FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO SERIES 2019-3 SUPPLEMENT
Exhibit 4.14
Execution Version
FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO SERIES 2019-3 SUPPLEMENT
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO SERIES 2019-3 SUPPLEMENT, dated as of July 6, 2020 (this “Supplement”), by and between DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, a Canadian corporation (the “Canadian Co-Issuer” and, together with the Issuer, each, a “Co-Issuer” and, collectively, the “Co-Issuers”), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to the Series 2019-3 Supplement, dated as of December 11, 2019 (the “Series Supplement”), by and between the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and as securities intermediary, which supplements the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2018, by and between the Co-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and as securities intermediary (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, and as further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Series Supplements, the “Base Indenture”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms or incorporated by reference in Annex A to the Series Supplement.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Series Supplement in accordance with Section 5.9 of the Series Supplement as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Section 13.2(a) of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that the Co-Issuers and the Trustee, with the consent of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), may at any time, and from time to time, make certain amendments, waivers and other modifications to the Indenture Documents, including the types of amendments set forth in this Supplement; and
WHEREAS, the Control Party has granted its consent to this Supplement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments to Series Supplement.
The Series Supplement, including all annexes attached thereto, is hereby amended as reflected in the marked copy of the Series Supplement attached as Exhibit A to this Supplement.
Section 2. Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount. The Co-Issuers hereby covenant and agree that a portion of the proceeds from issuance of the Series 2020-1 Class A-2 Notes on the date hereof pursuant to that certain Series 2020-1 Series Supplement to Base Indenture (the “Series 2020-1 Class A-2 Notes”) will be used to decrease the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount in respect of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes to $44,990,000.00. The Co-Issuers, the Trustee, and the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Administrative Agent, by its acknowledgement of this Supplement, agree (i) to waive the application of the provisions of Section 2.2(b) of the Series Supplement related to (x) amounts required to be on deposit in the Collection Accounts and (y) the deposit of funds for such decrease being received by the Trustee prior to 10:00 am (New York City time) on the date hereof, and (ii) that the notice or reporting provisions (other than the prior written notice of the applicable Voluntary Decrease) set forth in the Series Supplement will not be applicable with respect to the payment referenced in this Section 2.
The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Administrative Agent, by its acknowledgement of this Supplement, hereby notifies the Trustee that such amounts have been paid and applied as indicated in this Section 2.
Section 3. Binding Effect. This Supplement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding on the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, each Noteholder and each other Secured Party.
Section 4. Counterparts. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 5. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
Section 6. Amendments. This Supplement may not be modified or amended except in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture.
Section 7. Entire Agreement. This Supplement, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto and the other Indenture Documents, contains a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all previous oral statements and other writings with respect thereto.
Section 8. Matters relating to the Trustee. The Trustee makes no representations or warranties as to the correctness of the recitals contained herein, which shall be taken as statements of the Co-Issuers, or the validity or sufficiency of this Supplement and the Trustee shall not be accountable or responsible for or with respect to nor shall the Trustee have any responsibility for provisions thereof. In entering into this Supplement, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Trustee under the Base Indenture and any other Transaction Document to which the Trustee is party and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision thereunder relating to the conduct of or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee.
Section 9. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Co-Issuers represents and warrants to each other party hereto that this Supplement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Co-Issuer and the Trustee have caused this Supplement to be duly executed by its respective duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X’Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X’Xxxxx | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Secretary | ||
DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X’Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X’Xxxxx | ||
Title: Executive Vice President and Secretary |
CITIBANK, N.A., in its capacity as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Trust Officer |
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, a division of PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Control Party and Servicer, hereby consents to this Supplement and directs the Trustee to execute and deliver this Supplement. The Servicer’s consent is granted solely to the extent that this Supplement materially increases the Servicer’s obligations or liabilities, or materially decreases the Servicer’s rights or remedies under the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture or any other Transaction Document, and in each such case, only for such limited purpose. | ||
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, a division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Control Party and Servicer | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
ACKNOWLEDGED TO AND AGREED TO BY: | ||
BARCLAYS BANK, PLC, as Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
EXHIBIT A
[Attached]
Execution
VersionEXHIBIT
A
TO FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO SERIES 2019-3 SUPPLEMENT
(1) DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC,
as Issuer and DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA
FUNDING CORPORATION,
as Co-Issuers
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Trustee and Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary SERIES 2019-3 SUPPLEMENT
Dated as of December 11, 2019
to
AMENDED AND RESTATED BASE INDENTURE
Dated as of April 24, 2018
(as amended through and including the date hereofSeries 2020-1 Closing Date)
$115,000,000 Series 2019-3 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1
(2) Table of Contents
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT |
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DESIGNATION |
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II INITIAL ISSUANCE, INCREASES AND DECREASES OF SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT; ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL CLASS A-1 NOTES |
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Section 2.1 Procedures for Issuing and Increasing the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount |
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Section 2.2 Procedures for Decreasing the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount |
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Section 2.3 Issuances of Additional Class A-1 Notes |
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ARTICLE III SERIES 2019-3 ALLOCATIONS; PAYMENTS |
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Section 3.1 Allocations with Respect to the Series 2019-3 Notes |
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Section 3.2 Application of Weekly Collections on Weekly Allocation Dates to the Series 2019-3 Notes;
Quarterly |
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Section 3.3 Certain Distributions from Series 2019-3 Distribution Account |
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Section 3.4 Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Interest and Certain Fees |
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Section 3.5 [Reserved] |
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Section 3.6 Payment of Series 2019-3 Note Principal |
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Section 3.7 Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account |
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Section 3.8 [Reserved] |
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Section 3.9 Trustee as Securities Intermediary |
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Section 3.10 Manager |
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Section 3.11 Replacement of Ineligible Accounts |
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ARTICLE IV FORM OF SERIES 2019-3 NOTES |
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Section 4.1 Issuance of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes |
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Section 4.2 [Reserved] |
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Section 4.3 Transfer Restrictions of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes |
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ARTICLE V GENERAL |
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Section 5.1 Information |
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Section 5.2 Exhibits |
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Section 5.3 Ratification of Base Indenture |
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Section 5.4 Requirements for Notices to the Rating Agencies |
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Section 5.5 Certain Notices to the Rating Agencies |
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Section 5.6 Prior Notice by Trustee to the Controlling Class Representative and Control Party |
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Section 5.7 Counterparts |
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Section 5.8 Governing Law |
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Section 5.9 Amendments |
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Section 5.10 Termination of Series Supplement |
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Section 5.11 Entire Agreement |
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(1) ANNEXES
Annex A Series 2019-3 Supplemental Definitions List
(2) EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Voluntary Decrease
Exhibit A-1-1 | Form of Amended and Restated Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note | |
Exhibit A-1-2 | Form of Amended and Restated Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note | |
Exhibit A-1-3 | Form of Amended and Restated Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note | |
Exhibit B | Form of Transferee Certificate – Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes |
SERIES 2019-3 SUPPLEMENT, dated as of December 11, 2019 (this “Series
Supplement”), by and among DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Issuer”), DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, a Canadian corporation (the “Canadian Co-Issuer”
and, together with the Issuer, the “Co-Issuers”), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as Series
2019-3 Securities Intermediary, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2018, by and between the IssuerCo-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and as Securities Intermediary (as
amended by the Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of March 19, 2019, the Amendment No. 2 thereto, dated as of June 15, 2019
and, the Amendment No. 3 thereto, dated as of September 17, 2019, and the Amendment No. 4 thereto, dated as of July 6, 2020, and as the
same may be further amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Series Supplements, the “Base Indenture”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
WHEREAS, Sections 2.2 and 13.1 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that the IssuerCo-Issuers and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into a Series Supplement to the Base Indenture for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of one or more Series of Notes upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, all such conditions have been met for the issuance of the Series of Notes authorized hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
DESIGNATION
There is
hereby created a Series of Notes to be issued as one (1) Class of Notes pursuant to the Base Indenture and this Series Supplement, and such Series and Class of Notes shall be designated Series 2019-3 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes,
Class A-1 (as referred to herein, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes”). The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes shall bewere issued in three (3) Subclasses: (i) Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Advance Notes (as referred to herein, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes”), (ii) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes (as referred to herein, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline
Notes”), and (iii) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes (as referred to herein, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes”). For purposes of the Indenture, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes shall be deemed to
be “Senior Notes” and shall be issued on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date.
(d) ARTICLE I
(1) | DEFINITIONS |
All capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and the recitals hereto) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Series 2019-3 Supplemental Definitions List attached hereto as Annex A (the “Series 2019-3 Supplemental Definitions List”) as such Series 2019-3 Supplemental Definitions List may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined therein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Base Indenture or the Base Indenture Definitions List attached to the Base Indenture as Annex A thereto, as such Base Indenture or Base Indenture Definitions List may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture. Unless otherwise specified herein, all Article, Exhibit, Section or Subsection references herein shall refer to Articles, Exhibits, Sections or Subsections of the
Base Indenture or this Series Supplement (as indicated herein). Unless otherwise stated
herein, as the context otherwise requires or if such term is otherwise defined in the Base Indenture, each capitalized term used or defined herein shall relate only to the Series 2019-3 Notes and not to any other Series of Notes issued by the IssuerCo-Issuers. The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.4 of the Base Indenture shall apply for all purposes under this Series Supplement.
(e) ARTICLE II
(1) INITIAL ISSUANCE, INCREASES AND DECREASES OF SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT; ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL CLASS A-1 NOTES
Section 2.1 Outstanding Principal Amount. Procedures for Issuing and Increasing the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 (a) Subject to
satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the making of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances set forth in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, (i) on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, the Issuer shall causecaused the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amount to become outstanding by drawing ratably, at par, an initial aggregate principal amount of $54,499,000 Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes
corresponding to the aggregate amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances made on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date (the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance”) and (ii) on any Business Day during the Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Commitment Term that does not occur during a Cash Trapping Period, the IssuerCo-Issuers may increase the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal
Amount (such increase referred to as an “Increase”), by drawing ratably (or as otherwise set forth in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement), at par, additional principal amounts on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance
Notes corresponding to the aggregate amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances made on such Business Day; provided that at no time may the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount exceed the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount. The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance was made and each Increase shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and shall be ratably (except as otherwise set forth in the
Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement) allocated among the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders (other than the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Subfacility Noteholders in their capacity as such) as provided therein. Proceeds from the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Initial Advance were paid as directed by the Issuer,
and proceeds from each Increase shall be paid as directed by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
in the applicable Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance
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Request or as otherwise set forth in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Upon receipt of written notice from the Issuer or the Administrative Agent of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Initial Advance andthe Trustee
indicated, and upon receipt of written notice from the Co-Issuers or the Administrative Agent of any Increase, the Trustee shall indicate in its books and records the amount of the Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance or such Increase, as applicable.
(b) Subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions
precedent set forth in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, the Issuer (i) maywas permitted to cause the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Swingline
Principal Amount to become outstanding by drawing, at par, the initial principal amounts of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes corresponding to the aggregate amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Loans made on the Series
2019-3 Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.06 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement (the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Swingline Loan”) and (ii) shall causecaused the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount to become outstanding by drawing, at par, the initial principal amounts of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes corresponding to
the aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount of the Letters of Credit issued on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.7
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of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; provided that at no time may the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount exceed the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount. The procedures relating to increases in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount (each such increase referred to as a “Subfacility Increase”) through borrowings of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Loans and issuance or incurrence of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Obligations are set forth in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Upon receipt of written notice from the Issuer or the Administrative Agent of the issuance of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Swingline Loan and the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount and any Subfacility Increase, the Trustee shall indicate in its books and records the amount of each such issuance and Subfacility Increase.
(f) Section 2.2 Procedures for Decreasing the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount.
(a) Mandatory Decrease. Whenever a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Excess Principal Event shall have occurred,
funds sufficient to decrease the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount by the lesser of (x) the amount necessary, so that after giving effect to such decrease of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount
on such date, no such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Excess Principal Event shall exist and (y) the amount that would decrease the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount to zero (each decrease of the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount pursuant to this Section 2.2(a), a “Mandatory Decrease”) shall be due and payable on the Weekly Allocation Date immediately following the date on which thea Manager or the a Co-Issuer obtains knowledge of such Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Excess Principal Event, in accordance with the Priority of Payments. The Trustee shall distribute each Mandatory Decrease pursuant to the written direction of the IssuerCo-Issuers (or the Managers on
their behalf) in the applicable Weekly Manager’s Certificate, which shall include the calculation of such Mandatory Decrease and distribution instructions in accordance with
Section 4.02 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Any associated Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Breakage Amounts incurred as a result of such Mandatory Decrease (calculated in accordance with the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement)
shall be deposited into the applicable Collection AccountAccounts for allocation as Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts pursuant to the Priority of Payments on the Weekly Allocation Date related to the Weekly Manager’s Certificate indicating such Mandatory
Decrease. Upon obtaining Actual Knowledge of such a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Excess Principal Event, the IssuerCo-Issuers promptly, but in any event within two
(2) Business Days, shall deliver written notice (by facsimile or e-mail of a PDF or other similar format file) of the need for any such Mandatory Decreases to the Trustee and the Administrative Agent.
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(b) Voluntary Decrease. Except as provided in Section 2.2(d), on any
Business Day, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Trustee in the applicable Weekly Manager’s Certificate, Quarterly Noteholders’ Report, or otherwise substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the
IssuerCo-Issuers may decrease the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount (each such decrease of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount pursuant to this Section 2.2(b), a
“Voluntary Decrease”) by depositing in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date specified as the decrease date in the prior written notice referred to above and
providing a written report to the Trustee directing the Trustee to distribute in accordance with the order of distribution of principal payments set forth in Section 4.02 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement (which report shall
include the calculation of such amounts and instructions for the distributions thereof) an amount (subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.2(b)) up to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount equal to the
amount of such Voluntary Decrease; provided, that to the extent the deposit into the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account described above is not made by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, the same shall be deemed
to be deposited on the following Business Day. Each such Voluntary Decrease shall be in a minimum principal amount as provided in the Class A-1 Note Purchase
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Agreement. Any associated Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Breakage Amounts incurred as a result
of such Voluntary Decrease (calculated in accordance with the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement) shall be deposited into the
applicable Collection Account(s) as indicated in the related Weekly Manager’s Certificate for allocation
as Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts pursuant to the Priority of Payments on the Weekly Allocation Date related to the Weekly Manager’s Certificate indicating such Voluntary Decrease. It shall be a condition to any Voluntary
Decrease that the amount on deposit in the Collection
AccountAccounts
is sufficient to pay the Trustee, the Servicer and the ManagerManagers, as applicable, for any unreimbursed Advances and Manager Advances (in
each case, with interest thereon at the Advance Interest Rate), if any, on the Weekly Allocation Date immediately following such Voluntary Decrease.
(c) Upon distribution to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account of principal of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes in connection with each Decrease, the Trustee shall (i) remit such amounts to the Holders of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes and (ii) indicate in its books and records such Decrease.
(d) The Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement sets forth additional procedures relating to decreases in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Outstanding Subfacility Amount (each such decrease, together with any Voluntary Decrease or Mandatory Decrease allocated to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Subfacility Noteholders, referred to herein as a “Subfacility Decrease”)
through (i) borrowings of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances to repay Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Loans and Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Obligations or (ii) optional prepayments of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline
Loans on same day notice. Upon receipt of written notice from the
IssuerCo-Issuers or the Administrative Agent of any Subfacility Decrease, the Trustee shall indicate in its books and records the amount of such Subfacility Decrease.
Section 2.3 Issuances of Additional Class A-1 Notes. In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 2.2(b) of
the Base Indenture, for so long as the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes are Outstanding, the issuance of any additional Series of Class A-1 Notes shall also require the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall be deemed to
have been given unless an objection is delivered to the
IssuerCo-Issuers within ten (10) Business Days after written notice of such proposed issuance is delivered to the Administrative Agent).
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(g) ARTICLE III
(1) | SERIES 2019-3 ALLOCATIONS; PAYMENTS |
With respect to the Series 2019-3 Notes only, the following shall apply:
Section 3.1 Allocations with Respect to the Series 2019-3 Notes. On the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, the Issuer shall arrangearranged for the issuance of an Interest Reserve Letter of Credit under the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit shall satisfy the Issuer’s requirement to maintain
(i) funds in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve
AccountAccounts
, or (ii) a letter of credit, or a combination thereof, in an aggregate amount equal to the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount, as calculated after giving effect to the issuance of the Series 2019-3
Notes. Such Interest Reserve Letter of Credit shall
replacereplaced any Interest Reserve Letters of Credit in
respect of required interest reserve amounts for the Series 2015-1 Notes, the Series 2016-1 Notes, the Series 2018-1 Notes, the Series 2019-1 Notes and the Series 2019-2 Notes.
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Section 3.2 Application of Weekly Collections on Weekly Allocation Dates to the
Series 2019-3 Notes; Quarterly Payment Date Applications. On each Weekly Allocation Date, the IssuerCo-Issuers (or the ManagerManagers on
itstheir behalf) shall deliver a Weekly Manager’s Certificate to the Trustee, which Weekly Manager’s Certificate will instruct the Trustee to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts all amounts relating to the Series 2019-3 Notes pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of Payments, including the following:
(a) Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amounts. On each Weekly Allocation Date, the IssuerCo-Issuers (or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Quarterly Interest and, without
duplication, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Fees deemed to be “Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Interest Amounts” pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of
Payments.
(b) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Accrued Quarterly Commitment Fees Amount. On each Weekly Allocation Date,
the
IssuerCo-Issuers (or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Quarterly Commitment Fees deemed
to be a “Class A-1 Notes Accrued Quarterly Commitment Fees Amount” pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of Payments.
(c) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Administrative Expenses. On each Weekly Allocation Date, the IssuerCo-Issuers (or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to pay to the Administrative Agent from the Collection
AccountAccounts
the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Administrative Expenses deemed to be “Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses” pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with
the provisions of, the Priority of Payments.
(d) Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount.
(i) The IssuerCo-Issuers shall maintain an amount on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest
Reserve
AccountAccounts
with respect to the Series 2019-3 Notes equal to the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount.
(ii) On each Weekly Allocation Date, the
IssuerCo-Issuers (or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to deposit into the Senior Notes Interest Reserve AccountAccounts an amount equal to the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve
Account Deficit Amount (if any) pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of Payments; it being understood that all or a portion of such deposit may be funded with the
proceeds of an Increase otherwise permitted hereunder.
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(iii) On each Quarterly Calculation Date preceding the first Quarterly Payment Date
following a Series 2019-3 Interest Reserve Release Event or on which a Series 2019-3 Interest Reserve Release Event occurs, the IssuerCo-Issuers (or the ManagerManagers on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to (i) withdraw the Series 2019-3 Interest Reserve Release Amount, if any, from the Senior Notes Interest Reserve AccountAccounts and deposit such amounts into the applicable Collection AccountAccounts in accordance with
Section 5.10(e)(vi) of the Base Indenture and the related Weekly Manager’s Certificate and/or
(ii) replace any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit, and the Trustee or the Control
Party, as applicable, shall, at the direction of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
, deliver to the
IssuerCo-Issuers
any such replaced Interest Reserve Letter of Credit simultaneously with the receipt of any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit in replacement thereof, whether by way of escrow or otherwise, in each case to
the extent that no Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficit Amount will be outstanding on the immediately following Weekly Allocation Date.
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(e) Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Rapid Amortization and Renewal Date Principal
Amounts. If any Weekly Allocation Date occurs during a Rapid Amortization Period or if the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes shall not have been repaid in full on or before the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date (after giving
effect to any extensions), the
IssuerCo-Issuers
(or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir
behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts for payment of principal on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Notes the amounts contemplated by the Priority of Payments for such principal.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
(h)
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Cash Collateral Amounts. On each Weekly Allocation Date, the IssuerCo-Issuers (or the ManagerManagers on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts amounts then known by the ManagerManagers that will become due under the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement prior to the immediately succeeding Quarterly Payment Date with respect to the cash collateralization of Letters of Credit issued under the
Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of Payments.
(i) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Principal Amounts. On each Weekly Allocation Date, if the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes
Renewal Date has not occurred, the
IssuerCo-Issuers (or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts any outstanding amounts due and payable in respect of the Outstanding
Principal Amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of Payments.
(j) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts. On each Weekly Allocation Date, the IssuerCo-Issuers (or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts deemed to be
“Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts” pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of Payments.
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(k) Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Additional Interest
Amount. On each Weekly Allocation Date, the
IssuerCo-Issuers (or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir behalf) shall instruct the Trustee in writing to allocate from the Collection AccountAccounts the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest
deemed to be “Senior Notes Accrued Quarterly Post-ARD Additional Interest Amount” pursuant to, and to the extent that funds are available therefor in accordance with the provisions of, the Priority of Payments.
(l) [Reserved].
(m)
Application Instructions. The Control Party is hereby authorized (but shall not be obligated) to deliver any instruction contemplated in this Section 3.2 that is not timely delivered by or on behalf of the IssuerCo-Issuers.
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Section 3.3 Certain Distributions from Series 2019-3 Distribution Account. On
each Quarterly Payment Date, based solely upon the most recent Quarterly Noteholders’ Report, the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 6.1 of the Base Indenture, remit to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders from the
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account, the amounts withdrawn from the Senior Notes Interest Payment AccountAccounts, the Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees AccountAccounts and the Senior Notes Principal Payment
AccountAccounts
or otherwise, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5.12(a), (d) or (h) or otherwise, as applicable, of the Base Indenture, and deposited in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Distribution Account for the payment of interest and fees and, to the extent applicable, principal or other amounts on such Quarterly Payment Date.
Section 3.4 Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Interest and Certain Fees.
(a) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate and L/C Fees. From and after the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, the applicable portions of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount will accrue (i) interest at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate and (ii) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Fees at the applicable rates provided therefor in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Such accrued interest and fees will be due and payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date from amounts that are made available for payment thereof (i) on any related Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments and (ii) on such Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with Section 5.12 of the Base Indenture; provided that in any event all accrued but unpaid interest and fees shall be paid in full on the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date, on any Series 2019-3 Prepayment Date with respect to a prepayment in full of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, on any day when the Commitments are terminated in full or on any other day on which all of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount is required to be paid in full, in each case pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of the Priority of Payments. To the extent any such amount is not paid when due, such unpaid amount will accrue interest at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate.
(b) Undrawn Commitment Fees. From and after the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, Undrawn Commitment Fees will accrue as provided in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Such accrued fees will be due and payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date, from amounts that are made available for payment thereof (i) on any related Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments and (ii) on such Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with Section 5.12 of the Base Indenture. To the extent any such amount is not paid when due, such unpaid amount will accrue interest at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate.
(c) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest. From and after the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date (after giving effect to any extensions), if the Series 2019-3 Final Payment has not been made, additional interest will accrue on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount (excluding any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts included therein) at a rate equal to 5.00% per annum (the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest Rate”) in addition to the regular interest that will continue to accrue at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate. All computations of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest (other than any accruing on any Base Rate Advances) and all computations of fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed. All computations of Series 2019-3 Class A-1
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Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest accruing on any Base Rate Advances shall be made on the basis of a 365 (or 366, as applicable) day year and actual number of days elapsed, in accordance with Section 3.01(f) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest shall be made on a 30/360 Basis. Any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest will be due and payable on any applicable Quarterly Payment Date, as and when amounts are made available for payment thereof (i) on any related Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments and (ii) on such Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with Section 5.12 of the Base Indenture, in the amount so made available, and failure to pay any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest in excess of available amounts in accordance with the foregoing
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will not be an Event of Default and interest will not accrue on any unpaid portion thereof;
provided that in any event all accrued but unpaid Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest shall be paid in full on the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date or otherwise as part of any Series 2019-3 Final Payment
by indicating the amount thereof on the related Quarterly Noteholders’ Report or otherwise in written instructions from the ManagerManagers to the Trustee.
(d) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Interest Accrual Period. The initial Interest Accrual Period for the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes shall commence on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date and end on (but exclude) the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the Quarterly Calculation Date preceding the following Quarterly Payment Date; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Series Supplement and pursuant to the Voluntary Decrease pursuant to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, accrued and unpaid Series 2015-1 Class A-1 Quarterly Interest (as defined in the Series 2015-1 Supplement) from the first day of the Interest Accrual Period under the Series 2015-1 Supplement through (but excluding) the Series 2019-3 Closing Date shall be deemed to have accrued as “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Quarterly Interest” during the initial Interest Accrual Period under this Series Supplement.
(h) Section 3.5 [Reserved].
Section 3.6 Payment of Series 2019-3 Note Principal.
(a) Series 2019-3 Notes Principal Payment at Legal Maturity. The Series 2019-3 Outstanding Principal Amount shall be due and payable on the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date. The Series 2019-3 Outstanding Principal Amount is not prepayable, in whole or in part, except as set forth in the Base Indenture, this Section 3.6 and Section 2.2 of this Series Supplement and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
(b) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date. The initial Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date will be the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2020, unless extended as provided below in this Section 3.6(b).
(i) First Extension Election. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.6(b)(vi) of this Series Supplement, the ManagerManagers shall have the option on or before the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2020 to elect (the “Series 2019-3 First Extension Election”) to extend the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date
to the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2021 by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Control Party to the effect that the conditions
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precedent to such Series 2019-3 First Extension Election have been satisfied; provided that upon such extension, the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2021 shall become the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date; provided, further, that, in accordance with the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Fee Letter, and notwithstanding any other requirement of this Series Supplement, the Series 2019-3 First Extension Election shall be deemed to have become effective as of the Series 2019-3 Closing Date.
(ii) Second Extension Election.
Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.6(b)(vi) of this Series Supplement, if the Series 2019-3 First Extension Election has been made and become effective, the
ManagerManagers shall have the option on or before the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2021 to elect (the “Series 2019-3 Second Extension Election”) to extend the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes
Renewal Date to the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2022 by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Control Party to the effect that the conditions precedent to such Series 2019-3 Second
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Extension Election have been satisfied; provided that upon such extension, the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2022 shall become the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date; provided, further, that, in accordance with the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Fee Letter, and notwithstanding any other requirement of this Series Supplement, the Series 2019-3 Second Extension Election shall be deemed to have become effective as of the Series 2019-3 Closing Date and the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2022 shall have become the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date.
(iii) Third Extension Election. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section
3.6(b)(vi) of this Series Supplement, if the Series 2019-3 Second Extension Election has been made and become effective, the ManagerManagers shall have the option on or before the Quarterly Payment Date occurring
in July 2022 to elect (the “Series 2019-3 Third Extension Election”) to extend the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date to the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2023 by delivering written notice to the
Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Control Party to the effect that the conditions precedent to such Series 2019-3 Third Extension Election have been satisfied; provided that upon such extension, the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in
July 2023 shall become the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date.
(iv) Fourth Extension Election. Subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 3.6(b)(vi) of this Series Supplement, if the Series 2019-3 Third Extension Election has been made and become effective, the
ManagerManagers shall have the option on or before the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2023 to elect (the “Series 0000-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Election”) to extend the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes
Renewal Date to the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2024 by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Control Party to the effect that the conditions precedent to such Series 0000-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Election
have been satisfied; provided that upon such extension, the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2024 shall become the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date.
(v) Fifth Extension Election. Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.6(b)(vi) of this Series Supplement, if the Series
0000-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Election has been made and become effective, the
ManagerManagers shall have the option on or before the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2024 to elect (the “Series 2019-3 Fifth Extension Election”) to extend the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes
Renewal Date to the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2025 by delivering written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Control Party to the effect that the conditions precedent to such Series 2019-3 Fifth Extension Election
have been satisfied; provided that upon such extension, the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in July 2025 shall become the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date.
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(vi) Conditions Precedent to Series 2019-3 Extension Elections. It shall be a condition to the effectiveness of each of the Series 2019-3 Extension Elections that as of the date of such 2019-3 Extension Election (a) the DSCR is greater than or equal to 2.25:1.00 (calculated as of the most recent Quarterly Calculation Date), (b) either (1) the rating assigned to any outstanding Series of Class A-2 Notes by any Rating Agency has not been downgraded below “BBB-” or withdrawn or (2) any outstanding Series of Class A-2 Notes have been downgraded or their rating has been withdrawn by such Rating Agency but such downgrade or withdrawal was caused primarily by the bankruptcy, insolvency or other financial difficulty experienced by any entity other than an Affiliate of Parent and (c) all Class A-1 Extension Fees shall have been paid on or prior to the date of such 2019-3 Extension Election. Any notice given pursuant to Sections 3.6(b)(i)
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through (v) of this Series Supplement shall be irrevocable; provided that if the conditions set forth in this Section 3.6(b)(vi) are not met as of the applicable date of such Series 2019-3 Extension Election, the election set forth in such notice shall automatically be deemed ineffective. For the avoidance of doubt, no consent of the Trustee, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Administrative Agent, any Noteholder or any other Secured Party shall be necessary for the effectiveness of any Series 2019-3 Extension Election.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Series 2019-3 Notes Mandatory Payments of Principal.
(i) [reserved]
(ii) [reserved]
(iii) During any Rapid Amortization Period, principal payments shall be due and payable on each Quarterly Payment Date on the applicable Classes of Series 2019-3 Notes as and when amounts are made available for payment thereof (i) on any related Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments and (ii) on such Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with Section 5.12 of the Base Indenture, in the amount so available. Such payments shall be allocated among the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders in accordance with the order of distribution of principal payments set forth in Section 4.02 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
(iv) If the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes shall not have been repaid in full or otherwise refinanced in full (which refinancing may also include an extension thereof) on or before the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date, principal payments shall be due and payable on each Quarterly Payment Date on the applicable Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes as and when amounts are made available for payment thereof (i) on any related Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments and (ii) on such Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with Section 5.12 of the Base Indenture, in the amount so available. Such payments shall be allocated among the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders, in accordance with the order of distribution of principal payments set forth in Section 4.02 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) [Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
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(h) [Reserved].
(i) [Reserved].
(j)
Indemnification Amounts; Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds; Release Prices; Asset Disposition Proceeds. Any Indemnification Amounts, Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Release Prices or Asset Disposition Proceeds allocated to the Senior Notes
Principal Payment
AccountAccounts in accordance with Section 5.11(i) of the Base Indenture shall be withdrawn from the Senior Notes Principal Payment
AccountAccounts
in accordance with Section 5.12(h) of the Base Indenture and the
related Weekly Manager’s Certificate and deposited in the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account and used to repay the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes (in accordance with the order of
distribution of principal payments set forth in Section 4.02 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement), on the Quarterly Payment Date immediately succeeding such deposit.
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(k) [Reserved].
(l) Series 2019-3 Notices of Final Payment. The
IssuerCo-Issuers
shall notify the Trustee, the Servicer and each of the Rating Agencies on or before the Prepayment Record Date preceding the Series 2019-3 Prepayment Date that will be the Series 2019-3 Final Payment Date. The Trustee shall provide
any written notice required under this Section 3.6(l) to each Person in whose name a Series 2019-3 Note is registered at the close of business on such Prepayment Record Date of the Series 2019-3 Prepayment Date that will be the Series
2019-3 Final Payment Date. Such written notice to be sent to the Series 2019-3 Noteholders shall be made at the expense of the IssuerCo-Issuers and shall be mailed by the Trustee within five (5) Business Days
of receipt of notice from the
IssuerCo-Issuers
indicating that the Series 2019-3 Final Payment will be made and shall specify that such Series 2019-3 Final Payment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Series 2019-3 Notes, which such surrender shall also
constitute a general release by the applicable Noteholder from any claims against the Securitization Entities, the ManagerManagers, the Trustee and their affiliates, and shall specify the place where the
Series 2019-3 Notes may be presented and surrendered for such Series 2019-3 Final Payment.
Section 3.7 Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account.
(a) Establishment of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account. The Trustee has established and shall maintain in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders an account (the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account shall be an Eligible Account. Initially, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account will be established with the Trustee.
(b) [reserved]
(c) [reserved]
(d)
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account Constitutes Additional Collateral for Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes. In order to secure and provide for the repayment and payment of the Obligations with respect to the Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, the
IssuerCo-Issuers hereby
grantsgrant a security interest in and assigns, pledges, grants, transfersassign, pledge, grant, transfer and setsset over to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders, all of the
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IssuerCo-Issuers’s right, title and interest in and to the following (whether now or hereafter existing or acquired): (i) the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Distribution Account, including any security entitlement with respect thereto; (ii) all funds and other property (including, without limitation, Financial Assets) on deposit therein from time to time; (iii) all certificates
and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account or the funds on deposit therein from time to time; (iv) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account or the funds on deposit therein from time to time; and (v) all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, cash (the items in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) are referred to, collectively, as the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account Collateral”).
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(e) Termination of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account. On or after the
date on which (1) all accrued and unpaid interest on and principal of all Outstanding Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes have been paid, (2) all Undrawn L/C Face Amounts have expired or have been cash collateralized in accordance with the terms
of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement (after giving effect to the provisions of Section 4.04 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement), (3) all fees and expenses and other amounts then due and payable under the
Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement have been paid and (4) all Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitments have been terminated in full, the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of the IssuerCo-Issuers
(or the
ManagerManagers
on
itstheir
behalf), shall withdraw from the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account all amounts on deposit therein (and the proceeds of any other instruments and other property credited thereto) for distribution pursuant to the
Priority of Payments and all Liens, if any, created in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders under the Base Indenture with respect to Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account shall be
automatically released, and the Trustee, upon written request of the IssuerCo-Issuers, at the written direction of the Control Party, shall execute and deliver to the IssuerCo-Issuers
any and all documentation reasonably requested and prepared by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
at the
IssuerCo-Issuers
’s expense to effect or evidence the release by the
Trustee of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders’ security interest in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account Collateral.
(i) Section 3.8 [Reserved].
Section 3.9 Trustee as Securities Intermediary.
(a) The Trustee or other Person holding the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account shall be the “Series 2019-3 Securities
Intermediary”. If the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary in respect of the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account is not the Trustee, the
IssuerCo-Issuers
shall obtain the express agreement of such other Person to the obligations of the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 3.9.
(b) The Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary agrees that:
(i) The Series 2019-3 Distribution Account is the account to which Financial Assets will or may be credited;
(ii) The Series 2019-3 Distribution Account is a “securities accounts” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York UCC and the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary qualifies as a “securities intermediary” under Section 8-102(a) of the New York UCC;
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(iii) All securities or other property (other than cash) underlying any
Financial Assets credited to the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account shall be registered in the name of the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities
account maintained in the name of the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary, and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account be registered in the name of the IssuerCo-Issuers
, payable to the order of the IssuerCo-Issuers or specially indorsed to the
IssuerCo-Issuers
;
(iv) All property delivered to the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Series Supplement will be promptly credited to the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account;
(v) Each item of property (whether investment property, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset;
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(vi) If at any time the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary shall receive
any entitlement order from the Trustee (including those directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset) relating to the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account, the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order
without further consent by the
IssuerCo-Issuers, any other Securitization Entity or any other Person;
(vii) The Series 2019-3 Distribution Account shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, regardless of any provision of any other agreement. For purposes of all applicable UCCs, the State of New York shall be deemed to the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction and the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account (as well as the “security entitlements” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC) related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. The parties further agree that with respect to the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account the law applicable to all the issues in Article 2(1) of The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary shall be the law of the State of New York;
(viii) The Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary has not
entered into, and until termination of this Series Supplement will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to
comply with “entitlement orders” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) of such other Person, and the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Series Supplement will not
enter into, any agreement with the
IssuerCo-Issuers purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as set forth in Section 3.9(b)(vi); and
(ix) Except for the claims and interest of the Trustee, the Secured Parties and the Securitization Entities in the Series
2019-3 Distribution Account, neither the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary nor, in the case of the Trustee, any Trust Officer knows of any claim to, or interest in, the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account or any Financial Asset credited thereto.
If the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary or, in the case of the Trustee, a Trust Officer has Actual Knowledge of the assertion by any other person of any Lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of
attachment, execution or similar process) against the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account or any Financial Asset carried therein, the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Trustee, the ManagerManagers, the Servicer and the
IssuerCo-Issuers
thereof.
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(c) At any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the
Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account and in all proceeds thereof, and shall (acting at the direction of the Control Party (at the direction of the
Controlling Class Representative)) be the only Person authorized to originate entitlement orders in respect of the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account; provided, however, that at all other times the IssuerCo-Issuers shall be authorized to instruct the Trustee to originate entitlement orders in respect of the Series 2019-3 Distribution Account.
Section 3.10 ManagerManagers. Pursuant to the Management AgreementAgreements, the Manager
hasManagers have
agreed to provide certain reports, notices, instructions and other services on behalf of the Issuer. The Series 2019-3 Noteholders by their acceptance of the Series 2019-3 Notes consent to
the provision of such reports and notices to the Trustee by the
ManagerManagers
in lieu of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
. Any such reports and notices that are required to be delivered to the Series 2019-3 Noteholders hereunder will be made available on the Trustee’s website in the manner set forth in Section 4.4
of the Base Indenture.
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Section 3.11 Replacement of Ineligible Accounts. If, at any time, the Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account shall cease to be an Eligible Account (a “Series 2019-3 Ineligible Account”), the IssuerCo-Issuers shall (i) within five (5) Business Days of obtaining Actual
Knowledge thereof, notify the Control Party thereof and (ii) within sixty (60) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, (A) establish, or cause to be established, a new account that is an Eligible Account in substitution for the Series 2019-3
Ineligible Account, (B) following the establishment of such new Eligible Account, transfer or, with respect to the Trustee Accounts maintained at the Trustee, instruct the Trustee in writing to transfer all cash and investments from the Series
2019-3 Ineligible Account into such new Eligible Account and (C) pledge, or cause to be pledged, such new Eligible Account to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, if such new Eligible Account is not established with the
Trustee, cause such new Eligible Account to be subject to an Account Control Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Control Party and the Trustee.
(j) ARTICLE IV
(1) FORM OF SERIES 2019-3 NOTES
Section 4.1 Issuance of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes.
(a) The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes will be issued in the form of definitive notes in fully registered form without interest
coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1-1 hereto, and will be issued to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders (other than the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Subfacility Noteholders) pursuant to and in accordance with
the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and shall be duly executed by the
IssuerCo-Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture. Other than in accordance with this Series Supplement and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes will not be permitted to be transferred, assigned, exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed by such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes shall bear a
face amount equal in the aggregate to up to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount as of the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, and shall be initially issued in an aggregate outstanding principal amount equal to the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amount pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of this Series Supplement. The Administrative Agent shall record any Increases or Decreases with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal
Amount such that, subject to Section 4.1(d) of this Series Supplement, the principal amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes that are Outstanding accurately reflects all such Increases and Decreases.The Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Swingline Notes will be issued in the form of definitive notes in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1-2 hereto, and will be issued to the Swingline Lender
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pursuant to and in accordance with the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and shall be duly executed by the
IssuerCo-Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture. Other than in accordance with this Series Supplement and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes will not be permitted to be transferred, assigned, exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed by the Swingline Lender. The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note shall bear a face amount equal in the
aggregate to up to the Swingline Commitment as of the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, and shall be initially issued in an aggregate outstanding principal amount equal to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Swingline Principal Amount pursuant to
Section 2.1(b)(i) of this Series Supplement. The Administrative Agent shall record any Subfacility Increases or Subfacility Decreases with respect to the Swingline Loans such that, subject to Section 4.1(d) of this Series
Supplement, the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes that is Outstanding accurately reflects all such Subfacility Increases and Subfacility Decreases.
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(c) The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes will be issued in the form of definitive
notes in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1-3 hereto, and will be issued to the L/C Provider pursuant to and in accordance with the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and
shall be duly executed by the
IssuerCo-Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture. Other than in accordance with this Series Supplement and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes will not be permitted to be transferred, assigned, exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed by the L/C Provider. The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes shall bear a face amount equal in the aggregate to
up to the L/C Commitment as of the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, and shall be initially issued in an aggregate amount equal to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii) of
this Series Supplement. The Administrative Agent shall record any Subfacility Increases or Subfacility Decreases with respect to Undrawn L/C Face Amounts or Unreimbursed L/C Drawings, as applicable, such that, subject to Section 4.1(d)
of this Series Supplement, the aggregate amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes that is Outstanding accurately reflects all such Subfacility Increases and Subfacility Decreases. All Undrawn L/C Face Amounts shall be deemed to be
“principal” outstanding under the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes for all purposes of the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents other than for purposes of accrual of interest.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding that the aggregate face amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes will exceed the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount, at no time will the principal amount actually outstanding of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes and the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes in the aggregate exceed the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount.
(e) The Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
Authorized Officers executing such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes. The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes may be produced in any manner, all as determined by the
Authorized Officers executing such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes. The initial sale of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes is limited to Persons who have executed the
Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. The Series 2019-3 A-1 Notes may be resold only to the
a Co-Issuer, or its Affiliates, and Persons who are not Competitors (except that Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Notes may be resold to Persons who are Competitors with the written consent of the IssuerCo-Issuers) in compliance with the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase
Agreement.
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(k) Section 4.2 [Reserved].
Section 4.3 Transfer Restrictions of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes.
(a) Subject to the terms of the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the holder of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Advance Note may transfer the same in whole or in part, in an amount equivalent to an authorized denomination, by surrendering such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note at the applicable Corporate Trust Office, with the form of transfer
endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the IssuerCo-Issuers and the Registrar by, the holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
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Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program”
as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, and accompanied by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto; provided that if the holder of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Advance Note transfers, in whole or in part, its interest in any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note pursuant to (i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Class A-1 Note Purchase
Agreement or (ii) an Investor Group Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, then such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder will not be required to submit a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto upon transfer of its interest in such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note. In exchange for any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note properly presented for transfer along with the appropriately completed
transfer certificate, Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement pursuant to the requirements of this Section 4.3(a), the
IssuerCo-Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered in compliance with applicable law, to the transferee at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of
the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes for the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred. In the case of the transfer of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note in
part, the IssuerCo-Issuers
shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered to the transferor at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the
transferor) to such address as the transferor may request, Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes for the aggregate principal amount that was not transferred. No transfer of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note shall be made unless the request
for such transfer is made by the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder at such office. NeitherNone of the Issuer norCo-Issuers or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of transfer instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of transferred
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes, the Trustee shall recognize the holders of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note as Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders.
(b) Subject to the terms of the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Swingline Lender may transfer the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Swingline Notes in whole but not in part by surrendering such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes at the applicable Corporate Trust Office, with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
IssuerCo-Issuers and the Registrar by, the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include membership or participation in the STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, and accompanied by a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit B hereto; provided that if the holder of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note transfers, in whole or in part, its interest in any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note pursuant to
(i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or (ii) an Investor Group Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Class A-1 Note Purchase
Agreement, then such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder will not be required to submit a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto upon transfer of its interest in such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note. In exchange
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for any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note properly presented for transfer along with the appropriately completed transfer certificate, Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor
Group Supplement pursuant to the requirements of this Section 4.3(b), the
IssuerCo-Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause
to be authenticated and delivered in compliance with applicable law, to the transferee at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note for
the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred. No transfer of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note shall be made unless the request for such transfer is made by the Swingline Lender at such office. Neither None of the Issuer
norCo-Issuers or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay
in delivery of transfer instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of any transferred Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note, the Trustee shall recognize the holder
of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note as a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder.
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(c) Subject to the terms of the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement,
the L/C Provider may transfer any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note in whole or in part, in an amount equivalent to an authorized denomination, by surrendering such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note at the applicable Corporate Trust Office,
with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
IssuerCo-Issuers and the Registrar by, the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which
requirements include membership or participation in the STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, and accompanied by and accompanied by a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto; provided that if the holder of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note transfers, in whole or in part, its interest in any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note pursuant to
(i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or (ii) an Investor Group Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Class A-1 Note Purchase
Agreement, then such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder will not be required to submit a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto upon transfer of its interest in such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note. In exchange for any
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note properly presented for transfer along with the appropriately completed transfer certificate, Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement pursuant to the requirements of this
Section 4.3(c), the
IssuerCo-Issuers
shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered in compliance with applicable law, to the transferee at such office, or send by
mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes for the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred. In the case of the transfer of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1
L/C Note in part, the
IssuerCo-Issuers
shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered to the transferor at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of transferor)
to such address as the transferor may request, Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes for the aggregate principal amount that was not transferred. No transfer of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note shall be made unless the request for such
transfer is made by the L/C Provider at such office.
Neither None of the Issuer norCo-Issuers or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of transfer instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of any transferred
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note, the Trustee shall recognize the holder of such S Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note as a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder.
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(d) Each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note shall bear the following legend:
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 NOTE
(This “THIS NOTE”) HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION, AND DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC (THE “ISSUER”) AND DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION (THE “CANADIAN ISSUER” AND, TOGETHER WITH THE ISSUER, THE “CO-ISSUERS”)
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE “INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT”). THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE
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OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT COMPETITORS (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), UNLESS THEA CO- ISSUER GIVES WRITTEN CONSENT TO SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (SERIES
2019-3 CLASS A-1 NOTES), DATED AS OF DECEMBER
11JULY 6, 20192020 (AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR MODIFIED, THE “CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG THE
ISSUERCO-ISSUERS
, THE GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, DRIVEN BRANDS, INC., AS THE U.S. MANAGER, DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA SHARED SERVICES INC., AS THE CANADIAN
MANAGER, THE CONDUIT INVESTORS PARTY THERETO, THE COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASERS PARTY THERETO, THE FUNDING AGENTS PARTY THERETO, AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS L/C PROVIDER, SWINGLINE
LENDER AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
The required legend set forth above shall not be removed from the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes except as provided herein.
(l) ARTICLE V
Section 5.1 (1) GENERAL Information. On or before each Quarterly Payment Date, the IssuerCo-Issuers shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, a Quarterly Noteholders’ Report with respect to the Series 2019-3 Notes to the Trustee, setting forth, inter alia, the following information with respect to
such Quarterly Payment Date:
(i) the total amount available to be distributed to Series 2019-3 Noteholders on such Quarterly Payment Date;
(ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to the payment of interest on the Series 2019-3 Notes;
(iii) the amount of such distribution allocable to the payment of principal of the Series 2019-3 Notes;
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(iv) [Reserved];
(v) the amount of such distribution allocable to the payment of any Release Price;
(vi) the amount of such distribution allocable to the payment of any fees or other amounts due to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders;
(vii) whether, to the Actual Knowledge of the IssuerCo-Issuers, any Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Default, Event of Default, Potential Manager Termination Event or Manager Termination Event has occurred, as of the related Quarterly Calculation
Date, or any Cash Trapping Period is in effect, as of the related Quarterly Calculation Date;
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(viii) the DSCR for such Quarterly Payment Date and the three Quarterly Payment Dates immediately preceding such Quarterly Payment Date;
(ix) the number of franchised locations and Securitization-Owned Locations located anywhere in the world that are open for business as of the last day of the preceding Quarterly Fiscal Period;
(x) the amount of Driven Brands System-Wide Sales as of the related Quarterly Calculation Date; and
(xi) the amount on deposit in
the applicable Senior Notes Interest Reserve AccountAccounts (and the availability under any Interest Reserve Letter of Credit relating to the Series 2019-3any Class A-1 Notes) and the amount on deposit, if any, in the Cash Trap
Reserve
AccountAccounts
, in each case, as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the preceding Quarterly Fiscal Period.
Any Series 2019-3 Noteholder may obtain copies of each Quarterly Noteholders’ Report in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.4 of the Base Indenture.
Section 5.2 Exhibits. The annexes, exhibits and schedules attached hereto and listed on the table of contents hereto supplement the annexes, exhibits and schedules included in the Base Indenture.
Section 5.3 Ratification of Base Indenture. As supplemented by this Series Supplement, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Base Indenture as so supplemented by this Series Supplement shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 5.4 Requirements for Notices to the Rating Agencies. For purposes of Section 14.1 of the Base Indenture, the address for any notice or communication by any party to any Rating Agency shall be in writing and delivered in person, delivered by e-mail or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to Rating Agency’s address:
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If to S&P:
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services,
a Division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Structured Credit Surveillance Group
E-mail: xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
If to KBRA:
Xxxxx Bond Rating Agency,
Xxx.XXX 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attention: ABS Surveillance
E-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Section 5.5 Certain Notices to the Rating Agencies. The
IssuerCo-Issuers shall provide to each Rating Agency a copy of each Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Series Supplement or any other Transaction Document.
Section 5.6 Prior Notice by Trustee to the Controlling Class Representative and Control Party. Subject to Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee agrees that it shall not exercise any rights or remedies available to it as a result of the occurrence of a Rapid Amortization Event or an Event of Default until after the Trustee has given prior written notice thereof to the Controlling Class Representative and the Control Party and obtained the direction of the Control Party (subject to Section 11.4(e) of the Base Indenture, at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative).
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Section 5.7 Counterparts. This Series Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 5.8 Governing Law. THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE (2) GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).
Section 5.9 Amendments. This Series Supplement may not be modified or amended except in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture.
Section 5.10 Termination of Series Supplement. This Series Supplement shall cease to be of further effect when
(i) all Outstanding Series 2019-3 Notes theretofore authenticated and issued have been delivered (other than destroyed, lost, or stolen Series 2019-3 Notes that have been replaced or paid) to the Trustee for cancellation and all Letters of
Credit have expired, have been cash collateralized in full pursuant to the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or are deemed to no longer be outstanding in accordance with Section 4.04 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase
Agreement, (ii) all fees and expenses and other amounts under the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement have been paid in full and all Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitments have been terminated and (iii) the Issuer hasCo-Issuers have
paid all sums payable hereunder; provided that any provisions of this Series Supplement required for the Series 2019-3 Final Payment to be made shall survive until the Series 2019-3 Final
Payment is paid to the Series 2019-3 Noteholders. In accordance with Section 6.1(a) of the Base Indenture, the final principal
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payment due on each Series 2019-3 Note shall only be paid upon due presentment and surrender
of such Note for cancellation in accordance with the provisions of such Note at the applicable Corporate Trust Office, which such surrender shall also constitute a general release by the applicable Noteholder from any claims against the
Securitization Entities, the
ManagerManagers, the Trustee and their Affiliates. In addition to (and notwithstanding) the terms of Section 12.1 of the Base Indenture, upon the payment in full (whether optional or mandatory) or a redemption in
full of the Series 2019-3 Notes as provided hereunder as Defeased Notes, the Obligations of the IssuerCo-Issuers and the Guarantors under the Indenture Documents in respect of such
Defeased Notes shall be terminated.
Section 5.11 Entire Agreement. This Series Supplement, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto and the other Indenture Documents, contains a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all previous oral statements and other writings with respect thereto.
(3) [Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee and the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary have caused this Series Supplement to be duly executed by its respective duly authorized officer as of the day and year first written above.
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, | ||
as the Issuer | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
(4) DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Driven - Supplement to the Base Indenture
CITIBANK, N.A., in its capacity as Trustee and as Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Driven - Supplement to the Base Indenture
(5) ANNEX A
SERIES 2019-3 SUPPLEMENTAL DEFINITIONS LIST
“30/360 Basis” means the accrual of interest calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
“Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Acquiring Investor Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Administrative Agent” means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, and its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Administrative Agent” shall be deemed to be a “Class A-1 Administrative Agent”.
“Administrative Agent Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Fee Letter.
“Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Advance Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(d) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Affected Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Aggregate Unpaids” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Annual Inspection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(d) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Applicable Agent Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Applicable Agent Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Application” means an application, in such form as the applicable L/C Issuing Bank may specify from time to time, requesting such L/C Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit.
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Base Rate” means, on any day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) 1.25% plus (b) the greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 0.5%; provided that any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively; provided, further, that changes in any rate of interest calculated by reference to the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with each change in the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Advance” means a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance that bears interest at a rate of interest determined by reference to the Base Rate during such time as it bears interest at such rate, as provided in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Borrowing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Breakage Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Change in Law” means (a) any law, rule or regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof (whether or not having the force of law), in each case, adopted, issued or occurring after the Series 2019-3 Closing Date or (b) any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any government or political subdivision or agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, or any accounting board or authority (whether or not a Governmental Authority) which is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case, whether foreign or domestic (each, an “Official Body”) charged with the administration, interpretation or application thereof, or the compliance with any request or directive of any Official Body (whether or not having the force of law) made, issued or occurring after the Series 2019-3 Closing Date.
“Class A-1 Extension Fees” means the fees payable pursuant to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Fee Letter in connection with the extension of a Commitment Termination Date.
“Class A-1 Indemnities” means all amounts payable pursuant to Sections 9.05(b) and (c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement” means the Class A-1 Note Purchase
Agreement (Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes), dated as of the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, by and among the IssuerCo-Issuers, the Guarantors, the ManagerManagers, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Investors, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent thereunder, pursuant to which the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders
have agreed to purchase the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes from the Issuer, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein,
as supplemented by Supplement No. 1 thereto, dated as of July 6, 2020, and as further amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement” shall be deemed to be a “Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.”
“Class A-1 Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(a) of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Commercial Paper” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, the promissory notes issued in the commercial paper market by or for the benefit of such Conduit Investor.
“Commitments” means the obligation of each Committed Note Purchaser included in each Investor Group to fund Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances pursuant to Section 2.02(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and to participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.06 and 2.07, respectively, of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement in an aggregate stated amount up to its Commitment Amount.
“Commitment Amount” means, as to each Committed Note Purchaser, the amount set forth on Schedule I to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement opposite such Committed Note Purchaser’s name as its Commitment Amount or, in the case of a Committed Note Purchaser that becomes a party to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement, the amount set forth therein as such Committed Note Purchaser’s Commitment Amount, in each case, as such amount may be (i) reduced pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or (ii) increased or reduced by any Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement entered into by such Committed Note Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Commitment Fee Adjustment Amount” means, for any Interest Accrual Period, the result (whether a positive or negative number) of (a) the aggregate of the Daily Commitment Fee Amounts for each day in such Interest Accrual Period minus (b) the aggregate of the Estimated Daily Commitment Fee Amounts for each day in such Interest Accrual Period. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Commitment Fee Adjustment Amount” shall be deemed to be the “Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fee Adjustment Amount”.
“Commitment Percentage” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Investor Group, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, which such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount bears to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount on such date.
“Commitment Term” means the period from and including the Series 2019-3 Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) the date on which the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero in accordance with the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Commitment Termination Date” means the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date (as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 3.6(b) of this Series Supplement).
“Committed Note Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Committed Note Purchaser Percentage” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Committed Note Purchaser in any Investor Group, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, which the Commitment Amount of such Committed Note Purchaser bears to such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount on such date.
“Conduit Assignee” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, any commercial paper conduit, whose Commercial Paper is rated by at least one of the Specified Rating Agencies and is rated at least “A-2” from S&P and/or the equivalent rating of another “nationally-recognized statistical rating organization”, that is administered by the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Investor or any Affiliate of such Funding Agent, in each case, designated by such Funding Agent to accept an assignment from such Conduit Investor of the Investor Group Principal Amount or a portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor pursuant to Section 9.17(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Conduit Investors” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Confidential Information”, for purposes of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, has the meaning set forth in Section 9.11 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“CP Advance” means a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance that bears interest at a rate of interest determined by reference to the CP Rate during such time as it bears interest at such rate, as provided in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“CP Funding Rate” means, with respect to each Conduit Investor, for any day during any Interest Accrual Period, for any
portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances funded or maintained through the issuance of Commercial Paper by such Conduit Investor, the per annum rate equivalent to the weighted average cost (as determined by the related Funding Agent, and
which shall include (without duplication) the fees and commissions of placement agents and dealers, incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to Commercial Paper maturing on dates other than those on which corresponding funds are received by
such Conduit Investor, other borrowings by such Conduit Investor and any other costs associated with the issuance of Commercial Paper) of or related to the issuance of Commercial Paper that are allocated, in whole or in part, by such Conduit
Investor or its related Funding Agent to fund or maintain such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances for such Interest Accrual Period (and which may also be allocated in part to the funding of other assets of the Conduit Investor); provided,
however, that if any component of any such rate is a discount rate, in calculating the “CP Funding Rate” for such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances for such Interest Accrual Period, the related Funding Agent shall for such component
use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per annum; provided further, however, that “CP Funding Rate” shall not include any loss or expense (including any loss or expense incurred by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Conduit Investor to fund or maintain any portion of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances) as a result of any conversion, repayment, Voluntary or Mandatory
Decrease or other prepayment or redemption of the principal amount of any CP Advance on the date applicable thereto in accordance with the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and the Base Indenture, but shall include any such loss or
expense as a result of (i) any conversion, repayment, Voluntary or Mandatory Decrease or other prepayment or redemption of the principal amount of any CP Advance on a date other than the date applicable thereto in accordance with the terms of
the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or the Base Indenture, (ii) any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance not being funded or maintained as a CP Advance after a request therefor has been made, or (iii) any failure of the IssuerCo-Issuers to make a Decrease, prepayment or redemption with respect to any CP Advance after giving notice thereof.
“CP Rate” means, on any day during any Interest Accrual Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the CP Funding Rate for such Interest Accrual Period plus (ii) 2.25%.
“Daily Commitment Fees Amount” means, for any day during any Interest Accrual Period, the Undrawn Commitment Fees that accrue for such day.
“Daily Interest Amount” means, for any day during any Interest Accrual Period, the sum of the following amounts:
(i) with respect to any Eurodollar Advance outstanding on such day, the result of (i) the product of (x) the Eurodollar Rate in effect for such Interest Accrual Period and (y) the principal amount of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance outstanding as of the close of business on such day divided by (ii) 360; plus
(ii) with respect to any Base Rate Advance outstanding on such day, the result of (i) the product of (x) the Base Rate in effect for such day and (y) the principal amount of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance outstanding as of the close of business on such day divided by (ii) 365 or 366, as applicable; plus
(iii) with respect to any CP Advance outstanding on such day, the result of (i) the product of (x) the CP Rate in effect for such Interest Accrual Period and (y) the principal amount of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance outstanding as of the close of business on such day divided by (ii) 360; plus
(iv) with respect to any Swingline Loans or Unreimbursed L/C Drawings outstanding on such day, the result of (i) the product of (x) the Base Rate in effect for such day and (y) the principal amount of such Class A-1 Swingline Loans and Unreimbursed L/C Drawings outstanding as of the close of business on such day divided by (ii) 365 or 366, as applicable; plus
(v) with respect to any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts outstanding on such day, the L/C Quarterly Fees and L/C Fronting Fees that accrue thereon for such day.
“Daily Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest Amount” means, for any day during any Interest Accrual Period commencing on or after the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date, the sum of (a) the result of (i) the product of (x) the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest Rate and (y) the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount (excluding any Base Rate Advances and Undrawn L/C Face Amounts included therein) as of the close of business on such day divided by (ii) 360 and (b) the result of (i) the product of (x) the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest Rate and (y) any Base Rate Advances included in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the close of business on such day divided by (ii) 365 or 366, as applicable.
“Decrease” means a Mandatory Decrease or a Voluntary Decrease, as applicable.
“Defaulting Administrative Agent Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Defaulting Investor” means any Investor that has (a) failed to make a payment required to be made by it under the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement within one (1) Business Day of the day such payment is required to be made by such Investor thereunder, (b) notified the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to make any payment required to be made by it under the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement within one Business Day of the day such payment is required to be made by such Investor thereunder or (c) become the subject of an Event of Bankruptcy.
“Eligible Conduit Investor” means, at any time, any Conduit Investor whose Commercial Paper at such time is rated by at least one of the Specified Rating Agencies and is rated at least “A-2” from S&P and/or the equivalent rating of another “nationally-recognized statistical rating organization”.
“Estimated Daily Commitment Fees Amount” means (a) for any day during
the first Interest Accrual Period, $[ ]1618.07
and (b) for any day during any other Interest Accrual Period, the average of the Daily Commitment Fees Amounts for each day during the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period.
“Estimated Daily Interest Amount” means (a) for any day during the first Interest Accrual Period, $[ ]27,283.48
and (b) for any day during any other Interest Accrual Period, the average of the Daily Interest Amounts for each day during the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period.
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“Eurodollar Advance” means a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance that bears interest at a rate of interest determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate during such time as it bears interest at such rate, as provided in the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Eurodollar Business Day” means any Business Day on which dealings are also carried on in the London interbank market and banks are open for business in London.
“Eurodollar Funding Rate” means, for any Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Eurodollar Business Days prior to the beginning of such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period on the page of the Reuters screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period) with a term for a period equal to such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “Eurodollar Funding Rate” shall be the rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point), determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays the rate per annum for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period) with a term equivalent to such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period in Dollars offered by participants in the London interbank market, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the commencement of such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period (unless the Administrative Agent is unable to obtain such rates from such banks, in which case it will be deemed that a Eurodollar Funding Rate cannot be ascertained for purposes of Section 3.04 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement). In respect of any Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period that is less than one month in duration and if no Eurodollar Funding Rate is otherwise determinable with respect thereto in accordance with the preceding sentence of this definition, the Eurodollar Funding Rate shall be determined through the use of straight-line interpolation by reference to two rates calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence, one of which shall be determined as if the maturity of the Dollar deposits referred to therein were the period of time for which rates are available next shorter than the Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period and the other of which shall be determined as if such maturity were the period of time for which rates are available next longer than the Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period. If any such rate determined pursuant to this definition of “Eurodollar Funding Rate” is below zero, the Eurodollar Funding Rate will be deemed to be zero.
“Eurodollar Funding Rate (Reserve Adjusted)” means, for any Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) determined pursuant to the following formula:
Eurodollar Funding Rate
Eurodollar Funding Rate = (Reserve Adjusted) 1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
The Eurodollar Funding Rate (Reserve Adjusted) for any Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period will be determined by the Administrative Agent on the basis of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage in effect two (2) Eurodollar Business Days before the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period.
“Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar
Advance, the period commencing on and including the Eurodollar Business Day such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance first becomes a Eurodollar Advance in accordance with Section 3.01(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and
ending on but excluding, at the election of
IssuerCo-Issuers pursuant to such Section 3.01(b), a date (i) one (1) month subsequent to such date, (ii) two (2) months subsequent to such date, (iii) three (3) months subsequent to such
date or (iv) six (6) months subsequent to such date; provided, however, that no Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period may end subsequent to the second Business Day before the Quarterly Calculation Date occurring immediately
prior to the then-current Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date and upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Rapid Amortization Period or any Event of Default, any Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period with respect to the
Eurodollar Advances of all Investor Groups may be terminated at the end of the then-current Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period (or, if the Class A-1 Notes have been accelerated in accordance with Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture,
immediately), at the election of the Administrative Agent or Investor Groups holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Eurodollar Tranche, by notice to the
IssuerCo-Issuers
, the
ManagerManagers
, the Control Party and the Funding Agents, and upon such election the Eurodollar Advances in respect of which interest was calculated by reference to such terminated Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period shall
be converted to Base Rate Advances.
“Eurodollar Rate” means, on any day during any Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Eurodollar Funding Rate (Reserve Adjusted) for such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period plus (ii) 2.25%.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal) equal to the maximum aggregate reserve requirements (including all basic, emergency, supplemental, marginal and other reserves and taking into account any transitional adjustments or other scheduled changes in reserve requirements) specified under regulations issued from time to time by the F.R.S. Board and then applicable to liabilities or assets constituting “Eurocurrency Liabilities,” as currently defined in Regulation D of the F.R.S. Board, having a term approximately equal or comparable to such Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period.
“Eurodollar Tranche” means any portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount funded or maintained with Eurodollar Advances.
“FATCA” means (a) 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, (b) any treaty, law, regulation, or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and any other jurisdiction with the purpose (in either case) of facilitating the implementation of (a) above, or (c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority in the United States.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any specified period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the overnight federal funds rates as published in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute publication selected by the Administrative Agent (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day), or if, for any reason, such rate is not available on any day, the rate determined, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which overnight federal funds are being offered in the national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
“F.R.S. Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Foreign Affected Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Funding Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Funding Agent Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Increased Capital Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Increased Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Increased Tax Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Interest Adjustment Amount” means, for any Interest Accrual Period, the result (whether a positive or negative number) of (a) the aggregate of the Daily Interest Amounts for each day in such Interest Accrual Period minus (b) the aggregate of the Estimated Daily Interest Amounts for each day in such Interest Accrual Period. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Interest Adjustment Amount” for any Interest Accrual Period shall be deemed to be a “Class A-1 Notes Interest Adjustment Amount” for such Interest Accrual Period.
“Investor” means any one of the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers, and “Investors” means the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers collectively.
“Investor Group” means (i) for each Conduit Investor, collectively, such Conduit Investor, the related Committed Note Purchaser(s) set forth opposite the name of such Conduit Investor on Schedule I to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement (or, if applicable, set forth for such Conduit Investor in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement pursuant to which such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser becomes a party thereto), any related Program Support Provider(s) and the related Funding Agent (which shall constitute the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder for such Investor Group) and (ii) for each other Committed Note Purchaser that is not related to a Conduit Investor, collectively, such Committed Note Purchaser, any related Program Support Provider(s) and the related Funding Agent (which shall constitute the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder for such Investor Group).
“Investor Group Increase Amount” means, with respect to any Investor Group, for any Business Day, the portion of the Increase, if any, actually funded by such Investor Group on such Business Day.
“Investor Group Principal Amount” means, with respect to any Investor Group, (a) when used with respect to the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, an amount equal to (i) such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amount plus (ii) such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility
Amount outstanding on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, and (b) when used with respect to any other date, an amount equal to (i) the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Investor Group on the immediately preceding Business Day (excluding any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount included therein) plus (ii) the Investor Group Increase Amount with respect to such Investor Group on such date minus (iii) the amount of principal payments made to such Investor Group on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes on such date plus (iv) such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount outstanding on such date.
“Investor Group Supplement” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(c) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“KBRA” means Xxxxx Bond Rating Agency, IncLLC.
“L/C Commitment” means the obligation of the L/C Provider to provide Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, in an aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount, together with any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings, at any one time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or reduced or increased pursuant to Section 2.07(g) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“L/C Fronting Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(e) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“L/C Issuing Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(h) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“L/C Obligations” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (i) any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts outstanding at such time and (ii) any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings outstanding at such time.
“L/C Other Reimbursement Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(a)(ii) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“L/C Provider” means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as provider of any Letter of Credit under the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, and its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
“L/C Quarterly Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“L/C Reimbursement Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Lender Party” means any Investor, the Swingline Lender or the L/C Provider and “Lender Parties” means the Investors, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Provider, collectively.
“Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Mandatory Decrease” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount” means, as to each Investor Group existing on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, the amount set forth on Schedule I to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement as such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount or, in the case of any other Investor Group, the amount set forth as such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement by which the members of such Investor Group become parties to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, in each case, as such amount may be (i) reduced pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or (ii) increased or reduced by any Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement entered into by the members of such Investor Group in accordance with the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Non-Excluded Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Non-Funding Committed Note Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Other Class A-1 Transaction Expenses” means all amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.05(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement other than Class A-1 Amendment Expenses.
“Outstanding Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes” means, with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, all Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture, except:
(i) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes theretofore canceled by the Registrar or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption funds in the necessary amount have been theretofore irrevocably deposited in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account and are available for payment of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes and the Commitments with respect to which have terminated; provided that, if such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes or portions thereof are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefore reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes that have been defeased in accordance with Section 12.1 of the Base Indenture;
(iv) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes in exchange for, or in lieu of which other Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture, unless proof reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes are held by a holder in due course or protected purchaser;
(v) Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen for which replacement Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes have been issued as provided in the Indenture; and
(vi) Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Notes which have been repurchased by the
IssuerCo-Issuers or an Affiliate and thereafter cancelled.
“Outstanding Series 2019-3 Notes” means all Outstanding Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes.
“Prepayment Record Date” means, with respect to the date of any Series 2019-3 Prepayment, the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the date of such Series 2019-3 Prepayment.
“Prime
Rate” means the rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by a commercial bank mutually agreed upon by the ManagerManagers and the Servicer as its reference rate, base rate or prime rate.
“Priority of Payments” shall have the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture.
“Program Support Agreement” means, with respect to any Investor, any agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider in respect of any Commercial Paper and/or Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note of such Investor providing for the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of such Investor, the issuance of one or more insurance policies for which such Investor is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, the sale by such Investor to any Program Support Provider of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes (or portions thereof or interests therein) and/or the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to such Investor in connection with such Investor’s securitization program, together with any letter of credit, insurance policy or other instrument issued thereunder or guaranty thereof (but excluding any discretionary advance facility provided by a Committed Note Purchaser).
“Program Support Provider” means, with respect to any Investor, any financial institutions and any other or additional Person now or hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, and/or agreeing to make purchases from, such Investor in respect of such Investor’s Commercial Paper and/or Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note, and/or agreeing to issue a letter of credit or insurance policy or other instrument to support any obligations arising under or in connection with such Investor’s securitization program as it relates to any Commercial Paper issued by such Investor, and/or holding equity interests in such Investor, in each case pursuant to a Program Support Agreement, and any guarantor of any such Person.
“Rating Agencies” means S&P and/or KBRA, as applicable, and any successor or successors thereto. In the event that at any time the rating agencies rating the Series 2019-3 Notes do not include S&P or KBRA, references to rating categories of such former Rating Agency in the Series 2019-3 Supplement shall be deemed instead to be references to the equivalent categories of such other rating agency as then is rating the Series 2019-3 Notes as of the most recent date on which such other rating agency and such former Rating Agency’s published ratings for the type of security in respect of which such alternative rating agency is used.
“Refunding Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(f) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation of the IssuerCo-Issuers to reimburse the L/C Provider pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
“Sale Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.18(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Series 2019-3 Available Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Amount” means, when used with respect to any date, the sum of
(a) the amount on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve
AccountAccounts pursuant to Section 3.2(d) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such date with respect to the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes pursuant to Section 5.12
of the Base Indenture and (b) the undrawn face amount of any Interest Reserve Letters of Credit issued for the benefit of the Trustee for the benefit of the Senior Noteholders outstanding on such date after giving effect to any draws thereon on
such date with respect to the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes pursuant to Section 5.12 of the Base Indenture.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Administrative Expenses” means, for any Weekly Allocation Date, the aggregate amount of any Administrative Agent Fees and Class A-1 Amendment Expenses then due and payable and not previously paid and, if the following Quarterly Payment Date is a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date, the amount of any Class A-1 Extension Fees due and payable on such Quarterly Payment Date. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Administrative Expenses” shall be deemed to be “Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses.”
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes” has the meaning set forth in “Designation” in the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Request” has the meaning set forth under “Advance Request” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Allocated Payment Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(iv) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Breakage Amount” has the meaning set forth under “Breakage Amount” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitment Fees Amount” means, as of any date of determination for any Interest Accrual Period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate of the Estimated Daily Commitment Fees Amounts for each day in such Interest Accrual Period, (b) if such date of determination occurs on or after the last day of such Interest Accrual Period, the Commitment Fee Adjustment Amount with respect to such Interest Accrual Period, and (c) the amount of any Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Shortfall Amount with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes (as determined pursuant to Section 5.12(e) of the Base Indenture) for the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period together with any additional interest payable on such Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Shortfall Amount (as determined pursuant to Section 5.12(e) of the Base Indenture). For purposes of the Base Indenture, “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitment Fees Amount” shall be deemed to be “Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Amount”.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitments” has the meaning set forth under “Commitments” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitment Term” has the meaning set forth under “Commitment Term” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(d) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Excess Principal Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if, on any date, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount exceeds the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amount” means the aggregate initial outstanding principal amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes corresponding to the aggregate amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advances made on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement, which is $54,499,000.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount” means the aggregate initial outstanding principal amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note of the L/C Provider corresponding to the aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amounts of the Letters of Credit issued on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, which is $16,000,000.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Swingline Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Swingline Principal Amount” means the aggregate initial outstanding principal amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes corresponding to the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans made on the Series 2019-3 Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.06 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, which is $0.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Fees” means the L/C Quarterly Fees and the L/C Fronting Fees. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Fees shall be deemed to be a “Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount”.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Investor” has the meaning set forth under “Investor” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Investor Group Supplement” has the meaning set forth under “Investor Group Supplement” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes” has the meaning set forth in “Designation” in the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Obligations” has the meaning set forth under “L/C Obligations” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note is registered in the Note Register.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to that portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount resulting from Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances that bear interest on such day at the CP Rate in accordance with Section 3.01 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the CP Rate in effect for such day; (b) with respect to that portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount resulting from Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances that bear interest on such day at the Eurodollar Rate in accordance with Section 3.01 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Eurodollar Rate in effect for the Eurodollar Interest Accrual Period that
includes such day; (c) with respect to that portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount resulting from Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances that bear interest on such day at the Base Rate in accordance with Section 3.01 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Base Rate in effect for such day; (d) with respect to that portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount consisting of Swingline Loans or Unreimbursed L/C Drawings outstanding on such day, the Base Rate in effect for such day; and (e) with respect to any other amounts that any Transaction Document provides is to bear interest by reference to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate, the Base Rate in effect for such day; in each case, computed on the basis of a year of 360 (or, in the case of the Base Rate, 365 or 366, as applicable) days and the actual number of days elapsed; provided, however, that the Series 2019-3 A-1 Note Rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the “Designation” in the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Fee Letter” means the Fee Letter, dated as of the Series 2019-3 Closing
Date, by and among the
IssuerCo-Issuers, the Guarantors, the
ManagerManagers
, the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Funding Agents, the L/C Provider, the Swingline Lender, and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount” means $115,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.05 of, or otherwise modified in accordance with, the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts” means, for any Weekly Allocation Date, the aggregate amount of any Breakage Amount, Class A-1 Indemnities, Increased Capital Costs, Increased Costs, Increased Tax Costs, L/C Other Reimbursement Costs and Other Class A-1 Transaction Expenses then due and payable and not previously paid. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts” shall be deemed to be “Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts”.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Quarterly Commitment Fees” means, for any Interest Accrual Period, with respect to all Outstanding Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, the aggregate Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitment Fees Amount due and payable on all such Outstanding Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes with respect to such Interest Accrual Period. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Quarterly Commitment Fee” shall be deemed to be a “Class A-1 Notes Quarterly Commitment Fee”.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date” means the Quarterly Payment Date in July 2020 (which date may be extended pursuant to Section 3.6(b) of the Series Supplement). For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date” shall be deemed to be a “Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date”.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount” means, when used with respect to any date, an amount equal to (a) the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amount, if any, minus (b) the amount of principal payments (whether pursuant to a Decrease, a prepayment, a redemption or otherwise) made on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes on or prior to such date plus (c) any Increases in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Series 2019-3 Supplement resulting from Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advances made on or prior to such date and after the Series 2019-3 Closing Date plus (d) any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount on such date; provided that, at no time may the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount exceed the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount” shall be deemed to be an “Outstanding Principal Amount.”
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount” means, when used with respect to any date, the aggregate principal amount of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes and Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes outstanding on such date (after giving effect to Subfacility Increases or Subfacility Decreases therein to occur on such date pursuant to the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or the Series 2019-3 Supplement).
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest” means, for any Interest Accrual Period commencing on or after the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate of the Daily Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest Amounts for each day in such Interest Accrual Period. For purposes of the Base Indenture, Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest shall be deemed to be “Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Additional Interest”.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(c) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Prepayment” means any prepayment in respect of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Quarterly Interest” means, as of any date of determination for any Interest Accrual Period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate of the Estimated Daily Interest Amounts for each day in such Interest Accrual Period, (b) if such date of determination occurs on or after the last day of such Interest Accrual Period, the Interest Adjustment Amount with respect to such Interest Accrual Period, and (c) the amount of any Senior Notes Interest Shortfall Amount with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes (as determined pursuant to Section 5.12(b) of the Base Indenture) for the immediately preceding Interest Accrual Period together with any additional interest payable on such Senior Notes Interest Shortfall Amount (as determined pursuant to Section 5.12(b) of the Base Indenture). For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Quarterly Interest” shall be deemed to be a “Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount”.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Subfacility Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note or Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note is registered in the Note Register.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Loan” has the meaning set forth under “Swingline Loan” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes” has the meaning set forth in “Designation” of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Unreimbursed L/C Drawings” has the meaning set forth under “Unreimbursed L/C Drawings” in this Annex A.
“Series 2019-3 Closing Date” means December 11, 2019.
“Series 2019-3 Default Rate” means, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Default Rate” shall be deemed to be the “Default Rate”.
“Series 2019-3 Distribution Account” means the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account.
“Series 2019-3 Extension Elections” means, collectively, the Series 2019-3 First Extension Election, the Series 0000-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Election, the Series 2019-3 Third Extension Election, the Series 0000-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Election and the Series 2019-3 Fifth Extension Election.
“Series 2019-3 Fifth Extension Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(v) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Final Payment” means the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest on and principal of all Outstanding Series 2019-3 Notes, the expiration or cash collateralization in accordance with the terms of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement of all Undrawn L/C Face Amounts (after giving effect to the provisions of Section 4.04 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement), the payment of all fees and expenses and other amounts then due and payable under the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and the termination in full of all Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitments.
“Series 2019-3 Final Payment Date” means the date on which the Series 2019-3 Final Payment is made.
“Series 2019-3 First Extension Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(i) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 0000-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(iv) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Ineligible Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11 of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Interest Reserve Release Amount” means, as of any Quarterly Calculation
Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the amount on deposit in the Senior Notes Interest Reserve AccountAccounts with respect to the Series 2019-3 Notes over (ii) the Series 2019-3
Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount for the immediately following Quarterly Payment Date.
“Series 2019-3 Interest Reserve Release Event” means (i) any reduction in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount or (ii) any reduction in the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Interest Reserve Release Event” shall be deemed to be an “Interest Reserve Release Event”.
“Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date” means January 20, 2050. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date” shall be deemed to be a “Series Legal Final Maturity Date”.
“Series 2019-3 Noteholders” means the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders.
“Series 2019-3 Notes” means the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes.
“Series 2019-3 Outstanding Principal Amount” means, with respect to any date, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount.
“Series 2019-3 Prepayment” means a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Prepayment.
“Series 2019-3 Prepayment Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Class of Notes to be prepaid on any Series 2019-3 Prepayment Date, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon to such date.
“Series 2019-3 Prepayment Date” means the date on which any prepayment on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes is made pursuant to Section 3.6(d)(iii), Section 3.6(d)(iv), Section 3.6(j) or Section 3.6(l) of the Series Supplement, which shall be, in connection with a Rapid Amortization Period, a repayment following the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date, Indemnification Amounts, Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Release Prices or Asset Disposition Proceeds, the immediately succeeding Quarterly Payment Date.
“Series 2019-3 Second Extension Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(ii) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(a) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Series 2019-3 Senior Noteholders” means the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders.
“Series 2019-3 Senior Notes” means the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes.
“Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency” means, when used with respect to any date, that on such date the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount exceeds the Series 2019-3 Available Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Amount.
“Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficit Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the amount, if any, by which (a) the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount exceeds (b) the Series 2019-3 Available Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Amount on such date; provided, however, with respect to any Weekly Allocation Date that occurs during the Quarterly Fiscal Period immediately preceding the Series 2019-3 Final Payment Date or the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date, the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficit Amount shall be zero.
“Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount” means, with respect to
any Quarterly Payment Date (and any Weekly Allocation Date related thereto and any drawing date in respect of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes), an amount equal to the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount and the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Commitment Fees Amount due on the next Quarterly Payment Date (with the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount and the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Commitment Fees Amount payable with respect to the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Notes on the next Quarterly Payment Date being based on the good faith utilization estimate of the ManagerManagers of the actual drawn amount of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes as
set forth in the applicable Weekly Manager’s Certificate), it being understood that the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount may be funded in whole or in part with the proceeds of a drawing under the Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Notes; provided that, with respect to the first Interest Accrual Period following the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount shall be an amount equal to $[ ]537,620.72.3 “Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” means, with respect to each Quarterly Payment Date, (a) the aggregate amount of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Quarterly Interest due
and payable, with respect to the related Interest Accrual Period, on the Series 2019-3 Notes (other
than any Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Additional Interest), plus (b) to the extent not otherwise included in
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clause (a), with respect to any Outstanding Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes, the aggregate amount of any letter of credit fees (including fronting fees) due and payable on issued but undrawn Letters of Credit, with respect to such Interest Accrual Period, on such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes pursuant to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; provided, that if, on any Quarterly Payment Date or other date of determination, the actual amount of any such interest or letter of credit fees cannot be ascertained, an estimate of such interest or letter of credit fees shall be used to calculate the Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount for such Quarterly Payment Date or other date of determination in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Series 2019-3 Supplement; provided, further, that any amount deemed to be “Senior Notes Quarterly Post-ARD Additional Interest”, “Class A-1 Notes Administrative Expenses”, “Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts” or “Class A-1 Notes Commitment Fees Amount” for purposes of the Base Indenture shall under no circumstances be deemed to constitute part of the “Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount”. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2019-3 Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount” shall be deemed to be a “Senior Notes Quarterly Interest Amount”.
“Series 2019-3 Supplement” means the Series 2019-3 Supplement, dated as of the Series 2019-3 Closing Date, by and among the IssuerCo-Issuers, the Trustee and the Series 2019-3 Securities Intermediary, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Series 2019-3 Third Extension Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(iii) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Similar Law” means any federal, state, local, or non-U.S. law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
“Specified Rating Agencies” means S&P and KBRA.
“STAMP” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Subfacility Decrease” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
“Subfacility Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Series 2019-3
“Swingline Commitment” means the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.06 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000, as such amount may be reduced or increased pursuant to Section 2.06(i) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or reduced pursuant to Section 2.05(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Swingline Lender” means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as maker of Swingline Loans, and its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Swingline Loan Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Swingline Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Swingline Participation Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(f) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Undrawn Commitment Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b) of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Undrawn L/C Face Amounts” means, at any time, the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired face amount of any Letters of Credit outstanding at such time.
“Unreimbursed L/C Drawings” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of any L/C Reimbursement Amounts that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
“Voluntary Decrease” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
Section 1.2
Execution Version
(a) EXHIBIT A
FORM OF VOLUNTARY DECREASE
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC
DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION
SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTES, CLASS A-1
TO: Citibank, N.A., as Trustee
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Agency & TrustSecurities Window – Driven Brands Funding, LLC
Email: Xxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx or call (000) 000-0000 (to obtain Citibank, N.A. account manager’s email address)
and
Midland Loan Services, a division of PNC Bank, National Association, as
Control Party
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Email: Xxxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
CC: Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Ladies and Gentlemen:
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Reference is made to (a) that certain Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement (Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Notes), dated as of December 11, 2019 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement”), by and among Driven Brands Funding, LLC and Driven Brands Canada Funding Corporation, as IssuerCo-Issuers, Driven Brands, Inc. and Driven Brands Canada Shared Services Inc., as the ManagerManagers, the Guarantors, the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Funding Agents, the L/C Provider and Barclays Bank PLC, as Swingline Lender and Administrative Agent and (b) that certain Series
2019-3 Supplement, dated as of December 11, 2019 (the “Series 2019-3 Supplement”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Base
Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2019
and, as further amended by Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture,
dated as of September 17, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture,
dated as of July 6, 2020, and as further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of any Series Supplements (as defined therein), the “Base
Indenture” and, together with the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of July 31, 2015 (as amended by AmendmentSupplement No. 1 to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24,
2018 and Supplement No. 2 to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020), the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of May 20, 2016 (as amended by Supplement
No. 1 to the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020), the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Supplement No. 1 to the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020), the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, and (as amended by Supplement No. 1 to the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020), the Series 2019-2 Supplement, dated as of September 17, 2019 (as amended by
Supplement No. 1 to the Series 2019-2 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020), the Series 2019-3 Supplement (as amended by Supplement No. 1 to the Series 2019-3 Supplement, dated as of
July 6, 2020) and the Series
0000-00000-0 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020, the “Indenture”). Unless otherwise defined herein or as the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the meaning assigned thereto under or as provided in the Class A-1 Note
Purchase Agreement or the Series 2019-3 Supplement.
(c) The undersigned, solely in his or her capacity as an officer of the IssuerCo-Issuers and not in his or her individual capacity, hereby gives the Trustee and the Administrative Agent notice of a Voluntary Decrease and directs that the following amounts be paid on [ ] (the
“Voluntary Decrease Date”).
Principal: $
Interest: $
Breakage Amount (if any): $
In furtherance of the above, the Trustee is hereby directed to transfer such amounts from the
applicable Collection AccountAccounts to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Voluntary Decrease Date and to distribute such amounts to
[ ] at account number [ ].
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For the avoidance of doubt, this repayment is a repayment and is not a permanent reduction in the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount.
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The undersigned has executed and delivered this payment direction on the day of , .
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, as a Co-Issuer | ||
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DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Co-Issuer | ||
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ARTICLE 2
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Section 2.1
Execution Version
EXHIBIT A-1-1
FORM OF SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 SUBCLASS: SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 ADVANCE NOTE
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 (THIS “NOTE”), WHICH IS A SERIES
2019-3 CLASS A-1 ADVANCE NOTE, HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER RELEVANT
JURISDICTION, AND DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC (THE “ISSUER”) AND DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING
CORPORATION (THE “CANADIAN ISSUER” AND, TOGETHER WITH THE ISSUER, THE “CO-ISSUERS”) HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE “INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT”). THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT COMPETITORS (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), UNLESS THEA CO- ISSUER GIVES WRITTEN CONSENT TO SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 11, 2019 (AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR MODIFIED, THE “CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG THE ISSUERCO-ISSUERS, THE GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, DRIVEN BRANDS, INC., AS THE U.S. MANAGER, DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA SHARED SERVICES INC., AS THE CANADIAN MANAGER, THE CONDUIT INVESTORS PARTY THERETO, THE COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASERS PARTY THERETO, THE FUNDING AGENTS PARTY THERETO, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS L/C PROVIDER, AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS SWINGLINE
LENDER AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
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THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH HEREIN AND SUBJECT TO INCREASES AND DECREASES AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. ANY PERSON ACQUIRING THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.
REGISTERED
No. R-A-[ ] | up to $[ ] |
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC
(1) | DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION |
SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 SUBCLASS: SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 ADVANCE NOTE
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, and DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, a Canadian corporation (herein referred to, together, as the “IssuerCo-Issuers”), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to [ ], or its registered assigns, up to the principal sum of [ ] DOLLARS ($[ ]) or such lesser amount as shall equal the portion of the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount evidenced by this Note as provided in the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Payments of principal shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Indenture
described herein; provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due on January 20, 2050 (the “Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date”). The initial outstanding principal amount
of this Note shall equal the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Advance. Pursuant to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and the Series 2019-3 Supplement, the principal amount of this Note may be subject to Increases or Decreases on any
Business Day during the Commitment Term, and principal with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes may be paid earlier than the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date as described in the Indenture. The IssuerCo-Issuers
will pay interest on this Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Note (this
“Note”) at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate for
each Interest Accrual Period in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Such amounts due on this Note will be payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date,
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which will be on the 20th day (or, if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day of each April, July, October and January, commencing January 20, 2020 (each, a
“Quarterly Payment Date”). Such amounts due on this Note will accrue for each Quarterly Payment Date with respect to (i) initially, the period from and including December 11, 2019 to but excluding the day that is two
(2) Business Days prior to the following Quarterly Calculation Date and (ii) thereafter, any period commencing on and including the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date to but
excluding the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the then-current Quarterly Calculation Date; provided that, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance under this Note, the Interest Accrual Period shall be the applicable Eurodollar Interest
Accrual Period (each, an “Interest Accrual Period”). Such amounts due on this Note (and interest on any defaulted payments of amounts due on this Note at the same rate) will be computed in accordance with the Indenture. In addition,
under the circumstances set forth in the Indenture, the IssuerCo-Issuers shall also pay additional interest on this Note at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional
Interest Rate, and such additional interest shall be computed and shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Indenture. In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing and the provisions of the Indenture and the Class
A-1
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Note Purchase Agreement, the IssuerCo-Issuers
further
agreesagree
to pay to the holder of this Note such holder’s portion of the other fees, costs and expense reimbursements, indemnification amounts and other amounts, if any, due and payable in accordance
with the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
The holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on the
schedules annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof the date and amount of each Increase and Decrease with respect thereto and the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate
applicable thereto. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed. The failure to make any such endorsement or any error in any such endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
in respect of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount.
The amounts due on this Note are
payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with respect to this Note shall be applied as provided in the Indenture.
This Note is subject to mandatory and optional prepayment as set forth in the Indenture. Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
Although a summary of certain provisions of the Indenture is set forth below and on the reverse hereof and made a part hereof, this Note does
not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the IssuerCo-Issuers
and the Trustee. A copy of the Indenture may be requested from the Trustee by writing to the Trustee at Citibank, N.A., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Agency &
TrustSecurities Window – Driven Brands
Funding, LLC. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Subject to the following paragraph, the IssuerCo-Issuers
hereby
certifiescertify
and
declaresdeclare
that all acts, conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have happened prior to the creation of this Note and to constitute it as the valid obligation of the IssuerCo-Issuers
enforceable in accordance with its terms have been done and performed and have happened in due compliance with all applicable laws and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of the IssuerCo-Issuers
has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date:
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
(2) DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes issued under the within mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes of the IssuerCo-Issuers
designated as its Series 2019-3 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1 (herein called the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes”) and is one of the Subclass thereof designated as the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Advance Notes (herein called the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes”), all issued under (i) the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to
the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 3 to the
Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 4 to the Amended
and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2020, and as further amended, amended and restated,
modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of any Series Supplements (as defined therein), and, together with the Series 2015-1
Supplement, dated as of July 31, 2015 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018), the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of May 20, 2016, the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of
April 24, 2018, the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, the Series 2019-2 Supplement, dated as of September 17, 2019, and the Series 2019-3 Supplement (as defined below), the “Base Indenture”), among the IssuerCo-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor
Trustee under the Base Indenture) and as securities intermediary, and (ii) a Series 2019-3 Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2019 (the “Series 2019-3 Supplement”), among the IssuerCo-Issuers
, the Trustee and Citibank, N.A., as Series 2019-3 securities intermediary. The Base Indenture and the Series 2019-3 Supplement
together with the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of July 31, 2015, the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of May 20,
2016, the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018, the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, the Series 2019-2 Supplement, dated as of September 17, 2019, the Series 2019-3 Supplement (as defined below)
and the Series 2020-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020, in each case as may be amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, are referred to herein as the “Indenture.” The Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented, modified or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the
Indenture, as so supplemented, modified or amended.
The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes are and will be secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
As provided for in the Indenture, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Advance Notes may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at the option of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
. In addition, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes are subject to mandatory prepayment as provided for in the Indenture. As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall
be due and payable on the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, all payments of principal of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes will be made pro
rata to the holders of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes entitled thereto based on the amounts due to such holders.
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Amounts due on this Note which are payable on a Quarterly Payment Date or on any date on which payments are permitted to be made as provided for in the Indenture shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date or Prepayment Record Date, as the case may be.
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Interest and additional interest, if any, will each accrue on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes at the rates set forth in the Indenture. The interest and additional interest, if any, will be computed on the basis set forth in the Indenture. Amounts payable on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes on each Quarterly Payment Date will be calculated as set forth in the Indenture.
Payments of amounts due on this Note are subordinated to the payment of certain other amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, this Note may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Unless otherwise specified in
the Series 2019-3 Supplement, on each Quarterly Payment Date, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders of record on the preceding Record Date the amounts payable thereto (i) by wire transfer in immediately
available funds released by the Paying Agent from the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account no later than 12:30 p.m. (New York City time) if a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder has provided to the Paying Agent and the Trustee
wiring instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Quarterly Payment Date or (ii) by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder at the address for such Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Noteholder appearing in the Note Register if such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder has not provided wire instructions pursuant to clause (i) above; provided, however, that the final principal payment
due on a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note shall only be paid upon due presentment and surrender of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note for cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note at the applicable
Corporate Trust Office, which such surrender shall also constitute a general release by the applicable Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder from any claims against the Securitization Entities, the ManagerManagers
, the Trustee and their affiliates.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the IssuerCo-Issuers
and the Registrar duly executed by, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor
institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as
may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and accompanied by such other documents as the Trustee and the Registrar may require and as may
be required by the Series 2019-3
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Supplement, and thereupon one or more new Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Advance Notes of authorized denominations in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.
Each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note, covenants and agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing note issued under the Indenture, such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder will not institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting against, any Securitization Entity any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided, however, that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Securitization Entities pursuant to the Indenture or any other Transaction Document.
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It is the intent of the IssuerCo-Issuers
and each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder that, for federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes only, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes will evidence indebtedness of the IssuerCo-Issuers
secured by the Collateral. Each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees to treat this Note (or beneficial interests herein) for all purposes of federal, state, and local income or franchise
taxes, and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, as indebtedness of the IssuerCo-Issuers or, if the
any Co-Issuer is treated as a division of another entity,
such other entity.
The Indenture permits certain amendments to be made thereto without the consent of the Control Party,
the Controlling Class Representative or any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders, provided that certain conditions precedent are satisfied. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
and the rights of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders under the Indenture at any time by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with the consent of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) and without the consent of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) to waive compliance by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences without the consent of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. Any such
consent or waiver of this Note (or any one or more predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder and upon all future Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
Each purchaser or transferee of this Note (or any interest herein) shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (i) it is not acquiring or holding this Note (or any interest herein) for or on behalf of, or with the assets of, any plan, account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or provisions under any Similar Law or (ii) its acquisition and holding of this Note (or any interest herein) will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any applicable Similar Law.
The term
“Co-Issuer” as used in this Note includes any
successor to the
a Co-Issuer.
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The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth therein.
This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the IssuerCo-Issuers, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
amounts due on this Note at the times, place and rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
By: |
|
1 | ||
Signature Guaranteed: | ||||
|
1 | NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
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(3) INCREASES AND DECREASES
Date |
Unpaid Principal Amount |
Increase | Decrease | Total | Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate |
Interest Accrual Period |
Notation Made By |
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XXXXXXX X-0-0
FORM OF SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 SUBCLASS: SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 SWINGLINE NOTE
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 (THIS “NOTE”), WHICH IS A SERIES
2019-3 CLASS A-1 SWINGLINE NOTE, HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER RELEVANT
JURISDICTION,
AND. THE SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE
QUALIFIED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF CANADA. THE SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 NOTES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN CANADA, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. NEITHER DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING,
LLC (THE “ISSUER”) NOR DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION (THE “CANADIAN CO-ISSUER”)
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE
“INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT”). THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT COMPETITORS (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), UNLESS THEA CO- ISSUER GIVES WRITTEN CONSENT TO SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER, AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 11, 2019 (AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR MODIFIED, THE “CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG THE ISSUERCO-ISSUERS
, THE GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, DRIVEN BRANDS, INC., AS THE U.S. MANAGER, DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA SHARED SERVICES INC.,
AS THE CANADIAN MANAGER, THE CONDUIT INVESTORS PARTY THERETO, THE COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASERS PARTY THERETO, THE FUNDING AGENTS PARTY THERETO, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS L/C PROVIDER, AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS SWINGLINE
LENDER AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(4) UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF CANADA, THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE MUST NOT RESELL THIS NOTE IN CANADA BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND ONE DAY AFTER THE LATER OF (A) THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES AND (B) THE DATE ON WHICH BOTH THE CO-ISSUERS BECOME REPORTING ISSUERS UNDER THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF CANADA.
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THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH HEREIN AND SUBJECT TO SUBFACILITY INCREASES AND SUBFACILITY DECREASES AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. ANY PERSON ACQUIRING THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.
REGISTERED
No. R-S-[ ] |
up to $[ ] |
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC
(5) DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION
SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 SUBCLASS: SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 SWINGLINE NOTE
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, and DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, a Canadian corporation (herein referred to,
together, as the “IssuerCo-Issuers”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or its
registered assigns, up to the principal sum of [ ] DOLLARS ($[ ]) or such lesser amount as shall equal the portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount evidenced by this
Note as provided in the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Payments of principal shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Indenture described herein; provided, however, that the entire
unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due on January 20, 2050 (the “Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date”). Pursuant to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and the Series 2019-3 Supplement, the principal
amount of this Note may be subject to Subfacility Increases or Subfacility Decreases on any Business Day during the Commitment Term, and principal with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes may be paid earlier than the Series 2019-3
Legal Final Maturity Date as described in the Indenture. The
IssuerCo-Issuers
will pay interest on this Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Note (this “Note”) at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate for each Interest Accrual Period in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Such amounts due on this Note will be payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment
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Date, which will be on the 20th day (or, if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day of each April, July, October and January, commencing January 20, 2020 (each,
a “Quarterly Payment Date”). Such amounts due on this Note will accrue for each Quarterly Payment Date with respect to (i) initially, the period from and including December 11, 2019 to but excluding the day that is two
(2) Business Days prior to the following Quarterly Calculation Date and (ii) thereafter, any period commencing on and including the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date to but
excluding the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the then-current Quarterly Calculation Date; provided that, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance under this Note, the Interest Accrual Period shall be the applicable Eurodollar Interest
Accrual Period (each, an “Interest Accrual Period”). Such amounts due on this Note (and interest on any defaulted payments of amounts due on this Note at the same rate) will be computed in accordance with the Indenture. In addition,
under the circumstances set forth in the Indenture, the IssuerCo-Issuers shall also pay additional interest on this Note at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional
Interest Rate, and such additional interest shall be computed and shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Indenture.
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In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing and the provisions of the Indenture
and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the
IssuerCo-Issuers
further
agreesagree
to pay to the holder of this Note such holder’s portion of the other fees, costs and expense reimbursements, indemnification amounts and other amounts, if any, due and payable in accordance
with the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
The holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on the
schedules annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof the date and amount of each Subfacility Increase and Subfacility Decrease with respect thereto and the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Note Rate applicable thereto. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed. The failure to make any such endorsement or any error in any such endorsement shall not
affect the obligations of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
in respect of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount.
The amounts due on this Note are
payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with respect to this Note shall be applied as provided in the Indenture.
This Note is subject to mandatory and optional prepayment as set forth in the Indenture. Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
Although a summary of certain provisions of the Indenture is set forth below and on the reverse hereof and made a part hereof, this Note does
not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the IssuerCo-Issuers
and the Trustee. A copy of the Indenture may be requested from the Trustee by writing to the Trustee at Citibank, N.A., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Agency &
TrustSecurities Window – Driven Brands
Funding, LLC. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Subject to the following paragraph, the IssuerCo-Issuers
hereby
certifiescertify
and
declaresdeclare
that all acts, conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have happened prior to the creation of this Note and to constitute it as the valid obligation of the IssuerCo-Issuers
enforceable in accordance with its terms have been done and performed and have happened in due compliance with all applicable laws and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of the IssuerCo-Issuers
has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date:
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
(6) DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes issued under the within mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes of the IssuerCo-Issuers
designated as its Series 2019-3 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1 (herein called the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes”) and is one of the Subclass thereof designated as the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Swingline Notes (herein called the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes”), all issued under (i) the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Amendment
No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 3
to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 4 to the
Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2020, and as further amended, amended and restated,
modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of any Series Supplements (as defined therein), and, together with the Series 2015-1
Supplement, dated as of July 31, 2015 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018), the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of May 20, 2016, the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of
April 24, 2018, the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, the Series 2019-2 Supplement, dated as of September 17, 2019, and the Series 2019-3 Supplement (as defined below), the “Base Indenture”), among the IssuerCo-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor
Trustee under the Base Indenture) and as securities intermediary, and (ii) a Series 2019-3 Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2019 (the “Series 2019-3 Supplement”), among the IssuerCo-Issuers
, the Trustee and Citibank, N.A., as Series 2019-3 securities intermediary. The Base Indenture and the Series 2019-3 Supplement
together with the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of July 31, 2015, the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of May 20,
2016, the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018, the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, the Series 2019-2 Supplement, dated as of September 17, 2019, the Series 2019-3 Supplement (as defined below)
and the Series 2020-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020, in each case as may be amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, are referred to herein as the “Indenture.” The Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented, modified or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the
Indenture, as so supplemented, modified or amended.
The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes are and will be secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
As provided for in the Indenture, the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Swingline Notes may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at the option of the
IssuerCo-Issuers. In addition, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes are subject to mandatory prepayment as provided for in the Indenture. As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be
due and payable on the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, all payments of principal of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes will be made pro
rata to the holders of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes entitled thereto based on the amounts due to such holders.
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Amounts due on this Note which are payable on a Quarterly Payment Date or on any date on which payments are permitted to be made as provided for in the Indenture shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date or Prepayment Record Date, as the case may be.
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Interest and additional interest, if any, will each accrue on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes at the rates set forth in the Indenture. The interest and additional interest, if any, will be computed on the basis set forth in the Indenture. Amounts payable on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes on each Quarterly Payment Date will be calculated as set forth in the Indenture.
Payments of amounts due on this Note are subordinated to the payment of certain other amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, this Note may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Unless otherwise
specified in the Series 2019-3 Supplement, on each Quarterly Payment Date, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders of record on the preceding Record Date the amounts payable thereto (i) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds released by the Paying Agent from the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account no later than 12:30 p.m. (New York City time) if a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder has provided to the Paying Agent and the
Trustee wiring instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Quarterly Payment Date or (ii) by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder at the address for such Series
2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder appearing in the Note Register if such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder has not provided wire instructions pursuant to clause (i) above; provided, however, that the final principal
payment due on a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note shall only be paid upon due presentment and surrender of such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note for cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note at the
applicable Corporate Trust Office, which such surrender shall also constitute a general release by the applicable Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder from any claims against the Securitization Entities, the ManagerManagers
, the Trustee and their affiliates.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the
IssuerCo-Issuers pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the IssuerCo-Issuers and the Registrar duly executed by, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”
meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined
by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and accompanied by such other documents as the Trustee and the Registrar may require and as may be required by
the Series 2019-3
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Supplement, and thereupon one or more new Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Swingline Notes of authorized denominations in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.
Each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note, covenants and agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing note issued under the Indenture, such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder will not institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting against, any Securitization Entity any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided, however, that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Securitization Entities pursuant to the Indenture or any other Transaction Document.
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It is the intent of the IssuerCo-Issuers and each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder that, for federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes only, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes will evidence indebtedness of the IssuerCo-Issuers secured by the Collateral. Each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees to treat this Note (or beneficial interests herein) for all purposes of federal, state, and local
income or franchise taxes, and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, as indebtedness of the IssuerCo-Issuers or, if the any Co-Issuer is treated as a division of another entity, such other entity.
The Indenture permits
certain amendments to be made thereto without the consent of the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders, provided that certain conditions precedent are satisfied. The Indenture also
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the IssuerCo-Issuers and the rights of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders under
the Indenture at any time by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with the consent of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) and without the consent of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) to waive compliance by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences without the consent of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. Any such
consent or waiver of this Note (or any one or more predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder and upon all future Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
Each purchaser or transferee of this Note (or any interest herein) shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (i) it is not acquiring or holding this Note (or any interest herein) for or on behalf of, or with the assets of, any plan, account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA ,Section 4975 of the Code or provisions under any Similar Law or (ii) its acquisition and holding of this Note (or any interest herein) will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any applicable Similar Law.
The term
“Co-Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to
the a Co-Issuer.
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The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth therein.
This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the IssuerCo-Issuers, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the amounts due on this
Note at the times, place and rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
By: |
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1 | ||
Signature Guaranteed: | ||||
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1 | NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
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(7) SUBFACILITY INCREASES AND SUBFACILITY DECREASES
Date |
Unpaid Principal Amount |
Subfacility Increase |
Subfacility Decrease |
Total | Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate |
Interest Accrual Period |
Notation Made By |
X-0-0-00
XXXXXXX X-0-0
FORM OF SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 SUBCLASS: SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 L/C NOTE
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 (THIS “NOTE”), WHICH IS A SERIES
2019-3 CLASS A-1 L/C NOTE, HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER RELEVANT
JURISDICTION, AND. THE SERIES
2019-3 CLASS A-1 NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE QUALIFIED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF CANADA. THE SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 NOTES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN CANADA, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY. NEITHER DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC (THE “ISSUER”)
NOR DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION (THE “CANADIAN CO-ISSUER”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE “INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT”). THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT COMPETITORS (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), UNLESS THEA CO- ISSUER GIVES WRITTEN CONSENT TO SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 11, 2019 (AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR MODIFIED, THE “CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT”), BY AND AMONG THE ISSUERCO-ISSUERS, THE GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, DRIVEN BRANDS, INC., AS THE U.S. MANAGER, DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA SHARED SERVICES INC., AS THE CANADIAN MANAGER,
THE CONDUIT INVESTORS PARTY THERETO, THE COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASERS PARTY THERETO, THE FUNDING AGENTS PARTY THERETO, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS L/C PROVIDER, AND BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS SWINGLINE LENDER AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(8) UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF CANADA, THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE MUST NOT RESELL THIS NOTE IN CANADA BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND ONE DAY AFTER THE LATER OF (A) THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES AND (B) THE DATE ON WHICH BOTH THE CO-ISSUERS BECOME REPORTING ISSUERS UNDER THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF CANADA.
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THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH HEREIN AND SUBJECT TO SUBFACILITY INCREASES AND SUBFACILITY DECREASES AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. ALL L/C OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED BY THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE (WHETHER IN RESPECT OF UNDRAWN L/C FACE AMOUNTS OR UNREIMBURSED L/C DRAWINGS) SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING UNDER THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES OF THE CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OTHER THAN, IN THE CASE OF UNDRAWN L/C FACE AMOUNTS, FOR PURPOSES OF ACCRUAL OF INTEREST. ANY PERSON ACQUIRING THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE.
REGISTERED
No. X-X-[ ] |
up to $[ ] |
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC
(9) DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION
SERIES 2019-3 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR SECURED NOTE, CLASS A-1 SUBCLASS: SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 L/C NOTE
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, and DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION (herein referred to, together, as the “IssuerCo-Issuers”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or its registered assigns, up to the principal sum of
[ ] DOLLARS ($[ ]) or such lesser amount as shall equal the portion of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1
Outstanding Principal Amount evidenced by this Note as provided in the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement. Payments of principal shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Indenture described herein;
provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due on January 20, 2050 (the “Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date”). The initial outstanding principal amount of this Note shall
equal the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Initial Aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount. Pursuant to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and the Series 2019-3 Supplement, the principal amount of this Note may be
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subject to Subfacility Increases or Subfacility Decreases on any Business Day during the
Commitment Term, and principal with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes may be paid earlier than the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date as described in the Indenture. The IssuerCo-Issuers will pay (i) interest on this Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Note (this “Note”) at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate and (ii) the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Fees, in
each case, for each Interest Accrual Period in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Such amounts due on this Note will be payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date, which will be on the 20th day (or, if such 20th day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day of each April, July, October and January, commencing January 20, 2020 (each, a “Quarterly Payment Date”). Such amounts due on this Note will accrue for each Quarterly Payment Date with
respect to (i) initially, the period from and including December 11, 2019 to but excluding the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the following Quarterly Calculation Date and (ii) thereafter, any period commencing on and
including the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date to but excluding the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the then-current Quarterly Calculation Date; provided that, with
respect to any Eurodollar Advance under this Note, the Interest Accrual Period shall be the applicable Eurodollar Interest Accrual
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Period (each, an “Interest Accrual Period”). Such amounts due on this Note
(and interest on any defaulted payments of amounts due on this Note at the same rate) will be computed in accordance with the Indenture. In addition, under the circumstances set forth in the Indenture, the IssuerCo-Issuers shall also pay additional interest and fees on this Note at the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Additional Interest Rate, and such additional interest and fees shall be computed and shall be payable
in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Indenture. In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing and the provisions of the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the IssuerCo-Issuers further
agreesagree to pay to the holder of this Note such holder’s portion of the other fees, costs and expense reimbursements, indemnification amounts and other amounts, if any, due and payable in accordance with the Indenture
and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.
The holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on the schedules annexed hereto
and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof the date and amount of each Subfacility Increase and Subfacility Decrease with respect thereto and the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate
applicable thereto. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed. The failure to make any such endorsement or any error in any such endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the
IssuerCo-Issuers in respect of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount.
The amounts due
on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the IssuerCo-Issuers with respect to this Note shall be applied as provided in the Indenture.
This Note is subject to mandatory and optional prepayment as set forth in the Indenture. Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
Although a summary of certain provisions of the Indenture is set forth below and on the reverse hereof and made a part hereof, this Note does
not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the IssuerCo-Issuers and the Trustee. A copy of the Indenture may be requested from the Trustee by writing to the Trustee at Citibank, N.A., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Agency & TrustSecurities Window
– Driven Brands Funding, LLC. To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
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Subject to the following paragraph, the IssuerCo-Issuers hereby
certifiescertify
and
declaresdeclare
that all acts, conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have happened prior to the creation of this Note and to constitute it as the valid obligation of the IssuerCo-Issuers enforceable in accordance with its terms have been done and performed and have happened in due compliance with all applicable laws and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of the IssuerCo-Issuers has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date:
DRIVEN BRANDS FUNDING, LLC, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
(10) DRIVEN BRANDS CANADA FUNDING CORPORATION, | ||
as a Co-Issuer | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes issued under the within mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes of the IssuerCo-Issuers designated as its Series 2019-3 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1 (herein called the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes”) and is one of the Subclass thereof designated as the
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes (herein called the “Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes”), all issued under (i) the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Amendment
No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 3
to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2019, and asas further amended by Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2020, and as
further amended, amended and restated, modified or
supplemented from time to time, exclusive of any Series Supplements (as defined therein), and, together with the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of
July 31, 2015 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018), the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of May 20, 2016, the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018, the
Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, the Series 2019-2 Supplement, dated as of June 15, 2019, the Series 2019-3 Supplement (as defined below), the “Base
Indenture”), among the
IssuerCo-Issuers
and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor Trustee under the Base Indenture) and as securities intermediary, and
(ii) a Series 2019-3 Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2019 (the “Series 2019-3 Supplement”), among the
Issuer
Co-Issuers, the Trustee and Citibank, N.A., as Series
2019-3 securities intermediary. The Base Indenture and the Series 2019-3 Supplement together with the Series 2015-1 Supplement,
dated as of July 31, 2015, the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of May 20, 2016, the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018, the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, the Series 2019-2 Supplement,
dated as of September 17, 2019, the Series 2019-3 Supplement (as defined below) and the Series 2020-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020, in each case as may be amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time,
are referred to herein as the “Indenture.” The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented, modified
or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture, as so supplemented, modified or amended.
The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes are and will be secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
All L/C Obligations relating to Letters of Credit issued by the holder of this Note (whether in respect of Undrawn L/C Face
Amounts or Unreimbursed L/C Drawings) shall be deemed to be principal outstanding under this Note for all purposes of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents other than, in the case of Undrawn
L/C Face Amounts, for purposes of accrual of interest. As provided for in the Indenture, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at the option of the IssuerCo-Issuers. In addition, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes are subject to mandatory prepayment as provided for in the Indenture. As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and
payable on the Series 2019-3 Legal Final Maturity Date. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, all payments of principal of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes will be made pro rata to the
holders of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes entitled thereto based on the amounts due to such holders.
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Amounts due on this Note which are payable on a Quarterly Payment Date or on any date on which payments are permitted to be made as provided for in the Indenture shall be paid to the
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Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date or Prepayment Record Date, as the case may be.
Interest and fees and additional interest, if any, will each accrue on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes at the rates set forth in the Indenture. The interest and fees and additional interest, if any, will be computed on the basis set forth in the Indenture. Amounts payable on the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes on each Quarterly Payment Date will be calculated as set forth in the Indenture.
Payments of amounts due on this Note are subordinated to the payment of certain other amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, this Note may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Unless otherwise specified in the Series 2019-3 Supplement, on each Quarterly Payment Date, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Series 2019-3
Class A-1 Noteholders of record on the preceding Record Date the amounts payable thereto (i) by wire transfer in immediately available funds released by the Paying Agent from the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Distribution Account no later
than 12:30 p.m. (New York City time) if a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder has provided to the Paying Agent and the Trustee wiring instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Quarterly Payment Date or
(ii) by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder at the address for such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder appearing in the Note Register if such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder has
not provided wire instructions pursuant to clause (i) above; provided, however, that the final principal payment due on a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note shall only be paid upon due presentment and surrender of such
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note for cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note at the applicable Corporate Trust Office, which such surrender shall also constitute a general release by the applicable
Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder from any claims against the Securitization Entities, the ManagerManagers, the Trustee and their affiliates.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note
Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the IssuerCo-Issuers pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the
IssuerCo-Issuers
and the Registrar duly executed by, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor
institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which
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requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and accompanied by such other documents as the Trustee and the Registrar may require and as may be required by the Series 2019-3 Supplement, and thereupon one or more new Series 2019-3 Class A-1 L/C Notes of authorized denominations in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.
Each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note, covenants and agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing note issued under the Indenture, such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder will not institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting against, any Securitization Entity any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided, however, that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Securitization Entities pursuant to the Indenture or any other Transaction Document.
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It is the intent of the IssuerCo-Issuers and each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder that, for federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes only, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes will evidence indebtedness of the IssuerCo-Issuers secured by the Collateral. Each Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees to treat this Note (or beneficial interests herein) for all purposes of federal, state, and local
income or franchise taxes, and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, as indebtedness of the IssuerCo-Issuers or, if the any Co-Issuer is treated as a division of another entity, such other entity.
The Indenture permits
certain amendments to be made thereto without the consent of the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative or any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders, provided that certain conditions precedent are satisfied. The Indenture also
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the IssuerCo-Issuers and the rights of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders under
the Indenture at any time by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with the consent of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) and without the consent of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) to waive compliance by the
IssuerCo-Issuers
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences without the consent of any Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders. Any such
consent or waiver of this Note (or any one or more predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholder and upon all future Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
Each purchaser or transferee of this Note (or any interest herein) shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (i) it is not acquiring or holding this Note (or any interest herein) for or on behalf of, or with the assets of, any plan, account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or provisions under any Similar Law or (ii) its acquisition and holding of this Note (or any interest herein) will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any applicable Similar Law.
The term “Co-Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the a Co-Issuer.
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The Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth therein.
This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the amounts due on this Note at the times, place and rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
, attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
By: |
|
1 | ||
Signature Guaranteed: | ||||
|
1 | NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
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(11) SUBFACILITY INCREASES AND SUBFACILITY DECREASES
Date |
Unpaid Principal Amount |
Subfacility Increase |
Subfacility Decrease |
Total | Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Note Rate |
Interest Accrual Period |
Notation Made By |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFERS OF SERIES 2019-3 CLASS A-1 NOTES
Citibank, N.A., as Trustee
00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Securities Window– Driven Brands Funding,
LLC
(12) Email: Xxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx or call (000) 000-0000 (to obtain Citibank, N.A. account manager’s email address)
Re: | Driven Brands Funding, LLC and Driven Brands Canada Funding Corporation Series 2019-3 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1 Subclass: Series 2019-3 Class A-1 [Advance][Swingline][L/C] Notes (the “Notes”) |
Reference is hereby made to (i) the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Amendment
No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 3
to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2019, as further amended by Amendment No. 4 to the
Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2020, and as further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of any Series Supplements (as defined therein), the “Base Indenture”
and, together with the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of July 31, 2015 (as amended by AmendmentSupplement No. 1 to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018 and Supplement No. 2 to the Series 2015-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020), the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated
as of May 20, 2016 (as amended by Supplement No. 1 to the Series 2016-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6,
2020), the Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of April 24, 2018 (as amended by Supplement No. 1 to the
Series 2018-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020), the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of March 19, 2019, and (as amended by Supplement No. 1 to the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6,
2020), the Series 2019-2 Supplement (as amended by Supplement No. 1 to the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of
July 6, 2020), the Supplement (as defined below) and the Series 2020-1 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020, the “Base Indenture”), among Driven Brands Funding, LLC and Driven Brands Canada Funding Corporation, as issuerco-issuers
(theeach a “Co-Issuer” and collectively, the “Co-Issuers”), and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the
“Trustee”) and as securities intermediary, and (ii) the Series 2019-3 Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of December 11, 2019
(as amended by Supplement No. 1 to
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the Series 2019-3 Supplement, dated as of July 6, 2020,
the “Supplement” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the IssuerCo-Issuers, the Trustee and Citibank, N.A., as Series 2019-3 securities
intermediary. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them pursuant to the Indenture or the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, as applicable.
This certificate relates to U.S.$[ ] aggregate principal amount of Notes registered in the name of [ ] [name of transferor] (the “Transferor”), who wishes to effect the transfer of such Notes in exchange for an equivalent principal amount of Notes of the same Subclass in the name of
[ ] [name of transferee] (the “Transferee”).
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In connection with such request, and in respect of such Notes, the Transferee does hereby
certify that either (A) it is the
a Co-Issuer or an Affiliate of the a Co-Issuer or (B) such Notes are
being transferred (i) in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction and (iii) to a Person who is not a Competitor.
In addition, the Transferee hereby represents, warrants and covenants for the benefit of the IssuerCo-Issuers and the Trustee that either it is the a Co-Issuer or an Affiliate of the a Co-Issuer or:
1. it has completed its own diligence investigation of the IssuerCo-Issuers
and the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes and has had sufficient access to the agreements, documents, records, officers and directors of the
IssuerCo-Issuers
to make its investment decision related to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes and has had an opportunity to discuss the
IssuerCo-Issuers’
s and the
ManagerManagers
’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with the
IssuerCo-Issuers
and the
ManagerManagers
and their respective representatives;
2. it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes;
3. it is purchasing the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in paragraph (2) above and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control, and neither it nor its Affiliates has engaged in any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes and it confirms that, to the extent it is purchasing the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes for the account of one or more other Persons, (i) it has been duly authorized to make the representations, warranties, acknowledgements and agreements set forth herein on their behalf and (ii) the provisions of this letter constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of it and any other Person for whose account it is acting;
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4. it understands that (i) the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes have not been and
will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of
the Securities Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available and an opinion of counsel shall have been delivered in advance to the IssuerCo-Issuers, (ii) the
IssuerisCo-Issuers are not required to register the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes
and (iii) any transfer must comply with the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture, Section 4.3 of the Series 2019-3 Supplement and Section 9.03 or 9.17, as applicable, of the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement;
5. it will comply with the requirements of paragraph (4) above in connection with any transfer by it of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes;
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6. it understands that the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes will bear the legend set out in the applicable form of Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes attached to the Series 2019-3 Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend;
7. it will obtain for the benefit of the
IssuerCo-Issuers from any purchaser of the Series 2019-3 Class A-1 Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs;
8. it is not a Competitor;
1. either (i) it is not acquiring or holding the Series 2019-3 Notes (or any interest therein) for or on behalf of, or with the assets of, any plan, account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or provisions under any Similar Law or (ii) its acquisition and holding of the Series 2019-3 Notes (or any interest therein) will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any applicable Similar Law; and
9. it is:
(check if applicable) a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and a properly completed and signed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) is attached hereto; or
(check if applicable) not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) is attached hereto.
The Transferee understands that the IssuerCo-Issuers, the Trustee and their respective counsel will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, and are irrevocably authorized to produce this certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party
in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby, and the Transferee hereby consents to such reliance and authorization.
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Attention: General Counsel
Email: xxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
(13) Driven Brands
Canada Funding Corporation
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Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
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Attention: General
Counsel Facsimile: (
704) 376-7905
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