Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement
Exhibit 4.2.3
Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of December 14, 2022, and is by and among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent.
Preliminary Statements
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Article I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Use of Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined or the context otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in the Credit Agreement shall have such meanings when used in this Amendment.
Article II
Amendments
Section 2.1 The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as defined herein), hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Amended Credit Agreement attached as Annex I hereto, except that any Schedule or Exhibit to the Credit Agreement not amended pursuant to the terms of this Amendment or otherwise included as part of said Annex I shall remain in effect without any amendment or other modification thereto.
Section 2.2 The provisions in the Amended Credit Agreement attached as Annex I hereto shall not apply with respect to any (a) Loan bearing interest or incurring fees, commissions or other amounts based on LIBOR, but excluding any Base Rate Loan (each, a “LIBOR Credit Extension”) requested, made or outstanding that bears interest with reference to a LIBOR rate that (i) is or was set prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (ii) is held constant for a specifically designated period and is not reset on a daily or substantially daily basis (disregarding day count, weekend or holiday conventions) and (b) any retroactive margin, yield, fee or commission increases available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders as a result of any inaccuracy in any financial statement or compliance certificate that, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher interest margin or yield with respect to any LIBOR Credit Extension or any higher fee or commission for any applicable period, and in each case, the LIBOR Related Definitions and provisions with respect thereto (as in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the provisions of this Amendment on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) shall continue in effect solely for such purpose; provided that, with respect to any such LIBOR Credit Extension described in clause (a) of this Section 2.2, such LIBOR Credit Extension shall only continue in effect in accordance with its terms until the then-current Interest Period for such LIBOR Credit Extension has concluded.
As used herein, “LIBOR Related Definition” means any term defined in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (or any partial definition thereof) as in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the provisions of this Amendment on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, however phrased, primarily relating to the determination, administration or calculation of LIBOR, including by way of example any instances of the LIBOR Index Rate and other applicable terms such as “Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.” LIBOR Related Definition does not include any term such as “Base Rate”, or other analogous or similar term generally indicating use of a benchmark rate other than, immediately prior to giving effect to the provisions of this Amendment, LIBOR Quoted Rate, even if such term, immediately prior to giving effect to the provisions of this Amendment, would have included a component based on the LIBOR Quoted Rate.
Article III
Representations And Warranties
Section 3.1 Loan Document. The Borrower and Xxxxxxx acknowledge and agree that this Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
Section 3.2 Authority and Validity. The Borrower has all requisite corporate or other applicable entity power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Loan Documents (as amended by this Amendment). This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Borrower, and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
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fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 3.3 Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by each Borrower of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) do not: (a) contravene or constitute a default under any provision of law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon any Borrower or any provision of the organizational documents (e.g., charter, certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws, certificate or articles of association and operating agreement, partnership agreement, or other similar organizational documents) of any Borrower, (b) contravene or constitute a default under any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting any Borrower or any of their Property, in each case where such contravention or default, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of any Borrower.
Section 3.4 Approvals. No authorization, consent, license or exemption from, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental department, agency or instrumentality, nor any approval or consent of any other Person, is or will be necessary to the valid execution and delivery by any Borrower of this Amendment or performance by any Borrower of this Amendment or the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment), except for such approvals which have been obtained prior to the date of this Amendment and remain in full force and effect.
Section 3.5. No Default. At the time of and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Article IV
Conditions Precedent
Section 4.1 Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of 5:00 p.m. (Chicago time) five (5) Business Days after the date hereof (the “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date”) if, and only if, the following conditions precedent are satisfied:
Article V
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 5.1 Ratification of and References to the Credit Agreement. Except for the amendments expressly set forth above, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in each and every respect. Reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in the Credit Agreement, the Note(s), or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to the Credit Agreement,
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any reference in any of such items to the Credit Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
Section 5.2 Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.
Section 5.3 Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single agreement. Delivery of executed counterparts of this Amendment by telecopy or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
Section 5.4 No Other Amendments. Except for the amendments expressly set forth in this Amendment, the text of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent expressly reserve the right to require strict compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 5.5 Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay promptly following an invoice therefor all reasonable costs and expenses of or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in each case, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14.14 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.6 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Amendment, and the rights and duties of the parties hereto, shall be construed and determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois. The provisions of Section 14.19 (Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to this Amendment.
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This Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement is entered into by the parties hereto for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth as of the date first above written.
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Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement
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Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement
Conformed Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit
AGREEMENTANNEX I
, 2020
This Conformed Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement is for convenient reference purposes only and does not supersede or replace the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement and
ABOVE-REFERENCED AMENDMENTS THERETO
Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement Dated as of
JUNE 7, 2019 AMONG
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., as a Borrower,
AND
THE OTHER BORROWERS PARTY HERETO*, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
AND
Bank of Montreal,
as Administrative Agent,
BMO Capital Markets Corp.,
BofA Securities, Inc.,
Barclays Bank PLC,
Citibank, N.A.
AND
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers,
Joint Bookrunners and
as Co-Syndication Agents
AND
Capital One, National Association,
HSBC Bank USA, National Association,
PNC Bank, National Association
AND
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Co-Documentation Agents
* The Subsidiary that were Borrowers on the Effective Date were removed as borrowers by Amendment No. 1
Conformed Second A&R Credit Agreement 4837-2792-5960(Amend No. 2 Annex) 4882-7761-5622 v210.docx 1615988
Table of Contents
(This Table of Contents is not part of the Agreement)
Section |
Heading |
Page |
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Section 1. |
The Credits |
2 |
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Section 1.1. |
The Revolving Credit Commitments |
2 |
Section 1.2. |
Letters of Credit |
2 |
Section 1.3. |
Applicable Interest Rates |
6 |
Section 1.4. |
Minimum Borrowing Amounts for Revolving Loans |
7 |
Section 1.5. |
Xxxxxx of Borrowing, and Designating Interest Rates Applicable to, Revolving Loans |
77 |
Section 1.6. |
Defaulting Lenders |
9 |
Section 1.7. |
Cash Collateral for Fronting Exposure |
11 |
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Section 2. |
The Swing Line |
1312 |
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Section 2.1. |
Swing Loans. |
1312 |
Section 2.2. |
Interest on Swing Loans |
12 |
Section 2.3. |
Requests for Swing Loans |
13 |
Section 2.4. |
Refunding Loans |
1413 |
Section 2.5. |
Participations |
13 |
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Section 3. |
General Provisions Applicable to All Loans; Revolving Credit Commitment Terminations and Increases |
1514 |
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Section 3.1. |
Interest Periods |
1514 |
Section 3.2. |
Default Rate |
1615 |
Section 3.3. |
Evidence of Indebtedness |
15 |
Section 3.4. |
Maturity of Loans. |
1716 |
Section 3.5. |
Prepayments |
16 |
Section 3.6. |
Funding Indemnity for Fixed Rate Loans |
1817 |
Section 3.7. |
Commitment Terminations |
17 |
Section 3.8. |
Increase in Commitments |
1917 |
Section 3.9. |
Appointment of Company as Agent for Borrowers |
18 |
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Section 4. |
Fees; Place and Application of Payments |
2018 |
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Section 4.1. |
Fees |
2018 |
Section 4.2. |
Place and Application of Payments |
19 |
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Section 5. |
Joint and Several Obligors and Further Assurances |
2220 |
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Section 5.1. |
Joint and Several Obligors |
2220 |
Section 5.2. |
Guaranties |
2220 |
Section 5.3. |
Further Assurances |
20 |
Section 5.4. |
Release of Borrower or Guarantor |
2321 |
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Section 6. |
Definitions; Interpretation |
2321 |
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Section 6.1. |
Definitions |
2321 |
Section 6.2. |
Interpretation |
4747 |
Section 6.3. |
Change in Accounting Principles |
4747 |
Section 6.4. |
Divisions |
0000 |
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Xxxxxxx 6.5. |
Terms Applicable to Daily Simple RFR |
48 |
Section 6.6. |
Rates |
48 |
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SECTION 7. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
4849 |
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Section 7.1. |
Organization and Qualification |
4849 |
Section 7.2. |
Subsidiaries |
4849 |
Section 7.3. |
Corporate Authority and Validity of Obligations |
4949 |
Section 7.4. |
Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock |
4950 |
Section 7.5. |
Financial Reports |
5050 |
Section 7.6. |
No Material Adverse Change |
5050 |
Section 7.7. |
Full Disclosure |
5050 |
Section 7.8. |
Good Title |
5050 |
Section 7.9. |
Litigation and Other Controversies |
5151 |
Section 7.10. |
Taxes |
5151 |
Section 7.11. |
Approvals |
5151 |
Section 7.12. |
Affiliate Transactions |
5151 |
Section 7.13. |
Investment Company |
5151 |
Section 7.14. |
ERISA |
5151 |
Section 7.15. |
Compliance with Laws |
5251 |
Section 7.16. |
Other Agreements |
5252 |
Section 7.17. |
Labor Controversies |
5252 |
Section 7.18. |
Insolvency |
5252 |
Section 7.19. |
No Default |
5252 |
Section 7.20. |
Compliance with Sanctions Program |
5252 |
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Section 8. |
Conditions Precedent |
5353 |
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Section 8.1. |
Initial Credit Event |
5353 |
Section 8.2. |
All Credit Events |
5454 |
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Section 9. |
Covenants |
5554 |
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Section 9.1. |
Maintenance of Business |
5555 |
Section 9.2. |
Taxes and Assessments |
5555 |
Section 9.3. |
Insurance |
5555 |
Section 9.4. |
Financial Reports |
5655 |
Section 9.5. |
Inspection |
5857 |
Section 9.6. |
Cash Flow Leverage Ratio |
5857 |
Section 9.7. |
Interest Coverage Ratio |
5857 |
Section 9.8. |
Liens |
5857 |
Section 9.9. |
Acquisitions |
6058 |
Section 9.10. |
Mergers, Consolidations and Sales |
6059 |
Section 9.11. |
ERISA |
6159 |
Section 9.12. |
Compliance with Laws |
6160 |
Section 9.13. |
Burdensome Contracts with Affiliates |
6160 |
Section 9.14. |
No Changes in Fiscal Year |
6260 |
Section 9.15. |
Change in the Nature of Business |
6260 |
Section 9. 169.16. |
Limitations on Consolidated Priority Indebtedness |
6260 |
Section 9.17. |
Compliance with Sanctions Programs and Anti-Corruption Laws |
6260 |
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Section 9.18. |
Redesignation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
6361 |
Section 9.19. |
Limitation on Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
6361 |
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Section 10. |
Events of Default and Remedies |
6462 |
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Section 10.1. |
Events of Default |
6462 |
Section 10.2. |
Non-Bankruptcy Defaults |
6663 |
Section 10.3. |
Bankruptcy Defaults |
6664 |
Section 10.4. |
Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit |
6664 |
Section 10.5. |
Notice of Default |
6765 |
Section 10.6. |
Expenses |
6765 |
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Section 11. |
Change in Circumstances |
6765 |
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Section 11.1. |
Change of Law |
6765 |
Section 11.2. |
Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain, or Inadequacy of, Adjusted LIBORApplicable Interest Rate |
6865 |
Section 11.3. |
Increased Cost |
6968 |
Section 11.4. |
Lending Offices |
7169 |
Section 11.5. |
Discretion of Lender as to Manner of Funding |
7169 |
Section 11.6. |
Replacement of Lenders |
7169 |
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Section 12. |
The Administrative Agent |
7270 |
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Section 12.1. |
Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent |
7270 |
Section 12.2. |
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates |
7270 |
Section 12.3. |
Action by Administrative Agent |
7270 |
Section 12.4. |
Consultation with Experts |
7371 |
Section 12.5. |
Liability of Administrative Agent; Credit Decision |
7371 |
Section 12.6. |
Indemnity |
7472 |
Section 12.7. |
Resignation of Administrative Agent and Successor Administrative Agent |
7472 |
Section 12.8. |
L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender |
7573 |
Section 12.9. |
Designation of Additional Agents |
7573 |
Section 12.10. |
Certain ERISA Matters |
7673 |
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Section 13.A. |
Joint and Several Obligors |
7774 |
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Section 13.1.A. |
Joint and Several Obligors |
7774 |
Section 13.2.A. |
Unconditional |
7775 |
Section 13.3.A. |
Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances |
7876 |
Section 13.4.A. |
Subrogation |
7876 |
Section 13.5.X. |
Xxxxxxx |
7976 |
Section 13.6.A. |
Limit on Recovery |
7976 |
Section 13.7.A. |
Stay of Acceleration |
7976 |
Section 13.8.A. |
Benefit to each Borrower |
7976 |
Section 13.9.X. |
Xxxxxxxx Covenants |
7977 |
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Section 13.B. |
The Guaranties |
7977 |
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Section 13.1.B. |
The Guaranties |
7977 |
Section 13.2.B. |
Guarantee Unconditional |
8077 |
Section 13.3.B. |
Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances |
8078 |
Section 13.4.B. |
Subrogation |
8178 |
Section 13.5.X. |
Xxxxxxx |
8178 |
Section 13.6.B. |
Limit on Recovery |
8178 |
Section 13.7.B. |
Stay of Acceleration |
8178 |
Section 13.8.B. |
Benefit to Guarantors |
8179 |
Section 13.9.B. |
Guarantor Covenants |
8279 |
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SECTION 14. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
8279 |
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Section 14.1. |
Withholding Taxes |
8282 |
Section 14.2. |
No Waiver of Rights |
8582 |
Section 14.3. |
Non-Business Day |
8682 |
Section 14.4. |
Survival of Representations |
8682 |
Section 14.5. |
Survival of Indemnities |
8682 |
Section 14.6. |
Sharing of Set-Off |
8683 |
Section 14.7. |
Notices |
8783 |
Section 14.8. |
Counterparts |
8985 |
Section 14.9. |
Successors and Assigns |
8985 |
Section 14.10. |
Participants |
8985 |
Section 14.11. |
Assignments |
9086 |
Section 14.12. |
Amendments |
9389 |
Section 14.13. |
Headings |
9489 |
Section 14.14. |
Legal Fees, Other Costs and Indemnification |
9490 |
Section 14.15. |
Set Off |
9590 |
Section 14.16. |
Entire Agreement |
9691 |
Section 14.17. |
Governing Law |
9691 |
Section 14.18. |
Currency |
9691 |
Section 14.19. |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial |
9691 |
Section 14.20. |
USA Patriot Xxx |
0000 |
Section 14.21. |
Confidentiality |
9792 |
Section 14.22. |
Severability of Provisions |
9792 |
Section 14.23. |
Excess Interest |
9793 |
Section 14.24. |
Construction |
9893 |
Section 14.25. |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
9893 |
Section 14.26. |
Xxxxxx’s and L/C Issuer’s Obligations Several |
9994 |
Section 14.27. |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
9994 |
Section 14.28. |
Amendment and Restatement |
10094 |
Section 14.29. |
Equalization of Loans and Commitments |
10094 |
Section 14.30. |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
10095 |
Exhibits |
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Form of Notice of Payment Request |
B |
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Notice of Borrowing |
C |
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Notice of Continuation/Conversion |
D |
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Form of Revolving Credit Note |
E |
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Form of Swing Line Note |
F |
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Form of Commitment Amount Increase Request |
G |
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
H |
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Assignment Agreement |
I |
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Form of Additional Obligor Supplement |
J |
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Form of Additional Guarantor Supplement |
K-1 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
K-2 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
K-3 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
K-4 |
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Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
SCHEDULE 1 |
Revolving Credit Commitments |
SCHEDULE 1.2(a) |
Existing L/Cs |
SCHEDULE 7.2 |
Subsidiaries |
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Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTICURRENCY CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of June 7, 2019, by and among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiaries from time to time party to this Agreement as joint and several obligors (such Subsidiaries together with the Company individually, a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), the several financial institutions from time to time party to this Agreement, as Lenders, and Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent as provided herein. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms are defined in Section 6.1 hereof.
Preliminary Statement
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. The Credits.
Section 1.1. The Revolving Credit Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender, by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to make a loan or loans (individually a “Revolving Loan” and collectively for all the Lenders “Revolving Loans”) in U.S. Dollars and Alternative Currencies to the Borrowers from time to time on a revolving basis in an aggregate outstanding Original Dollar Amount up to the amount of such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment, subject to any reductions thereof pursuant to the terms hereof on or after the Effective Date and before the Termination Date. The sum of the (i) aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Revolving Loans, (ii) the aggregate Original Dollar Amount of Swing Loans, and (iii) the aggregate U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all L/C Obligations at any time outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments in effect at such time. Each Borrowing of Revolving Loans shall be made ratably from the Lenders in proportion to their respective Percentages. As provided in Section 1.5(a) hereof, the Company on behalf of the Borrowers, may elect that each Borrowing of Revolving Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars be either Base Rate Loans or EurocurrencySOFR Loans. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans. Revolving Loans may be repaid and the principal amount thereof reborrowed before the Termination Date, subject to all the terms and conditions hereof.
Section 1.2. Letters of Credit. (a) General Terms. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as part of the Revolving Credit, the L/C Issuer shall issue standby and commercial letters of credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) for the account of the Borrowers or for the account of the Borrowers and one or more of their Restricted Subsidiaries in U.S. Dollars or an Alternative Currency in the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of an aggregate undrawn face amount up to the L/C Sublimit. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Existing L/Cs (all of which are listed and described on Schedule 1.2(a) hereto) shall each constitute a “Letter of Credit” herein for all purposes of the Agreement to the same extent, and with the same force and effect, as if such Existing L/Cs had been issued at the request of the Company on behalf of the Borrowers under the Revolving Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall be issued by the L/C Issuer in the manner described above, but each Lender shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer for such Lender’s Percentage of the amount of each drawing thereunder and, accordingly, each Letter of Credit shall constitute usage of the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender pro rata in an amount equal to its Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.
Any such cash collateral required by this Section 1.2(b) shall be held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Section 10.4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything contained in any Application to the contrary (i) the Borrowers’ obligation to pay fees in connection with each Letter of Credit shall be as exclusively set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof, (ii) except as provided above, at any time when no Event of Default exists the L/C Issuer will not call for the funding by the Borrowers of any amount under a Letter of Credit before being
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presented with a drawing thereunder, and (iii) if the L/C Issuer is not timely reimbursed for the amount of any drawing under a Letter of Credit on the date such drawing is paid, the Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of such drawing shall bear interest (which the Borrowers hereby promise to pay) from and after the date such drawing is paid until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum (x) if such Letter of Credit is denominated in U.S. Dollars, equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect and (y) if such Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable, plus the rate established pursuant to Section 3.2(c)(iii) hereof for Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable, denominated in ansuch Alternative Currency. The L/C Issuer will promptly notify the Lenders of each issuance by it of a Letter of Credit. If the L/C Issuer issues any Letters of Credit with expiration dates that are automatically extended under the terms set forth in such Letter of Credit, then the L/C Issuer will give notice of non-renewal to the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit with a copy to the Company on behalf of the Borrowers before the time necessary to prevent such automatic extension if before such required notice date (i) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit if so extended would be later than 365 days after the Termination Date, (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated or (iii) an Event of Default exists and the Required Lenders have given the L/C Issuer instructions not to so permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of Credit. The L/C Issuer agrees to issue amendments to the Letters of Credit increasing the amount, or extending the expiration date, thereof at the request of the Company, on behalf of the Borrowers, subject to the conditions of Section 8.2 and the other terms of this Section 1.2. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer’s obligation to issue, amend or extend the expiration date of a Letter of Credit is subject to the conditions of Section 8.2 and the other terms of this Section 1.2 and the L/C Issuer will not issue, amend or extend the expiration date of any Letter of Credit if any Lender notifies the L/C Issuer of any failure to satisfy or otherwise comply with such conditions and terms and directs the L/C Issuer not to take such action.
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The several obligations of the Participating Lenders to the L/C Issuer under this Section 1.2 shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever (except, without limiting the Borrowers’ obligations under each Application, to the extent the Borrowers are relieved from their obligation to reimburse the L/C Issuer for a drawing under a Letter of Credit because of the L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining that documents received under the Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof) and shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which any Participating Lender may have or have had against any Borrower, the L/C Issuer, any other Lender or any other Person whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or Event of Default or by any reduction or termination of any Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender.
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Section 1.3. Applicable Interest Rates. (a) Base Rate Loans. Each Base Rate Loan made or maintained by a Lender shall bear interest during each Interest Period it is outstanding (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, (360 days, in the case of clause (b) and (c) of the definition of Base Rate) and actual days elapsed) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is advanced, continued or created by conversion from a Eurocurrency Loan or SOFR Loan until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect, payable on the last day of its Interest Period and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise).
(b) SOFR Loans. Each SOFR Loan denominated in US Dollars made or maintained by a Lender shall bear interest during each Interest Period it is outstanding (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is advanced, continued, or created by conversion from a Base Rate Loan, as applicable, until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the applicable Adjusted Term SOFR applicable for such Interest Period, payable on the last day of the Interest Period and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and, if the applicable Interest Period is longer than three months, on each day occurring every three months after the commencement of such Interest Period. For the avoidance of doubt, SOFR Loans may only be borrowed in US Dollars. There shall not be more than five Borrowings of SOFR Loans outstanding at any one time.
(c) Eurocurrency Loans. Each Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency made or maintained by a Lender shall bear interest during each Interest Period it is outstanding (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed or, in the case of a Loan denominated in pounds sterling, 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is advanced, continued, or created by conversion from a Base Rate until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans plus the Adjusted LIBOREurocurrency Rate applicable for such Interest Period, payable on the last day of the Interest Period and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and, if the applicable Interest Period is longer than three months, on each day occurring every three months after the commencement of such Interest Period. There shall not be more than ten Borrowings of Eurocurrency Loans outstanding at any one time.
(cd) RFR Loans. Each RFR Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency made or maintained by a Lender shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is advanced or continued, as applicable, until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the applicable Daily Simple RFR plus the applicable RFR Adjustment, payable on each Interest Payment Date and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise). For the avoidance of doubt, RFR Loans may only be borrowed in Sterling.
(e) Rate Determinations. The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans and the other Obligations, and a reasonable determination thereof by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding except in the case of manifest error or willful misconduct. The Original Dollar Amount of each Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be determined or redetermined, as applicable, effective as of the first day of eachit is advanced or continued for an Interest Period applicable to such Loan. In connection with the use or administration of SOFR or any Daily Simple RFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any
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other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of SOFR or any Daily Simple RFR.
Section 1.4. Minimum Borrowing Amounts for Revolving Loans. Each Borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall be in an amount not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000, provided that a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans applied to pay a Reimbursement Obligation pursuant to Section 1.2(c) hereof shall be in an amount equal to such Reimbursement Obligation. Each Borrowing of SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans and RFR Loans shall be in an amount not less than an Original Dollar Amount of $3,000,000 and, if greater, in units of the relevant currency as would have an Original Dollar Amount most closely approximating $500,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
Section 1.5. Xxxxxx of Borrowing, and Designating Interest Rates Applicable to, Revolving Loans. (a) Notice to the Administrative Agent. The Company, on behalf of the Borrowers, shall give notice to the Administrative Agent by no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) (i) at least fourthree U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date on which the Borrowers request the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of EurocurrencySOFR Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) at least three Business Days before the date on which the Borrowers request the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of RFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, and (iii) at least one Business Day before the date on which the Borrowers request the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. The Loans included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate specified in such notice of a new Borrowing. Thereafter, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company, on behalf of the Borrowers, may from time to time elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Borrowing or, subject to the minimum amount requirement for each outstanding Borrowing set forth in Section 1.4 hereof, a portion thereof, as follows: (i) if such Borrowing is of SOFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Company may continue all or part of such Borrowing as SOFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, as applicable, for an Interest Period or Interest Periods specified by the Company or, if such Eurocurrency Loan is denominated in U.S. Dollars, convert all or part of such Borrowing into Base Rate Loans, (ii) if such Borrowing is of RFR Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Company may continue all or part of such Borrowing as RFR Loans in the same Alternative Currency for an Interest Period or Interest Periods specified by the Company or convert all or part of such Borrowing into Base Rate Loans, and (iiiii) if such Borrowing is of Base Rate Loans, on any Business Day, the Company may (subject to the notice requirements set forth herein) convert all or part of such Borrowing into EurocurrencySOFR Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars for an Interest Period or Interest Periods specified by the Company. The Company shall give all such notices requesting the advance, continuation, or conversion of a Borrowing to the Administrative Agent by telephone, telecopy or other telecommunication device acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be irrevocable once given and, if by telephone, shall be promptly confirmed in writing). Notices of the continuation of a Borrowing of SOFR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans for an additional Interest Period or of the conversion of part or all of a Borrowing of EurocurrencySOFR Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars into Base Rate Loans or of Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency SOFR Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars must be given by no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least three Business Days before the date of the requested continuation or conversion. Notices of the continuation of a Borrowing of EurocurrencyRFR Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be given no later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) at least fourfive Business Days before the requested continuation. All such notices concerning the advance, continuation, or conversion of a Borrowing shall specify the date of the requested advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Borrowing to be advanced, continued, or converted, the type of Loans to comprise such new, continued or converted Borrowing and, if such Borrowing is to be comprised of SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, the currency and the Interest Period applicable thereto
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and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (Notice of Borrowing) or Exhibit C (Notice of Continuation/Conversion), as applicable, or in such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Upon notice to the Company by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders during the continuance of any Event of Default (or, in the case of an Event of Default under Section 10.1(k) or 10.1(l) hereof with respect to the Company, without notice), (i) no outstanding Revolving Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars may be converted to or continued as a EurocurrencySOFR Loan, (ii) unless repaid, each SOFR Loan and Eurocurrency Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, and (iii) unless repaid, each EurocurrencyRFR Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall automatically be continued as aan EurocurrencyRFR Loan with an Interest Period of one month. The Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may rely on any such telephonic, telecopy or other telecommunication notice given by any person it in good faith believes is an Authorized Representative of the Company without the necessity of independent investigation, and in the event any such notice by telephone conflicts with any written confirmation, such telephonic notice shall govern if the Administrative Agent has acted in reliance thereon.
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Section 1.6. Defaulting Lenders. (a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
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Section 1.7. Cash Collateral for Fronting Exposure At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one (1) Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrowers shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers’
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Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 1.6(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.
Section 2. The Swing Line.
Section 2.1. Swing Loans. Subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof, as part of the Revolving Credit, the Swing Line Lender may, in its discretion, make loans in U.S. Dollars to the Borrowers under the Swing Line (individually, a “Swing Loan” and collectively, the “Swing Loans”) which shall not in the aggregate at any time outstanding exceed the Swing Line Sublimit. The Swing Line Loans may be availed of by the Borrowers from time to time and borrowings thereunder may be repaid and used again during the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the Termination Date; provided that each Swing Loan must be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Each Swing Loan shall be in an amount not less than $500,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000.
Section 2.2. Interest on Swing Loans. Each Swing Loan shall bear interest until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum equal to (i) the sum of the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans from time to time in effect (computed on the basis of a year 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, (360 days, in the case of clause (b) and (c) of the definition of Base Rate) for the actual number of days elapsed) or (ii) the Quoted Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed). Interest on each Swing Loan shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto, and interest after maturity (whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise) shall be due and payable upon demand.
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Section 2.3. Requests for Swing Loans. The Company, on behalf of the Borrowers, shall give the Administrative Agent prior notice (which may be written or oral) no later than 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date upon which the Company requests that any Swing Loan be made, of the amount and date of such Swing Loan and the Interest Period selected therefor. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the Swing Line Lender of any such notice received from the Company. Within 30 minutes after receiving such notice, the Swing Line Lender shall in its discretion quote an interest rate to the Company at which the Swing Line Lender would be willing to make such Swing Loan available to the Borrowers for a given Interest Period (the rate so quoted for a given Interest Period being herein referred to as the “Quoted Rate”). The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the interest rate quote is given for immediate and irrevocable acceptance, and if the Company does not so immediately accept the Quoted Rate for the full amount requested by the Borrowers for such Swing Loan, the Quoted Rate shall be deemed immediately withdrawn and such Swing Loan shall bear interest at the rate per annum determined by adding the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans to the Base Rate for the Interest Period selected by the Company. Subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof, the proceeds of such Swing Loan shall be deposited or wire transferred to the Company’s Designated Disbursement Account. Anything contained in the foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding the undertaking of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Loans shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to assume that the conditions precedent to an advance of any Swing Loan have been satisfied unless notified to the contrary by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders. No Lender shall acquire a participation in a Swing Loan pursuant to this Section 2 if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such Swing Loan was made and either the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall have notified the Swing Line Lender prior to the time such Swing Loan was made that such an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Section 2.4. Refunding Loans. In its sole and absolute discretion, the Swing Line Lender may at any time, on behalf of the Borrowers (and the Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorize the Swing Line Lender to act on their behalf for such purpose) and with notice to the Company, request each Lender to make a Revolving Loan in the form of a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Percentage of the amount of the Swing Loans outstanding on the date such notice is given (which Loans shall thereafter bear interest as provided for in Section 1.3(a)). Unless an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(k) or (l) exists with respect to the Company, regardless of the existence of any other Event of Default, each Lender shall make the proceeds of its requested Revolving Loan available to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, at the Swing Line Lender’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois, before 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the Business Day following the day such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall be immediately applied to repay such outstanding Swing Loans.
Section 2.5. Participations. If any Lender refuses or otherwise fails to make a Revolving Loan when requested by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.4 above (because an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(k) or (l) exists with respect to the Company or otherwise), such Lender shall, by the time and in the manner such Revolving Loan was to have been funded to the Swing Line Lender, purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participating interest in the relevant outstanding Swing Loans in an amount equal to its Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans that were to have been repaid with such Revolving Loans, provided no purchase of a participation in a Swing Loan bearing interest at the Quoted Rate need be made until after expiration of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Each Lender that so purchases a participation in a Swing Loan shall thereafter be entitled to receive its Percentage of each payment of principal received on the relevant Swing Loan and of interest received thereon accruing from the date such Lender funded to the Swing Line Lender its participation in such Loan. The several obligations of the Lenders under this Section 2.5 shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever and shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which any Lender may have or have had against any Borrower, any other Lender or any other Person whatsoever.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or Event of Default or by any reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender, and each payment made by a Lender under this Section 2.5 shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
Section 3. General Provisions Applicable to All Loans; Revolving Credit Commitment Terminations and Increases
Section 3.1. Interest Periods. As provided in Section 1.5(a) hereof in the case of Revolving Loans and in Section 2.3 in the case of Swing Loans, at the time of each request to advance, continue, or create by conversion a Borrowing of Loans (other than Base Rate Loans), the Company shall select an Interest Period applicable to such Loans from among the available options. The term “Interest Period” means the period commencing on the date a Borrowing of Loans is advanced, continued, or created by conversion and ending: (a) in the case of Base Rate Loans, on the last day of the calendar quarter in which such Borrowing is advanced, continued, or created by conversion (or on the last day of the following quarter if such Loan is advanced, continued or created by conversion on the last day of a calendar quarter), (b) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, one, two, three, or six months thereafter, (c) in the case of SOFR Loans, one, three or six months thereafter, (d) in the case of RFR Loans, one month thereafter, and (ce) in the case of Swing Loans, on the date one to five days thereafter as mutually agreed by the Swing Line Lender and the Company; provided, however, that:
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(e) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 11.2 shall be available for specification in any borrowing request or interest rate election.
Section 3.2. Default Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, while any Event of Default exists or after acceleration, (x) the Borrowers shall pay interest (after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) on the principal amount of all Loans and Reimbursement Obligations at a rate per annum equal to, and (y) with respect to any outstanding Letter of Credit, the Borrowers shall pay Letter of Credit fees at a rate per annum equal to:
provided, however, that in the absence of acceleration, any adjustments pursuant to this Section shall be made at the election of the Administrative Agent, acting at the request or with the consent of the Required Lenders, with written notice to the Company (which notice may be revoked at the direction of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 14.12 requiring the unanimous consent of the Lenders to reduce interest rates). Interest accrued pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be payable on demand.
Section 3.3. Evidence of Indebtedness. (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Xxxxxx from time to time hereunder.
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Section 3.4. Maturity of Loans. Each Revolving Loan shall mature and become due and payable by the Borrowers on the Termination Date. Each Swing Loan shall mature and become due and payable by the Borrowers on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or, if earlier, the Termination Date.
Section 3.5. Prepayments. (a) Optional. The Borrowers may prepay without premium or penalty and in whole or in part (but, if in part, then: (i) if such Borrowing is of Base Rate Loans, in an amount not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000 (except in the case of repayments of Base Rate Loans made under Section 1.2(c) which may be repaid in the full amount of such Base Rate Loans), (ii) if such Borrowing is of EurocurrencySOFR Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, in an amount not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000, (iii) if such Borrowing is denominated in an Alternative Currency, an amount for which the U.S. Dollar Equivalent is not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples most closely approximating $100,000 and (iv) in an amount such that the minimum amount required for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof remains outstanding) any Borrowing of (w) SOFR Loans upon three U.S. Government Securities Business Days’ prior notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent, (x) Eurocurrency Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars upon three Business Days’ prior notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent, (y) EurocurrencyRFR Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency at any time upon fourfive Business Days prior notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent, or (z) Base Rate Loans, at any time with notice delivered by the Company to the Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date of prepayment, such prepayment to be made by the payment of the principal amount to be prepaid and accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for prepayment and, in the case of SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans and RFR Loans, any compensation required by Section 3.6 hereof. Swing Loans bearing interest at the Quoted Rate may only be paid on the last day of the Interest Period then applicable to such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise each Lender of any such prepayment notice it receives from the Company. Any amount of Loans paid or prepaid before the Termination Date may, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, be borrowed, repaid and borrowed again.
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Section 3.6. Funding Indemnity for Fixed Rate Loans . If any Lender shall incur any loss, cost or expense (including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of profit), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or re--employment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain any Fixed Rate Loan or the relending or reinvesting of such deposits or amounts paid or prepaid to such Lender) as a result of:
then, upon the demand of such Lender, the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such amount as will reimburse such Lender for such loss, cost or expense. If any Lender makes such a claim for compensation, it shall provide to the Company, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a certificate executed by an officer of such Lender setting forth the amount of such loss, cost or expense in reasonable detail and such certificate shall be conclusive if reasonably determined.
Section 3.7. Commitment Terminations. The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period of time agreed to by the Administrative Agent), to terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments without premium or penalty, in whole or in part, any partial termination to be (i) in an amount not less than $5,000,000, and (ii) allocated ratably among the Lenders in proportion to their respective Percentages, provided that the Revolving Credit Commitments may not be reduced to an amount less than the sum of the Original Dollar Amount of all Revolving Loans and Swing Loans and the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of all L/C Obligations then outstanding. Any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments below the L/C Sublimit or Swing Line Sublimit then in effect shall reduce the L/C Sublimit and Swing Line Sublimit, as applicable, to an amount equal to the reduced aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to each Lender of any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments. Any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section 3.7 may not be reinstated.
Section 3.8. Increase in Commitments. The Borrowers may from time to time, on any Business Day after the Effective Date and prior to the Termination Date so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, increase the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments by the Company delivering a Commitment Amount Increase Request at least five (5) Business Days prior to the desired effective date of such increase (the “Commitment Amount Increase”) identifying an additional Lender (or additional Revolving Credit Commitments for existing Lender(s)) and the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment (or additional amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment(s)); provided, however, that (i) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall not at any time exceed $1,700,000,000, (ii) any increase of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount not less than $25,000,000 and (iii) each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7 and in the other Loan Documents shall be and remain true and correct in all material respects on the effective date of such increase (where not already qualified by materiality, otherwise in all respects), except to the extent the same expressly
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relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (where not already qualified by materiality, otherwise in all respects) as of such earlier date. The effective date of any Commitment Amount Increase shall be agreed upon by the Company, on behalf of the Borrowers, and the Administrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness thereof, Schedule 1 shall be deemed amended to reflect the increase and the new Lender(s) (or, if applicable, existing Lender(s)) shall advance Revolving Loans, or the existing Lenders shall make such assignments (which assignments shall not be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 14.11) of the outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations to the Lenders providing the Commitment Amount Increase so that, after giving effect to such assignments, each Lender (including the Lenders providing the Commitment Amount Increase) will hold Loans and L/C Obligations equal to its Percentage of all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations. It shall be a condition to such effectiveness that (i) either no Eurocurrency Loans or SOFR Loans be outstanding on the date of such effectiveness or the Borrowers pay any applicable breakage cost under Section 3.6 incurred by any Lender resulting from the repayment of its Loans and (ii) the Borrowers shall not have terminated any portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof. The Borrowers agree to pay any reasonable expenses of the Administrative Agent relating to any Commitment Amount Increase. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment and no Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment shall be increased without its written consent thereto, and each Lender may at its option, unconditionally and without cause, decline to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment.
Section 3.9. Appointment of Company as Agent for Borrowers. Each Borrower irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent hereunder to make requests on such Xxxxxxxx’s behalf for Borrowings, to select the interest rate to be applicable to such Borrowings, and to take any other action contemplated by the Loan Documents with respect to credit extended hereunder to the Borrowers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to conclusively presume that any action by the Company under the Loan Documents is taken on behalf of any one or more of the Borrowers whether or not the Company so indicates.
Section 4. Fees; Place and Application of Payments.
Section 4.1. Fees. (a) Facility Fee. For the period from the Effective Date to but not including the Termination Date, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with their Percentages, a facility fee accruing at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Facility Fee on the average daily amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments whether or not in use. Such facility fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter in each year (commencing June 30, 2019) and on the Termination Date, unless the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated in whole on an earlier date, in which event the fee for the period to but not including the date of such termination shall be paid in whole on the date of such termination.
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fees agreed to between the Administrative Agent and the Company pursuant to a separate written letter agreement dated as of May 10, 2019.
Section 4.2. Place and Application of Payments. (a) All payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations, and of all other Obligations payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement, shall be made to the Administrative Agent by no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the due date thereof at the principal office of the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois (or such other location in the State of Illinois as the Administrative Agent may designate to the Company) or, if such payment is on a Reimbursement Obligation, no later than provided by Section 1.2(c) hereof or, if such payment is to be made in an Alternative Currency, no later than 12:00 noon local time at the place of payment to such office as the Administrative Agent has previously specified in a notice to the Company for the benefit of the Lender or Lenders entitled thereto. Any payments received after such time shall be deemed to have been received by the Administrative Agent on the next Business Day. All such payments shall be made (i) in U.S. Dollars, in immediately available funds at the place of payment, or (ii) in the case of amounts payable hereunder in an Alternative Currency, in such Alternative Currency in such funds then customary for the settlement of international transactions in such currency, in each case without set-off or counterclaim. The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest on Loans and on Reimbursement Obligations in which the Lenders have purchased Participating Interests ratably to the Lenders and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If the Administrative Agent causes amounts to be distributed to the Lenders in reliance upon the assumption that the Borrowers will make a scheduled payment and such scheduled payment is not so made, each Lender shall, on demand, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was distributed to such Lender and ending on (but excluding) the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to: (i) from the date the distribution was made to the date two (2) Business Days after payment by such Lender is due hereunder, the Federal Funds Rate for each such day or, in the case of a Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the cost to the Administrative Agent of funding the amount it advanced to fund such Xxxxxx’s Loan, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and (ii) from the date two (2) Business Days after the date such payment is due from such Lender to the date such payment is made by such Lender, the Base Rate in effect for each such day or, in the case of a Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate established by Section 3.2(c) for Eurocurrency Loans denominated in such currency.
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Section 5. Joint and Several Obligors and Further Assurances.
Section 5.1. Joint and Several Obligors. The payment and performance of the Obligations shall at all times be a joint and several obligation of the Company and each other Borrower pursuant to Section 13.A hereof or pursuant to one or more Additional Obligor Supplements delivered to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Section 5.2. Guaranties. The payment and performance of the Obligations shall at all times be guaranteed by each Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not itself a Borrower and is a guarantor under any Note Purchase Agreement (each, a “Guarantor”) pursuant to Section 13.B hereof or pursuant to one or more Additional Guarantor Supplements delivered to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (individually, a “Guaranty” and, collectively, the “Guaranties”). As of the Effective Date, there are no Guarantors.
Section 5.3. Further Assurances. The Company agrees that it shall, and shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to, from time to time at the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, execute and deliver such documents and do such acts and things as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request in order to provide for the joint and several obligation or guaranties, as applicable, contemplated by this Section 5. In the event any Subsidiary (other than a Borrower or Guarantor) becomes an obligor or guarantor under a Note Purchase Agreement after the date hereof, the Company shall cause such Subsidiary to execute an Additional Guarantor Supplement within three (3) days after the Subsidiary became an obligor or guarantor under such Note Purchase Agreement. In connection with any Additional Obligor Supplement or Additional Guarantor Supplement, the Company
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shall also deliver to the Administrative Agent, or cause the applicable Material Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary or other Subsidiary, as applicable, to deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the Company’s cost and expense, such other instruments, documents, notes, certificates, and opinions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.
Section 5.4. Release of Borrower or Guarantor. If any Borrower (other than the Company) ceases to be a direct Material Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary as a result of a disposition, dissolution or other transaction not prohibited by the terms hereof or as a result of designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 9.18, then such Borrower shall automatically cease to be a Borrower hereunder and shall be released from any of its obligations as a Borrower hereunder. If any Guarantor (a) ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a disposition, dissolution or other transaction not prohibited by the terms hereof, or (b) otherwise ceases to be a Guarantor under the Note Purchase Agreements, then such Guarantor shall automatically cease to be a Guarantor hereunder and shall be released from any of its obligations as a Guarantor hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to such departing Borrower or Guarantor or its designee, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, any document or instrument that such departing Borrower or Guarantor or the Company shall reasonably request to evidence such release, and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver any such document or instrument.
Section 6. Definitions; Interpretation.
Section 6.1. Definitions. The following terms when used herein have the following meanings:
“Account” is defined in Section 10.4(b) hereof.
“Additional Guarantor Supplement” means an agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J or such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Additional Obligor Supplement” means an agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I or such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Adjusted LIBOREurocurrency Rate” means a rate per annum determined in accordance with the following formula:
Adjusted LIBOREurocurrency |
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LIBOREurocurrency Rate |
Rate = |
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1 – Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage |
“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans, the daily average for the applicable Interest Period of the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including, without limitation, any supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) are imposed during such Interest Period by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) on “eurocurrency liabilities”, as defined in such Board’s Regulation D (or in respect of any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurocurrency Loans is determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets that include loans by non-United States offices of any Lender to United States of America residents), subject to any amendments of such reserve requirement by such Board or its successor, taking into account any transitional adjustments thereto. For purposes of this definition, the Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be “eurocurrency liabilities” as defined in Regulation D without benefit or credit for any prorations, exemptions or offsets under Regulation D. The Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any such
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reserve percentage.
“LIBORAdjusted Term SOFR” means, for an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loanspurposes of any calculation with respect to any tenor, (a) the LIBOR Index Rate for such Interest Period, if such rate is available, andrate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such tenor plus (b) if the LIBOR Index Rate cannot be determined, the arithmetic average of the rates of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) at which deposits in U.S. Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as appropriate, in immediately available funds are offered to the Administrative Agent at 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days before the beginning of such Interest Period by three or more major banks in the interbank eurocurrency market selected by the Administrative Agent for delivery on the first day of and for a period equal to such Interest Period in an amount equal or comparable to the principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loan scheduled to be made as part of such BorrowingTerm SOFR Adjustment; provided that in no eventif Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall “LIBOR”ever be less than 0.00%. “LIBOR Index Rate” means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for deposits in U.S. Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as appropriate, in the London interbank eurocurrency market for a period equal to such Interest Period, as reported on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as maythe Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the day two Business Days before the commencement of such Interest PeriodFloor.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of Montreal in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder for the Lenders and any successor pursuant to Section 12.7 hereof.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Alternative Currency” means any of euros, pounds sterling, and Japanese yen, and any other currency approved by the Administrative Agent, in each case for so long as such currency is readily available to all the Lenders and is freely transferable and freely convertible to U.S. Dollars and there is a published LIBOR Index Rate for such currency for interest periods of one, two, three and six calendar months; provided that if any Lender provides written notice to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that any currency control or other exchange regulations are imposed in the country in which any such Alternative Currency is issued and that in the reasonable opinion of such Lender funding a Loan in such currency is impractical, then such currency shall cease to be an Alternative Currency hereunder until such time as all the Lenders reinstate such country’s currency as an Alternative Currency.
“Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement” means, that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement
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dated as of August [ ]27, 2020 among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means, the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.1 of the Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement were satisfied or waived in accordance therewith.
“Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement” means, that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of December 14, 2022 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means, December 14, 2022.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any U.S. Governmental Authority, the European Union, the United Nations Security Council, or the United Kingdom, in each case that are applicable to a Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Margin” means, with respect to Loans, Reimbursement Obligations, and the facility fees and letter of credit fees payable under Section 4.1 hereof until the first Pricing Date, the rates per annum shown opposite Level IV below, and thereafter from one Pricing Date to the next, the Applicable Margin means the rates per annum determined in accordance with the following applicable pricing matrix. If the Company maintains a public Debt Rating from either Moody’s or S&P, the Applicable Margins shall be based on the Ratings Based Pricing Matrix set forth below. If the Company does not maintain a public Debt Rating from either Moody’s or S&P, the Applicable Margins shall be based on the Financial Covenant Based Pricing Matrix set forth below.
Financial Covenant Based Pricing Matrix
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Applicable |
LOANS , SOFR |
Applicable |
Applicable |
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Margin for Base |
Loans and RFR |
Margin for |
Margin for |
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Cash Flow Leverage Ratio |
Rate Loans shall |
Loans |
Letter of Credit |
Facility Fee |
Level |
for such Pricing Date |
BE: |
SHALL BE: |
Fee shall be: |
SHALL BE: |
V |
Greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 |
0.400% |
1.400% |
1.400% |
0.250% |
IV |
Less than 3.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 |
0.200% |
1.200% |
1.200% |
0.200% |
III |
Less than 2.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00 |
0.025% |
1.025% |
1.025% |
0.175% |
II |
Less than 1.50 to 1.00, but greater than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00 |
0.000% |
0.925% |
0.925% |
0.150% |
I |
Less than 1.00 to 1.00 |
0.000% |
0.825% |
0.825% |
0.125% |
Ratings Based Pricing Matrix
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Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency |
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Applicable |
LOANS , SOFR |
Applicable |
Applicable |
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Margin for Base |
Loans and RFR |
Margin for |
Margin for |
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Rate Loans shall |
Loans |
Letter of Credit |
Facility Fee |
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Level |
Debt Rating |
BE: |
SHALL BE: |
Fee shall be: |
SHALL BE: |
V |
BB+/Ba1 or lower |
0.400% |
1.400% |
1.400% |
0.250% |
IV |
BBB-/Baa3 |
0.200% |
1.200% |
1.200% |
0.200% |
III |
BBB/Baa2 |
0.025% |
1.025% |
1.025% |
0.175% |
II |
BBB+/Baa1 |
0.000% |
0.925% |
0.925% |
0.150% |
I |
A-/A3 or higher |
0.000% |
0.825% |
0.825% |
0.125% |
At such time as the Applicable Margin is based on the Financial Covenant Pricing Matrix, the term “Pricing Date” means, for any fiscal quarter of the Company ending on or after June 30, 2019, the date on which the Administrative Agent is in receipt of the Company’s most recent financial statements (and, in the case of the year-end financial statements, audit report) for the fiscal quarter then ended, pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof. The Applicable Margin shall be established based on the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio for the most recently completed fiscal quarter and the Applicable Margin established on a Pricing Date shall remain in effect until the next Pricing Date. If the Company has not delivered its financial statements by the date such financial statements (and, in the case of the year-end financial statements, audit report) are required to be delivered under Section 9.4 hereof, until such financial statements and audit report are delivered, the Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin (i.e., the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be greater than 3.00 to 1.0). If the Company subsequently delivers such financial statements before the next Pricing Date, the Applicable Margin established by such late delivered financial statements shall take effect from the date of delivery until the next Pricing Date. In all other circumstances, the Applicable Margin established by such financial statements shall be in effect from the Pricing Date that occurs immediately after the end of the fiscal quarter covered by such financial statements until the next Pricing Date. Each determination of the Applicable Margin made by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the foregoing shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and the Lenders if reasonably determined.
At such time as the Applicable Margin is based on the Ratings Based Pricing Matrix, if the Debt Rating issued by each of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch are: (i) in three different Tiers, then the middle of such Debt Ratings shall apply or (ii) in two different Tiers, then the lower of such Debt Rating shall apply, unless there is a split in Debt Ratings of more than one Tier, in which case the Tier that is one Tier above the lower Debt Rating shall apply. If only one of S&P or Moody’s provides a Debt Rating, that Debt Rating shall apply. For purposes of clarity, Tier I is the “highest” Tier and Tier V is the “lowest” Tier. The Debt Ratings shall be determined from the most recent public announcement of any Debt Ratings or changes thereto. If any Debt Rating shall be changed, such
change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first publicly announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in the Applicable Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.
“Application” is defined in Section 1.2(b) hereof.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Xxxxxx and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 14.11 hereof), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
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“Authorized Representative” means those persons shown on the list of officers provided by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(f) hereof, or on any update of such list provided by the Company to the Administrative Agent, or any further or different officer of the Company so named by any Authorized Representative of the Company in a written notice to the Administrative Agent.
“Available Tenor” means as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark for U.S. Dollars or any Alternative Currency, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 11.2.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Base Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the greatest of: (a) the rate of interest announced or otherwise established by the Administrative Agent from time to time as its
prime commercial rate, or its equivalent, for U.S. Dollar loans to borrowers located in the United States of America as in effect on such day, with any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in said prime commercial rate to be effective as of the date of the relevant change in said prime commercial rate (it being acknowledged and agreed that such rate may not be the Administrative Agent’s best or lowest rate), (b) the sum of (i) the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) of the rates per annum quoted to the Administrative Agent at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) (or as soon thereafter as is practicable) on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) by two or more Federal funds brokers selected by the Administrative Agent for sale to the Administrative Agent at face value of Federal funds in the secondary market in an amount equal or comparable to the principal amount for which such rate is being determined, plus (ii) 1/2 of 1%, and (c) the LIBOR Quoted Rate forAdjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.00%. As used herein,Any change in the term “LIBOR QuotedBase Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal due to a change in the quotient of (i) theprime rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for deposits in U.S. Dollars in the London interbank eurodollar market for a one-month interest period as reported on the, the quoted federal funds rate or Term SOFR, as applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, shall be effective from and including the effective date of the change in such rate. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternative rate of interest pursuant to Section 11.2, onthen the immediately preceding
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Business Day) divided byBase Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (iib) oneabove and shall be determined without reference to clause (1c) minusabove. If the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage; provided that in no eventBase Rate as determined above shall the LIBOR Quoted Rate be less than 0.00the Floor plus 1.00%, then Base Rate shall be deemed to be the Floor plus 1.00%.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Loan bearing interest prior to maturity at a rate specified in Section 1.3(a) hereof.
“Benchmark” means, initially, with respect to any (a) Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars or Sterling the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Daily Simple RFR, as applicable, for such Currency; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to such Term SOFR Reference Rate or Daily Simple RFR or the then-current Benchmark for such Currency, then “Benchmark” means, with respect to such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts, the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 11.2(b) or (b) Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Euros or Yen, EURIBOR or XXXXX, respectively; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to EURIBOR or XXXXX, as applicable, or the then-current Benchmark for such Currency, then “Benchmark” means, with respect to such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts, the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 11.2(b).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for any then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for such Benchmark giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for such Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Currency at such time and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Currency.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any currency:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in
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the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative or not to comply with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks; provided, that such non-representativeness or non-compliance will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable
event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any Currency, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the central bank for the Currency applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative or do not, or as a specified future date will not, comply with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.
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For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark for any currency, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 11.2 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such
Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 11.2.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” are defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Borrowing” means the total of Loans of a single type advanced, continued for an additional Interest Period, or converted from a different type into such type by the Lenders on a single date and for a single Interest Period. Borrowings of Revolving Loans are made and maintained ratably from each of the Lenders according to their Percentages. A Borrowing is: “advanced” on the day Lenders advance funds comprising such Borrowing to the Borrowers; “continued” on the date a new Interest Period for the same type of Loans commences for such Borrowing; and “converted” when such Borrowing is changed from one type of Loan to another, all as requested by the Company pursuant to Section 1.5(a) hereof. Borrowings of Swing Loans are made by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2 hereof.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which Lenders are not authorized or required to close in Chicago, Illinois and, if the applicable Business Day relates to the borrowing or payment of a Eurocurrency Loan, on which banks are dealing in deposits in U.S. Dollars in the interbank market in London, England and, if the applicable Business Day relates to the borrowing or payment of aan EurocurrencyRFR Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, on which banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in the city where disbursements of or payments on such Loan are to be made and, if such Alternative Currency is the euro or any national currency of a nation that is a member of the European Economic and Monetary Union, which is a TARGET Settlement Day.
“Capital Lease” means any lease of Property which, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means the amount of the liability shown on the balance sheet of any Person in respect of a Capital Lease as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the L/C Issuer or Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances subject to a
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first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent or, if the Administrative Agent and each applicable L/C Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each applicable L/C Issuer. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Flow Leverage Ratio” means, as of any time the same is to be determined, the ratio of (a) Funded Debt as of the last day of the most recent four fiscal quarters of the Company then ended minus Excess Cash as of the last day of the same such period to (b) EBITDA for the same most recent four fiscal quarters then ended.
“Change in Control” means and includes any of the following:
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or, with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
“Commercial Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit that finances a commercial transaction by paying part or all of the purchase price for goods against delivery of a document of title covering such goods and any other required documentation.
“Commitment Amount Increase” is defined in Section 3.8 hereof.
“Commitment Amount Increase Request” means a Commitment Amount Increase Request
in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
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“Company” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” means a written certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto.
“Conforming Changes” means with respect to either the use or administration of any Daily Simple RFR or Term SOFR, or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” “RFR Business Day,” the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, the timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent determines may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profit Taxes.
“Consolidated Indebtedness” means, without duplication, all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis eliminating intercompany items.
“Consolidated Priority Indebtedness” means, without duplication, all Priority Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis eliminating intercompany items.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof and without duplication, total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP less, to the extent included therein, the Company’s investment in Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Total Capitalization” means, as of the date of any determination thereof and without duplication, the sum of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness plus (b) Net Worth.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings analogous thereto.
“Controlled Group” means, with respect to the Company, all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Credit Event” means the advancing of any Loan or the issuance of, or extension of the expiration date or increase in the amount of, any Letter of Credit.
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“Daily Simple RFR” means, for any day (each, an “RFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to Sterling, the greater of (i) XXXXX for the day (such day “i”) that is five (5) RFR Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such RFR Rate Day or (B) if such RFR Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Rate Day, in each case, as such XXXXX is published by the XXXXX Administrator on the XXXXX Administrator’s Website, and (ii) the Floor. If by 5:00 pm (local time for the applicable RFR) on the second (2nd) RFR Business Day immediately following any day “i”, the RFR in respect of such day “i” has not been published on the applicable RFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the applicable Daily Simple RFR has not occurred, then the RFR for such day “i” will be the RFR as published in respect of the first preceding RFR Business Day for which such RFR was published on the RFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any RFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple RFR for no more than three (3) consecutive RFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple RFR due to a change in the applicable RFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the RFR without notice to the Company.
“Debt Rating” means the rating as determined by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the Company’s senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced long-term indebtedness for borrowed money.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means any event or condition the occurrence of which would, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 1.6(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company in writing that such failure is the result of such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii)
pay to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Xxxxxx’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Company, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Company that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Company), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, at any time after the Effective Date (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii)
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had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 1.6(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Company, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each Lender.
“Designated Disbursement Account” means the account of the Company maintained with the Administrative Agent or its Affiliate and designated in writing to the Administrative Agent as the Borrower’s Designated Disbursement Account (or such other account as the Company and the Administrative Agent may otherwise agree).
“Domestic Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary which is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof.
“EBIT” means, for any period, the sum, determined on a GAAP consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Net Income for such period plus all amounts deducted in determining Net Income for such period in respect of (a) Interest Expense, (b) income and franchise taxes and (c) to the extent also included in the corresponding calculation under the Note Purchase Agreements, the expense resulting from any change in estimated acquisition earnout payables, minus all amounts included in determining Net Income for such period in respect of (x) earnings of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (y) to the extent
also included in the corresponding calculation under the Note Purchase Agreements, the income resulting from any change in estimated acquisition earnout payables.
“EBITDA” means, for any period, determined on a GAAP consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the sum of EBIT for such period plus all amounts deducted in determining Net Income for such period in respect of (a) amortization, (b) depreciation, (c) non-cash stock-based compensation expense, (d) restructuring, workforce and lease termination charges, (e) any premiums or make-whole amounts paid in connection with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, and (f) acquisition-related professional expenses; provided that in the case of an acquisition, merger, consolidation, business combination or other similar transaction with a purchase price paid at closing (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer)), excluding any earnouts that may be payable at any time, of
$50,000,000 or less, for the twelve months most recently ended (on an equal monthly basis) prior to consummation of such transaction, the acquired entity or the acquired business shall be deemed to have EBITDA equal to the purchase price thereof divided by 8.5, minus any gains attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money.
Solely for the purposes of calculating EBITDA, if during any period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have completed an acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, business combination or other similar
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transaction or has reported in its financial statements required to be delivered hereunder any discontinued operations (as defined under GAAP), then EBITDA for such period shall be adjusted on a pro forma basis, if relevant to the computation thereof, to include or exclude, as appropriate, the EBITDA relating to such acquisition, disposition, consolidated or merged business or entity, combined business or other similar transaction or such discontinued operations, in each case assuming that all such acquisitions dispositions, mergers, consolidations, business combinations or other similar transactions and discontinuations had occurred on the first day of such period. Any such pro forma adjustment shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. The calculations included in the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.4 shall set forth as a separate line item the net amount of any pro forma adjustments made pursuant to this paragraph. The Company agrees to provide any additional information relating to such pro forma adjustment as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
Solely for the purposes of (i) calculating EBIT and EBITDA (and the defined terms of this Agreement as used in such calculation) and (ii) any pro forma adjustment to EBITDA as provided in this Agreement, no Clean Energy Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (and each Clean Energy Subsidiary shall be excluded from the calculation of EBITDA) if, during the relevant period, the aggregate tax credits generated by the Clean Energy Subsidiaries exceed the aggregate pre-tax losses generated by the Clean Energy Subsidiaries. “Clean Energy Subsidiary” shall mean (1) AJG Coal, Inc. and any permitted successor thereto, (2) each of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of AJG Coal, Inc. and any permitted successor thereto and (3) any Person not constituting a Subsidiary to the extent an investment in such Person is accounted for in the Net Income of a Clean Energy Subsidiary; provided that such Clean Energy Subsidiary is principally engaged in the business of clean energy-related ventures; provided further that neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary not constituting a Clean Energy Subsidiary shall be permitted to transfer, sell, assign (including by way of merger, liquidation or
dissolution) any asset or business (other than any clean energy-related assets or business) to any Clean Energy Subsidiary.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority,
(b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Administrative Agent has received signed counterpart signature pages of this Agreement from each of the signatories (or, in the case of a Lender, confirmation that such Xxxxxx has executed such a counterpart and dispatched it for delivery to the Administrative Agent) and the documents required by Section 8.1 hereof.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) the L/C Issuer
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and Swing Line Lender, and (iii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Borrower or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute thereto.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurocurrency Loan” means a Revolving Loan bearing interest prior to maturity at the rate specified in Section 1.3(bc) hereof.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means, for an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Eurocurrency
Loans:
“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” is defined in the definition of “Adjusted LIBOREurocurrency Rate.”
“Event of Default” means any of the events or circumstances specified in Section 10.1
hereof.
“Excess Cash” means, as of any date the same is to be determined, 50% of cash and cash equivalents as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company most recently delivered to the Lenders hereunder attributable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (but not including the amounts set forth in the “Restricted cash” line item of such consolidated balance sheet attributable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or, if no such line item appears in such consolidated balance sheet, amounts that would have been set forth in such line item if such balance sheet were prepared in the same manner as the consolidated balance sheet delivered to the Lenders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)).
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on
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which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment requested by the Company under Section 11.6) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 14.1 amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 14.1(g), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” is defined in the Preliminary Statements of this Agreement.
“Existing L/Cs” means the outstanding letters of credit issued by Bank of Montreal pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement prior to the Effective Date, all of which are listed and described on Schedule 1.2(a) hereof.
“Existing Lenders” is defined in the Preliminary Statements of this Agreement.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of the withholding of U.S. tax under such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means the fluctuating interest rate per annum described in clause (b)(i) of the definition of Base Rate.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Fixed Rate Loans” means Swing Loans bearing interest at the Quoted Rate, SOFR Loans, and Eurocurrency Loans, unless the context in which such term is used shall otherwise require.
“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.00%.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized by the Borrowers or such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of outstanding Swing Loans made by the Swing Line Lender other than Swing Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or repaid in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“Funded Debt” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the aggregate of all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at such time
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plus all Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of any other Person which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has otherwise assured a creditor against loss.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantor” is defined in Section 5.2 hereof.
“Guaranty” is defined in Section 5.2 hereof.
“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money” means for any Person (without duplication) (i) all indebtedness created, assumed or incurred in any manner by such Person representing money borrowed (including by the issuance of debt securities), (ii) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (a) trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business which are not more than 90 days past due and (b) obligations to make earn-out payments in cash, debt instruments or capital stock, pursuant to acquisitions occurring prior to the date of this Agreement or permitted under this Agreement), (iii) all indebtedness secured by any Lien upon Property of such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, (iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (v) all obligations of such Person on or with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and other similar extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, excluding, in each case, indebtedness which is non-recourse to such Person and its subsidiaries, and (vi) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (i) through (v) hereof.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any time the same is to be determined, the ratio of
(a) EBIT for the four (4) fiscal quarter period of the Company most recently ended to (b) Interest Expense paid or payable in cash during the same such four (4) fiscal quarter period.
“Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the sum of all interest charges (including imputed interest charges with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and all amortization of debt discount and expense and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any premiums or make-whole amounts paid in connection with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP excluding incremental interest charges resulting from consolidation under FIN 46.
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“Interest Payment Date” means, as to any RFR Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar month and the Termination Date.
“Interest Period” is defined in Section 3.1 hereof.
“L/C Documents” means the Letters of Credit, any draft or other document presented in connection with a drawing thereunder, the Applications and this Agreement.
“L/C Issuer” means Bank of Montreal or any of its Affiliates and any other Lender or Lenders selected by the Company (with such Xxxxxx’s consent) and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“L/C Obligations” means the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn face amounts of all outstanding Letters of Credit and all unpaid Reimbursement Obligations.
“L/C Sublimit” means $75,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“Lender” means and includes each financial institution party hereto and the other financial institutions from time to time party to this Agreement, including each assignee Lender pursuant to Section 14.11 hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, the Swing Line Lender.
“Letter of Credit” is defined in Section 1.2(a) hereof.
“LIBOR Rate Successor Rate” is defined in Section 11.2(b).
“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” is defined in Section 11.2(b).
“LIBOR Index Rate” is defined in the definition of “Adjusted LIBOR.”
“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any Property, including the interests of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capital Lease or other title retention arrangement.
“Loan” means and includes each Revolving Loan and Swing Loan; and the term “type” of Loan refers to its status as a Revolving Loan or a Swing Loan, or, if a Revolving Loan, to its status as a Base Rate Loan or, SOFR Loan, Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Applications, the Letters of Credit, the Additional Guarantor Supplements, the Additional Obligor Supplements and each other instrument or document to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or otherwise in connection therewith and, in each case, as the same may be amended, modified restated or supplemented from time to time.
“Material” means, with respect to any Subsidiary, a Subsidiary (a) that is a Restricted Subsidiary and (b) whose assets represent more than 5% of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, Property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or of the Company
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and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the Applications, or the Letters of Credit, as applicable, or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrowers and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, of this Agreement, the Notes, the Applications, or the Letters of Credit, as applicable, or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Lenders thereunder.
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 105% of the Fronting Exposure of all L/C Issuers with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (b) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Net Income” means, for any Person and with reference to any period, the net income (or net loss) of such Person and its subsidiaries for such period as computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and, without limiting the foregoing, after deduction from gross income of all expenses and reserves, including reserves for all taxes on or measured by income.
“Net Worth” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the total shareholders’ equity (including capital stock, additional paid-in capital and retained earnings after deducting treasury stock, but excluding minority interests in Subsidiaries) which would appear on the balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP less, to the extent included therein, the Company’s investment in Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Non-Borrower Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Borrower.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 14.12 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Note Purchase Agreements” means, collectively, the (i) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2011, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 18, 2013, the Second Amendment thereto dated as of June 24, 2014, the Third Amendment thereto dated as of June 2, 2016, the Fourth Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018 and the Fifth Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (ii) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2012, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 18, 2013, the Second Amendment thereto dated as of June 24, 2014, the Third Amendment thereto dated as of June 2, 2016, the Fourth Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018 and the Fifth Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (iii) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2013, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 18, 2013, the Second Amendment thereto dated as of June 24,
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2014, the Third Amendment thereto dated as of June 2, 2016, the Fourth Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018 and the Fifth Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (iv) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2013, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of June 24, 2014, the Second Amendment thereto dated as of June 2, 2016, the Third Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018 and the Fourth Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (v) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2014, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of June 2, 2016, the Second Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018 and the Third Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (vi) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2016, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018 and the Second Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (vii) Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2016, by and among Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein), PGIM, Inc. and certain other affiliates of PGIM, Inc., on the other hand, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of July 13, 2017, the Second Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018, the Third Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and the Fourth Amendment thereto dated June 11, 2019 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (viii) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2017, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of June 13, 2018 and the Second Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (ix) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2018, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of December 20, 2018 and as further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, (x) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2019, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time and (xi) Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2020, by and among the Obligors (as defined therein), on one hand, and the Purchasers (as defined therein) listed on Schedule A thereto, on the other hand, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.
“Notes” is defined in Section 3.3(d) hereof.
“Obligations” means all obligations of the Borrowers to pay principal and interest on the Loans and the L/C Obligations, all fees and charges payable hereunder, and all other payment obligations of the Borrowers, and any of them, arising under or in relation to any Loan Document, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, due or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and howsoever evidenced, held or acquired.
“OFAC” means the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Original Dollar Amount” means the amount of any Obligations denominated in U.S. Dollars and, in relation to any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the U.S. Dollars Equivalent of such Loan on the day it is advanced or continued for an Interest Period.
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“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 11.6).
“Participant” is defined in Section 14.10 hereof.
“Participant Register” is defined in Section 14.10 hereof.
“Participating Interest” is defined in Section 1.2(e) hereof.
“Participating Lender” is defined in Section 1.2(e) hereof.
“Patriot Act” is defined in Section 14.20.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any Person succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments represented by such Xxxxxx’s Revolving Credit Commitment or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the percentage held by such Lender (including through participation interests in L/C Obligations outstanding under the Revolving Credit and Swing Loans) of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, joint venture, association, company, unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization, including a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code that either (i) is maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for employees of a member of the Controlled Group or (ii) is maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions.
“Premium Finance Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that engages in the business of financing insurance policy premiums.
“Priority Indebtedness” means, without duplication (a) any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary secured by a Lien permitted by Section 9.8(h) and (b) any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that there shall be excluded from
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any calculation of Priority Indebtedness: (i) the Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of any Borrower or Guarantor (other than Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of any Borrower or Guarantor secured by a Lien permitted by Section 9.8(h)), (ii) the Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or a Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) with respect to any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of such Person existing at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and any extension, renewal or refunding thereof, provided that such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money was not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Quoted Rate” is defined in Section 2.3 hereof.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender, and (c) any L/C Issuer, as applicable.
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark for any Alternative Currency means, if such Benchmark is XXXXX, then four (4) RFR Business Days prior to (A) if the date of such setting is an RFR Business Day, such date or (B) if the date of such setting is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such date.
“Reimbursement Obligation” is defined in Section 1.2(c) hereof.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means (a) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, Dollars, the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto and (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, any Alternative Currency, (i) the central bank for the Currency in which such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts are denominated, or calculated with respect to, or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (ii) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (A) the central bank for the Currency in which such Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts are denominated, or calculated with respect to, (B) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (1) such Benchmark Replacement or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (C) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (D) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
“Replaced Lender” is defined in Section 11.6 hereof.
“Replacement Lender” is defined in Section 11.6 hereof.
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“Required Lenders” means, as of the date of determination thereof, Lenders holding greater than 50% of the Percentages. To the extent required by Section 14.12 the Percentage of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Borrower, each or any of its president, chief financial officer, treasurer, chief accounting officer or general counsel.
“Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary that is a Borrower or Guarantor and
(b) any Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revaluation Date” means, (i) with respect to any Revolving Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency, each date as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall specify and (ii) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (a) the date of issuance thereof, (b) the date of each amendment thereto having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (c) the last day of each calendar month, and (d) each additional date as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall specify.
“Revolving Credit” means the credit facility for making Revolving Loans and issuing Letter of Credit described in Sections 1.1 and 1.2 hereof.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to participate in Swing Loans and Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrowers hereunder in an aggregate principal or face amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Xxxxxx’s name on Schedule I attached hereto, as the same may be reduced or modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Borrowers and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders aggregate $1,200,000,000 on the Effective Date.
“Revolving Credit Note” is defined in Section 3.3(d) hereof.
“Revolving Loan” is defined in Section 1.1 hereof.
“RFR” means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to Xxxxxxxx, XXXXX.
“RFR Administrator” means the XXXXX Administrator.
“RFR Adjustment” means, if the Daily Simple RFR is XXXXX, a percentage per annum equal to 0.0326%.
“RFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
“RFR Business Day” means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to Sterling, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or
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(iii) a day on which banks are closed for general business in London; provided, that for purposes of any notice requirements in this Agreement, such day is also a Business Day.
“RFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple RFR pursuant to Section 1.3(d).
“RFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple RFR”.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Financial Services, LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Country” means a country, region or territory that is the subject of a
Sanctions Program (at the time of this Agreement, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” means (a) a Person named on a Sanctions List, each Person owned fifty percent (50%) or more by a Person or Persons named on a Sanctions List, and each other Person that is subject to a Sanctions Program, (b) an agency or government of a Sanctioned Country, (c) an organization controlled directly or indirectly by a Sanctioned Country, or (d) a Person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a Sanctions Program.
“Sanctions Event” means the event specified in Section 9.17(c).
“Sanctions Lists” means, and includes, (a) the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC, (b) the list of Sectoral Sanctions Identifications maintained by OFAC, (c) the list of Foreign Sanctions Evaders maintained by OFAC, and (d) any similar list maintained by the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or any other U.S. Governmental Authority, or maintained by a Canadian Governmental Authority, United Kingdom Governmental Authority, the United Nations Security Council, or the European Union.
“Sanctions Programs” means (a) all economic, trade, and financial sanctions programs administered by OFAC (including all laws, regulations, and Executive Orders administered by OFAC), the U.S. State Department, and any other U.S. Governmental Authority, including the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering laws (including the Patriot Act), and any and all similar United States federal laws, regulations or Executive Orders, and (b) to the extent applicable, all similar economic, trade, and financial sanctions programs administered, enacted, or enforced by the European Union, the United Nations Security Council, or the United Kingdom.
“Scheduled Unavailability Date” is defined in Section 11.2(b).
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Set-Off” is defined in Section 14.6 hereof.
“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
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“SOFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
“SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”.
“XXXXX” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, a rate equal to the
Sterling Overnight Index Average as administered by the XXXXX Administrator.
“XXXXX Administrator” means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).
“XXXXX Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of England’s website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the XXXXX Administrator from time to time.
“Standby Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit that is not a Commercial Letter of
Credit.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other Person more than 50% of the Voting Stock of which is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company and/or one or more Persons which are themselves Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swing Line” means the credit facility for making one or more Swing Loans described in Section 2.1 hereof.
“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of Montreal, acting in its capacity as the Lender of Swing Loans hereunder, or any successor Xxxxxx acting in such capacity appointed pursuant to Section 14.11 hereof.
“Swing Line Note” is defined in Section 3.3(d) hereof.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means $75,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to the terms hereof.
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“Swing Loans” is defined in Section 2.1 hereof.
“TARGET Settlement Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 4:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 4:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day; provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor
“Term SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan, a percentage per annum equal to 0.10%.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Termination Date” means June 7, 2024 (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Termination Date shall be the next preceding Business Day).
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“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unfunded Vested Liabilities” means, for any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable accrued benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the Controlled Group to the PBGC or the Plan under Title IV of ERISA.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Premium Finance Subsidiary that is (a) existing on the Effective Date and identified as a Premium Finance Subsidiary on Schedule 7.2 hereto, (b) acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary on or after the Effective Date or (c) created in connection with a reorganization of a Premium Finance Subsidiary on or after the Effective Date and that is a successor to any portion of such Premium Finance Subsidiary’s business, other than a Borrower or a Guarantor, that (i) the Company has designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the Effective Date or within 30 days of the date of acquisition or creation of such Premium Finance Subsidiary by the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.18 hereof.
“U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means (a) the amount of any Obligation or Letter of Credit denominated in U.S. Dollars and (b) in relation to any Obligation or Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the amount of U.S. Dollars which would be realized by converting such Alternative Currency into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate quoted to the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) three Business Days prior (i) to the date on which a computation thereof is required to be made, and (ii) on any Revaluation Date, in each case, by major banks in the interbank foreign exchange market for the purchase of U.S. Dollars for such Alternative Currency.
“U.S. Dollars” and “$” each means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.1(g)(ii)(B)(iii).
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, the capital stock of any class or classes or other equity interests (however designated) having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or similar
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governing body of such Person, other than stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
“Welfare Plan” means a “welfare plan”, as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.
“Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to any Subsidiary, a Subsidiary of which all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares as required by law) or other equity interests are owned by the Company and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Company within the meaning of this definition.
“Withholding Agent” means any Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 6.2. Interpretation. The foregoing definitions are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. All references to time of day herein are references to Chicago, Illinois, time unless otherwise specifically provided. Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purposes of this Agreement, it shall be done in accordance with GAAP except where such principles are inconsistent with the specific provisions of this Agreement.
Section 6.3. Change in Accounting Principles. If, after January 2, 2018, there shall occur any change in GAAP from those used in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.5 hereof and such change shall result in a change in the method of calculation of any financial covenant, standard or term found in this Agreement, either the Company or the Required Lenders may by notice to the Lenders and the
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Company, respectively, require that the Lenders and the Borrowers negotiate in good faith to amend such covenants, standards, and terms so as equitably to reflect such change in accounting principles, with the desired result being that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be the same as if such change had not been made. No delay by the Company or the Required Lenders in requiring such negotiation shall limit their right to so require such a negotiation at any time after such a change in accounting principles. Until any such covenant, standard, or term is amended in accordance with this Section 6.3, such covenant, standard, or term shall be computed and determined in accordance with GAAP in effect prior to such change in accounting principles. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall neither be deemed to be in compliance with any financial covenant hereunder nor out of compliance with any financial covenant hereunder if such state of compliance or noncompliance, as the case may be, would not exist but for the occurrence of a change in accounting principles. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, until such time as the Company shall elect by a one-time irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made without giving effect to (i) any change to, or modification of, GAAP which would require the capitalization of leases characterized as “operating leases” as of December 31, 2018 or (ii) any election under FASB ASC 815 regarding hedge accounting treatment, and for the avoidance of doubt, upon the making of such election, the concepts described in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be considered agreed between the Borrowers and the Lenders in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 6.3.
Section 6.4. Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division (whether under Delaware law or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
Section 6.5. Terms Applicable to Daily Simple RFR. From and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (i) references to Eurocurrency and Eurocurrency Loans in provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to include the Daily Simple RFR and RFR Loans, as applicable. (ii) for purposes of any requirement for the Borrower to compensate Lenders for losses in this Agreement resulting from any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any RFR Loan on a day other than the last day of any Interest Period, references to the Interest Period shall be deemed to include any relevant interest payment date or payment period for an RFR Loan, as applicable.
Section 6.6. Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to any Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Benchmark or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of a Benchmark, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind,
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including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Section 7. Representations and Warranties.
The Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows:
Section 7.1. Organization and Qualification. The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, has full corporate power to own its Property and conduct its business as now conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by it requires such licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.2. Subsidiaries. Each Restricted Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, as the case may be, has full corporate or limited liability company power to own its Property and conduct its business as now conducted, and is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the nature of the Property owned or leased by it requires such licensing or qualifying, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 7.2 hereto identifies as of May 31, 2019 (i) each Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding directors’ qualifying shares as required by law), a description of each class of its authorized capital stock and other equity interests and the number of shares of each class issued and outstanding, (ii) each direct Material Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary and (iii) whether or not such Subsidiary is an Unrestricted Subsidiary. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of each Restricted Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and, in the case of capital stock, fully paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 7.2 as owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens. There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests of any Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 7.3. Corporate Authority and Validity of Obligations. Each Borrower has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, to make the borrowings herein provided for, to issue the Notes in evidence thereof, and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. Each Guarantor has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority to enter into this Agreement pursuant to an Additional Guarantor Supplement and perform all of its Obligations hereunder. Each Loan Document to which any Borrower or any Guarantor is a party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such Borrower or such Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). No Loan Document, nor the performance or observance by any Borrower or any Guarantor of any of the matters and things herein or therein provided
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for, (a) contravenes or constitutes a default under any provision of law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon any Borrower or any Guarantor or any provision of the charter, articles of incorporation or by-laws (or equivalent organizational document) of any Borrower or any Guarantor, (b) any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting any Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their respective Properties, in each case where such contravention or default, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of any Borrower or any Guarantor.
Section 7.4. Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock. The Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Loans and other extensions of credit made available hereunder to fund their general corporate and working capital purposes and for such other purposes as are consistent with all applicable laws and the terms hereof. Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Loan or any other extension of credit hereunder will be used to purchase or carry margin stock or used in a manner that violates any provision of Regulation U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Margin stock (as hereinabove defined) constitutes less than 25% of the assets of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else whether or not such Person is acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of any laws relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Section 7.5. Financial Reports. The consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, and accompanying notes thereto, which financial statements are accompanied by the audit report of Xxxxx & Young LLP, independent public accountants, fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at said date and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. Except as previously disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has contingent liabilities which are material to it other than as indicated on such financial statements or, with respect to future periods, on the financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof.
Section 7.6. No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2018, except as previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the year ended December 31, 2018, there has been no change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.7. Full Disclosure. The written statements and information furnished to the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the commitments by the Lenders to provide all or part of the financing contemplated hereby do not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the material statements contained herein or therein not misleading, the Lenders acknowledging that as to any projections furnished to the Lenders, the Borrowers only represent that the same were prepared on the basis of information and estimates the Borrowers believed to be reasonable.
Section 7.8. Good Title. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries each have good and defensible
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title (or valid leasehold interests) to their assets as reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries furnished to the Lenders (except for sales of assets permitted hereunder), subject to no Liens other than such thereof as are permitted by Section 9.8 hereof.
Section 7.9. Litigation and Other Controversies. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, there is no litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding or labor controversy pending, nor to the knowledge of any Borrower threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.10. Taxes. All federal and state income and other material tax returns required to be filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have, in fact, been filed, and all Taxes, upon the Company and its Subsidiaries or upon any of their respective Properties, income or franchises, which are shown to be due and payable in such returns, have been paid, except for any Taxes, being contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding which prevent or stay enforcement of the matter under contest and as to which adequate reserves established in accordance with GAAP have been provided. The Company does not know of any proposed additional Tax against it or its Subsidiaries for which adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP has not been made on its accounts. Adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP for Taxes on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been made for all open years, and for its current fiscal period.
Section 7.11. Approvals. No authorization, consent, license, or exemption from, or filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority, nor any approval or consent of the stockholders of the Company or any other Person, is or will be necessary to the valid execution, delivery or performance by any Borrower of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for such approvals which have been obtained prior to the date of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect.
Section 7.12. Affiliate Transactions. Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is a party to any contracts or agreements with any of its Affiliates (other than transactions between the Company and a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or between Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) on terms and conditions which are less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than would be usual and customary in similar contracts or agreements between Persons not affiliated with each other.
Section 7.13. Investment Company. Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 7.14. ERISA. In respect of each Plan, the Company and each other member of its Controlled Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of and is in compliance in all material respects with ERISA and the Code to the extent applicable to it and has not incurred any material liability to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any material contingent liabilities with respect to any post-retirement benefits under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for continuation coverage described in article 6 of Title I of ERISA.
Section 7.15. Compliance with Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to or pertaining to their Properties or business operations (including, without limitation, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and laws and regulations establishing quality criteria and standards for air, water, land and toxic or hazardous wastes and substances), where any such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
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Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice to the effect that its operations are not in compliance with any of the requirements of applicable federal, state or local environmental, health and safety statutes and regulations or are the subject of any governmental investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance or remedial action, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.16. Other Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under the terms of any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their Properties, which default if uncured could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.17. Labor Controversies. There are no labor controversies pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.18. Insolvency. After giving effect to the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the extensions of credit under this Agreement: (a) neither any Borrower nor any Guarantor will (i) be “insolvent,” within the meaning of such term as used in §101 of the “Bankruptcy Code”, or Section 2 of either the “UFTA” or the “UFCA”, or as defined or used in any “Other Applicable Law” (as those terms are defined below), or (ii) be unable to pay its debts generally as such debts become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA or Section 6 of the UFCA, or (iii) have an unreasonably small capital to engage in any business or transaction, whether current or contemplated, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA or Section 5 of the UFCA; and (b) the obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors under the Loan Documents and with respect to the Loans and Letters of Credit will not be rendered avoidable under any Other Applicable Law. For purposes of this Section, “Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, “UFTA” means the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, “UFCA” means the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, and “Other Applicable Law” means any other applicable law pertaining to fraudulent transfers or obligations voidable by creditors, in each case as such law may be amended from time to time.
Section 7.19. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 7.20. Compliance with Sanctions Programs. (a) The Company is in compliance with the requirements of all Sanctions Programs and Anti-Corruption Laws applicable to it, non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary of the Company is in compliance with the requirements of all Sanctions Programs and Anti-Corruption Laws applicable to such Subsidiary non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has provided to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders all information regarding the Company and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries requested by the Administrative Agent and necessary for the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders to comply with all applicable Sanctions Programs and Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any of its directors, officers or Affiliates is, as of the date hereof, a Sanctioned Person.
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Section 8. Conditions Precedent.
The obligation of each Lender to advance, continue, or convert any Loan (other than the continuation of, or conversion into, a Base Rate Loan), or of the L/C Issuer to issue, extend the expiration date of or increase the amount of any Letter of Credit, shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:
Section 8.1. Initial Credit Event. The effectiveness of this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction prior to or on the date of this Agreement, of the following conditions:
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Section 8.2. All Credit Events. As of the time of each Credit Event hereunder:
Each request for a Borrowing hereunder and each request for the issuance of, increase in the amount of, or extension of the expiration date of, a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date of such Credit Event as to the facts specified in paragraphs (a) through (d), both inclusive, of this Section 8.2.
Section 9. Covenants.
The Borrowers covenant and agree that, so long as any credit is available to or in use by the Borrowers hereunder, except to the extent compliance in any case is waived in writing pursuant to the terms of Section 14.12 hereof:
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Section 9.1. Maintenance of Business. The Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, preserve and maintain its existence, and preserve and keep in force and effect all licenses, permits and franchises necessary to the proper conduct of its business except where the failure to have any such license, permit or franchise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.1 shall prohibit the dissolution, merger, sale, transfer or other disposition of any Restricted Subsidiary which is otherwise permitted under Section 9.10 hereof.
Section 9.2. Taxes and Assessments. The Company shall duly pay and discharge, and shall cause each Subsidiary to duly pay and discharge, all material Taxes, rates, assessments, fees and governmental charges upon or against it or its Properties, in each case before the same become delinquent and before penalties accrue thereon, unless and to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and adequate reserves are provided therefor.
Section 9.3. Insurance. The Company shall insure and keep insured, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to insure and keep insured, with responsible insurance companies, all insurable Property owned by it which is of a character usually insured by Persons similarly situated and operating like Properties against loss or damage from such hazards and risks, and in such amounts, as are insured by Persons similarly situated and operating like Properties; and the
Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain insurance with respect to their respective businesses covering such other hazards and risks (including employers’ and public liability risks) with responsible insurance companies as and to the extent usually insured by Persons similarly situated and conducting similar businesses. The Company shall upon written request furnish to the Administrative Agent and any Lender a certificate setting forth in summary form the nature and extent of the insurance maintained pursuant to this Section.
Section 9.4. Financial Reports. The Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain a standard system of accounting in accordance with GAAP and shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and their duly authorized representatives such information respecting the business and financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (each Lender to have the right to require the Administrative Agent make such request); and without any request, the Company will furnish each of the following to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient copies for each Lender (which the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender) or, in lieu of furnishing any such item to the Administrative Agent, may at such time notify the Administrative Agent that such item has been posted to a website maintained by or on behalf of the Company and accessible to all of the Lenders, such notification to inform the Administrative Agent of any information necessary to allow the Lenders to access such item:
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Each of the financial statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be accompanied by a Compliance Certificate signed by the President, the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, or the Vice President and Treasurer of the Company to the effect that to the best of such officer’s
knowledge and belief no Default or Event of Default has occurred during the period covered by such statements or, if any such Default or Event of Default has occurred during such period, setting forth a description of such Default or Event of Default and specifying the action, if any, taken by the Borrowers to remedy the same. Such Compliance Certificate shall also (i) set forth the calculations supporting such statements in respect of Sections 9.6, 9.7, 9.16, and 9.19 of this Agreement and (ii) contain a calculation of the Cash Flow Leverage Ratio for purposes of determining adjustments (if any) to the Applicable Margins.
The documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (e) above shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such documents are filed for public availability on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (it being understood that the Company shall not be required to provide notice to the Administrative Agent or any Lender of such electronic filing of information); provided that the Company shall deliver electronic copies of such information to any Lender promptly upon request of such Lender through the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of copies of such document to it and maintaining its copies of such documents.
Section 9.5. Inspection. The Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each of their duly authorized representatives and agents during normal business hours to visit and inspect any of the Properties, corporate books and financial records of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, to examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with the Administrative Agent and such Lender the finances and affairs of the Company and of each Restricted Subsidiary) at such reasonable times and reasonable intervals as the Administrative Agent or any such Lender may designate.
Section 9.6. Cash Flow Leverage Ratio. The Company shall not at any time permit its Cash Flow Leverage Ratio to be more than 3.50 to 1.00.
Section 9.7. Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company shall not at any time permit its Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.50 to 1.00.
Section 9.8. Liens. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur or permit to exist any Lien of any kind on any Property owned by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:
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faith cash deposits in connection with tenders, contracts or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party or other cash deposits required to be made in the ordinary course of business, provided in each case that the obligation is not for borrowed money and that the obligation secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which prevent enforcement of the matter under contest and adequate reserves have been established therefor;
Section 9.9. Acquisitions. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, acquire all or any substantial part of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to nor operate to prevent acquisitions of all or substantially all of the assets or business of any other Person or division thereof, or all or any part of the Voting Stock of or other
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equity interest in any Person (including as such an acquisition, any action to participate as a joint venturer in any joint venture or as a partner in any partnership), in each case if and so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect to such acquisition.
Section 9.10. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales. The Company shall not be a party to any merger or consolidation unless the Company is the surviving entity and no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect to such merger or consolidation. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Property, including any disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction, or in any event sell or discount (with or without recourse) any of its notes or accounts receivable; provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists this Section shall not apply to nor operate to prevent:
Section 9.11. ERISA. The Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, promptly pay and discharge all obligations and liabilities arising under ERISA of a character which if unpaid or unperformed could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien against any of its Properties. The Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of (i) the occurrence of any reportable event (as
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defined in ERISA) with respect to a Plan (other than a reportable event with respect to which the 30 day notice requirement is waived), (ii) receipt of any notice from the PBGC of its intention to seek termination of any Plan or appointment of a trustee therefor, (iii) its intention to terminate or withdraw from any Plan, and (iv) the occurrence of any event with respect to any Plan which would result in the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any material liability, fine or penalty, or any material increase in the contingent liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any post-retirement Welfare Plan benefit.
Section 9.12. Compliance with Laws. The Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, comply in all respects with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and orders applicable to or pertaining to their Properties or business operations, where any such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.13. Burdensome Contracts with Affiliates. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any contract, agreement or business arrangement with any of its Affiliates (other than transactions between the Company and a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or between Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries) on terms and conditions which are less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than would be usual and customary in similar contracts, agreements or business arrangements between Persons not affiliated with each other.
Section 9.14. No Changes in Fiscal Year. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall change its fiscal year from its present basis without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
Section 9.15. Change in the Nature of Business. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business or activity if as a result the general nature of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole would be changed in any material respect from the general nature of the business engaged in by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Effective Date.
Section9. 169.16. Limitations on Consolidated Priority Indebtedness. The Company will not, as at the end of any fiscal quarter, permit Consolidated Priority Indebtedness to exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Capitalization, calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Section 9.17. Compliance with Sanctions Programs and Anti-Corruption Laws. (a) The Company shall at all times comply with the requirements of all Sanctions Programs and Anti-Corruption Laws applicable to the Company and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with the requirements of all Sanctions Programs and Anti-Corruption Laws applicable to such Subsidiary, in each case, the non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 9.18. Redesignation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Premium Finance Subsidiary (a) existing on the Effective Date and identified as a Premium Finance Subsidiary on Schedule 7.2 hereto, (b) acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary on or after the Effective Date or (c) created in connection with a reorganization of a Premium Finance Subsidiary on or after the Effective Date (other than a Borrower or a Guarantor) to be a Restricted Subsidiary and may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary by giving written notice to the Administrative Agent that the Company has made such designation, provided, however, that no
Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated a Restricted Subsidiary and no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless, at the time of such designation and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist. Any Restricted Subsidiary that has been designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and that has been redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9.18, shall not at any time thereafter be redesignated an Unrestricted Subsidiary without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders. Any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been designated a Restricted Subsidiary and that has then been redesignated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9.18, shall not, except as required in order for the Company to comply with the requirements of Section 9.19, at any time thereafter be redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders. For the purpose of determining whether a Default or an Event of Default exists after giving effect to any designation pursuant to this Section 9.18, compliance with Sections 9.6, 9.7, 9.16 and 9.19 shall be determined as of the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended on or before the effective date of such designation on a pro forma basis as though such designation had been in effect as of the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending with such most recent fiscal quarter.
Section 9.19. Limitation on Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Company (a) will not, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, permit the amount of Consolidated Total Assets to be less than 90% of the Consolidated Total Assets (determined as if the term “Restricted Subsidiary” appearing in the defined
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term Consolidated Total Assets was replaced with the term “Subsidiary” and without giving effect to the deduction set forth in such defined term) and (b) will not, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, permit EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ending on or prior to such time to be less than 90% of EBITDA (determined as if the term “Restricted Subsidiary” appearing in the defined term EBITDA (and in the definition of each term used therein) was replaced with the term “Subsidiary” and without giving effect to clause (x) of the definition of “EBIT”) for such period.
Section 10. Events of Default and Remedies.
Section 10.1. Events of Default. Any one or more of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
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Section 10.2. Non-Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default (other than those described in subsections (k) or (l) of Section 10.1 hereof with respect to the Company) has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, if so directed by the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Company:
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(a) terminate the remaining Revolving Credit Commitments and all other obligations of the Lenders hereunder on the date stated in such notice (which may be the date thereof); (b) declare the principal of and the accrued interest on all outstanding Loans to be forthwith due and payable and thereupon all outstanding Loans, including both principal and interest thereon, shall be and become immediately due and payable together with all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents without further demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind; and (c) demand that the Borrowers immediately pay to the Administrative Agent, subject to Section 10.4, the full amount then available for drawing under each or any Letter of Credit, and the Borrowers agree to immediately make such payment and acknowledges and agrees that the Lenders would not have an adequate remedy at law for failure by the Borrowers to honor any such demand and that the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, shall have the right to require the Borrowers to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any drawings or other demands for payment have been made under any Letter of Credit.
Section 10.3. Bankruptcy Defaults. When any Event of Default described in subsections (k) or (l) of Section 10.1 hereof has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Company, then all outstanding Loans shall immediately become due and payable together with all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, the obligation of the Lenders to extend further credit pursuant to any of the terms hereof shall immediately terminate and the Borrowers shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent, subject to Section 10.4, the full amount then available for drawing under all outstanding Letters of Credit, the Borrowers acknowledging that the Lenders would not have an adequate remedy at law for failure by the Borrowers to honor any such demand and that the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent on their behalf, shall have the right to require the Borrowers to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any draws or other demands for payment have been made under any of the Letters of Credit.
Section 10.4. Collateral for Undrawn Letters of Credit. (a) If the payment or prepayment of the amount available for drawing under any or all outstanding Letters of Credit is required under Section 1.2(b), Section 10.2 or Section 10.3 above, the Borrowers shall forthwith pay the amount required to be so prepaid, to be held by the Administrative Agent as provided in subsection (b) below.
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Section 10.5. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to the Company under Section 10.1(e) hereof promptly upon being requested to do so by any Lender and shall thereupon notify all the Lenders thereof.
Section 10.6. Expenses. The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and any other holder of any Obligation outstanding hereunder, all out-of-pocket expenses incurred or paid by the Administrative Agent and such Lender or any such holder, including attorneys’ fees and court costs, in connection with any Default or Event of Default by any Borrower hereunder or in connection with the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code involving any Borrower as a debtor thereunder).
Section 11. Change in Circumstances.
Section 11.1. Change of Law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if at any time any Change in Law makes it unlawful for such Lender to make or continue to maintain SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent (which shall in turn promptly notify the Company and the other Lenders) and such Lender’s obligations to make or maintain SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable, under this Agreement shall terminate until it is no longer unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable. The Borrowers shall prepay on the last day of the Interest Period for any such affected SOFR Loan, Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loans, as applicable, or within such earlier period as required by law upon demand from the affected Lender, the outstanding principal amount of any such affected SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable, together with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts payable to the affected Lender with respect thereto; provided, however, subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company may then elect on behalf of the Borrowers to borrow the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of the affected SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable, from such Lender by means of Base Rate Loans from such Lender, which Base Rate Loans shall not be made ratably by the Lenders but only from such affected Lender.
Section 11.2. Unavailability of Deposits or Inability to Ascertain, or Inadequacy of, Adjusted LIBORApplicable Interest Rate. (a) If on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Borrowing of SOFR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans or RFR Loans in any currency:
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“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of Domestic Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially
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consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines in consultation with the Company). and (B) in the case of any request for any affected Borrowing in an Alternative Currency, if applicable, then such request shall be ineffective and (ii)(A) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans, if applicable, will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans immediately and (B) any outstanding affected Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (I) be converted into Base Rate Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars (in an amount equal to the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) immediately or, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, at the end of the applicable Interest Period or (II) be prepaid in full immediately or, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, at the end of the applicable Interest Period; provided that, with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or RFR Loan, if no election is made by the Company by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Company of such notice, the Company shall be deemed to have elected clause (I) above. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Company shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.6. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to any Benchmark or at any time that a tenor for any then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark that is the subject of such Benchmark Unavailability Period or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
Section 11.3. Increased Cost. (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
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Section 11.4. Lending Offices. Each Lender may, at its option, elect to make its Loans hereunder at the branch, office or affiliate specified on the appropriate signature page hereof for each type of Loan available hereunder or at such other of its branches, offices or affiliates as it may from time to time elect and designate in a written notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent.
Section 11.5. Discretion of Lender as to Manner of Funding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Lender shall be entitled to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of its Loans in any manner it sees fit, it being understood, however, that for the purposes of this Agreement all determinations hereunder shall be made as if each Lender had actually funded and maintained each Eurocurrency Loan through the purchase of deposits in the applicable currency in the eurocurrency interbank market having a maturity corresponding to such Loan’s Interest Period and bearing an interest rate equal to Adjusted LIBOREurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period.
Section 11.6. Replacement of Lenders. If the Borrowers are required pursuant to Section 11.3 or Section 14.1 hereof to make any additional payment to any Lender or if any Lender’s obligation to make or continue, or to convert Base Rate Loans into, Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 hereof, or if any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender or any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender (any such Lender being hereinafter referred to as a “Replaced Lender”), then in such case, the Company may, upon at least five (5) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent and to such Replaced Lender, designate an Eligible Assignee as a replacement lender in accordance with Section 14.11 (a “Replacement Lender”), to which such Replaced Lender shall, subject to its receipt (unless a later date for the remittance thereof shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Replaced Lender) of all amounts owed to such Replaced Lender under Section 11.3 or Section 14.1, assign all (but not less than all) of its rights,
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obligations, Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder; provided, that all amounts (including amounts owed pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof as though such assignment were a prepayment) owed by the Borrowers to such Replaced Lender hereunder (except liabilities which by the terms hereof survive the payment in full of the Loans and termination of this Agreement) shall be paid in full as of the date of such assignment.
Section 12. The Administrative Agent.
Section 12.1. Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby appoints Bank of Montreal as the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as the Administrative Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other than Section 12.7) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and no Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
Section 12.2. Administrative Agent and its Affiliates. The Person serving as Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent and its affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower as if it were not the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. The term “Lender” as used herein and in all other Loan Documents, unless the context otherwise clearly requires, includes the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender. References in Section 1 hereof to the Administrative Agent’s Loans, or to the amount owing to the Administrative Agent for which an interest rate is being determined, refer to the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender.
Section 12.3. Action by Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent receives from the Company a written notice of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.4(f) hereof, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give each of the Lenders written notice thereof. The Lenders and the L/C Issuer expressly agree that the Administrative Agent is not acting as a fiduciary of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer in respect of the Loan Documents, the Borrowers or otherwise, and nothing herein or in any of the other Loan Documents shall result in any duties or obligations on the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders except as expressly set forth herein. The obligations of the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents are only those expressly set forth therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder with respect to any Default or Event of Default, except as expressly provided in Sections 10.2 and 10.5 hereof. In no event, however, shall the Administrative Agent be required to take any action in violation of applicable law or of any provision of any Loan Document, and the Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or under any other Loan Document unless it shall be first indemnified to its
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reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all costs, expense, and liability which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that no Default or Event of Default exists unless notified in writing to the contrary by a Lender or the Company. In all cases in which this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not require the Administrative Agent to take certain actions, the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in using its discretion in failing to take or in taking any action hereunder and thereunder. Any instructions of the Required Lenders, or of any other group of Lenders called for under the specific provisions of the Loan Documents, shall be binding on all the Lenders and the holders of the Obligations.
Section 12.4. Consultation with Experts. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 12.5. Liability of Administrative Agent; Credit Decision. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in connection with the Loan Documents (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Credit Event; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of any Borrower or any Subsidiary contained herein or in any other Loan Document; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Section 8 hereof, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability, perfection, value, worth or collectibility hereof or of any other Loan Document or of any other documents or writing furnished in connection with any Loan Document; and the Administrative Agent makes no representation of any kind or character with respect to any such matter mentioned in this sentence. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under any of the Loan Documents by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers, or any other Person for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability by acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, other document or statement (whether written or oral) believed by it to be genuine or to be sent by the proper party or parties. In particular and without limiting any of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility for confirming the accuracy of any Compliance Certificate or other document or instrument received by it under the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty or responsibility to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Borrower or any of their Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent may treat the payee of any Obligation as the holder thereof until written notice of transfer shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent signed by such payee in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or the L/C Issuer, and based
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upon such information, investigations and inquiries as it deems appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to extend credit to the Borrowers in the manner set forth in the Loan Documents. It shall be the responsibility of each Lender and the L/C Issuer to keep itself informed as to the creditworthiness of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Lender or the L/C Issuer with respect thereto.
Section 12.6. Indemnity. The Lenders shall ratably, in accordance with their respective Percentages, indemnify and hold the Administrative Agent, and its Related Parties harmless from and against any liabilities, losses, costs or expenses suffered or incurred by it under any Loan Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby, regardless of when asserted or arising, except to the extent they are promptly reimbursed for the same by the Borrowers and except to the extent that any event giving rise to a claim was caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking to be indemnified as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 12.6 shall survive termination of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to offset amounts received for the account of a Lender under this Agreement against unpaid amounts due from such Lender to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or Swing Line Lender hereunder (whether as fundings of participations, indemnities or otherwise, and with any amounts offset for the benefit of the Administrative Agent to be held by it for its own account and with any amounts offset for the benefit of the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender to be remitted by the Administrative Agent to or for the account of such L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable), but shall not be entitled to offset against amounts owed to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender by any Lender arising outside of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 12.7. Resignation of Administrative Agent and Successor Administrative Agent.
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Section 12.8. L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the Swing Line Lender shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to the Swing Loans made hereunder. The L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender shall each have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Section 12 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the Applications pertaining to such Letters of Credit or by the Swing Line Lender in connection with Swing Loans made or to be made hereunder as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent”, as used in this Section 12, included the L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender with respect to such acts or omissions and (ii) as additionally provided in this Agreement with respect to such L/C Issuer.
Section 12.9. Designation of Additional Agents. The Administrative Agent shall have the continuing right, for purposes hereof, at any time and from time to time to designate one or more of the Lenders (and/or its or their Affiliates) as “syndication agents,” “documentation agents,” “arrangers,” or other designations for purposes hereto, but such designation shall have no substantive effect, and such Lenders and their Affiliates shall have no additional powers, duties or responsibilities as a result thereof.
Section 12.10. Certain ERISA Matters.
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one of the following is and will be true:
Section 13.A. Joint and Several Obligors.
Section 13.1.A. Joint and Several Obligors. To induce the Lenders and the L/C Issuer to provide the
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credits described herein and in consideration of benefits expected to accrue to the Borrowers by reason of the Revolving Credit Commitments and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably confirms jointly and severally to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, the due and punctual payment of all present and future Obligations, including, but not limited to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Loans, Notes, the Reimbursement Obligations, and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations now or hereafter owed by any Borrower under the Loan Documents as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, according to the terms hereof and thereof (including all interest, costs, fees, and charges after the entry of an order for relief against any Borrower or such other obligor in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar proceeding, whether or not such interest, costs, fees and charges would be an allowed claim against such Borrower or any such obligor in any such proceeding). In case of failure by any Borrower punctually to pay any Obligations, each other Borrower hereby unconditionally agrees to make such payment or to cause such payment to be made punctually as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise.
Section 13.2.A. Unconditional. The obligations of each Borrower under this Section 13.A shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged, or otherwise affected by:
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Section 13.3.A. Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances. Except as provided in Section 5.4, each Borrower’s obligations under this Section 13.A. shall remain in full force and effect until the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated, all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated or are fully collateralized (by cash or letter of credit) on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and the principal of and interest on the Loans, Notes and all other amounts payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable by any Borrower under the Loan Documents is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of any Borrower, or otherwise, each Borrower’s obligations under this Section 13.A with respect to such payment shall be reinstated at such time as though such payment had become due but had not been made at such time.
Section 13.4.A. Subrogation. Each Borrower agrees it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation by any payment made hereunder, or otherwise, until all the Obligations shall have been paid in full subsequent to the termination of all the Revolving Credit Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit. If any amount shall be paid to a Borrower on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the later of (x) the payment in full of the Obligations and all other amounts payable by any Borrower hereunder and the other Loan Documents and (y) the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and credited and applied upon the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 13.5.X. Xxxxxxx. Each Borrower irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest, and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person against any Borrower, any guarantor, or any other Person.
Section 13.6.A. Limit on Recovery. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the right of recovery against each Borrower under this Section 13.A. shall not exceed $1.00 less than the lowest amount which would render such Borrower’s obligations under this Section 13.A. void or voidable under applicable law, including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance law.
Section 13.7.A. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by any Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall nonetheless be payable by the other Borrowers hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.
Section 13.8.A. Benefit to each Borrower. All of the Borrowers are engaged in related businesses and integrated to such an extent that the financial strength and flexibility of each Borrower has a direct impact on the success of each other Borrower. Each Borrower will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extension of credit hereunder.
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Section 13.9.A. Borrower Covenants. Each Borrower shall take such action as the Company is required by this Agreement to cause such Borrower to take, and shall refrain from taking such action as the Company is required by this Agreement to prohibit such Borrower from taking.
Section 13.B. The Guaranties.
Section 13.1.B. The Guaranties. To induce the Lenders and the L/C Issuer to provide the credits described herein and in consideration of benefits expected to accrue to the Borrowers by reason of the Revolving Credit Commitments and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees jointly and severally to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, the due and punctual payment of all present and future Obligations, including, but not limited to, the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Loans, Notes, the Reimbursement Obligations, and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations now or hereafter owed by any Borrower under the Loan Documents as and when the same shall become due and payable, without set-off or counterclaim, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, according to the terms hereof and thereof (including all interest, costs, fees, and charges after the entry of an order for relief against any Borrower or such other obligor in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar proceeding, whether or not such interest, costs, fees and charges would be an allowed claim against such Borrower or any such obligor in any such proceeding). In case of failure by any Borrower punctually to pay any Obligations guaranteed hereby, each Guarantor hereby unconditionally agrees to make such payment or to cause such payment to be made punctually as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Borrower.
Section 13.2.B. Guarantee Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor under this Section 13.B shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged, or otherwise affected by:
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Section 13.3.B. Discharge Only upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances. Except as provided in Section 5.4, each Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 13.B. shall remain in full force and effect until the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated, all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated or are fully collateralized (by cash or letter of credit) on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and the principal of and interest on the Loans, Notes and all other amounts payable by the Borrowers and the Guarantors under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note or any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable by any Borrower or any Guarantor under the Loan Documents is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of any Borrower or of any guarantor, or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 13.B with respect to such payment shall be reinstated at such time as though such payment had become due but had not been made at such time.
Section 13.4.B. Subrogation. Each Guarantor agrees it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation by any payment made hereunder, or otherwise, until all the Obligations shall have been paid in full subsequent to the termination of all the Revolving Credit Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the later of (x) the payment in full of the Obligations and all other amounts payable by any Borrower hereunder and the other Loan Documents and (y) the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and credited and applied upon the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 13.5.X. Xxxxxxx. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest, and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other Person against any Borrower, another guarantor, or any other Person.
Section 13.6.B. Limit on Recovery. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the right of recovery against each Guarantor under this Section 13.B. shall not exceed $1.00 less than the lowest amount which would render such Guarantor’s obligations under this Section 13.B. void or voidable under applicable law, including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance law.
Section 13.7.B. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by any Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors
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hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Xxxxxxx.
Section 13.8.B. Benefit to Guarantors. All of the Guarantors are engaged in related businesses and integrated to such an extent that the financial strength and flexibility of each Guarantor has a direct impact on the success of each other Guarantor. Each Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extension of credit hereunder.
Section 13.9.B. Guarantor Covenants. Each Guarantor shall take such action as the Company is required by this Agreement to cause such Guarantor to take, and shall refrain from taking such action as the Company is required by this Agreement to prohibit such Guarantor from taking
Section 14. Miscellaneous.
Section 14.1. Withholding Taxes. (a) Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section, the term “Lender” includes any L/C Issuer and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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Section 14.2. No Waiver of Rights. No delay or failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender or on the part of any holder or holders of any of the Obligations in the exercise of any power or right under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor as an acquiescence in any default, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other power or right. The rights and remedies hereunder of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Lenders and any holder or holders of any of the Obligations are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies which any of them would otherwise have.
Section 14.3. Non-Business Day. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day on which date such payment shall be due and payable. In the case of any payment of principal falling due on a day which is not a Business Day, interest on such principal amount shall continue to accrue during such extension at the rate per annum then in effect, which accrued amount shall be due and payable on the next scheduled date for the payment of interest.
Section 14.4. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties made herein or in any other Loan Documents or in certificates given pursuant hereto or thereto shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the date as of which they were made as long as any credit is in use or available hereunder.
Section 14.5. Survival of Indemnities. All indemnities and all other provisions relative to reimbursement to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer of amounts sufficient to protect the yield of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer with respect to the Loans and Letters of Credit, including, but not limited to, Section 3.6, Section 11.3 and Section 14.14 hereof, shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the payment of the Loans and all other Obligations.
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Section 14.6. Sharing of Set-Off. Each Lender agrees with each other Lender which is a party hereto that if such Lender shall receive and retain any payment, whether by set-off or application of deposit balances or otherwise (“Set-off”), on any of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations in excess of its ratable share of payments on all such Obligations then outstanding to the Lenders, then such Lender shall purchase for cash at face value, but without recourse, ratably from each of the other Lenders such amount of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations, or participations therein, held by each such other Lenders (or interest therein) as shall be necessary to cause such Lender to share such excess payment ratably with all the other Lenders; provided, however, that if any such purchase is made by any Lender, and if such excess payment or part thereof is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, the related purchases from the other Lenders shall be rescinded ratably and the purchase price restored as to the portion of such excess payment so recovered, but without interest. For purposes of this Section 14.6, amounts owed to or recovered by, the L/C Issuer in connection with Reimbursement Obligations in which Lenders have been required to fund their participation shall be treated as amounts owed to or recovered by the L/C Issuer as a Lender hereunder. Each Borrower and Guarantor consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Borrower and Guarantor rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Borrower in the amount of such participation.
Section 14.7. Notices. (a) Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices under the Loan Documents shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy. Notices under the Loan Documents to the Lenders shall be addressed to their respective addresses or telecopier numbers set forth in their Administrative Questionnaire, and to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any Borrower shall be addressed as follows:
If to any Borrower: |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. |
0000 Xxxx Xxxx |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 |
Attention: General Counsel |
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 |
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with a copy to: |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. |
0000 Xxxx Xxxx |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 |
Attention: Treasurer |
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 |
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If to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender |
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Bank of Montreal |
000000 Xxxxx XxXxxxxXxxxx Xxxxxx |
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000000000 |
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 |
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with a copy to: |
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Bank of Montreal |
000000 Xxxxx XxXxxxxXxxxx Xxxxxx |
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000000000 |
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx |
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 |
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telecopier, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopier number specified in this Section 14.7 or in the relevant Administrative Questionnaire (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be effective at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient) or (ii) if given by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, when delivered; provided that any notice given pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall be effective only upon receipt.
Notices delivered through electronic communications, to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said subsection (b).
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
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(ii) The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrowers, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through the Platform.
Section 14.8. Counterparts. (a) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterpart signature pages, and by the different parties on different counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed an original but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement will be deemed executed by the parties hereto when each has signed it and delivered its executed signature page to the Administrative Agent by facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or physical delivery. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 14.9. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Borrowers and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders and the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, including any subsequent holder of any Obligation. Except as otherwise provided herein in connection with any transaction not prohibited by Section 9.10 hereof, neither any Borrower nor any Guarantor may assign any of its rights or obligations under any Loan Document without the written consent of all of the Lenders.
Section 14.10. Participants. Each Lender shall have the right at its own cost to grant participations (to be evidenced by one or more agreements or certificates of participation) in the Loans made and Reimbursement Obligations and/or Revolving Credit Commitment and/or participations in Swing Loans held by such Lender at any time and from time to time to one or more Persons (other than a natural Person or any Borrower or Guarantor or any Affiliates or Subsidiaries of any Borrower or any Guarantor) (each, a
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“Participant”); provided that no such participation shall relieve any Lender of any of its obligations under this Agreement, and provided further that no such participant shall have any rights under this Agreement except as provided in this Section 14.10, and the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation or responsibility to such participant. Any party to which such a participation has been granted shall have the benefits of Section 3.6 and Section 11.3 hereof but shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under either such Section than the Lender granting such participation would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights transferred. Any agreement pursuant to which any Lender may grant such a participating interest shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder including, without limitation, the right to approve any amendment or modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such participation agreement may provide that such Lender will not agree to any modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement that would (A) increase the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender if such increase would also increase the participant’s obligations, (B) forgive any amount of or postpone the date for payment of any principal of or interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or of any fee payable hereunder in which such participant has an interest or (C) reduce the stated rate at which interest or fees accrue or other amounts payable hereunder in which such participant has an interest. The Borrowers authorize each Lender to disclose to any participant or prospective participant under this Section 14.10 any financial or other information pertaining to the Borrowers, subject to Section 14.21 hereof. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
Section 14.11. Assignments. (a) Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 14.11(b) hereof, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 14.5 and 14.14 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Xxxxxx having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 14.10 hereof.
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Section 14.12. Amendments. Any provision of the Loan Documents may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by (a) the Borrowers, (b) the Required Lenders, and (c) if the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender are affected thereby, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable; provided that:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (1) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender, (2) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall be permitted to amend such provision, (3) guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by any Borrower or Guarantor in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be amended, supplemented or waived without the consent of any Lender if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order to (x) comply with local law or advice of local counsel, (y) cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or (z) cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 14.13. Headings. Section headings used in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.
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Section 14.14. Legal Fees, Other Costs and Indemnification. The Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation and negotiation of the Loan Documents, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent, in connection with the preparation and execution of the Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver or consent related hereto, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are consummated. The Borrowers further agree to indemnify each Lender, the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, and their respective directors, officers and employees (each such Person an “Indemnitee”) against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and related expenses (including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor, whether or not the indemnified Person is a party thereto) which any of them may incur or reasonably pay arising out of or relating to any Loan Document or any of the transactions contemplated thereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit, other than those as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party claiming indemnification. The Borrowers, upon demand by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or a Lender at any time, shall reimburse the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or Lender for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any of the foregoing except if the same is directly due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified. To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party to this Agreement shall assert, and each such Person hereby waives, any claim against any other party to this Agreement or any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. The obligations of the parties under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 14.15. Set Off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under the Loan Documents or applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each subsequent holder of any Obligation and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized by each Borrower and each Guarantor at any time or from time to time, without notice to such Borrower, such Guarantor or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts or premium trust accounts, and in whatever currency denominated) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by that Lender, the L/C Issuer or that subsequent holder or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of such Borrower or such Guarantor, whether or not matured, against and on account of the Obligations of such Borrower or such Guarantor to that Lender, the L/C Issuer or that subsequent holder or Affiliate under the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected with the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether or not (a) that Lender, the L/C Issuer or that subsequent holder or Affiliate shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or Notes and other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable and although said obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.6 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such
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Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, each L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
Section 14.16. Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents constitute the entire understanding of the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and any prior or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto are superseded thereby.
Section 14.17. Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the rights and duties of the parties hereto, shall be construed and determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
Section 14.18. Currency. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of each Borrower and each Guarantor in respect of any amount due in U.S. Dollars or an Alternative Currency (the “relevant currency”) under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the Person entitled to received such payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such Person receives such payment. If the amount of the relevant currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Person in the relevant currency, the relevant Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable, agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Person against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds the sum of (a) the amount originally due to the relevant Person in the specified currency plus (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Person under Section 14.6 hereof, such Person agrees to remit such excess to the relevant Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable.
Section 14.19. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each Borrower and Guarantor hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and of any Illinois State court sitting in the City of Chicago and any appellate court from any thereof for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Each Borrower and Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH BORROWER, EACH GUARANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE L/C ISSUER AND EACH LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, in the manner provided for notices (other than telecopy or e-mail) in Section 14.7. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.
Section 14.20. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”) hereby notifies the Borrowers and Guarantors that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is
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required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Borrower and Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender or the L/C Issuer to identify each Borrower and Guarantor in accordance with the Patriot Act.
Section 14.21. Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to maintain in confidence and not to disclose without the Company’s consent (other than to its employees, affiliates, auditors, counsel or other professional advisors, or to another Lender, each of which shall also be bound by this Section 14.21) any information concerning the Company or any Subsidiaries furnished pursuant to this Agreement and not previously disclosed in any filing made by the Company with the SEC; provided that any Lender may disclose any such information (a) that has become generally available to the public, (b) if required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over such Lender or any stock exchange on which the equity of such Lender is registered, (c) if required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, (d) in order to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable to such Lender, or (e) to any prospective or actual participant or transferee under Section 14.10 or 14.11 hereof in connection with any contemplated or actual transfer of a participating or other interest in such Lender’s rights or obligations hereunder so long as such actual or prospective participant or transferee executes an agreement with such Lender containing provisions substantially identical to those contained in this Section 14.21; provided, that in the case of any disclosure under subsection (c) above, such Lender shall (to the extent permitted by applicable law) notify the Company of such disclosure so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order or waive such Lender’s compliance with the provisions of this Section, it being understood that if the Company has no right to obtain such a protective order or if the Company does not commence procedures to obtain such a protective order within ten Business Days of the receipt of such notice, such Lender’s compliance with this Section shall be deemed to have been waived with respect to such disclosure.
Section 14.22. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of any Loan Document which is unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable mandatory provisions of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement and other Loan Documents are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Agreement or the other Loan Documents invalid or unenforceable.
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Section 14.23. Excess Interest. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, no such provision shall require the payment or permit the collection of any amount of interest in excess of the maximum amount of interest permitted by applicable law to be charged for the use or detention, or the forbearance in the collection, of all or any portion of the Loans or other obligations outstanding under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (“Excess Interest”). If any Excess Interest is provided for, or is adjudicated to be provided for, herein or in any other Loan Document, then in such event (a) the provisions of this Section shall govern and control, (b) neither the Borrowers nor any guarantor or endorser shall be obligated to pay any Excess Interest, (c) any Excess Interest that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have received hereunder shall, at the option of the Administrative Agent, be (i) applied as a credit against the then outstanding principal amount of Obligations hereunder and accrued and unpaid interest thereon (not to exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law), (ii) refunded to the Borrowers, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing, (d) the interest rate payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be automatically subject to reduction to the maximum lawful contract rate allowed under applicable usury laws (the “Maximum Rate”), and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been, and shall be, reformed and modified to reflect such reduction in the relevant interest rate, and (e) neither the Borrowers nor any guarantor or endorser shall have any action against the Administrative Agent or any Lender for any damages whatsoever arising out of the payment or collection of any Excess Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any period of time interest on any of Obligations is calculated at the Maximum Rate rather than the applicable rate under this Agreement, and thereafter such applicable rate becomes less than the Maximum Rate, the rate of interest payable on the Obligations shall remain at the Maximum Rate until the Lenders have received the amount of interest which such Lenders would have received during such period on the Obligations had the rate of interest not been limited to the Maximum Rate during such period.
Section 14.24. Construction. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Loan Documents shall not be construed more favorably in favor of any party hereto based upon which party drafted the same, it being acknowledged that all parties hereto contributed substantially to the negotiation of the Loan Documents.
Section 14.25. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Borrower and Guarantor acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a) (i) nofiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between any Borrower or Guarantor and its Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or any Lender is intended to be or has been created in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents, irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or any Lender has advised or is advising any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on other matters, (ii) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders, on the other hand, (iii) each Borrower and Guarantor has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent that it has deemed appropriate and (iv) each Borrower and Guarantor is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; and (b) (i) the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person; (ii) none of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders has any obligation to any Borrower or Guarantor or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the
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accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of any Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Borrower and Guarantor hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 14.26. Xxxxxx’s and L/C Issuer’s Obligations Several. The obligations of the Lenders and L/C Issuer hereunder are several and not joint. Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken by the Lenders or L/C Issuer pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders and L/C Issuer a partnership, association, joint venture or other entity.
Section 14.27. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
Section 14.28. Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date and shall supersede all provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement as of such date. From and after the Effective Date all references made to the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document or in any other instrument or document shall, without more, be deemed to refer to this Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates the Existing Credit Agreement and is not intended to be or operate as a novation or an accord and satisfaction of the Existing Credit Agreement or the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers evidenced or provided for thereunder.
Section 14.29. Equalization of Loans and Commitments. From and after the Effective Date, (a)(i) the commitments of those Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement that are continuing as Lenders under this Agreement (the “Continuing Lenders”) shall be amended as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto and (ii) the commitments of those “Lenders” under the Existing Credit Agreement that are not continuing as Lenders under this Agreement (the “Non-Continuing Lenders”) shall automatically be terminated and cease to have
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any further force or effect without further action by any Person, and shall be replaced with the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of such Continuing Lenders and of those Lenders party to this Agreement that were not “Lenders” under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “New Lenders”); (b) all outstanding “Revolving Loans” of the Non-Continuing Lenders shall be repaid in full (together with all interest accrued thereon and amounts payable pursuant to Section
3.6 hereof of the Existing Credit Agreement in connection with such payment, and all fees accrued under the Existing Credit Agreement through the Effective Date) on the Effective Date; (c) all outstanding “Revolving Loans” of the Continuing Lenders and all interests in outstanding “Letters of Credit” under the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain outstanding as the initial Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder; and (d) all interest accrued on Revolving Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement to the Effective Date shall be paid on the last day of its Interest Period in accordance with Section 1.3.
The Continuing Lenders and New Lenders each agree to make such purchases and sales of interests in the Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations outstanding on the Effective Date between themselves so that each Continuing Lender and New Lender is then holding its relevant Percentage thereof based on their Revolving Credit Commitments as in effect after giving effect hereto (such purchases and sales shall be arranged through the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby
agrees to execute such further instruments and documents, if any, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection therewith). The Borrowers hereby agree to compensate each Continuing Lender for any and all losses, costs and expenses incurred by such Lender in connection with the sale and assignment of any Fixed Rate Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement and such reallocation described above, in each case on the terms and in the manner set forth in Section 3.6.
Section 14.30. Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Contract or any other 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 Loan 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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“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is
defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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This Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement is entered into between us for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth as of the date first above written.
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Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2019, among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. and the other Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders named therein, and Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. [The Borrowers have failed to pay their Reimbursement Obligation in the amount of
$ . Your Lender’s Percentage of the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation is $ ] or [The L/C Issuer has been required to return a payment by the Borrowers of a Reimbursement Obligation in the amount of $ . Your Lender’s Percentage of the returned Reimbursement Obligations is $ .]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., refers to the Credit Agreement, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section 1.5 of the Credit Agreement, of the Borrowing specified below:
[4. The duration of the Interest Period for the [Eurocurrency] [SOFR] Loans included in the Borrowing shall be months.]
The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom:
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Exhibit C
Notice of Continuation/Conversion
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To: Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders parties to the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2019 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., (the “Company”) and the other Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”) party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., refers to the Credit Agreement, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section 1.5 of the Credit Agreement, of the [conversion] [continuation] of the Loans specified herein, that:
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Exhibit D
Revolving Credit Note
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned (collectively, the “Borrowers”), promises to pay to the order of (the “Lender”) on the Termination Date of the hereinafter defined Credit Agreement, at the principal office of Bank of Montreal, in Chicago, Illinois, (or in the case of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, at such office as the Administrative Agent has previously notified the Company) in the currency of such Loan in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Credit Agreement, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal amount of each Revolving Loan from time to time outstanding hereunder at the rates, and payable in the manner and on the dates, specified in the Credit Agreement.
The Lender shall record on its books or records or on a schedule attached to this Note, which is a part hereof, each Revolving Loan made by it pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with all payments of principal and interest and the principal balances from time to time outstanding hereon, whether the Revolving Loan is a Base Rate Loan, SOFR Loans, RFR Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, the currency thereof and the interest rate and Interest Period applicable thereto, provided that prior to the transfer of this Note all such amounts shall be recorded on a schedule attached to this Note. The record thereof, whether shown on such books or records or on a schedule to this Note, shall be prima facie evidence of the same, provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to record any of the foregoing or any error in any such record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay all Revolving Loans made to them pursuant to the Credit Agreement together with accrued interest thereon.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019, among the Borrowers, Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto (said Multicurrency Credit Agreement, as amended, modified or restated from time to time, being referred to herein as the “Credit Agreement”), and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all the benefits provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. All defined terms used in this Note, except terms otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement.
Prepayments may be made hereon and this Note may be declared due prior to the expressed maturity hereof, all in the events, on the terms and in the manner as provided for in the Credit Agreement.
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
The Borrowers hereby jointly and severally promise to pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) suffered or incurred by the holder hereof in collecting this Note or enforcing any rights in any collateral therefor, all as more particularly provided in the Credit Agreement. The Borrowers hereby waive demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement.
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Management Services, LLC Risk Placement Services, Inc. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Services, Inc. Xxxxxxxxx Benefit Services, Inc.
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Exhibit E
Swing Line Note
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On the Termination Date, for value received, each of the undersigned (collectively, the “Borrowers”), promises to pay to the order of (the “Lender”), at the principal office of Bank of Montreal in Chicago, Illinois, such amount as may at the time of the maturity hereof, whether by acceleration or otherwise, be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Loans owing from the Borrowers to the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement hereinafter mentioned.
This Note evidences Swing Loans made and to be made to the Borrowers by the Lender pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2019, among the Borrowers, Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto (said Multicurrency Credit Agreement, as amended, modified or restated from time to time, being referred to herein as the “Credit Agreement”), and the Borrowers hereby jointly and severally promise to pay interest at the office specified above on each Swing Loan evidenced hereby at the rates and times specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
Each Swing Loan made by the Lender to the Borrowers against this Note, any repayment of principal hereon and the interest rates applicable thereto shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the reverse side of this Note or recorded on the books and records of the holder hereof (provided that such entries shall be endorsed on the reverse side hereof prior to any negotiation hereof) and the Borrowers agree that in any action or proceeding instituted to collect or enforce collection of this Note, the entries so endorsed on the reverse side hereof or recorded on the books and records of the Lender shall be prima facie evidence of the unpaid balance of this Note and the interest rates applicable thereto.
This Note is issued by the Borrowers under the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, and this Note and the holder hereof are entitled to all of the benefits and security provided for thereby or referred to therein, to which reference is hereby made for a statement thereof. This Note may be declared to be, or be and become, due prior to its expressed maturity as specified in the Credit Agreement, and certain prepayments are required to be made hereon, all in the events, on the terms and with the effects provided in the Credit Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meaning herein as such terms have in the Credit Agreement.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of Illinois without regard to principles of conflict of law.
The Borrowers hereby jointly and severally promise to pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) suffered or incurred by the holder hereof in collecting this Note or enforcing any rights in any collateral therefor, all as more particularly provided in the
Credit Agreement. The Borrowers hereby waive demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind hereunder except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement.
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Exhibit F
Commitment Amount Increase Request
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Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) (together with all amendments, if any, hereafter from time to time made thereto, the “Credit Agreement”) among Xxxxxx X, Xxxxxxxxx & Co., (the “Company”) and the other Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”) party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with the Credit Agreement, the Company, on behalf of the Borrowers, hereby requests that the Administrative Agent consent to an increase in the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Commitment Amount Increase”), in accordance with Section 3.8 of the Credit Agreement, to be effected by [an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment of [name of existing Lender(s)] [and] [the addition of [each of] [name of each new Lender] (the [each a] “New Lender”) as a Lender under the terms of the Credit Agreement]. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms have in the Credit Agreement.
After giving effect to such Commitment Amount Increase, the Revolving Credit Commitment of the [Lender(s)] [New Lenders] shall be [$ .] [as follows:
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[4. The [Each] New Lender has delivered, if appropriate, to the Company and the Administrative Agent (or is delivering to the Company and the Administrative Agent concurrently herewith) the tax forms referred to in Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement.]
This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contractual obligation under, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois.
The Commitment Amount Increase shall be effective when the executed consent of the Administrative Agent is received or otherwise in accordance with Section 3.8, of the Credit Agreement, but not in any case prior to , . It shall be a condition to the effectiveness of the Commitment Amount Increase that all expenses referred to in Section 3.8 of the Credit Agreement shall have been paid.
The Company hereby certifies that (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are and remain true and correct in all material respects on the effective date of this Commitment Amount Increase (where not already qualified by materiality, otherwise in all respects), except to the extent the same expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (where not already qualified by materiality, otherwise in all respects) as of such earlier date.
Insert bracketed paragraph if New Lender is organized under the law of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or a state thereof.
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Exhibit G
Compliance Certificate
This Compliance Certificate is furnished to Bank of Montreal as Administrative Agent pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. (the “Company”) and the other Borrowers party thereto (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders signatory thereto and Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned hereby certifies that:
Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which the Borrowers have taken, are taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:
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Compliance Calculations for Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement Dated as of June 7, 2019
Calculations as of , 20
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Net Earnings Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests |
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4 quarters ended |
$ |
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Interest Expense |
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Taxes (including any portion in “Net Earnings Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests”) |
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4 quarters ended |
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Change in Estimated Earnouts |
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Clean Energy Subsidiaries Pretax |
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Acquisitions EBITDA |
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Non-Cash Stock Compensation Expense |
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Restructuring, Workforce and Lease Termination Charges |
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Acquisition Professional Fees |
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3.50 : 1.00 |
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Clean Energy Subsidiaries Pre-Tax |
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$ |
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Taxes (including any portion in “Net Earnings Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests”) |
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4 quarters ended |
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6. |
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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Interest Expense |
$ |
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Interest Expense |
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4 quarters ended |
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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Total Unrestricted Subsidiaries Interest Expense |
$ |
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Interest Coverage Ratio |
: 1.00 |
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Interest Coverage Ratio allowed as of this date |
3.50 : 1.00 |
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Borrowers are in compliance? (Circle yes or no) |
Yes/No |
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C |
Consolidated Priority Indebtedness (Section 9.16) |
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Consolidated Priority Indebtedness |
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Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien permitted by Section 9.8(h) |
$ |
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Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Restricted Subsidiaries |
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Net Worth |
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Yes/No |
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Restricted Subsidiaries (Section 9.19) |
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$ |
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-3-
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Total Unrestricted Subsidiaries Assets |
$ |
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Difference |
$ |
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Total Assets of Restricted Subsidiaries as a Percentage of |
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Total Consolidated Assets |
% |
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Percentage shall not be less than |
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90% |
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Borrowers are in compliance? (Circle yes or no) |
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Total EBITDA |
$ |
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Total EBITDA Unrestricted Subsidiaries EBITDA |
$ |
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Difference |
$ |
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Total EBITDA of Restricted Subsidiaries as a Percentage of |
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Total Consolidated EBITDA |
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% |
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Percentage shall not be less than |
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90% |
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Borrowers are in compliance? (Circle yes or no) |
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DEBT OUTSTANDING OF UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES THAT IS |
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Non-Recourse to Company or any Restricted Subsidiary |
$ |
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-4-
Exhibit H
Assignment and Acceptance
Dated , 20
This Assignment and Acceptance (the “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities), and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the
foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
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4. Administrative Agent: Bank of Montreal, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement |
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0. Xxxxxx Agreement: Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019, among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. and the other Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders parties thereto, Bank of Montreal, as Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties thereto (if any) |
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Effective Date: , 20 [To be inserted by Administrative Agent and which shall be the effective date of recordation of transfer in the register therefor.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR[S]10 |
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Annex 1
Standard Terms and Conditions for
Assignment and Assumption
Section 1. Representations and Warranties.
Section 1.1. Assignor[s]. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is [not] a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
Section 1.2. Assignee[s]. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 14.11(a) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 14.11(a) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 9.4 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) attached to the Assignment and Acceptance is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the LoanDocuments are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
SECTION 2. PAYMENTS.
From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to, on or after the Effective Date. The Assignor[s] and the Assignee[s] shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Administrative Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest,
fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to [the][the relevant] Assignee.
Section 3. General Provisions.
This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Illinois.
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Exhibit I
Additional Obligor Supplement
,20
BANK OF MONTREAL, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders named in the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019, among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. and each other Borrower party thereto (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and the Administrative Agent (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement described above. Terms not defined herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the purposes hereof the meaning provided therein.
The undersigned, [name of new Borrower], a [jurisdiction of incorporation or organization] hereby elects to be a “Borrower” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, effective from the date hereof. The undersigned confirms that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (where not already qualified by materiality, otherwise in all respects) as and to the extent that they apply to the undersigned as of the date hereof and the undersigned shall comply with each of the covenants set forth in Section 9 of the Credit Agreement applicable to it.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned xxxxxx agrees to perform all the obligations of a Borrower under, and to be bound in all respects by the terms of, the Credit Agreement, including without limitation Section 13.A. thereof, to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the undersigned were a signatory party thereto.
The undersigned acknowledges that this Agreement shall be effective upon its execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent, and it shall not be necessary for the Administrative Agent or any Lender to execute this Agreement or any other acceptance hereof. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
Sincerely,
[Name of New Borrower]
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Exhibit J
Additional Guarantor Supplement
,20
BANK OF MONTREAL, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders named in the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019, among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. and the other Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and the Administrative Agent (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement described above. Terms not defined herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have for the purposes hereof the meaning provided therein.
The undersigned, [name of Subsidiary Guarantor], a [jurisdiction of incorporation or organization] hereby elects to be a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, effective from the date hereof. The undersigned confirms that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (where not already qualified by materiality, otherwise in all respects) as and to the extent that they apply to the undersigned as of the date hereof and the undersigned shall comply with each of the covenants set forth in Section 9 of the Credit Agreement applicable to it.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees to perform all the obligations of a Guarantor under, and to be bound in all respects by the terms of, the Credit Agreement, including without limitation Section 13.B thereof, to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the undersigned were a signatory party thereto.
The undersigned acknowledges that this Additional Guarantor Supplement (this “Agreement”) shall be effective upon its execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent, and it shall not be necessary for the Administrative Agent or any Lender to execute this Agreement or any other acceptance hereof. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
Sincerely,
[Name of Guarantor]
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Exhibit K-1
[Form of]
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., (the “Company”) and the other Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”) party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Company with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Company and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Company and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
[Name of Lender] |
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, 20[_] |
Exhibit K-2
[Form of]
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., (the “Company”) and the other Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”) party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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, 20[_] |
Exhibit K-3
[Form of]
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., (the “Company”) and the other Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”) party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation,
(iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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Exhibit K-4
[Form of]
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2019 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., (the “Company”) and the other Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”) party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Company with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Company and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Company and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
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Schedule 1
Revolving Credit Commitments
Name of Lender |
Revolving Credit Commitment |
Bank of Montreal |
$135,000,000 |
Bank of America, N.A. |
$120,000,000 |
Barclays Bank PLC |
$120,000,000 |
Citibank, N.A. |
$120,000,000 |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$120,000,000 |
Capital One, National Association |
$75,000,000 |
HSBC Bank USA, National Association |
$75,000,000 |
PNC Bank, National Association |
$75,000,000 |
U.S. Bank National Association |
$75,000,000 |
CIBC Bank USA |
$60,000,000 |
Citizens Bank, N.A. |
$55,000,000 |
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited |
$45,000,000 |
Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, N.A. |
$45,000,000 |
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc |
$45,000,000 |
Comerica Bank |
$35,000,000 |
Total |
$1,200,000,000 |
SCHEDULE 1.2(a)
EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT
Letter of Credit Number |
Stated Maturity Date |
Stated Amount |
Beneficiary |
BMCH307871OS |
30 Sep 2019 |
8,850,000.00 |
Arch Insurance Company |
BMCH307877OS |
30 Sep 2019 |
1,300,000.00 |
The Hartford Insurance Company |
BMCH316774OS |
21 Dec 2019 |
2,000,000.00 |
Comerica Bank |
BMCH316775OS |
20 Dec 2019 |
3,700,000.00 |
SEG Insurance Ltd. |
BMCH424839OS |
23 Dec 2019 |
25,000.00 |
Commissioner of Insurance |
BMCH424851OS |
23 Dec 2019 |
500,000.00 |
Commissioner of Insurance |
BMCH424852OS |
23 Dec 2019 |
25,000.00 |
Commissioner of Insurance |
BMCH426705OS |
13 Jan 2020 |
25,000.00 |
Commissioner of Insurance |
BMCH438983OS |
03 Jun 2019 |
25,000.00 |
Commissioner of Insurance |
BMCH475341OS |
27 Jul 2019 |
495,000.00 |
CSREFI Independence Wharf Boston |
Schedule 7.2
Subsidiaries
In the following list of subsidiaries of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co., those companies that are indented represent subsidiaries of the corporation under which they are indented. Except for directors’ qualifying shares, 100% of the voting stock of each of the subsidiaries listed below, other than those indicated by footnote, is owned of record or beneficially by its indicated parent.
Each Material Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary is indicated by an * after its name. Each Unrestricted Subsidiary is indicated by a # after its name.
NAME |
STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. |
Delaware |
AJG Xxxxxxx, LLC |
Delaware |
Gallagher International Cash Management s.r.l. |
Barbados |
Xxxxxxxxx Risk Group LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx (Bermuda) Insurance Solutions Ltd. |
Bermuda |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (U.S.) LLC* |
Delaware |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Brokerage & Risk Management Services, LLC* |
Delaware |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Risk Management Services, Inc.* |
Illinois |
AJG Coal, LLC |
Delaware |
HPF Investments, LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx Clean Energy, LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx Holdings Bermuda Company Limited |
Bermuda |
MG Advanced Coal Technologies-1, LLC |
Delaware |
Advanced Energy Systems, LLC (1) |
Delaware |
AJG RCF LLC |
Delaware |
Allied Claims Administration, Inc. (2) |
Georgia |
Housing Authorities Services Risk Purchasing Group, LLC |
Louisiana |
AJGRMS of Louisiana, LLC |
Louisiana |
Gallagher Mississippi Brokerage, LLC |
Mississippi |
Healthcare Professionals Purchasing Group, LLC |
Delaware |
Professional Agents Risk Purchasing Group,LLC |
Delaware |
Reassurance Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware |
Velo Holdings Inc. |
Delaware |
V2V Holdings LLC |
Delaware |
Carefree Marketing, Inc. |
Illinois |
Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. |
Illinois |
Discount Development Services, L.L.C. |
Illinois |
Uni-Care, Inc. |
Illinois |
Memberworks Canada LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx Canada Corporation |
Canada |
Name |
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation |
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Velo ACU LLC |
Delaware |
FYI Direct, LLC |
Delaware |
Vertrue LLC |
Delaware |
Adaptive Marketing LLC |
Delaware |
FYI Direct Canada Corporation |
Canada |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Risk Management Services (Hawaii), Inc. |
Hawaii |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Risk Management Services of Utah, Inc. |
Utah |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. Insurance Brokers of California, Inc. |
California |
Charity First Insurance Services, Inc. |
California |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Real Estate Risk Purchasing Group, LLC |
California |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx School Risk Purchasing Group, LLC |
California |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Financial Services Professionals Risk Purchasing Group, LLC |
California |
Nonprofit Insurance Risk Purchasing Group, LLC |
California |
Gallagher Community Clinic RPG, LLC |
California |
Artex Risk Solutions, Inc. |
Delaware |
Copper Mountain Assurance, Inc. |
Utah |
CMA Solutions, LLC |
Utah |
Artex Insurance (Tennessee) PCCIC, Inc. |
Tennessee |
Bluewater Incorporated Cell Insurance Company |
Tennessee |
Xxxxxxxxx Benefit Services, Inc.* |
Delaware |
GBS Retirement Services, Inc. |
New York |
GBS Insurance and Financial Services, |
Inc. Delaware |
GBS Administrators, Inc. |
Washington |
Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLC |
Delaware |
Gallagher Voluntary Benefits, LLC |
Delaware |
Gallagher Investment Advisors, LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Services, Inc.,* |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Aires, Inc. |
Illinois |
MedInsights, Inc. |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx International Ltd. |
England |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Insurance Services, Ltd. |
England |
Countrywide Accident Assistance Limited |
England |
Fleet Assistance Limited |
England |
Strata Solicitors Ltd |
England |
HMG-PCMS Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Canada Inc. |
Canada |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Services Pty Ltd. |
Australia |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Services Workers Compensation Victoria Pty Ltd. |
Australia |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx NZ Pty Ltd. |
New Zealand |
Nordic Försäkring & Riskhantering AB |
Sweden |
London Market AS (3) |
Czech Republic |
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STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION |
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Fortress Insurance, LLC |
Delaware |
RIL Administrators (Guernsey) Ltd. |
Guernsey |
Sentinel Indemnity, LLC |
Delaware |
Artex Risk Solutions, Inc. |
Anguilla |
JPGAC, LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxxxxx, Inc. |
New Jersey |
Xxxxxxxxx Insurance Services, Inc. |
Delaware |
Risk Placement Services, Inc.* |
Illinois |
Continental Premium Finance Corporation # (35) |
Georgia |
Commonwealth Premium Finance Corporation # (35) |
Kentucky |
First Premium, Inc. # (35) |
Louisiana |
Premium Finance Corporation # (35) |
Wisconsin |
American Freedom Carriers, Inc. |
Indiana |
College and University Scholastic Excess Risk Purchasing Group, LLC |
California |
Consolidated Casualty Specialties, LLC |
Delaware |
Pronto Holdco, Inc. |
Delaware |
Xxxx Holdings I GP, LLC |
Texas |
Insurance Internet Systems, LP |
Texas |
Xxxx Holdings II GP, LLC |
Texas |
Pronto Insurance Agencies, LP |
Texas |
CKR Insurance |
Texas |
Pronto Franchise, LLC |
Texas |
Pronto General Agency Management, LLC |
Texas |
Pronto General Agency, Ltd |
Texas |
Pronto Insurance Agency of Laredo, Inc. |
Texas |
Pronto Holding Florida, LLC |
Delaware |
Pronto Florida General Acency, LLC |
Delaware |
Pronto Florida Claims, LLC |
Delaware |
Pronto Holding California LLC |
Delaware |
Premier Insurance Services Inc. |
California |
Big Savings Insurance Agency, Inc. |
California |
Pronto California Claims, LLC |
Delaware |
Pronto California General Agency, LLC |
Delaware |
Pronto California Agency, LLC |
Delaware |
AJG Financial Services, LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Service Company, LLC* |
Delaware |
Gallagher Corporate Services, LLC |
Delaware |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. (Illinois)* |
Illinois |
Xxxxxxxxx Mauritius Holdings |
Mauritius |
Gallagher Service Center LLP |
India |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. (Canada) Ltd |
Delaware |
Gallagher Canada Acquisition Corporation |
Canada |
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AJG North America ULC |
Canada |
Xxxxxxxxx Energy Risk Services Inc. |
Canada |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Group Quebec ULC |
Canada |
Xxxxxxxxx Benefit Services (Canada) Group Inc. |
Canada |
Xxxxxx Benefits Corp. |
Canada |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Canada Limited (4) |
Canada |
Cintran Claims Canada Limited |
Canada |
Pen Underwriting Canada Limited |
Canada |
GPL Assurance Inc. |
Canada |
Xxxxxx Atlantic Insurance Ltd |
Canada |
Xxxxxx Atlantic Risk Services Ltd. |
Canada |
Xxxxx Brown Group Inc. |
Canada |
Xxxxx Brown Inc. (5) |
Canada |
Xxxxx Brown Insurance Solutions Inc. |
Canada |
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Insurance Inc. |
Canada |
Game Day Insurance Inc. |
Canada |
Gallagher Benefit Services (Holdings) Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxx Benefit Services Management Company Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxx Risk & Reward Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxx Communications Limited |
England |
Orb Financial Services Limited |
England |
Argentis Financial Group Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Financial Advisors (6) |
England |
Argentis Financial Management Limited |
England |
Argentis Wealth Management Ltd |
England |
Argentis Mortgages Ltd |
England |
Argentis Financial Services Ltd |
England |
Agrentis Investment Management Ltd |
England |
Gatehouse Consulting Limited |
England |
Total Rewards Group (Holdings) Limited |
England |
Reward Management Limited |
England |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. (Bermuda) Limited |
Bermuda |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Management (Bermuda) Limited |
Bermuda |
Artex Risk Solutions (Cayman) Limited |
Cayman Islands |
Atrex Insurance (Cayman) SPC Limited |
Cayman Islands |
SEG Insurance Ltd (7) |
Bermuda |
Artex Intermediaries, Ltd |
Bermuda |
Artex Risk Solutions (Bermuda) Ltd |
Bermuda |
Artex (SAC) Limited |
Bermuda |
Protected Insurance Company |
Bermuda |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Latin America, LLC |
Illinois |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (Bermuda) Holding Partnership (8) |
Bermuda |
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STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION |
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CGM Xxxxxxxxx Group Ltd (9) |
St. Lucia |
Mecacem Insurance SPC Ltd |
Cayman Islands |
CGM Xxxxxxxxx Insurance Brokers (Barbados) Limited |
Barbados |
CGM Xxxxxxxxx Insurance Brokers Jamaica Limited |
Jamaica |
CGM Xxxxxxxxx Insurance Brokers (St. Lucia) Limited |
St. Lucia |
CGM Xxxxxxxxx Insurance Brokers (St. Xxxxxxx) Limited |
St. Xxxxxxx |
CGM Xxxxxxxxx Insurance Brokers (St. Kitts & Nevis) Limited |
St. Kitts & Nevis |
Muf Investments S.a.r.l. (10) |
Luxembourg |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Chile Corredores de Reaseguros, S.A. (11) |
Chile |
AJG Holding (Chile) SpA. (12) |
Chile |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Corredores de Seguros S.A. (13) |
Chile |
Brim AB |
Sweden |
Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx (Norway) Holdings AS |
Norway |
Bergvall Marine A.S. |
Norway |
Xxxxxxxxx Colombia (UK) Limited (14) |
England |
Xxxxxxxxx RE Colombia Ltda Corredores de Reaseguros SA |
Colombia |
Xxxxxxxxx Consulting Ltda |
Colombia |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Corredores de Seguros S.A. (15) |
Colombia |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Peru Corredores de Reaseguros, S.A. (16) |
Peru |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Peru Corredores de Seguros S.A. (17) |
Peru |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Asesoria S.A.C. |
Peru |
Artex Risk Solutions (International) Ltd |
Guernsey |
Artex Risk Solutions(Holdings) Limited |
Guernsey |
Artex Holdings (Gibraltar) Limited |
Gibraltar |
Artex Corporate Services Limited |
Gibraltar |
Artex Risk Solutions (Gibraltar) Limited |
Gibraltar |
Artex Risk Solutions (Guernsey) Limited |
Guernsey |
Artex Insurance ICC Limited |
Guernsey |
Artex Insurance (Guernsey) PCC Limited |
Guernsey |
Harlequin Insurance PCC Limited |
Guernsey |
Mannequin Insurance PCC Limited |
Guernsey |
Artex Holdings (Malta) Limited |
Malta |
Osprey Insurance Brokers Limited |
Malta |
Artex Risk Solutions (Malta) Limited |
Malta |
Artex Corporate Services (Malta) Limited |
Malta |
Artex Risk Solutions (UK) Limited |
England |
Artex Risk Solutions (Singapore) Pte Ltd |
Singapore |
Heritage Insurance Brokers (CI) Limited |
Guernsey |
Hexagon Insurance PCC Limited |
Guernsey |
Septagon Insurance PCC Limited |
Guernsey |
Axe Insurance PCC Limited |
Guernsey |
Hexagon ICC Limited |
Guernsey |
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STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION |
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Pastel Holdings Pty Limited |
Australia |
GBS (Australia) Holdings Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Xxxxxxxxx Benefit Services Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Complete Financial Balance Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Finergy Solutions Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Avantek Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Personal Advice Services Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Super Advice Corporate Services Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (Life Solutions) Ltd |
Australia |
Pastel Purchaser Pty Limited |
Australia |
Elantis Premium Funding Limited # (35) |
Australia |
OAMPS Ltd. |
Australia |
Xxxxxxxxx Risk Placements Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx & Co. (AUS) Ltd |
Australia |
Strathern Integration Holdco Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Kingspark Enterprises Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Instrat Integration Holdco Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Instrat Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Blue Integration Holdco Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Insure Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Strathern Insurance Group Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Strathern Unit Trust |
Australia |
Strathearn Insurance Brokers (Qld) Trading Trust |
Australia |
Secure Enterprises Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Parkstar Enterprises Pty Ltd |
Australia |
OAMPS Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx SARL |
New Caledonia |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Pty Ltd |
Australia |
MA Underwriting Pty Ltd |
Australia |
I-Protect Underwriting Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Australasia Holdings Pty Ltd. |
Australia |
Pen Underwriting Group Pty. Ltd. |
Australia |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Reinsurance Australasia Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (Aus) Pty Ltd |
Australia |
InsSync Group Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Pen Underwriting Pty Ltd |
Australia |
Pastel Holding (NZ) Company |
New Zealand |
Pastel Purchaser (NZ) Limited |
New Zealand |
Xxxx Xxxxx Insurance Brokers Limited |
New Zealand |
Xxxx Xxxxx Insurance Funding Limited |
New Zealand |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Broking (NZ) Limited |
New Zealand |
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STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION |
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Elantis Premium Funding (NZ) Limited # (35) |
New Zealand |
Crombie Lockwood (NZ) Limited |
New Zealand |
Xxxxxx XxxXxxxxx Xxxx Limited |
New Zealand |
Monument Premium Funding Limited # (35) |
New Zealand |
Monument Insurance (NZ) Limited |
New Zealand |
Offshore Market Placements Limited |
New Zealand |
PhilPacific Insurance Brokers and Managers, Inc. (18) |
Philippines |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (Singapore) Pte Ltd |
Singapore |
IBS Reinsurance Singapore Pte Ltd |
Singapore |
PT IBS Insurance Broking Service (19) |
Indonesia |
Xxxxx & Partner, AG (20) |
Switzerland |
Xxxxx Consulting Gmbh (20) |
Switzerland |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Holdings (UK) Limited |
England |
GGB Finance 1 Limited |
England |
GGB Finance 2 Limited |
England |
GGB Finance 3 Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxx Holdings (UK) Limited |
England |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Services (UK) |
Ltd England |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (UK) Limited |
England |
Risk Management Partners Limited |
England |
Alesco Risk Management Services Limited |
England |
Pen Underwriting Limited |
England |
Contego Underwriting Limited |
England |
Xxxxx Limited |
England |
Risk Services (NW) Limited |
England |
Portmore Insurance Brokers Limited |
England |
Portmore Insurance Brokers (Wilshire) Limited |
England |
Xxxxx Group Holdings (UK) Limited |
England |
Xxxxx Group Holdings Limited |
England |
Xxxxx Group Limited |
England |
Purple Bridge Group Limited (21) |
England |
Just Landlords Insurance Services Ltd |
England |
Xxxxx Insurance Services Limited |
England |
Unoccupied Direct Limited |
England |
Purple Bridge Investments Limited |
England |
Purple Bridge Publishing Limited |
England |
Purple Bridge Finance Limited |
England |
Purple Bridge Claims Management Limited |
England |
Purple Bridge Online Services Limited |
England |
Insure My Villa Limited |
England |
Capsicum Reinsurance Brokers LLP (22) |
England |
Capsicum Reinsurance Brokers No. 1 LLP (23) |
England |
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STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION |
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Capsicum Reinsurance Brokers No. 2 LLP (23) |
England |
YOA Capsicum Reinsurance Broker Limited (24) |
Guernsey |
Capsicum Reinsurance Xxxxxxx Xx. 0 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx Reinsurance Brokers Bermuda Limited |
Bermuda |
Capsicum Reinsurance Xxxxxxx Xx. 0 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx Reinsurance Xxxxxxx Xx. 0 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx Reinsurance Xxxxxxx Xx. 0 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx Reinsurance Xxxxxxx Xx. 0 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx Re Latin America Corretora De Resseguros Ltda |
Brazil |
Capsicum Reinsurance Brokers Miami, Inc. |
Delaware |
Capsicum CRLA LLP |
Brazil |
Capsicum Re Brasil Participacoes Ltda |
Brazil |
Capsicum Reinsurance Xxxxxxx Xx. 0 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx Reinsurance Xxxxxxx Xx. 00 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxx Reinsurance Brokers Xx. 00 XXX (00) |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxx |
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Group Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxxx Poland Midco Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxxx Poland Bidco Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxxxxx Poland Holdings Limited |
England |
Stackouse Poland Limited |
England |
Inspire Underwriting Limited |
Englan |
RSM Insurance Services Limited (25) |
England |
Xxxxx Healthcare Limited |
England |
Honour Point Limited |
England |
XX Xxxx Insurance Services Limited (26) |
England |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Limited |
England |
Ptarmigan Underwriting UK Limited (27) |
England |
Ptarmigan Underwriting Agency Limited (28) |
England |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx and Partners Limited |
England |
Protek Group Limited(29) |
England |
Xxxxxxxx Investments Limited (30) |
England |
Insurance Acquisitions Holdings Limited |
England |
Quantum Underwriting Solutions Limited |
England |
Title Investments Limited |
England |
Title & Covenant Brokers Ltd. |
England |
Risk Solutions Group Limited |
England |
Property Insurance Initatives Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxx Group Holdings Limited |
England |
Xxxxxxx Holdings Limited |
England |
HLG Holdings Limited |
England |
Friary Intermediate Limited |
England |
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Acumus Interco Limited |
England |
Acumus Holdings Limited |
England |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Housing Limited (31) |
England |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Limited |
England |
Gallagher Benefits Consulting Limited |
England |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Overseas Limited |
England |
Fenchurch Faris Limited (32) |
Jordan |
Fenchurch Faris Limited (33) |
Saudi Arabia |
Gallagher Holdings Three (UK) Limited |
England |
Insurance Dialogue Limited |
England |
Blenheim Park Ltd |
England |
Blenheim Park Services Limited |
England |
Property and Commercial Limited |
England |
Belmont Insurance Holdings Limited |
England |
Belmont International Limited |
England |
Rio 587 Limited |
England |
Rio 588 Limited |
England |
Quillco 226 Limited |
Scotland |
Quillco 227 Limited |
Scotland |
Ink Underwriting Agencies Limited |
England |
Xxxxx Holdings Limited |
Scotland |
XX Xxxxxxxxxxx (Insurance Brokers) Ltd |
Jersey |
Xxxxxxxxxxx Insurance Services, Ltd. (Jersey) |
Jersey |
Xxxxxxxxxxx Insurance (IOM) Ltd. |
Isle of Man |
Xxxxxxxxxxx Healthcare International Ltd |
Guernsey |
XX Xxxxxxxxxxx (Guernsey) Ltd. |
Guernsey |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Insurance Brokers Limited (34) |
Scotland |
Igloo Insurance PCC Limited |
Guernsey |
Gallagher Holdings Four (UK) Limited |
England |
OAMPS (UK) Limited |
England |
OAMPS Special Risks Ltd |
England |
Evolution Underwriting Group Limited |
England |
Evolution Underwriting Limited |
England |
Evolution Risk Services Limited |
England |
Evolution Technology Services Limited |
England |
Oval Limited |
England |
Oval Healthcare Limited |
England |
Oval Management Services Limited |
England |
Oval Insurance Broking Limited |
England |
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