SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITIES CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2019, among CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS, INC., as a Guarantor,
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SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITIES
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dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019,
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among
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as a Guarantor,
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
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CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.,
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individually and collectively, jointly and severally,
as the Borrower,
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THE SEVERAL LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
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SILICON VALLEY BANK,
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as Administrative Agent,Β Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender,
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and
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SILICON VALLEY BANK,
as Lead Arranger
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Table of Contents
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SECTIONΒ 1 DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 |
Defined Terms |
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1.2 |
Other Definitional Provisions |
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1.3 |
Rounding |
31 |
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SECTIONΒ 2 AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS |
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2.1 |
[Reserved] |
32 |
2.2 |
[Reserved] |
32 |
2.3 |
[Reserved] |
32 |
2.4 |
Revolving Commitments |
32 |
2.5 |
Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing |
32 |
2.6 |
Swingline Commitment |
33 |
2.7 |
Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans |
33 |
2.8 |
Overadvances |
35 |
2.9 |
Fees |
35 |
2.10 |
Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments |
36 |
2.11 |
[Reserved] |
36 |
2.12 |
[Reserved] |
36 |
2.13 |
Conversion and Continuation Options |
36 |
2.14 |
Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches |
37 |
2.15 |
Interest Rates and Payment Dates |
37 |
2.16 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
37 |
2.17 |
Inability to Determine Interest Rate |
38 |
2.18 |
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments |
38 |
2.19 |
Illegality; Requirements of Law |
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2.20 |
Taxes |
43 |
2.21 |
Indemnity |
46 |
2.22 |
Change of Lending Office |
46 |
2.23 |
Substitution of Lenders |
47 |
2.24 |
Defaulting Lenders |
48 |
2.25 |
Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers |
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2.26 |
Notes |
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2.27 |
Incremental Facility |
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SECTIONΒ 3 LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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3.1 |
L/C Commitment |
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3.2 |
Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit |
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3.3 |
Fees and Other Charges |
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3.4 |
L/C Participations; Existing Letters of Credit |
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3.5 |
Reimbursement |
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3.6 |
Obligations Absolute |
59 |
3.7 |
Letter of Credit Payments |
59 |
3.8 |
Applications |
59 |
3.9 |
Interim Interest |
59 |
3.10 |
Cash Collateral |
60 |
3.11 |
Additional Issuing Lenders |
61 |
3.12 |
Resignation of the Issuing Lender |
61 |
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3.13 |
Applicability of UCP and ISP |
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SECTIONΒ 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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4.1 |
Financial Condition |
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4.2 |
No Change |
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4.3 |
Existence; Compliance with Law |
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4.4 |
Power, Authorization; Enforceable Obligations |
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4.5 |
No Legal Bar |
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4.6 |
Litigation |
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4.7 |
No Default |
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4.8 |
Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments |
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4.9 |
Intellectual Property |
63 |
4.10 |
Taxes |
63 |
4.11 |
Federal Regulations |
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4.12 |
Labor Matters |
64 |
4.13 |
ERISA |
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4.14 |
Investment Company Act; Other Regulations |
65 |
4.15 |
Subsidiaries |
65 |
4.16 |
Use of Proceeds |
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4.17 |
Environmental Matters |
66 |
4.18 |
Accuracy of Information,Β etc. |
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4.19 |
Security Documents |
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4.20 |
Solvency |
67 |
4.21 |
Regulation H |
68 |
4.22 |
Designated Senior Indebtedness |
68 |
4.23 |
[Reserved] |
68 |
4.24 |
Insurance |
68 |
4.25 |
No Casualty |
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4.26 |
Recurring Revenue |
68 |
4.27 |
Capitalization |
68 |
4.28 |
OFAC |
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4.29 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
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4.30 |
Holding Company |
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SECTIONΒ 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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5.1 |
Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit |
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5.2 |
Conditions to Each Extension of Credit |
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5.3 |
Post-Closing Conditions Subsequent |
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SECTIONΒ 6 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.1 |
Financial Statements |
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6.2 |
Certificates; Reports; Other Information |
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6.3 |
Collections |
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6.4 |
Payment of Obligations |
76 |
6.5 |
Maintenance of Existence; Compliance |
76 |
6.6 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
76 |
6.7 |
Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions |
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6.8 |
Notices |
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6.9 |
Environmental Laws |
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6.10 |
Operating Accounts |
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6.11 |
Audits |
78 |
6.12 |
Additional Collateral, Etc. |
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6.13 |
[Reserved] |
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6.14 |
Use of Proceeds |
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6.15 |
Designated Senior Indebtedness |
81 |
6.16 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
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6.17 |
Further Assurances |
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SECTIONΒ 7 NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.1 |
Financial Condition Covenants |
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7.2 |
Indebtedness |
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7.3 |
Liens |
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7.4 |
Fundamental Changes |
85 |
7.5 |
Disposition of Property |
86 |
7.6 |
Restricted Payments |
87 |
7.7 |
[Reserved] |
88 |
7.8 |
Investments |
88 |
7.9 |
ERISA |
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7.10 |
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Preferred Stock and Debt Instruments |
91 |
7.11 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
91 |
7.12 |
Sale Leaseback Transactions |
92 |
7.13 |
Swap Agreements |
92 |
7.14 |
Accounting Changes |
92 |
7.15 |
Negative Pledge Clauses |
92 |
7.16 |
Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions |
92 |
7.17 |
Lines of Business |
93 |
7.18 |
Designation of other Indebtedness |
93 |
7.19 |
[Reserved] |
93 |
7.20 |
Amendments to Organizational Agreements and Material Contracts |
93 |
7.21 |
Use of Proceeds |
93 |
7.22 |
Subordinated Debt |
93 |
7.23 |
Anti-Terrorism Laws |
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SECTIONΒ 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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8.1 |
Events of Default |
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8.2 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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8.3 |
Application of Funds |
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SECTIONΒ 9 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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9.1 |
Appointment and Authority |
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9.2 |
Delegation of Duties |
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9.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
100 |
9.4 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
101 |
9.5 |
Notice of Default |
101 |
9.6 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
102 |
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9.7 |
Indemnification |
102 |
9.8 |
Agent in Its Individual Capacity |
103 |
9.9 |
Successor Administrative Agent |
103 |
9.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
104 |
9.11 |
Administrative Agent MayΒ File Proofs of Claim |
105 |
9.12 |
No Other Duties,Β etc. |
106 |
9.13 |
Cash Management Bank and Qualified Counterparty Reports |
106 |
9.14 |
Survival |
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SECTIONΒ 10 MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.1 |
Amendments and Waivers |
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10.2 |
Notices |
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10.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
110 |
10.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
110 |
10.5 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
110 |
10.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. |
112 |
10.7 |
Adjustments; Set-off |
116 |
10.8 |
Payments Set Aside |
116 |
10.9 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
117 |
10.10 |
Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments. |
117 |
10.11 |
Severability |
117 |
10.12 |
Integration |
117 |
10.13 |
GOVERNING LAW |
118 |
10.14 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
118 |
10.15 |
Acknowledgements |
119 |
10.16 |
Releases of Guarantees and Liens |
119 |
10.17 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
119 |
10.18 |
Automatic Debits |
120 |
10.19 |
Judgment Currency |
120 |
10.20 |
Patriot Act |
121 |
10.21 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1A: |
Commitments |
Schedule 1.1B: |
Existing Letters of Credit |
Schedule 4.4: |
Governmental Approvals, Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices |
Schedule 4.6: |
Litigation |
Schedule 4.15: |
Subsidiaries |
Schedule 4.17: |
Environmental Matters |
Schedule 4.19(a): |
Financing Statements and Other Filings |
Schedule 4.27: |
Capitalization |
Schedule 7.2(d): |
Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 7.3(f): |
Existing Liens |
Schedule 7.8(e): |
Existing Investments |
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EXHIBITS | |
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ExhibitΒ A: |
FormΒ of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement |
ExhibitΒ B: |
FormΒ of Compliance Certificate |
ExhibitΒ C: |
FormΒ of Secretaryβs/Managing Memberβs Certificate |
ExhibitΒ D: |
FormΒ of Solvency Certificate |
ExhibitΒ E: |
FormΒ of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibits F-1 β F-4: |
Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
ExhibitΒ G: |
Reserved |
ExhibitΒ H-1: |
FormΒ of Revolving Loan Note |
ExhibitΒ H-2: |
FormΒ of Swingline Loan Note |
ExhibitΒ I: |
FormΒ of Borrowing Base Certificate |
ExhibitΒ J: |
FormΒ of Collateral Information Certificate |
ExhibitΒ K: |
FormΒ of Notice of Borrowing |
ExhibitΒ L: |
FormΒ of Notice of Conversion/Continuation |
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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this βAgreementβ), dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, is entered into by and among CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually or collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party to this Agreement (each a βLenderβ and, collectively, the βLendersβ), SILICON VALLEY BANK (βSVBβ), as the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, and SVB, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacities together with any successors and assigns in such capacities, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
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RECITALS:
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WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to obtain financing to refinance the Existing Credit Facility, as well as for working capital financing and letter of credit facilities;
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WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend a revolving credit facility to the Borrower, upon the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000, including a letter of credit sub-facility in the aggregate availability amount of $10,000,000 (as a sublimit of the revolving loan facility), and a swingline sub-facility in the aggregate availability amount of $10,000,000 (as a sublimit of the revolving loan facility);
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WHEREAS, the Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (subject to Liens permitted by the Loan Documents) on substantially all of its assets; and
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WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors has agreed to guarantee the Obligations of the Borrower and to secure its respective Obligations in respect of such guarantee by granting to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (subject to Liens permitted by the Loan Documents) on substantially all of its assets.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
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SECTIONΒ 1
DEFINITIONS
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1.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Defined Terms.Β As used in this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the terms listed in this SectionΒ 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this SectionΒ 1.1.
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βABRβ:Β for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a)Β the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b)Β the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect for such day plus 0.50%, and (c)Β the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%.Β Any change in the ABR due to a change in any of the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be, shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of the change in such rates.
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βABR Loansβ:Β Loans, the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
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βAccount Debtorβ:Β any Person who may become obligated to any Person under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account, chattel paper or general intangibles (including a payment intangible).Β Unless otherwise stated, the term βAccount Debtor,β when used herein, shall mean an Account Debtor in respect
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of an Account of the Borrower.
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βAccountsβ:Β all βaccountsβ (as defined in the UCC) of a Person, including, without limitation, accounts, accounts receivable, monies due or to become due and obligations in any form (whether arising in connection with contracts, contract rights, instruments, general intangibles, or chattel paper), in each case whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered or from any other transaction and whether or not earned by performance, now or hereafter in existence, and all documents of title or other documents representing any of the foregoing, and all collateral security and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.Β Unless otherwise stated, the term βAccount,β when used herein, shall mean an Account of the Borrower.
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βAdministrative Agentβ:Β SVB, as the administrative agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors in such capacity.
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βAffected Lenderβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.23.
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βAffiliateβ:Β with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided that, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Lenders shall be deemed Affiliates of the Loan Parties as a result of the exercise of their rights and remedies under the Loan Documents.
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βAgent Partiesβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.2(c)(ii).
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βAggregate Exposureβ:Β with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a)Β the amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding, and (b)Β without duplication of clause (a), the L/C Commitment of such Lender then in effect (as a sublimit of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender).
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βAggregate Exposure Percentageβ:Β with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lenderβs Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
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βAgreementβ:Β as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βApplicable Marginβ:Β commencing on the first day of the first full calendar month ending after the Closing Date, the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading below based on the applicable Average Daily Usage for the prior calendar month:
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Level |
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AverageΒ Daily |
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ApplicableΒ Margin |
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Applicable |
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CommitmentΒ Fee |
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II |
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< 50% |
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2.75 |
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1.75 |
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0.30 |
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> 50% |
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3.25 |
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2.25 |
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0.20 |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a)Β until and including the last day of the first full calendar month ending after the Closing Date, the Applicable Margin shall be the rates corresponding to Level I in the
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foregoing table, and (b)Β no reduction to the Applicable Margin shall become effective at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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The Applicable Margin set forth above (but not the Commitment Fee Rate) shall be reduced by 0.25% per annum upon the consummation of a Qualified IPO or after the Borrower achieves a $350,000,000 annual recurring revenue run rate.
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βApplicationβ:Β an application, in such form as the Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.
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βApproved Fundβ:Β any Fund 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.
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βAssignment and Assumptionβ:Β an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by SectionΒ 10.6), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of ExhibitΒ E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
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βAvailable Revolving Commitmentβ:Β at any time, an amount equal to (a)Β the lesser of (i)Β the Total Revolving Commitments in effect at such time and (ii)Β the Borrowing Base in effect at such time, minus (b)Β the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, minus (c)Β the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time, minus (d)Β the aggregate principal balance of any Revolving Loans outstanding at such time; provided that for purposes of calculating any Lenderβs Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose of determining such Lenderβs Available Revolving Commitment pursuant to SectionΒ 2.9(b), the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.
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βAvailable Revolving Increase Amountβ:Β as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the result of (a)Β $75,000,000 minus (b)Β the aggregate principal amount of Increases to the Revolving Commitments previously made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.27 after the Closing Date.
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βAverage Daily Usageβ: the average of the Usage for each day of the immediately preceding calendar month (or quarter for purposes of determining the Letter of Credit Fee or Commitment Fee Rate).
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βBail-In Actionβ: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
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βBail-In Legislationβ: with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing ArticleΒ 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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βBankruptcy Codeβ:Β TitleΒ 11 of the United States Code entitled βBankruptcy.β
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βBenefitted Lenderβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.7(a).
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βBlocked Personβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 7.23.
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βBoardβ:Β the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
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βBorrowerβ:Β as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βBorrowing Baseβ:Β the product of (a)Β RR for the most recently ended month for which a Borrowing Base Certificate was required to be delivered hereunder, multiplied by (b)Β the Multiplier.Β The Borrowing Base shall be calculated by the Administrative Agent based on information provided by the Borrower and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion.
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βBorrowing Base Certificateβ:Β a certificate to be executed and delivered from time to time by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in substantially the form of ExhibitΒ I, or in such other form as shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
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βBorrowing Dateβ:Β any Business Day specified by the Borrower in a Notice of Borrowing as a date on which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
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βBusinessβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 4.17(b).
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βBusiness Dayβ:Β a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of New York or California are authorized or required by law to close; provided that with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.
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βCapital Lease Obligationsβ:Β as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that for all purposes hereunder, any obligations of such Person that would have been treated as operating leases in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 840 (regardless of whether or not then in effect) shall be treated as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions, calculations and covenants, without giving effect to Accounting Standards Codification 842 requiring operating leases to be recharacterized or treated as capital leases.
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βCapital Stockβ:Β with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination; provided, however, that any Indebtedness convertible into equity interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not constitute Capital Stock.
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βCash Collateralizeβ:Β to pledge and deposit with or deliver to (a)Β with respect to Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and one or more of the Lenders, as applicable, as collateral for L/C Exposure or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Lender; (b)Β with respect to Obligations arising under any Cash Management Agreement in connection with Cash
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Management Services, the applicable Cash Management Bank, for its own or any of its applicable Affiliateβs benefit, as provider of such Cash Management Services, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Cash Management Bank shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Cash Management Bank; or (c)Β with respect to Obligations in respect of any Specified Swap Agreements, the applicable Qualified Counterparty, as Collateral for such Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if such Qualified Counterparty shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to such Qualified Counterparty.Β βCash Collateralβ shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
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βCash Equivalentsβ:Β (a)Β marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b)Β certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000; (c)Β commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Xxxxxβx, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d)Β repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b)Β of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government; (e)Β securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Xxxxxβx; (f)Β securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b)Β of this definition; (g)Β money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a)Β through (f)Β of this definition; (h)Β money market funds that (i)Β comply with the criteria set forth in SEC RuleΒ 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii)Β are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Xxxxxβx and (iii)Β have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; (i)Β in the case of any Group Member organized or having its principal place of business outside the United States, investments denominated in the currency of the jurisdiction in which such Group member is organized or has its principal place of business which are similar and of comparable credit quality to the items specified in clauses (b)Β through (i)Β above; or (j)Β investments permitted by the Borrowerβs board-approved investment policy as approved from time to time by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
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βCash Management Agreementβ: as defined in the definition of βCash Management Services.β
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βCash Management Bankβ: any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
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βCash Management Servicesβ:Β cash management and other services provided to one or more of the Loan Parties by a Cash Management Bank which may include treasury, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement, merchant store value cards, e-payables services, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network, automatic clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system),
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merchant services, direct deposit of payroll, business credit card (including so-called βpurchase cardsβ, βprocurement cardsβ or βp-cardsβ), credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, and check cashing services identified in such Cash Management Bankβs various cash management services or other similar agreements (each, a βCash Management Agreementβ).
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βCasualty Eventβ: any damage to or any destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking by any Governmental Authority of any property of the Loan Parties.
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βCertificated Securitiesβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 4.19(a).
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βChange of Controlβ: (a)Β at any time, any βpersonβ or βgroupβ (as such terms are used in SectionsΒ 13(d)Β and 14(d)Β of the Exchange Act) shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the βbeneficial ownerβ (as defined in RulesΒ 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings (determined on a fully diluted basis); or (b)Β except as permitted by SectionΒ 7.4, at any time, Holdings shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of each other Loan Party free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3.
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βClosing Dateβ:Β the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in SectionΒ 5.1 are satisfied or waived by the Administrative Agent and, as applicable, the Lenders or the Required Lenders.
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βCodeβ:Β the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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βCollateralβ:Β all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.Β For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Asset shall constitute βCollateral.β
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βCollateral Information Certificateβ:Β the Collateral Information Certificate to be executed and delivered by Holdings pursuant to SectionΒ 5.1, substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ J.
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βCollateral-Related Expensesβ:Β all reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent paid or incurred in connection with any sale, collection or other realization on the Collateral, including reasonable compensation to the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and reimbursement for all other reasonable costs, expenses and liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith (including as described in SectionΒ 6.6 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), and all amounts for which the Administrative Agent is entitled to indemnification under the Security Documents and all advances made by the Administrative Agent under the Security Documents for the account of any Loan Party.
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βCommitmentβ:Β as to any Lender, its Revolving Commitment.
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βCommitment Fee Rateβ: the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading under the definition of βApplicable Margin.β
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βCommodity Exchange Actβ:Β the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. SectionΒ 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
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βCommunicationsβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.2(c)(ii).
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βCompliance Certificateβ:Β a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings
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substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B.
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βConnection Income Taxesβ:Β Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
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βContractual Obligationβ:Β as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
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βControlβ:Β the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.Β βControllingβ and βControlledβ have meanings correlative thereto.
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βControl Agreementβ:Β any account control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent entered into among the depository institution at which a Loan Party maintains a Deposit Account or the securities intermediary at which a Loan Party maintains a Securities Account, such Loan Party, and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the Administrative Agent obtains control (within the meaning of the UCC or any other applicable law) over such Deposit Account or Securities Account.
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βCrowdStrikeβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βCrowdStrike Servicesβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βDebtor Relief Lawsβ: 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.
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βDefaultβ:Β any of the events specified in SectionΒ 8.1, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
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βDefault Rateβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.15(c).
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βDefaulting Lenderβ:Β subject to SectionΒ 2.24(b), any Lender that (a)Β has failed to (i)Β fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2)Β Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenderβs reasonable determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii)Β pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two (2)Β Business Days of the date when due, (b)Β has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenderβs obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lenderβs reasonable determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c)Β has failed, within three (3)Β Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this
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clause (c)Β upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d)Β has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i)Β become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii)Β become the subject of a Bail-In Action or (iii)Β had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.Β Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a)Β through (d)Β above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to SectionΒ 2.24(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
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βDeposit Accountβ:Β any βdeposit accountβ as defined in the UCC with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
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βDeposit Account Control Agreementβ:Β any Control Agreement entered into by the Administrative Agent, a Loan Party and a financial institution holding a Deposit Account of such Loan Party pursuant to which the Administrative Agent is granted βcontrolβ (for purposes of the UCC) over such Deposit Account.
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βDesignated Jurisdictionβ:Β any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanction.
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βDetermination Dateβ:Β as defined in the definition of βPro Forma Basisβ.
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βDischarge of Obligationsβ:Β subject to SectionΒ 10.8, the satisfaction of the Obligations (including all such Obligations relating to Cash Management Services) by the payment in full, in cash (or, as applicable, Cash Collateralization in accordance with the terms hereof) of the principal of and interest on or other liabilities relating to each Loan and any previously provided Cash Management Services, all fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document (other than inchoate indemnification obligations and any other obligations which pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document specifically survive repayment of the Loans for which no claim has been made), and other Obligations under or in respect of Specified Swap Agreements and Cash Management Services, to the extent (a)Β no default or termination event shall have occurred and be continuing thereunder, (b)Β any such Obligations in respect of Specified Swap Agreements have, if required by any applicable Qualified Counterparties, been Cash Collateralized, (c)Β no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (or, as applicable, each outstanding and undrawn Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof), (d)Β no Obligations in respect of any Cash Management Services are outstanding (or, as applicable, all such outstanding Obligations in respect of Cash Management Services have been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof), and (e)Β the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders are terminated.
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βDisclosure Letterβ:Β the disclosure letter, dated as of the date hereof, delivered by each Loan Party to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
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βDispositionβ:Β with respect to any property (including, without limitation, Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of Holdings), any sale, lease, Sale Leaseback Transaction, assignment, conveyance, transfer,
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encumbrance or other disposition thereof (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) and any issuance of Capital Stock of any of Holdingsβ Subsidiaries.Β The terms βDisposeβ and βDisposed ofβ shall have correlative meanings.
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βDisqualified Stockβ: any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the date on which the Loans mature.Β The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that Holdings and its Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock or portion thereof, plus accrued dividends.Β Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (i)Β any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to be paid upon liquidation, dissolution, winding up or pursuant to such other applicable statutory or regulatory obligations of the issuer of such Capital Stock will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that such payments may not be made with respect to such Capital Stock unless such payments are made in accordance with SectionΒ 7.6 hereof and (ii)Β if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to a plan or agreement for the benefit of the Borrowerβs or its Subsidiariesβ employees or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employeeβs termination, death, or disability.
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βDivisionβ: the division of the assets, liability and/or obligations of a Person (the βDividing Personβ) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a βplan or divisionβ or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
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βDollarsβ and β$β:Β dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
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βDomestic Subsidiaryβ:Β any Subsidiary of Holdings organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
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βEEA Financial Institutionβ:Β (a)Β any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b)Β any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a)Β of this definition, or (c)Β any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a)Β or (b)Β of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
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βEEA Member Countryβ:Β any of the member states of the European Union,Β Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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βEEA Resolution Authorityβ:Β any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
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βEligible Assigneeβ:Β any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under SectionΒ 10.6(b)(iii), (v)Β and (vi)Β (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under SectionΒ 10.6(b)(iii)).
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βEligible Customer Accountsβ: Accounts generated from expected receipt of Recurring Revenue which arise in the ordinary course of the Borrowerβs business that meet all of the Borrowerβs representations and warranties set forth herein and in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect thereto.
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βEnvironmental Lawsβ:Β any and all foreign, federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
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βEnvironmental Liabilityβ:Β any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)Β a violation of an Environmental Law, (b)Β the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Materials of Environmental Concern, (c)Β exposure to any Materials of Environmental Concern, (d)Β the release or threatened release of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment, or (e)Β any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
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βERISAβ:Β the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including (unless the context otherwise requires) any rulesΒ or regulations promulgated thereunder.
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βERISA Affiliateβ:Β each business or entity which is, or within the last six years was, a member of a βcontrolled group of corporations,β under βcommon controlβ or an βaffiliated service groupβ with any Loan Party within the meaning of SectionΒ 414(b), (c), (m)Β or (n)Β of the Code, required to be aggregated with any Loan Party under SectionΒ 414(o)Β of the Code, or is, or within the last six years was, under βcommon controlβ with any Loan Party, within the meaning of SectionΒ 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
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βERISA Eventβ:Β any of (a)Β a reportable event as defined in SectionΒ 4043 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation has waived the requirement of SectionΒ 4043(a)Β of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event; (b)Β the applicability of the requirements of SectionΒ 4043(b)Β of ERISA with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, to any Pension Plan where an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of SectionΒ 4043(c)Β of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such plan within the following 30 days; (c)Β a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a Pension Plan or the termination of any Pension Plan resulting in liability under SectionsΒ 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (d)Β the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of SectionΒ 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore, or the receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to SectionΒ 4241 or 4245 of ERISA;Β (e)Β the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under SectionΒ 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f)Β the imposition of liability on any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof pursuant to Sections 4062(e)Β or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of SectionΒ 4212(c)Β of ERISA; (g)Β the failure by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof to make any required contribution to a Pension Plan, or the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of SectionΒ 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with SectionΒ 412(c)Β of the Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under SectionΒ 430 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (h)Β the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered to critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA;
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(i)Β an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under SectionΒ 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (j)Β the imposition of any liability under Title I or TitleΒ IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under SectionΒ 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof; (k)Β an application for a funding waiver under SectionΒ 303 of ERISA or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to SectionΒ 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan; (l)Β the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA for which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof may be directly or indirectly liable; (m)Β a violation of the applicable requirements of SectionΒ 404 or 405 of ERISA or the exclusive benefit ruleΒ under SectionΒ 401(a)Β of the Code by any fiduciary or disqualified person for which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof may be directly or indirectly liable; (n)Β the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Code or under Sections 409, 502(c), (i)Β or (1)Β or 4071 of ERISA; (o)Β the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan or the assets thereof, or against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with any such Plan; (p)Β receipt from the IRS of notice of the failure of any Qualified Plan to qualify under SectionΒ 401(a)Β of the Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Qualified Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under SectionΒ 501(a)Β of the Code; (q)Β the imposition of any lien (or the fulfillment of the conditions for the imposition of any lien) on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof, in either case pursuant to TitleΒ I or IV of ERISA, including SectionΒ 302(f)Β or 303(k)Β of ERISA or to SectionΒ 401(a)(29) or 430(k)Β of the Code; or (r)Β the establishment or amendment by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof of any βwelfare planβ as such term is defined in SectionΒ 3(1)Β of ERISA, that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that could be reasonably likely to result in material liability of any Loan Party.
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βERISA Funding Rulesβ:Β the rulesΒ regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans, as set forth in SectionΒ 412 of the Code and SectionΒ 302 of ERISA, with respect to Plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and thereafter, as set forth in SectionsΒ 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
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βEU Bail-In Legislation Scheduleβ:Β the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
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βEurocurrency Reserve Requirementsβ:Β for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as βEurocurrency Liabilitiesβ in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
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βEurodollar Base Rateβ:Β with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to (a)Β a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent by reference to the ICE Benchmark Administration London Interbank Offered Rate (βLIBORβ)Β (or any successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making LIBOR available) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M.Β (London, England time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period (as set forth by Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto or any other commercially available service selected by the Administrative Agent which provides quotations of LIBOR); and (b)Β an ABR Loan, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be LIBOR (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term of one (1)Β month in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M.Β (London, England time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the beginning of
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such Interest Period (as set forth by Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto or any other commercially available service selected by the Administrative Agent which provides quotations of LIBOR); provided that in either case (a)Β or (b), the Eurodollar Base Rate shall not be less than 0%.Β In the event that the Administrative Agent determines that LIBOR is not available, the βEurodollar Base Rateβ shall be determined by reference to the rate per annum equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank market by SVB for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant Interest Period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, for which the Eurodollar Base Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, and of one (1)Β month, in the case of an ABR Loan, as of approximately 11:00Β A.M.Β (London, England time) two (2)Β Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period; provided that, in all events, such Eurodollar Base Rate shall not be less than 0%.
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βEurodollar Loansβ:Β Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon clause (a)Β of the definition of βEurodollar Base Rate.β
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βEurodollar Rateβ:Β with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula:
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The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements; provided that the Eurodollar Rate shall not be less than 0.0%.
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βEurodollar Trancheβ:Β the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under a particular Facility (other than the L/C Facility), the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
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βEvent of Defaultβ:Β any of the events specified in SectionΒ 8.1; provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
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βExchange Actβ:Β the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time and any successor statute.
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βExcluded Assetsβ:Β as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
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βExcluded Subsidiaryβ:Β any Subsidiary that is (a)Β not a Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings or another Loan Party if becoming a Guarantor hereunder would reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences, (b)Β a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company if becoming a Guarantor hereunder would reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences, or (c)Β an Immaterial Subsidiary.
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βExcluded Swap Obligationsβ:Β with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee Obligation of such Guarantor with respect to, or the grant by such Guarantor of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantorβs failure for any reason to constitute an βeligible contract participantβ as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time such Guarantee Obligation of such Guarantor, or the grant by such Guarantor of such Lien, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.Β If such a Swap Obligation arises under a master
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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 Obligation or Lien is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
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βExcluded Taxesβ:Β any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a)Β Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i)Β imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii)Β that are Other Connection Taxes, (b)Β in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i)Β such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under SectionΒ 2.23) or (ii)Β such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenderβs assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c)Β Taxes attributable to such Recipientβs failure to comply with SectionΒ 2.20(f)Β and (d)Β any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
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βExisting Credit Facilityβ: the credit facility governed by that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of MarchΒ 1, 2017, as amended.
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βExisting Letters of Creditβ:Β the letters of credit described on Schedule 1.1B to the Disclosure Letter.
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βFacilityβ:Β each of (a)Β the L/C Facility (which is a sub-facility of the Revolving Facility), (b)Β the Revolving Facility and (c)Β the Swingline Facility (which is a sub-facility of the Revolving Facility).
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βFATCAβ:Β Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to SectionΒ 1471(b)(1)Β of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rulesΒ or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
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βFederal Funds Effective Rateβ:Β for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by SVB from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
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βFee Letterβ:Β the letter agreement dated AugustΒ 23, 2018, among the Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent.
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βFlood Lawsβ:Β the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and related legislation (including the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
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βFlow of Funds Agreementβ:Β the spreadsheet or other similar statement prepared by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, regarding the disbursement of Loan proceeds (if any) on the Closing Date, the funding and the payment of the fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including counsel to the Administrative Agent), and such other matters as may be agreed to
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βForeclosed Borrowersβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.25.
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βForeign Lenderβ:Β (a)Β if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b)Β if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
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βForeign Subsidiaryβ:Β any Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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βForeign Subsidiary Holding Companyβ: any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings, substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Capital Stock (or Capital Stock and other securities) of one or more controlled foreign corporations (within the meaning of SectionΒ 957 of the Code) or other Foreign Subsidiary Holding Companies.
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βFronting Exposureβ: at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, as applicable, (a)Β with respect to the Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lenderβs L/C Percentage of the outstanding L/C Exposure other than L/C Exposure 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 Revolving Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lenderβs participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.
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βFundβ: any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
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βFunding Officeβ:Β the Revolving Loan Funding Office.
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βGAAPβ:Β generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of SectionΒ 7.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial statements referred to in SectionΒ 4.1(b).Β In the event that any βAccounting Changeβ (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrowerβs financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made.Β Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred.Β βAccounting Changesβ refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC, or the adoption of IFRS.
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βGovernmental Approvalβ:Β any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, franchise, permit, certificate, accreditation, registration, filing or notice, of, issued by, from or to, or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority.
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βGovernmental Authorityβ:Β the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
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βGroup Membersβ:Β the collective reference to Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
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βGuarantee and Collateral Agreementβ:Β the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ A.
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βGuarantee Obligationβ: as to any Person (the βguaranteeing personβ), any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the βprimary obligationsβ) of any other third Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i)Β to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii)Β to advance or supply funds (1)Β for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2)Β to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii)Β to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv)Β otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.Β The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a)Β an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b)Β the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing personβs maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
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βGuarantorsβ: a collective reference to Holdings and each Subsidiary of Holdings which has become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of SectionΒ 6.12 hereof and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing or any contrary provision herein or in any other Loan Document, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to be a Guarantor, and no Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor if, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the burden or cost of providing a guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom.
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βHoldingsβ:Β has the meaning in the preamble hereto.
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βIFRSβ:Β international accounting standards within the meaning of IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements delivered under or referred to herein.
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βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ:Β at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than a Borrower or a Guarantor) designated as such by the Borrower in writing and which as of such date (a)Β holds assets representing 10% or less of Holdingsβ consolidated total assets as of such date (determined in accordance with GAAP), (b)Β has generated less than 10% of Holdingsβ consolidated total revenues
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determined in accordance with GAAP for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent period for which financial statements have been delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(b); provided that all Subsidiaries that are individually βImmaterial Subsidiariesβ shall not have aggregate consolidated total assets that would represent 20% or more of Holdingsβ consolidated total assets as of such date or have generated 20% or more of Holdingsβ consolidated total revenues for such four fiscal quarter period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, and (c)Β owns no material Intellectual Property.
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βIncreaseβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.27.
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βIncrease Joinderβ:Β an instrument, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, by which a Lender becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to SectionΒ 2.27.
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βIncurredβ:Β as defined in the definition of βPro Forma Basisβ.
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βIndebtednessβ:Β of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a)Β all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b)Β all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i)Β current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Personβs business, (ii)Β any earn-out obligation if such obligation is not paid after becoming due and payable or such obligation is reflected on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP and (iii)Β accruals for payroll and other liabilities, including deferred compensation arrangements, in each case, accrued in the ordinary course of business), (c)Β all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d)Β all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e)Β all Capital Lease Obligations and all Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person, (f)Β all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g)Β all obligations of such Person with respect to Disqualified Stock, (h)Β all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a)Β through (g)Β above, (i)Β all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a)Β through (h)Β above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, and (j)Β the net obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements.Β 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 expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
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βIndemnified Taxesβ:Β (a)Β Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b)Β to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
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βIndemniteeβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.5(b).
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βInsolvency Proceedingβ: (a)Β any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b)Β any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of any Personβs creditors generally or any substantial portion of such Personβs creditors, in each case undertaken under U.S. federal, state or foreign law, including any Debtor Relief Law.
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βIntellectual Propertyβ:Β the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
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βIntellectual Property Security Agreementβ:Β an intellectual property security agreement entered into between a Loan Party and the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with each other intellectual property security agreement and supplement thereto delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.12, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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βInterest Payment Dateβ:Β (a)Β as to any ABR Loan (including any Swingline Loan), the first Business Day of each calendar month to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b)Β as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three (3)Β months or less, the last Business Day of such Interest Period, (c)Β as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three (3)Β months, each day that is three (3)Β months (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the Business Day next succeeding such date) after the first day of such Interest Period and the last Business Day of such Interest Period, and (d)Β as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan and any Swingline Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.
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βInterest Periodβ:Β as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a)Β initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one (1), three (3)Β or six (6)Β months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b)Β thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one (1), three (3)Β or six (6)Β months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation not later than 10:00 A.M.Β on the date that is three (3)Β Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
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βInterest Rate Agreementβ:Β any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is (a)Β for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure associated with Holdingsβ and its Subsidiariesβ operations, (b)Β approved by Administrative Agent, and (c)Β not for speculative purposes.
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βInventoryβ:Β all βinventory,β as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, wherever located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Loan Party for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitutes raw materials, work in process, finished goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Loan Partyβs business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded software.
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βInvestmentsβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 7.8.
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βIRSβ:Β the Internal Revenue Service, or any successor thereto.
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βISPβ:Β with respect to any Letter of Credit, the βInternational Standby Practices 1998β published by the Institute of International Banking LawΒ & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
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βIssuing Lenderβ:Β as the context may require, (a)Β SVB or any Affiliate thereof, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, each Existing Letter of Credit), and (b)Β any other Lender or an Affiliate thereof that may become an Issuing Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 3.11 or 3.12, with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Lender or its Affiliate.Β The Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Lender or other financial institutions, in which case the term βIssuing Lenderβ shall include any such Affiliate or other financial institution with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or other financial institution.
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βIssuing Lender Feesβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 3.3(a).
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βLCA Electionβ: as defined in SectionΒ 1.4.
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βLCA Test Dateβ: as defined in SectionΒ 1.4.
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βL/C Advanceβ:Β each L/C Lenderβs funding of its participation in any L/C Disbursement in accordance with its L/C Percentage of the L/C Commitment.
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βL/C Commitmentβ: as to any L/C Lender, the obligation of such L/C Lender, if any, to purchase an undivided interest in the Issuing Lendersβ obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit (including to make payments with respect to draws made under any Letter of Credit pursuant to SectionΒ 3.5(b)) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading βL/C Commitmentβ opposite such L/C Lenderβs name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption or Increase Joinder pursuant to which such L/C Lender becomes a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The L/C Commitment is a sublimit of the Revolving Commitment and the aggregate amount of the L/C Commitments shall not exceed the amount of the Total L/C Commitments at any time.
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βL/C Disbursementsβ:Β a payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
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βL/C Exposureβ: Β at any time, the sum of (a)Β the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, and (b)Β the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time.Β The L/C Exposure of any L/C Lender at any time shall equal its L/C Percentage of the aggregate L/C Exposure at such time.
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βL/C Facilityβ:Β the L/C Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
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βL/C Fee Payment Dateβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 3.3(a).
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βL/C Lenderβ:Β a Lender with an L/C Commitment.
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βL/C Percentageβ:Β as to any L/C Lender at any time, the percentage of the Total L/C Commitments represented by such L/C Lenderβs L/C Commitment, as such percentage may be adjusted as provided in SectionΒ 2.24.
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βL/C-Related Documentsβ:Β collectively, each Letter of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit), all applications for any Letter of Credit (and applications for the amendment of any Letter of Credit) submitted by the Borrower to the Issuing Lender and any other document, agreement and instrument relating to any Letter of Credit, including any of the Issuing Lenderβs standard form documents for letter of credit issuances.
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βLendersβ:Β as defined in the preamble hereto; provided that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender.
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βLetter of Creditβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 3.1(a); provided that such term shall include each Existing Letter of Credit.
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βLetter of Credit Availability Periodβ:Β the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Letter of Credit Maturity Date.
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βLetter of Credit Feesβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 3.3(a).
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βLetter of Credit Fronting Feesβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 3.3(a).
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βLetter of Credit Maturity Dateβ:Β the date occurring 15 days prior to the Revolving Termination Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
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βLIBORβ:Β as defined in the definition of βEurodollar Base Rate.β
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βLienβ:Β any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
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βLimited Condition Acquisitionβ: any Permitted Acquisition, the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and is being financed with an Increase; provided, that, in the event the consummation of any such Permitted Acquisition shall not have occurred on or prior to the date that is 120 days following the signing of the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition Agreement, such Permitted Acquisition shall no longer constitute a Limited Condition Acquisition for any purpose.
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βLimited Condition Acquisition Agreementβ: any agreement providing for a Limited Condition Acquisition.
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βLiquidityβ:Β at any time, the sum of (a)Β the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held at such time by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with SVB or its Affiliates, in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts subject to Control Agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent or otherwise subject to a first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, and (b)Β the Available Revolving Commitment at such time.
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βLoanβ:Β any loan made or maintained by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
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βLoan Documentsβ:Β this Agreement, each Security Document, each Note, the Fee Letter, the Flow of Funds Agreement, each Assignment and Assumption, each Compliance Certificate, each Borrowing Base Certificate, each Increase Joinder, each Notice of Borrowing, each Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Solvency Certificate, the Collateral Information Certificate, each L/C-Related Document, each subordination or intercreditor agreement and any agreement creating or perfecting rights in cash collateral pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 3.10, or otherwise, and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.
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βLoan Partiesβ:Β each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document, as a Borrower or a Guarantor.
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βMaterial Adverse Effectβ: (a)Β a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b)Β a material impairment of the rights and remedies, taken as a whole, of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under any definitive loan document, or of the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c)Β a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any material Loan Document to which it is a party.
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βMaterials of Environmental Concernβ:Β any substance, material or waste that is defined, regulated, governed or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant (or by words of similar meaning and regulatory effect), any petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, molds or fungus, and radioactivity, radiofrequency radiation at levels known to be hazardous to human health and safety.
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βMinority Lenderβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.1(b).
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βMoodyβsβ:Β Xxxxxβx Investors Service,Β Inc.
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βMortgaged Propertiesβ:Β the real properties as to which, pursuant to SectionΒ 6.12(b)Β or otherwise, the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.
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βMortgagesβ:Β each of the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or such equivalent documents hereafter entered into and executed and delivered by one or more of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent, in each case, as such documents may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
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βMultiemployer Planβ:Β a βmultiemployer planβ (within the meaning of SectionΒ 3(37) of ERISA) to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof makes, is making, or is obligated or has ever been obligated to make, contributions.
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βMultiplierβ: (a)Β from the Closing Date until (but not including) the first anniversary of the Closing Date, 6, (b)Β from the first anniversary of the Closing Date until (but not including) the second anniversary of the Closing Date, 5, and (c)Β thereafter, 4.
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βNon-Consenting Lenderβ:Β any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a)Β requires the approval of all Affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 10.1 and (b)Β has been approved by the Required Lenders.
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βNon-Defaulting Lenderβ: at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
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βNoteβ:Β a Revolving Loan Note or a Swingline Loan Note.
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βNotice of Borrowingβ:Β a notice substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ K.
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βNotice of Conversion/Continuationβ:Β a notice substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ L.
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βObligationsβ:Β (a)Β the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Loan Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, any other Lender, any applicable Cash Management Bank, and any Qualified Counterparty party to a Specified Swap Agreement, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Cash Management Agreement), the Letters of Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, payment obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, any other Lender, any applicable Cash Management Bank, to the extent that any applicable Cash Management Agreement requires the reimbursement by any applicable Group Member of any such expenses), and any Qualified Counterparty party to a Specified Swap Agreement that are required to be paid by any Loan Party pursuant any Loan Document, Cash Management Agreement or otherwise, and (b)Β any obligations of any other Group Member arising in connection with any Cash Managements Agreement.Β For the avoidance of doubt, the Obligations shall not include (i)Β any obligations arising under any warrants or other equity instruments issued by any Loan Party to any Lender, or (ii)Β solely with respect to any Guarantor that is not a Qualified ECP Guarantor, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.
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βOFACβ: the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury and any successor thereto.
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βOperating Documentsβ:Β for any Person as of any date, such Personβs constitutional documents, formation documents and/or certificate of incorporation (or equivalent thereof), as certified (if applicable) by such Personβs jurisdiction of formation as of a recent date, and, (a)Β if such Person is a corporation, its bylaws or memorandum and articles of association (or equivalent thereof) in current form, (b)Β if such Person is a limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement (or similar agreement), and (c)Β if such Person is a partnership, its partnership agreement (or similar agreement), each of the foregoing with all current amendments or modifications thereto.
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βOther Connection Taxesβ:Β with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than
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connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
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βOther Taxesβ:Β all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.23).
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βOveradvanceβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.8.
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βParticipantβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(d).
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βParticipant Registerβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(d).
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βPatriot Actβ:Β the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law OctoberΒ 26, 2001.
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βPayoff Letterβ:Β a letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as of a date prior to the Closing Date and executed by SVB and the applicable Loan Parties to the effect that upon receipt by SVB of the βpayoff amountβ (however designated) referenced therein, (a)Β the obligations of the Group Members under the Existing Credit Facility shall be satisfied in full, (b)Β the Liens held by SVB under the Existing Credit Facility shall terminate without any further action, and (c)Β the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and their respective counsel and such counselsβ agents) shall be entitled to file UCC-3 amendment statements, any other releases reasonably necessary to further evidence the termination of such Liens.
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βPBGCβ:Β the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
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βPension Planβ:Β an employee benefit plan (as defined in SectionΒ 3(3)Β of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan (a)Β that is or was at any time maintained or sponsored by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has ever made, or was obligated to make, contributions, and (b)Β that is or was subject to SectionΒ 412 of the Code, SectionΒ 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA.
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βPermitted Acquisitionβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 7.8(n).
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βPersonβ:Β any natural Person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
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βPlanβ:Β (a)Β an employee benefit plan (as defined in SectionΒ 3(3)Β of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan which is or was at any time maintained or sponsored by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof or to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof has ever made, or was obligated to make, contributions, (b)Β a Pension Plan, or (c)Β a Qualified Plan.
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βPlatformβ:Β is any of Debt Domain,Β Intralinks, Syndtrak, Debtx or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
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βPreferred Stockβ:Β the preferred Capital Stock of Holdings.
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βPrime Rateβ:Β the rate of interest per annum published in the money rates section of the Wall Street Journal or any successor publication thereto as the βprime rateβ then in effect; provided that if such rate of interest, as set forth from time to time in the money rates section of the Wall Street Journal, becomes unavailable for any reason as determined by the Administrative Agent, the βPrime Rateβ shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in the State of California (such announced Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors).
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βPro Forma Basisβ:Β with respect to any calculation or determination for any period, in making such calculation or determination on the specified date of determination (the βDetermination Dateβ):
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β pro forma effect will be given to any Indebtedness incurred by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (including by assumption of then outstanding Indebtedness or by a Person becoming a Subsidiary) (βIncurredβ) after the beginning of the applicable period and on or before the Determination Date to the extent the Indebtedness is outstanding or is to be Incurred on the Determination Date, as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β pro forma calculations of interest on Indebtedness bearing a floating interest rate will be made as if the rate in effect on the Determination Date (taking into account any Swap Agreement applicable to the Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the entire reference period; and
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β pro forma effect will be given to: (A)Β the acquisition or disposition of companies, divisions or lines of businesses by Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including any acquisition or disposition of a company, division or line of business since the beginning of the reference period by a Person that became a Subsidiary after the beginning of the applicable period; and (B)Β the discontinuation of any discontinued operations; in each case of clauses (A)Β and (B), that have occurred since the beginning of the applicable period and before the Determination Date as if such events had occurred, and, in the case of any disposition, the proceeds thereof applied, on the first day of such period. To the extent that pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition or disposition of a company, division or line of business, the pro forma calculation will be calculated in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act based upon the most recent four full fiscal quarters for which the relevant financial information is available.
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βProjected Pro Forma Financial Statementsβ:Β projected balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements prepared by Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries that give effect to (i)Β the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof (ii)Β the refinancing of the Existing Credit Facility and (iii)Β the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing, in each case prepared on a quarterly basis through the through the Revolving Termination Date, and in each case demonstrating pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1.
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βProjectionsβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 6.2(c).
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βPropertiesβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 4.17(a).
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βProtective Overadvanceβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.8(b).
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βQualified Counterpartyβ:Β with respect to any Specified Swap Agreement, any counterparty thereto that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or, at the time such Specified Swap Agreement was
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βQualified ECP Guarantorβ:Β in respect of any Swap Obligation, (a)Β each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee Obligation of such Guarantor provided in respect of, or the Lien granted by such Guarantor to secure, such Swap Obligation (or guaranty thereof) becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, and (b)Β any other Guarantor that (i)Β constitutes an βeligible contract participantβ under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder, or (ii)Β can cause another Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other Guarantor not then constituting a βQualified ECP Guarantorβ) to qualify as an βeligible contract participantβ at such time by entering into a βkeepwell, support, or other agreementβ as contemplated by SectionΒ 1a(18)(A)(v)(II)Β of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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βQualified IPOβ: a bona fide underwritten sale to the public of common stock of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent) generating gross proceeds of at least $100,000,000 (i)Β pursuant to a registration statement (other than on FormΒ S-8 or any other form relating to securities issuable under any benefit plan of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be) that is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto or (ii)Β after which the common Capital Stock of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings are listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange or dealer quotation system.
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βQualified Planβ:Β an employee benefit plan (as defined in SectionΒ 3(3)Β of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan (a)Β that is or was at any time maintained or sponsored by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has ever made, or was ever obligated to make, contributions, and (b)Β that is intended to be tax-qualified under SectionΒ 401(a)Β of the Code.
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βRecipientβ:Β the (a)Β Administrative Agent, (b)Β any Lender or (c)Β the L/C Issuer, as applicable.
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βRecurring Revenueβ: subscription (platform) revenue of the Borrower received from the execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual customer contracts in the ordinary course of the Borrowerβs business, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and specifically excluding revenue or accounts received based on (a)Β sales of inventory, goods, or equipment, (b)Β transaction revenue not received in the ordinary course of business, (c)Β sales of services not in the ordinary course of business, (d)Β revenue received due to one-time, non-recurring transactions, installation and/or set-up fees, (e)Β add-on purchases by the Borrowerβs existing clients not resulting in a continuing stream of revenue and (f)Β such other exclusions as the Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable discretion.
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βRefunded Swingline Loansβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.7(b).
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βRegisterβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(c).
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βRegulation Tβ:Β Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to time.
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βRegulation Uβ:Β Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
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βRegulation Xβ:Β Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to time.
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βRelated Partiesβ:Β with respect to any Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Personβs Affiliates.
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βReplacement Lenderβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.23.
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βRequired Lendersβ:Β at any time, (a)Β if only one Lender holds the Total Outstanding Revolving Commitments, such Lender; and (b)Β if more than one Lender holds the Total Outstanding Revolving Commitments, then at least two Lenders who together hold more than 50% of the Total Revolving Commitments (including, without duplication, the L/C Commitments) then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided that for the purposes of this clause (b), the Revolving Commitments of, and the portion of the Revolving Loans and participations in L/C Exposure and Swingline Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided further that a Lender and its Affiliates shall be deemed one Lender.
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βRequirement of Lawβ:Β as to any Person, the Operating Documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, ruleΒ or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and any successor thereto or similar authority or successor thereto), 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.
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βResponsible Officerβ:Β with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, controller, vice president of strategic finance or comptroller of such Person, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, treasurer, controller, vice president of strategic finance or comptroller of such Person.
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βRestricted Paymentsβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 7.6.
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βRevolving Commitmentβ:Β as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading βRevolving Commitmentβ opposite such Lenderβs name on ScheduleΒ 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption or Increase Joinder pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including in connection with assignments and Increases permitted hereunder).Β The amount of the Total Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $150,000,000.Β The L/C Commitment and the Swingline Commitment are each sublimits of the Total Revolving Commitments.
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βRevolving Commitment Periodβ:Β the period from and including the Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date.
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βRevolving Extensions of Creditβ:Β as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, plus (b)Β such Lenderβs L/C Percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including the Existing Letter of Credit) at such time, plus (c)Β such Lenderβs L/C Percentage of the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time, plus (d)Β such Lenderβs Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding.
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βRevolving Facilityβ:Β the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
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βRevolving Lenderβ:Β each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving Loans.
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βRevolving Loan Conversionβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 3.5(b).
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βRevolving Loan Funding Officeβ:Β the office of the Administrative Agent specified in SectionΒ 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
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βRevolving Loan Noteβ:Β a promissory note in the form of ExhibitΒ H-1, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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βRevolving Loansβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.4(a).
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βRevolving Percentageβ:Β as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the Total Revolving Commitments or, at any time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding; provided that in the event that the Revolving Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to zero of the Total Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Percentages shall be determined in a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit shall be held by the Revolving Lenders on a comparable basis.
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βRevolving Termination Dateβ:Β AprilΒ 19, 2022.
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βRRβ: the Recurring Revenue of the Borrower from Eligible Customer Accounts for any applicable period as of the last day of such period, determined in accordance with GAAP.
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βRR Growth Rateβ: the amount (expressed as a percentage) of (a)Β (i)Β RR for any trailing 12 month period minus (ii)Β the RR for the same trailing 12 month period of the immediately preceding year divided by (b)Β RR for the same trailing 12 month period of the immediately preceding year.
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βS&Pβ:Β StandardΒ & Poorβs Ratings Services.
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βSale Leaseback Transactionβ:Β any arrangement with any Person or Persons, whereby in contemporaneous or substantially contemporaneous transactions a Loan Party sells substantially all of its right, title and interest in any property and, in connection therewith, acquires, leases or licenses back the right to use all or a material portion of such property.
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βSanction(s)β:Β any international economic sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestyβs Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
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βSECβ:Β the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.
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βSecured Partiesβ:Β the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (including any Issuing Lender in its capacity as Issuing Lender and any Swingline Lender in its capacity as Swingline Lender), any Cash Management Bank (in its or their respective capacities as providers of Cash Management Services), and any Qualified Counterparties.
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βSecurities Accountβ:Β any βsecurities accountβ as defined in the UCC with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
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βSecurities Account Control Agreementβ:Β any Control Agreement entered into by the Administrative Agent, a Loan Party and a securities intermediary holding a Securities Account of such
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Loan Party pursuant to which the Administrative Agent is granted βcontrolβ (for purposes of the UCC) over such Securities Account.
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βSecurities Actβ:Β the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time and any successor statute.
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βSecurity Documentsβ:Β the collective reference to (a)Β the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (b)Β the Mortgages (if any), (c)Β each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, (d)Β each Deposit Account Control Agreement, (e)Β each Securities Account Control Agreement, (f)Β all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the Obligations of any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document, (g)Β each Pledge Supplement, (h)Β each Assumption Agreement, and (i)Β all financing statements, fixture filings, Patent, Trademark and Copyright filings, assignments, acknowledgments and other filings, documents and agreements made or delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing.
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βSolvency Certificateβ:Β the Solvency Certificate, dated the Closing Date, delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 5.1(p), which Solvency Certificate shall be in substantially the form of ExhibitΒ D.
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βSolventβ:Β when used with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a)Β the amount of the βfair valueβ of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all βliabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise,β as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b)Β the βpresent fair saleable valueβ of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (c)Β such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d)Β such Person will be able to pay its debts generally as they mature.Β For purposes of this definition, (i)Β βdebtβ means liability on a βclaim,β and (ii)Β βclaimβ means any (x)Β right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y)Β right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
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βSpecified Acquisition Agreement Representationsβ: such of the representations and warranties made by the sellers and their Affiliates in the Limited Condition Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Holdings (or its applicable Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or such Affiliatesβ) obligations under the Limited Condition Acquisition Agreement, or decline to consummate the acquisition (in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof), as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
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βSpecified Representationsβ: those representations and warranties made in Sections 4.3(a)Β (with respect to the organizational existence of the Loan Parties only after giving effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition), 4.4 (excluding the third sentence thereof), 4.5 (solely with respect to the first sentence and with respect to Operating Documents), 4.11, 4.14, 4.19, 4.20 (giving effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the incurrence of the Increase loans in connection therewith), 4.28 and 4.29 (solely to the effect that the use of proceeds of any Increase loans in connection with the Limited Condition Acquisition on the date of the acquisition will not violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the USA PATRIOT Act or sanctions administered by OFAC).
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βSpecified Swap Agreementβ:Β any Swap Agreement entered into by a Loan Party (or in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, any other Group Member) and any Qualified Counterparty (or any Person who was a Qualified Counterparty as of the Closing Date or as of the date such Swap Agreement was entered into).
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βSubordinated Debt Documentβ:Β any agreement, certificate, document or instrument executed or delivered by any Group Member and evidencing Indebtedness of such Group Member which is subordinated to the payment of the Obligations or the Liens securing such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Administrative Agentβs Lien, in each case, in a manner approved in writing by the Administrative Agent, and any renewals, modifications, or amendments thereof which are not prohibited by this Agreement or are approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
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βSubordinated Indebtednessβ:Β Indebtedness of a Loan Party subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to subordination terms (including payment, lien and remedies subordination terms, as applicable) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
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βSubsidiaryβ:Β as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.Β Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a βSubsidiaryβ or to βSubsidiariesβ in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Holdings.
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βSurety Indebtednessβ:Β as of any date of determination, indebtedness (contingent or otherwise) owing to sureties arising from surety bonds issued on behalf of any Loan Party or its respective Subsidiaries as support for, among other things, their contracts with customers, whether such indebtedness is owing directly or indirectly by such Loan Party or any such Subsidiary.
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βSVBβ:Β as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βSwap Agreementβ:Β any agreement with respect to any swap, hedge, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement (including without limitation, any Interest Rate Agreement) involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that the following shall not constitute βSwap Agreementsβ: (a)Β any phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (b)Β any stock option or warrant agreement for the purchase of Capital Stock of the Borrower, (c)Β the purchase of Capital Stock or Indebtedness (including securities convertible into Capital Stock) of the Borrower pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, accelerated stock repurchase agreements, forward contracts or other similar agreements and (d)Β any of the items specified in the foregoing clauses (a)Β through (c), to the extent the same constitutes a derivative embedded in a convertible security issued by the Borrower.
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βSwap Obligationβ:Β with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation of such Guarantor to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a βswapβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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βSwap Termination Valueβ:Β in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a)Β for
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any date on or after the date any such Swap Agreement has been closed out and termination value determined in accordance therewith, such termination value, and (b)Β for any date prior to the date referenced in clauseΒ (a), the amount determined as the xxxx-to-market value for such Swap Agreement, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Agreements (which may include a Qualified Counterparty).
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βSwingline Commitmentβ:Β the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.6 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000.
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βSwingline Lenderβ:Β SVB, in its capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans or such other Lender as the Borrower may from time to time select as the Swingline Lender hereunder pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7(f); provided that such Lender has agreed to be a Swingline Lender.
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βSwingline Loan Noteβ:Β a promissory note in the form of ExhibitΒ H-2, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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βSwingline Loansβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.6.
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βSwingline Participation Amountβ:Β as defined in SectionΒ 2.7(c).
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βSynthetic Lease Obligationβ:Β the monetary obligation of a Person under (a)Β a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease or (b)Β an agreement for the use of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
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βTaxesβ:Β all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
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βTotal Credit Exposureβ:Β as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments and Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender at such time.
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βTotal L/C Commitmentsβ:Β at any time, the sum of all L/C Commitments at such time, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to SectionΒ 2.10 or 3.5(b).Β The initial amount of the Total L/C Commitments on the Closing Date is $10,000,000.
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βTotal Revolving Commitmentsβ:Β at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
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βTotal Revolving Extensions of Creditβ:Β at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit outstanding at such time.
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βTrade Dateβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(b)(i)(B).
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βTransfereeβ:Β any Eligible Assignee or Participant.
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βTypeβ:Β as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
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βUnfriendly Acquisitionβ:Β any acquisition that has not, at the time of the first public announcement of an offer relating thereto, been approved by the board of directors (or other legally recognized governing
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βUniform Commercial Codeβ or βUCCβ:Β the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect from time to time in the State of New York, or as the context may require, any other applicable jurisdiction.
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βUnited Statesβ and βU.S.β:Β the United States of America.
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βUsageβ: the result, expressed as a percentage, of (a)Β the sum of (x)Β the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, (y)Β the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans at such time, and (z)Β the aggregate principal balance of any Loans (including Protective Overadvances and Swingline Loans) outstanding at such time, divided by (b)Β the Total Revolving Commitments at such time.
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βUSCROβ:Β the U.S. Copyright Office.
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βUSPTOβ:Β the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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βU.S. Personβ:Β any Person that is a βUnited States Personβ as defined in SectionΒ 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
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βWithholding Agentβ:Β as applicable, any of any applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, as the context may require.
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1.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Other Definitional Provisions.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i)Β accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined in SectionΒ 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in SectionΒ 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii)Β the words βinclude,β βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitation,β (iii)Β the word βincurβ shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words βincurredβ and βincurrenceβ shall have correlative meanings), (iv)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, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, (v)Β references to a given time of day shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to Pacific time, and (vi)Β references to agreements (including this Agreement) or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 words βhereof,β βhereinβ and βhereunderβ and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and ExhibitΒ references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.Β The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word βshall.βΒ Unless the context requires otherwise, (i)Β any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs successors and assigns, (ii)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 (iii)Β any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.Β Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Division: (a)Β if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b)Β if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Capital Stock at such time.
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1.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Rounding.Β Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
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1.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Limited Condition Acquisitions.Β In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of RR or any other financial ratio or metric, at the option of the Borrower (and, if the Borrower elects to exercise such option, such option shall be exercised on or prior to the date on which the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is executed) (the Borrowerβs election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an βLCA Electionβ), then notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the βLCA Test Dateβ), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent period of four fiscal quarters then ended prior to the LCA Test Date for which consolidated financial statements of Holdings are available, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.Β If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the grant of Liens, or the making of Investments, Restricted Payments, Dispositions, mergers and consolidations or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming both that such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated and have not been consummated.
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SECTIONΒ 2
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
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2.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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2.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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2.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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2.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Revolving Commitments.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (each, a βRevolving Loanβ and, collectively, the βRevolving Loansβ) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to the aggregate outstanding amount of the Swingline Loans, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, and the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans, incurred on behalf of the Borrower and owing to such Lender, does not exceed the amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment.Β In addition, such aggregate obligations shall not at any time exceed the lesser of (i)Β the Total Revolving Commitments in effect at such time, and (ii)Β the Borrowing Base in effect at such time.Β During the Revolving Commitment Period the Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.Β The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 2.13.
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2.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing.Β The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing (which must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 10:00 A.M.Β (a)Β three (3)Β Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b)Β one (1)Β Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of ABR Loans (in each case, with originals to follow within three (3)Β Business Days)) (provided that any such Notice of Borrowing of ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility to finance payments under SectionΒ 3.5(a)Β may be given not later than 10:00 A.M.Β on the date of the proposed borrowing), in each such case specifying (i)Β the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii)Β the requested Borrowing Date, (iii)Β in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor, and (iv)Β instructions for remittance of the proceeds of the applicable Loans to be borrowed.Β Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, no Revolving Loan may be made as, converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period in excess of one month prior to the date that is 30 days after the Closing Date.Β Each borrowing under the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount equal to in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount); provided that the Swingline Lender may request, on behalf of the Borrower, borrowings under the Revolving Commitments that are ABR Loans in other amounts pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7.Β Upon receipt of any such Notice of Borrowing from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof.Β Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Revolving Loan Funding Office
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prior to 12:00 P.M.Β on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent.Β Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting such account as is designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent or, if so specified in the Flow of Funds Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall wire transfer or otherwise credit all or a portion of such aggregate amounts to SVB (for application against amounts then outstanding under the Existing Credit Facility), in accordance with the wire instructions specified for such purpose in the Flow of Funds Agreement.
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2.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Swingline Commitment.Β Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make available a portion of the credit accommodations otherwise available to the Borrower under the Revolving Commitments from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period by making swing line loans (each a βSwingline Loanβ and, collectively, the βSwingline Loansβ) to the Borrower; provided that (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect, (b)Β the Borrower shall not request, and the Swingline Lender shall not make, any Swingline Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero, and (c)Β the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swingline Loan to refinance any then outstanding Swingline Loan.Β During the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.Β Swingline Loans shall be ABR Loans only.Β The Borrower shall repay to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the Revolving Termination Date.Β The Swingline Lender shall not make a Swingline Loan during the period commencing at the time it has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent at the request of any Lender, acting in good faith, that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in SectionΒ 5.2 (other than SectionΒ 5.2(d)) is not then satisfied and has had a reasonable opportunity to react to such notice and ending when such conditions are satisfied or duly waived.
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2.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Whenever the Borrower desires that the Swingline Lender make Swingline Loans the Borrower shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable telephonic notice (which telephonic notice must be received by the Swingline Lender not later than 12:00 P.M.Β on the proposed Borrowing Date) confirmed promptly in writing by a Notice of Borrowing, specifying (i)Β the amount to be borrowed, (ii)Β the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period), and (iii)Β instructions for the remittance of the proceeds of such Loan.Β Each borrowing under the Swingline Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.Β Promptly thereafter, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender shall make available to the Borrower an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Swingline Loan to be made by depositing such amount in the account designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.Β Unless a Swingline Loan is sooner refinanced by the advance of a Revolving Loan pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7(b), such Swingline Loan shall be repaid by the Borrower no later than five (5)Β Business Days after the advance of such Swingline Loan.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business Dayβs telephonic notice given by the Swingline Lender no later than 12:00 P.M.Β and promptly confirmed in writing, request each Revolving Lender to make, and each Revolving Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loan (each a βRefunded Swingline
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Loanβ) outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swingline Lender.Β Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent at the Revolving Loan Funding Office in immediately available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M.Β one Business Day after the date of such notice.Β The proceeds of such Revolving Loan shall immediately be made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender for application by the Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loan.Β The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to charge the Borrowerβs accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to the amount available in each such account) immediately to pay the amount of any Refunded Swingline Loan to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swingline Loan.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If prior to the time that the Borrower has repaid the Swingline Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7(a)Β or a Revolving Loan has been made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7(b), one of the events described in SectionΒ 8.1(f)Β shall have occurred or if for any other reason, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its sole discretion, Revolving Loans may not be made as contemplated by SectionΒ 2.7(b), each Revolving Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in SectionΒ 2.7(b)Β or on the date requested by the Swingline Lender (with at least one (1)Β Business Daysβ notice to the Revolving Lenders), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans by paying to the Swingline Lender an amount (the βSwingline Participation Amountβ) equal to (i)Β such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Percentage times (ii)Β the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Swingline Loans that were to have been repaid with such Revolving Loans.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Lender such Lenderβs Swingline Participation Amount, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of the Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lenderβs participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lenderβs pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due); provided that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.
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2.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Overadvances; Protective Overadvances.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If at any time or for any reason the aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit exceeds the lesser of (x)Β the amount of the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect, and (y)Β the amount of the Borrowing Base then in effect (any such excess, an βOveradvanceβ), the Borrower shall, if the amount of such Overadvance is (a)Β equal or greater than $500,000, immediately pay the full amount of such Overadvance to the Administrative Agent, without notice or demand, or (b)Β less than $500,000, within one (1)Β Business Day after the receipt of a request by the Administrative Agent therefore, pay the full amount of such Overadvance to the Administrative Agent, in each case, for application against the Revolving Extensions of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof.Β Any prepayment of any Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan hereunder shall be subject to Borrowerβs obligation to pay any amounts owing pursuant to SectionΒ 2.21.
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2.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Fees.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Increase in Fees.Β At any time that an Event of Default exists, upon the request of the Required Lenders, the amount of any of the foregoing fees due under subsection (b)Β shall be increased by adding 2.0% per annum thereto.
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2.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments.
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The Borrower shall have the right, without penalty or premium, upon not less than three (3)Β Business Daysβ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof (which prepayments may be made without penalty or premium other than any amounts owing (if any) pursuant to SectionΒ 2.21), the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding would exceed the lesser of (A)Β the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect, and (B)Β the Borrowing Base then in effect; provided that if such notice indicates that such termination or reduction is conditioned on the occurrence of a transaction it may be revoked if such transaction is not consummated.Β Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then Total Revolving Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount), and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect; provided further, if in connection with any such reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing (if any) pursuant to SectionΒ 2.21.Β The Borrower shall have the right, without penalty or premium, upon not less than three (3)Β Business Daysβ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the L/C Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the L/C Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of L/C Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, the Total L/C Commitments shall be reduced to an amount that would result in the aggregate L/C Exposure exceeding the Total L/C Commitments (as so reduced).Β Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then Total L/C Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount), and shall reduce permanently the L/C Commitments then in effect.Β The Borrower shall have the right, without penalty or premium other than any amounts owing (if any) pursuant to SectionΒ 2.21, at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole or in part, upon not less than three (3)Β Business Daysβ notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that if such notice indicates that such prepayment is conditioned on the occurrence of a transaction it may be revoked if such transaction is not consummated.Β Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
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2.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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2.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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2.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Conversion and Continuation Options.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation of such election no later than 10:00 A.M.Β on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date; provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.Β The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation of such election no later than 10:00 A.M.Β on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor); provided that no ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.Β Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term βInterest Periodβ set forth in SectionΒ 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans; provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided further that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period.Β Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
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2.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a)Β after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (b)Β no more than seven (7)Β Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
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2.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Interest Rates and Payment Dates.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to (i)Β the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus (ii)Β the Applicable Margin.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each ABR Loan (including any Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (i)Β the ABR plus (ii)Β the Applicable Margin.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β During the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Required Lenders, all outstanding Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ plus 2.00% (the βDefault Rateβ); provided that the Default Rate shall apply to all outstanding Loans automatically and without any Required Lender consent therefor upon the occurrence of any Event of Default arising under SectionΒ 8.1(a)Β or (f).
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to SectionΒ 2.15(c)Β shall be payable from time to time on demand.
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2.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Computation of Interest and Fees.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate (or, as applicable, on the basis of the Eurodollar Rate), the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.Β The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate (and, as applicable, of the determination of the Eurodollar Rate applicable to an ABR Loan).Β Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective.Β The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.Β The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to SectionΒ 2.16(a).
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2.17Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Inability to Determine Interest Rate.Β If prior to the first day of any Interest Period, or as applicable, on any day on which an ABR Loan bearing interest determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate is outstanding, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Loan, a request for an ABR Loan to bear interest with reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or a conversion to or a continuation of either of the foregoing that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, (a)Β Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such requested Loan or conversion or continuation, as applicable, (b)Β adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or (c)Β the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period, then, in any such case (a), (b)Β or (c), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders thereof as soon as practicable thereafter.Β Any such determination shall specify the basis for such determination and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding for all purposes.Β Thereafter, (w)Β any Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (x)Β any such requested ABR Loans which were to have utilized a Eurodollar Rate component in determining the ABR shall not utilize a Eurodollar Rate component in determining the ABR applicable to such requested ABR Loan, (y)Β any Loans under the relevant Facility that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z)Β any outstanding Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans.Β Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurodollar Loans, and the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the ABR shall be suspended.
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2.18Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the Commitments shall be made pro rata according to the respective L/C Percentages or Revolving Percentages, as the case may be, of the relevant Lenders.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved]
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff and shall be made prior to 10:00 A.M.Β on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the applicable Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds.Β The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received.Β Any payment received by the Administrative
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Agent after 10:00 A.M.Β shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.Β If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.Β If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.Β In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to the proposed date of any borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date in accordance with SectionΒ 2, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.Β If such amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith, on demand, such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date on which such amount is made available to the Borrower but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i)Β in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, a rate equal to the greater of (A)Β the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (B)Β a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rulesΒ on interbank compensation, and (ii)Β in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility.Β If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.Β If such Lender pays its share of the applicable borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenderβs Loan included in such borrowing.Β Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Lender 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, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount due.Β In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rulesΒ on interbank compensation.Β Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Loan Party.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 2, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable extension of credit set forth in SectionΒ 5.1 or SectionΒ 5.2 are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 obligations of the Lenders hereunder to (i)Β make Revolving Loans, (ii)Β fund its participations in L/C Disbursements in accordance with its respective L/C Percentage, (iii)Β fund its respective Swingline Participation Amount of any Swingline Loan, and (iv)Β make payments pursuant to SectionΒ 9.7, as applicable, are several and not joint.Β The failure of any Lender to make any such Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any such payment under SectionΒ 9.7 on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under SectionΒ 9.7.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i)Β first, toward payment of interest and fees, Overadvances and Protective Overadvances then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees, Overadvances and Protective Overadvances then due to such parties, and (ii)Β second, toward payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the principal of or interest on any Loan made by it, its participation in the L/C Exposure or other obligations hereunder, as applicable (other than pursuant to a provision hereof providing for non-pro rata treatment), in excess of its Revolving Percentage or L/C Percentage, as applicable, of such payment on account of the Loans or participations obtained by all of the Lenders, such Lender shall (a)Β notify the Administrative Agent of the receipt of such payment, and (b)Β within fiveΒ (5)Β Business Days of such receipt purchase (for cash at face value) from the other Revolving Lenders or L/C Lenders, as applicable (through the Administrative Agent), without recourse, such participations in the Revolving Loans made by them and/or participations in the L/C Exposure held by them, as applicable, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of the other Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Percentages or L/C Percentages, as applicable; provided, however, 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 clauseΒ (k)Β shall not be construed to apply to (x)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) or (y)Β any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (as to which the provisions of this clauseΒ (k)Β shall apply).Β The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.18(k)Β may exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.Β No documentation other than notices and the like referred to in this SectionΒ 2.18(k)Β shall be required to implement the terms of this SectionΒ 2.18(k).Β The Administrative Agent shall keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.18(k)Β and shall in each case notify the Revolving Lenders or the L/C Lenders, as applicable, following any such purchase.Β The provisions of this SectionΒ 2.18(k)Β shall not be construed to apply to (i)Β any payment made by or on behalf of 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), (ii)Β the application of Cash
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Collateral provided for in SectionΒ 3.10, or (iii)Β any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or sub-participations in any L/C Exposure to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.18(k)Β shall apply).Β The Borrower consents on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party 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 each Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Loan Party in the amount of such participation.Β For the avoidance of doubt, no amounts received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any Guarantor that is not a Qualified ECP Guarantor shall be applied in partial or complete satisfaction of any Excluded Swap Obligations.
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion at any time or from time to time, without the Borrowerβs request and even if the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 5.2 would not be satisfied, make a Revolving Loan in an amount equal to the portion of the Obligations constituting overdue interest and fees and Swingline Loans from time to time due and payable to itself, any Revolving Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Lender, and apply the proceeds of any such Revolving Loan to those Obligations; provided that after giving effect to any such Revolving Loan, the aggregate outstanding Revolving Loans will not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect.
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2.19Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Illegality; Requirements of Law.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Illegality.Β Β If any Lender determines that any Requirement of Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i)Β any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Loans or to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended, and (ii)Β if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the ABR, the interest on such ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the ABR, in each case, until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.Β Upon receipt of such notice, (x)Β the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans (the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the ABR), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans, and (y)Β if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall, during the period of such suspension compute the ABR applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar 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 based upon the Eurodollar Rate.Β Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
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Authority, or the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β shall subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A)Β Indemnified Taxes, (B)Β Taxes described in clauses (b)Β through (d)Β of the definition of Excluded Taxes, and (C)Β Connection Income Taxes) on its Loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β shall 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 or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurodollar Rate); or
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining Loans determined with reference to the Eurodollar Rate or of maintaining its obligation to make such Loans, or to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of issuing, maintaining or participating in Letters of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum receivable or received by such Lender or other Recipient hereunder in respect thereof (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, in any such case, upon the request of such Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will promptly pay such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, any additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.Β If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If any Lender determines that any change in any Requirement of Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lenderβs holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenderβs capital or on the capital of such Lenderβs holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender 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 the Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lenderβs holding company could have achieved but for such change in such Requirement of Law (taking into consideration such Lenderβs policies and the policies of such Lenderβs holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lenderβs or Issuing Lenderβs holding company for any such reduction suffered.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β For purposes of this Agreement, (i)Β the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii)Β all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case (i)Β and (ii)Β be deemed to be a change in any Requirement of Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c), or (d)Β of this SectionΒ submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.Β The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.Β Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this SectionΒ shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenderβs right to demand such compensation.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SectionΒ 2.19, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.19 for any amounts incurred more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the change in the Requirement of Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lenderβs intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such nine-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect.Β The obligations of the Borrower arising pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.19 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
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2.20Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Taxes.
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For purposes of this SectionΒ 2.20, the term βLenderβ includes the Issuing Lender and the term βapplicable lawβ includes FATCA.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payments Free of Taxes.Β Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law, and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party, to comply with the requirements set forth in this SectionΒ 2.20.Β If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this SectionΒ 2.20) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payment of Other Taxes.Β Each of Holdings and the Borrower shall, and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to, timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes applicable to such Loan Party.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Evidence of Payments.Β As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such other Loan Party to, 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.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification by Loan Parties.Β The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within tenΒ (10)Β days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this SectionΒ 2.20) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.Β A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability
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delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification by Lenders.Β Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within tenΒ (10)Β days after demand therefor, for (i)Β any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii)Β any Taxes attributable to such Lenderβs failure to comply with the provisions of SectionΒ 10.6 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii)Β any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.Β 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.Β Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this SectionΒ 2.20(e).
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Status of Lenders.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.Β In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.20(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B)Β and (ii)(D)Β below) shall not be required if the Lender is not legally entitled to complete, execute or deliver such documentation or, in the Lenderβs reasonable judgment, such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,
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(A)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS FormΒ W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
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(B)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
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(1)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x)Β with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βinterestβ article of such tax treaty and (y)Β with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document,Β IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βbusiness profitsβ or βother incomeβ article of such tax treaty;
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(2)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β executed copies of IRS FormΒ W-8ECI;
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(3)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest underΒ SectionΒ 881(c)Β of the Code, (x)Β a certificate substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ F-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a βbankβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A)Β of the Code, a β10 percent shareholderβ of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(B)Β of the Code, or a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C)Β of the Code (a βU.S. Tax Compliance Certificateβ) and (y)Β executed copies of IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form); or
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(4)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS FormΒ W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS FormΒ W-8ECI,Β IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ F-2 or ExhibitΒ F-3,Β IRS FormΒ W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ F-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
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(C)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
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(D)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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)Β or 1472(b)Β 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 the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by SectionΒ 1471(b)(3)(C)(i)Β of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenderβs obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.Β Solely for purposes of this clause (D), βFATCAβ shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.Β Each Foreign Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose).
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Treatment of Certain Refunds.Β If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this SectionΒ with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).Β Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20(g)Β (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SectionΒ 2.20(g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20(g)Β the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.Β This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Survival.Β Each partyβs obligations under this SectionΒ 2.20 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender and the Discharge of Obligations.
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2.21Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indemnity.Β The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a)Β a default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b)Β a default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, or (c)Β for any reason, the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.Β Such losses and expenses shall be equal to the excess, if any, of (i)Β the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, reduced, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, reduce, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, reduce, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest or other return for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any), over (ii)Β the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market.Β A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this SectionΒ submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.Β This covenant shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.
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2.22Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Change of Lending Office.Β Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of SectionΒ 2.19(b), SectionΒ 2.19(c), SectionΒ 2.20(a), SectionΒ 2.20(b)Β or
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SectionΒ 2.20(d)Β with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans affected by such event or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i)Β would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19 or 2.20, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii)Β would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender; provided that nothing in this SectionΒ shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19(b), SectionΒ 2.19(c), SectionΒ 2.20(a), SectionΒ 2.20(b)Β or SectionΒ 2.20(d).Β The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment made at the request of the Borrower.
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2.23Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Substitution of Lenders.Β Upon the receipt by the Borrower of any of the following (or in the case of clause (a)Β below, if the Borrower is required to pay any such amount), with respect to any Lender (any such Lender described in clausesΒ (a)Β through (c)Β below being referred to as an βAffected Lenderβ hereunder):
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a request from a Lender for payment of Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts under SectionΒ 2.20 or of increased costs pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19(c)Β (and, in any such case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with SectionΒ 2.22 or is a Non-Consenting Lender);
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a notice from the Administrative Agent under SectionΒ 10.1(b)Β that one or more Minority Lenders are unwilling to agree to an amendment or other modification approved by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent; or
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β notice from the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender;
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then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender:Β (i)Β request that one or more of the other Lenders acquire and assume all or part of such Affected Lenderβs Loans and Commitment; or (ii)Β designate a replacement lending institution (which shall be an Eligible Assignee) to acquire and assume all or a ratable part of such Affected Lenderβs Loans and Commitment (the replacing Lender or lender in (i)Β or (ii)Β being a βReplacement Lenderβ); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be liable for the payment upon demand of all costs and other amounts arising under SectionΒ 2.21 that result from the acquisition of any Affected Lenderβs Loan and/or Commitment (or any portion thereof) by a Lender or Replacement Lender, as the case may be, on a date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Loans then outstanding.Β The Affected Lender replaced pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.23 shall be required to assign and delegate, without recourse, all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to one or more Replacement Lenders that so agree to acquire and assume all or a ratable part of such Affected Lenderβs Loans and Commitment upon payment to such Affected Lender of an amount (in the aggregate for all Replacement Lenders) equal to 100% of the outstanding principal of the Affected Lenderβs Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents from such Replacement Lenders (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts, including amounts under SectionΒ 2.21 hereof).Β Any such designation of a Replacement Lender shall be effected in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the assignment provisions contained in SectionΒ 10.6 (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance), provided that if such Affected Lender does not comply with SectionΒ 10.6 within ten (10)Β Business Days after the Borrowerβs request, the Administrative Agent is authorized to execute the Assignment and Acceptance on behalf of such Affected Lender.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any assignment pursuant to this
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SectionΒ 2.23, (a)Β in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under SectionΒ 2.19 or payments required to be made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20, such assignment shall result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; (b)Β such assignment shall not conflict with applicable law and (c)Β in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender being a Minority Lender referred to in clause (b)Β of this SectionΒ 2.23, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Affected Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Affected Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
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2.24Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Defaulting Lenders.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Defaulting Lender Adjustments.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Waivers and Amendments.Β 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 10.1 and in the definition of Required Lenders.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Defaulting Lender Waterfall.Β Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to SectionΒ 8 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by such Defaulting Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 10.7), 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 such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Lender or to the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to be held as Cash Collateral for the funding obligations of such Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of Credit; fourth, 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 such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a Deposit Account and released pro rata to (x)Β satisfy such Defaulting Lenderβs potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement, and (y)Β be held as Cash Collateral for the future funding obligations of such Defaulting Lender of any participation in any future Letter of Credit; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to any L/C Lender,Β Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any L/C Lender,Β Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (A)Β such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Advances in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (B)Β such Loans or L/C Advances were made at a time when the conditions set forth in SectionΒ 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Advances owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Advances owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Advances and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Facility without giving effect to SectionΒ 2.24(a)(iv).Β 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
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to this SectionΒ 2.24(a)(ii)Β shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Certain Fees.
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(A)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee pursuant to SectionΒ 2.9(b)Β for any period during which such 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 such Defaulting Lender).
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(B)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Defaulting Lender shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in SectionΒ 3.3(d).
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(C)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to any Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A)Β or (B)Β above, the Borrower shall (x)Β pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenderβs participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv)Β below, (y)Β pay to the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to the Issuing Lenderβs or the Swingline Lenderβs Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z)Β not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reallocation of Pro Rata Share to Reduce Fronting Exposure.Β 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 Letters of Credit pursuant to SectionΒ 3.4 or in Swingline Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7(c), the L/C Percentage of each Non-Defaulting Lender of any such Letter of Credit and the Revolving Percentage of each Non-Defaulting Lender of any such Swingline Loan, as the case may be, shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender; provided that, (A)Β each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and (B)Β the aggregate obligations 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 outstanding amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender plus the aggregate amount of that Lenderβs L/C Percentage of then outstanding Letters of Credit.Β Subject to SectionΒ 10.21, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenderβs increased exposure following such reallocation.
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans.Β If the reallocation described in clause (iv)Β above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x)Β first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenderβs Fronting Exposure and (y)Β second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenderβs Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in SectionΒ 3.10.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Defaulting Lender Cure.Β If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer 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 at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be
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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 respective Revolving Percentages and L/C Percentages, as applicable (without giving effect to SectionΒ 2.24(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such 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 such Lender having been a Defaulting Lender.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit.Β So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i)Β the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan, and (ii)Β the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure in respect of Letters of Credit after giving effect thereto.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Termination of Defaulting Lender.Β The Borrower may terminate the unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of any Revolving Lender that is a Defaulting Lender upon not less than ten Business Daysβ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of SectionΒ 2.24(a)(ii)Β will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts); provided that (i)Β no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii)Β such termination shall not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.
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2.25Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lenders under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations (including any Obligations arising under this SectionΒ 2.25), it being the intention of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each Borrower without preferences or distinction among them.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligations.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.25 constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each Borrower enforceable against each Borrower to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other circumstances whatsoever.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby waives notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of any Loans made or Letters of Credit issued under or pursuant to this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default, Event of Default, or
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of any demand for any payment under this Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or Lenders under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any requirement of diligence or to mitigate damages and, generally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all demands, notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement).Β Each Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by the Administrative Agent or Lenders at any time or times in respect of any default by any Borrower in the performance or satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by the Administrative Agent or Lenders in respect of any of the Obligations, and the taking, addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any security for any of the Obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Borrower.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any other action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of the Administrative Agent or Lender with respect to the failure by any Borrower to comply with any of its respective Obligations, including, without limitation, any failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations thereunder, which might, but for the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.25 afford grounds for terminating, discharging or relieving any Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its Obligations under this SectionΒ 2.25, it being the intention of each Borrower that, so long as any of the Obligations hereunder remain unsatisfied, the Obligations of each Borrower under this SectionΒ 2.25 shall not be discharged except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance.Β The Obligations of each Borrower under this SectionΒ 2.25 shall not be diminished or rendered unenforceable by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Lenders that such Borrower is currently informed of the financial condition of the Borrowers and of all other circumstances which a diligent inquiry would reveal and which bear upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations.Β Each Borrower further represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Lenders that such Borrower has read and understands the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents.Β Each Borrower hereby covenants that such Borrower will continue to keep informed of the Borrowersβ financial condition, the financial condition of other guarantors, if any, and of all other circumstances which bear upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses (i)Β arising out of an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a guaranteed obligation, has destroyed such Borrowerβs rights of subrogation and reimbursement against any applicable Loan Party by the operation of SectionΒ 580 or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise, and (ii)Β relating to any suretyship defenses available to it under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable law, including, without limitation, the benefit of California Civil Code SectionΒ 2815 permitting revocation as to future transactions and the benefit of California Civil Code Sections 1432, 2787 through 2855, 2899 and 3433.
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have because the Obligations are secured by real property at any time.Β This means, among other things:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower without first foreclosing on any real or personal property Collateral pledged by the Borrowers.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If the Administrative Agent or any Lender forecloses on any Collateral consisting of real property pledged by the Borrowers:
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(A)Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 amount of the Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the sale price.
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(B)Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower even if the Administrative Agent or Lenders, by foreclosing on real property, has destroyed any right such Borrower may have to collect from the other Borrowers.
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This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses such Borrower may have because the Obligations are secured by real property.Β These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon SectionΒ 580a, 580b, 580d or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 provisions of this SectionΒ 2.25 are made for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, and may be enforced by it or them from time to time against any or all the Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement on the part of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any successor or any assign first to marshal any of its or their claims or to exercise any of its or their rights against any Borrower or to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any Borrower or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other remedy.Β The provisions of this SectionΒ 2.25 shall remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise fully satisfied.Β If at any time, any payment, or any part thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, or otherwise, the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.25 will forthwith be reinstated in effect, as though such payment had not been made.
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution or subrogation against any other Borrower with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to the Administrative Agent or Lenders with respect to any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor until such time as all of the Obligations have been paid in full in cash.Β Any claim which any Borrower may have against any other Borrower with respect to any payments to the Administrative Agent or Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Documents are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment, without limitation as to any increases in the Obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations and, in the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding under the laws of any jurisdiction relating to any Borrower, its debts or its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary, all such Obligations shall be paid in full in cash before any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any other Borrower therefor.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this SectionΒ 2.25, no Borrower shall exercise any rights of subrogation, contribution, indemnity, reimbursement or other similar rights against, and shall not proceed or seek recourse against or with respect to any property or asset of, any other Borrower (the βForeclosed Borrowerβ), including after payment in full of the Obligations, if all or any portion of the Obligations have been satisfied in connection with an exercise of remedies in respect of the Capital Stock of such Foreclosed Borrower whether pursuant to the Security Documents or otherwise.
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower hereby agrees that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, the payment of any amounts due with respect to the indebtedness owing by any Borrower to any other Borrower is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations.Β Each Borrower hereby agrees that after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, such Borrower will not demand, xxx for or otherwise attempt to collect any indebtedness of any other Borrower owing to such Borrower until the Obligations shall have been paid in
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full in cash.Β If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, such Borrower shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by such Borrower as trustee for the Administrative Agent, and such Borrower shall deliver any such amounts to the Administrative Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to the foregoing, to the extent that any Borrower shall, under this Agreement as a joint and several obligor, repay any of the Obligations made to another Borrower hereunder or other Obligations incurred directly and primarily by any other Borrower (an βAccommodation Paymentβ), then the Borrower making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each other Borrower in an amount, for each of such other Borrower, equal to a fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such other Borrowerβs Allocable Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Borrowers.Β As of any date of determination, the βAllocable Amountβ of each Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted against such Borrower hereunder without (a)Β rendering such Borrower βinsolventβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code, SectionΒ 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (βUFTAβ) or SectionΒ 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (βUFCAβ),Β (b)Β leaving such Borrower with unreasonably small capital or assets, within the meaning of SectionΒ 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, SectionΒ 4 of the UFTA, or SectionΒ 5 of the UFCA, or (c)Β leaving such Borrower unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of SectionΒ 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or SectionΒ 4 of the UFTA, or SectionΒ 5 of the UFCA.
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each entity composing the Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints CrowdStrike as the borrowing agent and attorney-in-fact for all entities composing the Borrower (the βAdministrative Borrowerβ) which appointment shall remain in full force and effect unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received prior written notice signed by each entity composing the Borrower that such appointment has been revoked and that another entity composing the Borrower has been appointed Administrative Borrower.Β Each entity composing the Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Borrower (a)Β to provide Agent with all notices with respect to Loans and Letters of Credit obtained for the benefit of any entity composing the Borrower and all other notices and instructions under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (b)Β to take such action as the Administrative Borrower deems appropriate on its behalf to obtain Loans and Letters of Credit and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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2.26Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notes.Β If so requested by any Lender by written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 10.6) (promptly after the Borrowerβs receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lenderβs Loans.
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2.27Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Incremental Facility.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At any time during the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower may request from time to time from one or more existing Lenders or from other Eligible Assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and the Borrower (but subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)Β below) that the Total Revolving Commitments be increased by an amount not to exceed the Available Revolving Increase Amount (each such increase, an βIncreaseβ); provided that the Borrower may not request an Increase on more than five occasions during the Revolving Commitment Period.Β No Lender shall be obligated to increase its Revolving Commitments in connection with a proposed Increase.Β The Administrative Agent shall invite each Lender to provide a portion of the Increase ratably in accordance with its Revolving Percentage of each requested Increase (it being agreed that no Lender shall be obligated to provide an Increase and that any Lender may elect to participate in such Increase in an
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amount that is less than its Revolving Percentage of such requested Increase or more than its Revolving Percentage of such requested Increase if other Lenders have elected not to participate in any applicable requested Increase in accordance with their Revolving Percentage) and to the extent, five (5)Β Business Days after receipt of invitation, sufficient Lenders do not agree to provide the full amount of such Increase, then the Administrative Agent may invite any prospective lender that satisfies the criteria of being an βEligible Assigneeβ to become a Lender in connection with the proposed Increase.Β Any Increase shall be in an amount of at least $5,000,000 (or, if the Available Revolving Increase Amount is less than $5,000,000, such remaining Available Revolving Increase Amount) and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Additionally, for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Increases to the Revolving Commitments exceed the Available Revolving Increase Amount during the term of the Agreement.Β Each request for an Increase delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent shall set forth the amount and proposed terms of the Increase.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of the following shall be conditions precedent to any Increase of the Revolving Commitments in connection therewith:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Increase shall be on the same terms (including the interest rate, and maturity date), as applicable, as, and pursuant to documentation applicable to, the Revolving Facility then in effect; provided that any such Increase may provide for terms (including interest rate) more favorable to such Increase lenders, if any existing Revolving Loans at the time of such Increase are also provided the benefit of such more favorable terms (and the consent of any existing Revolving Lender shall not be required to implement such terms); provided, further, that any fees shall be agreed between the Borrower and the lenders providing such Increase;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower shall have delivered a written request for such Increase at least ten (10)Β Business Days prior to the requested establishment of such Increase (or such later date as may be reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent), which request shall set forth the amount and proposed terms of the Increase;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each lender agreeing to such Increase, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have signed an Increase Joinder (any Increase Joinder may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the lenders agreeing to such Increase, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.27 (including the preceding clauseΒ (ii)) and the Borrower shall have executed any Notes requested by any Lender in connection with the making of the Increase.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, an Increase Joinder reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and the amendments to this Agreement effected thereby, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Lender(s)Β agreeing to establish such Increase;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Increase and the use of proceeds thereof, each of the conditions precedent in SectionΒ 5.2(a)Β are satisfied (other than in connection with Limited Condition Acquisitions, in which case (i)Β SectionΒ 5.2(a)Β shall be satisfied only in connection with the Specified Representations and (ii)Β the Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations shall be true and correct on the date Loans are made under the Increase, but only to the extent that the Borrower (or any of its Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or such Affiliatesβ) obligations under the Limited Condition Acquisition, or to decline to consummate the Limited Condition Acquisition Agreement (in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof) as a result of a breach of such Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations);
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Increase and the use of proceeds thereof, (A)Β no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of
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such Increase (other than in connection with Limited Condition Acquisitions, in which case there shall be no Default or Event of Default as of the LCA Test Date) and (B)Β the Borrower shall be in compliance with the then applicable financial covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1 hereof as of the end of the most recently ended month and quarter for which financial statements are required to be delivered prior to such Increase, and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with the requirements of this clause (v)Β (provided that in the case of a Limited Condition Acquisition, such calculation shall be made in compliance with SectionΒ 1.4);
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(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β in connection with such Increase, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or the Increase lenders, as applicable, all fees that the Borrower has agreed to pay in connection with such Increase; and
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(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β upon each Increase in accordance with this SectionΒ 2.27, all outstanding Loans, participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and participations hereunder in Swingline Loans held by each Lender shall be reallocated among the Lenders (including any newly added Lenders) in accordance with the Lendersβ respective revised Revolving Percentages and L/C Percentages, pursuant to procedures reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the effectiveness of any Increase, (i)Β all references in this Agreement and any other Loan Document to the Revolving Loans shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include such Increase advanced pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.27 and any amendments effected through the Increase Joinder and (ii)Β all references in this Agreement and any other Loan Document to the Revolving Commitment shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include the commitment to advance an amount equal to such Increase pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.27.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments established pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.27 shall constitute Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from any guarantees and the security interests created by the Loan Documents.Β The Borrower shall take any actions reasonably required by Administrative Agent to ensure and demonstrate that the Liens and security interests granted by the Loan Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to the establishment of any such new Revolving Commitments.
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SECTIONΒ 3
LETTERS OF CREDIT
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3.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β L/C Commitment.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender agrees to issue letters of credit (βLetters of Creditβ) for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day during the Letter of Credit Availability Period in such form as may reasonably be approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender; provided that the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the L/C Exposure would exceed either the Total L/C Commitments or the Available Revolving Commitment at such time.Β Unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, each Letter of Credit shall (i)Β be denominated in Dollars and (ii)Β expire no later than the earlier of (x)Β the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y)Β the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y)Β above).
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Lender or any L/C Lender to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing, amending or reinstating such Letter of Credit, or any law, ruleΒ or regulation applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance, amendment, renewal or reinstatement of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Issuing Lender in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Issuing Lender has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, at least one (1)Β Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or reinstatement of such Letter of Credit, that one or more of the applicable conditions contained in SectionΒ 5.2 shall not then be satisfied;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any requested Letter of Credit is not in form and substance acceptable to the Issuing Lender, or the issuance, amendment or renewal of a Letter of Credit shall violate any applicable laws or regulations or any applicable policies of the Issuing Lender;
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β such Letter of Credit contains any provisions providing for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder;
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(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender, such Letter of Credit is in an initial face amount less than $250,000; or
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(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the Issuing Lender has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral pursuant to SectionΒ 3.10, satisfactory to the Issuing Lender (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate the Issuing Lenderβs actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to SectionΒ 2.24(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or such Letter of Credit and all other L/C Exposure as to which the Issuing Lender has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
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3.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit.Β The Borrower may from time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower by delivering to the Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may request.Β Upon receipt of any Application, the Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three (3)Β Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower.Β The
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Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof.Β The Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the Lenders, notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof).
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3.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Fees and Other Charges.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower agrees to pay, with respect to each Existing Letter of Credit and each outstanding Letter of Credit issued for the account of (or at the request of) the Borrower, (i)Β a fronting fee of 0.125% per annum on the daily amount available to be drawn under each such Letter of Credit to the Issuing Lender for its own account (a βLetter of Credit Fronting Feeβ), and (ii)Β a letter of credit fee equal to the Applicable Margin relating to Letters of Credit multiplied by the daily amount available to be drawn under each such Letter of Credit on the drawable amount of such Letter of Credit to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the L/C Lenders (determined in accordance with their respective L/C Percentages) (a βLetter of Credit Feeβ), in each case payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and on the Letter of Credit Maturity Date (each, an βL/C Fee Payment Dateβ) after the issuance date of such Letter of Credit, and (iii)Β the Issuing Lenderβs standard and reasonable fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit issued for the account of (or at the request of) the Borrower or processing of drawings thereunder (the fees in this clause (iii), collectively, the βIssuing Lender Feesβ).Β All Letter of Credit Fronting Fees and Letter of Credit Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower shall furnish to the Issuing Lender and the Administrative AgentΒ such other documents and information pertaining to any requested Letter of Credit issuance, amendment or renewal, including any L/C-Related Documents, as the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may require.Β This Agreement shall control in the event of any conflict with any L/C-Related Document (other than any Letter of Credit).
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any letter of credit fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the Issuing Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 3.10 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, to the other L/C Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective L/C Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to SectionΒ 2.24(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the Issuing Lender for its own account.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All fees payable under this SectionΒ 3.3 shall be fully earned on the date paid and nonrefundable.
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3.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β L/C Participations; Existing Letters of Credit.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β L/C Participations.Β The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Lender, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Lender irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Lenderβs own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Lenderβs L/C Percentage in the Issuing Lenderβs obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender thereunder.Β Each L/C Lender agrees with the Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the
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Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 3.5(a), such L/C Lender shall pay to the Issuing Lender upon demand at the Issuing Lenderβs address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Lenderβs L/C Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed.Β Each L/C Lenderβs obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i)Β any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii)Β the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in SectionΒ 5.2, (iii)Β any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (iv)Β any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Lender, or (v)Β any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Existing Letters of Credit.Β On and after the Closing Date, the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed for all purposes, including for purposes of the fees to be collected pursuant to Sections 3.3(a)Β and (b), reimbursement of costs and expenses to the extent provided herein and for purposes of being secured by the Collateral, a Letter of Credit outstanding under this Agreement and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall be governed by the applications and agreements pertaining thereto and by this Agreement (which shall control in the event of a conflict).
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3.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reimbursement.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If the Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof and the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Issuing Lender an amount equal to the entire amount of such L/C Disbursement not later than the immediately following Business Day.Β Each such payment shall be made to the Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars and in immediately available funds; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with SectionΒ 2.5 or SectionΒ 2.7(a)Β that such payment be financed with a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan, as applicable, in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrowerβs obligations to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If the Issuing Lender shall not have received from the Borrower the payment that it is required to make pursuant to SectionΒ 3.5(a)Β with respect to a Letter of Credit within the time specified in such Section, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the L/C Disbursement and the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each L/C Lender of such L/C Disbursement and its L/C Percentage thereof, and each L/C Lender shall pay to the Issuing Lender upon demand at the Issuing Lenderβs address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Lenderβs L/C Percentage of such L/C Disbursement (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose); upon such payment pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any L/C Disbursement, the Borrower shall be required to reimburse the L/C Lenders for such payments (including interest accrued thereon from the date of such payment until the date of such reimbursement at the rate applicable to Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans plus 2% per annum) on demand; provided that if at the time of and after giving effect to such payment by the L/C Lenders, the conditions to borrowings and Revolving Loan Conversions set forth in SectionΒ 5.2 are satisfied, the Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent certifying that such conditions are satisfied and that all interest owing under this paragraph has been paid, request that such payments by the L/C Lenders be converted into Revolving Loans (a βRevolving Loan Conversionβ), in which case, if such conditions are in fact satisfied, the L/C Lenders shall be deemed to have extended, and the Borrower shall be deemed to have accepted, a Revolving Loan in the aggregate principal amount of such payment without further action on the part of any party, and the Total L/C Commitments shall be permanently reduced by such amount; any amount so paid pursuant to this paragraph
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3.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Obligations Absolute.Β The Borrowerβs obligations under this SectionΒ 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person.Β The Borrower also agrees with the Issuing Lender that the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrowerβs obligations hereunder shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee.Β The Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender.Β The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower.
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In addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in the Agreement, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay and to protect, indemnify, and save Issuing Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneysβ fees) that the Issuing Lender may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (A)Β the issuance of any Letter of Credit, or (B)Β the failure of Issuing Lender or of any L/C Lender to honor a demand for payment under any Letter of Credit thereof as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority, in each case other than to the extent solely as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Lender or such L/C Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction).
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3.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Letter of Credit Payments.Β If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of the date and amount thereof.Β The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.
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3.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Applications.Β To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this SectionΒ 3, the provisions of this SectionΒ 3 shall apply.
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3.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Interim Interest.Β If the Issuing Lender shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, then, unless either the Borrower shall have reimbursed such L/C Disbursement in full within the time period specified in SectionΒ 3.5(a)Β or the L/C Lenders shall have reimbursed such L/C Disbursement in full on such date as provided in SectionΒ 3.5(b), in each case the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest for the account of the Issuing Lender, for each day from and including the date of such L/C Disbursement to but excluding the date of payment by the Borrower, at the rate per annum that would apply to such amount if such amount were a Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan; provided that the provisions of SectionΒ 2.15(c)Β shall be applicable to any such amounts not paid when due.
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3.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Cash Collateral.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Certain Credit Support Events.Β Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender (i)Β if the Issuing Lender has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Advance by all the L/C Lenders that is not reimbursed by the Borrower or converted into a Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan pursuant to SectionΒ 3.5(b), or (ii)Β if, as of the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, any L/C Exposure for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then effective L/C Exposure in an amount equal to 105% of such L/C Exposure.
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At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one (1)Β Business Day following the request of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover 105% of the Fronting Exposure relating to the Letters of Credit (after giving effect to SectionΒ 2.24(a)(iv)Β and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender).
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Grant of Security Interest.Β All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent.Β The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender or Defaulting Lender, such Lender or Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the L/C Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest and Lien in all such Cash Collateral and in all proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to SectionΒ 3.10(c).Β If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than 105% of the applicable L/C Exposure, Fronting Exposure and other Obligations secured thereby, the Borrower or the relevant Lender or Defaulting Lender, as applicable, will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender).
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Application.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this SectionΒ 3.10, SectionΒ 2.24 or otherwise in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Exposure, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Termination of Requirement.Β Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure in respect of Letters of Credit or other Obligations shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this SectionΒ 3.10 following (i)Β the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure and other Obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of the Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (ii)Β a determination by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (A)Β that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of an Event of Default, and (B)Β that, subject to SectionΒ 2.24,Β the Person providing such Cash Collateral and the Issuing Lender may agree that such Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations, and provided further, that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to any security interest and Lien granted pursuant to the Loan Documents including any applicable Cash Management Agreement.
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3.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Additional Issuing Lenders.Β The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such Lender, designate one or more additional Lenders to act as an issuing bank under the terms of this Agreement.Β Any Lender designated as an issuing bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to be an βIssuing Lenderβ (in addition to being a Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other Issuing Lender and such Lender.
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3.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Resignation of the Issuing Lender.Β The Issuing Lender may resign at any time by giving at least 30 daysβ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower.Β Subject to the next succeeding paragraph, upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Issuing Lender hereunder by a Lender that shall agree to serve as successor Issuing Lender, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the interests, rights and obligations of the retiring Issuing Lender and the retiring Issuing Lender shall be discharged from its obligations to issue additional Letters of Credit hereunder without affecting its rights and obligations with respect to Letters of Credit previously issued by it.Β At the time such resignation shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to SectionΒ 3.3.Β The acceptance of any appointment as the Issuing Lender hereunder by a successor Lender shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such successor, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i)Β such successor Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the previous Issuing Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii)Β references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term βIssuing Lenderβ shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Lender, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Lenders, as the context shall require.Β After the resignation of the Issuing Lender hereunder, the retiring Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or to extend, renew or increase any existing Letter of Credit.
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3.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Applicability of UCP and ISP.Β Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued and subject to applicable laws, the Letters of Credit shall be governed by and subject to (a)Β with respect to standby Letters of Credit, the rulesΒ of the ISP, and (b)Β with respect to commercial Letters of Credit, the rulesΒ of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as published in its most recent version by the International Chamber of Commerce on the date any commercial Letter of Credit is issued.
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SECTIONΒ 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue the Letters of Credit, Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to themselves and each of their respective Subsidiaries, that:
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4.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial Condition.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Projected Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared based on the best information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof and are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of Holdings to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 audited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of JanuaryΒ 31, 2016, JanuaryΒ 31, 2017 and JanuaryΒ 31, 2018 and the related consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended.Β The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at JanuaryΒ 31, 2019, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the twelve month period ended on such date, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the trailing twelve month period then ended (subject to normal year end audit adjustments).Β All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein).Β No Group Member has, as of the Closing Date, any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and past due liabilities for taxes, or any long term leases or unusual forward or long term commitments, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph.Β During the period from JanuaryΒ 31, 2018 to and including the date hereof, there has been no Disposition by any Group Member of any material part of its business or property.
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4.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Change.Β Since JanuaryΒ 31, 2018, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Existence; Compliance with Law.Β Each Group Member (a)Β is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b)Β has the power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c)Β is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d)Β is in material compliance with all Requirements of Law except in such instances in which (i)Β such Requirement of Law is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and the prosecution of such contest would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)Β the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Power, Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.Β Each Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder.Β Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.Β No Governmental Approval or consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except (i)Β Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices described on Schedule 4.4 to the Disclosure Letter, which Governmental Approvals, consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, and (ii)Β the filings referred to in SectionΒ 4.19.Β Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto.Β This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
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4.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Legal Bar.Β The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any material Contractual Obligation of any Group Member and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents).Β No Group Member has violated any Requirement of Law or violated or failed to comply with any Contractual Obligation applicable to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Litigation.Β Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.6 to the Disclosure Letter, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or threatened in writing by or against any Group Member or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a)Β with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b)Β that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Default.Β No Group Member is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.Β No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, nor shall either result from the making of a requested credit extension.
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4.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Ownership of Property; Liens; Investments.Β Each Group Member has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its other property, and none of such property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by SectionΒ 7.3.Β No Loan Party owns any Investment except as permitted by SectionΒ 7.8.Β SectionΒ 10 of the Collateral Information Certificate sets forth a complete and accurate list of all real property owned by each Loan Party as of the Closing Date, if any.Β The Collateral Information Certificate sets forth a complete and accurate list of all leases of real property under which any Loan Party is the lessee as of the Closing Date.
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4.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Intellectual Property.Β Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted.Β No claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning any Group Memberβs use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Group Memberβs Intellectual Property, nor does any Loan Party know of any valid basis for any such claim, unless such claim could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.Β The use of Intellectual Property by each Group Member, and the conduct of such Group Memberβs business, as currently conducted, does not infringe on or otherwise violate the rights of any Person, unless such infringement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there are no claims pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened to such effect.
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4.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Taxes.Β Each Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all Federal, state income and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member or where the amount is less than $250,000 in the aggregate); no tax Lien has been filed, other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and Liens for Taxes the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity
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4.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Federal Regulations.Β The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of βbuyingβ or βcarryingβ βmargin stockβ (within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect) or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.Β No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for buying or carrying any such margin stock or for extending credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock in violation of Regulations T, U or X of the Board.Β If any margin stock directly or indirectly constitutes Collateral securing the Obligations, if requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR FormΒ G-3 or FR FormΒ U-1, as applicable, referred to in RegulationΒ U.
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4.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Labor Matters.Β Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:Β (a)Β there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened; (b)Β hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c)Β all payments due from any Group Member on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Group Member.
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4.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ERISA.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [reserved];
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA with respect to each Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Plan;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each of its ERISA Affiliates have met all applicable requirements under the ERISA Funding RulesΒ with respect to each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the ERISA Funding RulesΒ has been applied for or obtained;
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in SectionΒ 430(d)(2)Β of the Code) is at least 60%, and neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage to fall below 60% as of the most recent valuation date;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except to the extent required under SectionΒ 4980B of the Code, no Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates;
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the amount of outstanding benefit liabilities (as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(18) of ERISA), individually or in the aggregate
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of SectionΒ 406 of ERISA or in connection with which taxes could be imposed pursuant to SectionΒ 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D)Β of the Code;
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all liabilities under each Plan are (i)Β funded to at least the minimum level required by law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing the Plans, except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)Β insured with a reputable insurance company, except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,Β or (iii)Β (A)Β provided for or recognized in all material respects in the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant hereto or (B)Β estimated in the formal notes to the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant hereto;
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no circumstances which may give rise to a liability in relation to any Plan which is not funded, insured, provided for, recognized or estimated in the manner described in clause (i); and
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β the Borrower is not and will not be a βplanβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 4975(e)Β of the Code; (ii)Β the assets of the Borrower do not and will not constitute βplan assetsβ within the meaning of the United States Department of Labor Regulations set forth in 29 C.F.R. Β§2510.3-101 as modified by ERISA SectionΒ 3(42); (iii)Β the Borrower is not and will not be a βgovernmental planβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 3(32) of ERISA; and (iv)Β transactions by or with the Borrower are not and will not be subject to state statutes applicable to the Borrower regulating investments of fiduciaries with respect to governmental plans.
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4.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investment Company Act; Other Regulations.Β No Loan Party is required to register as an βinvestment companyβ within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.Β No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.
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4.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subsidiaries.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower in writing from time to time after the Closing Date, (a)Β ScheduleΒ 4.15 to the Disclosure Letter sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary of Holdings and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party, and (b)Β there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than equity awards granted to employees, consultants or directors and directorsβ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of Holdings, except as may be created by the Loan Documents.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Immaterial Subsidiary (a)Β holds assets representing more than 5% of Holdingsβ consolidated total assets (determined in accordance with GAAP), (b)Β has generated more than 5% of Holdingsβ consolidated total revenues determined in accordance with GAAP for the four fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of the most recent period for which financial statements have been delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(b); provided that all Subsidiaries that are
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individually an Immaterial Subsidiary do not have aggregate consolidated total assets that would represent 10% or more of Holdingsβ consolidated total assets nor have generated 10% or more of Holdingsβ consolidated total revenues for such four fiscal quarter period, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP, or (c)Β owns any material Intellectual Property.
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4.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit shall be used to refinance existing Indebtedness, to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions).
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4.17Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Environmental Matters.Β Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as disclosed on Schedule 4.17 to the Disclosure Letter, the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member (the βPropertiesβ) do not contain, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, have not previously contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or have constituted a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any Group Member (the βBusinessβ), nor does any Loan Party have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no Group Member has transported or disposed of Materials of Environmental Concern from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor has any Group Member generated, treated, stored or disposed of Materials of Environmental Concern at, on or under any of the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern at or from the Properties arising from or related to the operations of any Group Member or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental Laws;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Properties and all operations of the Group Members at the Properties are in compliance, and have in the last five years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and except as set forth on Schedule 4.17 to the Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties or violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business; and
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no Group Member has assumed any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws.
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4.18Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Accuracy of Information,Β etc.Β No statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading.Β The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.Β There is no fact known to any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.
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4.19Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Security Documents.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof.Β In the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that are securities represented by stock certificates or otherwise constituting certificated securities within the meaning of SectionΒ 8-102(a)(15) of the UCC or the corresponding code or statute of any other applicable jurisdiction (βCertificated Securitiesβ), when certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral constituting personal property described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other filings specified on ScheduleΒ 4.19(a)Β to the Disclosure Letter in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on ScheduleΒ 4.19(a)Β to the Disclosure Letter, the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3).Β As of the Closing Date, none of the Loan Parties that is a limited liability company or partnership has any Capital Stock that is a Certificated Security.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of the Mortgages delivered after the Closing Date will be, upon execution, effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices for the applicable jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, each such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person.
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4.20Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Solvency; Voidable Transaction.Β Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to the incurrence of all Indebtedness, Obligations and obligations being incurred in connection herewith, will be and will continue to be, Solvent.Β No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of such Loan Party.
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4.21Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Regulation H.Β No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has not been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.
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4.22Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Designated Senior Indebtedness.Β The Loan Documents and all of the Obligations have been deemed βDesignated Senior Indebtednessβ or a similar concept thereto, if applicable, for purposes of any other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties.
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4.23Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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4.24Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Insurance.Β All insurance maintained by the Loan Parties is in full force and effect, all premiums have been duly paid, no Loan Party has received notice of violation or cancellation thereof, and there exists no default under any requirement of such insurance.Β Each Loan Party maintains insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability, and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.
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4.25Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Casualty.Β No Loan Party has received any notice of, nor does any Loan Party have any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any Casualty Event affecting all or any material portion of its property.
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4.26Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Recurring Revenue.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β For any Eligible Customer Account in any RR calculation, all statements made and all unpaid balances appearing in all invoices, instruments and other documents evidencing such Eligible Customer Accounts are and shall be true and correct in all material respects and all such invoices, instruments and other documents, and all of the Borrowerβs books and records are genuine and in all material respects what they purport to be.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All sales and other transactions underlying or giving rise to each Eligible Customer Account shall comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and governmental rulesΒ and regulations. The Borrower has no knowledge of any actual or imminent Insolvency Proceeding of any customer whose Eligible Customer Accounts are used in any RR calculation. To the best of Borrowerβs knowledge, all signatures and endorsements on all documents, instruments, and agreements relating to all Eligible Customer Accounts are genuine, and all such documents, instruments and agreements are legally enforceable in accordance with their terms.Β The Borrower is the owner of and has the legal right to sell, transfer, assign and encumber its rights with respect to each Eligible Customer Account, and there are no defenses, offsets, counterclaims or agreements for which the Account Debtor may claim any deduction or discount, other than defenses that the Borrower has not performed a future obligation.
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4.27Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Capitalization
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Schedule 4.27 to the Disclosure Letter sets forth the beneficial owners of all Capital Stock of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and the amount of Capital Stock held by each such owner, as of the Closing Date.
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4.28Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β OFAC.Β Neither Holdings, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of Holdings or any such Subsidiary, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative thereof, is an
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individual or an entity that is, or is owned or controlled by an individual or entity that is (a)Β currently the subject of any Sanctions, or (b)Β located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
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4.29Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Anti-Corruption Laws. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries has conducted its business in compliance in all material respects with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
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4.30Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Holding Company.Β Holdings is a holding company and, after giving effect to the Closing Date, does not have any material liabilities (other than liabilities arising under the Loan Documents), own any material assets (other than the Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries) or engage in any operations or business (other than the ownership of Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries and all activities incidental thereto) other than as required for compliance with this Agreement and other Loan Documents or other permitted Indebtedness, financial reporting and the engagement of third party advisors in connection therewith, and incidental corporate operations.
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SECTIONΒ 5
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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5.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit.Β The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to make its initial extension of credit hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver, prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Loan Documents.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Lender listed on ScheduleΒ 1.1A;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Collateral Information Certificate and the Disclosure Letter, each executed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β if required by any Revolving Lender, a Revolving Loan Note executed by the Borrower in favor of such Revolving Lender;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β if required by the Swingline Lender, the Swingline Loan Note executed by the Borrower in favor of such Swingline Lender;
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by each Grantor named therein;
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(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, executed by the applicable Grantor related thereto;
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(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each other Security Document, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party party thereto;
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(viii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a completed Compliance Certificate dated as of the last day of the fiscal month of Holdings ended on JanuaryΒ 31, 2019;
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(ix)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a completed Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the Closing Date; and
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(x)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Flow of Funds Agreement, approved by the Borrower.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Projected Pro Forma Financial Statements; Financial Statements; Projections.Β The Lenders shall have received the Projected Pro Forma Financial Statements and the other Financial Statements set forth in SectionΒ 4.1.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Approvals.Β Except for the Governmental Approvals described on ScheduleΒ 4.4 to the Disclosure Letter, all Governmental Approvals and consents and approvals of, or notices to, any other Person (including the holders of any Capital Stock issued by any Loan Party) required in connection with the execution and performance of the Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Secretaryβs or Managing Memberβs Certificates; Certified Operating Documents; Good Standing Certificates.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)Β a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date and executed by the Secretary, Managing Member or equivalent officer of such Loan Party, substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including (A)Β the Operating Documents of such Loan Party, (B)Β the relevant board resolutions or written consents of such Loan Party adopted by such Loan Party for the purposes of authorizing such Loan Party to enter into and perform the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is party (including, with respect to Holdings, the written consent of the requisite holders of its Preferred Stock) and (C)Β the names, titles, incumbency and signature specimens of those representatives of such Loan Party who have been authorized by such resolutions and/or written consents to execute Loan Documents on behalf of such Loan Party, (ii)Β a good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its respective jurisdiction of organization, and (iii)Β except as set forth in SectionΒ 5.3, certificates for foreign qualification from each jurisdiction where the failure of a Loan Party to be qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Responsible Officerβs Certificates.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, either (A)Β attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B)Β stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, certifying (A)Β that the conditions specified in Sections 5.2(a)Β and (d)Β have been satisfied, and (B)Β that there has been no event or circumstance since JanuaryΒ 31, 2018, that has had or that could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Patriot Act,Β etc.Β The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received, prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information requested to comply with applicable βknow your customerβ and anti-money-laundering rulesΒ and regulations, including the Patriot Act, and a properly completed and signed IRS FormΒ W-8 or W-9, as applicable, for each Loan Party.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Due Diligence Investigation.Β The Administrative Agent shall have completed a due diligence investigation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in scope, and with results, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall have been given such access to the management, records, books of
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account, contracts and properties of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and shall have received such financial, business and other information regarding each of the foregoing Persons and businesses as it shall have requested.
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reports.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it, all asset appraisals, field audits, and such other reports and certifications, as it has reasonably requested.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Existing Credit Facility, Etc.Β (A)Β The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed copy of the Payoff Letter, and (B)Β all obligations of the Group Members in respect of the Existing Credit Facility shall, substantially contemporaneously with the funding of the Loan proceeds on the Closing Date have been paid in full.
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Collateral Matters.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Lien Searches.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of recent lien, judgment and litigation searches in each of the jurisdictions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, and such searches shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3, or Liens to be discharged on or prior to the Closing Date.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes.Β Except as set forth in SectionΒ 5.3, the Administrative Agent shall have received (A)Β the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, and (B)Β each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Filings, Registrations, Recordings, Agreements, Etc.Β Β Each document (including any UCC financing statements) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right and priority to any Lien in the Collateral held by any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.3), shall have been executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent or, as applicable, be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Insurance.Β Except as set forth in SectionΒ 5.3, the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of customary insurance naming the Administrative Agent as an additional insured and/or lender loss payee, as the case may be, under all property and liability insurance policies maintained with respect to the Collateral.
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Fees.Β The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date (including pursuant to the Fee Letter), and all reasonable and documented fees and expenses for which invoices have been presented at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent) for payment on or before the Closing Date.
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Legal Opinions.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxΒ & Xxxxxx, counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Minimum Liquidity.Β After giving effect to the use of proceeds on the Closing Date (including the repayment and termination of the Existing Credit Facility), Liquidity shall be not less than $200,000,000 on the Closing Date, and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Borrowing Notices.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received, in respect of any Revolving Loans to be made on the Closing Date, a completed Notice of Borrowing executed by the Borrower and otherwise complying with the requirements of SectionΒ 2.5.
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(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Solvency Certificate.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of Holdings.
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(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Material Adverse Effect.Β There shall not have occurred since JanuaryΒ 31, 2019, any event or condition that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Litigation.Β No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this SectionΒ 5.1, each Lender that has executed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter either sent (or made available) by the Administrative Agent to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender, unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying such Lenderβs objection thereto and either such objection shall not have been withdrawn by notice to the Administrative Agent to that effect on or prior to the Closing Date.
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5.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Conditions to Each Extension of Credit.Β The agreement of each Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date (including its initial extension of credit, but excluding any Revolving Loan Conversion and any conversion or continuation of Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.13) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Representations and Warranties.Β Each of the representations and warranties made by each Loan Party in or pursuant to any Loan Document (i)Β that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct, and (ii)Β that is not qualified by materiality, shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case, on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, subject to the limitations set forth in SectionΒ 2.27.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Availability.Β With respect to any requests for any Revolving Extensions of Credit, after giving effect to such Revolving Extension of Credit, the availability and borrowing limitations specified in SectionΒ 2.4 shall be complied with.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices of Borrowing.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in connection with any such request for extension of credit which complies with the requirements hereof.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Default.Β No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of or on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date (other than in connection with Limited Condition Acquisitions as set forth in SectionΒ 2.27, in which case there shall be no Default or Event of Default as of the LCA Test Date).
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Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder and each Revolving Loan Conversion shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit, or Revolving Loan Conversion, as applicable, that the conditions contained in this SectionΒ 5.2 have been satisfied.
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5.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Post-Closing Conditions Subsequent.Β The Borrower shall satisfy each of the conditions subsequent to the Closing Date specified in this SectionΒ 5.3 to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, in each case, by no later than the date specified for such condition below (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion):
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β within 15 days after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received one or more certificates representing 65% of the Capital Stock of CrowdStrike UK Limited, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof; and
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β within 30 days after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of customary insurance naming the Administrative Agent as an additional insured and/or lender loss payee, as the case may be, under all property and liability insurance policies maintained with respect to the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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SECTIONΒ 6
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally agree that, at all times prior to the Discharge of Obligations, each of the Loan Parties shall, and, where applicable, shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
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6.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial Statements.Β Furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days (or after a Qualified IPO, 90 days) after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a βgoing concernβ or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β prior to a Qualified IPO, as soon as available, but in any event not later than 30 days after the end of each month occurring during each fiscal year of Holdings, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such month and the trailing 12 months, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer of Holdings as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of year-end audit footnotes), (ii)Β after a Qualified IPO, (A)Β as soon as available,
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but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each quarter occurring during each fiscal year of Holdings, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such month and the trailing 12 months, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer of Holdings as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of year-end audit footnotes), and (iii)Β as soon as available, but in any event not later than 5 Business Days after the end of each month, a report demonstrating in reasonable detail Liquidity as of the last day of such month.
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All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods.
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Additionally, documents required to be delivered pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.1 and SectionΒ 6.2(e)Β (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, either: (i)Β on the Borrowerβs website on the Internet at the website address listed in SectionΒ 10.2; or (ii)Β when such documents are posted electronically on the Borrowerβs behalf on an internet or intranet website to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), if any; provided that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender.Β The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
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6.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Certificates; Reports; Other Information.Β Furnish (or, in the case of clause (a), use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish) to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to each Lender (or, in the case of clause (k), to the relevant Lender):
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [reserved];
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1, (i)Β a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officerβs knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate, (ii)Β in the case of financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(b), (x)Β a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Loan Party with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the applicable fiscal period of Holdings, and (y)Β to the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party and a list of any registered Intellectual Property issued to, applied for, or acquired by any Loan Party since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this clause (y)Β (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since the Closing Date), and (iii)Β in the case of financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(a), a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to the insurance coverage required to be maintained pursuant to SectionΒ 6.6, together with any supplemental reports with respect thereto which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as soon as available, and in any event no later than 75 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, a detailed consolidated budget for the following fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the end of each fiscal quarter of such fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial position and projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto), and, as soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such budget and projections with respect to such fiscal year (collectively, the βProjectionsβ), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings stating that such Projections are based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions and that such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe that such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any material respect;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly, and in any event within five (5)Β Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (other than routine comment letters from the staff of the SEC relating to Holdingsβ filings with the SEC);
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β within five days after the same are sent, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other material report that Holdings or the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of any Group Memberβs debt securities or public equity securities and, within five days after the same are filed, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Holdings or the Borrower may file with the SEC under SectionΒ 13 or 15(d)Β of the Exchange Act, or with any national securities exchange, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, within five days after the same are sent or received, copies of all correspondence, reports, documents and other filings with any Governmental Authority regarding compliance with or maintenance of Governmental Approvals or Requirements of Law or that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on any of the Governmental Approvals or otherwise on the operations of the Group Members;
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β not later than 30 days after the end of each month, (i)Β a Borrowing Base Certificate accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (ii)Β accounts receivable agings, aged by invoice date, (iii)Β accounts payable agings, aged by invoice date, (iv)Β SaaS and recurring revenue metrics reports, and (v)Β deferred revenue schedule;
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [reserved];
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [reserved];
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [reserved]; and
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly, such additional financial and other information as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
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6.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Collections.
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The Borrower shall have the right to collect all Accounts unless and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.Β The Borrower shall hold all payments on, and proceeds of, its Accounts in trust for the Administrative Agent, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent after the occurrence and during
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the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall immediately deliver all such payments and proceeds to the Administrative Agent in their original form, duly endorsed.Β The Borrower shall deposit all proceeds of such Accounts into one or more lockbox accounts, or such other βblocked accountsβ as the Administrative Agent may specify.Β Any such amounts actually paid to or collected by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.3 may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, or at the direction of the Required Lenders, shall, be applied by the Administrative Agent to the Obligations at any time during which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, as provided by the terms of this Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.Β Β Absent an Event of Default, such proceeds shall be transferred to an operating account that the Borrower maintains with the Administrative Agent.
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6.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payment of Obligations.Β Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member.
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6.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Existence; Compliance.Β (a)(i)Β Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence and (ii)Β take all reasonable action to maintain or obtain all Governmental Approvals and all other rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business or necessary for the performance by such Person of its Obligations under any Loan Document, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by SectionΒ 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii)Β above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b)Β comply with all Contractual Obligations (including with respect to leasehold interests of the Borrower) and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c)Β comply with all Governmental Approvals, and any term, condition, rule, filing or fee obligation, or other requirement related thereto, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to:Β (1)Β maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code or other Federal or state law; (2)Β cause each Qualified Plan to maintain its qualified status under SectionΒ 401(a)Β of the Code; (3)Β Β not become a party to any Multiemployer Plan; (4)Β ensure that all liabilities under each Plan are either (x)Β funded to at least the minimum level required by law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing such Plan; (y)Β insured with a reputable insurance company; or (z)Β provided for or recognized in the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant hereto; and (5)Β take commercially reasonable actions to ensure that the contributions or premium payments to or in respect of each Plan are paid at no less than the rates required under the rulesΒ of such Plan and in accordance with the most recent actuarial advice received in relation to such Plan and applicable law.
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6.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Property; Insurance.Β (a)Β Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty excepted, (b)Β maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business, and (c)Β maintain flood insurance on all real property subject to a Mortgage as required under SectionΒ 6.12(b).
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6.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.Β (a)Β Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b)Β on 5 Business Daysβ notice (provided that no notice shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
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continuing) permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent (who may be accompanied by any Lender) to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Group Members with officers, directors and employees of the Group Members and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that (i)Β such inspections shall not be undertaken more frequently than once every 12 months unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii)Β nothing in this SectionΒ 6.7 shall require any Group Member to take any action that would violate a confidentiality agreement (to the extent not created in contemplation of such Group Memberβs obligations hereunder) or waive any attorney-client or similar privilege.
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6.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices. Give prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent of:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any (i)Β default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member or (ii)Β litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between any Group Member and any Governmental Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i)Β in which the amount involved is $1,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii)Β in which injunctive or similar relief is sought against any Group Member, which, if granted, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii)Β which relates to any Loan Document;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β promptly after the Borrower has knowledge or becomes aware of the occurrence of any of the following ERISA Events affecting the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate (but in no event more than ten days after such event), the occurrence of any of the following ERISA Events, and shall provide the Administrative Agent with a copy of any notice with respect to such event that may be required to be filed with a Governmental Authority and any notice delivered by a Governmental Authority to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to such event:Β (A)Β an ERISA Event, (B)Β the adoption of any new Pension Plan by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, (C)Β the adoption of any amendment to a Pension Plan, if such amendment will result in a material increase in contribution obligations or unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(18) of ERISA), or (D)Β the commencement of contributions by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to any Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or SectionΒ 412 of the Code; and
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (A)Β promptly after the giving, sending or filing thereof, or the receipt thereof, copies of (1)Β each ScheduleΒ B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (FormΒ 5500 Series) filed by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates with the IRS with respect to each Pension Plan, (2)Β all notices received by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event, and (3)Β copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; and (B), without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such certifications or other evidence of compliance with the provisions of SectionsΒ 4.13 and 7.9 as any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request;
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β unless a Loan Party is a public company or an issuer of securities that are registered with the SEC under SectionΒ 12 of the Exchange Act or that is required to file reports under SectionΒ 15(d)Β of the Exchange Act, any changes to the beneficial ownership information set forth in item 37 of the Collateral Information Certificate in the event that (A)Β any individual shall become the owner, directly or
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indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity interests of Holdings or (B)Β the individual identified in SectionΒ 37 of the Collateral Information Certificate delivered on the Closing Date shall no longer be an individual with significant responsibility for managing the Group Members.Β The Loan Parties understand and acknowledge that the Secured Parties rely on such true, accurate and up-to-date beneficial ownership information to meet their regulatory obligations to obtain, verify and record information about the beneficial owners of its legal entity customers;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party; and
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Each notice pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.8 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Group Member proposes to take with respect thereto.
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6.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Environmental Laws.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, comply with, and ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.
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6.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Operating Accounts.Β Except as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, Holdings and its domestic Subsidiaries shall maintain (i)Β all domestic collection and operating accounts with SVB or with SVBβs Affiliates and (ii)Β 50% of all other domestic cash and Cash Equivalents with SVB, another Lender, or their respective Affiliates (subject to a Control Agreement unless maintained with SVB).
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6.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Audits.Β At reasonable times, on five (5)Β Β Business Dayβs notice (provided that no notice is required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), the Administrative Agent, or its agents, shall have the right to inspect the Collateral and the right to audit and copy any and all of any Loan Partyβs books and records including ledgers, federal and state tax returns, records regarding assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business operations or financial condition, and all computer programs or storage or any equipment containing such information.Β The foregoing inspections and audits shall be at the Borrowerβs expense, and the charge therefor shall be $1,000 per person per day (or such higher amount as shall represent the Administrative Agentβs then-current standard charge for the same), plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.Β Such inspections and audits shall not be undertaken more frequently than once every12 months, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.Β In the event the Borrower and the Administrative Agent schedule an audit more than five (5)Β Business Days in advance, and the Borrower cancels or seeks to or reschedules the audit with less than five (5)Β days written notice to the Administrative Agent (without limiting any of the Administrative Agentβs rights or remedies) then the Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent a fee of $1,000 plus any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent
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to compensate the Administrative Agent for the anticipated costs and expenses of the cancellation or rescheduling.
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6.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Additional Collateral, Etc.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to any property (to the extent included in the definition of Collateral) acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other than (x)Β any property described in paragraph (b), (c)Β or (d)Β below, and (y)Β any property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.3(g)) as to which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion)Β take all actions necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority (except as expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.3) security interest and Lien in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a fair market value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $2,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other than any such real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.3(g)), promptly (and in any event within sixty (60) days (or such longer time period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion)) after such acquisition, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, (i)Β execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, covering such real property, (ii)Β if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the Lenders with title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount not in excess of the fair market value as reasonably estimated by the Borrower as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyorβs certificate, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iii)Β if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.Β In connection with the foregoing, no later than five (5)Β Business Days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is executed and delivered pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.12, in order to comply with the Flood Laws, the Administrative Agent (for delivery to each Lender) shall have received the following documents (collectively, the βFlood Documentsβ):Β (A)Β a completed standard βlife of loanβ flood hazard determination form (a βFlood Determination Formβ) and such other documents as any Lender may reasonably request to complete its flood due diligence, (B)Β if the improvement(s)Β to the applicable improved real property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notification to the applicable Loan Party (if applicable) (βLoan Party Noticeβ) that flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program (βNFIPβ) is not available because the community does not participate in the NFIP, (C)Β documentation evidencing the applicable Loan Partyβs receipt of any such Loan Party Notice (e.g., countersigned Loan Party Notice, return receipt of certified U.S. Mail, or overnight delivery), and (D)Β if the Loan Party Notice is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Requirement of Law or any Lendersβ written regulatory or compliance procedures and flood insurance is available in the community in which the property is located, a copy of one of the following:Β the flood insurance policy, the applicable Loan Partyβs application for a flood insurance policy plus proof of premium payment, a declaration pageΒ confirming that flood insurance has been issued, or such other evidence of flood insurance that complies with all applicable laws and regulations reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (any of the foregoing being βEvidence of Flood Insuranceβ).Β Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Mortgage will be executed and delivered until each Lender has confirmed to the Administrative Agent that such Lender has satisfactorily completed its flood insurance due diligence and compliance requirements.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition) or if an Excluded Subsidiary ceases to qualify as an Excluded Subsidiary, then except to the extent compliance with this SectionΒ 6.12 is prohibited by existing Contractual Obligations (so long as such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or the obligations hereunder) or Requirements of Law binding on such Subsidiary or its properties, promptly (i)Β execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned directly by such Loan Party, (ii)Β deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents and instruments as may be required to grant, perfect, protect and ensure the priority of such security interest, including but not limited to, the certificates representing such Capital Stock (if applicable), together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party, (iii)Β cause such new Subsidiary (A)Β to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (B)Β to take such actions as are necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, with respect to such Subsidiary, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (C)Β to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Subsidiary, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with appropriate insertions and attachments, and (iv)Β if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to any new direct Foreign Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary but not an Immaterial Subsidiary or any new direct Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company that is an Excluded Subsidiary but not an Immaterial Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, then except to the extent compliance with this SectionΒ 6.12 (x)Β is prohibited by existing Contractual Obligations (so long as such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or the obligations hereunder) or Requirements of Law binding on such Subsidiary or its properties, or (y)Β could reasonably be expected to result in liability to the directors or officers of any such Foreign Subsidiary under applicable Requirements of Law, promptly (i)Β execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company that is directly owned by any such Loan Party (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of any such new Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company be required to be so pledged) and (ii)Β deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock (if certificated), together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party, and take such other action (including, as applicable, the delivery of any foreign law pledge documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent) as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Administrative Agentβs security interest therein.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At the request of the Administrative Agent, each Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a landlordβs agreement or bailee letter, as applicable, from the lessor of each leased property or bailee with respect to any warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location where Collateral having a value exceeding $1,000,000 is stored or located, which agreement or letter shall contain a waiver or subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord or bailee may assert against the Collateral at that location, and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
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to the Administrative Agent.Β After the Closing Date, no Collateral with a value in excess of $1,000,000 shall be stored at any new location, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent unless and until a reasonably satisfactory landlord agreement or bailee letter, as appropriate, shall first have been obtained with respect to such location.Β Each Loan Party shall pay and perform its material obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased location or public warehouse where any Collateral is or may be located.
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6.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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6.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Use of Proceeds.Β Use the proceeds of each credit extension only for the purposes specified in SectionΒ 4.16.
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6.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Designated Senior Indebtedness.Β Cause the Loan Documents and all of the Obligations to be deemed βDesignated Senior Indebtednessβ or a similar concept thereto, if applicable, for purposes of any Indebtedness of the Loan Parties.
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6.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Anti-Corruption Laws.Β Conduct its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable anti-corruption laws and maintain policies and procedures designated to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
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6.17Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Further Assurances.Β Execute any further instruments and take such further action as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary to perfect, protect, ensure the priority of or continue the Administrative Agentβs Lien on the Collateral or to effect the purposes of this Agreement.
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SECTIONΒ 7
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally agrees that, at all times prior to the Discharge of Obligations, no Loan Party shall, nor shall any Loan Party permit any of its respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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7.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial Condition Covenants.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Recurring Revenue.Β Permit the RR Growth Rate for any period of 12 months set forth below to be less than RR Growth Rate set forth opposite such period.
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TrailingΒ TwelveΒ MonthΒ PeriodΒ Ended |
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MinimumΒ RRΒ GrowthΒ Rate |
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AprilΒ 30, 2019 |
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40 |
% |
JulyΒ 31, 2019 |
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40 |
% |
OctoberΒ 31, 2019 |
Β |
40 |
% |
JanuaryΒ 31, 2020 |
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35 |
% |
AprilΒ 30, 2020 |
Β |
35 |
% |
JulyΒ 31, 2020 |
Β |
35 |
% |
OctoberΒ 31, 2020 |
Β |
35 |
% |
JanuaryΒ 31, 2021 |
Β |
30 |
% |
AprilΒ 30, 2021 |
Β |
30 |
% |
JulyΒ 31, 2021 |
Β |
30 |
% |
OctoberΒ 31, 2021 |
Β |
30 |
% |
JanuaryΒ 31, 2022 |
Β |
30 |
% |
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Minimum Liquidity.Β Permit Liquidity at any time, as determined as of the last day of any month, to be less than the amount set forth below corresponding to the RR Growth Rate for the most recently completed trailing twelve month period for which financial statements were required to be delivered hereunder.
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RRΒ GrowthΒ RateΒ (asΒ ofΒ the |
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MinimumΒ Liquidity |
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Greater than 100% |
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$ |
0.00 |
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Less than or equal to 100% but greater than 80% |
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$ |
30,000,000 |
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Less than or equal to 80% but greater than 60% |
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$ |
45,000,000 |
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Less than or equal to 60% but greater than 40% |
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$ |
60,000,000 |
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Less than or equal to 40% |
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$ |
75,000,000 |
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7.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness.Β Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document and under any Cash Management Agreement;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness of (i)Β any Loan Party owing to any other Loan Party; (ii)Β any Group Member (which is not a Loan Party) owing to any other Group Member (which is not a Loan Party); (iii)Β any Group Member (which is not a Loan Party) owing to any Loan Party, which constitutes an Investment permitted by SectionΒ 7.8(f)(iii); provided, that, such Indebtedness owing to a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a master promissory note and such promissory note shall be pledged as Collateral; and (iv)Β any Loan Party owing to any Group Member (which is not a Loan Party); provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantee Obligations (i)Β of any Loan Party of the Indebtedness of any other Loan Party; (ii)Β of any Group Member (which is not a Loan Party) of the Indebtedness of any Loan Party; (iii)Β by any Group Member (which is not a Loan Party) of the Indebtedness of any other Group Member (which is not a Loan Party) or (iv)Β of any Loan Party of the Indebtedness of any Group Member that is not a Loan Party, so long as the aggregate amount of such Guarantee Obligations is an Investment permitted by SectionΒ 7.8(f)(iii); provided that, in any case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii)Β or (iv), the underlying Indebtedness so guaranteed is otherwise permitted by the terms hereof;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on ScheduleΒ 7.2(d)Β and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (which do not shorten the maturity thereof or increase the principal amount thereof, except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium and other fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith);
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3(g)Β in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (which do not shorten the maturity thereof or increase the principal amount thereof, except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium and other fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith);
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subordinated Indebtedness;
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Surety Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bankerβs acceptances or similar arrangements, provided that the aggregate amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding at any time shall not exceed $750,000;
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, for all such Indebtedness taken together, not to exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries existing or arising under any Swap Agreement, provided that such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in accordance with SectionΒ 7.13 and not for purposes of speculation;
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness of a Person (other than a Loan Party or an existing Subsidiary) existing at the time such Person is merged with or into a Loan Party or a Subsidiary or becomes a Subsidiary, provided that (i)Β such Indebtedness was not, in any case, incurred by such other Person in connection with, or in contemplation of, such merger or acquisition, (ii)Β such merger or acquisition constitutes a Permitted Acquisition, (iii)Β with respect to any such Person who becomes a Subsidiary, (A)Β such Subsidiary and any of its Subsidiaries are the only obligors in respect of such Indebtedness, and (B)Β to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted to be secured hereunder, only the assets of such Subsidiary and any of its Subsidiaries secure such Indebtedness, and (iv)Β the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the ordinary course of business;
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness in the form of purchase price adjustments, earn outs, deferred compensation, or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration or deferred payments of a similar nature incurred in connection with Investments permitted by SectionΒ 7.8; provided that the amount of such obligation shall be deemed part of the cost of such Investment (the amount of which shall be deemed to be the amount required to be accrued as a liability in accordance with GAAP or the amount actually paid);
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums;
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness incurred with corporate credit cards, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by this SectionΒ in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding.
Β
7.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens.Β Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
Β
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Group Member in conformity with GAAP;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β carriersβ, warehousemenβs, landlordβs, mechanicsβ, materialmenβs, repairmenβs or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β pledges or deposits in connection with workersβ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than for indebtedness or any Liens arising under ERISA) or deposits made in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Group Member;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(f)Β to the Disclosure Letter; provided that (i)Β no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date, (ii)Β the amount of Indebtedness or obligations secured or benefitted thereby is not increased, (iii)Β the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv)Β any renewal or extension of the obligations secured thereby is permitted by SectionΒ 7.2(d);
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.2(e)Β to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets; provided that (i)Β such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with, or within ninety (90) days after, the acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, (ii)Β such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, and (iii)Β the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased, except by an amount permitted by SectionΒ 7.2(e);
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (x)Β any interest or title of a lessor or licensor under any lease or license entered into by a Group Member in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased or licensed, (y)Β leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses of real property granted to others in the ordinary course of business and (z)Β non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β judgment Liens that do not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(h)Β of this Agreement;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β bankersβ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash, Cash Equivalents, securities, commodities and other funds on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by a Group Member, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks, other depositary institutions, securities or commodities intermediaries or brokerages with which such accounts are maintained securing amounts owing to such banks or financial institutions with respect to cashΒ management and operating account management or are arising under SectionΒ 4-208 or 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection;
Β
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β cash deposits and liens on cash and Cash Equivalents pledged to secure Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 7.2(g), (ii)Β Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit permitted by SectionΒ 7.2(g)Β that encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit, and (iii)Β Liens securing Obligations under any Specified Swap Agreements permitted by SectionΒ 7.2(i);
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness incurrent pursuant to SectionΒ 7.2(f);
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is acquired by, merged into or consolidated with a Group Member or becomes a Subsidiary of a Group Member or acquired by a Group Member; provided that (i)Β such Liens were not created in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or Investment, (ii)Β such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those of such Person, and (iii)Β the applicable Indebtedness or obligation secured by such Lien is not prohibited under SectionΒ 7.2;
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (m)Β above upon or in the same property theretofore subject thereto or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change in any direct or contingent obligor) of the Indebtedness secured thereby;
Β
(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens not otherwise permitted by this SectionΒ so long as neither (i)Β the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (ii)Β the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to all Group Members) $1,000,000 at any one time;
Β
(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens on insurance proceeds in favor of insurance companies granted solely to secured financed insurance premiums;
Β
(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens in favor of custom and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure the payment of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods;
Β
(s)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens on any xxxxxxx money deposits required in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or consisting of xxxxxxx money deposits required in connection with an acquisition of property not otherwise prohibited hereunder; and
Β
(t)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 7.2(o).
Β
7.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Fundamental Changes.Β Consummate any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, division of or by a limited company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such division or allocation), or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, except that:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into (A)Β any Loan Party (provided that a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or the continuing or surviving Person shall become a Loan Party substantially contemporaneous with such merger, amalgamation or consolidation) or (B)Β any Group Member that is not a Loan Party, and (ii)Β any Loan Party may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into with any other Loan Party other than Holdings (provided that if such merger, amalgamation or consolidation involves the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person);
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may Dispose of any or all of its assets (including upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution or otherwise) (A)Β to any other Group Member or
Β
Β
(B)Β pursuant to a Disposition permitted by SectionΒ 7.5; and (ii)Β any Loan Party (other than the Borrower or Holdings (it being agreed that a Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets to any other Borrower)) may Dispose of any or all of its assets (including upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution or otherwise) (A)Β to any other Loan Party or (B)Β pursuant to a Disposition permitted by SectionΒ 7.5;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Investment expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.8 may be structured as a merger, consolidation or amalgamation; and
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Subsidiary that is a limited liability company may consummate a Division as the Dividing Person if, immediately upon the consummation of the Division, the assets of the applicable Dividing Person are held by one or more Subsidiary Guarantors.
Β
7.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Disposition of Property.Β Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary of Holdings, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiaryβs Capital Stock to any Person, except:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Dispositions of obsolete, worn out or surplus property in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Dispositions of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Dispositions permitted by Sections 7.4(b)(i)(A)Β and (b)(ii)(A);
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 sale or issuance of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of Holdings (i)Β to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or (ii)Β by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or (iii)Β in connection with any transaction that does not result in a Change of Control;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 use or transfer of money, cash or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 non-exclusive licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other Intellectual Property rights in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Disposition of property (i)Β from any Loan Party to any other Loan Party (other than Holdings), and (ii)Β from any Group Member (which is not a Loan Party) to any other Group Member; provided that in each case in which there is a Lien over the relevant property in favor of the Administrative Agent in advance of the Disposition, an equivalent Lien will be granted to the Administrative Agent by the Group Member which acquires the property;
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Dispositions of property subject to a Casualty Event;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β leases or subleases of real property;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 sale or discount without recourse of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any abandonment, cancellation, non-renewal or discontinuance of use or maintenance of Intellectual Property (or rights relating thereto) of any Group Member that the Borrower determines in good faith is desirable in the conduct of its business and not materially disadvantageous to the interests of the Lenders;
Β
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Dispositions of other property having a book value not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of Holdings, provided that at the time of any such Disposition, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Disposition; and
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Restricted Payments permitted by SectionΒ 7.6,Β Investments permitted by SectionΒ 7.8 and Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3.
Β
provided, however, that any Disposition made pursuant to this SectionΒ 7.5 (other than Dispositions (x)Β solely between Loan Parties, (y)Β Dispositions solely between Group Members that are not Loan Parties or (z)Β Dispositions between a Loan Party and a Group Member that is not a Loan Party in which the terms thereof in favor of a Loan Party are at least armβs length terms) shall be made in good faith on an armβs length basis for fair value.
Β
7.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Restricted Payments.Β Pay any earn-out payment, seller debt or deferred purchase price payments, declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of any Group Member, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of any Group Member (collectively, βRestricted Paymentsβ), except that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would result therefrom:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Group Member may make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party (other than Holdings) and any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to any other Group Member;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each Loan Party may, (i)Β purchase Capital Stock from present or former officers, directors or employees of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer, director or employee; provided that the aggregate amount of payments made under this clause (i)Β shall not exceed $1,000,000 during any fiscal year of Holdings, and (ii)Β declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Group Member may pay dividends to Holdings to permit Holdings to (i)Β pay corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year and (ii)Β pay any taxes that are due and payable by Holdings, including by Holdings and the Borrower as part of a consolidated group;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each Group Member may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire Capital Stock issued by it with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that any such issuance is otherwise permitted hereunder (including by SectionΒ 7.5(d));
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β each Group Member may make repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such repurchased Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants, and (ii)Β each Group Member may make repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the withholding of a portion of the Capital Stock issued, granted or awarded to a current or former officer, director, employee or consultant to pay for the taxes payable by such Person upon such issuance, grant or award (or upon vesting thereof);
Β
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each Group Member may deliver its common Capital Stock upon conversion of any convertible Indebtedness having been issued by the Borrower; provided that such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted by SectionΒ 7.2; and
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Group Members may make payments in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness solely to the extent permitted by SectionΒ 7.22;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Group Members may make earn-out payments, payments in respect of seller debt or deferred purchase price payments in connection with a Permitted Acquisition so long as immediately after giving effect to such payment Liquidity shall equal or exceed $50,000,000, and immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, Holdings and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1, based upon financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent which give pro forma effect to the making of such payment (provided that if any such payment obligations constitute Subordinated Indebtedness, such payment must be permitted under SectionΒ 7.22); and
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β other Restricted Payments (i)Β so long as immediately after giving effect thereto, Liquidity is at least $150,000,000 and (ii)Β if clause (i)Β is not applicable, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year.
Β
7.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
Β
7.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments.Β Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, βInvestmentsβ), except:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantee Obligations permitted by SectionΒ 7.2 and Guarantee Obligations of obligations not constituting Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β loans and advances to employees, officers, consultants and directors of any Group Member in the ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) in an aggregate amount for all Group Members not to exceed $750,000 at any one time outstanding;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.8 to the Disclosure Letter;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β intercompany Investments by (i)Β any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, (ii)Β any Group Member that is not a Loan Party in any other Group Member, or (iii)Β any Loan Party in any Group Member that is not a Loan Party to the extent (x)Β no Default or Event of Defaults exists or would result therefrom, (y)Β immediately after giving effect to such Investment, Liquidity is at least $50,000,000 and (z)Β such Investments do not exceed $25,000,000 at any time;
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit;
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Group Member effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to such Group Member as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of such Group Member;
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments held by any Person as of the date such Person is acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, provided that (A)Β such Investments were not made, in any case, by such Person in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition, and (B)Β with respect to any such Person which becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such Permitted Acquisition, such Subsidiary remains the only holder of such Investment (except in the case of Cash Equivalents);
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β so long as no Event of Default exists at the time of such Investment or immediately after giving effect thereto, in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, any Investments, if immediately after giving effect to such Investments, Liquidity is at least $100,000,000; provided that if Liquidity is not at least $100,000,000 immediately after giving effect to such Investments, then all such Investments, entered into at such time as Liquidity is not at least $100,000,000, in a fiscal year, shall not exceed $1,000,000;
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β deposits made to secure the performance of leases, licenses or contracts in the ordinary course of business, and other deposits made in connection with the incurrence of Liens permitted under SectionΒ 7.3;
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing or joint venture arrangements with other Persons in the ordinary course of business;
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 7.5, to the extent not exceeding the limits specified therein with respect to the receipt of non-cash consideration in connection with such Dispositions; and
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β purchases or other acquisitions by any Group Member of the Capital Stock in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Subsidiary (including as a result of a merger or consolidation) or all or substantially all of the assets of, or assets constituting one or more business units of, any Person (each, a βPermitted Acquisitionβ); provided that, with respect to each such purchase or other acquisition:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 newly-created or acquired Subsidiary (or assets acquired in connection with such asset sale) shall be (x)Β in the same or a related line of business as that conducted by the Borrower on the date hereof, or (y)Β in a business permitted by SectionΒ 7.17;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all transactions related to such purchase or acquisition shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with all Requirements of Law;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no Loan Party shall, as a result of or in connection with any such purchase or acquisition, assume or incur any direct or contingent liabilities (whether relating to environmental, tax, litigation or other matters) that, as of the date of such purchase or acquisition (or in the case of a Limited Condition Acquisition, as of the LCA Test Date), could reasonably be expected to result in the existence or incurrence of a Material Adverse Effect;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least twenty (20) Business Daysβ prior written notice of the closing (or if execution of the Acquisition Agreement will occur
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simultaneously with closing, then ten (10)Β Business Days prior notice, or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree to) of any such purchase or acquisition;
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent as soon as available but in any event not later than five (5)Β Business Days after the execution thereof, a copy of any executed purchase agreement or similar agreement with respect to any such purchase or acquisition;
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(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any such newly-created or acquired Subsidiary, or the Loan Party that is the acquirer of assets in connection with an asset acquisition, shall comply or be prepared to comply with the requirements of SectionΒ 6.12, except to the extent compliance with SectionΒ 6.12 is prohibited by pre-existing Contractual Obligations or Requirements of Law binding on such Subsidiary or its properties;
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(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liquidity shall equal or exceed $50,000,000 as of the date the definitive agreements relating to any such acquisition or other purchase are executed (after giving effect, on a Pro Forma Basis, to the consummation of such acquisition or other purchase);
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(viii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (x)Β immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (other than in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, in which case there shall be no Default or Event of Default as of the LCA Test Date) and (y)Β immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, Holdings and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1, based upon financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent which give effect, on a Pro Forma Basis, to such acquisition or other purchase (which shall be calculated in accordance with SectionΒ 1.4 in the case of a Limited Condition Acquisition);
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(ix)Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower shall not, based upon the knowledge of the Borrower as of the date any such acquisition or other purchase is consummated (or in the case of a Limited Condition Acquisition, as of the LCA Test Date), reasonably expect such acquisition or other purchase to result in a Default or an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(c), at any time during the term of this Agreement, as a result of a breach of any of the financial covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1;
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(x)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no Indebtedness is assumed or incurred in connection with any such purchase or acquisition other than Indebtedness permitted by the terms of SectionΒ 7.2(j);
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(xi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β such purchase or acquisition shall not constitute an Unfriendly Acquisition;
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(xii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (A)Β the aggregate amount of the consideration (excluding Capital Stock of Holdings that is not Disqualified Stock, but including earn-out payments, seller debt payments or deferred purchase price payments unless repayable with Capital Stock of Holdings that is not Disqualified Stock) paid by such Group Member in connection with any particular Permitted Acquisition shall not exceed $15,000,000, and (B)Β the aggregate amount of the consideration (excluding Capital Stock of Holdings that is not Disqualified Stock, but including earn-out payments, seller debt payments or deferred purchase price payments unless repayable with Capital Stock of Holdings that is not Disqualified Stock) paid by all Group Members in connection with all such Permitted Acquisitions, incurred when Liquidity is less than $100,000,000, consummated from and after the Closing Date shall not exceed $50,000,000 (it being agreed that if immediately after giving effect to the consummation of such acquisition, Liquidity is at least $100,000,000, the limitations set forth in this clause (xii)Β shall not apply);
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(xiii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each such purchase or acquisition is of a Person organized under the laws of the United States and engaged in business activities primarily conducted within the United States other
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than Permitted Acquisitions for which the aggregate amount of the consideration (excluding Capital Stock of Holdings that is not Disqualified Stock, but including earn-out payment, seller debt or deferred purchase price payments unless repaid with Capital Stock of Holdings that is not Disqualified Stock) paid by the Group Members is less than $1,000,000; and
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(xiv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is to be consummated (or such later date as is agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this definition have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition.
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7.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ERISA.Β The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to:Β (a)Β terminate any Pension Plan so as to result in any material liability to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, (b)Β permit to exist any ERISA Event, or any other event or condition, which presents the risk of a material liability to any ERISA Affiliate, (c)Β make a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of ERISA SectionΒ 4201) from any Multiemployer Plan so as to result in any material liability to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, (d)Β enter into any new Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or modify any existing Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan so as to increase its obligations thereunder which could be reasonably likely to result in material liability to any ERISA Affiliate or Β permit the present value of all nonforfeitable accrued benefits under any Plan (using the actuarial assumptions utilized by the PBGC upon termination of a Plan) materially to exceed the fair market value of Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such Plan, or (e)Β engage in any transaction which would cause any obligation, or action taken or to be taken, hereunder (or the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any of its rights under this Agreement, any Note or the other Loan Documents) to be a non-exempt (under a statutory or administrative class exemption) prohibited transaction under SectionΒ 406 of ERISA or SectionΒ 4975 of the Code with respect to a Plan.
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7.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Preferred Stock and Debt Instruments.Β (a)Β Amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Preferred Stock (i)Β that would move to an earlier date the scheduled redemption date (but only to the extent that moving any such scheduled redemption date would result in the redemption to be prior to ninety-one (91) days after the Revolving Termination Date) or increase the amount of any scheduled redemption payment or increase the rate or move to an earlier date any date for payment of dividends thereon or (ii)Β that could reasonably be expected to be otherwise materially adverse to any Lender or any other Secured Party; orΒ (b)Β other than pursuant to any refinancing or replacement of Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 7.2, amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 7.2 (other than Indebtedness pursuant to any Loan Document and Subordinated Indebtedness which is addressed in SectionΒ 7.22) that would shorten the maturity (but only to the extent such shortening, would result in the maturity of such Indebtedness to be prior to ninety-one (91) days after the Revolving Termination Date) or increase the amount of any payment of principal thereof or the rate of interest thereon or shorten any date for payment of interest thereon or that could reasonably be expected to be otherwise materially adverse to any Lender or any other Secured Party.
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7.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Transactions with Affiliates.Β Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than any other Loan Party) unless such transaction is (a)Β (i)Β otherwise permitted under this Agreement and (ii)Β upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the relevant Group Member than it would obtain in a comparable armβs length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, (b)Β a Restricted Payment permitted by SectionΒ 7.6, (c)Β reasonable and customary indemnification
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arrangements, employee benefits, compensation arrangements (including equity-based compensation and bonuses), and reimbursement of expenses of employees, consultants, officers, and directors, in each case, approved by the board of directors or management of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, or (d)Β equity (other than Disqualified Stock) or debt financings with the Borrowerβs investors so long as any such debt financings constitute Subordinated Indebtedness and such Indebtedness is permitted by SectionΒ 7.2.
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7.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Sale Leaseback Transactions.Β Enter into any Sale Leaseback Transaction, except in connection with transactions that would be permitted under Sections 7.2(e)Β and 7.3(g).
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7.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Swap Agreements.Β Enter into any Swap Agreement, except Swap Agreements which are entered into by a Group Member to (a)Β hedge or mitigate risks to which such Group Member has actual exposure, or (b)Β 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 such Group Member.
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7.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Accounting Changes.Β Make any change in its (a)Β accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or (b)Β fiscal year.
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7.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Negative Pledge Clauses.Β Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, other than (a)Β this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b)Β any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (c)Β customary restrictions on the assignment of leases, licenses and other agreements, (d)Β any agreement in effect at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan Party, so long as such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or, in any such case, that is set forth in any agreement evidencing any amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements of the foregoing, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement applies only to such Subsidiary and does not otherwise expand in any material respect the scope of any restriction or condition contained therein, and (e)Β any restriction pursuant to any document, agreement or instrument governing or relating to any Lien permitted under SectionsΒ 7.3(c), (d), (f), (g), (l), (m), (n), (o), (s)Β and (t)Β or any agreement or option to Dispose any asset of any Group Member, the Disposition of which is permitted by any other provision of this Agreements (in each case, provided that any such restriction relates only to the assets or property subject to such Lien or being Disposed).
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7.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions.Β Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of Holdings to (a)Β make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or to pay any Indebtedness owed to, any other Group Member, (b)Β make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, any other Group Member, or (c)Β transfer any of its assets to any other Group Member, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i)Β any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii)Β any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with a Disposition permitted hereby of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (iii)Β customary restrictions on the assignment of leases, licenses and other agreements, (iv)Β restrictions of the nature referred to in clause (c)Β above under agreements governing purchase money liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby which restrictions are only effective against the assets financed thereby, (v)Β any agreement in effect at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower, so long as such agreement applies only to such Subsidiary, was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or, in each case that is set forth in any
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agreement evidencing any amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements of the foregoing, so long as such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, extension, renewal or replacement is not as a whole materially less favorable to such Subsidiary, (vi)Β restrictions under any Subordinated Debt Documents, (vii)Β restrictions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such asset and customary restrictions contained in purchase agreements and acquisition agreements (including by way of merger, acquisition or consolidation), to the extent in effect pending the consummation of such transaction, (viii)Β customary net worth provisions or similar financial maintenance provisions contained in real property leases entered into by a Foreign Subsidiary, 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 Holdings and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations under the Loan Documents, (ix)Β applicable law, (x)Β restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (xi)Β provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements (including equity holder agreements) relating to such joint venture or its members or entered into in the ordinary course of business or (xii)Β any restriction pursuant to any document, agreement or instrument governing or relating to any Lien permitted under SectionsΒ 7.3(c), (d), (f), (g), (l), (m), (n), (o), (s)Β and (t)Β (provided that any such restriction relates only to the assets or property subject to such Lien or being Disposed).
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7.17Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Lines of Business.Β Enter into any business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which Holdings and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or that are reasonably related, ancillary or incidental thereto.
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7.18Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Designation of other Indebtedness.Β Designate any Indebtedness or indebtedness other than the Obligations as βDesignated Senior Indebtednessβ or a similar concept thereto, if applicable.
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7.19Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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7.20Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Amendments to Organizational Agreements .Β Amend or permit any amendments to any Loan Partyβs organizational documents, if such amendment could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
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7.21Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Use of Proceeds.Β Use the proceeds of any Loan or extension of credit hereunder, whether directly or indirectly, (a)Β to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, in each case in violation of, or for a purpose which violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X of the Board; (b)Β to finance an Unfriendly Acquisition; (c)Β to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Arranger, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swingline Lender, or otherwise) of Sanctions (or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity in violation of the foregoing); or (d)Β for any purpose which would breach the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Brxxxxx Xxx 0000, or other similar legislation in other jurisdictions.
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7.22Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subordinated Indebtedness.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Amendments. Amend, modify, supplement, waive compliance with, or consent to noncompliance with, any Subordinated Debt Document (if any), unless the amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent is in compliance with the subordination provisions therein and any subordination agreement with respect thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payments.Β Make any payment, prepayment or repayment on, redemption, exchange or acquisition for value of, or any sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness, except as expressly permitted by the subordination provisions in the applicable Subordinated Debt Documents and any subordination agreement with respect thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; provided that the foregoing limitation shall not apply if immediately after giving effect to such payment Liquidity is at least $150,000,000 or if in connection with a refinancing of any such Subordinated Indebtedness with the proceeds of the issuance of Subordinated Indebtedness or equity (other than Disqualified Stock).
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7.23Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Anti-Terrorism Laws. Conduct, deal in or engage in or permit any Affiliate or agent of any Loan Party within its control to conduct, deal in or engage in any of the following activities: (a)Β conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any person blocked pursuant to Executive Order No.Β 13224 (a βBlocked Personβ), including the making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person; (b)Β deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No.Β 13224; or (c)Β engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No.Β 13224 or the Patriot Act.
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SECTIONΒ 8
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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8.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Events of Default.Β The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower shall fail to pay any amount of principal of any Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any amount of interest on any Loan, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within three (3)Β Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document (i)Β if qualified by materiality, shall be incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made, or (ii)Β if not qualified by materiality, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in, SectionΒ 5.3, SectionΒ 6.1, SectionΒ 6.2, SectionΒ 6.3, clause (i)Β or (ii)Β of SectionΒ 6.5(a), SectionΒ 6.6(b), SectionΒ 6.8(a), SectionΒ 6.10, SectionΒ 6.16 or SectionΒ 7 of this Agreement; or
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a)Β through (c)Β of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days thereafter; or
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β any Group Member shall (A)Β default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; (B)Β default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; (C)Β default in making any payment or delivery under any such Indebtedness
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constituting a Swap Agreement beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in such Swap Agreement; or (D)Β default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to (1)Β cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of, or, in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Swap Agreement, counterparty under, such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder, beneficiary, or counterparty) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Swap Agreement) to be terminated, or (2)Β to cause, with the giving of notice if required, any Group Member to purchase, redeem, mandatorily prepay or make an offer to purchase, redeem or mandatorily prepay such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (D)Β shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; provided further, that a default, event or condition described in clauses (i)(A), (B),Β (C), or (D)Β of this SectionΒ 8.1(e)Β shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in any of clauses (i)(A), (B), (C), or (D)Β of this SectionΒ 8.1(e)Β shall have occurred with respect to Indebtedness, the outstanding principal amount (and, in the case of Swap Agreements, the Swap Termination Value) of which, individually or in the aggregate for all such Indebtedness, exceeds $5,000,000; or (ii)Β any default or event of default (however designated) shall occur with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Group Member; or
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (a)Β under any Debtor Relief Law seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (b)Β seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Group Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii)Β there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i)Β above that (x)Β results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (y)Β remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days (provided that, during such 60 day period, no Loan shall be advanced or Letters of Credit issued hereunder); or (iii)Β there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof (provided that, during such 60 day period, no Loan shall be advanced or Letters of Credit issued hereunder); or (iv)Β any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii)Β above; or (v)Β any Group Member shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β there shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in or otherwise is associated with liability of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof in excess of $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; or there exists an amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(18) of ERISA), individually or in the aggregate for all Pension Plans (excluding for purposes of such computation any Pension Plans with respect to which assets exceed benefit liabilities) which exceeds $5,000,000; or
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β there is entered against any Group Member (i)Β one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $5,000,000 or more,
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or (ii)Β one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A)Β enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B)Β all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 45 days from the entry thereof; or
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than pursuant to the terms thereof), or any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any court order enjoins, restrains or prevents a Loan Party from conducting all or any material part of its business; or
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 guarantee contained in SectionΒ 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party shall so assert; or
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a Change of Control shall occur; or
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Holdings shall (i)Β conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries, (ii)Β incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations, except (x)Β nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of law, (y)Β obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (z)Β obligations with respect to its Capital Stock or other Indebtedness permitted hereunder, or (iii)Β own, lease, manage or otherwise operate any properties or assets other than the ownership of shares of Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries; or
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any of the Governmental Approvals necessary for any of the Group Members to operate its respective business shall have been (i)Β revoked, rescinded, suspended, modified in an adverse manner or not renewed in the ordinary course for a full term or (ii)Β subject to any decision by a Governmental Authority that designates a hearing with respect to any applications for renewal of any of the Governmental Approvals or that could result in the Governmental Authority taking any of the actions described in clause (i)Β above, and such decision or such revocation, rescission, suspension, modification or nonrenewal (x)Β has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, or (y)Β materially adversely affects the legal qualifications of any Group Member to hold any material Governmental Approval in any applicable jurisdiction and such materially adverse effect on the legal qualifications of any such Group Member to hold any material Governmental Approval in any applicable jurisdiction could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Document (including the subordination provisions of any subordination agreement or intercreditor agreement governing Subordinated Indebtedness) not otherwise referenced in SectionΒ 8.1(i)Β or (j), at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or the Discharge of Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any liability or obligation under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any such Loan Document.
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8.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Remedies Upon Event of Default.Β If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i)Β or (ii)Β of paragraph (f)Β of SectionΒ 8.1 with respect to the Borrower, the Commitments shall immediately terminate automatically and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically immediately become due and payable, and
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β if such event is any other Event of Default, any of the following actions may be taken:Β (i)Β with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Revolving Commitments, the Swingline Commitments and the L/C Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments, the Swingline Commitments and the L/C Commitments shall immediately terminate; (ii)Β with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable; (iii)Β any Cash Management Bank may terminate any Cash Management Agreement then outstanding and declare all Obligations then owing by the Loan Parties under any such Cash Management Agreements then outstanding to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable; and (iv)Β the Administrative Agent may exercise on behalf of itself, any Cash Management Bank, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender all rights and remedies available to it, any such Cash Management Bank, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender under the Loan Documents.
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With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit.Β Amounts so Cash Collateralized shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other Obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in accordance with SectionΒ 8.3.
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In addition, (x)Β the Borrower shall also cash collateralize the full amount of any Swingline Loans then outstanding, and (y)Β to the extent elected by any applicable Cash Management Bank, the Borrower shall also Cash Collateralize the amount of any Obligations in respect of Cash Management Services then outstanding, which Cash Collateralized amounts shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of all such outstanding Cash Management Services, and any unused portion thereof remaining after all such Cash Management Services shall have been fully paid and satisfied in full shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay other Obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in accordance with the terms of SectionΒ 8.3.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β After all such Letters of Credit and Cash Management Agreements shall have been terminated, expired or fully drawn upon, as applicable, and all amounts drawn under any such Letters of Credit shall have been reimbursed in full and all other Obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties (including any such Obligations arising in connection with Cash Management Services) shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, of the funds having been so Cash Collateralized shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto).Β Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
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8.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Application of Funds.Β After the exercise of remedies provided for in SectionΒ 8.2, any amounts received by the Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
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First, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest but including any Collateral-Related Expenses, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Sections 2.19, 2.20 and 2.21 (including interest thereon)) payable to the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such;
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Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest, and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender ((including any Letter of Credit Fronting Fees and Issuing Lender Fees), and any Qualified Counterparty and any applicable Cash Management Bank (in its respective capacity as a provider of Cash Management Services), and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and amounts payable under Sections 2.19, 2.20 and 2.21), in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
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Third, to the extent that the Swingline Lender has advanced any Swingline Loans that have not been refunded by each Lenderβs Swingline Participation Amount, payment to the Swingline Lender of that portion of the Obligations constituting the unpaid principal of and interest upon the Swingline Loans advanced by the Swingline Lender;
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Fourth, to the payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest in respect of any Cash Management Services and on the Loans and L/C Disbursements which have not yet been converted into Revolving Loans, and to payment of premiums and other fees (including any interest thereon) under any Specified Swap Agreements and any Cash Management Agreements, in each case, ratably among the Lenders, any applicable Cash Management Bank (in its respective capacity as a provider of Cash Management Services), and any Qualified Counterparties, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them;
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Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, L/C Disbursements which have not yet been converted into Revolving Loans, and settlement amounts, payment amounts and other termination payment obligations under any Specified Swap Agreements and Cash Management Agreements, in each case, ratably among the Lenders, any applicable Cash Management Bank (in its respective capacity as a provider of Cash Management Services), and any applicable Qualified Counterparties, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth and payable to them;
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Sixth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender, to Cash Collateralize that portion of the L/C Exposure comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to SectionΒ 3.10;
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Seventh, for the account of any applicable Qualified Counterparty and any applicable Cash Management Bank, to any settlement amounts, payment amounts and other termination payment obligations under any Specified Swap Agreements and Cash Management Agreements not paid pursuant to clause Fifth and to cash collateralize Obligations arising under any then outstanding Specified Swap Agreements and Cash Management Services, in each case, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Seventh payable to them;
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Last, the balance, if any, after the Discharge of Obligations, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
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Subject to SectionsΒ 2.24(a), 3.4, 3.5 and 3.10, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Sixth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.Β If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral for Letters of Credit after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Excluded Swap Obligation of any Guarantor shall be paid with amounts received from such Guarantor or from any Collateral in which such Guarantor has granted to the Administrative Agent a Lien (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided, however, that each party to this Agreement hereby acknowledges and agrees that appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Administrative Agent (which adjustments shall be controlling in the absence of manifest error) with respect to payments received from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation of such payments to the satisfaction of the Obligations in the order otherwise contemplated in this SectionΒ 8.3.
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SECTIONΒ 9
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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9.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Appointment and Authority.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints SVB 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.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 provisions of SectionΒ 9 are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, and the Swingline Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.Β Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations, except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.Β It is understood and agreed that the use of the term βagentβ herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law.Β Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent shall also act as the collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in their respective capacities as a Lender and, as applicable, Qualified Counterparty and provider of Cash Management Services) hereby irrevocably (i)Β authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into all other Loan Documents, as applicable, including the Guarantee and
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Collateral Agreement and any Subordination Agreements, and (ii)Β appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of the Secured Parties for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto.Β The Administrative Agent, as collateral agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 9.2 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 SectionΒ 9 and SectionΒ 10 (including SectionΒ 9.7, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the collateral agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is further authorized on behalf of all the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Lenders, from time to time to take any action, or permit the any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent to take any action, with respect to any Collateral or the Loan Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the Liens upon any Collateral granted pursuant to any Loan Document.
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9.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Delegation of Duties.Β 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.Β The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.Β The exculpatory provisions of this SectionΒ 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 Facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent.Β The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub agents.
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9.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Exculpatory Provisions.Β The Administrative Agent shall have no duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder and thereunder shall be administrative in nature.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether any Default or any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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), as applicable; 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, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
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relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by any Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
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The Administrative Agent 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 SectionsΒ 8.2 and 10.1), or (ii)Β in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment.
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9.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reliance by Administrative Agent.Β The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.Β 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.Β In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit.Β The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any of the Loan Parties), 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.Β The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent.Β The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.Β The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
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9.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notice of Default.Β The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice in writing from a Lender, Holdings, or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a βnotice of default.βΒ In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the
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9.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.Β Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys in fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Group Member or any Affiliate of a Group Member, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender.Β Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent 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 appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Group Members and their Affiliates and made its own credit analysis and decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement.Β Each Lender also agrees 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 credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Group Members and their Affiliates.Β Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Group Member or any Affiliate of a Group Member that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys in fact or affiliates.
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9.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification.Β Each of the Lenders agrees to indemnify each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender and each of its Related Parties in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party to do so) according to its Aggregate Exposure Percentage in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this SectionΒ 9.7 (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, in accordance with its Aggregate Exposure Percentage immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or such other Person in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or such other Person under or in connection with any of the foregoing and any other amounts not reimbursed by Holdings, the Borrower or such other Loan Party; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from the Administrative Agentβs or such other Personβs bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, and that with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to any Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender solely in its capacity as such, only the Revolving Lenders shall be required to
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pay such unpaid amounts, such payment to be made severally among them based on such Revolving Lendersβ Revolving Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought).Β The agreements in this SectionΒ shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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9.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Agent in Its Individual Capacity.Β 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.Β Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, Holdings 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.
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9.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Successor Administrative Agent.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.Β Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor.Β 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 (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the βResignation Effective Dateβ), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender.Β Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d)Β of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor.Β If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the βRemoval Effective Dateβ), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
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discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).Β 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.Β After the retiring or removed Administrative Agentβs resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of SectionΒ 9 and SectionΒ 10.5 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 the Administrative Agent.
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9.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Collateral and Guaranty Matters.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β to release any Lien on any Collateral or other property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i)Β upon the Discharge of Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Lender shall have been made), (ii)Β that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii)Β subject to SectionΒ 10.1, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;
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Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agentβs authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the guaranty pursuant to this SectionΒ 9.10.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agentβs Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything contained in any Loan Document, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any guaranty of the Obligations (including any such guaranty provided by the Guarantors pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), 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 Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall a Secured Party be restricted hereunder from filing a proof of claim on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding.Β 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 Secured Party may be the purchaser or
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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 such Secured Party (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the 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 Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition.Β Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the guarantees of the Obligations provided by the Loan Parties under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions.Β In furtherance of the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, no Specified Swap Agreement and no Cash Management Agreement, the Obligations under which constitute Obligations, will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the Obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document except as expressly provided herein or in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.Β By accepting the benefits of the Collateral and of the guarantees of the Obligations provided by the Loan Parties under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, any Secured Party that is a Cash Management Bank or a Qualified Counterparty shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and to have agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.
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9.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Administrative Agent MayΒ File Proofs of Claim.Β 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 Obligation in respect of any 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 (but not obligated), by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
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Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
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9.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Other Duties,Β etc.Β Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,Β the Lead Arranger listed on the cover pageΒ hereof shall not 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, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender hereunder.
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9.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Cash Management Bank and Qualified Counterparty Reports.Β Each Cash Management Bank and each Qualified Counterparty agrees to furnish to the Administrative Agent, as frequently as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, with a summary of all Obligations in respect of Cash Management Services and/or Specified Swap Agreements, as applicable, due or to become due to such Cash Management Bank or Qualified Counterparty, as applicable.Β In connection with any distributions to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that no amounts are due to any Cash Management Bank or Qualified Counterparty (in its capacity as a Cash Management Bank or Qualified Counterparty and not in its capacity as a Lender) unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice thereof from such Cash Management Bank or Qualified Counterparty and if such notice is received, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that the only amounts due to such Cash Management Bank or Qualified Counterparty on account of Cash Management Services or Specified Swap Agreements are set forth in such notice.
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9.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Survival.Β This SectionΒ 9 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.
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SECTIONΒ 10
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10.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Amendments and Waivers.
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adversely affects Revolving Lenders without the written consent of each Revolving Lender or (ii)Β amend, modify or waive the pro rata requirements of SectionΒ 2.18 or any other provision of the Loan Documents requiring pro rata treatment of the Lenders in a manner that adversely affects the L/C Lenders without the written consent of each L/C Lender; (E)Β amend or otherwise modify the definition of the term βBorrowing Baseβ or any component definition thereof if, as a result thereof, the amounts available to be borrowed by the Borrower would be increased, without the written consent of all Lenders; (F)Β amend, modify or waive any provision of SectionΒ 9 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; (G)Β amend, modify or waive any provision of SectionΒ 2.6 orΒ 2.7 without the written consent of the Swingline Lender; (H)Β amend, modify or waive any provision of SectionΒ 3 without the written consent of the Issuing Lender; or (I)Β (i)Β amend or modify the application of payments set forth in SectionΒ 8.3 in a manner that adversely affects Revolving Lenders without the written consent of each affected Revolving Lender, (ii)Β amend or modify the application of payments set forth in SectionΒ 8.3 in a manner that adversely affects L/C Lenders without the written consent of the L/C Lenders, or (iii)Β amend or modify the application of payments provisions set forth in SectionΒ 8.3 in a manner that adversely affects the Issuing Lender, any Cash Management Bank or any Qualified Counterparty, as applicable, without the written consent of the Issuing Lender, such Cash Management Bank or any such Qualified Counterparty, as applicable.Β Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, each Cash Management Bank, each Qualified Counterparty, and all future holders of the Loans.Β In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured during the period such waiver is effective; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuing Lender may amend any of the L/C Documents without the consent of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and the Issuing Lender, Administrative Agent and the Borrower may make customary technical amendments if any Letter of Credit shall be issued hereunder in a currency other than U.S. Dollars. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuing Lender may amend any of the L/C-Related Documents without the consent of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x)Β the Revolving 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 by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 termination of the Commitment of each such Minority Lender;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 assumption of the Loans and Commitment of each such Minority Lender by one or more Replacement Lenders pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.23; and
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 payment of all interest, fees and other obligations payable or accrued in favor of each Minority Lender and such other modifications to this Agreement or to such Loan Documents as the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may determine to be appropriate in connection therewith.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower, (i)Β to add one or more additional credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit all such additional extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith and from time to time outstanding thereunder to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii)Β in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, any Cash Management Agreement may be amended or otherwise modified by the parties thereto in accordance with the terms thereof without the consent of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding any provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Cash Management Bank and no Qualified Counterparty shall have any voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) solely by virtue of its status as the provider or holder of Cash Management Services or Specified Swap Agreements or Obligations owing thereunder, nor shall the consent of any such Cash Management Bank or Qualified Counterparty, as applicable, be required for any matter, other than in their capacities as Lenders, to the extent applicable.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding any other provision, no consent of any Lender (or other Secured Party other than the Administrative Agent) shall be required to effectuate any amendment to implement any Increase permitted by SectionΒ 2.27.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Loan Parties only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents to cure any omission, mistake or defect.
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10.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices.Β All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by facsimile or electronic mail), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of facsimile or electronic mail notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
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provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall not be effective until received.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.Β The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i)Β notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the senderβs receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the βreturn receipt requestedβ function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgment); 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 email address as described in the foregoing clause (i)Β of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i)Β and (ii), 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.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Loan Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on the Platform.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Platform is provided βas isβ and βas available.βΒ The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.Β No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform.Β In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the βAgent Partiesβ) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowerβs, any Loan Partyβs or the Administrative Agentβs transmission of communications through the Platform.Β βCommunicationsβ means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.
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10.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.Β No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents 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.Β The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
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10.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Survival of Representations and Warranties.Β All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.
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10.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Costs and Expenses.Β The Borrower shall pay (i)Β all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent (and of such other counsel in the event of a conflict and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction)), in connection with the syndication of the Facilities, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii)Β all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, and (iii)Β all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in any relevant jurisdiction (and of such other counsel in the event of a conflict)), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A)Β in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B)Β in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued or participated in hereunder, including all such documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification by the Borrower.Β The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender (including the Issuing Lender), and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an βIndemniteeβ) against,
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and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i)Β the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii)Β any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Lender 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 any actual or alleged presence or release of Materials of Environmental Concern on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, 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 or any other Loan Party, 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 or related expenses (x)Β are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y)Β result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemniteeβs obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.Β This SectionΒ 10.5(b)Β shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages,Β etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reimbursement by Lenders.Β To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails indefeasibly to pay any amount required under paragraphΒ (a)Β orΒ (b)Β of this SectionΒ to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Related Party, 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 based on each Lenderβs share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender solely in its capacity as such, only the Revolving Lenders shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts, such payment to be made severally among them based on such Revolving Lendersβ Revolving Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought); provided further, 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 (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity.Β The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraphΒ (c)Β are subject to the provisions of Sections 2.1, 2.4 and 2.20(e).
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.Β To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, 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, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit, or the use of the proceeds thereof.Β No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b)Β above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payments.Β All amounts due under this SectionΒ shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Survival.Β Each partyβs obligations under this SectionΒ shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.
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10.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Successors and Assigns Generally.Β 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 (which, for purposes of this SectionΒ 10.6, shall include any Cash Management Bank and any Qualified Counterparty, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i)Β to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b)Β of this Section, (ii)Β by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 10.6(d), or (iii)Β by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of SectionΒ 10.6(e)Β (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).Β Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d)Β of this SectionΒ and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Assignments by Lenders.Β Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more 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); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
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(A)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenderβs Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B)Β of this SectionΒ in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Required Consents.Β No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B)Β of this SectionΒ and, in addition:
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(B)Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of the Revolving Facility if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Commitment; and
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Assignment and Assumption.Β The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. Β The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any such administrative questionnaire as the Administrative Agent may request.
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Assignment to Certain Persons.Β No such assignment shall be made to (A)Β the Borrower or any of the Borrowerβs Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B)Β to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).
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(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Assignment to Natural Persons.Β No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust established for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person).
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(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Certain Additional Payments.Β 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 full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y)Β acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and
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participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Revolving Percentage.Β 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.
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c)Β of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning 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 SectionsΒ 2.19, 2.20, 2.21 and 10.5 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenderβs having been a Defaulting Lender.Β Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d)Β of this Section.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Register.Β The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in California a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the βRegisterβ).Β The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.Β The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Participations.Β Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, a holding company, investment vehicle or trust established for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person, or the Borrower or any of the Borrowerβs Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a βParticipantβ) in all or a portion of such Lenderβs rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i)Β such Lenderβs obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii)Β such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii)Β the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement.Β For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnities under Sections 2.20(e)Β and 9.7 with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).
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Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver which affects such Participant and for which the consent of such Lender is required (as described in SectionΒ 10.1).Β The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits
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of SectionsΒ 2.19, 2.20 and 2.21 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under SectionΒ 2.20(f)Β (it being understood that the documentation required under SectionΒ 2.20(f)Β shall be delivered by such Participant to the Lender granting such participation)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to SectionΒ 10.6(b); provided that such Participant (A)Β agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.23 as if it were an assignee under SectionΒ 10.6(b); and (B)Β shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.19 or 2.20, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a change in any Requirement of Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.Β Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowerβs request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of SectionΒ 2.23 with respect to any Participant.Β To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionΒ 10.7 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to SectionΒ 2.18(k)Β as though it were a Lender.Β Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participantβs interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the βParticipant Registerβ); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participantβs interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under SectionΒ 5f.103-1(c)Β of the United States Treasury Regulations.Β The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.Β For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Certain Pledges.Β Any Lender may 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; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notes. The Borrower, upon receipt by the Borrower of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in SectionΒ 10.6.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Representations and Warranties of Lenders. Each Lender, upon execution and delivery hereof or upon succeeding to an interest in the Commitments or Loans, as the case may be, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the effective date of the applicable Assignment and Assumption that (i)Β it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii)Β it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments, loans or investments such as the Commitments and Loans; and (iii)Β it will make or invest in its Commitments and Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution of such Commitments and Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this SectionΒ 10.6, the disposition of such Commitments and Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control).
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10.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Adjustments; Set-off.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a βBenefitted Lenderβ) shall receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in SectionΒ 8.1(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon (i)Β the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii)Β obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being expressly waived by Holdings, the Borrower and each Loan Party, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, at any time held or owing, and any other credits, indebtedness, claims or obligations, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender, its Affiliates or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, against any and all of the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or such other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or such other Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates 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 2.23 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender or Affiliate thereof 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 Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender or Affiliate thereof as to which it exercised such right of setoff.Β Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application made by such Lender or any of its Affiliates; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.Β The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this SectionΒ 10.7 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which such Lender or its Affiliates may have.
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10.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payments Set Aside.Β To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then (a)Β to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived
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and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b)Β each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect.Β The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b)Β of the preceding sentence shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.
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10.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Interest Rate Limitation.Β 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).Β 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.Β 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)Β characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b)Β exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c)Β amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
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10.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.Β Delivery of an executed signature pageΒ of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic mail transmission shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart hereof.Β A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 words βexecution,β βsigned,β βsignature,β 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.
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10.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Severability.Β Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.Β Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this SectionΒ 10.11, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited under or in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
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10.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Integration.Β This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
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10.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β GOVERNING LAW.Β THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE, CAUSE OF ACTION, OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.Β This SectionΒ 10.13 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.
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10.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers.Β Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β agrees that all disputes, controversies, claims, actions and other proceedings involving, directly or indirectly, any matter in any way arising out of, related to, or connected with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any contemplated transactions related hereto or thereto, or the relationship between any Loan Party, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Secured Party, on the other hand, and any and all other claims of the Borrower or any other Group Member against the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Secured Party of any kind, shall be brought only in a state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, or, to the extent permitted by law, in a federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to operate to preclude the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Secured Party from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of Administrative Agent or such Lender or any other Secured Party, to the extent permitted by law.Β Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of themselves and each other Loan Party (i)Β expressly submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or suit commenced in any such court and to the selection of any referee referred to below, (ii)Β hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such court, and (iii)Β agrees that it shall not file any motion or other application seeking to change the venue of any such suit or other action.Β Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of themselves and each other Loan Party, hereby waives personal service of any summons, complaints, and other process issued in any such action or suit and agrees that service of any such summons, complaints, and other process may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to the Borrower at the address set forth in SectionΒ 10.2 of this Agreement and that service so made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of the Borrowerβs actual receipt thereof or three days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper postage prepaid;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,Β ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION, OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO.Β THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.Β HOLDINGS AND THE BORROWER HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL; and
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this SectionΒ any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
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This SectionΒ 10.14 shall survive the Discharge of Obligations.
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10.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acknowledgements.Β Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β none of the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Group Member arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Group Members, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Group Members and the Lenders.
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10.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Releases of Guarantees and Liens.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by SectionΒ 10.1) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (1)Β to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with SectionΒ 10.1 or (2)Β under the circumstances described in SectionΒ 10.16(b)Β below.
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10.17Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.Β Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a)Β to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b)Β to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (c)Β to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d)Β to any other party hereto; (e)Β in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f)Β subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i)Β any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii)Β any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any party to this Agreement (and any employee, representative, or other agent of any party to this Agreement) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.Β However, any such information relating to the tax treatment or tax structure is required to be kept confidential to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws, rules, and regulations.
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For purposes of this Section, βInformationβ means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.Β Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this SectionΒ 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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10.18Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Automatic Debits.Β With respect to any principal, interest, fee, or any other cost or expense (including attorney costs of the Administrative Agent or any Lender payable by the Borrower hereunder) due and payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents, the Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to debit any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in an amount such that the aggregate amount debited from all such deposit accounts does not exceed such principal, interest, fee or other cost or expense.Β If there are insufficient funds in such deposit accounts to cover the amount then due, such debits will be reversed (in whole or in part, in the Administrative Agentβs sole discretion) and such amount not debited shall be deemed to be unpaid.Β No such debit under this SectionΒ 10.18 shall be deemed a set-off.
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10.19Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Judgment Currency.Β If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.Β The obligation of each Borrower and each other Loan Party in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the βJudgment Currencyβ)
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other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the βAgreement Currencyβ), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency.Β If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any Borrower or any other Loan Party in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss.Β If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower or other Loan Party, as applicable (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
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10.20Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Patriot Act.Β Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any other party) hereby notifies Holdings and the Borrower and each other Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of βknow your customerβ and anti-money-laundering rulesΒ and regulations, including the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Holdings and the Borrower and each other Loan Party, which information includes the names and addresses and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify Holdings and the Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with such rulesΒ and regulations.Β Each of Holdings and the Borrower and each other Loan Party will, and will cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to assist the Administrative Agent or any such Lender in maintaining compliance with such applicable rulesΒ and regulations.
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10.21Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into Capital Stock in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such Capital Stock will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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Name: |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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BORROWERS: | |
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC. | |
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Assistant Secretary |
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CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC. | |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Assistant Secretary |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: | |
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SILICON VALLEY BANK | |
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Vice President |
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SILICON VALLEY BANK, | |
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as Issuing Lender, Swingline Lender and as a Lender | |
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Vice President |
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CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxx XxXxxxx |
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Xxxx XxXxxxx |
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PresidentΒ & Executive Managing Director |
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CIBC Innovation Banking |
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | |
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SUNTRUST BANK | |
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SCHEDULE 1.1A
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COMMITMENTS
AND AGGREGATE EXPOSURE PERCENTAGES
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REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
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Lender |
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RevolvingΒ Commitment |
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RevolvingΒ Percentage |
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Silicon Valley Bank |
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$ |
50,000,000 |
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33.333333333 |
% |
Comerica Bank |
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$ |
30,000,000 |
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20.000000000 |
% |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
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$ |
25,000,000 |
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16.000000000 |
% |
KeyBank National Association |
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$ |
25,000,000 |
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16.666666667 |
% |
SunTrust Bank |
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$ |
20,000,000 |
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13.333333333 |
% |
Total |
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$ |
150,000,000 |
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100.000000000 |
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L/C COMMITMENT
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Lender |
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L/CΒ Commitment |
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L/CΒ Percentage |
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Silicon Valley Bank |
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$ |
3,333,333.33 |
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33.333333333 |
% |
Comerica Bank |
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$ |
2,000,000.00 |
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20.000000000 |
% |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
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$ |
1,666,666.67 |
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16.000000000 |
% |
KeyBank National Association |
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$ |
1,666,666.67 |
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16.666666667 |
% |
SunTrust Bank |
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$ |
1,333,333.33 |
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13.333333333 |
% |
Total |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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100.000000000 |
% |
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SWINGLINE COMMITMENT
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SwinglineΒ Commitment |
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ExposureΒ Percentage |
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Silicon Valley Bank |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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100.000000000 |
% |
Total |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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100.000000000 |
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EXHIBITΒ A
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FORMΒ OF GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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(Please see attached form)
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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Dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019
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made by
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.,
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CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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and the other Grantors referred to herein,
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in favor of
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SILICON VALLEY BANK,
as Administrative Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTIONΒ 1. |
DEFINED TERMS |
1 |
1.1 |
Definitions |
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1.2 |
Other Definitional Provisions |
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SECTIONΒ 2. |
GUARANTEE |
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2.1 |
Guarantee |
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2.2 |
Right of Contribution |
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2.3 |
No Subrogation |
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2.4 |
Amendments, etc. |
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2.5 |
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional; Guarantor Waivers; Guarantor Consents |
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2.6 |
Reinstatement |
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2.7 |
Payments |
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2.8 |
Keepwell |
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SECTIONΒ 3. |
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST |
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3.1 |
Grant of Security Interests |
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3.2 |
Grantors Remains Liable |
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3.3 |
Perfection and Priority |
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SECTIONΒ 4. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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4.1 |
Title; No Other Liens |
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4.2 |
Perfected Liens |
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4.3 |
Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office and Locations of Books |
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4.4 |
Inventory and Equipment |
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4.5 |
Farm Products |
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4.6 |
Pledged Collateral |
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4.7 |
Investment Accounts |
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4.8 |
Receivables |
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4.9 |
Intellectual Property |
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4.10 |
Instruments |
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4.11 |
Letter of Credit Rights |
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4.12 |
Commercial Tort Claims |
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SECTIONΒ 5. |
COVENANTS |
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5.1 |
Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper |
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5.2 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
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5.3 |
Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation |
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5.4 |
Changes in Locations, Name, Etc. |
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5.5 |
Notices |
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5.6 |
Instruments; Investment Property |
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5.7 |
Securities Accounts; Deposit Accounts |
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5.8 |
Intellectual Property |
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5.9 |
Receivables |
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5.10 |
Defense of Collateral |
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5.11 |
Preservation of Collateral |
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5.12 |
Compliance with Laws, Etc. |
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5.13 |
Location of Books and Chief Executive Office |
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5.14 |
Location of Collateral |
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Maintenance of Records |
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5.16 |
[Reserved] |
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5.17 |
[Reserved] |
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5.18 |
Expenses |
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5.19 |
[Reserved] |
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5.20 |
Chattel Paper |
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5.21 |
Commercial Tort Claims |
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5.22 |
Letter-of-Credit Rights |
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5.23 |
Shareholder Agreements and Other Agreements |
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5.24 |
Government Receivables |
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SECTIONΒ 6. |
REMEDIAL PROVISIONS |
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6.1 |
Certain Matters Relating to Receivables |
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6.2 |
Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable |
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6.3 |
Investment Property |
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6.4 |
Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent |
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6.5 |
Application of Proceeds |
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6.6 |
Code and Other Remedies |
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6.7 |
Registration Rights |
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6.8 |
Intellectual Property License |
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6.9 |
Deficiency |
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SECTIONΒ 7. |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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7.1 |
Administrative Agentβs Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact,Β etc. |
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7.2 |
Duty of Administrative Agent |
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7.3 |
Authority of Administrative Agent |
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SECTIONΒ 8. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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8.1 |
Amendments in Writing |
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8.2 |
Notices |
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8.3 |
No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies |
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8.4 |
Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification |
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8.5 |
Successors and Assigns |
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8.6 |
Set Off |
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8.7 |
Counterparts |
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8.8 |
Severability |
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8.9 |
SectionΒ Headings |
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8.10 |
Integration |
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8.11 |
GOVERNING LAW |
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8.12 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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8.13 |
Acknowledgements |
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8.14 |
Additional Grantors |
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8.15 |
Releases |
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8.16 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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8.17 |
Patriot Act |
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ANNEXES
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Annex 1 |
FormΒ of Assumption Agreement |
Annex 2 |
FormΒ of Pledge Supplement |
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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This GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (this βAgreementβ), dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, is made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, each a βGrantorβ and, collectively, the βGrantorsβ), in favor of SILICON VALLEY BANK, as administrative agent (together with its successors, in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (each a βLenderβ and, collectively, the βLendersβ) from time to time parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdstrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdstrike Servicesβ and together with Crowdstrike, individually or collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS
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WHEREAS, Holdings and each other Grantor are members of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;
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WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective business;
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WHEREAS, certain of the Qualified Counterparties may enter into Specified Swap Agreements with the Grantors;
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WHEREAS, the Cash Management Banks may enter into Cash Management Agreements with the Grantors;
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WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor derives substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement, the Cash Management Agreements, and from the Specified Swap Agreements; and
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WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Closing Date that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.
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SECTIONΒ 1.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Defined Terms.
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1.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Definitions.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the UCC:Β Account, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim, Commodity Account, Document, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangible, Goods,Β Instrument,Β Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money, Securities Account and Supporting Obligation.
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βAgreementβ:Β as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βBooksβ: all books, records and other written, electronic or other documentation in whatever form maintained now or hereafter by or for any Grantor in connection with the ownership of its assets or the conduct of its business or evidencing or containing information relating to the Collateral, including:Β (a)Β ledgers; (b)Β records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantorβs assets (including Inventory and Rights to Payment), business operations or financial condition; (c)Β computer programs and software; (d)Β computer discs, tapes, files, manuals, spreadsheets; (e)Β computer printouts and output of whatever kind; (f)Β any other computer prepared or electronically stored, collected or reported information and equipment of any kind; and (g)Β any and all other rights now or hereafter arising out of any contract or agreement between such Grantor and any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person charged with preparing or maintaining any of such Grantorβs books or records or with credit reporting, including with regard to any of such Grantorβs Accounts.
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βBorrowerβ:Β as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βCollateralβ: as defined in SectionΒ 3.1.
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βCollateral Accountβ:Β any collateral account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in SectionΒ 6.1 or 6.4.
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βCollateral Disclosure Letterβ: the disclosure letter, dated as of the date hereof, delivered by the Grantors to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
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βCopyright Licenseβ:Β any written agreement which (a)Β names a Grantor as licensor or licensee (including those listed on Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter), or (b)Β grants any right under any Copyright to a Grantor, including any rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
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βCopyrightsβ:Β (a)Β all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, together with the underlying works of authorship (including titles), whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including those listed on Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter), all computer programs, computer databases, computer program flow diagrams, source codes, object codes and all tangible property embodying or incorporating any copyrights, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (b)Β the right to obtain any renewals thereof.
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βDeposit Accountβ:Β as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, in any event, including any demand, time, savings, passbook or like account maintained with a depositary institution.
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βExcluded Accountβ: any Deposit Account or Securities Account (a)Β the sole purpose of which is for funding payroll, workersβ compensation claims, 401(k)Β benefits, health care benefits, retirement benefits or other employee benefits, or which is a withholding tax or fiduciary account or similar operational disbursement account, (b)Β the sole purpose of which is for funding escrow arrangements or holding funds owned by persons other than a Group Member, (c)Β which is a zero-balance account, (d)Β any account that, when combined with the account balance of all other accounts (other than Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts described in clauses (a)Β and (b)Β above) over which the Administrative Agent does not have βcontrolβ (within the meanings of SectionΒ 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC), has a balance of
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βExcluded Assetsβ:Β collectively,
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Collateral with respect to which the Administrative Agent has determined, in consultation with the Borrower, that the costs of obtaining a security interest in such Collateral are excessive in relation to the benefits provided to the Secured Parties by such security interest;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any real property leasehold interests of any Grantor;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board) to the extent the creation of a security interest therein in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) will result in a violation of Regulation U issued by the Board;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock of a Subsidiary) if the granting of a security interest in such Capital Stock is prohibited by the applicable joint venture, shareholder, stock purchase or similar agreement (after giving effect to the UCC or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity);
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β motor vehicles and other equipment covered by certificates of title;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Excluded Accounts;
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β capital stock of any direct Foreign Subsidiary or direct Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company (other than Capital Stock representing up to 65% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock and 100% of the non-voting Capital Stock of any such Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company) if pledging 100% of the Capital Stock of any such Subsidiary would reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences; and
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Capital Stock of any Immaterial Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.
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provided, however, that any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Assets shall not be Excluded Assets (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements are otherwise, in and of themselves, Excluded Assets).
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βGrantorβ:Β as defined in the preamble hereto.
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βGuarantorβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.1(a).
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βInvestment Accountβ:Β any of a Securities Account, a Commodity Account or a Deposit Account.
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βInvestment Propertyβ:Β the collective reference to (a)Β all βinvestment propertyβ as such term is defined in SectionΒ 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than Excluded Assets), and (b)Β whether or not constituting βinvestment propertyβ as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Collateral.
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βIssuerβ:Β with respect to any Investment Property, the issuer of such Investment Property.
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βPatent Licenseβ:Β any written agreement which (a)Β names a Grantor as licensor or licensee and (b)Β grants to such Grantor any right under a Patent, including the right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by such Patent, including any such agreements referred to on Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter.
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βPatentsβ:Β (a)Β all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter, (b)Β all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter, and (c)Β all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
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βPledged Collateralβ:Β (a)Β any and all Pledged Stock; (b)Β all other Investment Property of any Grantor; (c)Β all warrants, options or other rights entitling any Grantor to acquire any interest in Capital Stock or other securities of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries of such Grantor or of any other Person; (d)Β all Instruments; (e)Β all securities, property, interest, dividends and other payments and distributions issued as an addition to, in redemption of, in renewal or exchange for, in substitution or upon conversion of, or otherwise on account of, any of the foregoing; (f)Β all certificates and instruments now or hereafter representing or evidencing any of the foregoing; (g)Β all rights, interests and claims with respect to the foregoing, including under any and all related agreements, instruments and other documents, and (h)Β all cash and non-cash proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case whether presently existing or owned or hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located, and as from time to time received or receivable by, or otherwise paid or distributed to or acquired by, any Grantor; provided that Pledged Collateral shall not include Excluded Assets.
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βPledged Collateral Agreementsβ: as defined in SectionΒ 5.23.
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βPledged Notesβ:Β all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor.
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βPledged Stockβ:Β all of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock, whether certificated or uncertificated, of any Grantorβs direct Subsidiaries now or hereafter owned by any such Grantor and including the Capital Stock listed on ScheduleΒ 2 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter (as amended or supplemented from time to time); provided that in no event shall Pledged Stock include any Excluded Assets.
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βProceedsβ:Β all βproceedsβ as such term is defined in SectionΒ 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from any Investment Property constituting Collateral and all collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
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βReceivableβ:Β any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including any Account).
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βRights to Paymentβ: any and all of any Grantorβs Accounts and any and all of any Grantorβs rights and claims to the payment or receipt of money or other forms of consideration of any kind in, to and under or with respect to its Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles,Β Instruments,Β Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Proceeds and Supporting Obligations.
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βSecured Obligationsβ:Β collectively, the βObligationsβ, as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement.
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βSecured Partiesβ means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender, each Lender, each Cash Management Bank, and any Qualified Counterparty with whom a Loan Party enters into a Specified Swap Agreement.
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βTrademark Licenseβ:Β any written agreement which (a)Β names a Grantor as licensor or licensee and (b)Β grants to such Grantor any right to use any Trademark, including any such agreement referred to on Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter.
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βTrademarksβ:Β (a)Β all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos,Β Internet domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter, and (b)Β the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
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1.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Other Definitional Provisions.Β The rulesΒ of interpretation set forth in SectionΒ 1.2 of the Credit Agreement are by this reference incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if set forth herein in full.
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SECTIONΒ 2.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantee.
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2.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantee.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Grantor who has executed this Agreement as of the date hereof, together with each Subsidiary of any Grantor who accedes to this Agreement as a Grantor after the date hereof pursuant to SectionΒ 6.12 of the Credit Agreement (each a βGuarantorβ and, collectively, the βGuarantorsβ), hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations.Β In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each Guarantorβs liability hereunder shall be the immediate, direct, and primary obligation of such Guarantor and shall not be contingent upon the Administrative Agentβs or any Secured Partyβs exercise or enforcement of any remedy it or they may have against the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other Person, or all or any portion of the Collateral; and
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent may enforce this guaranty notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between any of the Secured Parties and the Borrower or any other Guarantor with respect to the existence of any Event of Default.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in SectionΒ 2.2).
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Guarantor agrees that the Secured Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 shall remain in full force and effect until the Discharge of Obligations, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the outstanding amount of the Secured Obligations may be zero.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No payment made by the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any setoff or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Secured Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations), remain liable for the Secured Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Discharge of Obligations.
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2.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Right of Contribution.Β If in connection with any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder any rights of contribution arise in favor of such Guarantor against one or more other Guarantors, such rights of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of SectionΒ 2.3. Β The provisions of this SectionΒ 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
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2.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Subrogation.Β Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any setoff or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any Collateral or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Secured Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, in each case, until the Discharge of Obligations.Β If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Discharge of Obligations, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied in such order as set forth in SectionΒ 6.5 hereof irrespective of the occurrence or the continuance of any Event of Default.
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2.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Amendments,Β etc. with respect to the Secured Obligations.Β Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Secured Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Secured Party and any of the Secured Obligations continued, and the Secured Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, and the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements, the Cash Management Agreements and any other
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documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Secured Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.Β Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Secured Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 or any property subject thereto.
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2.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional; Guarantor Waivers; Guarantor Consents.Β Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Secured Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2; the Secured Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2.Β Each Guarantor further waives:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the other Guarantors with respect to the Secured Obligations;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any right to require any Secured Party to marshal assets in favor of the Borrower, such Guarantor, any other Guarantor or any other Person, to proceed against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person, to proceed against or exhaust any of the Collateral, to give notice of the terms, time and place of any public or private sale of personal property security constituting the Collateral or other collateral for the Secured Obligations or to comply with any other provisions of SectionΒ 9-611 of the UCC (or any equivalent provision of any other applicable law) or to pursue any other right, remedy, power or privilege of any Secured Party whatsoever;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 defense of the statute of limitations in any action hereunder or for the collection or performance of the Secured Obligations;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any defense arising by reason of any lack of corporate or other authority or any other defense of the Borrower, such Guarantor or any other Person;
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any defense based upon the Administrative Agentβs or any Secured Partyβs errors or omissions in the administration of the Secured Obligations;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any rights to set-offs and counterclaims; and
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law that limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Agreement, including all rights and defenses (i)Β arising out of an election of remedies by any Secured Party, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a guaranteed obligation, has destroyed such Guarantorβs rights of subrogation and reimbursement against any applicable Loan Party by the operation of SectionΒ 580 or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise, and (ii)Β relating to any suretyship defenses available to it under the California UCC or any other applicable law, including any rights and defenses which are or may become available to
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Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (1)Β the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Secured Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, (2)Β any defense, setoff or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, (3)Β any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower and the Guarantors for the Secured Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance, (4)Β any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, (5)Β any merger, acquisition, consolidation or change in structure of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any or all of the assets or Capital Stock of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person, (6)Β any assignment or other transfer, in whole or in part, of any Secured Partyβs interests in and rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including any Secured Partyβs right to receive payment of the Secured Obligations, or any assignment or other transfer, in whole or in part, of any Secured Partyβs interests in and to any of the Collateral, (7)Β any Secured Partyβs vote, claim, distribution, election, acceptance, action or inaction in any Insolvency Proceeding related to any of the Secured Obligations, and (8)Β any other guaranty, whether by such Guarantor or any other Person, of all or any part of the Secured Obligations or any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any Guarantor to any Secured Party.
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When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Secured Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto.Β Any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against any Guarantor.Β For the purposes hereof βdemandβ shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
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Each Guarantor further unconditionally consents and agrees that, without notice to or further assent from any Guarantor: (A)Β the principal amount of the Secured Obligations may be increased or decreased and additional indebtedness or obligations of the Borrower or any other Persons under the Loan Documents may be incurred, by one or more amendments, modifications, renewals or extensions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (B)Β the time, manner, place or terms of any payment under any Loan Document may be extended or changed, including by an increase or decrease in the interest rate on any Secured Obligation or any fee or other amount payable under such Loan Document, by an amendment, modification or renewal of any Loan Document or otherwise; (C)Β the time for the Borrowerβs (or any other Loan Partyβs) performance of or compliance with any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed under any Loan Document may be extended, or such performance or compliance waived, or failure in or departure from such performance or compliance consented to, all in such manner
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and upon such terms as the Administrative Agent may deem proper; (D)Β in addition to the Collateral, the Secured Parties may take and hold other security (legal or equitable) of any kind, at any time, as collateral for the Secured Obligations, and may, from time to time, in whole or in part, exchange, sell, surrender, release, subordinate, modify, waive, rescind, compromise or extend such security and may permit or consent to any such action or the result of any such action, and may apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof; (E)Β any Secured Party may discharge or release, in whole or in part, any other Guarantor or any other Loan Party or other Person liable for the payment and performance of all or any part of the Secured Obligations, and may permit or consent to any such action or any result of such action, and shall not be obligated to demand or enforce payment upon any of the Collateral, nor shall any Secured Party be liable to any Guarantor for any failure to collect or enforce payment or performance of the Secured Obligations from any Person or to realize upon the Collateral, and (F)Β the Secured Parties may request and accept other guaranties of the Secured Obligations and any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to any Secured Party and may, from time to time, in whole or in part, surrender, release, subordinate, modify, waive, rescind, compromise or extend any such guaranty and may permit or consent to any such action or the result of any such action; in each case of clauses (A)Β through (F), as the Secured Parties may deem advisable, and without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting this Agreement.
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2.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reinstatement.Β The guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any such Guarantor or any substantial part of its respective property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
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2.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payments.Β Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without setoff or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office.
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2.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Keepwell. Β Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Secured Obligations under Specified Swap Agreements (provided that, each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this SectionΒ 2.8 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this SectionΒ 2.8 or otherwise under this Agreement, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount).Β The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this SectionΒ 2.8 shall remain in full force and effect until the Discharge of Obligations.Β Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this SectionΒ 2.8 constitute, and this SectionΒ 2.8 shall be deemed to constitute, a βkeepwell, support, or other agreementβ for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of SectionΒ 1a(18)(A)(v)(II)Β of the Commodity Exchange Act.β
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SECTIONΒ 3.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
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3.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Grant of Security Interests.Β Each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest and wherever located (collectively, the βCollateralβ), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations (whether now existing or arising hereafter):
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Accounts;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Chattel Paper;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Commercial Tort Claims (including as set forth on Schedule 8 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter);
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Deposit Accounts and all Securities Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts);
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Documents;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Equipment;
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Fixtures;
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all General Intangibles;
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Goods;
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Instruments;
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Intellectual Property;
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Inventory;
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Investment Property (including all Pledged Collateral);
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Letter-of-Credit Rights; Letters of Credit (as defined in the UCC), Promissory Notes (as defined in the UCC), and Drafts (as defined in the UCC);
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(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Money;
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(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all Books and records pertaining to the Collateral
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(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all other property not otherwise described above; and
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(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (a)Β through (q)Β above, the security interests created by this Agreement shall not extend to, and the term βCollateralβ (including all of the individual items comprising Collateral) shall not include, any Excluded Assets.
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Notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this SectionΒ 3, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Requirement of Law of a Governmental Authority or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property, except (i)Β to the extent that the terms in such contract, license, instrument or other document providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination, or requiring such consent are not permitted under the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement or (ii)Β to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document providing for such prohibition, breach,
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default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under SectionΒ 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity; provided, however, that such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as such Requirement of Law is not effective or applicable, or such prohibition, breach, default or termination is no longer applicable or is waived, and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of the Collateral that does not result in such consequences; and provided, further, that no United States intent-to-use trademark or service xxxx application shall be included in the Collateral to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark or service xxxx application under Federal law.Β After such period, each Grantor acknowledges that such interest in such trademark or service xxxx application shall be subject to a security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent and shall be included in the Collateral.
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3.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Grantors Remains Liable.Β Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a)Β each Grantor shall remain liable under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, to the extent set forth therein, to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b)Β the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of the rights granted to the Administrative Agent hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under any such contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral, and (c)Β neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract, agreement or other document included in the Collateral hereunder.
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3.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Perfection and Priority.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financing Statements.Β Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent (and its counsel and its agents) to file or record at any time and from time to time any financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral and each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent (and its counsel and its agents) to file (with or without the signature of such Grantor) at any time and from time to time, all amendments to financing statements, continuation financing statements, termination statements, security agreements relating to the Intellectual Property, assignments, fixture filings, affidavits, reports notices and all other documents and instruments, in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine appropriate to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Administrative Agentβs security interest in the Collateral under and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.Β Each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to use the collateral description βall personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquiredβ or any other similar collateral description in any such financing statements.Β Each Grantor hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Administrative Agent (and its counsel and its agents) of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Filing of Financing Statements.Β Each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, from time to time, such completed UCC-1 financing statements for filing or recording in the appropriate filing offices as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Transfer of Security Interest Other Than by Delivery.Β If for any reason Pledged Collateral cannot be delivered to or for the account of the Administrative Agent as provided in SectionΒ 5.6(b), each applicable Grantor shall promptly take such other steps as may be necessary or as shall be reasonably requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent to perfect a first priority
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security interest in and pledge of the Pledged Collateral to the Administrative Agent for itself and on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties pursuant to the UCC.Β To the extent practicable, each such Grantor shall thereafter deliver the Pledged Collateral to or for the account of the Administrative Agent as provided in SectionΒ 5.6(b).
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Intellectual Property.Β (i)Β Each Grantor shall, in addition to executing and delivering this Agreement, take such other action as may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect the Administrative Agentβs security interest in the Intellectual Property.
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(ii)Β Concurrently with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate, following the creation or other acquisition of any Intellectual Property by any Grantor after the date hereof which is registered or becomes registered or the subject of an application for registration with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, such Grantor shall modify this Agreement by amending ScheduleΒ 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter to include any Intellectual Property which becomes part of the Collateral and which was not included on ScheduleΒ 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter as of the date hereof and record an amendment to an existing Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, and take such other action as may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to perfect the Administrative Agentβs security interest in such Intellectual Property.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Bailees.Β Any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) at any time and from time to time holding all or any portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to, and shall, hold the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, the Administrative Agent.Β At any time and from time to time, the Administrative Agent may give notice to any such Person holding all or any portion of the Collateral that such Person is holding the Collateral as the agent and bailee of, and as pledge holder for, the Administrative Agent, and obtain such Personβs written acknowledgment thereof.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor will join with the Administrative Agent in notifying any Person who has possession of any Collateral of the Administrative Agentβs security interest therein and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment from such Person that it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of the Administrative Agent.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no Event of Default exists, a Grantor shall not be required to obtain and deliver to the Administrative Agent acknowledgements from any such Person who has possession or control of Collateral, if such Person holds Collateral having a value not exceeding $1,000,000.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Control.Β Each Grantor will cooperate with the Administrative Agent in obtaining control (as defined in the UCC) of Collateral consisting of any Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts), Electronic Chattel Paper,Β Investment Property, Securities Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts) or Letter-of-Credit Rights with respect to Letters of Credit in excess of $750,000 (and only upon request of the Administrative Agent), including delivery of control agreements, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Administrative Agentβs security interest in such Collateral.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Additional Subsidiaries.Β To the extent required by SectionΒ 6.12 of the Credit Agreement, in the event that any Grantor acquires rights in any Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor) after the date hereof, it shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed pledge supplement, substantially in the form of AnnexΒ 2 (the βPledge Supplementβ), together with all schedules thereto, reflecting the pledge of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (except to the extent such Capital Stock consists of Excluded Assets).Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the security interest of the Administrative Agent shall attach to the Pledged Collateral related to such Subsidiary immediately upon any Grantorβs acquisition of rights therein and shall not be affected by the failure of any Grantor to deliver a Pledge Supplement.
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SECTIONΒ 4.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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In addition to the representations and warranties of the Grantors set forth in the Credit Agreement, which are incorporated herein by this reference, and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party that:
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4.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Title; No Other Liens.Β No financing statement, fixture filing or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record or will be filed in any public office, except such as have been filed as permitted by the Credit Agreement.
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4.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Perfected Liens.Β The security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement (a)Β upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on ScheduleΒ 3 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly (if applicable) executed form [except as set forth in SectionΒ 5.3 of the Credit Agreement]) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against any creditors of any Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from any Grantor, and (ii)Β are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens of the Administrative Agent on the Collateral (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) by operation of law, and in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Collateral, Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3 of the Credit Agreement.
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4.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office and Locations of Books.Β On the date hereof, such Grantorβs jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantorβs chief executive office or sole place of business, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter.Β All locations where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are kept, including all equipment necessary for accessing such Books and the names and addresses of all service bureaus, computer or data processing companies and other Persons keeping any Books or collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor, are set forth in ScheduleΒ 4 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter.
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4.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Inventory and Equipment.Β On the date hereof (a)Β the Inventory and (b)Β the Equipment (other than mobile goods) are kept at the locations listed on ScheduleΒ 5 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter.
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4.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Farm Products.Β None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products.
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4.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Pledged Collateral.Β (a)Β All of the Pledged Stock held by such Grantor has been duly and validly issued, and is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable in the relevant jurisdiction), subject in the case of Pledged Stock constituting partnership interests or limited liability company membership interests to future assessments required under applicable law and any applicable partnership or operating agreement, (b)Β such Grantor is or, in the case of any such additional Pledged Collateral will be, the legal record and beneficial owner thereof, (c)Β in the case of Pledged Stock of a Subsidiary of such Grantor or Pledged Collateral of such Grantor constituting Instruments issued by a Subsidiary of such Grantor, there are no restrictions on the transferability of such Pledged Collateral or such additional Pledged Collateral to the Administrative Agent or with respect to the foreclosure, transfer or disposition thereof by the Administrative Agent, except as provided under applicable securities or βBlue Skyβ laws, (d)Β the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor constitutes all of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor (except for Excluded Assets), and such Grantor owns no securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of Capital Stock of any such Issuer that do
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not constitute Pledged Stock (except for Excluded Assets) hereunder, (e)Β any and all Pledged Collateral Agreements which affect or relate to the voting or giving of written consents with respect to any of the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent, and (f)Β as to each such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor, (i)Β to the best knowledge of such Grantor, such Pledged Collateral Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, (ii)Β to the best knowledge of such Grantor party thereto, there exists no material violation or material default under any such Pledged Collateral Agreement by such Grantor or the other parties thereto, and (iii)Β such Grantor has not knowingly waived or released any of its material rights under or otherwise consented to a material departure from the terms and provisions of any such Pledged Collateral Agreement.
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4.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investment Accounts.Β ScheduleΒ 2 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter sets forth under the headings βSecurities Accountsβ and βCommodity Accountsβ, respectively, all of the Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts in which such Grantor has an interest as of the date hereof.Β Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent, such Grantor is the sole entitlement holder of each such Securities Account and Commodity Account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) having βcontrolβ (within the meanings of SectionsΒ 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Securities Account or Commodity Account or any securities or other property credited thereto;
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Schedule 2 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter sets forth under the heading βDeposit Accountsβ all of the Deposit Accounts in which such Grantor has an interest as of the date hereof and, except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent, such Grantor is the sole account holder of each such Deposit Account and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) having either sole dominion and control (within the meaning of common law) or βcontrolβ (within the meaning of SectionΒ 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Deposit Account or any money or other property deposited therein, except for Excluded Accounts; and
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as otherwise permitted under SectionΒ 5.3 of the Credit Agreement, in each case to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent and to the extent the following property constitutes Collateral, such Grantor has taken all actions necessary or desirable to: (i)Β establish the Administrative Agentβs βcontrolβ (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) over any Certificated Securities (as defined in SectionΒ 9-102 of the UCC); (ii)Β establish the Administrative Agentβs βcontrolβ (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) over any portion of the Investment Accounts constituting Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts, Securities Entitlements or Uncertificated Securities (each as defined in SectionΒ 9-102 of the UCC); (iii)Β establish the Administrative Agentβs βcontrolβ (within the meaning of SectionΒ 9-104 of the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts (except for Excluded Accounts); and (iv)Β deliver all Instruments (as defined in SectionΒ 9-102 of the UCC) to the Administrative Agent to the extent required hereunder.
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4.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Receivables.Β No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable or other Right to Payment is evidenced by any Instrument (other than checks, drafts or other Instruments that will be promptly deposited in an Investment Account) or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that no Grantor shall be required to deliver any Instrument in an amount less than $750,000.Β None of the account debtors or other obligors in respect of any Receivable in excess of $750,000 in the aggregate is the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
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4.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Intellectual Property.Β Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter lists all registrations and applications for Intellectual Property (including registered Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and all
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applications therefor) as well as all Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses, in each case owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof.Β Except as set forth in Schedule 6 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter, on the date hereof, none of the Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor except non-exclusive licenses in the ordinary course of business.
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4.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Instruments.Β (i)Β Such Grantor has not previously assigned any interest in any Instruments (including but not limited to the Pledged Notes) held by such Grantor (other than such interests as will be released on or before the date hereof), and (ii)Β no Person other than such Grantor owns an interest in such Instruments (whether as joint holders, participants or otherwise).
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4.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Letter of Credit Rights.Β Such Grantor does not have any Letter-of-Credit Rights having a potential value in excess of $750,000 except as set forth in ScheduleΒ 7 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter or as have been notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with SectionΒ 5.22.
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4.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Commercial Tort Claims.Β Such Grantor does not have any Commercial Tort Claims having a potential value in excess of $750,000 except as set forth in ScheduleΒ 8 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter or as have been notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with SectionΒ 5.21.
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SECTIONΒ 5.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β COVENANTS
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In addition to the covenants of the Grantors set forth in the Credit Agreement, which are incorporated herein by this reference, each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of Obligations:
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5.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper.Β If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument (other than checks, drafts or other Instruments that will be promptly deposited in an Investment Account), Certificated Security or Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $750,000, such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
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5.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Insurance.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Grantors shall maintain insurance as required pursuant to SectionΒ 6.6 of the Credit Agreement.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All such insurance policies shall (i)Β provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, (ii)Β name the Administrative Agent as an additional insured party or lenderβs loss payee, as applicable, and (iii)Β to the extent available on commercially reasonable terms, and if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, include a breach of warranty clause and (iv)Β be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the Administrative Agent.
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5.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor shall maintain the security interests of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) created by this Agreement as perfected security interests having at least the priority described in SectionΒ 4.2 and shall defend such security interests against the claims and
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demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral and subject to the rights of a holder of Permitted Liens.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i)Β filing any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii)Β in the case of Investment Property,Β Investment Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain βcontrolβ (within the meaning of the UCC) with respect thereto to the extent required hereunder.
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5.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Changes in Locations, Name, Etc.Β Such Grantor will not, except upon 15 daysβ (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of (a)Β all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein, and (b)Β if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 4 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter showing the relevant new jurisdiction of organization, location of chief executive office or sole place of business, as appropriate:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β change its jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any) or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business, as appropriate, from that referred to in SectionΒ 4.3;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β change its name; or
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β unless Grantor notifies Lender within 30 days, locate any Collateral in any state or other jurisdiction other than those in which such Grantor operates as of the Closing Date other than (A)Β mobile goods, (B)Β Equipment and Inventory out for repair, in transit, at other locations in connection with repair or refurbishment thereof in the ordinary course of business or in the possession of employees of the Grantors in the ordinary course of business, (C)Β the movement of Collateral as part of such Grantorβs supply chain and in the ordinary course of such Grantorβs business, (D)Β other dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 7.5 of the Credit Agreement, (E)Β movement of Collateral from one disclosed location to another disclosed location; and (F)Β Equipment and Inventory having a fair market value in the aggregate of less than $500,000.
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5.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices.Β Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Lien (other than Liens permitted under SectionΒ 7.3 of the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral; and
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.
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5.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Instruments; Investment Property.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor will (i)Β immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent, or an agent designated by it, appropriately endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment, all Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper and certificated securities with respect to any Investment Property held by such Grantor, all letters of credit of such Grantor, and all other Rights to Payment held by such Grantor at any time evidenced by promissory notes, trade acceptances or other instruments, in each case having a face value in excess of $750,000, and (ii)Β provide such notice, obtain such acknowledgments and take all such other action, with respect to any Chattel Paper, Documents and Letter-of-Credit Rights held by such Grantor, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to perfect a security interest therein.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral, or otherwise in respect thereof, and such Grantor would have been required to take actions with respect to such property under SectionΒ 5.6(a)Β if it had been obtained by other means, then such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, hold the same in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and deliver the same forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations; provided that in no event shall this SectionΒ 5.6(b)Β apply to any Excluded Assets.Β Any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (including by way of being deposited in a Deposit Account or Securities Account that is subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent), be paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (including by way of being deposited in a Deposit Account or Securities Account that is subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent), be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.Β If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of such Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (including by way of being deposited in a Deposit Account or Securities Account that is subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent), hold such money or property in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In the case of any Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i)Β it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Capital Stock issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii)Β it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly (to the extent any action would be required to be taken in response to such events under Sections 5.6(a)Β and (b)) in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in SectionΒ 5.6(a)Β and (b)Β with respect to
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the Pledged Collateral issued by it and (iii)Β the terms of Sections 6.3(c)Β and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to SectionΒ 6.3(c)Β or 6.7 with respect to the Capital Stock issued by it.
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5.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Securities Accounts; Deposit Accounts.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to any Securities Account that is not an Excluded Account, such Grantor shall cause such securities intermediary to enter into an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Securities Account pursuant to which such securities intermediary shall agree to comply with the Administrative Agentβs βentitlement ordersβ without further consent by such Grantor; and
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to any Deposit Account that is not an Excluded Account, such Grantor shall enter into and shall cause the depositary institution maintaining such account to enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the Administrative Agent shall be granted βcontrolβ (within the meaning of SectionΒ 9104 of the UCC) over such Deposit Account.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent agrees that it will only communicate βentitlement ordersβ or βnotices of exclusive controlβ or similar instructions with respect to the Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts of the Grantors after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor shall give the Administrative Agent immediate notice of the establishment of any new Deposit Account and of any new Securities Account established by such Grantor (in each case, that is not an Excluded Account) with respect to any Investment Property held by such Grantor.
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5.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Intellectual Property. Β In each case, unless it is permitted by the Credit Agreement to do otherwise:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor will, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to, cause its licensees to (i)Β continue to use each material Trademark in order to maintain such material Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii)Β maintain as in the past the quality of products and services offered under each such material Trademark, (iii)Β use each such material Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, and (iv)Β not (and not knowingly permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any such material Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor will, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees to, not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent owned by such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor will not (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any such material Copyrights may become invalidated or otherwise impaired.Β Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of such Copyrights may fall into the public domain.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees to, not do any act that knowingly uses any material Intellectual Property to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent promptly if it knows that any application or registration relating to any material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any material adverse determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such Grantorβs ownership of, or the validity of, any material Intellectual Property or such Grantorβs right to register the same or to own and maintain the same.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Patent or Trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report (i)Β the initial application to and (ii)Β the corresponding grant, if any, of the Patent or Trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the Administrative Agent at the times specified in SectionΒ 6.2 of the Credit Agreement.Β Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office, such Grantor shall report the filing of the initial application to the Administrative Agent at the times specified in SectionΒ 6.2(b)Β of the Credit Agreement.Β Upon request of the Administrative Agent, other than in respect of intent-to-use trademark or service xxxx applications, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agentβs and the other Secured Partiesβ security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each material application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of the material U.S. Intellectual Property, including filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In the event that any material Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property.
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5.9Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Receivables.Β Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice or as permitted by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will not (a)Β grant any extension of the time of payment of any Receivable, (b)Β compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (c)Β release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (d)Β allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (e)Β amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof.
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5.10Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Defense of Collateral.Β Grantors will appear in and defend any action, suit or proceeding which may affect to a material extent its title to, or right or interest in, or the Administrative Agentβs right or interest in, any material portion of the Collateral.
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5.11Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Preservation of Collateral.Β Grantors will do and perform all reasonable acts that may be necessary and appropriate to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral other than any Disposition that is permitted by SectionΒ 7.5 of the Credit Agreement.
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5.12Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Compliance with Laws, Etc.Β Such Grantor will comply in all material respects with all laws, regulations and ordinances, and all policies of insurance, relating in a material way to the possession, operation, maintenance and control of the Collateral.
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5.13Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Location of Books and Chief Executive Office.Β Such Grantor will: (a)Β keep all Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor at the locations set forth in ScheduleΒ 4 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter; and (b)Β give at least 15 daysβ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent ofΒ any changes in any location where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment of such Grantor are kept, including any change of name or address of any service bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person preparing or maintaining any such Books or collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor.
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5.14Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Location of Collateral.Β Such Grantor will:Β (a)Β keep the Collateral held by such Grantor at the locations set forth in ScheduleΒ 5 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter or at such other locations as may be disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clauseΒ (b)Β and will not remove any such Collateral from such locations (other than in connection with sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of such Grantorβs business, the movement of Collateral as part of such Grantorβs supply chain and in the ordinary course of such Grantorβs business, other dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 5.13 and SectionΒ 7.5 of the Credit Agreement and movements of Collateral from one disclosed location to another disclosed location within the United States), except upon at least 15 daysβ prior written notice of any removal to the Administrative Agent; and (b)Β give the Administrative Agent at least 15 daysβ prior written notice of any change in the locations set forth in ScheduleΒ 5 to the Collateral Disclosure Letter.
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5.15Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Records.Β Such Grantor will keep separate and complete Books with respect to Collateral held by such Grantor, that are accurate in all material respects and disclosing the Administrative Agentβs security interest hereunder.
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5.16Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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5.17Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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5.18Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Expenses.Β Such Grantor will pay all expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling and shipping the Collateral held by such Grantor, to the extent the failure to pay any such expenses could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the Collateral.
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5.19Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Reserved].
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5.20Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Chattel Paper.Β Such Grantor will not create any Chattel Paper with a face amount in excess of $750,000 without placing a legend on such Chattel Paper acceptable to the Administrative Agent indicating that the Administrative Agent has a security interest in such Chattel Paper.Β Such Grantor will give the Administrative Agent immediate notice if such Grantor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any Chattel Paper with a face amount in excess of $750,000 including any Electronic Chattel Paper and shall comply, in all respects, with the provisions of SectionΒ 5.1 hereof.
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5.21Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Commercial Tort Claims.Β Such Grantor will give the Administrative Agent prompt notice if such Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Commercial Tort Claim with a potential value in excess of $750,000.
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5.22Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Letter-of-Credit Rights.Β Such Grantor will give the Administrative Agent prompt notice if such Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Letter-of-Credit Rights with a potential value in excess of $750,000.
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5.23Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Shareholder Agreements and Other Agreements.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor shall comply with all of its obligations under any shareholders agreement, operating agreement, partnership agreement, voting trust, proxy agreement or other written agreement or written understanding (collectively, the βPledged Collateral Agreementsβ) to which it is a party and shall enforce all of its rights thereunder, except, with respect to any such Pledged Collateral Agreement relating to any Pledged Collateral issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary of a Grantor, to the extent the failure to enforce any such rights could not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value of the Pledged Collateral to which any such Pledged Collateral Agreement relates.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Such Grantor agrees that no Pledged Stock (i)Β shall be dealt in or traded on any securities exchange or in any securities market, (ii)Β shall constitute an investment company security, or (iii)Β shall be held by such Grantor in a Securities Account.
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5.24Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Government Receivables.Β Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent of any Accounts in excess of $750,000 in the aggregate in which the Account Debtor is a United States government entity or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, and, if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, Grantors shall submit the documentation required under the Assignment of Claims Act to the government of the United States seeking approval of the novation or assignment of each contract relating to such Accounts and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documentation reasonably necessary to comply with the Assignment of Claims Act with respect to the assignment of the right of payment in respect of all contracts relating to such Accounts.
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SECTIONΒ 6.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
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Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of Obligations:
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6.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantorβs Receivables, and the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.Β If required by the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i)Β shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required, in a Collateral Account over which the Administrative Agent has control, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Secured Parties only as provided in SectionΒ 6.5, and (ii)Β until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor.Β After
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the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At the Administrative Agentβs request, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
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6.2Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the Administrative Agentβs satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables that a security interest in the Receivables has been granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each agreement giving rise to the Receivables and observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto.Β Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any agreement giving rise to any Receivable by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any agreement giving rise to any Receivable, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
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6.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investment Property.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agentβs intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to SectionΒ 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes to the extent not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property of such Grantor; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which, in the Administrative Agentβs reasonable discretion, would materially impair the Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i)Β the Administrative Agent shall have the right (A)Β to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Investment Property (including the Pledged Collateral) of any or all of the
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged Collateral or Pledged Notes pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i)Β comply with any instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x)Β states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y)Β is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii)Β unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged Collateral or, as applicable, the Pledged Notes directly to the Administrative Agent.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to apply the balance from any Deposit Account or Securities Account or instruct the bank or securities intermediary at which any Deposit Account or Securities Account is maintained to pay the balance of any Deposit Account or Securities Account to or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent; provided that Administrative Agent shall not have such right with respect to any Excluded Accounts.
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6.4Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent.Β In addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties specified in SectionΒ 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks, Cash Equivalents and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required).Β All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account over which it maintains control, within the meaning of the UCC.Β All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in SectionΒ 6.5.
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6.5Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Application of Proceeds.Β If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agentβs election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, in payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with SectionΒ 8.3 of the Credit Agreement.
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6.6Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Code and Other Remedies.Β If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, brokerβs board or office of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk.Β The Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.Β Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative Agentβs request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantorβs premises or elsewhere.Β The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.6, in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 6.5, only after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneysβ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as is contemplated by SectionΒ 8.3 of the Credit Agreement, and only after such application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including SectionΒ 9-615(a)(3)Β of the UCC, but only to the extent of the surplus, if any, owing to any Grantor.Β To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party arising out of the exercise by any of them of any rights hereunder, except to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Secured Party or their respective agents.Β If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.Β If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Administrative Agent may, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein, in the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it under applicable law and without the requirement of notice to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (which notice is hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), (i)Β with respect to any Grantorβs Deposit Accounts in which Administrative Agentβs Liens are perfected by control under SectionΒ 9-104 or any other section of the UCC, instruct the bank maintaining such Deposit Account for the applicable Grantor to pay the balance of such Deposit Account to or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and (ii)Β with respect to any Grantorβs Securities Accounts in which Administrative Agentβs Liens are perfected by control under SectionΒ 9-106 or any other section of the UCC, instruct the securities intermediary maintaining such Securities Account for the applicable Grantor to (A)Β transfer any cash in such Securities Account to or for the benefit of Administrative Agent, or (B)Β liquidate any
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financial assets in such Securities Account that are customarily sold on a recognized market and transfer the cash proceeds thereof to or for the benefit of Administrative Agent, in each case above, for application to and repayment of the Secured Obligations. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that the Secured Obligations arise out of a commercial transaction, and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing Administrative Agent shall have the right to an immediate writ of possession without notice of a hearing.Β Administrative Agent shall have the right to the appointment of a receiver for the properties and assets of each Grantor, and each Grantor hereby consents to such rights and such appointment and hereby waives any objection such Grantor may have thereto or the right to have a bond or other security posted by Administrative Agent.
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6.7Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Registration Rights.
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6.8Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Intellectual Property License.Β Solely for the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this SectionΒ 6 and at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of said Trademarks, to use, operate under, license, or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantors.
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SECTIONΒ 7.Β Β Β 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 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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7.1Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Administrative Agentβs Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact,Β etc.
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8.3Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.Β Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to SectionΒ 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default, as applicable.Β No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.Β No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.Β A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.Β The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.
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This ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], is executed and delivered by [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] (the βAdditional Grantorβ), in favor of SILICON VALLEY BANK, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the βLendersβ) from time to time parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdstrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdstrike Servicesβ and together with Crowdstrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.Β All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in such Credit Agreement.
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This Pledge Supplement (this βPledge Supplementβ) is made and delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 3.3(g)Β of that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time, the βGuarantee and Collateral Agreementβ), among each Grantor party thereto (each a βGrantorβ and collectively, the βGrantorsβ), and SILICON VALLEY BANK (the βAdministrative Agentβ).Β All capitalized terms used in this Pledge Supplement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in either the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), as the context may require.
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This Pledge Supplement shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.
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THIS PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Pledge Supplement, as of the date first above written.
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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 2
TO THE GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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EXHIBITΒ B
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FORMΒ OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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Date:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β
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This Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.2(b)(ii)Β of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, among CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto, and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent,Β Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ).Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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The undersigned, a duly authorized and acting Responsible Officer of the Borrower, hereby certifies, in his/her capacity as an officer of the Borrower, and not in any personal capacity, as follows:
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I have reviewed and am familiar with the contents of this Compliance Certificate.
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I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and have made, or caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the financial statements attached hereto as Attachment 1 (the βFinancial Statementsβ).Β Except as set forth on Attachment 2, such review did not disclose the existence during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the Financial Statements, and I have no knowledge of the existence as of the date of this Compliance Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
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To the extent required to be tested by the Credit Agreement, attached hereto as Attachment 3 are the computations showing compliance with the covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1 of the Credit Agreement.
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[To the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, attached hereto as Attachment 4 is a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party.]
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[To the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, attached hereto as Attachment 5 is a list of any registered Intellectual Property issued to, applied for, or acquired by any Loan Party since the [Closing Date] [date of the most recent report delivered].
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[Remainder of pageΒ intentionally left blank; signature pageΒ follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,Β I have executed this Compliance Certificate as of the date first written above.
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC. | |
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CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC. | |
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Attachment 1
to Compliance Certificate
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[Attach Financial Statements]
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Attachment 2
to Compliance Certificate
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Except as set forth below, no Default or Event of Default has occurred.Β [If a Default or Event of Default has occurred, the following describes the nature of the Default or Event of Default in reasonable detail and the steps, if any, being taken or contemplated by the Borrower to be taken on account thereof.]
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Attachment 3
to Compliance Certificate
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The information described herein is as of Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , Β Β Β Β (the βStatement Dateβ), and pertains to the period from Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , Β Β Β Β to Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , Β Β Β .
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SectionΒ 7.1(a)Β β Recurring Revenue |
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Subscription (platform) revenue of the Borrower from Eligible Customer Accounts received from the execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual customer contracts in the ordinary course of the Borrowerβs business, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and specifically excluding revenue or accounts received based on (a)Β sales of inventory, goods, or equipment, (b)Β transaction revenue not received in the ordinary course of business, (c)Β sales of services not in the ordinary course of business, (d)Β revenue received due to one-time, non-recurring transactions, installation and/or set-up fees, (e)Β add-on purchases by the Borrowerβs existing clients not resulting in a continuing stream of revenue and (f)Β such other exclusions as the Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, for the twelve month period ending as of the Statement Date: |
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Subscription (platform) revenue of the Borrower from Eligible Customer Accounts received from the execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual customer contracts in the ordinary course of the Borrowerβs business, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and specifically excluding revenue or accounts received based on (a)Β sales of inventory, goods, or equipment, (b)Β transaction revenue not received in the ordinary course of business, (c)Β sales of services not in the ordinary course of business, (d)Β revenue received due to one-time, non-recurring transactions, installation and/or set-up fees, (e)Β add-on purchases by the Borrowerβs existing clients not resulting in a continuing stream of revenue and (f)Β such other exclusions as the Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, for the same twelve month period ending as of the Statement Date of the immediately preceding year: |
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I.A. minus I.B.: |
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Aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Revolving Loans as of the Statement Date: |
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Aggregate principal balance of any Revolving Loans outstanding as of the Statement Date: |
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Available Revolving Commitment as of the Statement Date |
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Aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents held by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with SVB or its Affiliates, in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts subject to Control Agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent or otherwise subject to a first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent as of the Statement Date: |
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Attachment 4
to Compliance Certificate
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Change in the Jurisdiction of any Loan Party
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Attachment 5
to Compliance Certificate
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Registered Intellectual Property issued to, applied for, or acquired by any Loan Party since the [Closing Date] [date of the most recent report delivered]
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EXHIBITΒ C
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FORMΒ OF [SECRETARYβS][MANAGING MEMBERβS] CERTIFICATE
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[NAME OF APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY]
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This Certificate is delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.1 of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ), the Lenders party thereto, and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent,Β Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ).Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.Β The undersigned [Secretary][Managing Member] of [insert the name of the certifying Loan Party, a [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] [corporation][limited liability company], the βCertifying Loan Partyβ)] hereby certifies as follows:
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1.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β I am the duly elected and qualified [Secretary][Managing Member] of [the Certifying Loan Party].
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2.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Attached hereto as Annex 1 is a true and complete copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the [Board of [Directors][Managers]] [Preferred Stockholders] of [the Certifying Loan Party] authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which [the Certifying Loan Party] is a party and all other agreements, documents and instruments to be executed, delivered and performed in connection therewith.Β Such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, and have been in full force and effect since their adoption up to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect.
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3.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Attached hereto as Annex 2 is a true and complete copy of the [By-Laws][Operating Agreement] of [the Certifying Loan Party] as in effect on the date hereof.
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4.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Attached hereto as Annex 3 is a true and complete copy of the Certificate of [Incorporation][Formation] of [the Certifying Loan Party] as in effect on the date hereof, along with a good-standing certificate for [the Certifying Loan Party] from the jurisdiction of its organization, together with copies of the certifications of qualification as a foreign entity issued by each jurisdiction in which the failure ofΒ [the Certifying Loan Party] to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 following persons are now duly elected and qualified officers of [the Certifying Loan Party] holding the offices indicated next to their respective names below, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names below are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers, acting alone, is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of [the Certifying Loan Party] each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by [the Certifying Loan Party] pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,Β I have hereunto set my hand as of the date set forth below.
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ANNEX 1
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RESOLUTIONS
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ANNEX 2
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[BY-LAWS][OPERATING AGREEMENT]
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ANNEX 3
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[CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION][CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION],
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GOOD-STANDING CERTIFICATE,
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CERTIFICATES OF FOREIGN QUALIFICATION
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EXHIBITΒ D
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FORMΒ OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
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Date:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20
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To the Administrative Agent,
and each of the Lenders party
to the Credit Agreement referred to below:
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This SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE (this βCertificateβ) is delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.1(p)Β of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto, and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent,Β Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ).Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.Β The undersigned Chief Financial Officer of Holdings, in such capacity only and not in her/his individual capacity, does hereby certify on behalf of each Loan Party as of the date hereof that:
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1.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β After giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the initial borrowings on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds thereof, it is my opinion that each Loan Party is and will continue to be Solvent.
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2.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Borrower does not intend, in receiving the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and consummating the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, to delay, hinder, or defraud either present or future creditors.
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I represent the foregoing information to be, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true and correct and execute this Certificate as of the date first written above.
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CrowdStrike Holdings,Β Inc., a Delaware corporation |
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EXHIBITΒ E
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FORMΒ OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the βAssignment Agreementβ) is dated as of the Assignment Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor identified in item 1 below (the βAssignorβ) and the Assignee identified in item 2 below (the βAssigneeβ).Β Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.Β The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment Agreement as if set forth herein in full.
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For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Assignment Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i)Β all of the Assignorβs rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letter of credit deposits, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii)Β to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i)Β above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β above being referred to herein collectively as the βAssigned Interestβ).Β Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment Agreement, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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[for Assignee, if applicable, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]] | |
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Borrower: |
CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation, and CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation, jointly and severally, individually and collectively |
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Administrative Agent: |
SILICON VALLEY BANK |
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Credit Agreement: |
Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, among CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation, Borrower, the Lenders party |
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thereto, and SILICON VALLEY BANK, as Administrative Agent,Β Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender |
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STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
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1.1Β Assignor.Β The Assignor (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii)Β the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii)Β it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b)Β assumes no responsibility with respect to (i)Β any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii)Β the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii)Β the financial condition of any Loan Party, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv)Β the performance or observance by any Loan Party, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto.
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EXHIBITΒ F-1
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FORMΒ OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent for such Lenders (in such capacity; the βAdministrative Agentβ), and as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender.
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Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s)Β (as well as any Note(s)Β evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β it is not a bank within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A)Β of the Code, (iii)Β it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(B)Β of the Code and (iv)Β it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C)Β of the Code.
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The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form).Β By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certificate to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized signatory as of the day and year first written above.
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FORMΒ OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent for such Lenders (in such capacity; the βAdministrative Agentβ), and as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender.
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Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β it is not a bank within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A)Β of the Code, (iii)Β it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(B)Β of the Code, and (iv)Β it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C)Β of the Code.
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The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form).Β 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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Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certificate to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized signatory as of the day and year first written above.
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FORMΒ OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent for such Lenders (in such capacity; the βAdministrative Agentβ), and as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender.
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Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii)Β with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A)Β of the Code, (iv)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(B)Β of the Code and (v)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C)Β of the Code.
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The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS FormΒ W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i)Β an IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, , or (ii)Β an IRS FormΒ W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form), from each of such partnerβs/memberβs beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.Β By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certificate to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized signatory as of the day and year first written above.
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FORMΒ OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
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Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent for such Lenders (in such capacity; the βAdministrative Agentβ), and as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender.
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Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s)Β (as well as any Note(s)Β 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)Β (as well as any Note(s)Β evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii)Β with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A)Β of the Code, (iv)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(B)Β of the Code and (v)Β none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(C)Β of the Code.
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The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS FormΒ W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i)Β an IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form) or (ii)Β an IRS FormΒ W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS FormΒ W-8BEN or IRS FormΒ W-8BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form), from each of such partnerβs/memberβs beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.Β By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certificate to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized signatory as of the day and year first written above.
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FORMΒ OF REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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THIS REVOLVING LOAN NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAYΒ NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.Β TRANSFERS OF THIS REVOLVING LOAN NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REVOLVING LOAN REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation, and CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (jointly and severally, individually and collectively, the βBorrowerβ), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to [insert name of applicable Lender] (the βLenderβ) or its registered assigns at the Funding Office specified in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) in Dollars and in immediately available funds, on the Revolving Termination Date the principal amount of (a)Β [insert amount of applicable Lenderβs Revolving Commitment] ($[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]), or, if less, (b)Β the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.4 of the Credit Agreement referred to below.Β The Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement.
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The holder of this Revolving Loan Note (this βNoteβ) is authorized to indorse on the schedules annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof the date, Type and amount of each Revolving Loan made pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof, each continuation thereof, each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the length of each Interest Period with respect thereto.Β Each such indorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information indorsed. The failure to make any such indorsement or any error in any such indorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower in respect of any Revolving Loan.
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This Note (a)Β is one of the Revolving Loan Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, among the Borrower, CrowdStrike Holdings,Β Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent,Β Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), (b)Β is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and (c)Β is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part as provided in the Credit Agreement.Β This Note is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Loan Documents.Β Reference is hereby made to the Loan Documents for a description of the properties and assets in which a security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of the security and the guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interests and each guarantee were granted and the rights of the holder of this Note in respect thereof.
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Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any one or more Events of Default, all principal and all accrued interest then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided in the Credit Agreement.
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All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, indorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.
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Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, THIS NOTE MAYΒ NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTIONΒ 10.6 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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EXHIBITΒ H-2
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FORMΒ OF SWINGLINE LOAN NOTE
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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THIS SWINGLINE LOAN NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAYΒ NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.Β TRANSFERS OF THIS SWINGLINE LOAN NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REVOLVING LOAN REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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$10,000,000.00 |
Santa Clara, California |
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation, and CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (jointly and severally, individually and collectively, the βBorrowerβ), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to SILICON VALLEY BANK (the βLenderβ) or its registered assigns at the Funding Office specified in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) in Dollars and in immediately available funds, on the Revolving Termination Date, the principal amount of (a)Β Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00), or, if less, (b)Β the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.6 of the Credit Agreement referred to below.Β The Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement.
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The holder of this Swingline Loan Note (this βNoteβ) is authorized to indorse on the schedules annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof the date and amount of each Swingline Loan made pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof.Β Each such indorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information indorsed. The failure to make any such indorsement or any error in any such indorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower in respect of any Swingline Loan.
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This Note (a)Β is the Swingline Loan Note referred to in the Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, among the Borrower, CrowdStrike Holdings,Β Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent,Β Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), (b)Β is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and (c)Β is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part as provided in the Credit Agreement.Β This Note is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Loan Documents.Β Reference is hereby made to the Loan Documents for a description of the properties and assets in which a security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of the security and the guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interests and each guarantee were granted and the rights of the holder of this Note in respect thereof.
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Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any one or more Events of Default, all principal and all accrued interest then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided in the Credit Agreement.
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All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, indorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.
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Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, THIS NOTE MAYΒ NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTIONΒ 10.6 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Schedule A
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EXHIBITΒ I
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FORMΒ OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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Date: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], 20[Β Β ]
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), through the undersigned in [his][her] capacity as a duly authorized officer of such entity, and not individually, or an entity authorized to certify on such entityβs behalf, hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in accordance with (i)Β the Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ, the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), among the Borrower, Crowdstrike Holdings,Β Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Lenders party thereto (the βLendersβ) and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent for such Lenders, and as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender, and (ii)Β each of the other Loan Documents, that:
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A.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Borrowing Base and Compliance
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The amounts, calculations and representations set forth on Schedule 1 are true and correct in all material respects and were determined in accordance with the terms and definitions set forth in the Credit Agreement.Β All of the Accounts referred to in Schedule 1 (other than those Accounts designated as ineligible on Schedule 1) are Eligible Customer Accounts.Β Attached are the MRR, together with (i)Β accounts receivable agings, aged by invoice date, (ii)Β accounts payable agings, aged by invoice date, (iii)Β SaaS and recurring revenue metrics reports, and (iv)Β a deferred revenue schedule, together with, in each case, supporting detail and documentation with respect to the amounts, calculation and representations set forth on Schedule 1, all as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
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B.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β General Certifications
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The Borrower further certifies to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that the certifications, representations, calculations and statements herein are true and correct as of the date hereof.
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SCHEDULE 1
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EXHIBITΒ J
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FORMΒ OF COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE
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COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE
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CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC.,
as a Guarantor
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
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CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.,
individually and collectively, jointly and severally,
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Dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019
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COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE
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To: Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent
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THIS COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE is being delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.1 of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019, (the βCredit Agreementβ), among CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually or collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto (the βLendersβ), and SILICON VALLEY BANK, as administrative agent and collateral agent for such Lenders (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
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Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents referenced therein.Β Other terms which are used but not otherwise defined herein but which are defined in ArticleΒ 8 or ArticleΒ 9 of the UCC shall have the respective meanings set forth in such applicable ArticleΒ of the UCC.
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The undersigned, being the duly appointed Responsible Officer of the Borrower, hereby certifies on behalf of each Loan Party that:
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NAMES:
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20.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 following is a list of all material federal, state and other governmental licenses or authorizations required or reasonably necessary to operate the each Loan Partyβs business as currently conducted or as contemplated by such Loan Party to be operated immediately after the Closing Date (collectively, the βGovernmental Licensesβ):
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LoanΒ Party |
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DescriptionΒ ofΒ GovernmentalΒ License/Authorization |
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Intellectual Property:
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21.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 following is a list of domestic and foreign registered patents and patent applications owned, licensed or otherwise used by each Loan Party, whether individually or jointly with others:
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Issued Patents
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LoanΒ Party |
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Jurisdiction |
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PatentΒ No. |
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IssueΒ Date |
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Inventor |
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Title |
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Pending Patent Applications
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Jurisdiction |
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SerialΒ No. |
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FilingΒ Date |
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Inventor |
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Title |
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Issued Patents and Pending Patent Applications Licensed
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[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
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22.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The following is a list of domestic and foreign registered trademarks, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, tradenames, or applications therefor (including any domain names to the extent any such domain name is not otherwise a trademark or application therefor), owned, licensed or otherwise used by each Loan Party, whether individually or jointly with others:
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Registered Trademarks
Β
LoanΒ Party |
Β |
Jurisdiction |
Β |
Registration |
Β |
Registration |
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Filing |
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RegisteredΒ Owner |
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Xxxx |
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Pending Trademark Applications
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Jurisdiction |
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ApplicationΒ No. |
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FilingΒ Date |
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Applicant |
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Xxxx |
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Registered Trademarks and Pending Trademark Applications Licensed
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[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
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23.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 following is a list of domestic and foreign copyrights, copyright works, copyright registrations and applications therefor, owned. licensed or used by each Loan Party, whether individually or jointly with others:
Β
Registered Copyrights
Β
LoanΒ Party |
Β |
Jurisdiction |
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RegistrationΒ No. |
Β |
RegistrationΒ Date |
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WorkΒ ofΒ Authorship |
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Pending Copyright Applications
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Jurisdiction |
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ApplicationΒ No. |
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ApplicationΒ Date |
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WorkΒ ofΒ Authorship |
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Registered Copyrights and Pending Copyright Applications Licensed
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[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
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Investment Property, Deposits, and Payment Transmitter Accounts:
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24.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Loan Parties hold notes payable from the following Persons:
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LoanΒ Party |
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DateΒ ofΒ Note |
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MaturityΒ Date |
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PrincipalΒ Amount |
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NameΒ ofΒ NoteΒ Obligor |
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AreΒ Note |
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25.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Loan Parties maintain the following deposit accounts (including demand, time, savings, passbook or similar accounts) with depositary banks:
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LoanΒ Party |
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TypeΒ ofΒ AccountΒ (i.e.Β Payroll, |
Β |
NameΒ ofΒ Depository |
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AccountΒ No. |
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IsΒ Account |
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26.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Loan Parties hold, deposit, or transmit funds through or with the following payment transmitters or services (including, but not limited to, PayPal, Stripe, Square, Dwolla, Bitcoin, or similar services):
Β
LoanΒ Party |
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TypeΒ ofΒ Account |
Β |
NameΒ ofΒ Payment |
Β |
AccountΒ ID/Name |
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AverageΒ Monthly |
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27.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Loan Parties beneficially own βinvestment propertyβ in the following securities accounts held with securities intermediaries:
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LoanΒ Party |
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NameΒ ofΒ SecuritiesΒ Intermediary |
Β |
AccountΒ No. |
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DescriptionΒ of |
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IsΒ Account |
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28.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Loan Parties beneficially own the following stocks, bonds, investment securities, partnership and joint venture investments and other investments:
Β
Limited Liability Company Interests
Β
LoanΒ Party |
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IssuerΒ ofΒ Interests |
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NumberΒ ofΒ Units |
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DatesΒ Units |
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Percentage |
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Partnership Interests
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IssuerΒ ofΒ Interests |
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NumberΒ of |
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DateΒ Units |
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Percentage |
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TypeΒ of |
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Corporate Stock/Shares
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IssuerΒ ofΒ Stock/Shares |
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NumberΒ of |
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Certificate |
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Percentage |
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ClassΒ of |
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Other Assets
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29.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Loan Parties own the following types of assets:
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LoanΒ Party |
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Aircraft |
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MotorΒ Vehicles |
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Vessels,Β Boats, |
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Franchise |
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CommercialΒ Tort |
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30.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Loan Partiesβ assets are encumbered by liens of third parties as follows:
Β
[NAME OF LOAN PARTY]
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LoanΒ Party |
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NameΒ of |
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MethodΒ ofΒ Lien |
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UCC |
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UCCΒ Filing |
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DescriptionΒ of |
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DescriptionΒ of |
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31.Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 following is a list of all letters of credit as to which any Loan Party is the beneficiary or otherwise has any right to payment or performance:
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LoanΒ PartyΒ Beneficiary |
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NameΒ ofΒ Issuer |
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NameΒ ofΒ Account |
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LetterΒ ofΒ CreditΒ No. |
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StandbyΒ orΒ Commercial |
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOAN PARTIES:
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32.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Loan Party is qualified to do business in the following jurisdictions as of the Closing Date:
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LoanΒ Party |
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JurisdictionsΒ inΒ whichΒ QualifiedΒ toΒ doΒ Business |
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33.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Loan Party has the following subsidiaries:
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LoanΒ Party |
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NameΒ ofΒ Subsidiary |
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JurisdictionΒ ofΒ Organization |
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Organizational |
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PercentageΒ of |
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34.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β List all formation documents and material equity holders agreements pertaining to each Loan Party or to any Loan Party is a party, including operating agreements, partnership agreements, bylaws, certificates of formation, certificates or articles of organization, certificates or articles of incorporation, shareholder or other equityholders agreements, trust or voting rights agreements,Β registration rights agreements, warrants and warrant purchase agreements, convertible debt documents and options and other equity incentive plans.Β The undersigned certifies that each such agreement is in full force and effect, and has not been modified, amended, supplemented or restated except as listed.
Β
LoanΒ Party |
Β |
DescriptionΒ ofΒ Document/Agreement |
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35.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The following is a complete list of pending and threatened litigation or claims involving amounts claimed against any Loan Party in an indefinite amount or in an amount in excess of $50,000:
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LoanΒ Party |
Β |
DescriptionΒ ofΒ PendingΒ orΒ ThreatenedΒ Litigation |
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36.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Loan Party has directly or indirectly guaranteed the following obligations of third parties:
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LoanΒ Party |
Β |
NameΒ ofΒ Principal |
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DescriptionΒ of |
Β |
MaximumΒ AmountΒ of |
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TermΒ ofΒ Guaranty |
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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION
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37.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Is any Loan Party any of the following:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a public company or an issuer of securities that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under SectionΒ 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or that is required to file reports under SectionΒ 15(d)Β of that Act;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β an investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a pooled investment vehicle operated or advised by a regulated financial institution (including an SEC-registered investment adviser)?
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YesΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β oΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NoΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β o
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If yes, no further information is required for Sections 37(b), 37(c)Β or 37(d)Β below.Β If no, continue to SectionΒ 37(b).
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b.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Is any Loan Party a pooled investment vehicle that is not operated or advised by a regulated financial institution?
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YesΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β oΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NoΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β o
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If yes, skip to SectionΒ 37(d)Β below.Β If no, continue to SectionΒ 37(c).
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c.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Does any individual, directly or indirectly (for example, if applicable, through such individualβs equity interests in any Loan Partyβs parent entity), through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, own 25% or more of the equity interests of any Loan Party:
Β
YesΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β oΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NoΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β o
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d.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Identify one individual with significant responsibility for managing each Loan Party, i.e., an executive officer or senior manager (e.g., Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Chief Operating Officer, Managing Member or General Partner) or any other individual who regularly performs similar functions.Β If appropriate, an individual listed in SectionΒ 37(c)Β above may also be listed here.
Β
Β |
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Name |
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DateΒ ofΒ birth |
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Residential |
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ForΒ USΒ Persons,Β Social |
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ForΒ Non-US |
1 |
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2 |
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The Borrower undertakes to notify the Administrative Agent of any change or modification to any of the foregoing information occurring prior to the Closing Date.
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[signature pageΒ follows]
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The undersigned hereby certifies the foregoing information to be true and correct in all material respects and executes this Collateral Information Certificate as of the date first written above on behalf of the Borrower and each other Loan Party.
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CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS,Β INC. | |
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By: |
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Signature PageΒ to Collateral Information Certificate
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SCHEDULES TO THE COLLATERAL INFORMATION CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBITΒ K
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FORMΒ OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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Date:
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TO:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β SILICON VALLEY BANK
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Attention:Β Corporate Services Department
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RE:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), by and among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent for such Lenders (in such capacity; the βAdministrative Agentβ), and as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender.Β Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
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The undersigned refers to the Credit Agreement and hereby gives you irrevocable notice, pursuant to SectionΒ [2.5] [2.7(a)] of the Credit Agreement, of the borrowing of a [Revolving Loan][Swingline Loan].
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1.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 requested Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, is Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β .
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2.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 aggregate amount of the requested Loan is $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β .
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3.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 requested Loan shall consist of $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β of ABR Loans and $Β Β Β Β Β Β of Eurodollar Loans.
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4.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 duration of the Interest Period for the Eurodollar Loans included in the requested Loan shall be Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [one][three][six] months.
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5.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 undersigned hereby directs the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds from the Loans to be made on the Closing Date in accordance with the Sources and Uses/Funds Flow attached hereto]8Β [Insert instructions for remittance of the proceeds of the applicable Loans to be borrowed].9
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6.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 undersigned, in his/her capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and not in his/her individual capacity, hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the proposed Loan before and after giving effect thereto, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as applicable:
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each representation and warranty of each Loan Party contained in or pursuant to any Loan Document (i)Β to the extent qualified by materiality, is true and correct, and (ii)Β to the extent not qualified by materiality, is true and correct in all material respects, in each case, on and as of the date hereof as if
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8Β For use on the Closing Date.
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made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; [and]
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β no Default or Event of Default exists or will occur after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested herein [; and]
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β after giving effect to such Revolving Extension of Credit, the availability and borrowing limitations specified in SectionΒ 2.4 of the Credit Agreement will be satisfied.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this notice to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.
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EXHIBITΒ L
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FORMΒ OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
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CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC.
CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC.
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TO:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β SILICON VALLEY BANK
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Attention:Β Corporate Services Department
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RE:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Credit Agreement, dated as of AprilΒ 19, 2019 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), by and among CROWDSTRKE HOLDINGS,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), CROWDSTRIKE,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrikeβ), CROWDSTRIKE SERVICES,Β INC., a Delaware corporation (βCrowdStrike Servicesβ and together with CrowdStrike, individually and collectively as the context requires, jointly and severally, the βBorrowerβ), the Lenders party thereto and Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative Agent for such Lenders (in such capacity; the βAdministrative Agentβ), and as Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender.Β Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
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The undersigned, in his/her capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and not in his/her individual capacity, refers to the Credit Agreement and hereby gives you irrevocable notice pursuant to SectionΒ [2.13(a)] [2.13(b)] of the Credit Agreement, of the [conversion] [continuation] of the Loans specified herein, that:
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1.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 date of the [conversion] [continuation] is Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β .
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2.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 aggregate amount of the proposed Loans to be [converted] [continued] isΒ $
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4.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 duration of the Interest Period for the Eurodollar Loans included in the [conversion] [continuation] shall be [one][three][six] months.
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5.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 undersigned on behalf of the Borrower, hereby certifies that no Event of Default exists or shall occur after giving effect to the [conversion] [continuation] requested to be made on such date.10
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10Β Applicable for conversions to Eurodollar Loans or continuations of Eurodollar Loans
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this notice to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.
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