SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit (b)(1)
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EXECUTION VERSION |
ADVOKATPARTNERSELSKAB
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STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL – LEGAL PRIVILEGE
SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT
TO A MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY AGREEMENT DATED 25 JUNE 2019 (AS AMENDED AND RESTATED PURSUANT TO A FIRST AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT DATED 5 AUGUST 2022)
Between
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X. Xxxxxxxx A/S
as the Company and the Borrower
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and
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Danske Bank A/S
Nordea Danmark, Filial af Nordea Bank Abp, Finland
as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Lenders
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Bank of America Europe DAC (formerly Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International Designated Activity Company)
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV
Skandinaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx XX (publ)
as Lead Arrangers and Lenders
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Jyske Bank A/S
as Arranger and Lender
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and
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Nordea Danmark, Filial af Nordea Bank Abp, Finland
acting as Documentation Agent
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and
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BNP Paribas
acting as Sustainability Coordinator
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and
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Danske Bank A/S
acting as Facility Agent
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This second amendment and restatement agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into on 30 June 2023 between:
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X. XXXXXXXX A/S as the Company and the Borrower;
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DANSKE BANK A/S and NORDEA DANMARK, FILIAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND as
Mandated Lead Arrangers;
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BANK OF AMERICA EUROPE DAC (FORMERLY BANK OF AMERICA XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY), BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV and SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA XXXXXX XX (PUBL) as Lead Arrangers;
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JYSKE BANK A/S as Arranger;
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BANK OF AMERICA EUROPE DAC (FORMERLY BANK OF AMERICA XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY), BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV, DANSKE BANK A/S, JYSKE BANK A/S, NORDEA DANMARK, FILIAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND and SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA XXXXXX XX (PUBL) as Lenders;
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NORDEA DANMARK, FILIAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND as Documentation
Agent;
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BNP PARIBAS as Sustainability Coordinator; and
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DANSKE BANK A/S as Facility Agent.
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WHEREAS
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the parties to this Agreement (the “Parties”) are parties in their respective capacities to a multicurrency revolving facility agreement dated 25 June 2019 (as amended and restated pursuant to a
first amendment and restatement agreement dated 5 August 2022) (the “Original Facility Agreement”); and
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(B) |
the Company and the Lenders have agreed to amend the Original Facility Agreement to include adjustments to certain provisions relating to interest rate terms, including without limitation the method for calculating interest accruing on any
Loans made available to the Borrower under the Facility,
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NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
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DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
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1.1 |
Definitions. In addition to the terms defined above, in this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:
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“Amended and Restated Facility Agreement” means the Original Facility Agreement as amended and restated in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Amended and Restated Facility
Agreement).
“Dispute” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a) of Clause 5 (Jurisdiction).
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“Effective Date” means the date upon which the Facility Agent has received (or is satisfied that it will receive) or waived receipt of
all the documents and evidence set out in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to it (acting reasonably).
1.2 |
Incorporation of defined terms. Unless a contrary indication appears, a term defined in the Original Facility Agreement has the same
meaning in this Agreement.
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1.3 |
Construction. Clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Original Facility Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.
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AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
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2.1 |
Amendment and restatement. The Parties agree that, with effect from the Effective Date:
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2.1.1 |
the Original Facility Agreement is amended and restated in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Amended and Restated Facility Agreement);
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2.1.2 |
the rights and obligations of the Parties under the Original Facility Agreement shall be governed by the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement; and
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2.1.3 |
references in the Original Facility Agreement and in each of the Finance Documents (other than this Agreement) to the Original Facility Agreement shall be read and construed as references to the Original Facility Agreement as amended and
restated by this Agreement.
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2.2 |
Notice of occurrence of the Effective Date. The Facility Agent shall notify the Company promptly upon the occurrence of the
Effective Date.
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2.3 |
Continuing obligations. The provisions of the Original Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall, save as amended by
this Agreement, continue in full force and effect.
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REPRESENTATIONS
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The Borrower represents and warrants to each Finance Party that as of the Effective Date:
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subject to the Legal Reservations, the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in this Agreement are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations; and
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(b) |
the entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement do not and will not conflict with:
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any law or regulation applicable to it;
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its or any of its Material Subsidiaries’ constitutional documents; or
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any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Material Subsidiaries or any of its or any of its Material Subsidiaries’ assets, in each case to an extent which has, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
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GOVERNING LAW
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This Agreement is governed by Danish law (excluding choice of law rules).
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JURISDICTION
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The courts of Denmark have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”).
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The Parties agree that the courts of Denmark are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
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SCHEDULE 1 - FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY AGREEMENT
[to be inserted]
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FINAL FORM
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ADVOKATPARTNERSELSKAB |
MLTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY AGREEMENT
For
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X. Xxxxxxxx A/S
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arranged by
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Danske Bank A/S
Nordea Danmark, Filial af Nordea Bank Abp, Finland as Mandated Lead Arrangers
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Bank of America Europe DAC (formerly Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International Designated Activity Company)
BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV
Skandinaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx XX (publ) as Lead Arrangers
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Jyske Bank A/S
as Arranger
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with
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Nordea Danmark, Filial af Nordea Bank Abp, Finland
acting as Documentation Agent
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with
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BNP Paribas
acting as Sustainability Coordinator
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and
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Danske Bank A/S
acting as Facility Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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2
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THE FACILITY
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PURPOSE
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30
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4
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CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
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31
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5
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UTILISATION
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34
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OPTIONAL CURRENCIES
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34
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REPAYMENT
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36
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PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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39
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INTEREST
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43
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INTEREST PERIODS
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45
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CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
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FEES
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TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
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49
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INCREASED COSTS
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53
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OTHER INDEMNITIES
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54
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MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
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55
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
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55
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GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
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56
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REPRESENTATIONS
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59
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INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
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61
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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64
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GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
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66
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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68
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CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
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72
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CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS
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76
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ROLE OF THE FACILITY AGENT, THE ARRANGER AND OTHERS
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CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
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85
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SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
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PAYMENT MECHANICS
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SET-OFF
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90
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NOTICES
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90
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CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
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92
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PARTIAL INVALIDITY
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REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
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COUNTERPARTS
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GOVERNING LAW
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JURISDICTION
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SCHEDULE 1 - THE ORIGINAL LENDERS
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SCHEDULE 2 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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SCHEDULE 3 - NOTICE OF DRAWDOWN
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SCHEDULE 4 - FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
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SCHEDULE 5 - FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULE 6 - FORM OF ACCESSION LETTER
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SCHEDULE 7 - FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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SCHEDULE 8 - TIMETABLES
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SCHEDULE 9 - FORM OF INCREASE CONFIRMATION
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SCHEDULE 10 - REFERENCE RATE TERMS
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SCHEDULE 11 - DAILY NON-CUMULATIVE COMPOUNDED RFR RATE
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SCHEDULE 12 - CUMULATIVE COMPOUNDED RFR RATE
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SCHEDULE 13 - EXISTING INTRA-GROUP ACQUISITION DEBT
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SCHEDULE 14 - FORM OF SUSTAINABILITY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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SIGNATURES
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 25 June 2019 (as amended and
restated pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 5 August 2022 (the “First Amendment and Restatement Agreement”) and as further amended and restated pursuant to a second amendment and
restatement agreement dated 30 June 2023 (the “Second Amendment and Restatement Agreement”)) and made between:
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X. XXXXXXXX A/S (the “Company”);
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X. XXXXXXXX A/S as borrower (the “Borrower”);
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DANSKE BANK A/S and NORDEA
DANMARK, FILIAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND as mandated lead arrangers (the “Mandated Lead Arrangers”);
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BANK OF AMERICA EURPOPE DAC (FORMERLY BANK OF AMERICA XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY), BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV and SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA XXXXXX XX (PUBL) as lead arrangers (the “Lead Arrangers”);
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JYSKE BANK A/S as arranger (together with the Mandated Lead
Arrangers and the Lead Arrangers and in each case whether acting individually or together, the “Arranger”);
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) as lenders (the “Original Lenders”);
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NORDEA DANMARK, FILIAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND as
documentation agent (the “Documentation Agent”);
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BNP PARIBAS as sustainability coordinator (the “Sustainability Coordinator”); and
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DANSKE BANK A/S as facility agent of the other Finance Parties
(the “Facility Agent”).
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IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1 |
Definitions. In this Agreement: “Acceptable Bank” means:
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an Original Lender;
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a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of BBB+ or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Fitch Ratings Ltd or Baa1 or higher by Xxxxx’x Investor
Services Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency; or
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any other bank or financial institution approved by the Facility Agent.
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“Accession Letter” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of
Accession Letter).
“Acquisition” means an acquisition by a member of the Group of:
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shares, partnership interests or other ownership interests in a person; or
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assets or businesses
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(each a “Target Undertaking”) which, in each case, is complementary in nature to the business of the Group.
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“Acquisition Costs” means all fees, costs and expenses and stamp, transfer, registration, notarial and other taxes incurred by a
member of the Group directly or indirectly in connection with any Acquisition including hedging costs incurred by way of one-off payments incurred in implementing any agreed hedging strategy.
“Acquisition Purpose” means any of the purposes set out in paragraph (b) of Clause 3.1 (Purpose).
“Additional Business Day” means any day specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Additional Guarantor” means a company which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary
of that Holding Company.
“Annual Financial Statements” means any financial statements delivered by the Company pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 20.1 (Financial
statements).
“Assignment Agreement” means an agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of
Assignment Agreement) or any other form agreed between the relevant assignor and assignee.
“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the date falling one Month prior
to the Termination Date.
“Available Commitment” means a Lender’s Commitment minus:
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the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and
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in relation to any proposed Loan, the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Drawdown Date,
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other than that Xxxxxx’s participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Drawdown Date.
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“Available Facility” means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s Available Commitment.
“Base Currency” means euro.
“Base Currency Amount” means, in relation to a Loan, the amount specified in the Notice of Drawdown delivered for that Loan (or, if
the amount requested is not denominated in the Base Currency, that amount converted into the Base Currency at the Facility Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange on the date which is three Business Days before the Drawdown Date or, if later, on the date the
Facility Agent receives the Notice of Drawdown) as adjusted to reflect any repayment or prepayment of a Loan.
“Break Costs” means any amount specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in Copenhagen, London and:
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(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a currency other than euro or USD) the principal financial centre of the country of that currency;
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(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro) which is a TARGET Day;
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(c) |
(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of USD) New York; or
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(in relation to:
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the fixing of an interest rate in relation to a Term Rate Loan;
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any date for payment or purchase of an amount relating to a Compounded Rate Loan; or
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the determination of the first day or the last day of an Interest Period for a Compounded Rate Loan, or otherwise in relation to the determination of the length of such an Interest Period),
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which is an Additional Business Day relating to that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
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“Cash Equivalent Investments” means at any time:
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certificates of deposit maturing within one year after the relevant date of calculation and issued by an Acceptable Bank;
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any investment in marketable debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the government of the United States of America, the United Kingdom or any member state of the European Economic Area or any Participating Member State, maturing within
one year after the relevant date of calculation and not convertible or exchangeable to any other security;
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any investment (directly or indirectly) in Danish mortgage bonds (realkreditobligationer), covered bonds (særligt dækkede obligationer) or covered mortgage
bonds (særligt dækkede realkreditobligationer); or
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any other debt security approved by the Majority Lenders,
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in each case, to which any member of the Group is alone (or together with other members of the Group) beneficially entitled at that time and which is not issued or guaranteed by any member of the Group or
subject to any Security.
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“Central Bank Rate” has the meaning given to that term in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Central Bank Rate Adjustment” has the meaning given to that term in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Central Bank Rate Spread” has the meaning given to that term in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Certain Funds Commencement Date” means the date of receipt by the Facility Agent of a notice from the Company pursuant to paragraph
(a)(i) of Clause 4.6 (Utilisations during the Certain Funds Periods).
“Certain Funds Loan” means a Loan made or to be made solely for an Acquisition Purpose.
“Certain Funds Period” means, in respect of a Certain Funds Loan, the period commencing on the Certain Funds
Commencement Date in respect of that Certain Funds Loan and ending on the date which is the earlier of:
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the date on which the Company has confirmed in writing to the Facility Agent that the relevant Acquisition will not be completed for any reason whatsoever (such notification to be provided promptly, and in any event within one Business
Day, of the Company becoming aware of the circumstances giving rise to the non-completion, including, without limitation, if any acquisition agreement is terminated or rescinded or competition or regulatory bodies reject or prohibit the
relevant Acquisition); and
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the date which is the later of:
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the date falling 120 days after the Certain Funds Commencement Date for that Certain Funds Loan; and
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(ii) |
the date upon which all conditions to the relevant Acquisition which are not reasonably within the Group’s control have been satisfied, provided that this date shall be a date falling no later than 18 months after the Certain Funds
Commencement Date for that Certain Funds Loan (or such later date as is approved by all the Lenders),
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or, in each case, if earlier, immediately following completion on the date the relevant Acquisition is completed.
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“Clean-up Date” means the date falling 90 days after the completion of an Acquisition.
“Code” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment” means:
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in relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Commitment
transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase); and
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in relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase),
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to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
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“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Compliance
Certificate).
“Compounded Rate Currency” means any currency which is not a Term Rate Currency.
“Compounded Rate Interest Payment” means the aggregate amount of interest that:
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is, or is scheduled to become, payable under any Finance Document; and
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relates to a Compounded Rate Loan.
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“Compounded Rate Loan” means any Loan (or, if applicable, Unpaid Sum) which is not a Term Rate Loan.
“Compounded Reference Rate” means, in relation to any RFR Banking Day during the Interest Period of a Compounded Rate Loan, the percentage rate per annum
which is the aggregate of:
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the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate for that RFR Banking Day; and
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the applicable Credit Adjustment Spread or Fallback CAS (if any).
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“Compounding Methodology Supplement” means, in relation to the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate or the Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate, a document which:
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is agreed in writing by the Company, the Facility Agent (in its own capacity) and the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders);
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specifies a calculation methodology for that rate; and
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has been made available to the Company and each Finance Party.
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“Confidential Information” means all information relating to the Company, any Obligor, the Group, the Finance Documents or the
Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents
or the Facility from either:
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any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or
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another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers,
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in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is
derived or copied from such information but excludes:
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information that:
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is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 36 (Confidential Information); or
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is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or
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is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that
Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; and
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any Funding Rate.
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“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA.
“Credit Adjustment Spread” means, in relation to a Compounded Rate Loan, any rate which is either:
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specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms; or
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determined by the Facility Agent (or by any other Finance Party which agrees to determine that rate in place of the Facility Agent) in accordance with the methodology specified in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
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“Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate” means, in relation to an Interest Period for a Compounded Rate Loan, the percentage rate per annum
determined by the Facility Agent (or by any other Finance Party which agrees to determine that rate in place of the Facility Agent) in accordance with the methodology set out in Schedule 12 (Cumulative Compounded
RFR Rate) or in any relevant Compounding Methodology Supplement.
“Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate” means, in relation to any RFR Banking Day during an Interest Period for a Compounded Rate
Loan, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Facility Agent (or by any other Finance Party which agrees to determine that rate in place of the Facility Agent) in accordance with the methodology set out in Schedule 11 (Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate) or in any relevant Compounding Methodology Supplement.
“Daily Rate” means the rate specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 23 (Events of
Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender:
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which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available (or has notified the Facility Agent or the Company (which has notified the Facility Agent) that it will not make its participation in a Loan available) by the Drawdown Date
of that Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation);
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which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; or
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with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing,
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unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:
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its failure to pay is caused by:
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administrative or technical error; or
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a Disruption Event, and
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payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or
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the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.
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“Disclosed Matters” means:
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the legal and factual circumstances which are the subject of:
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the European Commission decision of 19 June 2013 in matter AT.39226;
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the General Court judgment of 8 September 2016 in case T-472/13; or
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the judgment of the European Court of Justice (pending as at the date of this Agreement) in case C-591/16 P; and
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any and all matters directly or indirectly arising out of or otherwise related to the procedures and proceedings referred to in paragraph (a) above, including, but not limited to, follow-on-claims from third parties regarding
compensation for alleged losses.
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“Disruption Event” means either or both of:
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a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the
transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or
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the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:
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from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or
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from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,
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and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.
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“Drawdown Date” means the date of a Loan, being the date on which that Loan is to be made. “EBITDA” has the
meaning given to that term in Clause 21.1 (Financial definitions).
“Eligible Institution” means any Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity selected by the Company and which, in each case, is not a member of
the Group.
“EU Blocking Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the
extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom.
“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 23 (Events of
Default).
“Existing Agreement” means this Agreement in the form in effect prior to the Second Amendment and Restatement
Date.
“Facility” means the revolving loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facility).
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“Facility Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange” means:
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the Facility Agent’s spot rate of exchange; or
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(b) |
(if the Facility Agent does not have an available spot rate of exchange) any other publicly available spot rate of exchange selected by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably),
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for the purchase of the relevant currency with the Base Currency in the Copenhagen foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m. on a particular day.
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“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Facility Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a
Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
“Fallback CAS” means, in relation to any Loan in a Term Rate Currency which becomes a “Compounded Rate Loan” for its then current
Interest Period pursuant to Clause 11.1 (Interest calculation if no Primary Term Rate), any rate which is either:
(a) |
specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms; or
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(b) |
determined by the Facility Agent (or by any other Finance Party which agrees to determine that rate in place of the Facility Agent) in accordance with the methodology specified in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
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“FATCA” means:
(a) |
sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
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(b) |
any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to
in paragraph (a) above; or
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(c) |
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other
jurisdiction.
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“FATCA Application Date” means:
(a) |
in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014; or
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(b) |
in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraph (a) above, the first date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA.
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“FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.
“FATCA Exempt Party” means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.
“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Arranger and the Company, the
Documentation Agent and the Company, the Sustainability Coordinator and the Company or the Facility Agent and the Company setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 12 (Fees).
“Finance Document” means this Agreement, the First Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the Second Amendment and
Restatement Agreement, any Fee Letter, any Accession Letter, any Reference Rate Supplement, any Compounding Methodology Supplement and any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and the Company.
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“Finance Lease” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (d) of the definition of “Financial Indebtedness”.
“Finance Party” means the Documentation Agent, the Facility Agent, the Sustainability Coordinator, an Arranger or a Lender.
“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:
(a) |
moneys borrowed;
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(b) |
any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;
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(c) |
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
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(d) |
the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a balance sheet liability (other than any liability in respect of a lease or hire purchase contract which
would, in accordance with GAAP in force prior to 1 January 2019, have been treated as an operating lease) (a “Finance Lease”);
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(e) |
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);
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(f) |
any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a borrowing;
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(g) |
any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any
actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative transaction, that amount) shall be taken into account);
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(h) |
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and
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(i) |
the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.
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“Financial Year” means the annual accounting period of the Group.
“First Extended Termination Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(i) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“First Extension Consent Period” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“First Extension Consenting Lender” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(iii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“First Extension Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(iv) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“First Extension Notice Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(i) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“First Extension Notification” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(vi) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“First Extension Option” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(i) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
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“First Extension Rejection Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(iv) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“First Extension Relevant Commitments” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(iv) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“First Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (a)(iv) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Funding Rate” means any individual rate notified by a Lender to the Facility Agent pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 11.4 (Cost of
funds).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in Denmark (including IFRS).
“GHG Protocol” means “The Greenhouse Gas Protocol; A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, revised version” by the World
Resources Institute and any guidance issued by the World Resources Institute in respect thereof and amended and updated from time to time.
“Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries for the time being.
“Guarantor” means an Additional Guarantor, unless it has ceased to be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes
to the Obligors).
“Holding Company” means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
“IFRS” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the extent
applicable to the relevant financial statements.
“Impaired Agent” means the Facility Agent at any time when:
(a) |
it has failed to make (or has notified a Party that it will not make) a payment required to be made by it under the Finance Documents by the due date for payment;
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(b) |
the Facility Agent otherwise rescinds or repudiates a Finance Document;
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(c) |
(if the Facility Agent is also a Lender) it is a Defaulting Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender”; or
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(d) |
an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Facility Agent; unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above: |
(i) |
its failure to pay is caused by:
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(A) |
administrative or technical error; or
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(B) |
a Disruption Event; and
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payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or
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(ii) |
the Facility Agent is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.
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“Increase Confirmation” means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9 (Form of Increase
Confirmation).
“Increase Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 2.2 (Increase).
“Initial Termination Date” means the fourth anniversary of the date of this Agreement.
“Insolvency Event” in relation to an entity means that the entity:
(a) |
is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
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(b) |
becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;
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(c) |
makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
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(d) |
institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the
jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for
its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar official;
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(e) |
has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its
winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in paragraph (d) above and:
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(i) |
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation; or
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(ii) |
is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof;
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(f) |
has exercised in respect of it one or more of the stabilisation powers pursuant to Part 1 of the Banking Act 2009 and/or has instituted against it a bank insolvency proceeding pursuant to Part 2 of the Banking Act 2009 or a bank
administration proceeding pursuant to Part 3 of the Banking Act 2009;
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(g) |
has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
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(h) |
seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets (other than, for so long as it
is required by law or regulation not to be publicly disclosed, any such appointment which is to be made, or is made, by a person or entity described in paragraph (d) above);
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(i) |
has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such
secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter;
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(j) |
causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in paragraphs (a) to (i) above; or
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(k) |
takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.
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“Intellectual Property” means:
(a) |
any patents, trademarks, service marks, designs, business names, copyrights, database rights, design rights, domain names, moral rights, inventions, confidential information, knowhow and other intellectual property rights and interests
(which may now or in the future subsist), whether registered or unregistered; and
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(b) |
the benefit of all applications and rights to use such assets of each member of the Group (which may now or in the future subsist).
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“Interest
Period” means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 10 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9.6 (Default interest).
“Interpolated Primary Term Rate” means, in relation to any Term Rate Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as
the relevant Primary Term Rate) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a) |
either:
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(i) |
the applicable Primary Term Rate (as of the Quotation Time) for the longest period (for which that Primary Term Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; or
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(ii) |
if no such Primary Term Rate is available for a period which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan, the applicable Overnight Rate (if any) for the Overnight Reference Day; and
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(d) | the applicable Primary Term Rate (as of the Quotation Time) for the shortest period (for which that Primary Term Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan. |
“Legal Opinion” means any legal opinion delivered to any Finance Party under Clause 4.1 (Initial
conditions precedent) or Clause 25.2 (Additional Guarantors).
“Legal Reservations” means:
(a) |
the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, court schemes, moratoria,
administration and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors;
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(b) |
the time barring of claims under the statutes of limitation and the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of stamp duty may be void and defences of acquiescence, set-off or
counterclaim;
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(c) |
the principle that additional interest imposed pursuant to any relevant agreement may be held to be unenforceable on the grounds that it is a penalty;
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(d) |
the principle that a court may not give effect to any provision in an agreement for legal costs incurred by a litigant;
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(e) |
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction; and
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(f) |
any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to matters of law of general application in the Legal Opinions.
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“Lender” means:
(a) |
any Original Lender; and
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(b) |
any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party as a “Lender” in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 24 (Changes
to the Lenders),
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which in each case has not ceased to be a Party as such in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“LMA” means the Loan Market Association.
“LMI Countries” means, in respect of a Financial Year for which Sustainability KPI 3 is calculated, those countries that are for that
fiscal year designated by The World Bank (using the World Bank Atlas method) as either “Low-income economies”, “Lower-middle-income economies” or “Upper-middle-income economies”.
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“LMIC Patient” means, in respect of a Financial Year, the patients that can be treated with the quantity of medicine donated (in the
form of a charitable donation) during that Financial Year by a member of the Group to an external partner for the purpose of that external partner donating the medicine to healthcare providers or healthcare organisations in LMI Countries, estimated
by the Company by dividing the number of units of medicine donated with medically recommended average treatment dosage and length.
“Loan” means a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Lookback Period” means the number of days specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Major Default” means, with respect to the Company and other relevant members of the Group only (excluding,
for the avoidance of doubt, the relevant Target Undertaking and its Subsidiaries), any Event of Default which is continuing under any of:
(a) |
Clauses 23.1 (Non-payment), 23.2 (Financial covenants) or 23.3 (Sanctions);
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(b) |
Clause 23.4 (Other obligations) but only insofar as it relates to a breach of the Company’s or any other relevant member of the Group’s (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the relevant Target
Undertaking and its Subsidiaries) obligations under any of Clauses 22.1 (Authorisations), 22.2 (Compliance with laws), 22.6 (Merger)
or 22.10 (Anti-corruption law);
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(c) |
Clause 23.5 (Misrepresentation) but only insofar as it relates to a breach of a Major Representation; or
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(d) |
Clauses 23.7 (Insolvency), 23.8 (Insolvency proceedings), 23.10 (Unlawfulness) or 23.11 (Repudiation).
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“Major Representation” means a representation or warranty with respect to the Company only under any of Clauses 19.1 (Status) to 19.5 (Validity and admissibility in evidence), 19.12 (Pari passu ranking) or 19.15 (Anti-corruption
law).
“Majority Lenders” means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 66⅔% of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total
Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 66⅔% of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction).
“Margin” means:
(a) |
for the period from the date of this Agreement until (but excluding) the first reset date, 0.55 per cent. per annum; or
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from (and including) the first reset date, the percentage rate per annum set out below in the column opposite the applicable Leverage range:
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Leverage in respect of the most recently completed
Relevant Period
(evidenced by the most recent Compliance
Certificate delivered to the Facility Agent) |
Margin
(per cent. per annum)
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> 4.0x
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1.95
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≤ 4.0x but > 3.5x
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1.60
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≤ 3.5x but > 3.0x
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1.35
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≤ 3.0x but > 2.5x
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1.10
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≤ 2.5x but > 2.0x
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0.90
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≤ 2.0x but > 1.5x
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0.75
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≤ 1.5x but > 1.0x
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0.65
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≤ 1.0x
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0.55
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However:
(i) |
any increase or decrease in the Margin shall take effect on the date (the “reset date”) which falls five Business Days after receipt by the Facility Agent of the Compliance Certificate for that
Relevant Period pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate);
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while an Event of Default is continuing, the Margin shall be 1.95 per cent. per annum (for the avoidance of doubt, when the Event of Default is no longer continuing, the Margin shall be re-calculated on the basis of the most recently
delivered Compliance Certificate) with effect from the date of the relevant remedy or waiver;
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(iii) |
if, following receipt by the Facility Agent of the Compliance Certificate relating to the relevant Annual Financial Statements, that Compliance Certificate does not confirm the basis for a lower Margin or demonstrates that a higher
Margin should have been applied when it has not been, then the Company shall promptly pay to the Facility Agent any amounts necessary to put the Lenders in the position they would have been in had the appropriate rate of the Margin applied
during such period;
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the otherwise applicable Margin shall, with effect from the first Sustainability Reset Date be subject to further adjustment in accordance with Clause 9.5 (Margin adjustment for sustainability
performance); and
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(v) |
for the purpose of determining the Margin, Leverage and Relevant Period shall be determined in accordance with Clause 21.1 (Financial definitions).
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“Market Disruption Rate” means the rate (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on:
(a) |
the business, assets or financial condition of the Company or the Group taken as a whole (excluding its ability to comply with Clause 21.2 (Leverage));
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(b) |
the ability of the Company to perform its payment obligations under any Finance Document; or
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(c) |
(subject to the Legal Reservations) the validity or the enforceability of the Finance Documents or any right or remedy of a Finance Party in respect of the Finance Documents.
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“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which has earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
(calculated on the same basis as EBITDA) or gross assets representing ten per cent. or more of consolidated EBITDA or gross assets of the Group (in each case excluding intra-group items). For this purpose:
(a) |
subject to paragraph (b) below:
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(i) |
the contribution of a Subsidiary of the Company will be determined from its financial statements which were consolidated into the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company; and
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(ii) |
the financial condition of the Group will be determined from the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company;
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(b) |
if a Subsidiary of the Company becomes a member of the Group after the date on which the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company were prepared:
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(i) |
the contribution of the Subsidiary will be determined from its latest financial statements; and
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(ii) |
the financial condition of the Group will be determined from the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company but adjusted to take into account any subsequent acquisition or disposal of a business or a company
(including that Subsidiary);
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(c) |
the contribution of a Subsidiary will, if it has Subsidiaries, be determined from its consolidated financial statements;
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(d) |
if a Material Subsidiary disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to another member of the Group, it will immediately cease to be a Material Subsidiary and the other member of the Group (if it is not the Company or already a
Material Subsidiary) will immediately become a Material Subsidiary; and
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(e) |
except as specifically mentioned in paragraph (d) above, a member of the Group will remain a Material Subsidiary until the next audited consolidated financial statements of the Company show otherwise under paragraph (a) above.
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“Month” means, in relation to an Interest Period (or any other period for the accrual of commission or fees in a currency), a period
starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, subject to adjustment in accordance with the rules specified as Business Day Conventions in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“New Lender” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders).
“Notice of Drawdown” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Notice of Drawdown).
“Obligor” means the Borrower or a Guarantor.
“Optional Currency” means a currency (other than the Base Currency) which complies with the conditions set out in Clause 4.3
(Conditions relating to Optional Currencies).
“Original Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the Financial Year ended 31
December 2018.
“Overnight Rate” means the rate (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Overnight Reference Day” means the day (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with
legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Party” means a party to this Agreement.
“Permitted Debt Issuance” means any bonds, notes or other debt securities issued by a member of the Group, provided that the net
proceeds thereof are applied in prepayment of Loans (but not necessarily cancellation of the corresponding Commitments).
“Permitted Disposal” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal:
(a) |
made in the ordinary course of business of the disposing entity;
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(b) |
of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality (other than an exchange of a non-cash asset for cash);
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(c) |
of obsolete or redundant assets;
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(d) |
by a member of the Group (other than the Company) to another member of the Group;
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(e) |
as a result of any Permitted Security;
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(f) |
of any asset acquired (directly or indirectly) as part of an Acquisition within 24 months of completion of that Acquisition;
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(g) |
of receivables on recourse terms, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of receivables so disposed of does not at any time exceed EUR 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies);
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(h) |
of receivables on a non-recourse basis; or
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(i) |
where the higher of the market value or consideration received and receivable does not exceed:
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(i) |
in any Financial Year (when aggregated with the higher of the market value or consideration received and receivable for any other sale, lease, transfer or other disposal, other than any permitted under paragraphs (a) to (h) above, during
that Financial Year) 15% of Reference EBITDA; and
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(ii) |
over the life of the Facility (when aggregated with the higher of the market value or consideration received and receivable for any other sale, lease, transfer or other disposal, other than any permitted under paragraphs (a) to (h)
above) does not exceed EUR 500,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies),
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where “Reference EBITDA” means, in respect of any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal made during a Financial Year, consolidated earnings of the Group before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
as set out in the Company’s annual financial statements for the preceding Financial Year.
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“Permitted Mortgage Loan” means any mortgage loan (realkreditlån) granted by a Danish
mortgage lending institution (realkreditinstitut) to any member of the Group, provided that the aggregate principal amount thereof does not at any time exceed EUR 300,000,000 (or its equivalent in another
currency or currencies).
“Permitted Security” means any Security or (as the case may be) Quasi-Security, listed below:
(a) |
any netting or set-off arrangement arising by the operation or law or by contract entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking business for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances;
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(b) |
any payment or close out netting or set-off arrangement pursuant to any hedging transaction entered into by a member of the Group for the purpose of:
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(i) |
hedging any risk to which any member of the Group is exposed in its ordinary course of trading; or
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(ii) |
its interest rate or currency management operations which are carried out in the ordinary course of business and for non-speculative purposes only
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and excluding in each case any Security or Quasi-Security under a credit support arrangement;
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(c) |
any lien or right of set-off arising by operation of law or in the ordinary course of business;
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(d) |
any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if:
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(i) |
the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group;
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(ii) |
the principal amount secured has not been increased (other than by capitalisation of interest) in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; and
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(iii) |
the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within 90 days of the date of acquisition of such asset;
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(e) |
any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Security or Quasi-Security is created prior to the date on which that company
becomes a member of the Group, if:
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(i) |
the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that company;
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(ii) |
the principal amount secured has not increased (other than by capitalisation of interest) in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and
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(iii) |
the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within 90 days of that company becoming a member of the Group;
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(f) |
any Security or Quasi-Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document;
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(g) |
any Security or Quasi-Security securing Permitted Mortgage Loans (including accrued interest, commission, costs and fees thereon);
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(h) |
any Security or Quasi-Security arising under any recourse factoring arrangement permitted pursuant to paragraph (g) of the definition of “Permitted Disposal”;
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(i) |
any Security or Quasi-Security arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to a member of the Group in the ordinary course of
business and on the supplier’s standard or usual terms and not arising as a result of any default or omission by any member of the Group;
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(j) |
any Security or Quasi-Security over documents of title and goods arising in the ordinary course of documentary credit transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(k) |
any Security or Quasi-Security over any asset leased under Finance Leases permitted under this Agreement;
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(l) |
any Security or Quasi-Security in favour of landlords; and
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(m) |
any Security or Quasi-Security securing debt the principal amount of which (when aggregated with the principal amount of any other debt which has the benefit of Security or Quasi-Security given by any member of the Group other than any
permitted under paragraphs (a) to (l) above) does not exceed EUR 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies).
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“Permitted Subsidiary Financial Indebtedness” means Financial Indebtedness:
(a) |
arising in the ordinary course of business with suppliers with a maximum duration of 120 days;
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(b)
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of any person acquired by a member of the Group after the date of the Agreement where that Financial Indebtedness is incurred under arrangements in existence at the date of the acquisition, but not incurred or increased (other than by capitalisation of interest) or having its maturity date extended in contemplation of, or since, that acquisition, provided that the Financial Indebtedness is repaid no later than 90 days after completion of the relevant acquisition; |
(c) |
in respect of any earn-out or deferred consideration payable in respect of any Acquisition;
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(d) |
arising under Finance Leases having a capitalised value not exceeding EUR 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies);
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(e) |
arising under any Permitted Debt Issuance, provided that the aggregate principal amount does not exceed EUR 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies);
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(f) |
arising under any Permitted Debt Issuance where the aggregate principal amount exceeds EUR 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies), provided that:
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(i) |
the relevant notes or bonds are issued by a Subsidiary of the Company (a “Financing Subsidiary”) located in Denmark (or in another jurisdiction approved by the Lenders (acting reasonably));
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(ii) |
the purpose of the Financing Subsidiary is issuing or obtaining debt and providing and/or advising the Group on treasury and investment activities (and similar or related business);
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(iii) |
the Financing Subsidiary holds no substantial assets at any time other than intra-Group receivables and Tax receivables;
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(iv) |
the Financing Subsidiary accedes to the Agreement as a Guarantor (subject to applicable local law limitations) prior to, or simultaneously with, completing the relevant Permitted Debt Issuance; and
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(v) |
that Permitted Debt Issuance is unsecured and does not rank senior to the guarantee obligations of the Financing Subsidiary pursuant to Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity);
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(g) |
arising under Permitted Mortgage Loans;
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(h) |
arising under any foreign exchange transaction for spot or forward delivery entered into in connection with protection against fluctuation in currency rates where that foreign exchange exposure arises in the ordinary course of business,
but not a foreign exchange transaction for investment or speculative purposes;
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(i) |
owed to other members of the Group and arising as a consequence of the movement of funds required to fund (i) any Acquisition, or (ii) any other acquisition of shares or assets prior to the date of this Agreement as specified in Schedule
13 (Existing intra-Group acquisition debt);
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(j) |
owed to other members of the Group the aggregate principal amount of which does not at any time exceed EUR 400,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies); or
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(k) |
not permitted by the preceding paragraphs or as a Permitted Transaction and the outstanding principal amount of which does not at any time exceed EUR 100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies).
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“Permitted Transaction” means:
(a) |
any disposal required, Financial Indebtedness incurred, guarantee, indemnity or Security or Quasi-Security given, or other transaction arising, under the Finance Documents;
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(b) |
the solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any member of the Group other than the Company, any Obligor or any Material Subsidiary so long as any payments or assets distributed as a result of such liquidation or reorganisation are
distributed to other members of the Group or, to the extent they are distributed to persons who are not members of the Group, that distribution is permitted under Clause 22.4 (Disposals);
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(c) |
a merger between one or more members of the Group, provided that if the merger involves an Obligor or a Material Subsidiary and a member of the Group which is not an Obligor or a Material Subsidiary, the Obligor or Material Subsidiary
(as relevant) shall be the surviving entity and in any circumstance if the merger involves the Company, the Company shall be the surviving entity;
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(d) |
a transfer of shares by one member of the Group to another member of the Group; or
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(e) |
a demerger of any member of the Group (other than the Company or any Material Subsidiary).
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“Primary Term Rate” means the rate specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning given to it in Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and indemnities).
“Quasi-Security” means an arrangement or transaction described in paragraph (b) of Clause 22.3 (Negative
pledge).
“Quotation Day” means the day specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
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“Quotation Time” means the relevant time (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Quoted Tenor” means, in relation to a Primary Term Rate, any period capable of election by the Borrower as an Interest Period
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Clause 10.1 (Selection of Interest Periods).
“RE100 Technical Criteria” means the RE100 technical criteria dated 22 March 2021 (as updated from time to time) published by the
RE100 Climate Group.
“Reference Rate Supplement” means, in relation to any currency, a document which:
(a) |
is agreed in writing by the Company, the Facility Agent (in its own capacity) and the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders);
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(b) |
specifies for that currency the relevant terms which are expressed in this Agreement to be determined by reference to Reference Rate Terms;
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(c) | specifies whether that currency is a Compounded Rate Currency or a Term Rate Currency; and |
(d) | has been made available to the Company and each Finance Party. |
“Reference Rate Terms” means, in relation to:
(a) |
a currency;
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(b) |
a Loan or an Unpaid Sum in that currency;
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(c) |
an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum (or other period for the accrual of commission or fees in a currency); or
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(d) |
any term of this Agreement relating to the determination of a rate of interest in relation to such a Loan or Unpaid Sum,
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the terms set out for that currency, and (where such terms are set out for different categories of Loans, Unpaid Sum or accrual of commission or fees in that currency) for the category of that Loan, Unpaid
Sum or accrual, in Schedule 10 (Reference Rate Terms) or in any Reference Rate Supplement.
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“Related Fund” in relation to a fund (the “first fund”), means a fund which is managed or
advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment
manager or investment adviser of the first fund.
“Relevant Market” means the market specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Renewable Electricity Sources” means electricity sources considered to be renewable under the RE100 Technical Criteria (being as of
the date of this Agreement geothermal, solar, sustainably sourced biomass (including biogas), hydropower and wind energy sources).
“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 19.1 (Status)
to 19.6 (Governing law and enforcement), 19.9 (No default), 19.12 (Pari passu ranking), 19.15 (Anti-corruption law) and 19.16 (Sanctions).
“Reporting Day” means the day (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Reporting Time” means the relevant time (if any) specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.
“RFR” means the rate specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
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“RFR Banking Day” means any day specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
“Rollover Loan” means one or more Loans:
(a) |
made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;
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(b) |
the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the maturing Loan;
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(c) |
in the same currency as the maturing Loan (unless it arose as a result of the operation of Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency)); and
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(d) |
made or to be made for the purpose of refinancing that maturing Loan.
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“Sanctioned Person” means a person that is listed on any publicly available list of designated persons, groups and entities
maintained in connection with Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority or which is otherwise the subject or a target of Sanctions applicable to it.
“Sanctions” means any publicly available economic or financial sanctions laws, regulations, restrictive measures and/or trade
embargoes enacted, imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by any Sanctions Authority (for the avoidance of doubt subject to any applicable exclusions, including regarding the delivery of medical supplies and other pharmaceutical
products).
“Sanctions Authority” means:
(a) |
the United States government, (including, without limitation, OFAC, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the U.S. Department of State);
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(b) |
the United Nations and the United Nations Security Council;
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(c) |
the European Union and any competent authority acting on behalf of it;
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(d) |
any member state of the European Union and the European Economic Area;
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(e) |
the Kingdom of Denmark;
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(f) |
The United Kingdom; or
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(g) | the official institutions, authorities or agencies of any of the above. |
“Sanctions Event” means:
(a) |
the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries is or becomes:
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(i) |
a Sanctioned Person; or
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(ii) |
directly or indirectly owned more than 50% or controlled by a Sanctioned Person;
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(b) |
the Company is or becomes a person with which a Lender or any of its Affiliates is prohibited from engaging in a transaction pursuant to any Sanctions that it is required to comply with; or
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(c) |
any other event relating to a member of the Group which is reasonably likely to result in a Lender or any of its Affiliates violating any Sanctions or becoming a Sanctioned Person, in each case as a result of maintaining the Facility or
its performance of, or the transaction contemplated by, the Finance Documents.
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“Scope 1 CO2e Emissions” has the meaning given to the term “scope 1 emissions” in the GHG Protocol.
“Scope 2
CO2e Emissions” has the meaning given to the term “scope 2 emissions” in the GHG Protocol.
“Second Amendment and Restatement Date” has the meaning given to the term “Effective Date” in the Second Amendment and Restatement
Agreement.
“Second Extended Termination Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
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“Second Extension Consent Period” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(iii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“Second Extension Consenting Lender” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(iv) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“Second Extension Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“Second Extension Notice Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Second Extension Notification” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(vii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Second Extension Option” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Second Extension Rejection Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Second Extension Relevant Commitments” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“Second Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other
agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
“Separate Loan” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c) of Clause 7.1 (Repayment of Loans).
“Sourced” means, in respect of a unit of electricity consumed by a member of the Group, that that unit of electricity:
(a) |
has been purchased by the Group directly from a supplier of Renewable Electricity Sources; or
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(b) |
corresponds to a share of electricity from Renewable Electricity Sources in a credible attribute tracking system for sourcing renewable electricity.
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“Specified Time” means a day or time determined in accordance with Schedule 8 (Timetables).
“Subsidiary” means a dattervirksomhed within the meaning of section 5(3) of the Companies Act (selskabsloven).
“Sustainability Assurer” means the Company’s independent auditor or other qualified service provider, being an external professional
services firm, appointed by the Company to provide limited assurance of the Borrower’s performance with respect to the Sustainability KPIs, included in the Company’s Sustainability Report.
“Sustainability Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 14 (Form of Sustainability
Compliance Certificate).
“Sustainability KPI” means Sustainability KPI 1, Sustainability KPI 2 or Sustainability KPI 3.
“Sustainability KPI 1” means, in respect of any Financial Year (beginning with the Financial Year ending 31 December 2022), the
reduction (expressed as a percentage) in the sum of Scope 1 CO2e Emissions and Scope 2 CO2e Emissions of the Group measured against the Sustainability KPI 1 Baseline.
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“Sustainability
KPI 1 Baseline” means the sum of Scope 1 CO2e Emissions and Scope 2 CO2e Emissions of the Group for the Financial Year ending 31 December 2019 as reported in the Company’s sustainability report
for the Financial Year ending 31 December 2021.
“Sustainability KPI 1 Performance Target” means, in respect of a Financial Year set out in the table below, the performance target in
respect of Sustainability KPI 1 set opposite that Financial Year:
Financial Year Ending
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Sustainability KPI 1 Performance Target
(per cent.)
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31 December 2022
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6
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31 December 2023
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9
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31 December 2024
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12
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31 December 2025
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15
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“Sustainability KPI 2” means, in respect of any Financial Year (beginning with the Financial Year ending 31 December 2022), the share
(expressed as a percentage) of Total Electricity Consumption for that Financial Year Sourced from Renewable Electricity Sources.
“Sustainability KPI 2 Performance Target” means, in respect of a Financial Year set out in the table below, the performance target in
respect of Sustainability KPI 2 set opposite that Financial Year:
Financial Year Ending
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Sustainability KPI 2 Performance Target
(per cent.)
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31 December 2022
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50
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31 December 2023
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55
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31 December 2024
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60
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31 December 2025
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85
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“Sustainability KPI 3” means, in respect of any Financial Year (beginning with the Financial Year ending 31 December 2022), the
number of LMIC Patients in that Financial Year.
“Sustainability KPI 3 Performance Target” means, in respect of a Financial Year set out in the table below, the performance target in
respect of Sustainability KPI 3 set opposite that Financial Year:
Financial Year Ending
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Sustainability KPI 3 Performance Target
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31 December 2022
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1,000
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31 December 2023
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1,500
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31 December 2024
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2,500
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31 December 2025
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3,000
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“Sustainability KPI Performance Target” means a Sustainability KPI 1 Performance Target, Sustainability KPI 2 Performance Target or a
Sustainability KPI 3 Performance Target.
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“Sustainability Margin Discount” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b) of Clause 9.5 (Margin adjustment for
sustainability performance).
“Sustainability Margin Premium” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b) of Clause 9.5 (Margin adjustment for
sustainability performance).
“Sustainability Recalculation Event” means any of the Sustainability KPIs and/or a Sustainability KPI Performance Target are no
longer available, cannot be calculated or are no longer appropriate with respect to the Group, including, but not limited to, as a result of:
(a) |
any material acquisition or material divestments, a permanent closure or termination of major production facilities or the in-or outsourcing of CO2 emitting activities of the Group which, in each case, has as a consequence that the total
quantum of the Group’s consolidated Scope 1 CO2e Emissions and Scope 2 CO2e Emissions increase or decrease by not less than five per cent. or result in a material change to the consumption of electricity of the Group; or
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(b) |
it being determined that a Sustainability KPI and/or a Sustainability KPI Performance Target was set on the basis of significant errors, or several cumulative errors that are collectively significant.
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“Sustainability Report” means the annual environmental, social and governance report prepared by the Group and included in, or
published separately as a schedule to, the Company’s annual financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) in which information and calculations pertaining to
the Sustainability KPIs and Sustainability KPI Performance Targets shall be subject to limited assurance by the Sustainability Assurer.
“Sustainability Reset Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (d) of Clause 9.5 (Margin
adjustment for sustainability performance).
“T2” means the real time gross settlement system operated by the Eurosystem, or any successor system.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which T2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro.
“Target Undertaking” has the meaning given to that term in the definition of “Acquisition”.
“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable
in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
“Term Rate Currency” means:
(a) |
the Base Currency;
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(b) |
DKK;
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(c) |
(in relation to any Loan denominated in USD where it is specified by the Company in the Notice of Drawdown for that Loan that that Loan shall constitute a Term Rate Loan) USD; or
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(d) |
any currency specified as such in a Reference Rate Supplement to that currency,
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to the extent that, in any case, not specified otherwise in a subsequent Reference Rate Supplement.
“Term Rate Loan” means any Loan or, if applicable, Unpaid Sum in a Term Rate Currency to the extent that it is not, or has not
become, a “Compounded Rate Loan” pursuant to Clause 11.1 (Interest calculation if no Primary Term Rate).
“Term Reference Rate” means, in relation to a Term Rate Loan:
(a) |
the applicable Primary Term Rate as of the Quotation Time for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; or
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(b) |
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 11.1 (Interest calculation if no Primary Term Rate),
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and if, in either case, that rate is less than zero, the Term Reference Rate shall be deemed to be zero.
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“Term Reference Rate CAS” means, in relation to a Term Rate Loan, any rate which is either:
(a) |
specified as such in the applicable Reference Rate Terms; or
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(b) |
determined by the Facility Agent (or by any other Finance Party which agrees to determine that rate in place of the Facility Agent) in accordance with the methodology specified in the applicable Reference Rate Terms.
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“Termination Date” means the Initial Termination Date, provided that:
(a) |
if the First Extension Option has been exercised, the Termination Date shall, in respect of any First Extension Consenting Lender, be the First Extended Termination Date;
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(b) |
if the Second Extension Option has been exercised, the Termination Date shall, in respect of any Second Extension Consenting Lender, be the Second Extended Termination Date; and
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(c) |
if the Third Extension Option has been exercised, the Termination Date shall, in respect of any Third Extension Consenting Lender, be the Third Extended Termination Date.
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“Third Extended Termination Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Consent Period” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(iii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Consenting Lender” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(iv) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Notice Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Notification” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(vii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Option” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 7.2 (Extension
Options).
“Third Extension Rejection Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Relevant Commitments” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Third Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(v) of Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Commitments, being EUR 1,500,000,000 at the date of this
Agreement.
“Total Electricity Consumption” means, in respect of any Financial Year, the total quantum of electricity consumed by the Group’s
operations during that Financial Year in Denmark, France, Italy, Poland and the United States of America.
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“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Transfer Certificate)
or any other form agreed between the Facility Agent and the Company.
“Transfer Date” means, in relation to an assignment or a transfer, the later of:
(a) |
the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate; and
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(b) |
the date on which the Facility Agent executes the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate.
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“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance Documents.
“US” means the United States of America. “VAT” means:
(a) |
any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and
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(b) |
any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.
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1.2 |
Construction
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(a) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:
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(i) |
the “Arranger”, the “Documentation Agent”, the “Facility Agent”, any “Finance Party”,
any “Lender”, any “Obligor”, any “Party” or the “Sustainability Coordinator”
shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees to, or of, its rights and/or obligations under the Finance Documents;
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(ii) |
“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
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(iii) |
a Lender’s “cost of funds” in relation to its participation in a Loan is a reference to the average cost (determined either on an actual or a notional basis) which that Lender would incur if it
were to fund, from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select, an amount equal to the amount of that participation in that Loan for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan;
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(iv) |
the “date of this Agreement” is a reference to 25 June 2019;
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(v) |
a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;
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(vi) |
a “group of Lenders” includes all the Lenders;
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(vii) |
“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;
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(viii) |
a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium, partnership or other entity (whether or
not having separate legal personality);
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(ix) |
a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency,
department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
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(x) |
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and
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(xi) |
a time of day is a reference to Copenhagen time.
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(b) |
The determination of the extent to which a rate is “for a period equal in length” to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being
determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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(c) |
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
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(d) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
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(e) |
A Default or an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived.
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(f) |
A reference in this Agreement to a page or screen of an information service displaying a rate shall include:
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(i) |
any replacement page of that information service which displays that rate; and
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(ii) |
the appropriate page of such other information service which displays that rate from time to time in place of that information service,
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,
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and, if such page or service ceases to be available, shall include any other page or service displaying that rate specified by the Company and the Facility Agent.
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(g) |
A reference in this Agreement to a Central Bank Rate shall include any successor rate to, or replacement rate for, that rate.
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(h) |
Any Reference Rate Supplement relating to a currency overrides anything relating to that currency in:
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(i) |
Schedule 10 (Reference Rate Terms); or
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(ii) | any earlier Reference Rate Supplement. |
(i) |
A Compounding Methodology Supplement relating to the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate or the Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate overrides anything relating to that rate in:
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(i) |
Schedule 11 (Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate) or Schedule 12 (Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate), as the case may be; or
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(ii) |
any earlier Compounding Methodology Supplement.
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1.3 |
Currency symbols and definitions
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(a) |
“DKK” denotes the lawful currency of Denmark.
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(b) |
“EUR” and “euro” denote the single currency of the Participating Member States.
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(c) |
“USD” denotes the lawful currency of the United States of America.
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SECTION 2
THE FACILITY
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THE FACILITY
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2.1 |
The Facility. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower a multicurrency revolving loan
facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.
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2.2 |
Increase
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(a) |
The Company may by giving prior notice to the Facility Agent by no later than the date falling ten Business Days after the effective date of a cancellation of:
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(i) |
the Available Commitments of a Defaulting Lender in accordance with Clause 8.7 (Right of Cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender); or
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(ii) |
the Commitment of a Lender in accordance with:
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(A) |
Clause 8.1 (Illegality); or
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(B) |
paragraph (a) of Clause 8.6 (Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender),
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request that the Commitments be increased (and the Commitments shall be so increased) in an aggregate amount in the Base Currency of up to the amount of the Commitment so cancelled as follows:
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(iii) |
the increased Commitments will be assumed by one or more Eligible Institutions (each an “Increase Lender”) each of which confirms in writing (whether in the relevant Increase Confirmation or
otherwise) its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume, as if it had been an Original Lender in respect of those Commitments;
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(iv) |
each of the Obligors and any Increase Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Obligors and the Increase Lender would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been
an Original Lender in respect of that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume;
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(v) |
each Increase Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender” and any Increase Lender and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and acquire rights against one another as that Increase Lender and those
Finance Parties would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender in respect of that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume;
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(vi) |
the Commitments of the other Lenders shall continue in full force and effect; and
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(vii) |
any increase in the Commitments shall take effect on the date specified by the Company in the notice referred to above or any later date on which the Facility Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Increase Confirmation delivered to
it by the relevant Increase Lender.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent shall, subject to paragraph (c) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Increase Confirmation appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Increase Confirmation.
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(c) |
The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Increase Confirmation delivered to it by an Increase Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable
laws and regulations in relation to the assumption of the increased Commitments by that Increase Lender.
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(d) |
Each Increase Lender, by executing the Increase Confirmation, confirms (for the avoidance of doubt) that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the
requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the increase becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as it would have been
had it been an Original Lender.
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(e) |
The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Facility Agent the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in connection with any increase in Commitments under this Clause 2.2.
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(f) |
The Increase Lender shall, on the date upon which the increase takes effect, pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) a fee in an amount equal to the fee which would be payable under Clause 24.4 (Assignment
or transfer fee) if the increase was a transfer pursuant to Clause 24.6 (Procedure for transfer) and if the Increase Lender was a New Lender.
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(g) |
The Company may pay to the Increase Lender a fee in the amount and at the times agreed between the Company and the Increase Lender in a letter between the Company and the Increase Lender setting out that fee. A reference in this
Agreement to a Fee Letter shall include any letter referred to in this paragraph (g).
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(h) |
Neither the Facility Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find an Increase Lender and in no event shall any Lender whose Commitment is replaced by an Increase Lender be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received
by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents.
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(i) |
Clause 24.5 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) shall apply mutatis mutandis in this Clause 2.2 in relation to an Increase Lender as if references in that Clause to:
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(i) |
an “Existing Lender” were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the relevant increase;
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(ii) |
the “New Lender” were references to that “Increase Lender”; and
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(iii) |
a “re-transfer” and “re-assignment” were references to respectively a “transfer” and “assignment”.
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2.3 |
Finance Parties’ rights and obligations
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(a) |
The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance
Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
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(b) |
The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor is a separate and independent debt
in respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance with paragraph (c) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the
avoidance of doubt, any part of a Loan or any other amount owed by an Obligor which relates to a Finance Party’s participation in the Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any such amount payable to the Facility Agent on
its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party by that Obligor.
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(c) |
A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents.
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3 |
PURPOSE
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3.1 |
Purpose. The Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards:
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(a) |
financing general corporate purposes including working capital and capital expenditure; and
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(b) |
funding Acquisitions including (but not limited to):
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(i) |
payment of purchase price consideration for any Acquisition and refinancing of entities acquired pursuant to an Acquisition;
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(ii) |
payment of Acquisition Costs relating to any Acquisition; and
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(iii) |
any earn-out payments and deferred purchase price payments to be made in connection with any Acquisition.
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3.2 |
Monitoring. No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
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4 |
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
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4.1 |
Initial conditions precedent
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(a) |
The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Xxxxxxx’ participation) in relation to any Loan if on or before the Drawdown Date for that Loan the Facility Agent has received or
waived the receipt of all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent. The Facility Agent shall notify the
Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.
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(b) |
Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Facility Agent in writing to the contrary before the Facility Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (a) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the
Facility Agent to give that notification. The Facility Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.
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4.2 |
Further conditions precedent. Subject to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent), the
Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Xxxxxxx’ participation) in relation to a Loan other than one to which Clause 4.6 (Loans during the Certain
Funds Periods) applies, if on the date of the Notice of Drawdown and on the proposed Drawdown Date:
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(a) |
in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan and, in the case of any other Loan, no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and
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(b) |
the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material respects.
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4.3 |
Conditions relating to Optional Currencies
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(a) |
A currency will constitute an Optional Currency in relation to a Loan if:
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(i) | it is DKK or USD; or |
(ii) |
(A) |
it is readily available in the amount required and freely convertible into the Base Currency in the wholesale market for that currency at the Specified Time and on the Drawdown Date for that Loan;
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(B) |
it has been approved by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) on or prior to receipt by the Facility Agent of the relevant Notice of Drawdown for that Loan; and
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(C) |
there are Reference Rate Terms for that currency.
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(b) |
If the Facility Agent has received a written request from the Company for a currency to be approved under paragraph (a)(ii)(B) above, the Facility Agent will confirm to the Company by the Specified Time:
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(i) |
whether or not the Lenders have granted their approval; and
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(ii) |
if approval has been granted, the minimum amount (and, if required, integral multiples) for any subsequent Loan in that currency.
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4.4 |
Maximum number of Loans
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(a) |
The Borrower may not deliver a Notice of Drawdown if as a result of the proposed Loan 11 or more Loans would be outstanding.
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(b) |
Any Loan made by a single Lender under Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency) shall not be taken into account in this Clause 4.4.
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(c) |
Any Separate Loan shall not be taken into account in this Clause 4.4.
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4.5 |
Limitation on Loans in USD. The Borrower may not deliver a Notice of Drawdown for a Loan in USD if as a result of the proposed Loan
the aggregate Base Currency Amount of all Loans in USD would exceed an amount equal to 50 per cent. of the Total Commitments.
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4.6 |
Utilisations during the Certain Funds Periods
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(a) |
This Clause 4.6 shall apply to a Loan if:
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(i) |
the Company has notified the Facility Agent that that Loan will be made solely for an Acquisition Purpose, such notice to contain details as at the date of the notice of the name of the relevant Target Undertaking;
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(ii) |
on or before the Certain Funds Commencement Date in respect of that Loan, the Company has delivered to the Facility Agent a certificate (attaching the most recent audited accounts of the Target Undertaking (if available)) showing that
the Company will (on a pro forma basis including the relevant Target Undertaking and the Certain Funds Loan) be in compliance with Clause 21.2 (Leverage)
for the 12-month period immediately following completion of the relevant Acquisition; and
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(iii) |
(only to the extent that paragraph (b) below applies) the conditions set out in paragraph (b) below are satisfied.
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(b) |
(i) |
This paragraph (b) shall apply in respect of a Certain Funds Loan only to the extent that:
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(A) |
the direct target of the relevant Acquisition is any person or material assets or line of business located in the US;
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(B) |
the parties to the relevant acquisition agreement are established, incorporated or located in the US; or
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(C) |
the acquisition agreement is governed by the laws of any state of the US or the District of Columbia.
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(ii) |
If this paragraph (b) applies to a proposed Certain Funds Loan, paragraphs (c) and (d) below shall only apply in respect of that Certain Funds Loan if the relevant acquisition agreement contains the following provisions (which shall, in
each case, be satisfactory to the Facility Agent, provided that, if the Facility Agent does not provide the Company with written notice of its objection to the proposed provisions in the relevant acquisition agreement (including a
reasonably detailed explanation for any such objection) within three Business Days of the Facility Agent being provided with the draft of the relevant acquisition agreement, the proposed provisions in the relevant acquisition agreement
shall be deemed satisfactory to the Facility Agent):
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(A) |
non-recourse by the seller or the acquired business to any of the Financing Sources;
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(B) |
agreement by the seller and the acquired business that the reverse break-up fee (if any) is the sole and exclusive remedy of against the buyer, its affiliates or any of the Financing Sources;
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(C) |
third party beneficiary rights in favour of the Financing Sources in respect of any liability cap or other limitation on remedies or damages in the acquisition agreement and any other provision in the acquisition agreement which contains
the protections referred to in this paragraph (ii);
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(D) |
buyer will not cooperate and will cause affiliates not to cooperate with seller or any other third party in any action or claims against the Financing Sources arising out of the acquisition agreement except to the extent legally
obligated to do so;
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(E) |
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts sitting in Manhattan, New York;
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(F) |
waiver of jury trial for any claims against the Financing Sources;
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(G) |
New York governing law with respect to claims brought against the Financing Sources; and
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(H) |
no amendment of any of the provisions set out in paragraphs (A) to (G) above without the consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders).
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(iii) |
For the purposes of paragraph (ii) above, “Financing Sources” means the persons (including, without limitation, lenders, agents and arrangers) that have committed to provide or otherwise entered
into agreements in connection with the debt financing commitment or alternative debt financings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any joinder agreements, indentures or credit agreements entered into
pursuant thereto or relating thereto together with their affiliates, officers, directors, employees and representatives involved in the debt financing and their respective successors and assigns.
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(c) |
Subject to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions precedent), during a Certain Funds Period, the Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Xxxxxxx’
participation) in relation to a Certain Funds Loan if:
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(i) |
on the date upon which the relevant member of the Group legally commits to the relevant Acquisition and on the Certain Funds Commencement Date for that Certain Funds Loan:
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(A) |
all Repeating Representations are true and correct in all material respects; and
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(B) |
no Default is continuing; and
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(ii) |
on the date of the Notice of Drawdown and on the proposed Drawdown Date:
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(A) |
no Major Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and
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(B) |
all the Major Representations are true in all material respects.
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(d) |
During a Certain Funds Period (save in circumstances where, pursuant to paragraph (c) above, a Lender is not obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) and subject as provided in
Clauses 8.1 (Illegality), 8.2 (Change of control) and 8.3 (Sanctions Event)), none of the Finance Parties shall be
entitled to:
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(i) |
cancel any of its Commitments to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Loan;
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(ii) |
rescind, terminate or cancel this Agreement or the Facility or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under the Finance Documents it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a
Certain Funds Loan;
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(iii) |
refuse to participate in the making of a Certain Funds Loan;
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(iv) |
exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of a Loan to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Loan; or
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(v) |
cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing under this Agreement or under any other Finance Document to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of a Certain Funds Loan,
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provided that immediately upon the expiry of that Certain Funds Period all such rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the Finance Parties notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during
that Certain Funds Period.
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SECTION 3
UTILISATION
5 |
UTILISATION
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5.1 |
Delivery of a Notice of Drawdown. The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Facility Agent of a duly completed Notice
of Drawdown not later than the Specified Time.
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5.2 |
Completion of a Notice of Drawdown
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(a) |
Each Notice of Drawdown is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
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(i) |
the proposed Drawdown Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;
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(ii) |
the currency and amount of the Loan comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
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(iii) |
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 10 (Interest Periods).
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(b) |
Only one Loan may be requested in each Notice of Drawdown.
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5.3 |
Currency and amount
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(a) |
The currency specified in a Notice of Drawdown must be the Base Currency or an Optional Currency.
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(b) |
The amount of the proposed Loan must be:
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(i) |
if the currency selected is the Base Currency, a minimum of EUR 20,000,000 or, if less, the Available Facility; or
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(ii) |
if the currency selected is an Optional Currency, the minimum amount (and, if required, integral multiple) specified by the Facility Agent pursuant to paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating
to Optional Currencies) or, if less, the Available Facility; and
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(iii) |
in any event such that its Base Currency Amount is less than or equal to the Available Facility.
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5.4 |
Lenders’ participation
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(a) |
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met and subject to Clause 7.1 (Repayment of Loans) each Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the Drawdown Date
through its Facility Office.
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(b) |
The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan.
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(c) |
The Facility Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Loan which is to be made in an Optional Currency and shall notify each Lender of the amount, currency and the Base Currency Amount of each Loan, the amount of its
participation in that Loan and, if different, the amount of that participation to be made available in accordance with Clause 29.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent), in each case by the Specified
Time.
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5.5 |
Cancellation of Commitment. The Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately cancelled at the end of the
Availability Period.
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6 |
OPTIONAL CURRENCIES
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6.1 |
Selection of currency. The Borrower shall select the currency of a Loan in a Notice of Drawdown.
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6.2 |
Unavailability of a currency. If before the Specified Time:
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(a) |
a Lender notifies the Facility Agent that the Optional Currency requested is not readily available to it in the amount required; or
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(b) |
a Lender notifies the Facility Agent that compliance with its obligation to participate in a Loan in the proposed Optional Currency would contravene a law or regulation applicable to it,
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the Facility Agent will give notice to the Borrower to that effect by the Specified Time on that day. In this event, any Lender that gives notice pursuant to this Clause 6.2 will be required to participate
in the Loan in the Base Currency (in an amount equal to that Lender’s proportion of the Base Currency Amount or, in respect of a Rollover Loan, an amount equal to that Xxxxxx’s proportion of the Base Currency Amount of the Rollover Loan
that is due to be made) and its participation will be treated as a separate Loan denominated in the Base Currency during that Interest Period.
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6.3 |
Participation in a Loan. Each Lender’s participation in a Loan will be determined in accordance with paragraph (b) of Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation).
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SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
7 |
REPAYMENT
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7.1 |
Repayment of Loans
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(a) |
The Borrower shall repay each Loan on the last day of its Interest Period.
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(b) |
Without prejudice to the Borrower’s obligation under paragraph (a) above, if:
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(i) |
one or more Loans are to be made available to the Borrower:
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(A) |
on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;
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(B) |
in the same currency as the maturing Loan (unless it arose as a result of the operation of Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency)); and
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(C) |
in whole or in part for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan; and
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(ii) |
the proportion borne by each Xxxxxx’s participation in the maturing Loan to the amount of that maturing Loan is the same as the proportion borne by that Xxxxxx’s participation in the new Loans to the aggregate amount of those new Loans,
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the aggregate amount of the new Loans shall, unless the Borrower notifies the Facility Agent to the contrary in the relevant Notice of Drawdown, be treated as if applied in or towards repayment of the
maturing Loan so that:
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(A) |
if the amount of the maturing Loan exceeds the aggregate amount of the new Loans:
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(1) |
the Borrower will only be required to make a payment under Clause 29.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent) in an amount in the relevant currency equal to that excess; and
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(2) |
each Lender’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that Xxxxxx’s participation in the maturing Loan and that Lender will not be required to
make a payment under Clause 29.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans; and
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(B) |
if the amount of the maturing Loan is equal to or less than the aggregate amount of the new Loans:
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(1) |
the Borrower will not be required to make a payment under Clause 29.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent); and
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(2) |
each Lender will be required to make a payment under Clause 29.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans only to the extent that its participation in the
new Loans exceeds that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan and the remainder of that Xxxxxx’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that
Xxxxxx’s participation in the maturing Loan.
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(c) |
At any time when a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the maturity date of each of the participations of that Lender in the Loans then outstanding will be automatically extended to the Termination Date and will be treated as separate
Loans (the “Separate Loans”) denominated in the currency in which the relevant participations are outstanding.
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(d) |
The Borrower may prepay any Separate Loan by giving not less than five Business Days’ prior notice to the Facility Agent. The Facility Agent will forward a copy of a prepayment notice received in accordance with this paragraph (d) to the
Defaulting Lender concerned as soon as practicable on receipt.
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(e) |
Interest in respect of a Separate Loan will accrue for successive Interest Periods selected by the Borrower by the time and date specified by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) and will be payable by the Borrower to the Facility
Agent (for the account of that Defaulting Lender) on the last day of each Interest Period of that Loan.
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(f) |
The terms of this Agreement relating to Loans generally shall continue to apply to Separate Loans other than to the extent inconsistent with paragraphs (c) to (e) above, in which case those paragraphs shall prevail in respect of any
Separate Loan.
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7.2 |
Extension Options
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(a) |
First Extension Option
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(i) |
The Company may, by notice to the Facility Agent no earlier than 60 days and no later than 30 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the Agreement (the date of the Facility Agent’s receipt of the notice being the “First Extension Notice Date”), request that the Lenders consent to the extension of the Termination Date to the fifth anniversary of the date of the Agreement (the “First
Extended Termination Date”) (the “First Extension Option”).
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(ii) |
Each Lender shall, no later than 15 days after the First Extension Notice Date (the “First Extension Consent Period”) confirm to the Company and the Facility Agent whether it consents to the extension of the Termination Date to the First
Extended Termination Date.
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(iii) |
If a Lender (a “First Extension Consenting Lender”) notifies the Facility Agent that it consents to the extension of the Termination Date to the First Extended Termination Date, the Termination Date shall, in respect of that First
Extension Consenting Lender, be the First Extended Termination Date.
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(iv) |
If a Lender (a “First Extension Non-Consenting Lender”) fails to respond to the Company within the First Extension Consent Period (the date following the last day of the First Extension Consent Period being the “First Extension Rejection
Date”) or notifies the Facility Agent (such notification being the “First Rejection Notice”) that it does not consent to the extension of the Termination Date to the First Extended Termination Date, the Commitments of that First Extension
Non-Consenting Lender (the “First Extension Relevant Commitments”) shall be offered by the Facility Agent to each First Extension Consenting Lender pro rata no
later than on the Business Day following the earlier of:
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(A) |
the date the Facility Agent confirms receipt of the First Rejection Notice;
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(B) |
the last day of the First Extension Consent Period; and
|
(C) |
the First Extension Rejection Date
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(the date of such offer being the “First Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date”).
(v) |
If a First Extension Consenting Lender notifies the Facility Agent and the Company no later than five Business Days after the First Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date that it agrees to assume First Extension Relevant Commitments,
those First Extension Relevant Commitments shall be transferred in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) at par value by the First Extension Non-Consenting Lender to the relevant First
Extension Consenting Lender no later than on the Initial Termination Date.
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(vi) |
Following the expiry of the First Extension Consent Period, the Facility Agent shall promptly notify (the “First Extension Notification”) the Company and each First Extension Consenting Lender of
the identities of those Lenders that have agreed to extend the Initial Termination Date and those Lenders that are First Extension Non-Consenting Lenders.
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(b) |
Second Extension Option
|
(i) |
This paragraph (b) shall only apply if the Company has exercised the First Extension Option and there is not less than one First Extension Consenting Lender.
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(ii) |
The Company may, by notice to the Facility Agent no earlier than 60 days and no later than 30 days prior to the second anniversary of the date of the Agreement (the date of the Facility Agent’s receipt of the notice being the “Second Extension Notice Date”), request that the Lenders consent to the extension of the Termination Date to the sixth anniversary of the date of the Agreement (the “Second
Extended Termination Date”) (the “Second Extension Option”).
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(iii) |
Each Lender shall, no later than 15 days after the Second Extension Notice Date (the “Second Extension Consent Period”) confirm to the Company and the Facility Agent whether it consents to the
extension of the Termination Date to the Second Extended Termination Date.
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(iv) |
If a Lender (a “Second Extension Consenting Lender”) notifies the Facility Agent that it consents to the extension of the Termination Date to the Second Extended Termination Date, the Termination
Date shall, in respect of that Second Extension Consenting Lender, be the Second Extended Termination Date.
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(v) |
If a Lender (a “Second Extension Non-Consenting Lender”) fails to respond to the Company within the Second Extension Consent Period (the date following the last day of the Second Extension Consent
Period being the “Second Extension Rejection Date”) or notifies the Facility Agent (such notification being the “Second Rejection Notice”) that it does not
consent to the extension of the Termination Date to the Second Extended Termination Date, the Commitments of that Second Extension Non-Consenting Lender (the “Second Extension Relevant Commitments”)
shall be offered by the Facility Agent to each Second Extension Consenting Lender pro rata no later than on the Business Day following the earlier of:
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(A) |
the date the Facility Agent confirms receipt of the Second Rejection Notice;
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(B) |
the last day of the Second Extension Consent Period; and
|
(C) |
the Second Extension Rejection Date
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(the date of such offer being the “Second Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date”).
(vi) |
If a Second Extension Consenting Lender notifies the Facility Agent and the Company no later than five Business Days after the Second Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date that it agrees to assume Second Extension Relevant
Commitments, those Second Extension Relevant Commitments shall be transferred in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) at par value by the Second Extension Non-Consenting Lender to the
relevant Second Extension Consenting Lender no later than on the First Extended Termination Date.
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(vii) |
Following the expiry of the Second Extension Consent Period, the Facility Agent shall promptly notify (the “Second Extension Notification”) the Company and each Second Extension Consenting Lender
of the identities of those Lenders that have agreed to extend the First Extended Termination Date and those Lenders that are Second Extension Non-Consenting Lenders.
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(c) |
Third Extension Option
|
(i) |
This paragraph (c) shall only apply if the Company has exercised the First Extension Option and the Second Extension Option and there is not less than one Second Extension Consenting Lender.
|
(ii) |
The Company may, by notice to the Facility Agent no earlier than 60 days and no later than 30 days prior to the third anniversary of the date of the Agreement (the date of the Facility Agent’s receipt of the notice being the “Third Extension Notice Date”), request that the Lenders consent to the extension of the Termination Date to the seventh anniversary of the date of the Agreement (the “Third
Extended Termination Date”) (the “Third Extension Option”).
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(iii) |
Each Lender shall, no later than 15 days after the Third Extension Notice Date (the “Third Extension Consent Period”) confirm to the Company and the Facility Agent whether it consents to the
extension of the Termination Date to the Third Extended Termination Date.
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(iv) |
If a Lender (a “Third Extension Consenting Lender”) notifies the Facility Agent that it consents to the extension of the Termination Date to the Third Extended Termination Date, the Termination
Date shall, in respect of that Third Extension Consenting Lender, be the Third Extended Termination Date.
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(v) |
If a Lender (a “Third Extension Non-Consenting Lender”) fails to respond to the Company within the Third Extension Consent Period (the date following the last day of the Third Extension Consent
Period being the “Third Extension Rejection Date”) or notifies the Facility Agent (such notification being the “Third Rejection Notice”) that it does not
consent to the extension of the Termination Date to the Third Extended Termination Date, the Commitments of that Third Extension Non-Consenting Lender (the “Third Extension Relevant Commitments”)
shall be offered by the Facility Agent to each Third Extension Consenting Lender pro rata no later than on the Business Day following the earlier of:
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(A) |
the date the Facility Agent confirms receipt of the Third Rejection Notice;
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(B) |
the last day of the Third Extension Consent Period; and
|
(C) |
the Third Extension Rejection Date
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(the date of such offer being the “Third Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date”).
(vi) |
If a Third Extension Consenting Lender notifies the Facility Agent and the Company no later than five Business Days after the Third Extension Relevant Commitments Offer Date that it agrees to assume Third Extension Relevant Commitments,
those Third Extension Relevant Commitments shall be transferred in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) at par value by the Third Extension Non-Consenting Lender to the relevant Third
Extension Consenting Lender no later than on the Second Extended Termination Date.
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(vii) |
Following the expiry of the Third Extension Consent Period, the Facility Agent shall promptly notify (the “Third Extension Notification”) the Company and each Third Extension Consenting Lender of
the identities of those Lenders that have agreed to extend the Second Extended Termination Date and those Lenders that are Third Extension Non-Consenting Lenders.
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8 |
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
8.1 |
Illegality. If, in any applicable jurisdiction, it becomes unlawful for any Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated
by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan:
|
(a) |
that Xxxxxx shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
|
(b) |
upon the Facility Agent notifying the Company, the Available Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
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(c) |
to the extent that the Lender’s participation has not been transferred pursuant to paragraph (d) of Clause 8.6 (Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender),
the Borrower shall repay that Xxxxxx’s participation in the Loans on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the Facility Agent has notified the Company or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the
notice delivered to the Facility Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and that Xxxxxx’s corresponding Commitment shall be cancelled in the amount of the participations repaid.
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8.2 |
Change of control
|
(a) |
If a Change of Control occurs or the Company is delisted:
|
(i) |
the Company shall promptly notify the Facility Agent (which shall promptly notify each Lender) upon becoming aware of that event;
|
(ii) |
a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Loan (except for a Rollover Loan); and
|
(iii) |
if a Lender so requires and notifies the Facility Agent, the Facility Agent shall, by not less than 30 days’ notice to the Company, cancel the Commitment of that Xxxxxx and declare the participation of that Lender in all outstanding
Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon the Commitment of that Lender will be cancelled and all such outstanding Loans and amounts will become
immediately due and payable.
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(b) |
For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “Change of Control” means:
|
(i) |
Lundbeckfond Invest A/S (CVR number 21 85 55 45) ceasing to own, directly or indirectly, at least 50.1 per cent. of the shares or voting share capital of the Company; or
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(ii) |
Lundbeckfond Invest A/S ceasing to be wholly owned by Lundbeckfonden (CVR number 11 81 49 13).
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8.3 |
Sanctions Event. If a Sanctions Event occurs:
|
(a) |
the relevant Lender or the Company (as applicable) shall, upon becoming aware of such event, promptly notify the Facility Agent, which shall promptly notify each Lender and the Company;
|
(b) |
the relevant Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Loan (except for a Rollover Loan); and
|
(c) |
if the affected Lender so requires and notifies the Facility Agent, the Facility Agent shall, by not less than 30 days’ notice (or such shorter period as may be required by applicable law or regulation) to the Company, cancel the
Commitment of that Xxxxxx and declare the participation of that Lender in all outstanding Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, where-upon the
Commitment of that Lender will be cancelled and all such outstanding Loans and amounts will become immediately due and payable.
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8.4 |
Voluntary cancellation. The Company may, if it gives the Facility Agent not less than five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as
the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of EUR 20,000,000) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 8.4 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably.
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8.5 |
Voluntary prepayment of Loans. The Borrower may, if it gives the Facility Agent not less than:
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(a) |
in the case of a Term Rate Loan, three Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice; or
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(b) |
in the case of a Compounded Rate Loan, five RFR Banking Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice,
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prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but if in part, being an amount that reduces the Base Currency Amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of EUR 20,000,000).
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8.6 |
Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender
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(a) |
If:
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(i) |
any sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up); or
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(ii) |
any Lender claims indemnification from the Company under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 14.1 (Increased costs),
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the Company may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase or indemnification continues, give the Facility Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and
its intention to procure the repayment of that Xxxxxx’s participation in the Loans or give the Facility Agent notice of its intention to replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (d) below.
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(b) |
On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
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(c) |
On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company has given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Company in that notice), the Borrower shall repay that Xxxxxx’s
participation in each Loan.
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(d) |
If:
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(i) |
any of the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) above apply to a Lender; or
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(ii) |
an Obligor becomes obliged to pay any amount in accordance with Clause 8.1 (Illegality) to any Lender,
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the Company may on three Business Days’ prior notice to the Facility Agent and that Lender, replace that Lender by requiring that Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, that Lender shall) transfer
pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Institution which confirms its willingness to assume and
does assume all the obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of the transfer in an amount equal
to the outstanding principal amount of such Xxxxxx’s participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Facility Agent has not given a notification under Clause 24.11 (Pro
rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.
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(e) |
The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) above shall be subject to the following conditions:
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(i) |
the Company shall have no right to replace the Facility Agent;
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(ii) |
neither the Facility Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender;
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(iii) |
in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (d) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and
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(iv) |
the Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph (d) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws
and regulations in relation to that transfer.
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(f) |
A Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (e)(iv) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (d) above and shall notify the Facility Agent and the Company when it is
satisfied that it has complied with those checks.
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8.7 |
Right of Cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender
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(a) |
If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Company may, at any time whilst the Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Facility Agent five Business Days’ notice of cancellation of the Available Commitment of that Lender.
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(b) |
On the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above becoming effective, the Available Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
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(c) |
The Facility Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, notify all the Lenders.
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8.8 |
Restrictions
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(a) |
Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 8 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or
prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
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(b) |
Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.
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(c) |
Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the Facility which is prepaid or repaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(d) |
The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
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(e) |
Subject to Clause 2.2 (Increase), no amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
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(f) |
If the Facility Agent receives a notice under this Clause 8 it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Company or the affected Lender, as appropriate.
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(g) |
If all or part of any Lender’s participation in a Loan is repaid or prepaid and is not available for redrawing (other than by operation of Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent)), an amount of
that Xxxxxx’s Commitment (equal to the Base Currency Amount of the amount of the participation which is repaid or prepaid) will be deemed to be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment.
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8.9 |
Application of prepayments. Any prepayment of a Loan pursuant to Clause 8.5 (Voluntary prepayment
of Loans) shall be applied pro rata to each Lender’s participation in that Loan.
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SECTION 5
COSTS OF UTILISATIONS
9 |
INTEREST
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9.1 |
Calculation of interest - Term Rate Loans. Subject to Clause 9.3 (Existing Loans
drawn prior to the Second Amendment and Restatement Date), the rate of interest on each Term Rate Loan for an Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
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(a) |
Margin;
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(b) |
Term Reference Rate; and
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(c) |
Term Reference Rate CAS (if any).
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9.2 |
Calculation of interest - Compounded Rate Loans
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(a) |
Subject to Clause 9.3 (Existing Loans drawn prior to the Second Amendment and Restatement Date), the rate of interest on each Compounded Rate Loan for any day during an Interest Period is the
percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
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(i) |
Margin; and
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(ii) |
Compounded Reference Rate for that day.
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(b) |
If any day during an Interest Period for a Compounded Rate Loan is not an RFR Banking Day, the rate of interest on that Compounded Rate Loan for that day will be the rate applicable to the immediately preceding RFR Banking Day.
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9.3 |
Existing Loans drawn prior to the Second Amendment and Restatement Date. Notwithstanding Clauses 9.1 (Calculation of interest - Term Rate Loans) and 9.2 (Calculation of interest - Compounded Rate Loans), if the Second Amendment and Restatement Date falls before the last day of an
Interest Period for any Loan drawn prior to and outstanding on the Second Amendment and Restatement Date:
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(a) |
the rate of interest on that Loan shall continue to be calculated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Agreement for that Interest Period; and
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(b) |
any provision of this Agreement which is expressed to relate to:
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(i) |
a Compounded Rate Currency; or
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(ii) | a Term Rate Currency and which was not included in the Existing Agreement, shall not apply in relation to that Loan for that Interest Period. |
9.4 |
Payment of interest. The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on that Loan on the last day of each Interest Period.
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9.5 |
Margin adjustment for sustainability performance
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(a) |
With effect from the first Sustainability Reset Date, the Margin shall be adjusted as set out in the table below depending on the Group’s performance in respect of the Sustainability KPIs:
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Number of Sustainability KPI
Performance Targets met
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Adjustment of Margin
(per centage point)
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Three
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-0.0250
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Two
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-0.0125
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One
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No adjustment
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Nil
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+0.0250
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(b) |
Any subtraction from the otherwise applicable Margin set out in the table in paragraph (a) above is a “Sustainability Margin Discount”. Any addition to the otherwise applicable Margin set out in
the table in paragraph (a) above is a “Sustainability Margin Premium”.
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(c) |
The Sustainability Discount (if any) shall apply on a non-cumulative basis such that the otherwise applicable Margin shall not be decreased pursuant to this Clause 9.5 by more than 0.025 per centage point for any Interest Period.
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(d) |
Any adjustment to the Margin pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be applied to the otherwise applicable Margin (as calculated and adjusted from time to time pursuant to terms of this Agreement other than this Clause 9.5) and shall take
effect from the date (each a “Sustainability Reset Date”) which is five Business Days after receipt by the Facility Agent of the Sustainability Compliance Certificate and the Sustainability Report for
the relevant Financial Year in accordance with Clause 20.5 (Sustainability Compliance Certificate and Sustainability Report).
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(e) |
The Margin shall be increased by the Sustainability Margin Premium (and any Sustainability Margin Discount shall cease to apply) if the Company does not deliver a Sustainability Compliance Certificate or a Sustainability Report by the
time required pursuant to Clause 20.5 (Sustainability Compliance Certificate and Sustainability Report) unless the Sustainability Compliance Certificate and/or the Sustainability Report (as
applicable) is delivered within 20 Business Days of its due date (the date of expiry of such 20 Business Days being a “sustainability non-compliance reset date”). Any change in the Margin pursuant to
this paragraph (e) shall take effect from the applicable sustainability non-compliance reset date and shall cease to apply from the date upon which the relevant Sustainability Compliance Certificate or (as the case may be) Sustainability
Report is delivered to the Facility Agent.
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(f) |
If any representation made by the Company in a Sustainability Compliance Certificate was not true and correct in any material respect when made (and the misrepresentation, if capable of remedy, has not been remedied within 20 Business
Days of the earlier of (A) the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders) giving notice to the Company and (B) the Company becoming aware of the misrepresentation (the date of expiry of such 20 Business Days being a “sustainability misrepresentation reset date”)):
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(i) |
the Company shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of such misrepresentation;
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(ii) |
the Margin shall be increased by the Sustainability Margin Premium (and any Sustainability Margin Discount shall cease to apply) with effect from the applicable sustainability misrepresentation reset date;
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(iii) |
the Company shall provide to the Facility Agent as soon as possible a revised Sustainability Compliance Certificate and/or Sustainability Report (as relevant), in each case for the same Financial Year as the initial Sustainability
Compliance Certificate and/or Sustainability Report (as relevant):
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(A) |
correcting any inaccuracies giving rise to the relevant misrepresentation; and
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(B) |
confirming the extent of compliance with the Sustainability KPI Performance Targets,
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at which time the Margin shall be recalculated in accordance with paragraph (a) above, with effect from the date falling five Business Days after delivery to the Facility Agent of the relevant
Sustainability Compliance Certificate or Sustainability Report (as applicable). If, by reference to such provided revised documents, a higher Margin should have been applied when it has not been, then the Company shall, within five
Business Days of demand, pay to the Facility Agent any amounts necessary to put the Lenders in the position they would have been in had the appropriate rate of the Margin applied during such period.
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9.6 |
Default interest
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(a) |
If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate
which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is 1.00 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for
successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 9.6 shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Facility Agent.
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(b) |
If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Term Rate Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:
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(i) |
the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and
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(ii) |
the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be 1.00 per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.
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(c) |
Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.
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9.7 |
Notifications
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(a) |
The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest relating to a Term Rate Loan.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent shall promptly upon a Compounded Rate Interest Payment being determinable notify:
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(i) |
the Borrower of that Compounded Rate Interest Payment;
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(ii) |
each relevant Lender of the proportion of that Compounded Rate Interest Payment which relates to that Xxxxxx’s participation in the relevant Compounded Rate Loan; and
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(iii) |
the relevant Lenders and the Borrower of:
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(A) |
each applicable rate of interest relating to the determination of that Compounded Rate Interest Payment; and
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(B) |
to the extent it is then determinable, the Market Disruption Rate (if any) relating to the relevant Compounded Rate Loan.
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This paragraph (b) shall not apply to any Compounded Rate Interest Payment determined pursuant to Clause 11.4 (Cost of funds).
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(c) |
The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of each Funding Rate relating to a Loan.
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(d) |
The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest relating to a Compounded Rate Loan to which Clause 11.4 (Cost of funds)
applies.
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(e) |
This Clause 9.7 shall not require the Facility Agent to make any notification to any Party on a day which is not a Business Day.
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10 |
INTEREST PERIODS
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10.1 |
Selection of Interest Periods
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(a) |
The Borrower may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Notice of Drawdown for that Loan.
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(b) |
Subject to this Clause 10, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of any period specified in the applicable Reference Rate Terms or of any other period agreed between the Company, the Facility Agent and all the Lenders.
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(c) |
No more than three Interest Periods of one Month may be requested in any calendar year.
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(d) |
An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date.
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(e) |
Each Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the Drawdown Date.
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(f) |
A Loan has one Interest Period only.
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(g) |
No Interest Period for a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be longer than six Months.
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(h) |
The length of an Interest Period of a Term Rate Loan shall not be affected by that Loan becoming a “Compounded Rate Loan” for that Interest Period pursuant to Clause 11.1 (Interest calculation if no
Primary Term Rate).
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10.2 |
Non-Business Days. Any rules specified as “Business Day Conventions” in the applicable Reference Rate Terms for a Loan or Unpaid Sum
shall apply to each Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
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11 |
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
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11.1 |
Interest calculation if no Primary Term Rate
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(a) |
Interpolated Primary Term Rate: If no Primary Term Rate is
available for the Interest Period of a Term Rate Loan, the applicable Term Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Primary Term Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.
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(b) |
Compounded Reference Rate or cost of funds: If paragraph (a) above
applies but it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Primary Term Rate then:
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(i) |
if “Compounded Reference Rate will apply as a fallback” is specified in the Reference Rate Terms for that Loan and there are Reference Rate Terms applicable to Compounded Rate
Loans in the relevant currency:
|
(A) |
there shall be no Term Reference Rate for that Loan for that Interest Period and Clause 9.1 (Calculation of interest - Term Rate Loans) will not apply to that Loan for that Interest Period; and
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(B) |
that Loan shall be a “Compounded Rate Loan” for that Interest Period and Clause 9.2 (Calculation of interest - Compounded Rate Loans) shall apply to that Loan for that Interest Period; or
|
(ii) |
if:
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(A) |
“Compounded Reference Rate will not apply as a fallback”; and
|
(B) |
“Cost of funds will apply as a fallback”,
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are specified in the Reference Rate Terms for that Loan, Clause 11.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for that Interest Period.
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11.2 |
Interest calculation if no RFR or Central Bank Rate. If:
|
(a) |
there is no applicable RFR or Central Bank Rate for the purposes of calculating the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate for an RFR Banking Day during an Interest Period for a Compounded Rate Loan; and
|
(b) |
“Cost of funds will apply as a fallback” is specified in the Reference Rate Terms for that Loan,
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Clause 11.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for the relevant Interest Period.
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11.3 |
Market disruption. If:
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(a) |
a Market Disruption Rate is specified in the Reference Rate Terms for a Loan; and
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(b) |
before the Reporting Time for that Loan the Facility Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in that Loan exceed 35 per cent. of that Loan) that its cost of funds relating to its participation in that
Loan would be in excess of that Market Disruption Rate,
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then Clause 11.4 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for the relevant Interest Period.
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11.4 |
Cost of funds
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(a) |
If this Clause 11.4 applies to a Loan for an Interest Period neither Clause 9.1 (Calculation of interest - Term Rate Loans) nor Clause 9.2 (Calculation of
interest - Compounded Rate Loans) shall apply to that Loan for that Interest Period and the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for that Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:
|
(i) |
the applicable Margin; and
|
(ii) |
the rate notified to the Facility Agent by that Xxxxxx as soon as practicable and in any event by the Reporting Time for that Loan to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum that Xxxxxx’s cost of funds in that Loan from
whatever source it may reasonably select.
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(b) |
If this Clause 11.4 applies and the Facility Agent or the Company so requires, the Facility Agent and the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for
determining the rate of interest.
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(c) |
Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Company, be binding on all Parties.
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(d) |
If this Clause 11.4 applies pursuant to Clause 11.3 (Market disruption) and a Lender does not notify a rate to the Facility Agent by the relevant Reporting Time, that Xxxxxx’s cost of funds in
that Loan for that Interest Period shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph (a) above, to be the Market Disruption Rate for that Loan.
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(e) |
Subject to paragraph (d) above, if this Clause 11.4 applies but any Lender does not notify a rate to the Facility Agent by the Reporting Time for the relevant Loan the rate of interest shall be calculated on the basis of the rates
notified by the remaining Lenders.
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11.5 |
Notification to Company. If Clause 11.4 (Cost of funds) applies the Facility Agent shall,
as soon as is practicable, notify the Company.
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11.6 |
Break Costs
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(a) |
If an amount is specified as Break Costs in the Reference Rate Terms for a Loan or Unpaid Sum, the Borrower shall, within five Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs (if any) attributable to
all or any part of that Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
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(b) |
Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in in respect of which they become, or may become, payable.
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12 |
FEES
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12.1 |
Commitment fee
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(a) |
The Company shall pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee computed at the rate of 35 per cent. of the applicable Margin on that Xxxxxx’s Available Commitment for the Availability Period.
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(b) |
The accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive period of three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount of
the relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective.
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(c) |
No commitment fee is payable to the Facility Agent (for the account of a Lender) on any Available Commitment of that Lender for any day on which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender.
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12.2 |
USD Funding Premium
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(a) |
The Company shall pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee (the “USD Funding Premium”) of 0.25 per cent. per annum in respect of the aggregate amount of Loans in USD up to
and including an amount equal to 25% of the Total Commitments, and 0.30 per cent. per annum in respect of the aggregate amount of Loans in USD in excess of an amount equal to 25% of the Total Commitments.
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(b) |
The USD Funding Premium shall be paid in arrears and shall be calculated as per the last day of each calendar quarter, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if the Total Commitments are cancelled in full, at the time of
cancellation.
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(c) |
Accrued USD Funding Premium is payable to the Facility Agent on the date falling five Business Days after the end of each quarter, on the last day of the Availability Period, and, if the Total Commitments are cancelled in full, at the
time of cancellation.
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(d) |
If a day for payment of USD Funding Premium pursuant to paragraph (c) above would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that payment shall instead be made on the next Business Day.
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12.3 |
Arrangement fee. The Company shall pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of the Original Lenders) an arrangement fee in the
amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
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12.4 |
Documentation Agency fee. The Company shall pay to the Documentation Agent (for its own account) a documentation agency fee in the
amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
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12.5 |
Sustainability Coordinator fee. The Company shall pay to the Sustainability Coordinator (for its own account) a sustainability
coordinator fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
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12.6 |
Facility Agency fee. The Company shall pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) a facility agency fee in the amount and at
the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
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12.7 |
Extension fee
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(a) |
If the Company exercises the First Extension Option, the Company shall, no later than seven days after receipt by it of the First Extension Notification, pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each First Extension Consenting
Lender) an extension fee in an amount equal to 0.05 per cent. of the amount of that First Extension Consenting Lender’s Commitment together with any First Extension Relevant Commitments assumed by it pursuant to paragraph (a)(v) of Clause
7.2 (Extension Options).
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(b) |
If the Company exercises the Second Extension Option, the Company shall, no later than seven days after receipt by it of the Second Extension Notification, pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each Second Extension Consenting
Lender) an extension fee in an amount equal to 0.05 per cent. of the amount of that Second Extension Consenting Xxxxxx’s Commitment together with any Second Extension Relevant Commitments assumed by it pursuant to paragraph (b)(vi) of
Clause 7.2 (Extension Options).
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(c) |
If the Company exercises the Third Extension Option, the Company shall, no later than seven days after receipt by it of the Third Extension Notification, pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each Third Extension Consenting
Lender) an extension fee in an amount equal to 0.05 per cent. of the amount of that Third Extension Consenting Xxxxxx’s Commitment together with any Third Extension Relevant Commitments assumed by it pursuant to paragraph (c)(vi) of Clause
7.2 (Extension Options).
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SECTION 6
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
13 |
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
13.1 |
Definitions
|
(a) |
In this Agreement:
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“Protected Party” means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation
to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.
“Qualifying Lender” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to it in respect of a Loan under a Finance Document and, in relation to
the Borrower is:
(i) |
a Lender which is resident for tax purposes in Denmark and to whom interest may be paid by the Borrower without a Tax Deduction under Danish law; or
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(ii) |
a Treaty Lender.
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“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.
“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.
“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment
under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity).
“Treaty Lender” means a Lender which is treated as resident in a jurisdiction that has a double taxation agreement (a “Treaty”)
with Denmark which gives such resident full exemption from tax imposed by Denmark on interest.
(b) |
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 13 a reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of
the person making the determination.
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13.2 |
Tax gross-up
|
(a) |
Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
|
(b) |
The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Facility Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify
the Facility Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Facility Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Company and that Obligor.
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(c) |
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have
been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
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(d) |
A payment shall not be increased under paragraph (c) above by reason of a Tax Deduction if on the date on which the payment falls due:
|
(i) |
the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change
after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or
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(ii) |
the relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Obligor making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under paragraph
(g) below.
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(e) |
If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
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(f) |
Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment
evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
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(g) |
A Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Obligor to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a
Tax Deduction.
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13.3 |
Tax indemnity
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(a) |
The Company shall (within five Business Days of demand by the Facility Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly)
suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:
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(i) |
with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:
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(A) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
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(B) |
under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,
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if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party; or
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(ii) |
to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
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(A) |
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up);
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(B) |
would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in paragraph (d) of Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) applied; or
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(iii) |
relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party.
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(c) |
A Protected Party making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall notify the
Company.
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(d) |
A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 13.3, notify the Facility Agent.
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13.4 |
Tax Credit. If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:
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(a) |
a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and
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(b) |
that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit,
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the Finance Party shall pay an amount to that Obligor which that Finance Party determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not
been required to be made by that Obligor.
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13.5 |
Lender status confirmation. Each Lender which is not an Original Lender shall indicate, in the documentation which it executes on
becoming a Party as a Lender, and for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to any Obligor, which of the following categories it falls in:
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(a) |
not a Qualifying Lender;
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(b) |
a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender); or
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(c) |
a Treaty Lender.
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If such a Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Clause 13.5 then that Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by the Borrower) as if it is not a
Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies the Facility Agent which category applies (and the Facility Agent, upon receipt of such notification, shall inform the Company). For the avoidance of doubt, the documentation which a Lender executes
on becoming a Party as a Lender shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Clause 13.5.
13.6 |
VAT
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(a) |
All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is
chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document and such Finance Party is required to account to the
relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party must pay to such Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and such Finance Party must
promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that Party).
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(b) |
If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a Finance
Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier
(rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration):
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(i) |
(where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the
VAT. The Recipient must (where this paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines
relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and
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(ii) |
(where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that
supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.
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(c) |
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense,
including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.
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(d) |
Any reference in this Clause 13.6 to any Party shall, at any time when such Party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is
treated at that time as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping rules as provided for in Article 11 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC (or as implemented by the relevant member state of the European
Union) or any similar provisions in any jurisdiction which is not a member state of the European Union so that a reference to Party shall be construed as a reference to that Party or the relevant group or unity (or fiscal unity) of which
that Party is a member for VAT purposes at the relevant time or the relevant representative member (or head) of such group or unity (or fiscal unity) at the relevant time (as the case may be).
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(e) |
In relation to any supply made by a Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by such Finance Party, that Party must promptly provide such Finance Party with details of that Party’s VAT registration and
such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Finance Party’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.
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13.7 |
FATCA information
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(a) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within five Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
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(i) |
confirm to that other Party whether it is:
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(A) |
a FATCA Exempt Party; or
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(B) |
not a FATCA Exempt Party;
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(ii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA; and
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(iii) |
supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of
information regime.
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(b) |
If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party
reasonably promptly.
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(c) |
Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and paragraph (a)(iii) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
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(i) |
any law or regulation;
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(ii) |
any fiduciary duty; or
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(iii) |
any duty of confidentiality.
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(d) |
If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where
paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested
confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
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13.8 |
FATCA Deduction
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(a) |
Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA
Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.
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(b) |
Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall
notify the Company and the Facility Agent and the Facility Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties.
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14 |
INCREASED COSTS
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14.1 |
Increased costs
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(a) |
Subject to Clause 14.3 (Exceptions) the Company shall, within five Business Days of a demand by the Facility Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs
incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation
made after the date of this Agreement.
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(b) |
In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means:
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(i) |
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;
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(ii) |
an additional or increased cost; or
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(iii) |
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
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which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its
obligations under any Finance Document.
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14.2 |
Increased cost claims
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(a) |
A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 14.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Facility Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall
promptly notify the Company.
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(b) |
Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.
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14.3 |
Exceptions
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(a) |
Clause 14.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:
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(i) |
attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor;
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(ii) |
attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
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(iii) |
compensated for by Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely
because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);
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(iv) |
attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the “International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June
2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (but excluding any amendment arising out of Basel III) (“Basel II”) or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such
implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates);
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(v) |
attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
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(b) |
In this Clause 14.3:
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(i) |
“Basel III” means:
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(A) |
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk
measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated;
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(B) |
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in “Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement - Rules text” published by the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and
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(C) |
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to “Basel III”; and
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(iii) |
a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to that term in Clause 13.1 (Definitions).
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15 |
OTHER INDEMNITIES
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15.1 |
Currency indemnity
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(a) |
If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:
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(i) |
making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;
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(ii) |
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
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that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result
of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its
receipt of that Sum.
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(b) |
Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
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15.2 |
Other indemnities. The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or
liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:
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(a) |
the occurrence of any Event of Default;
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(b) |
a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 28 (Sharing among the
Finance Parties);
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(c) |
funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by the Borrower in a Notice of Drawdown but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason
of default or negligence by that Finance Party alone); or
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(d) |
a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.
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15.3 |
Indemnity to the Facility Agent. The Company shall promptly indemnify the Facility Agent against any cost, loss or liability
incurred by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
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(a) |
investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default;
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(b) |
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or
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(c) |
instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under this Agreement.
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15.4 |
Acquisition indemnity. The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party, each Affiliate of a
Finance Party and each officer or employee of a Finance Party or its Affiliate, against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party or its Affiliate (or officer or employee of that Finance Party or Affiliate) in connection
with or arising out of any Acquisition or the funding of any Acquisition (including but not limited to those incurred in connection with any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or regulatory enquiry concerning the
Acquisition), unless such loss or liability is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that Finance Party or its Affiliate (or employee or officer of that Finance Party or Affiliate). Any Affiliate or any officer or
employee of a Finance Party or its Affiliate may rely on this Clause 15.4.
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16 |
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
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16.1 |
Mitigation
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(a) |
Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of
Clause 8.1 (Illegality), Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased costs) including (but not
limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.
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16.2 |
Limitation of liability
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(a) |
The Company shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation).
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(b) |
A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.
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17 |
COSTS AND EXPENSES
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17.1 |
Transaction expenses
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The Company shall, within five Business Days of a demand, pay the Documentation Agent, the Facility Agent and the Arranger the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by
any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of:
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(a) |
this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and
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(b) |
any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.
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17.2 |
Amendment costs. If:
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(a) |
the Company requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or
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(b) |
an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 29.10 (Change of currency),
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the Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, reimburse the Facility Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Facility Agent in responding
to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.
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17.3 |
Enforcement costs. The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.
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SECTION 7
GUARANTEE
18 |
GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
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18.1 |
Guarantee and indemnity. Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:
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(a) |
guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by the Borrower of all its obligations under the Finance Documents;
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(b) |
undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever the Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal
obligor; and
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(c) |
agrees with each Finance Party that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify that Finance Party immediately on demand against any
cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of the Borrower not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been
due. The amount payable by a Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 18 if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee.
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18.2 |
Continuing guarantee. This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any
Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
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18.3 |
Reinstatement. If any discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for
those obligations or otherwise) is made by a Finance Party in whole or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise,
without limitation, then the liability of each Guarantor under this Clause 18 will continue or be reinstated as if the discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.
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18.4 |
Waiver of defences. The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 18 will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing
which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 18 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any Finance Party) including:
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(a) |
any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person;
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(b) |
the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group;
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(c) |
the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
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(d) |
any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person;
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(e) |
any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the
purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;
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(f) |
any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or
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(g) |
any insolvency or similar proceedings.
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18.5 |
Immediate recourse. Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 18. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance
Document to the contrary.
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18.6 |
Appropriations. Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents
have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:
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(a) |
refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as
it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and
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(b) |
hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 18.
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18.7 |
Deferral of Guarantors’ rights. Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the
Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Facility Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or
by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 18:
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(a) |
to be indemnified by an Obligor;
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(b) |
to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents;
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(c) |
to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the
Finance Documents by any Finance Party;
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(d) |
to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which any Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 18.1 (Guarantee and indemnity);
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(e) |
to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or
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(f) |
to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with any Finance Party.
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If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or
become payable to the Finance Parties by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Facility Agent or as the
Facility Agent may direct for application in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics).
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18.8 |
Release of Guarantors’ right of contribution. If any Guarantor (a “Retiring Guarantor”)
ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents for the purpose of any sale or other disposal of that Retiring Guarantor then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor:
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(a) |
that Retiring Guarantor is released by each other Guarantor from any liability (whether past, present or future and whether actual or contingent) to make a contribution to any other Guarantor arising by reason of the performance by any
other Guarantor of its obligations under the Finance Documents; and
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(b) |
each other Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the
Finance Parties under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted by or in relation to the assets of the Retiring Guarantor.
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18.9 |
Additional security. This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or
subsequently held by any Finance Party.
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18.10 |
Limitation. The obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor under the Finance Documents shall be limited as set out in the
Accession Letter pursuant to which that Guarantor becomes a Party.
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SECTION 8
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
19 |
REPRESENTATIONS
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Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 19 to each Finance Party on the date of this Agreement.
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19.1 |
Status
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(a) |
It is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
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(b) |
It and each of its Material Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.
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19.2 |
Binding obligations. Subject to the Legal Reservations, the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document are
legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
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19.3 |
Non-conflict with other obligations. The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance
Documents do not and will not conflict with:
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(a) |
any law or regulation applicable to it;
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(b) |
its or any of its Material Subsidiaries’ constitutional documents; or
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(c) |
any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its Material Subsidiaries or any of its or any of its Material Subsidiaries’ assets,
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in each case to an extent which has, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
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19.4 |
Power and authority. It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry
into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.
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19.5 |
Validity and admissibility in evidence. Subject to the Legal Reservations, all Authorisations required or desirable:
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(a) |
to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and
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(b) |
to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation,
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have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect.
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19.6 |
Governing law and enforcement. Subject to the Legal Reservations:
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(a) |
the choice of Danish law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and
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(b) |
any judgment obtained in Denmark in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
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19.7 |
Deduction of Tax. It is not required to make any Tax Deduction (as defined in Clause 13.1 (Definitions))
from any payment it may make under any Finance Document to a Lender which is a Qualifying Lender falling within paragraph (i) of the definition of “Qualifying Lender” (as defined in Clause 13.1 (Definitions)).
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19.8 |
No filing or stamp taxes. Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be
filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance
Documents.
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19.9 |
No default
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(a) |
No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Loan.
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(b) |
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of its Material Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Material Subsidiaries’) assets
are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.
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19.10 |
Financial statements
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(a) |
The Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
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(b) |
The Original Financial Statements fairly present its consolidated financial condition as at the end of the relevant Financial Year and its consolidated results of operations during the relevant Financial Year.
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(c) |
There has been no material adverse change in the Group’s business or financial condition since the date of the Original Financial Statements.
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19.11 |
No misleading information. Any written factual information provided by the Company in connection with the entry into this Agreement
was, taken as a whole, true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated.
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19.12 |
Pari passu ranking. Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu
with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.
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19.13 |
No proceedings
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(a) |
No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which are reasonably likely to be adversely determined and which, if adversely determined, might reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect has or have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against it or any of its Material Subsidiaries.
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(b) |
No judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been made against it or any of its Material Subsidiaries.
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(c) |
No representation is given under this Clause 19.13 in respect of any Disclosed Matter.
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19.14 |
Intellectual Property. It and each of its Material Subsidiaries:
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(a) |
is the sole legal and beneficial owner of or has licensed to it all the Intellectual Property which is material in the context of its business and which is required by it in order to carry on its business as it is being conducted;
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(b) |
does not (nor does any of its Material Subsidiaries), in carrying on its businesses, infringe any Intellectual Property of any third party in any respect which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
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(c) |
has taken all formal or procedural actions (including payment of fees) required to maintain any material Intellectual Property owned by it.
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19.15 |
Anti-corruption law
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(a) |
Each Obligor and each Material Subsidiary conducts its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws where failure to do so would otherwise, in the reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders, adversely affect the
interests of the Lenders.
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(b) |
Each other member of the Group conducts its business in compliance with applicable anticorruption laws where failure to do so might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) |
The Company has instituted and maintains policies and procedures (applicable to each member of the Group) designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
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(d) |
No representation is given under this Clause 19.15 in respect of any Disclosed Matter.
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19.16 |
Sanctions
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(a) |
None of the Company, any Material Subsidiary or, to the best knowledge of the Company, any employee of the Company or any Material Subsidiary is in breach in any respect of, or engaged in any activity reasonably likely to result in
breach of, any Sanctions that it is required to comply with (taking into account the EU Blocking Regulation).
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(b) |
None of the Company, any Material Subsidiary, or (to the best of the Company’s knowledge) their respective directors and officers, is an individual or entity, that is:
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(i) |
a Sanctioned Person or owned more than 50% or controlled (directly or indirectly) by a Sanctioned Person; or
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(ii) |
located, organised or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions applicable to it (taking into account the EU Blocking Regulation) prohibiting dealings relating to such government,
country, or territory in respect of the type of products and services supplied by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries in that country or territory.
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(c) |
The Company has adopted policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by them and their respective directors, officers and employees with applicable Sanctions and such policies and procedures have been implemented and are
maintained in effect by it and each other member of the Group.
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19.17 |
Repetition. The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each Obligor by reference to the facts and circumstances then
existing on:
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(a) |
the date of each Notice of Drawdown and the first day of each Interest Period; and
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(b) |
in the case of an Additional Guarantor, the day on which the company becomes (or it is proposed that the company becomes) an Additional Guarantor.
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20 |
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
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The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
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20.1 |
Financial statements. The Company shall supply to the Facility Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders:
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(a) |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each of its Financial Years, its audited consolidated financial statements for that Financial Year.
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(b) |
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of each of its first, second and third financial quarters, its consolidated financial statements for that financial quarter.
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20.2 |
Compliance Certificate
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(a) |
The Company shall supply to the Facility Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable
detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 21 (Financial Covenants) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.
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(b) |
Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by the Head of Group Treasury, the Senior Vice President of Group Finance, the Chief Financial Officer or an authorised signatory of the Company.
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20.3 |
Requirements as to financial statements. The Company shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to
Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP.
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20.4 |
Acquisition certificate. Prior to legally committing to an Acquisition with a consideration exceeding EUR 500,000,000, the Company
shall deliver to the Facility Agent a certificate (attaching the most recent audited accounts of the proposed Target Undertaking (if available)) showing that the Company will (on a pro forma basis
including the relevant Target Undertaking and any funding required for the relevant Acquisition) be in compliance with Clause 21.2 (Leverage) for the 12-month period immediately following
completion of the relevant Acquisition.
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For the purposes of this Clause 20.4, “consideration” in respect of an Acquisition shall include associated costs and any Financial Indebtedness or other assumed or contingent liability as well
as milestone payments falling due 12 months or less after the date of completion of the relevant Acquisition (such value of such milestone payments being weighted as determined in good faith by the Company) but shall exclude milestone
payments falling due more than 12 months after the date of completion of the relevant Acquisition.
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20.5 |
Sustainability Compliance Certificate and Sustainability Report
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(a) |
From and including the Financial Year ending on 31 December 2022, the Company shall supply to the Facility Agent, with each set of its annual audited consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements):
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(i) |
a Sustainability Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to the Group’s performance in respect of each of the Sustainability KPI Performance Targets as at the date as at which those financial statements
were drawn up; and
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(ii) |
a copy of the Sustainability Report for that Financial Year in respect of which those financial statements were drawn up.
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(b) |
A Target Undertaking shall not be included in the calculation of the Sustainability KPIs for the Financial Year in which it is acquired.
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(c) |
Each Sustainability Compliance Certificate shall be signed by the Head of Group Treasury, the Senior Vice President of Group Finance, the Chief Financial Officer or an authorised signatory of the Company.
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20.6 |
Information: miscellaneous. The Company shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the
Facility Agent so requests):
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(a) |
all documents dispatched by the Company to its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched;
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(b) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the Group which, in each case, have or, where they could
reasonably be expected to be adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(c) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any violation, inquiry claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions against any member of the Group or any of their respective directors or officers;
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(d) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any violation, inquiry claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation pursuant to Sanctions against it, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective directors or officers
and notification that any of the Company or its Subsidiaries has been designated as a Sanctioned Person;
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(e) |
promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any judgment or order of any court, arbitral body or agency which is made against any member of the Group and which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
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(f) |
promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of itself or any Material Subsidiary as any Finance Party (through the Facility Agent) may reasonably request and which the Company is legally
permitted to disclose to the Finance Parties.
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20.7 |
Notification of default
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(a) |
Each Obligor shall notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by
another Obligor).
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(b) |
Promptly upon a request by the Facility Agent, the Company shall supply to the Facility Agent a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is
continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
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20.8 |
Use of websites
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(a) |
The Company may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any information in relation to those Lenders (the “Website Lenders”) who accept this method of communication by posting this
information onto an electronic website designated by the Company and the Facility Agent (the “Designated Website”) if:
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(i) |
the Facility Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the Lenders) that it will accept communication of the information by this method;
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(ii) |
both the Company and the Facility Agent are aware of the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website; and
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(iii) |
the information is in a format previously agreed between the Company and the Facility Agent.
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(b) |
If any Lender (a “Paper Form Lender”) does not agree to the delivery of information electronically then the Facility Agent shall notify the Company accordingly and the Company shall supply the
information to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for each Paper Form Lender) in paper form. In any event the Company shall supply the Facility Agent with at least one copy in paper form of any information required to be provided by
it.
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(c) |
The Facility Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website following designation of that website by the Company and the Facility Agent.
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(d) |
The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence notify the Facility Agent if:
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(i) |
the Designated Website cannot be accessed due to technical failure;
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(ii) |
the password specifications for the Designated Website change;
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(iii) |
any new information which is required to be provided under this Agreement is posted onto the Designated Website;
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(iv) |
any existing information which has been provided under this Agreement and posted onto the Designated Website is amended; or
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(v) |
the Company becomes aware that the Designated Website or any information posted onto the Designated Website is or has been infected by any electronic virus or similar software.
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(e) |
If the Company notifies the Facility Agent under paragraph (d)(i) or paragraph (d)(v) above, all information to be provided by the Company under this Agreement after the date of that notice shall be supplied in paper form unless and
until the Facility Agent and each Website
Lender is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to the notification are no longer continuing.
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(f) |
Any Website Lender may request, through the Facility Agent, one paper copy of any information required to be provided under this Agreement which is posted onto the Designated Website. The Company shall comply with any such request within
ten Business Days.
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20.9 |
Use of Group website. The Company may satisfy its obligation to deliver any information pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) or Clause 20.6 (Information: miscellaneous) (and shall not be required to do anything further to satisfy its obligations under those
Clauses) to the extent such information is freely available on the Group’s website.
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20.10 |
“Know your customer” checks
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(a) |
An Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself or on behalf of any
Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Facility Agent, such Lender or any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer”
or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
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(b) |
Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself) in order for the Facility Agent to
carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
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(c) |
The Company shall, by not less than ten Business Days’ prior written notice to the Facility Agent, notify the Facility Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention to request that one of its Subsidiaries becomes an
Additional Guarantor pursuant to Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors).
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(d) |
Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (c) above, if the accession of such Additional Guarantor obliges the Facility Agent or any Lender to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in
circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Company shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is
reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Facility Agent or such Lender or any prospective new Lender to carry
out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such Subsidiary to this Agreement as an Additional Guarantor.
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21 |
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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21.1 |
Financial definitions
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In this Agreement:
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“Adjusted EBITDA” means, in relation to a Relevant Period, EBITDA for that Relevant Period adjusted by:
(a) |
including the operating profit before interest, tax and
amortisation (calculated on the same basis as EBITDA) of a member of the Group (or attributable to a business or assets) acquired during the Relevant Period for that part of the Relevant Period prior to its becoming a member of the Group
or (as the case may be) prior to the acquisition of the business or assets; and
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(b) |
excluding the operating profit before interest, tax and
amortisation (calculated on the same basis as EBITDA) attributable to any member of the Group (or to any business or assets) disposed of during the Relevant Period for that part of the Relevant Period.
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“EBITDA” means, in respect of a Relevant Period, the consolidated operating profit of the Group for that Relevant Period before interest (including the
results from discontinued operations) but:
(a) |
before deducting any interest, commission, fees, discounts,
prepayment fees, premiums or charges and other finance payments whether paid, payable or capitalised by any member of the Group (calculated on a consolidated basis) in respect of that Relevant Period;
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(b) |
not including any accrued interest, fees and other finance charges
owing to any member of the Group;
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(c) |
before taking into account any Exceptional Items, provided that
this adjustment shall not exceed 15 per cent. of EBITDA for any Relevant Period;
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(d) |
before deducting any Acquisition Costs;
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(e) |
plus or minus the Group’s share of the profits or losses (after
finance costs and tax) of Non-Group Entities;
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(f) |
before taking into account any unrealised gains or losses on any
derivative instrument or financial instrument (other than any derivative instrument which is accounted for on a hedge accounting basis);
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(g) |
before taking into account any gain or loss arising from an upward
or downward revaluation of any other asset or on the disposal of an asset, in each case other than in the ordinary course of trading;
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(h) |
before taking into account any Pension Items;
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(i) |
after adding back, to the extent deducted and deducting, to the extent included, the amount of any losses or gains of discontinued operations; and
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(j) |
plus the interest expenses in respect of any lease or hire
purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP in force prior to 1 January 2019, have been treated as an operating lease,
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in each case, to the extent added, deducted or taken into account, as the case may be, for the purposes of determining operating profits of the Group before taxation, depreciation and amortisation.
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“Extraordinary Item” means any exceptional, one off, or extraordinary item.
“Leverage” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the ratio of Net Debt on the last day of that Relevant Period to Adjusted EBITDA in respect of that
Relevant Period.
“Net Debt” means “net interest bearing debt” as shown on the Group’s consolidated balance sheet but:
(a) |
excluding any such debt to any other member of the Group;
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(b) |
excluding amounts payable under leases or other lease contracts
except for Finance Leases;
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(c) |
including, in the case of Finance Leases only, their capitalised
value;
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(d) |
excluding any Pension Items;
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(e) |
excluding hedging transactions; and
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(f) |
deducting the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalent
Investments held by any member of the Group at that time,
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and so that no amount shall be included or excluded more than once.
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“Non-Group Entity” means any investment or entity (which is not itself a member of the Group (including associates and joint ventures)) in which any member
of the Group has an ownership interest.
“Pension Item” means any income or charge attributable to a post-employment benefit scheme other than the current service costs and any past service costs
and curtailments and settlements attributable to the scheme.
“Post-Acquisition Relevant Period” means, in respect of an Acquisition, all Relevant Periods which end during the period from the date of completion of that
Acquisition (the “completion date”) to the date which is the last day of the second full financial quarter after the completion date.
“Relevant Period” means each period of twelve months ending on or about the last day of the Company’s Financial Year and each period of twelve months ending
on or about the last day of each of the Company’s financial quarters.
21.2 |
Leverage
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(a) |
Subject to paragraph (b) below, Leverage in respect of any Relevant Period shall not exceed a ratio of 4.0:1.
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(b) |
Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above but subject to paragraph (c) below, Leverage in respect of any Post-Acquisition Relevant Period shall not exceed a ratio of 4.5:1 (the “Elevated Ratio”),
provided that the Company must, in the Compliance Certificate for a Post-Acquisition Relevant Period where the Elevated Ratio did not apply in respect of the immediately preceding Relevant Period confirm that the Company is applying the
Elevated Ratio and specify the Post-Acquisition Relevant Periods for which the Elevated Ratio will apply.
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(c) |
If Leverage for any Post-Acquisition Relevant Period (an “original Post-Acquisition Relevant Period”) has been above 4.0:1 as permitted pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then paragraph (b) above
shall not apply again in respect of a subsequent Acquisition unless Leverage has been no higher than 3.0:1 for not less than two consecutive Relevant Periods since the end of the original Post-Acquisition Relevant Period.
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21.3 |
Financial testing. Leverage shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP (as amended by this Agreement) and tested by reference to
each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) and/or each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate).
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22 |
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
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The undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
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22.1 |
Authorisations. Each Obligor shall promptly:
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(a) |
obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and
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(b) |
supply certified copies to the Facility Agent of,
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any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, en-
forceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document.
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22.2 |
Compliance with laws. Each Obligor shall (and shall ensure that each of its Material Subsidiaries will) comply in all respects with
all laws to which it may be subject, if failure so to comply has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
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22.3 |
Negative pledge
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(a) |
No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets.
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(b) |
No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will):
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(i) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member of the Group;
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(ii) |
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
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(iii) |
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or
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(iv) |
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
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in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset.
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(c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security or (as the case may be) Quasi-Security which is a Permitted Security or a Permitted Transaction.
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22.4 |
Disposals
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(a) |
No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that none of its Material Subsidiaries will), enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Disposal or a Permitted Transaction.
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22.5 |
Subsidiary Financial Indebtedness
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(a) |
The Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will incur or allow to remain outstanding any Financial Indebtedness.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Subsidiary Financial Indebtedness or a Permitted Transaction.
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22.6 |
Merger
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(a) |
No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Transaction.
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22.7 |
Joint Ventures
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(a) |
No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) sell, lease, contribute or otherwise transfer to a Joint Venture any material non-cash asset of the Group existing prior to the contemplated sale,
lease, contribution or other transfer.
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(b) |
Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Disposal or a Permitted Transaction.
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(c) |
In this Clause 22.7, “Joint Venture” means any joint venture entity, whether a company, unincorporated firm, undertaking, association, joint venture or partnership or any other entity which in each case is not a member of the Group.
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22.8 |
Change of business. The Company shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the
Company or the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement.
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22.9 |
Intellectual Property
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(a) |
Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall procure that each other member of the Group will):
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(i) |
preserve and maintain the subsistence and validity of the Intellectual Property necessary for the business of the relevant Group member;
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(ii) |
use reasonable endeavours to prevent any infringement in any material respect of the Intellectual Property;
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(iii) |
make registrations and pay all registration fees and taxes necessary to maintain the Intellectual Property in full force and effect and record its interest in that Intellectual Property;
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(iv) |
not use or permit the Intellectual Property to be used in a way or take any step or omit to take any step in respect of that Intellectual Property which may materially and adversely affect the existence or value of the Intellectual
Property or imperil the right of any member of the Group to use such property; and
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(v) |
not discontinue the use of the Intellectual Property,
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where failure to do so, in the case of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, or, in the case of paragraphs (iv) and (v) above, such use, permission to use, omission or discontinuation, is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) |
Failure to comply with any part of paragraph (a) above shall not be a breach of this Clause 22.9 to the extent that any dealing with Intellectual Property which would otherwise be a breach of paragraph (a) above is contemplated by
the definition of Permitted Transaction.
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22.10 |
Anti-corruption law
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(a) |
No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) directly or, to the best knowledge of the Company, indirectly use the proceeds of any Loans for any purpose which would breach the Bribery Act
2010, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or other similar legislation in other jurisdictions.
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(b) |
Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each Material Subsidiary will) conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws where failure to do so would otherwise, in the reasonable opinion of the
Majority Lenders, adversely affect the interests of the Lenders.
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(c) |
The Company shall ensure that each member of the Group will conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws, where failure to do so might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) |
This Clause 22.10 shall not shall not apply to any Disclosed Matter.
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22.11 |
Sanctions. The Company shall ensure that the proceeds of any Loans will not directly or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
indirectly be lent, contributed, used or otherwise made available to any individual or entity or (to the best knowledge of the Company (with no obligation on the Company to investigate)) for the benefit of any individual or entity:
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(a) |
to fund any activities or business of or with, or enter into transactions with, any such individual or entity that is a Sanctioned Person or in a country or territory that is the target of country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions;
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(b) |
in any other manner or for any purpose that is prohibited by Sanctions applicable to the Company or any other member of the Group (taking into account the EU Blocking Regulation); or
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in any other manner or for any purpose which would result in a violation of Sanctions by the Company, any member of the Group, or, to the best knowledge of the Company (with no obligation on the Company
to investigate or assess the Facility Agent’s or any Xxxxxx’s Sanctions position), the Facility Agent or any Lender.
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23 |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clause 23 is an Event of Default (save for Clauses 23.13 (Acceleration) and 23.14 (Clean-up Period)).
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Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document, no Event of Default shall occur as a result of:
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(a) |
any failure by the Company or any other Obligor to comply with any of the provisions of Clause 20.5 (Sustainability Compliance Certificate and Sustainability Report); or
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(b) |
any misrepresentation made in any Sustainability Compliance Certificate.
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23.1 |
Non-payment. An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place and in the
currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless its failure to pay is caused by administrative or technical error or a Disruption Event and payment is made within five Business Days of its due date.
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23.2 |
Financial covenants. Any requirement of Clause 21 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied.
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23.3 |
Sanctions
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(a) |
Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor pursuant to Clause 19.16 (Sanctions) is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading when made or deemed to be made.
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(b) |
An Obligor does not comply with its obligations under Clause 22.11 (Sanctions).
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23.4 |
Other obligations
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(a) |
An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clauses 23.1 (Non-payment) to 23.3 (Sanctions)).
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(b) |
No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 20 Business Days of the earlier of (A) the Facility Agent giving notice to the Company and (B) the Company
becoming aware of the failure to comply.
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23.5 |
Misrepresentation
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(a) |
Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document (except for any
representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor pursuant to Clause 19.16 (Sanctions)) is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or
deemed to be made.
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(b) |
No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the circumstances underlying the misrepresentation are capable of remedy and are remedied within 20 Business Days of the earlier of (A) the Facility Agent giving notice to
the Company and (B) the Company becoming aware of the misrepresentation.
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23.6 |
Cross default
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(a) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.
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(b) |
Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
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(c) |
Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a result of an event of default (however described).
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(d) |
Any creditor of any member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
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(e) |
No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 23.6:
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(i) |
as a result of any Financial Indebtedness arising under any derivative, hedging or other treasury transaction becoming due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an automatic early termination event (however
described) under such derivate, hedging or other treasury transaction by reason of the insolvency or other default of the counterparty to (or of a specified entity of such counterparty), or any credit support provider of, such derivate,
hedging or other treasury transaction;
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(ii) |
if the relevant Financial Indebtedness is owed to other members of the Group; or
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(iii) |
the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than EUR 15,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
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23.7 |
Insolvency
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(a) |
The Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries:
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(i) |
is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due;
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(ii) |
suspends making payments on any of its debts; or
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(iii) |
by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Finance Party in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
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(b) |
A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries.
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23.8 |
Insolvency proceedings. Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:
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(a) |
the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of the Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries other than as a consequence of a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any Material Subsidiary which is not an Obligor;
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(b) |
a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (excluding any composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement agreed with any Finance Party in its capacity
as such);
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(c) |
the appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent liquidation of a Material Subsidiary which is not an Obligor), receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in
respect of any member of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets; or
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(d) |
enforcement of any Security over any assets of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries,
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or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
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This Clause 23.8 shall not apply to any petition which disputed by the relevant member of the Group in good faith and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 45 days of commencement.
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23.9 |
Creditors’ process. Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any asset or assets of the
Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries having an aggregate value (net of any expropriation or other compensation received or receivable) of EUR 15,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) and is not
discharged within 45 days.
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23.10 |
Unlawfulness. It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents.
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23.11 |
Repudiation. An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to repudiate a Finance Document.
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23.12 |
Material adverse change. Any event or circumstance occurs which has a Material Adverse Effect.
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23.13 |
Acceleration. On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Facility Agent may, and
shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Company:
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(a) |
cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;
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(b) |
declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;
and/or
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(c) |
declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Facility Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders.
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23.14 |
Clean-up Period
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(a) |
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document, from and including the completion of an Acquisition until and including the relevant Clean-up Date:
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(i) |
any misrepresentation in respect of a representation set out in Clause 19 (Representations);
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(ii) |
any breach of an undertaking set out in Clause 22 (General Undertakings); or
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(iii) |
any Event of Default,
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will be deemed not to be a breach of representation or warranty, a breach of covenant or an Event of Default, nor constitute a draw stop or allow acceleration (as the case may be) if:
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(A) |
it would have been (if it were not for this paragraph (a)) a breach of representation or warranty, a breach of covenant or an Event of Default only by reason of circumstances relating exclusively to the relevant target and any of its
Subsidiaries (or any obligation to procure or ensure in relation to the relevant target and any of its Subsidiaries);
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(B) |
it is capable of remedy and reasonable steps are being taken to remedy it;
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(C) |
the circumstances giving rise to it have not been procured by or approved by the Company or any other person being a member of the Group at that time; and
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(D) |
it does not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) |
If the relevant circumstances are continuing on or after the relevant Clean-up Date, there shall be a breach of representation or warranty, breach of covenant or Event of Default, as the case may be, notwithstanding the above (and
without prejudice to the rights and remedies of the Finance Parties).
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SECTION 9
CHANGES TO PARTIES
24 |
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
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24.1 |
Assignments and transfers by the Lenders. Subject to this Clause 24, a Lender (the “Existing
Lender”) may:
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(a) |
assign any of its rights; or
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(b) |
transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,
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to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other
financial assets but excluding in any case a distressed debt fund or loan-to-own investor (the “New Lender”).
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24.2 |
Company consent
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(a) |
The consent of the Company is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is:
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(i) |
to another Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender; or
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(ii) |
made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.
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(b) |
The consent of the Company to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably with-held or delayed. The Company will be deemed to have given its consent five Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent
is expressly refused by the Company within that time.
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24.3 |
Other conditions of assignment or transfer
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(a) |
An assignment will only be effective on:
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(i) |
receipt by the Facility Agent (whether in the Assignment Agreement or otherwise) of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same
obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it had been an Original Lender; and
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(ii) |
performance by the Facility Agent of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which the Facility Agent
shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender.
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(b) |
A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 24.6 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.
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(c) |
If:
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(i) |
a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
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(ii) |
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased Costs),
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then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would
have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.
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(d) |
Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been
approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that
decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.
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24.4 |
Assignment or transfer fee. The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the
Facility Agent (for its own account) a fee of EUR 3,000.
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24.5 |
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders
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(a) |
Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
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(i) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;
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(ii) |
the financial condition of any Obligor;
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(iii) |
the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or
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(iv) |
the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,
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and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
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(b) |
Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:
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(i) |
has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not
relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and
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(ii) |
will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
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(c) |
Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:
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(i) |
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 24; or
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(ii) |
support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.
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24.6 |
Procedure for transfer
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(a) |
Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Company consent) and Clause 24.3 (Other conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected
in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Facility Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Facility Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b)
below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute
that Transfer Certificate.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks
under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.
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(c) |
Subject to Clause 24.11 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:
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(i) |
to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further
obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);
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(ii) |
each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender
have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;
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(iii) |
the Facility Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender
with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Facility Agent, the Arranger and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the
Finance Documents; and
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(iv) |
the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.
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24.7 |
Procedure for assignment
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(a) |
Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Company consent) and Clause 24.3 (Other conditions of assignment or transfer) an assignment may be
effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Facility Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Facility Agent shall, subject to paragraph
(b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
execute that Assignment Agreement.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar
checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assignment to such New Lender.
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(c) |
Subject to Clause 24.11 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:
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(i) |
the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the Assignment Agreement;
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(ii) |
the Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance Parties from the obligations owed by it (the “Relevant Obligations”) and expressed to be the subject of the release in
the Assignment Agreement; and
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(iii) |
the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender” and will be bound by obligations equivalent to the Relevant Obligations.
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(d) |
Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 24.7 to assign their rights under the Finance Documents (but not, without the consent of the relevant Obligor or unless in accordance with Clause 24.6 (Procedure for transfer), to obtain a release by that Obligor from the obligations owed to that Obligor by the Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender) provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Company consent) and Clause 24.3 (Other conditions of
assignment or transfer).
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24.8 |
Copy of Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation to Company. The Facility Agent shall, as soon as
reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, an Assignment Agreement or an Increase Confirmation, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation.
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24.9 |
Security over Lenders’ rights. In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 24, each Lender may without
consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure
obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:
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(a) |
any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
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(b) |
any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,
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except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:
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(i) |
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
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(ii) |
require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
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24.10 |
Acknowledgement regarding any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Finance Documents provide support, through a guarantee or
otherwise, for any agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the Parties acknowledge
and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together
with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding
that the Finance Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
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(a) |
In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported
QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such
Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property)
were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default
Rights under the Finance Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that might be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights
could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Finance Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is
understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the Parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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(b) |
As used in this Clause 24.10, the following terms shall have the following meaning:
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“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C.
1841(k)) of such party.
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“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) |
a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.82(b);
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(ii) |
a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 47.3(b); or
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(iii) |
a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 382.2(b).
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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
24.11 |
Pro rata interest settlement
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(a) |
If the Facility Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a “pro rata basis” to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer
pursuant to Clause 24.6 (Procedure for transfer) or any assignment pursuant to Clause 24.7 (Procedure for assignment) the Transfer Date of which, in each
case, is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):
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(i) |
any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date (“Accrued Amounts”) and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period; and
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(ii) |
the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:
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(A) |
when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and
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(B) |
the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 24.11, have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.
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(b) |
In this Clause 24.11 references to “Interest Period” shall be construed to include a reference to any other period for accrual of fees.
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(c) |
An Existing Lender which retains the right to the Accrued Amounts pursuant to this Clause 24.11 but which does not have a Commitment shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of ascertaining whether the agreement of any
specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote of Lenders under the Finance Documents.
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CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS
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25.1 |
Assignments and transfer by Obligors. No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
the Finance Documents.
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25.2 |
Additional Guarantors
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(a) |
Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Clause 20.10 (“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its Subsidiaries become an Additional
Guarantor. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional Guarantor if:
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(i) |
the Company delivers to the Facility Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter; and
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(ii) |
the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to that Additional Guarantor, each in form and
substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent).
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(c) |
Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Facility Agent in writing to the contrary before the Facility Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (b) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the
Facility Agent to give that notification. The Facility Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification.
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25.3 |
Repetition of Representations. Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant Subsidiary that the
Repeating Representations are true and correct in relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.
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SECTION 10
THE FINANCE PARTIES
26 |
ROLE OF THE FACILITY AGENT, THE ARRANGER AND OTHERS
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26.1 |
Appointment of the Facility Agent
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(a) |
Each of the Arranger and the Lenders appoints the Facility Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents.
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(b) |
Each of the Arranger and the Lenders authorises the Facility Agent to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Facility Agent under
or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.
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26.2 |
Appointment of the Sustainability Coordinator
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(a) |
The Company appoints, and each of the other Finance Parties accepts and authorises, the Sustainability Coordinator to act as sustainability coordinator on behalf of each other Finance Party under and in connection with the Finance
Documents.
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(b) |
Each other Finance Party authorises the Sustainability Coordinator to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Sustainability
Coordinator under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.
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26.3 |
Instructions
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(a) |
The Facility Agent shall:
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(i) |
unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Facility Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by:
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(A) |
all Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an all Lender decision; and
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(B) |
in all other cases, the Majority Lenders; and
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(ii) |
not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from acting) in accordance with paragraph (i) above.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction, from the Majority Lenders (or, if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Lender or group of
Lenders, from that Lender or group of Lenders) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion. The Facility Agent may refrain from acting unless and until it
receives any such instructions or clarification that it has requested.
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(c) |
Save in the case of decisions stipulated to be a matter for any other Lender or group of Lenders under the relevant Finance Document and unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given to the
Facility Agent by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties and will be binding on all Finance Parties.
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(d) |
The Facility Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of any Lender or group of Lenders until it has received any indemnification and/or security that it may in its discretion require (which may be greater in
extent than that contained in the Finance Documents and which may include payment in advance) for any cost, loss or liability which it may incur in complying with those instructions.
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(e) |
In the absence of instructions, the Facility Agent may act (or refrain from acting) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.
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(f) |
The Facility Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Xxxxxx’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.
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26.4 |
Duties of the Facility Agent
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(a) |
The Facility Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.
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(b) |
Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Facility Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Facility Agent for that Party by any other Party.
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(c) |
Without prejudice to 24.8 (Copy of Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation to Company), paragraph (b) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate, any
Assignment Agreement or any Increase Confirmation.
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(d) |
Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Facility Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.
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(e) |
If the Facility Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.
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(f) |
If the Facility Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Facility Agent or the Arranger) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the
other Finance Parties.
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(g) |
The Facility Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied).
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26.5 |
Role of the Arranger, the Documentation Agent and the Sustainability Coordinator. Except as spe- cifically provided in the
Finance Documents, the Arranger, the Documentation Agent and the Sustainability Coordinator each has no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.
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26.6 |
No fiduciary duties
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(a) |
Nothing in any Finance Document constitutes the Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Sustainability Coordinator or the Arranger as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.
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(b) |
Neither the Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Sustainability Coordinator nor the Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
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26.7 |
Business with the Group. The Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Sustainability Coordi- nator and the Arranger may
accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.
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26.8 |
Rights and discretions
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(a) |
The Facility Agent may:
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(i) |
rely on any representation, communication, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
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(ii) |
assume that:
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(A) |
any instructions received by it from the Majority Lenders, any Lenders or any group of Lenders are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents; and
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(B) |
unless it has received notice of revocation, that those instructions have not been revoked; and
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rely on a certificate from any person:
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(A) |
as to any matter of fact or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of that person; or
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(B) |
to the effect that such person approves of any particular dealing, transaction, step, action or thing,
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as sufficient evidence that that is the case and, in the case of (A) above, may assume the truth and accuracy of that certificate.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:
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(i) |
no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 23.1 (Non-payment));
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(ii) |
any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or any group of Lenders has not been exercised; and
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(iii) |
any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Notice of Drawdown) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors.
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(c) |
The Facility Agent may engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts.
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(d) |
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) above or paragraph (e) below, the Facility Agent may at any time engage and pay for the services of any lawyers to act as independent counsel to the Facility Agent (and so separate
from any lawyers instructed by the Lenders) if the Facility Agent in its reasonable opinion deems this to be necessary.
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(e) |
The Facility Agent may rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts (whether obtained by the Facility Agent or by any other Party) and shall not be
liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of its so relying.
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(f) |
The Facility Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its officers, employees and agents.
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(g) |
Unless a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise the Facility Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
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(h) |
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (g) above, the Facility Agent:
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(i) |
may disclose; and
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(ii) |
on the written request of the Company or the Majority Lenders shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, disclose,
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the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the Company and to the other Finance Parties.
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(i) |
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Facility Agent nor the Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of
any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
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(j) |
Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Facility Agent is not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or
responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
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26.9 |
Responsibility for documentation. Neither the Facility Agent, the Sustainability Coordinator nor the Arranger is responsible or
liable for:
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(a) |
the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Facility Agent, the Sustainability Coordinator, the Arranger, an Obligor or any other person in or in connection with any Finance
Document or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
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(b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance
Document; or
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(c) |
any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any Finance Party is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or
otherwise.
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26.10 |
No duty to monitor. The Facility Agent shall not be bound to enquire:
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(a) |
whether or not any Default has occurred;
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(b) |
as to the performance, default or any breach by any Party of its obligations under any Finance Document; or
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(c) |
whether any other event specified in any Finance Document has occurred.
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26.11 |
Exclusion of liability
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(a) |
Without limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Facility Agent), the Facility Agent will not be liable for:
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(i) |
any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value, or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of taking or not taking any action under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its
gross negligence or wilful misconduct;
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(ii) |
exercising, or not exercising, any right, power, authority or discretion given to it by, or in connection with, any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of,
under or in connection with, any Finance Document, other than by reason of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; or
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(iii) |
without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other
category of liability what-soever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Facility Agent) arising as a result of:
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(A) |
any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or
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(B) |
the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction,
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including (in each case and without limitation) such damages, costs, losses, diminution in value or liability arising as a result of: nationalisation, expropriation or other governmental actions; any
regulation, currency restriction, devaluation or fluctuation; market conditions affecting the execution or settlement of transactions or the value of assets (including any Disruption Event); breakdown, failure or malfunction of any
third party transport, telecommunications, computer services or systems; natural disasters or acts of God; war, terrorism, insurrection or revolution; or strikes or industrial action.
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(b) |
No Party (other than the Facility Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Facility Agent or in respect of any act or omission of
any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent may rely on this Clause.
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(c) |
The Facility Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Facility Agent if the Facility Agent has taken all
necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Facility Agent for that purpose.
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(d) |
Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Facility Agent or the Arranger to carry out:
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(i) |
any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person; or
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(ii) |
any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any Lender,
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on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Facility Agent and the Arranger that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any
statement in relation to such checks made by the Facility Agent or the Arranger.
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(e) |
Without prejudice to any provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the Facility Agent’s liability, any liability of the Facility Agent arising under or in connection with any Finance Document shall be limited to the
amount of actual loss which has been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the Facility Agent or, if later, the date on which the loss arises as a result of such default) but without reference to any special
condi- tions or circumstances known to the Facility Agent at any time which increase the amount of that loss. In no event shall the Facility Agent be liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or
anticipated saving, or for special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages, whether or not the Facility Agent has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.
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26.12 |
Lenders’ indemnity to the Facility Agent. Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the
Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Facility Agent, within ten Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including,
without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by the Facility Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Facility Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost,
loss or liability pursuant to Clause 29.11 (Disruption to payment systems etc.), notwithstanding the Facility Agent’s negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever
but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Facility Agent) in acting as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Facility Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document).
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26.13 |
Resignation of the Facility Agent
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(a) |
The Facility Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in Denmark as successor by giving notice to the Lenders and the Company.
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(b) |
Alternatively the Facility Agent may resign by giving 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Company) may appoint a successor Facility Agent acting through an
office in Denmark.
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(c) |
If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Facility Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Facility Agent (after consultation with the Company) may
appoint a successor Facility Agent (acting through an office in Denmark).
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(d) |
The retiring Facility Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Facility Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Facility Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of
performing its functions as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents.
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(e) |
The Facility Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.
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(f) |
Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Facility Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (d) above) but shall remain entitled to
the benefit of Clause 15.3 (Indemnity to the Facility Agent) and this Clause 26 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Facility Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be
payable on) that date). Any successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.
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(g) |
After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Facility Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Facility Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph
(b) above.
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(h) |
The Facility Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Facility Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date
which is three months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents, either:
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(i) |
the Facility Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 13.7 (FATCA information) and the Company or a Lender reasonably believes that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased
to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
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(ii) |
the information supplied by the Facility Agent pursuant to Clause 13.7 (FATCA information) indicates that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or
after that FATCA Application Date; or
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(iii) |
the Facility Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date,
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and (in each case) the Company or a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Facility Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and the
Company or that Lender, by notice to the Facility Agent, requires it to resign.
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26.14 |
Replacement of the Facility Agent
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(a) |
After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by giving 30 days’ notice to the Facility Agent (or, at any time the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent, by giving any shorter notice determined by the Majority Lenders)
replace the Facility Agent by appointing a successor Facility Agent (acting through an office in Denmark).
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(b) |
The retiring Facility Agent shall (at its own cost if it is an Impaired Agent and otherwise at the expense of the Lenders) make available to the successor Facility Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the
successor Facility Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents.
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(c) |
The appointment of the successor Facility Agent shall take effect on the date specified in the notice from the Majority Lenders to the retiring Facility Agent. As from this date, the retiring Facility Agent shall be discharged from
any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (b) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Clause 15.3 (Indemnity to the Facility Agent)
and this Clause 26 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Facility Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date).
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(d) |
Any successor Facility Agent and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.
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26.15 |
Confidentiality
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(a) |
In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Facility Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.
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(b) |
If information is received by another division or department of the Facility Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Facility Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.
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26.16 |
Relationship with the Lenders
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(a) |
Subject to Clause 24.11 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Facility Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening of business (in the place of the Facility Agent’s
principal office as notified to the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility Office:
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(i) |
entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and
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(ii) |
entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or delivered on that day,
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unless it has received not less than five Business Days’ prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(b) |
Any Lender may by notice to the Facility Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall
contain the address, electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be
made) and be treated as a notification of a substitute address, electronic mail address (or such other information), department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 31.2 (Addresses)
and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that Xxxxxx.
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26.17 |
Credit appraisal by the Lenders. Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its
behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the Facility Agent and the Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of
all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:
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(a) |
the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group;
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(b) |
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance
Document;
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(c) |
whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents
or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and
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(d) |
the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information provided by the Facility Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or any
other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.
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26.18 |
Deduction from amounts payable by the Facility Agent. If any Party owes an amount to the Facility Agent under the Finance
Documents the Facility Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Facility Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and
apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.
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27 |
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
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No provision of this Agreement will:
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(a) |
interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in what-ever manner it thinks fit;
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(b) |
oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
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(c) |
oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
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28 |
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
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28.1 |
Payments to Finance Parties. If a Finance Party (a “Recovering Finance Party”) receives
or recovers any amount from an Obligor other than in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics) (a “Recovered Amount”) and applies that amount to a
payment due under the Finance Documents then:
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(a) |
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Facility Agent;
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(b) |
the Facility Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Facility Agent and distributed
in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Facility Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and
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(c) |
the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Facility Agent, pay to the Facility Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery
less any amount which the Facility Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 29.6 (Partial payments).
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28.2 |
Redistribution of payments. The Facility Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor
and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) (the “Sharing Finance Parties”) in accordance with Clause 29.6 (Partial
payments) towards the obligations of that Obligor to the Sharing Finance Parties.
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28.3 |
Recovering Finance Party’s rights. On a distribution by the Facility Agent under Clause 28.2 (Redistribution
of payments) of a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from an Obligor, as between the relevant Obligor and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the Recovered Amount equal to the Sharing Payment will be
treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
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28.4 |
Reversal of redistribution. If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes
repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:
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(a) |
each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Facility Agent, pay to the Facility Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together
with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the “Redistributed
Amount”); and
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(b) |
as between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
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28.5 |
Exceptions
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(a) |
This Clause 28 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor.
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(b) |
A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:
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(i) |
it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and
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(ii) |
that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration
proceedings.
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SECTION 11
ADMINISTRATION
29 |
PAYMENT MECHANICS
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29.1 |
Payments to the Facility Agent
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(a) |
On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Facility Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance
Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Facility Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
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(b) |
Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in such Participating Member State or Copenhagen, as specified by the
Facility Agent) and with such bank as the Facility Agent, in each case, specifies.
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29.2 |
Distributions by the Facility Agent. Each payment received by the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party
shall, subject to Clause 29.3 (Distributions to an Obligor) and Clause 29.4 (Clawback and pre-funding) be made available by the Facility Agent as soon
as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Facility Agent
by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank specified by that Party in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the principal financial centre of a Participating Member
State or Copenhagen, as specified by that Party).
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29.3 |
Distributions to an Obligor. The Facility Agent may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 30 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it for that Obligor in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance
Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.
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29.4 |
Clawback and pre-funding
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(a) |
Where a sum is to be paid to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Facility Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it
has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.
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(b) |
Unless paragraph (c) below applies, if the Facility Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Facility Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds
of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Facility Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Facility Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Facility Agent,
calculated by the Facility Agent to reflect its cost of funds.
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(c) |
If the Facility Agent has agreed with the Company and has notified the Lenders that it is willing to make available amounts for the account of the Borrower before receiving funds from the Lenders then if and to the extent that the
Facility Agent does so but it proves to be the case that it does not then receive funds from a Lender in respect of a sum which it paid to the Borrower:
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(i) |
the Facility Agent shall notify the Company of that Xxxxxx’s identity and the Borrower shall on demand refund that sum to the Facility Agent; and
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(ii) |
the Lender by whom those funds should have been made available or, if that Lender fails to do so, the Borrower, shall on demand pay to the Facility Agent the amount (as certified by the Facility Agent) which will indemnify the
Facility Agent against any funding cost incurred by it as a result of paying out that sum before receiving those funds from that Xxxxxx.
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29.5 |
Impaired Agent
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(a) |
If, at any time, the Facility Agent becomes an Impaired Agent, the Company or a Lender which is required to make a payment under the Finance Documents to the Facility Agent in accordance with Clause 29.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent) may instead either:
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(i) |
pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s); or
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(ii) |
if in its absolute discretion it considers that it is not reasonably practicable to pay that amount direct to the required recipient(s), pay that amount or the relevant part of that amount to an interest-bearing account held with an
Acceptable Bank within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition of “Acceptable Bank” and in relation to which no Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, in the name of the Bor- rower or the Lender making the payment (the
“Paying Party”) and designated as a trust account for the benefit of the Party or Parties beneficially entitled to that payment under the Finance Documents (the “Recipient
Party” or “Recipient Parties”).
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In each case such payments must be made on the due date for payment under the Finance Documents.
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(b) |
All interest accrued on the amount standing to the credit of the trust account shall be for the benefit of the Recipient Party or the Recipient Parties pro rata to their respective entitlements.
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(c) |
A Party which has made a payment in accordance with this Clause 29.5 shall be discharged of the relevant payment obligation under the Finance Documents and shall not take any credit risk with respect to the amounts standing to the
credit of the trust account.
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(d) |
Promptly upon the appointment of a successor Facility Agent in accordance with Clause 26.14 (Replacement of the Facility Agent), each Paying Party shall (other than to the extent that that
Party has given an instruction pursuant to paragraph (e) below) give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the amount (together with any accrued interest) to the successor Facility Agent
for distribution to the relevant Recipient Party or Recipient Parties in accordance with Clause 29.2 (Distributions by the Facility Agent).
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(e) |
A Paying Party shall, promptly upon request by a Recipient Party and to the extent:
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(i) |
that it has not given an instruction pursuant to paragraph (d) above; and
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(ii) |
that it has been provided with the necessary information by that Recipient Party,
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give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the relevant amount (together with any accrued interest) to that Recipient Party.
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29.6 |
Partial payments
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(a) |
If the Facility Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Facility Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that
Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order:
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(i) |
first, in or towards payment pro
rata of any unpaid amount owing to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents;
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(ii) |
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
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(iii) |
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
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(iv) |
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (a)(iv) above.
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(c) |
Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.
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29.7 |
No set-off by Obligors. All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made
without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
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29.8 |
Business Days
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(a) |
Any payment under any Finance Document which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
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(b) |
During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.
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29.9 |
Currency of account
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(a) |
Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document.
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(b) |
A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated, pursuant to this Agreement, on its due date.
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(c) |
Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated, pursuant to this Agreement, when that interest accrued.
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(d) |
Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
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(e) |
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency shall be paid in that other currency.
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29.10 |
Change of currency
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(a) |
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:
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(i) |
any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the
Facility Agent (after consultation with the Company); and
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(ii) |
any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the
Facility Agent (acting reasonably).
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(b) |
If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Facility Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally
accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.
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29.11 |
Disruption to payment systems etc. If either the Facility Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event has
occurred or the Facility Agent is notified by the Company that a Disruption Event has occurred:
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(a) |
the Facility Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Company, consult with the Company with a view to agreeing with the Company such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Facility Agent may deem
necessary in the circumstances;
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(b) |
the Facility Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Company in relation to any changes mentioned in (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation
to agree to such changes;
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(c) |
the Facility Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
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(d) |
any such changes agreed upon by the Facility Agent and the Company shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver
of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 35 (Amendments and Waivers);
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(e) |
the Facility Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of
liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Facility Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 29.11; and
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(f) |
the Facility Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (d) above.
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SET-OFF
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A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured obligation owed by that
Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of
exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
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31 |
NOTICES
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31.1 |
Communications in writing. Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in
writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by electronic mail or letter.
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31.2 |
Addresses. The address and electronic mail address (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication
is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:
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(a)
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in the case of the Company:
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Address: Xxxxxxxxxx 0
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DK-2500 Valby
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Denmark
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Attention:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Head of Treasury, Insurance and Admin Controlling
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Email:
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XXX@xxxxxxxx.xxx
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(b)
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in the case of each Lender or any other Obligor, that notified in writing to the Facility Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party;
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(c)
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in the case of the Facility Agent:
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Address:
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Holmens Kanal 2-12
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DK-1092 Copenhagen K
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Denmark
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Attention:
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For credit and documentation matters (recipient of financial reports, consent request etc): xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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For loan operation matters (recipient for Notices of Drawdown): xxxxxxxxx_xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx
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(d)
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in the case of the Sustainability Coordinator:
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Address:
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Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 0
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Lisbon
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Portugal
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Attention:
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Xxxxxxxx XXXXXXXX XXXXX
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Email:
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xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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with a copy to:
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Address:
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00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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NW1 6AA London
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England
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Attention:
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Soane VIRAPHONG
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Email:
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xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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or, in each case, any substitute address or electronic mail address or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Facility Agent (or the Facility Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a
change is made by the Facility Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice.
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31.3 |
Delivery
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(a) |
Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:
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(i) |
if by way of electronic mail, when received in readable form; or
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(ii) |
if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address
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and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 31.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.
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(b) |
Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Facility Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Facility Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer
identified with the Facility Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Facility Agent shall specify for this purpose).
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(c) |
All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Facility Agent.
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(d) |
Any communication or document made or delivered to the Company in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.
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(e) |
Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (d) above, after 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
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31.4 |
Notification of address and electronic mail address. Promptly upon changing its address or electronic mail address, the Facility
Agent shall notify the other Parties.
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31.5 |
Communication when Facility Agent is Impaired Agent. If the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent the Parties may, instead of
communicating with each other through the Facility Agent, communicate with each other directly and (while the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent) all the provisions of the Finance Documents which require communications to be made or
notices to be given to or by the Facility Agent shall be varied so that communications may be made and notices given to or by the relevant Parties directly. This provision shall not operate after a replacement Facility Agent has been
appointed.
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31.6 |
English language
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(a) |
Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.
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(b) |
All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:
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(i) |
in English; or
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(ii) |
if not in English, and if so required by the Facility Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official
document.
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32 |
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
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32.1 |
Accounts. In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made
in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
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32.2 |
Certificates and determinations. Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance
Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
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32.3 |
Day count convention and interest calculation
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(a) |
Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and the amount of any such interest, commission or fee is calculated:
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(i) |
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days (or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Market differs, in accordance with that market practice); and
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(ii) |
subject to paragraph (b) below, without rounding.
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(b) |
The aggregate amount of any accrued interest, commission or fee which is, or becomes, payable by an Obligor under a Finance Document shall be rounded to two decimal places.
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33 |
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
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If, at any time, any provision of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions
nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
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34 |
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
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No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under a Finance Document shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or constitute an election to affirm any of
the Finance Documents. No election to affirm any Finance Document on the part of any Finance Party shall be effective unless it is in writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other
exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in each Finance Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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35 |
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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35.1 |
Required consents
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(a) |
Subject to Clauses 35.2 (All Lender matters), 35.3 (Other exceptions) and 35.7 (Recalculation of Sustainability KPI
Performance Targets) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 35.
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(c) |
Paragraph (c) of Clause 24.11 (Pro rata interest settlement) shall apply to this Clause 35.
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35.2 |
All Lender matters. Subject to Clause 35.4 (Changes to reference rates) and Clause 35.7
(Recalculation of Sustainability KPI Performance Targets) an amendment or waiver of any term of any Finance Document that has the effect of changing or which relates to:
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(a) |
the definitions of “Majority Lenders”, “Sanctioned Person”, “Sanctions”, “Sanctions Authority” and “Sanctions Event” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
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(b) |
an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
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(c) |
a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable (in each case other than through the operation of the grid set out in the definition of “Margin” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) and/or of Clause 9.5 (Margin adjustment for sustainability performance));
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(d) |
an increase in any Commitment (except pursuant to Clause 2.2 (Increase)), an extension of the Availability Period (other than as a consequence of the exercise of the First Extension Option,
the Second Extension Option or the Third Extension Option) or any requirement that a cancellation of Commitments reduces the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under the Facility;
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(e) |
a change to the Borrower or the Guarantors other than in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors);
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(f) |
any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;
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(g) |
Clause 2.3 (Finance Parties’ rights and obligations), Clause 8.1 (Illegality), Clause 8.2 (Change of control),
Clause 8.3 (Sanctions Event), Clause 8.9 (Application of prepayments), Clause 19.16 (Sanctions), Clause 22.11 (Sanctions), Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders), Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors), Clause 28 (Sharing among the Finance Parties), this Clause 35, Clause 39 (Governing law) or Clause 40 (Jurisdiction); or
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(h) |
the nature or scope of the guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity),
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shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
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35.3 |
Other exceptions. An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Facility Agent, the Documentation
Agent or the Arranger (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent or the Arranger, as the case may be.
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35.4 |
Changes to reference rates
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(a) |
Subject to Clause 35.3 (Other exceptions), if a Published Rate Replacement Event has occurred in relation to any Published Rate for a currency which can be selected for a Loan, any amendment
or waiver which relates to:
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(i) |
providing for the use of a Replacement Reference Rate in relation to that currency in place of that Published Rate; and
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(ii)
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(A) |
aligning any provision of any Finance Document to the use of that Replacement Reference Rate;
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(B) |
enabling that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the calculation of interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the
purposes of this Agreement);
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(C) |
implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Reference Rate;
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(D) |
providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that Replacement Reference Rate; or
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(E) |
adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a result of the application of that Replacement Reference Rate (and if any adjustment or
method for calculating any adjustment has been formally designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body, the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation, nomination or recommenda- tion),
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may be made with the consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) and the Company.
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(b) |
An amendment or waiver that relates to, or has the effect of, aligning the means of calculation of interest on a Compounded Rate Loan under this Agreement to any recommendation of a Relevant Nominating Body which:
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(i) |
relates to the use of the RFR for that currency on a compounded basis in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets; and
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(ii) |
is issued on or after the date of this Agreement,
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may be made with the consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) and the Company.
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(c) |
If any Lender fails to respond to a request for an amendment or waiver described in paragraphs (a) or (b) above within five Business Days (or such longer time period in relation to any request which the Company and the Facility Agent
may agree) of that request being made:
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(i) |
its Commitment(s) shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments under the Facility when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and
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(ii) |
its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that request.
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(d) |
In this Clause 35.4:
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“Published Rate” means:
(a) |
an Overnight Rate;
|
(b) |
the Primary Term Rate for any Quoted Tenor; or
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(c) |
an RFR.
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“Published Rate Replacement Event” means, in relation to a Published Rate:
(a) |
the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Published Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Company, materially changed;
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(b)
|
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(i)
|
|
(A)
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the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or
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(B)
|
information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or
judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that Published Rate is insolvent,
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provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Published Rate;
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(ii) |
the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease to provide that Published Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide
that Published Rate;
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(iii) |
the supervisor of the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that such Published Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued;
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(iv) |
the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor announces that that Published Rate may no longer be used; or
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(v) |
in the case of the Primary Term Rate for any Quoted Tenor for euro, the supervisor of the administrator of that Primary Term Rate makes a public announcement or publishes information stating that that Primary Term Rate for any Quoted
Tenor is no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative of the underlying market or economic reality that it is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored (as determined by such
supervisor);
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(c) |
the administrator of that Published Rate (or the administrator of an interest rate which is a constituent element of that Published Rate) determines that that Published Rate should be calculated in accordance with its reduced
submissions or other contingency or fallback policies or arrangements and the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to such determination are not (in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Company) temporary; or
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(d) |
in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Company, that Published Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Agreement.
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“Relevant Nominating Body” means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any
working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.
“Replacement Reference Rate” means a reference rate which is:
(a) |
formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Published Rate by:
|
(i) |
the administrator of that Published Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such reference rate measures is the same as that measured by that Published Rate); or
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(ii) |
any Relevant Nominating Body,
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and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated or recommended under both paragraphs, the “Replacement Reference Rate” will be the replacement under paragraph (ii)
above;
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(b) |
in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Company, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Published Rate; or
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(c) |
in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Company, an appropriate successor to a Published Rate.
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35.5 |
Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders
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(a) |
For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment, in ascertaining:
|
(i) |
the Majority Lenders; or
|
(ii) |
whether:
|
(A) |
any given percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of the Total Commitments; or
|
(B) |
the agreement of any specified group of Lenders,
|
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has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote of Lenders under the Finance Documents,
|
|
that Defaulting Lender’s Commitments will be reduced by the amount of its Available Commitments and, to the extent that that reduction results in that Defaulting Lender’s Total Commitments being zero,
that Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
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(b) |
For the purposes of this Clause 35.5, the Facility Agent may assume that the following Lenders are Defaulting Lenders:
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(i) |
any Lender which has notified the Facility Agent that it has become a Defaulting Lender; and
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(ii) |
any Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events or circumstances referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Defaulting Lender” has occurred,
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unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned (together with any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Facility Agent) or the Facility Agent is otherwise aware that the Lender has ceased to be
a Defaulting Lender.
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35.6 |
Replacement of a Defaulting Lender
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(a) |
The Company may, at any time a Lender has become and continues to be a Defaulting Lender, by giving five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Facility Agent and such Lender:
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(i) |
replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement;
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(ii) |
require such Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of the undrawn Commitment of the
Lender; or
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(iii) |
require such Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations in
respect of the Facility,
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to an Eligible Institution (a “Replacement Lender”) which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations, or all the relevant obligations,
of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of transfer which is either:
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(A) |
in an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Xxxxxx’s participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Facility Agent has not given a notification under Clause 24.11 (Pro rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents; or
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(B) |
in an amount agreed between that Defaulting Lender, the Replacement Lender and the Company and which does not exceed the amount described in paragraph (A) above.
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(b) |
Any transfer of rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Clause 35.6 shall be subject to the following conditions:
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(i) |
the Company shall have no right to replace the Facility Agent;
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(ii) |
neither the Facility Agent nor the Defaulting Lender shall have any obligation to the Company to find a Replacement Lender;
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(iii) |
the transfer must take place no later than 15 Business Days after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above;
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(iv) |
in no event shall the Defaulting Lender be required to pay or surrender to the Replacement Lender any of the fees received by the Defaulting Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and
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(v) |
the Defaulting Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph (a) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all
applicable laws and regulations in relation to that transfer to the Replacement Lender.
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(c) |
The Defaulting Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (b)(v) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above and shall notify the Facility Agent and the
Company when it is satisfied that it has complied with those checks.
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35.7 |
Recalculation of Sustainability KPI Performance Targets
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(a) |
If a Sustainability Recalculation Event occurs, in the opinion of the Company or the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) (each acting reasonably), the Company and the Facility Agent (acting on the
instructions of the Majority Lenders) shall negotiate in good faith new sustainability key performance indicators and/or sustainability performance targets (as applicable). Any amendments agreed shall be binding on all Parties and will,
unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders), take effect from the first following Sustainability Reset Date.
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(b) |
Should no agreement be reached between the Company and the Facility Agent (acting on the instruction of the Majority Lenders) under paragraph (a) above in relation to such new sustainability key performance indicators or new
sustainability performance target(s) to replace the relevant Sustainability KPIs and/or Sustainability KPI Performance Targets following a 30 days’ negotiation period (or such longer period as the parties may agree), the Agreement shall
no longer be sustainability linked, the margin adjustment set out in Clause 9.5 (Margin adjustment for sustainability performance) and the related information under-takings in Clause 20.5 (Sustainability Compliance Certificate and Sustainability Report) shall cease to apply and any representation in internal and/or external communications, marketing and/or publication that the Facility
Agreement is a sustainability linked loan/ facility, shall be ceased immediately.
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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
|
36.1 |
Confidentiality. Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone,
save to the extent permitted by Clause 36.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) and Clause 36.3 (Disclosure to numbering service providers), and to
ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.
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36.2 |
Disclosure of Confidential Information. Any Finance Party may disclose:
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(a) |
to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider
appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive
information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality
in relation to the Confidential Information;
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(b) |
to any person:
|
(i) |
to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents or which succeeds (or which may potentially succeed) it as Facility
Agent, and, in each case, to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
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(ii) |
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to,
one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
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(iii) |
appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without
limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (b) of Clause 26.16 (Relationship with the Lenders));
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(iv) |
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above;
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(v) |
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;
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(vi) |
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;
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(vii) |
to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 24.9 (Security over Lenders’ rights);
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(viii) |
who is a Party; or
|
(ix) |
with the consent of the Company;
|
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in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if:
|
(A) |
in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a
Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
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(B) |
in relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the
Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;
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(C) |
in relation to paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be
price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; and
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(c) |
to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without
limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in
this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With
Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Company and the relevant Finance Party.
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36.3 |
Disclosure to numbering service providers
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(a) |
Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more
Obligors the following information:
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(i) |
names of Obligors;
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(ii) |
country of domicile of Obligors;
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(iii) |
place of incorporation of Obligors;
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(iv) |
date of this Agreement;
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(v) |
Clause 39 (Governing law);
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(vi) |
the names of the Facility Agent, the Arrangers and the Sustainability Coordinator;
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(vii) |
date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;
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(viii) |
amounts of, and names of, the Facility (and any tranches);
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(ix) |
amount of Total Commitments;
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(x) |
currencies of the Facility;
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(xi) |
type of Facility;
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(xii) |
ranking of Facility;
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(xiii) |
Termination Date for Facility;
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(xiv) |
changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to paragraphs (i) to
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(xiii)
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above; and
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(xv) |
such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Company,
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to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.
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(b) |
The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be
disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.
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(c) |
The Agent shall notify the Company and the other Finance Parties of:
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(i) |
the name of any numbering service provider appointed by the Agent in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors; and
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(ii) |
the number or, as the case may be, numbers assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by such numbering service provider.
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36.4 |
Entire agreement. This Clause 36 constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the obligations of the
Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential Information.
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36.5 |
Inside information. Each of the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be
price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each of the Finance Parties undertakes
not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.
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36.6 |
Notification of disclosure. Each of the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the
Company:
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(a) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 36.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is
made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
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(b) |
upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 36.
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36.7 |
Continuing obligations. The obligations in this Clause 36 are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on
each Finance Party for a period of twelve months from the earlier of:
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(a) |
the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and
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(b) |
the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party.
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37 |
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
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37.1 |
Confidentiality and disclosure
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(a) |
The Facility Agent and each Obligor agree to keep each Funding Rate confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b) and (c) below.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent may disclose any Funding Rate:
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(i) |
to the Borrower pursuant to Clause 9.7 (Notifications); and
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(ii) |
to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom
that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of
confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Facility Agent and the relevant Lender.
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(c) |
The Facility Agent and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate to:
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(i) |
any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is
informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the
confidentiality of that Funding Rate or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;
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(ii) |
any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock
exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be
no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Facility Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
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(iii) |
any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding
Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Facility Agent or the relevant
Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and
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(iv) |
any person with the consent of the relevant Lender.
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37.2 |
Related obligations
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(a) |
The Facility Agent and each Obligor acknowledge that each Funding Rate is or may be price-sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider
dealing and market abuse and the Facility Agent and each Obligor undertake not to use any Funding Rate for any unlawful purpose.
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(b) |
The Facility Agent and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender:
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(i) |
of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 37.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to
in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
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(ii) |
upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 37.
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37.3 |
No Event of Default. No Event of Default will occur under Xxxxxx 23.4 (Other obligations)
by reason only of an Obligor’s failure to comply with this Clause 37.
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38 |
COUNTERPARTS
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Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.
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100
SECTION 12
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
39 |
GOVERNING LAW
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This Agreement is governed by Danish law.
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40 |
JURISDICTION
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(a) |
The courts of Denmark have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”).
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(b) |
The Parties agree that the courts of Denmark are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
101
SIGNATURES
[not restated]
102
SCHEDULE 2 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
1
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A copy of the articles of association of the Company.
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2
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A specimen of the signature of each person signing this Agreement on behalf of the Company.
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3
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A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Company certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of
this Agreement.
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4
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This Agreement duly executed by the Company and the Borrower.
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5
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A legal opinion of Gorrissen Xxxxxxxxxx Advokatpartnerselskab, legal advisers to the Finance Parties in Denmark.
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103
SIGNATURES
THE COMPANY
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X. XXXXXXXX A/S
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
|
Title:
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
THE BORROWER
|
||||
X. XXXXXXXX A/S
|
||||
By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
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Title:
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Chief Executive Officer
|
Title:
|
Chief Financial Officer
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THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
|
||||
DANSKE BANK A/S
|
||||
By
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Managing Director
|
Title:
|
Senior Vice President
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NORDEA DANMARK, FIUAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND
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||||
By
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/s/ XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
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By
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
Name:
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XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
DIRECTOR
|
Title:
|
A. Director
|
THE LEAD ARRANGERS
|
||||
BANK OF AMERICA EUROPE DAC (FORMERLY BANK OF AMERICA XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY)
|
||||
By
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/s/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
|
By
|
Name:
|
XXXXXX XXXXXX
|
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
DIRECTOR
|
Title:
|
BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV
|
||||
By
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/s/ Xxxxxx XXXXXXXX
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx XXXXXX
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx XXXXXXXX
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx XXXXXX
|
|
Title:
|
Head of Value Preservation Group (VPG)
Corporate and Institutional Banking
|
Title:
|
Account Manager
|
SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA XXXXXX XX (PUBL)
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx-Park
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx-Park
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Authorised signatory
|
Title:
|
Authorised signatory
|
THE ARRANGER
|
||||
JYSKE BANK A/S
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
|
By
|
/s/ Christian Just
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Vice President
JYSKE BANK
|
Title:
|
Senior Vice President
JYSKE BANK
|
THE DOCUMENTATION AGENT
|
||||
NORDEA DANMARK, FILIAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND
|
||||
By
|
/s/ XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
DIRECTOR
|
Title:
|
A. Director
|
THE SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR
|
||||
BNP PARIBAS
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Head of Legal ClB Denmark
|
Title:
|
Head of BNP Paribas Denmark
|
THE FACILITY AGENT
|
||||
DANSKE BANK A/S
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxx Xx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxx Xx
|
|
Title:
|
Senior Agency Manager
|
Title:
|
Head of Loan Agency
|
THE LENDERS
|
||||
BANK OF AMERICA EUROPE DAC (FORMERLY BANK OF AMERICA XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY)
|
||||
By
|
/s/ XXXXXX XXXXXX
|
By
|
Name:
|
XXXXXX XXXXXX
|
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
DIRECTOR
|
Title:
|
BNP PARIBAS FORTIS SA/NV
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx XXXXXXXX
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx XXXXXX
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx XXXXXXXX
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx XXXXXX
|
|
Title:
|
Head of Value Preservation Group (VPG)
Corporate and Institutional Banking
|
Title:
|
Account Manager
|
DANSKE BANK A/S
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Managing Director
|
Title:
|
Senior Vice President
|
JYSKE BANK A/S
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
|
By
|
/s/ Christian Just
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Vice President
JYSKE BANK
|
Title:
|
Senior Vice President
JYSKE BANK
|
NORDEA DANMARK, FILIAL AF NORDEA BANK ABP, FINLAND
|
||||
By
|
/s/ XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
|
XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
DIRECTOR
|
Title:
|
A. Director
|
SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA XXXXXX XX (PUBL)
|
||||
By
|
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx-Park
|
By
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx-Park
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Authorised signatory
|
Title:
|
Authorised signatory
|