the Discount Range Proration, if any, and as otherwise determined in accordance with |
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | and subject to the requirements of the Agreement. |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Discount Range Prepayment Offer | ||||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | as of the date first above written. | ||||
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT P |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | To: [Bank of America, N.A.], as Auction Agent |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ladies and Gentlemen: |
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | This Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section |
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2014, (as further amended, restated, |
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βAgreementβ), among |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a |
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of |
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. |
Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such |
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | terms in the Agreement. |
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | Pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of the Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests that |
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | each Term Lender [and to each Additional Term Lender of the [β, 20β]27 tranche[s] of Term Loans] |
Β | 19 | Β Β | Β | submit a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer. Any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment made in |
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | connection with this solicitation shall be subject to the following terms: |
Β | 21 | Β Β | Β | 1. This Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers is extended at the sole |
Β | 22 | Β Β | Β | discretion of the Borrower to each Term Lender [and to each Additional Term Lender of the [β, |
Β | 23 | Β Β | Β | 20β]28 tranche[s] of Term Loans]. |
Β | 24 | Β Β | Β | 2. The maximum aggregate outstanding amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment |
Β | 25 | Β Β | Β | that will be made in connection with this solicitation is (the βSolicited Discounted Prepayment |
Β | 26 | Β Β | Β | Amountβ):29 |
Β | 27 | Β Β | Β | [Term Loans - $[β]] |
Β | 28 | Β Β | Β | [[β, 20β]30 tranche[s] of Term Loans - $[β]] |
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29Β | Minimum of $1.0 million and whole increments of $500,000. |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | To make an offer in connection with this solicitation, you are required to deliver to the |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Administrative Agent a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer on or before 5:00 p.m. New York |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | time on the date that is three (3) Business Days following delivery of this notice pursuant to |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Section 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of the Agreement. |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | The Borrower requests that Auction Agent promptly notify each of the relevant Term |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Lenders party to the Agreement of this Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice. |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solicited Discounted | ||||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Prepayment Notice as of the date first above written. | ||||
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Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Interactive Data Corporation | ||||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | By: | Β | Β |
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Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Name: | Β | Β | ||
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Title: | Β | Β | ||
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | Enclosure: Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer | ||||
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT Q |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | To: [Bank of America, N.A.], as Auction Agent |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ladies and Gentlemen: |
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | Reference is made to (a)Β that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014, (as |
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, |
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | the βAgreementβ), among Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo |
Β | 12 | Β Β | Β | Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial instututions and lenders from time to time |
Β | 13 | Β Β | Β | party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender |
Β | 14 | Β Β | Β | and Issuing Bank, and (b)Β that certain Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice, dated Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β , from |
Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | the Borrower (the βSolicited Discounted Prepayment Noticeβ). Capitalized terms used herein and not |
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Solicited Discounted |
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | Prepayment Notice or, to the extent not defined therein, in the Agreement. |
Β | 18 | Β Β | Β | To accept the offer set forth herein, you must submit an Acceptance and Prepayment |
Β | 19 | Β Β | Β | Notice on or before the third Business Day following your receipt of this notice. |
Β | 20 | Β Β | Β | The undersigned [Term Lender] [Additional Term Lender] hereby gives you irrevocable |
Β | 21 | Β Β | Β | notice, pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of the Agreement, that it is hereby offering to accept a |
Β | 22 | Β Β | Β | Discounted Term Loan Prepayment on the following terms: |
Β | 23 | Β Β | Β | 1. This Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is available only for prepayment on the |
Β | 24 | Β Β | Β | [Term Loans][[β, 20β]31 tranche[s] of Term Loans] held by the undersigned. |
Β | 25 | Β Β | Β | 2. The maximum aggregate outstanding amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment |
Β | 26 | Β Β | Β | that may be made in connection with this offer shall not exceed (the βOffered Amountβ): |
Β | 27 | Β Β | Β | [Term Loans - $[β]] |
Β | 28 | Β Β | Β | [[β, 20β]32 tranche[s] of Term Loans - $[β]] |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | 3. The percentage discount to par value at which such Discounted Term Loan Prepayment | ||||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | may be made is [β]% in respect of the Term Loans [and [β]% in respect of the [β, 20β]33 | ||||
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | tranche[(s)] of Term Loans] (the βOffered Discountβ). | ||||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | The undersigned [Term Lender] [Additional Term Lender] hereby expressly consents and | ||||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | agrees to a prepayment of its [Term Loans] [[β, 20β]34 tranche[s] of Term Loans] pursuant to Section | ||||
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of the Agreement at a price equal to the Acceptable Discount and in an aggregate | ||||
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | outstanding amount not to exceed such Lenderβs Offered Amount as such amount may be reduced in | ||||
Β | 8 | Β Β | Β | accordance with the Solicited Discount Proration, if any, and as otherwise determined in accordance with | ||||
Β | 9 | Β Β | Β | and subject to the requirements of the Agreement. | ||||
Β | 10 | Β Β | Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solicited Discounted | ||||
Β | 11 | Β Β | Β | Prepayment Offer as of the date first above written. | ||||
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Β | 15 | Β Β | Β | Name | Β | Β | ||
Β | 16 | Β Β | Β | Title: | Β | Β | ||
Β | 17 | Β Β | Β | By: | Β | Β |
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT R |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Form of Acceptance and Prepayment Notice |
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Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β |
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | To: [Bank of America, N.A.], as Auction Agent |
Β | 7 | Β Β | Β | Ladies and Gentlemen: |
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Β | This Acceptance and Prepayment Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section Β 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014, (as further amended, restated, Β extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βAgreementβ), among Β Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a Β Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of Β America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Β Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such Β terms in the Agreement. |
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Β | Pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of the Agreement, the Borrower hereby irrevocably Β notifies you that it accepts offers delivered in response to the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice Β having an Offered Discount equal to or greater than [β]% in respect of the Term Loans [and [β]% in Β respect of the [β, 20β]35 tranche[(s)] of Term Loans] (the βAcceptable Discountβ) in an aggregate amount Β not to exceed the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount. |
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Β | The Borrower expressly agrees that this Acceptance and Prepayment Notice shall be Β irrevocable and is subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.11(a)(ii)(D) of the Agreement. |
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Β | The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Auction Agent [and the Term Β Lenders][and the Term Lenders and each Additional Term Lender of the [β, 20β]36 tranche[s] of Term Β Loans] as follows: |
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Β | 1. The Borrower will not make a Borrowing of Revolving Loans to fund this Discounted Term Loan Prepayment. |
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Β | 2. [At least ten (10)Β Business Days have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted Term Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by the Borrower on the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date.][At least three (3)Β Business Days have passed since the date the Borrower was notified that no Term Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Term Loan and/or Other Term Loan at the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, the date of the Borrowerβs election not to accept any Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made by a Term Lender.]37 |
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Β | The Borrower acknowledges that the Auction Agent and the relevant Term Lenders are Β relying on the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations and warranties in connection with the Β acceptance of any prepayment made in connection with a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer. |
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Β | The Borrower requests that Auction Agent promptly notify each of the relevant Term Β Lenders party to the Agreement of this Acceptance and Prepayment Notice. |
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Β | Β | IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Acceptance and Β Prepayment Notice as of the date first above written. | |||||
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Β | Interactive Data Corporation | Β | ||||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β |
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Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | Β | |||
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | Β | |||
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Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT S-1 |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | FORM OF |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Β | Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2014 (as further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ) among Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement. |
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Β | Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(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 βbankβ within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the βCodeβ), (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ 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 undersignedβs conduct of a United States trade or business. |
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Β | The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service 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 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 payment is to be made by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment. |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | Β | [Lender] | |||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | ||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | ||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | [Address] | |||
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Dated: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ] | Β |
Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT S-2 |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | FORM OF |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | (For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β | Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014 (as further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ) among Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement. |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β | Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii)Β neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the βCodeβ), (iv)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (v)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi)Β no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersignedβs or its direct or indirect partners/membersβ conduct of a United States trade or business. |
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Β | The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its direct or indirect partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i)Β an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or (ii)Β an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of such partnerβs/memberβs beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments. |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | Β | [Lender] | |||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | ||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | ||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | [Address] | |||
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Dated: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ] | Β |
Β | 1 | Β Β | Β | EXHIBIT S-3 |
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | FORM OF |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | (For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β | Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2014 (as further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ) among Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement. |
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Β | Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(e) and Section 9.04(c) 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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the βCodeβ), (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), (iv) it is not a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ 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 undersignedβs conduct of a United States trade or business. |
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Β | The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service 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 such payments. |
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Β | Β Β 1 | Β Β | Β | Β | [Participant] | |||
Β | 2 | Β Β | Β | Β | By: | Β | Β | |
Β | 3 | Β Β | Β | Β | Name: | Β | ||
Β | 4 | Β Β | Β | Β | Title: | Β | ||
Β | 5 | Β Β | Β | Β | [Address] | |||
Β | 6 | Β Β | Β | Dated: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ] | Β | |||
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EXHIBIT S-4
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of MayΒ 2, 2014 (as further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ) among Interactive Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), Igloo Intermediate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the financial institutions and lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17(e) and SectionΒ 9.04(c) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii)Β neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the βCodeβ), (iv)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code SectionΒ 871(h)(3)(B), (v)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi)Β no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersignedβs or its direct or indirect partners/members conduct of a United States trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its direct or indirect partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i)Β an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or (ii)Β an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service FormΒ W-8BEN from each of such partnerβs/memberβs beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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Dated: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ]