AMENDMENT No. 4, dated as of May 4, 2017 (this “Amendment”), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 3, 2011, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of February 20, 2013, as further amended by that certain Amendment...
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT No. 4, dated as of May 4, 2017 (this “Amendment”), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 3, 2011, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of February 20, 2013, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 dated as of February 15, 2013 and as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 dated as of February 17, 2016, among IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), IASIS HEALTHCARE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”) and the other parties thereto (as amended, restated, modified and supplemented from time to time prior to the effectiveness of the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party hereto, each Lender party hereto, the Administrative Agent and the Additional Term B-3 Lender (as defined in Exhibit A). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement provides that the Borrower and the Required Lenders may amend the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents for certain purposes, including to permit additional extensions of credit to be included in the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, (i) each Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender (as defined in Exhibit A) has agreed, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to consent to the amendments to the Credit Agreement as provided in Section 1 below, (ii) each Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender that has indicated on its signature page that it is consenting to convert its Term B-2 Loans into Term B-3 Loans (as defined in Exhibit A) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (as defined below) will have up to all of its outstanding Term B-2 Loan (excluding the Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amount of its Term B-2 Loan) converted into a like principal amount of a Term B-3 Loan effective as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and (iii) the Additional Term B-3 Lender has agreed to make a Term B-3 Loan pursuant to the Additional Term B-3 Commitment (as defined in Exhibit A) in a principal amount equal to $121,306,888.65;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1.
Amendment. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as
Exhibit A hereto (the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
Section 2. Representations and Warranties, No Default. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, after giving effect
to this Amendment, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) all representations and warranties made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in the Amended Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date hereof (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on the date hereof or on such earlier date, as the case may be (after giving effect to such qualification).
Section 3. Effectiveness. Section 1 of this Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “Amendment No. 4 Effective Date”) that the following conditions have been satisfied or waived:
(i) Consents. The Administrative Agent shall have consented to and executed a signature page hereto and shall have received executed signature pages hereto from (v) Lenders constituting Required Lenders, (w) Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lenders holding not less than 75% of the aggregate principal amount of Term B-2 Loans immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, (x) the Additional Term B-3 Lender and (y) each Loan Party;
(ii) Fees. a) The Amendment No. 4 Arranger shall have received the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and the Borrower to be received on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, and all reasonable and documented expenses (including all reasonable invoiced fees and expenses of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP) required to be paid or reimbursed for which invoices have been presented a reasonable period of time prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, (b) the Borrower shall have paid or caused to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender with a Converted Term B-2 Loan, a fee equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Converted Term B-2 Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, (c) the Additional Term B-3 Lender, for its own account, shall have received a fee equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Additional Term B-3 Commitment from the Borrower on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (which amount shall be netted out of the Term B-3 Loan funded by the Additional Term B-3 Lender), and (d) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the fee in the amount set forth in that Fee Letter, by and between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, dated as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, and all reasonable and documented expenses (including all reasonable invoiced fees and expenses of Xxxxx Xxxxxx LLP) required to be paid or reimbursed for which invoices have been presented a reasonable period of time prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date;
(iii) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received the legal opinion of Ropes & Xxxx LLP, which opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing Term B-3 Loans party hereto;
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(iv) Officer’s Certificate. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower dated the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date certifying that (a) all representations and warranties made by the Borrower contained in the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date or on such earlier date, as the case may be (after giving effect to such qualification) and (b) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(v) Compliance with Flood Insurance Regulations. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property and, if any portion of any Mortgaged Property containing a “building” (as defined in the Flood Insurance Laws (as defined in the Credit Agreement)) is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice duly executed by the Borrower acknowledging the special flood hazard area status together with evidence of flood insurance in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;
(vi) Allocation of Term B-3 Loans in the Event of Complete Refinancing of Term B-2 Loans. In the event that less than all of the principal amount of any Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender’s Term B-2 Loan (excluding the Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amount thereof) will not constitute a Converted Term B-2 Loan, the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall have received a signed certificate of the Amendment No. 4 Arranger specifying the principal amount of each Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender’s Converted Term B-2 Loan; and
(vii) Additional Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Amendment No. 4 Arranger such additional information, if any, as may have been requested by the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date relating to the conversion and prepayment of Term B-2 Loans to occur on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 3, each Lender that has signed this Amendment shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent
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shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Amendment No. 4 Effective Date specifying its objection thereto. Each Lender that has signed this Amendment, constituting the Required Lenders and the Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lenders, hereby authorize and direct the Administrative Agent to enter into, execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and to take all actions reasonably required to perform and effectuate the Amendment.
Section 4. Post-Closing Agreements. The Company shall comply with the post-closing covenants set forth on Schedule I.
Section 5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
Section 6. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
Section 7. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, (i) this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, in each case under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (ii) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Except as expressly set forth herein, each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Each Loan Party reaffirms its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and its prior grant of Liens on the Collateral granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, with all such Liens continuing in full force and effect after giving effect to this Amendment. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment of the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Amendment and all other Loan Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as in effect prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement, including without limitation for purposes of Sections 10.15 and 10.16 thereof, and from and after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Each of the Loan Parties hereby consents to this Amendment and confirms that all of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party shall continue to apply to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Each of the Loan Parties confirms, acknowledges and agrees that the Lenders and the Additional Term B-3 Lender providing Term B-3 Loans are “Lenders” and “Secured Parties” for all purposes under the Loan Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, each Loan Party hereby agrees that all references in the Security Agreement to the “Obligations” shall include the Term B-3 Loans.
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Section 8. Loss of FATCA Grandfathering; Fungibility. The parties hereto intend to treat (a) this amendment as a significant modification of the Term B-2 Loans modified hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, accordingly, none of the Term B-3 Loans as “grandfathered obligations” for purposes of FATCA and (b) all of the Term B-3 Loans (including the Term B-3 Loans made pursuant to the Additional Term B-3 Commitment) as part of a single “issue” for purposes of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.1275-1(f).
Section 9. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
as Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, as Holdings | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
ARIZONA DIAGNOSTIC & SURGICAL CENTER, INC. | ||||
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
BILTMORE SURGERY CENTER HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
BILTMORE SURGERY CENTER, INC. | ||||
BRIM HOLDING COMPANY, INC. | ||||
XXXXX HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
XXXXX SURGICAL CENTER HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE OF UTAH, INC. | ||||
IASIS CAPITAL CORPORATION | ||||
IASIS FINANCE, INC. | ||||
IASIS HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
IASIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY | ||||
IASIS TRANSCO, INC. | ||||
INDIGENT CARE SERVICES OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA, INC. | ||||
JORDAN VALLEY HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
ODESSA FERTILITY LAB, INC. | ||||
PHYSICIAN GROUP OF ARIZONA, INC. | ||||
PHYSICIAN GROUP OF ARKANSAS, INC. | ||||
PHYSICIAN GROUP OF FLORIDA, INC. | ||||
PHYSICIAN GROUP OF LOUISIANA, INC. | ||||
PHYSICIAN GROUP OF UTAH, INC. | ||||
PP TRANSITION, INC. | ||||
SALT LAKE REGIONAL PHYSICIANS, INC. | ||||
SOUTHRIDGE PLAZA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
UTAH TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES, INC. | ||||
BRIM HEALTHCARE OF COLORADO, LLC | ||||
BRIM PHYSICIANS GROUP OF COLORADO, LLC | ||||
IASIS FINANCE TEXAS HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||
SEABOARD DEVELOPMENT LLC, as Guarantors | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Amendment]
GLENWOOD SPECIALTY IMAGING, LLC, as a Guarantor | ||||
By IASIS HEALTHCARE LLC, its Manager | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
XXXXX HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, LP | ||||
IASIS GLENWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, XX | ||||
XXXXXX VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, LP | ||||
MESA GENERAL HOSPITAL, LP | ||||
MOUNTAIN VISTA MEDICAL CENTER, LP | ||||
MT TRANSITION LP | ||||
ODESSA REGIONAL HOSPITAL, LP | ||||
PP TRANSITION LP | ||||
SALT LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, LP | ||||
SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL, LP | ||||
ST. LUKE’S BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL, LP | ||||
ST. LUKE’S MEDICAL CENTER, LP | ||||
THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LP | ||||
TNC TRANSITION LP, as Guarantors | ||||
By IASIS HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC., as General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Amendment]
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Additional Term B-3 Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxx Xxx | |||
Title: | Executive Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]
Schedule I
1. With respect to each existing Mortgage encumbering Mortgaged Property, deliver to the Administrative Agent the following within sixty (60) days after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, or such longer period as may be agreed by the Revolving Administrative Agent and notified to the Administrative Agent with respect to the corresponding requirement under Amendment No. 1 to the Revolving Credit Agreement, either the items listed in paragraph (x) or the items listed in paragraph (y) as follows:
(x) (i) a favorable opinion or written confirmation, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Amendment No. 4 Arranger, from local counsel in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located substantially to the effect that:
(1) the recording of the existing Mortgage is the only filing or recording necessary to give constructive notice to third parties of the lien created by such Mortgage as security for the Obligations, including the Obligations evidenced by the Credit Agreement and the other documents executed in connection therewith, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and
(2) no other documents, instruments, filings, recordings, re-recordings, re-filings or other actions, including, without limitation, the payment of any mortgage recording taxes or similar taxes, are necessary or appropriate under applicable law in order to maintain the continued enforceability, validity or priority of the lien created by such Mortgage as security for the Obligations, including the Obligations evidenced by the Credit Agreement and the other documents executed in connection therewith, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and
(ii) a title rundown search to the applicable real property encumbered by a Mortgage demonstrating that such real property is free and clear of all Liens (except those Liens created or permitted under the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Documents); or
(y) with respect to the existing Mortgages, the following:
(i) an amendment to the existing Mortgage (the “Mortgage Amendment”) to reflect the matters set forth in this Amendment, duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and in form for recording in the recording office where such Mortgage was recorded, together with such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the recording or filing thereof under applicable law;
(ii) a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties covering, among other things, the due authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the applicable Mortgage as amended by the Mortgage Amendment (such opinion may take assumptions for any matters addressed in the local counsel opinion originally delivered in connection with the Mortgage);
(iii) a date down endorsement to the existing Mortgage Policy insuring each Mortgage, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Amendment No. 4 Arranger and reasonably assure the Amendment No. 4 Arranger as of the date of such endorsement that the real property subject to the lien of such Mortgage is free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except those Liens permitted under such Mortgage; provided, however, that no such endorsement shall be required with respect to any Mortgage Policy for Mortgaged Property located in the State of Texas, and in lieu thereof, an Endorsement T-38 shall be provided, as well as a title search demonstrating that title to the applicable Mortgaged Property is free and clear of Liens except Liens permitted by Section 7.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, no endorsements to the existing Mortgage Policies need be brought down in connection with the issuance of any date down endorsement or Endorsement T-38, as applicable);
(iv) evidence of payment by the Borrower of all search and examination charges escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgage Amendment referred to above; and
(v) such affidavits, certificates, information and instruments of indemnification as shall be required to induce the title insurance company to issue the endorsement to the Mortgage Policy contemplated in subparagraph (iii) above, and evidence of payment of all applicable title insurance premiums, search and examination charges, mortgage recording taxes and related charges required for the issuance of the endorsement to the Mortgage Policy contemplated in subparagraph (iii) above.
EXECUTION
VERSIONEXHIBIT A
Published CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 3, 2011
as amended as of February 20, 2013
as further amended as of September 12, 2014
as further amended as of February 17, 2016
as further amended as of May 4, 2017
among
as Borrower,
IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION,
as Holdings,
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Administrative Agent,
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
BARCLAYS CAPITAL,
as Syndication Agent,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
and
SUNTRUST BANK
as Co-Documentation Agents,
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
and
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners,
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
as Amendment No. 1 Lead Arranger
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Lead Arranger for Amendment No. 4
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
and
XXXXXXX XXXXX LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
As Joint Book Runners for Amendment No. 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | ||||||
SECTION 1.01. | DEFINED TERMS |
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SECTION 1.02. | OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 1.03. | ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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SECTION 1.04. | ROUNDING |
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SECTION 1.05. | REFERENCES TO AGREEMENTS, LAWS, ETC. |
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SECTION 1.06. | TIMES OF DAY |
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SECTION 1.07. | TIMING OF PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE |
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ARTICLE II | ||||||
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | ||||||
SECTION 2.01. | THE LOANS |
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SECTION 2.02. | BORROWINGS, CONVERSIONS AND CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS |
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SECTION 2.03. | [RESERVED] |
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SECTION 2.04. | [RESERVED] |
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SECTION 2.05. | PREPAYMENTS |
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SECTION 2.06. | TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS |
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SECTION 2.07. | REPAYMENT OF LOANS |
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SECTION 2.08. | INTEREST |
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SECTION 2.09. | FEES |
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SECTION 2.10. | COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES |
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SECTION 2.11. | EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS |
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SECTION 2.12. | PAYMENTS GENERALLY |
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SECTION 2.13. | SHARING OF PAYMENTS |
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SECTION 2.14. | INCREMENTAL CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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SECTION 2.15. | DEFAULTING LENDERS |
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SECTION 2.16. | EXTENSIONS OF TERM LOANS |
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SECTION 2.17. | LOAN REPRICING PROTECTION |
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ARTICLE III | ||||||
TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | ||||||
SECTION 3.01. | TAXES |
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SECTION 3.02. | ILLEGALITY |
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SECTION 3.03. | INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES |
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SECTION 3.04. | INCREASED COST AND REDUCED RETURN; CAPITAL ADEQUACY; RESERVES ON LIBOR LOANS | |||||
SECTION 3.05. | FUNDING LOSSES |
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XXXXXXX 3.06. | MATTERS APPLICABLE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION |
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SECTION 3.07. | REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES |
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SECTION 3.08. | SURVIVAL |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | ||||||
SECTION 4.01. | CONDITIONS TO INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSION |
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SECTION 4.02. | CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||||
SECTION 5.01. | EXISTENCE, QUALIFICATION AND POWER; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS |
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SECTION 5.02. | AUTHORIZATION; NO CONTRAVENTION |
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SECTION 5.03. | GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION |
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SECTION 5.04. | BINDING EFFECT |
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SECTION 5.05. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT |
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SECTION 5.06. | LITIGATION |
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SECTION 5.07. | OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LIENS |
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SECTION 5.08. | ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS |
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SECTION 5.09. | TAXES |
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SECTION 5.10. | ERISA COMPLIANCE |
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SECTION 5.11. | SUBSIDIARIES |
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SECTION 5.12. | MARGIN REGULATIONS; INVESTMENT COMPANY XXX |
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SECTION 5.13. | DISCLOSURE |
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SECTION 5.14. | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LICENSES, ETC. |
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SECTION 5.15. | LABOR MATTERS |
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SECTION 5.16. | SOLVENCY |
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SECTION 5.17. | EEA FINANCIAL INSTITUTION |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | ||||||
SECTION 6.01. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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SECTION 6.02. | CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION |
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SECTION 6.03. | NOTICES |
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SECTION 6.04. | PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS |
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SECTION 6.05. | PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC. |
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SECTION 6.06. | MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES |
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SECTION 6.07. | MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE |
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SECTION 6.08. | COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS |
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SECTION 6.09. | BOOKS AND RECORDS |
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SECTION 6.10. | INSPECTION RIGHTS |
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SECTION 6.11. | COVENANT TO GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS AND GIVE SECURITY |
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SECTION 6.12. | COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS |
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SECTION 6.13. | FURTHER ASSURANCES AND POST-CLOSING CONDITIONS |
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SECTION 6.14. | DESIGNATION OF SUBSIDIARIES |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS | ||||||
SECTION 7.01. | LIENS |
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SECTION 7.02. | INVESTMENTS |
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SECTION 7.03. | INDEBTEDNESS |
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SECTION 7.04. | FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES |
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SECTION 7.05. | DISPOSITIONS |
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SECTION 7.06. | RESTRICTED PAYMENTS |
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SECTION 7.07. | CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS |
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SECTION 7.08. | TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES |
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SECTION 7.09. | BURDENSOME AGREEMENTS |
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SECTION 7.10. | USE OF PROCEEDS |
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SECTION 7.11. | ACCOUNTING CHANGES |
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SECTION 7.12. | PREPAYMENTS, ETC. OF INDEBTEDNESS |
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SECTION 7.13. | EQUITY INTERESTS OF CERTAIN RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES |
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SECTION 7.14. | HOLDINGS |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | ||||||
SECTION 8.01. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 8.02. | REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 8.03. | APPLICATION OF FUNDS |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS | ||||||
SECTION 9.01. | APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF AGENTS |
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SECTION 9.02. | DELEGATION OF DUTIES |
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SECTION 9.03. | LIABILITY OF AGENTS |
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SECTION 9.04. | RELIANCE BY AGENTS |
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SECTION 9.05. | NOTICE OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 9.06. | CREDIT DECISION; DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY AGENTS |
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SECTION 9.07. | INDEMNIFICATION OF AGENTS |
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SECTION 9.08. | AGENTS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES |
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SECTION 9.09. | RESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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SECTION 9.10. | ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM |
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SECTION 9.11. | COLLATERAL AND GUARANTY MATTERS |
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SECTION 9.12. | OTHER AGENTS; ARRANGERS AND MANAGERS |
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SECTION 9.13. | APPOINTMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS |
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SECTION 9.14. | WITHHOLDING TAXES |
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SECTION 10.01. | AMENDMENTS, ETC. |
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SECTION 10.02. | NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS; FACSIMILE COPIES |
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SECTION 10.03. | NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES |
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SECTION 10.04. | ATTORNEY COSTS AND EXPENSES |
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SECTION 10.05. | INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BORROWER |
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SECTION 10.06. | PAYMENTS SET ASIDE |
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SECTION 10.07. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
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SECTION 10.08. | CONFIDENTIALITY |
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SECTION 10.09. | SETOFF |
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SECTION 10.10. | INTEREST RATE LIMITATION |
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SECTION 10.11. | COUNTERPARTS |
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SECTION 10.12. | INTEGRATION |
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SECTION 10.13. | SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 10.14. | SEVERABILITY |
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SECTION 10.15. | GOVERNING LAW |
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SECTION 10.16. | WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY |
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SECTION 10.17. | BINDING EFFECT |
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SECTION 10.18. | LENDER ACTION |
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SECTION 10.19. | USA XXXXXXX XXX |
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SECTION 10.20. | NO ADVISORY OR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY |
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SECTION 10.21. | ELECTRONIC EXECUTION OF ASSIGNMENTS AND CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS |
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SECTION 10.22. | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT TO BAIL-IN OF EEA FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS |
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SCHEDULES | ||
I | Guarantors | |
1.01A | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |
1.01B | Excluded Subsidiaries | |
2.01B | Term Commitment | |
5.07 | Material Real Property | |
5.08 | Environmental Matters | |
5.11 | Subsidiaries | |
5.15 | Labor Matters | |
7.01(b) | Existing Liens | |
7.02(g) | Existing Investments | |
7.03(b) | Existing Indebtedness | |
7.08 | Transactions with Affiliates | |
7.09 | Existing Restrictions | |
10.02 | Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices | |
EXHIBITS | ||
Form of | ||
A | Committed Loan Notice | |
B | [Reserved] | |
C-1 | Term Note | |
C-2 | [Reserved] | |
D | Compliance Certificate | |
E | Assignment and Assumption | |
F | Guaranty | |
G | Second Amended and Restated Security and Pledge Agreement | |
H-1 | Legal Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP | |
H-2 | Legal Opinion of Bass, Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC | |
H-3 | Legal Opinion of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger LLP | |
I | Drag-Along Rights Agreement | |
J-1 | United States Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
J-2 | United States Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
J-3 | United States Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
J-4 | United States Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
K | Discount Range Prepayment Notice | |
L | Discount Range Prepayment Offer | |
M | Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice | |
N | Acceptance and Prepayment Notice | |
O | Specified Discount Prepayment Notice | |
P | Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer | |
Q | Specified Discount Prepayment Response | |
R | First Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of May 3, 2011, amended as of
February 20, 2013, further amended as of September 12, 2014 and, further amended as of February 17, 2016 and further amended as of
May 4, 2017, among IASIS HEALTHCARE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), IASIS
HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and
individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“2004 Transactions” means (a) the acquisition, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among IASIS Investment LLC, Titan Merger Corporation and Holdings dated as of May 4, 2004, of Holdings by IASIS Investment LLC through the merger of Titan Merger Corporation, a Wholly Owned subsidiary of IASIS Investment LLC, with and into Holdings, with Holdings being the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger and becoming a Wholly Owned subsidiary of IASIS Investment LLC, (b) the refinancing of substantially all of the Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries existing at the time of the events described in the foregoing clause (a) (including, without limitation, pursuant to the tender offer to repurchase Holdings’ outstanding 13% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 and 8.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009), (c) the contribution by Holdings of substantially all of its property to the Borrower at the time of the events described in the foregoing clause (a), and (d) all related financings, equity contributions and other transactions related thereto.
“Acceptable Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acceptable Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Acceptance and Prepayment Notice” means a notice of the Borrower’s acceptance of the Acceptable Discount in substantially the form of Exhibit N.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary (determined using such definitions
as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Acquired Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or such Converted Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Additional Credit Extension Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement (which may be in the form of an amendment and restatement) in form consistent with the terms of Section 2.14 providing for Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Replacement Term Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Additional Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Additional Term B-1 Commitment” means, with respect to each Additional Term B-1 Lender, its commitment to make a Term B-1 Loan on the Closing Date in an amount equal to the amount set forth on the signature page of such Additional Term B-1 Lender to the Additional Term B-1 Joinder Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Additional Term B-1 Commitments shall be equal to $1,025,000,000 minus the aggregate principal amount of the
Converted Term Loans of all Lenders. The Additional Term B-1 Commitments and the aggregate principal amount of the Converted Term Loans of each Lender is set forth opposite such Lender’sLender’s name on Schedule 2.01B under the caption
““Term Commitments and Converted
Term Loans””.
“Additional Term B-1 Joinder Agreement” means the joinder agreement, dated the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Additional Term B-1 Lenders.
“Additional Term B-1 Lender” means each Person identified as an “Additional Term B Lender” in the Additional Term B-1 Joinder Agreement.
“Additional Term B-2 Commitment” means, with respect to each Additional Term B-2 Lender, its commitment to make a Term B-2 Loan on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in an amount equal to the amount set forth on the signature page of such Additional Term B-2 Lender to the Additional Term B-2 Joinder Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Additional Term B-2 Commitments shall be equal to $1,007,062,500 minus the aggregate principal amount of the Converted Term B-1 Loans of all Lenders.
“Additional Term B-2 Joinder Agreement” means the joinder agreement, dated the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Additional Term B-2 Lenders.
“Additional Term B-2 Lender” means each Person identified as such in the Additional Term B-2 Joinder Agreement.
“Additional Term B-3 Commitment” means, with respect to the Additional Term B-3 Lender, its commitment to make a Term B-3 Loan on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in an amount equal to $121,306,888.65.
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“Additional Term B-3 Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Additional Term B-3 Lender.
“Administrative Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, or any predecessor or successor administrative agent and collateral agent, as the context may require.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Arrangers, the Agents, their
respective lending affiliates or, the Amendment
No. 1 Arranger or the Amendment No. 4 Arranger shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Holdings, the Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries.
“Affiliated Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is a Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsors (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries) at such time.
“Affiliated Lender Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(n).
“Agency Resignation Appointment and Assumption Agreement” means the Agency Resignation Appointment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Original Administrative Agent.
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the partners, officers, directors, members, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents, the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any) and the Arrangers.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended by Amendment Xx. 0, Xxxxxxxxx Xx. 0 and, Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4 and as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“All-In Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the yield thereof, whether
in the form of interest rate, margin, original issue discount, upfront fees, a LIBOR or Base Rate floor greater than any floor then applicable to the Term B-2B -3 Loans (with such increased amount
being equated to interest margins for purposes of determining any increase to the Applicable Rate), or otherwise; provided that original issue discount and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a four-year life to
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maturity (or, if less, the stated life to maturity at the time of its incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness); and provided, further, that “All-In Yield” shall not include arrangement fees, structuring fees or underwriting or similar fees not generally paid to lenders in connection with such Indebtedness.
“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2013, by and among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Original Administrative Agent, the Lenders party thereto and the other parties thereto.
“Amendment No. 1 Arranger” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.
“Amendment No. 1 Consenting Lender”
shall meanmeans each Lender that provided the
Administrative Agent with a counterpart to Amendment No. 1 executed by such Lender.
“Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date” shall meanmeans February 20, 2013.
“Amendment No. 2” means Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement dated as of September 12, 2014.
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means September 12, 2014, the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 2.
“Amendment No. 3” means Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2016, by and among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Bank of America, N.A., as the Original Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders party thereto and the other parties thereto.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means February 17, 2016, the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 3.
“Amendment No. 4” means Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders party thereto and the other parties thereto.
“Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender” means each Lender that provided the Administrative Agent with a counterpart to Amendment No. 4 executed by such Lender prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
“Amendment No. 4 Effective Date” means May 4, 2017, the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 4.
“Amendment No. 4 Arranger” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Amendment No. 4 Joint Bookrunners” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Lending Partners LLC.
“Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any Term B-2 Loan of any:
(i) Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender that has indicated on its counterpart to Amendment No. 4 that it wishes to accept the maximum amount of its Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amount, the product of (x) $100.0 million and (y) the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-2 Loans held by all Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lenders on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date immediately prior to the prepayment contemplated by Section 2.05(b)(ix) represented by the principal amount of the Term B-2 Loan held by such Lender at such time;
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(ii) Lender that is not an Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender, the lesser of (I) 100% of the principal amount of such Lender’s Term B-2 Loan and (II) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of (A) $100.0 million less (B) the aggregate Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amounts of all Term B-2 Loans subject to clause (i) above and (y) the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-2 Loans held by all Lenders that are not Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lenders on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date immediately prior to the prepayment contemplated by Section 2.05(b)(ix) represented by the principal amount of the Term B-2 Loan held by such Lender at such time; and
(iii) Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender that has not indicated on its counterpart to Amendment No. 4 that it wishes to accept the maximum amount of its Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amount, the product of (x) the excess, if any, of (A) $100.0 million less (B) the aggregate Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amounts of all Term B-2 Loans subject to clause (i) or (ii) above and (y) the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-2 Loans held by all Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lenders that have not indicated on their respective counterparts to Amendment No. 4 that they wish to accept the maximum amount of their respective Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amounts on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date immediately prior to the prepayment contemplated by Section 2.05(b)(ix) represented by the principal amount of the Term B-2 Loan held by such Lender at such time.
“Applicable Rate” means a percentage per annum equal to (i) for LIBOR Loans that are Term B-23 Loans, 3.254.00%, and (ii) for Base Rate Loans that are Term
B-23 Loans, 2.253.00%. The Applicable Rate for any Term Loans other
than the Term B-23 Loans shall be as set forth
in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint book runner under this Agreement.
“Article 3” means Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
“Article 4” means Article 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Attorney Costs” means all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Auction Agent” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or advisor engaged by the
Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Discounted Loan Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative
Agent or any other Person as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent or such other Person (it being understood that neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Person shall be under any obligation to agree to act
as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates may act as the Auction Agent.; and provided, further, that in the case of a Discounted Loan Prepayment being made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) in connection with a Conditional Extension Offer, the Auction Agent shall be deemed to be the
arranger in respect of such Conditional Extension Offer. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the Conditional Extension Offer occurring pursuant to the Amendment
No. 4, the Auction Agent shall be the Amendment No. 4 Arranger.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of September 30, 2010, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows for the Borrower for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.
“Available Amount” means, at any time (the “Reference Date”), the sum of:
(i) $100,000,000;
(ii) an amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to the greater of (A) 50% (which percentage shall be increased to 75% for any period when the Borrower’s Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00) of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the Available Amount Reference Period and (B) (x) the cumulative amount of Excess Cash Flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for each full fiscal year commencing after the Closing Date for which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders minus (y) the portion of such Excess Cash Flow that has been (or will be) after the Closing Date and on or prior to the Reference Date applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i); plus
(iii) the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds retained by the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
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(iv) the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds from Permitted Equity Issuances (or issuances of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests) received or made by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
(v) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment, the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and other cash distributions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
(vi) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment, the aggregate amount of all cash repayments of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date in respect of loans or advances made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries; plus
(vii) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment or (C) required to be applied to prepay Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i), the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any Minority Investment or Unrestricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; minus
(viii) the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(d)(v)(B)(I) and Section 7.02(n), any Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 7.06(l) or any payment made pursuant to Section 7.12(a)(iii) during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on prior to the Reference Date (and, for purposes of this clause (viii), without taking account of the intended usage of the Available Amount on such Reference Date).
“Available Amount Reference Period” means, with respect to any Reference Date, the period commencing April 1, 2011 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, for which financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), have been received by the Administrative Agent.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
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“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the “prime rate” and (c) LIBOR for such Class of Loan for a one month Interest Period (after giving effect to any minimum rate applicable to the relevant Class of Loans set forth in the definition thereof) plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” means, for any day, the prime rate published in The Wall Street Journal for such day; provided that if The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish for any reason such rate of interest, then “prime rate” means the prime lending rate as set forth on the Bloomberg page PRIMBB Index (or successor page) for such day (or such other service as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of prime lending interest rates); each change in the prime rate shall be effective on the date such change is effective. The prime rate is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by any financial institution to its customers.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Board of Directors” means (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; (3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and (4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02(e).
“Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment” means the offer by any Loan Party to make a voluntary prepayment of Loans at a specified discount to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any Loan Party of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Loans at a specified range of discounts to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any Loan Party of offers for, and the subsequent acceptance, if any, by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D).
“Borrowing” means a Term Borrowing (of a particular Class), as the context may require.
“Budget” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(c).
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and the State of New York, and if such day relates to any LIBOR Loan or any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
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“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capitalized Leases) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked account at Wilmington Trust, National Association (or another commercial bank selected in compliance with Section 9.09) in the name of the Administrative Agent which shall be non-interest bearing and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any funds deposited into the Cash Collateral Account shall be uninvested.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(1) Dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding two years and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000;
(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2), (3) and (7) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Xxxxx’x or at least A-1 by S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Xxxxx’x with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
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(6) marketable short-term money market and similar funds either having (A) assets in excess of $250,000,000 or (B) a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Xxxxx’x or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);
(7) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition; and
(9) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (8) above.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time it provides any Cash Management Services; provided that with respect to any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a Cash Management Bank under this Agreement and also under the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Cash Management Obligations of such Cash Management Bank shall constitute “Cash Management Obligations” and “Obligations” under the Revolving Credit Agreement and shall not constitute “Cash Management Obligations” and “Obligations” under this Agreement.
“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in respect of or in connection with any Cash Management Services.
“Cash Management Services” means treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card and other cash management services and any automated clearing house fund transfer services.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
“Change in Law” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(a).
“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:
(a) (i) at any time prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, the Permitted Holders ceasing to own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings; or
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(ii) at any time upon or after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), excluding the Permitted Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under such Act), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) thirty-five percent (35%) of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings and (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, by the Permitted Holders;
unless, in the case of either clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings; or
(b) the Board of Directors of Holdings shall cease to consist of a majority of the Continuing Directors; or
(c) any “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to the Senior Notes Indenture; or
(d) subject to Section 7.04, the Borrower ceases to be a direct Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Class” means, (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are Term Lenders with a particular Class of Term Loans, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Additional Term B-1 Commitments, Additional Term B-2 Commitments, Additional Term B-3 Commitments or Commitments with respect to a particular Class of Term Loans, and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term B-1 Loans, Term B-2 Loans, Term B-3 Loans, Extended Term Loans (with the same economic terms and amortization schedule), Incremental Term Loans (with the same economic terms and amortization schedule) or Replacement Term Loans (with the same economic terms and amortization schedule).
“Closing Date” means the first date on which all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 were satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01, which for the avoidance of doubt, occurred on May 3, 2011.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Co-Documentation Agents” means Citicorp North America, Inc., General Electric Capital Corporation and SunTrust Bank, each in its capacity as a Co-Documentation Agent under this Agreement.
“Collateral” means all the “Collateral” as defined in any Collateral Document and shall include the Mortgaged Properties.
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“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii) or pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.13 at such time, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto;
(b) all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed by Holdings, each Wholly Owned Material Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Subsidiary and each entity that is listed on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Guarantor”);
(c) the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured by a first-priority security interest in all of the following to the extent not constituting Excluded Property (i) all the Equity Interests of the Borrower and (ii) all Equity Interests of each Restricted Subsidiary that are directly owned by any Loan Party;
(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured by a perfected security interest (to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated securities, filing UCC financing statements or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office) in substantially all tangible and intangible personal property of the Borrower and each Guarantor (including accounts (other than deposit accounts or other bank or securities accounts and any Securitization Assets), inventory, equipment, investment property, contract rights, intellectual property, other general intangibles, and proceeds of the foregoing); provided that a security interest will not be granted in Excluded Property;
(e) none of the Collateral shall be subject to any Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01; and
(f) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.11 and 6.13(b) (the “Mortgaged Properties”) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such property, (ii) a Mortgage Policy with respect to each Mortgage, and (iii) such existing surveys, existing abstracts and existing appraisals in the possession of the Borrower and such legal opinions (with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings) and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that any property of a Loan Party that is ground leased that otherwise would constitute Material Real Property, and with respect to which the applicable Loan Party has been unable, after the use of commercially reasonable efforts, to obtain consent of the applicable landlord to the granting of a Mortgage thereon, shall not be subject to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and shall not be a “Mortgaged Property” hereunder.
The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of a Mortgage Policy or survey with respect to, particular assets if and for so long as, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining a Mortgage Policy or survey in respect of such assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
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The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in
or the obtaining of a Mortgage Policy (or survey, if required by the title insurer issuing the applicable Mortgage Policy for deletion of the so-called “survey exception” and issuance of the
customary survey endorsements) with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date or the obtaining of a Mortgage Policy (or survey,
if required by the title insurer issuing the applicable Mortgage Policy for deletion of the so-called “survey exception” and issuance of the customary survey endorsements)) where it reasonably
determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or the obtaining of such Mortgage Policy (or survey, if required by the title insurer issuing the applicable Mortgage Policy for deletion of the
so-called “survey exception“”) cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, each of the collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.11 or 6.13, the Guaranty and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or Guarantee in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Commitment” means a Term Commitment.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other or (c) a continuation of LIBOR Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Commodity Exchange Act” shall meanmeans the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
“Compensation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Conditional Extension Offer” means an Extension Offer made pursuant to Section 2.16 or pursuant to Amendment No. 4 to all Lenders of Term Loans of any Class on a pro rata basis (i) that sets forth the terms of a Discounted Loan Prepayment to be made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) in connection with such Extension Offer, (ii) providing that participation in such Extension Offer by any such Lender is conditioned upon such Lender’s acceptance of such Discounted Loan Prepayment and (iii) that is made to such Lenders at least three Business Days prior to the proposed effective date of such Extension.
“Confidential Healthcare Information” has the meaning specified in Section 6.10.
“Consenting Term Lender” means each Lender that has provided the Administrative Agent with a counterpart to the Restatement Agreement executed by such Lender.
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“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of such Person, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) increased by the following (without duplication):
(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, to the extent the same were taken into account in calculating such Consolidated Net Income and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (a) through (k) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ii) total interest expense of such Person for such period and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses with respect to obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iv) any fees, expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, incurrence or repayment of indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Loans and any credit facilities), issuance of equity interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Senior Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Loans and any credit facilities) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, (x) whether or not successful and (y) in each case, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(v) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses (including cost and expenses relating to business optimization programs and new systems design and implementation costs), one-time restructuring or transaction costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Closing Date, project start-up costs, costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities or accruals or reserves, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(vi) any other non-cash charges (collectively, the “Non-Cash Charges”), including any write offs or write downs reducing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus
(vii) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsors and deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(viii) [Reserved]; plus
(ix) extraordinary losses and unusual or non-recurring charges (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost-savings initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans; plus
(x) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 12 months after the end of such period (which cost savings shall be subject only to certification by management of the Borrower and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken, provided that some portion of such benefit is expected to be realized within 12 months of taking such action); plus
(xi) the amount of loss on sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets to any Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; plus
(xii) any costs or expense incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings or the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds (a) were not required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b) and (b) have not previously been (and are not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than such cost or expenses; plus
(xiii) any net loss from disposed or discontinued operations; plus
(xiv) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
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(xv) interest income or investment earnings on retiree medical and intellectual property, royalty or license receivables; plus
(xvi) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the investigation by the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million per fiscal year, provided that the maximum amount of such fees and expenses that may be added back to Consolidated Net Income in any fiscal year shall be increased by the unused amount of add-backs that were permitted in any prior fiscal year;
(b) decreased by the following (without duplication), in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period;
(ii) any net income from disposed or discontinued operations; plus
(iii) extraordinary gains and unusual or non-recurring gains.
There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) and (B) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. There shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”) and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).
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“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(a) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded,
(b) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(c) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transaction or the 2004 Transactions or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(d) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be included,
(e) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Swap Contracts or (iii) other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
(f) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,
(g) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights shall be excluded,
(h) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, incurrence or repayment of indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Loans and any credit facilities), issuance of equity interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Senior Notes, the Loans and any credit facilities) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded,
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(i) [Reserved],
(j) losses or gains on asset sales (other than asset sales made in the ordinary course of business) shall be excluded, and
(k) the following items shall be excluded:
(i) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Swap Contracts and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133; and
(ii) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses including those (x) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and (y) resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder.
“Consolidated Senior Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the 2004 Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and Liens permitted by Sections 7.01(a), 7.01(l) and 7.01(q), clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01(r), Sections 7.01 (aa) (to the extent such Liens rank pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) and 7.01(cc) (to the extent such Liens rank pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) and the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any of the foregoing permitted by Section 7.01(bb)) in excess of $50,000,000 included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts; provided, further, that the amount of any cash or Cash Equivalents cash collateralizing letters of credit (other than letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement and any cash or Cash Equivalents permitted to cash collateralize letters of credit pursuant to Section 7.01(b)(ii)) shall be excluded from the amount deducted in calculating Consolidated Total Net Debt pursuant to clause (b) above.
“Consolidated Total Gross Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any
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discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the 2004 Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments; provided that Consolidated Total Gross Debt shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (ii) long-term accounts receivable over (b) the sum of (i) all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (ii) long-term deferred revenue, but excluding, without duplication, (1) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (2) all Indebtedness consisting of loans outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement to the extent otherwise included therein, (3) the current portion of interest, (4) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (5) the current portion of any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (6) deferred revenue arising from cash receipts that are earmarked for specific projects, and (7) reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit.
“Continuing Director” means, at any date, any individual (a) who is a director of Holdings on the Closing Date, (b) whose nomination for election to the Board of Directors of Holdings is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors, (c) who, as at such date, has been a member of the Board of Directors of Holdings for at least the 12 preceding months or (d) whose nomination for election to the Board of Directors of Holdings has been recommended, directly or indirectly, by the Sponsors or Persons nominated by the Sponsors.
“Contract Consideration” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow.”
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Converted Term Loan” means each Existing Term Loan held by a Consenting Term Lender on the Closing Date (or, if less, the amount of such Consenting Term Lender’s Existing Term Loan notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent as such Lender’s Converted Term Loan) immediately prior to the initial extensions of credit hereunder on the Closing Date.
“Converted Term B-1 Loan” means each Term B-1 Loan held by an Amendment No. 1 Consenting Lender on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (or, if less, the amount of such Amendment No. 1 Consenting Lender’s Term B-1 Loan notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent as such Lender’s Converted Term B-1 Loan) immediately prior to the extension of credit hereunder on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
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“Converted Term B-2 Loan” means each Term B-2 Loan held by an Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (or, if less (and solely in the event that all Term B-2 Loans (other than Converted Term B-2 Loans) are repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date), the amount of such Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender’s Term B-2 Loan notified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by the Amendment No. 4 Arranger as such Lender’s Converted Term B-2 Loan) immediately prior to the extension of credit hereunder on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (but following the prepayment of Term B-2 Loans contemplated to occur on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ix)).
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Credit Extension” means a Borrowing.
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of any of the Sponsors that is a bona fide diversified debt fund or other entity that invests in diversified long-term debt in the ordinary course of its business.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided that with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder within two Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
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“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(j) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
“Discounted Loan Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(v)(A).
“Discounted Prepayment Determination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Effective Date” means, in the case of a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offer or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offer, five (5) Business Days following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date or the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, as applicable, in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(v)(B), Section 2.05(a)(v)(C) or Section 2.05(a)(v)(D), respectively, unless a shorter period is agreed to between the Borrower and the Auction Agent; provided, that in the case of a Discounted Loan Prepayment in connection with a Conditional Extension Offer, the “Discounted Prepayment Effective Date” shall be the effective date of such Extension.
“Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(2).
“Discount Range” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C) substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Discount Range Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit L, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following the Auction Agent’s receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
“Discount Range Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Proration” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined using such definitions as if references to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries therein are to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale of Equity Interests) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided that any single transaction or series of related transactions resulting in net cash proceeds equal to or less than $7,500,000 shall not be considered “Dispositions” for purposes of Section 2.05(b)(ii) or Section 7.05.
“Disposition Prepayment Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A).
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest Maturity Date of all then outstanding Term Loans (determined as of the date of incurrence); provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“ECF Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(i).
“ECP” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Assignee permitted by and consented to in accordance with Section 10.07(b).
“Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, land surface and subsurface strata, surface water, ground water, drinking water, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
“Environmental Claim” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings with respect to any Environmental Liability (hereinafter “Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws (including common law) relating to pollution, the protection of the Environment or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with Holdings or the Borrower and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan
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subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan, notification of Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the institution of any proceeding to terminate, or appoint a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the requirements of PBGC Regulation Section 4043.61 (without regard to subparagraph (b)(1) thereof) apply with respect to a contributing sponsor (as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA) of a Pension Plan, and an event described in subsection .62, .63, .64, .65, .66, .67 or .68 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 has occurred with respect to such Pension Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period has been waived); (g) a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard, within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA whether or not waived, or an application for a minimum funding standard waiver or modification has been filed, with respect to a Plan; (h) the failure to make any required contribution to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (i) the existence of an Unfunded Pension Liability with respect to a Plan; (j) the institution of a proceeding pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; or (k) a liability has been incurred or is likely to be incurred by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with respect to a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29), 4971 or 4975 of the Code.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period,
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(v) cash receipts in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in such Consolidated Net Income; over
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(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (k) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income,
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B) the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (X) all other prepayments of Term Loans and (Y) all prepayments in respect of any loans outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement and (Z) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except, in the case of clauses (Y) or (Z), to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(vi) cash payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness,
(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments and acquisitions made during such period to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period and to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including any payments made to Holdings for the purpose of funding any of the items described in clauses (i) through (xiii) of this clause (b),
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(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees but excluding amounts otherwise covered in this definition) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted in prior periods (A) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions or (B) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries relating to Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property (the “Planned Expenditures”), in each case to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period; provided that, to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash flow actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and the Planned Expenditures, as applicable, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(xii) the amount of cash taxes paid or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, and
(xiii) cash expenditures in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Excluded Property” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01B hereto, (b) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by contractual requirements or applicable Law from guaranteeing, or pledging substantially all of its assets to secure, the Obligations, (c) any Foreign Subsidiary and any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (d) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(g) and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof (existing at the time of the acquisition) that guarantees such Indebtedness; provided that each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (d) if such secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured or if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to guarantee such secured Indebtedness, as applicable, (e) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee or a security interests in its assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (f) each Unrestricted Subsidiary and (g) each Permitted JV.
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“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall meanmeans, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap
Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Obligations of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Obligations thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful
under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an
ECP at the time the Obligation of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one swap, such
exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to each Agent and each Lender, (i) any tax on such Agent or Lender’s net income or profits (or franchise tax in lieu of such tax on net income or profits) imposed by a jurisdiction as a result of such Agent or Lender being organized or having its principal office or applicable Lending Office located in such jurisdiction or as a result of any other present or former connection between such Agent or Lender and the jurisdiction (including as a result of such Agent or Lender carrying on a trade or business, having a permanent establishment or being a resident for tax purposes in such jurisdiction, other than a connection arising solely from such Agent or Lender having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Documents), (ii) any branch profits tax under Section 884(a) of the Code, or any similar tax, imposed by any other jurisdiction described in (i), (iii) other than any Foreign Lender becoming a party hereto pursuant to the Borrower’s request under Section 3.07, any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender pursuant to a Law in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) (or where the Foreign Lender is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, pursuant to a law in effect on the later of the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto or the date on which the affected partner becomes a partner of such Foreign Lender), except, in the case of a Foreign Lender that designates a new Lending Office or is an assignee, to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Loan Party with respect to such U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01, (d) any withholding tax attributable to a Lender’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(b) or (iv) any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed under FATCA and (v) any interest, additions to taxes and penalties with respect to any taxes described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this definition.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means the revolving credit and term loan facility in favor of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of that Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2007, among the Borrower, Holdings, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, as administrative agent, revolving L/C issuer and synthetic L/C Issuer and swingline lender.
“Existing JV” means Brim Healthcare of Texas, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Existing Term Loans” means all “Term Loans” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Closing Date immediately prior to the initial extensions of credit hereunder.
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“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extending Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extension” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extension Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Facility” means each Class of Term Loans, as the context may require.
“FASB” means the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the date hereof or any successor provision that is substantively comparable (and, in each case, any regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof).
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” means (i) the engagement letter dated April 19, 2011 among the Borrower and the Arrangers and (ii) the fee letter between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, dated as of February 1, 2016.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the pari passu intercreditor agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, among the Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as representative of the secured parties under the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Borrower, the Guarantors and any Additional Pari Debt Agent (as defined therein), substantially in the form of Exhibit R.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (v) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.
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“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business.
“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and the Borrower after such change in GAAP conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith; provided further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the definitions set forth in the Loan Documents and any financial calculations required by the Loan Documents shall be computed to exclude any change to lease accounting rules from those in effect pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 840 (Leases) and other related lease accounting guidance as in effect on the Closing Date.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).
“Greenfield Construction Project” means, with respect to any Person, a project undertaken by such Person for the construction of a Hospital.
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working
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capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Guaranty” means (a) the guaranty made by Holdings and the other Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,” substantially in the form of Exhibit F and (b) each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, all chemicals, materials, substances, wastes, pollutants or contaminants in any form, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and infectious or medical wastes regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Health Choice” means Health Choice Arizona, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time it enters into a Swap Contract with any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract; provided that with respect to any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a Hedge Bank under this Agreement and also under the Revolving Credit Agreement, the obligations arising under the Secured Hedge Agreement of such Hedge Bank shall constitute “Obligations” under the Revolving Credit Agreement and shall not constitute “Obligations” under this Agreement.
“HIPAA” has the meaning specified in Section 6.10.
“HITECH” has the meaning specified in Section 6.10.
“HMO” means any health maintenance organization, managed care organization, any Person doing business as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization, or any Person required to qualify or be licensed as a health maintenance organization or managed care organization under applicable federal or state Law.
“HMO Business” means the business of owning and operating an HMO or other similar regulated entity or business.
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“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Holdings Loans” means the senior unsecured payment-in-kind loans borrowed by Holdings on April 27, 2007 pursuant to that certain credit agreement dated as of April 27, 2007, among Holdings, the lenders party thereto and Banc of America Bridge LLC, as administrative agent, and including any additional loans outstanding thereunder as a result of the payment-in-kind of interest.
“Hospital” means a hospital, outpatient clinic, long-term care facility, medical office building or other facility, business or other asset that is used or useful in or related to the provision of healthcare services.
“Hospital Investment Program” means, with respect to any Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of one or more Hospitals, an offering by such Subsidiary for the sale or issuance of equity interests in such Subsidiary to any Hospital Investment Program Participants, provided that (i) after giving effect to such sale or issuance with respect to any Subsidiary, the Borrower directly or indirectly controls such Subsidiary and owns at least 65% of the economic interests of such Subsidiary, (ii) each such sale or issuance shall be for an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof, (iii) each such sale results in consideration at least 75% of which shall be in the form of cash (for such purpose, taking into account the amount of cash and the principal amount of any promissory notes), (iv) the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are applied to repay Loans to the extent required by Section 2.05(b)(ii), and (v) each Hospital Investment Program Participant (A) acknowledges in writing in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that (x) the relevant Subsidiary has granted a security interest in its assets to secure the Obligations and (y) the documentation governing the Obligations restricts the ability of such Subsidiary to make distributions to such Hospital Investment Program Participant and (B) pledges all such Equity Interests acquired by such Hospital Investment Program Participant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Obligations, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such pledge shall not be required (and, if effective, may be released) if such Hospital Investment Program Participant grants to the Administrative Agent “drag along” rights with respect to a foreclosure on the Administrative Agent’s pledge of shares in such Subsidiary (which “drag along” rights shall be granted pursuant to a Drag Along Rights Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I or otherwise in documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
“Hospital Investment Program Participants” means with respect to any Hospital, Persons interested in such Hospital including physicians, administrators and other Persons in the community in which such Hospital is located.
“Hospital Swap” means, with respect to any Person, an exchange of (a)(i) one or more Hospitals and/or Related Businesses owned or operated by such Person or (ii) all of the Equity Interests held by such Person of any other Person owning or operating one or more Hospitals and/or Related Businesses for (b) either (i) one or more Hospitals and/or Related Businesses owned or operated by a third Person or (ii) either all of the Equity Interests held by a third person of any other Person or a majority of the Equity Interests of any other Person owning or operating one or more Hospitals and/or Related Businesses.
“Identified Participating Lenders” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Identified Qualifying Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
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“Impacted Interest Period” means, with respect to a LIBOR Screen Rate, an Interest Period which shall not be available at the applicable time.
“Incremental Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions that may have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit (other than commercial letters of credit), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt of such Person (as if such Person were the Borrower) and (B) in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary of business. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.
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“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Borrower and its Affiliates.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.
“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:
(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to any Loan Party;
(b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Loan Party or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets, in each case, except as permitted under this Agreement;
(c) any general composition of liabilities or similar arrangement relating to any Loan Party, whether or not under a court’s jurisdiction or supervision;
(d) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Loan Party, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether or not under a court’s jurisdiction or supervision, and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or
(e) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Loan Party.
“Insurance Subsidiary” has the meaning provided in Section 7.02(x).
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Interest Period” means, as to each LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or to the extent available to each Lender of such LIBOR Loan, twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(1) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
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(2) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(3) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.; and
(4) the initial Interest Period for the Term B-3 Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date shall be equal to the then remaining Interest Period for the Term B-2 Loans on such date and LIBOR for such Interest Period shall be deemed to be 1.25%.
“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBOR Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Screen Rate (for the longest period for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which such LIBOR Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, as of 11:00 a.m., London time two Business Days prior to the commencement of the applicable Interest Period.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business and including Indebtedness payable on demand) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment at any time shall be the amount actually invested (measured at the time made), without adjustment for subsequent changes in the value of such Investment, net of any return representing a return of capital with respect to such Investment.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Xxxxx’x and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower.
“Investment Grade Securities” means (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents), (b) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution and (d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States of America customarily utilized for high quality investments, in each case, consistent with the Borrower’s cash management and investment practices.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.14.
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“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Junior Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 7.12(a).
“Junior Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Junior Financing.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement, in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, by and between the Administrative Agent and the collateral agent for one or more classes of Permitted Additional Debt that are intended to be secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations providing that, inter alia, (i) the Liens securing Obligations rank prior to the Liens securing the Permitted Additional Debt, (ii) all amounts received in connection with any enforcement action with respect to any Collateral or in connection with any United States or foreign bankruptcy, liquidation or insolvency proceeding shall first be applied to repay all Obligations (whether or not allowed in any such proceeding) prior to being applied to the obligations in respect of the Permitted Additional Debt and (iii) until the earlier of (x) the repayment of the Obligations in full and termination of commitments hereunder (subject to customary limitations with respect to contingent obligations and other customary qualifications) and (y) the expiration of a customary standstill period to be agreed, the Administrative Agent shall have the sole right to take enforcement actions with respect to the Collateral.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender.”
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“LIBOR” means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan for any applicable Interest Period, the LIBOR Screen Rate as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that, if a LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available at the applicable time for the applicable Interest Period, then LIBOR for such Interest Period shall
be the Interpolated Rate; provided, further, that if the LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available for such Interest Period for any reason and the Administrative Agent shall determine that it is not possible to determine the
Interpolated Rate (which conclusion shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error), then the applicable Reference Bank Rate shall be LIBOR for such Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan; subject to Section 3.03; provided,
further that in no event shall LIBOR for Term
B-23 Loans be less than 1.25%; provided,
further that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; and provided, further that
to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
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“LIBOR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on LIBOR.
“LIBOR Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen or, in the event such rate does not appear on either of such Reuters pages, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion; provided that, if any LIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed a Lien.
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan of a specified Class.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Guaranty,
(iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) the Fee Letter, (vi) the Additional Term B-1 Joinder Agreement, (vii) the Restatement Agreement, (viii) the Additional Term B-2 Joinder Agreement, (ix) Amendment No. 1, (x) Amendment No. 2, (xi) Amendment No. 3, (xii) the Agency Resignation Appointment and Assumption Agreement, and (xiii) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and, following the execution thereof, any Junior Lien Intercreditor
Agreement and (xiv) Amendment
No. 4.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, (i) Holdings, (ii) the Borrower and (iii) each Guarantor.
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document to which any of the Loan Parties is a party or (c) the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under any Loan Document.
“Material Real Property” means any real property owned or ground leased by any Loan Party with a book value in excess of $10,000,000; provided, however, that Material Real Property shall not include any ground leased real property that is not incidental to owned Material Real Property and reasonably necessary for the operation of the facilities on such owned Material Real Property.
“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries that is a Restricted Subsidiary (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 3.0% of Total Assets at such date or (b) whose net
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revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 3.0% of the consolidated net revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Maturity Date” means, (a) with respect to the Term B-23 Loans, the seventh anniversary of the Closing
DateFebruary 17, 2021 (the
“Original Term
B-3 Maturity Date”); provided that, to the extent any Indebtedness made available under
the Senior Notes Indenture is outstanding on the date (the
“Senior Notes Springing Maturity
Date”) that is 91 days prior to the maturity date (howsoever defined) under the Senior
Notes Indenture, then the Maturity Date of the Term B-3 Loans shall be the earliest to occur of the Senior Notes Springing Maturity Date and the Original Term B-3
Maturity Date, and (b) with respect to any other Class of Term Loans, the date specified as the “Maturity Date” therefor in the applicable Additional Credit Extension
Amendment; provided that if eitherany
such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such day.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10.
“Minority Investment” means any Person other than a Subsidiary in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgages” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages (or amendments to any deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages) made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and any other deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages (or amendments to any deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages) executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 or 6.13.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(b)(ii).
“Mortgaged Properties” has the meaning specified in paragraph (f) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.”
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the period since December 31, 2010, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by or paid to or for the account of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than
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Indebtedness under the Loan Documents or Indebtedness secured by Liens that are subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement), (B) the out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event, (C) taxes or distributions made pursuant to Section 7.06(g)(i) or (g)(iv) paid or estimated to be payable in connection therewith (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds), (D) in the case of any Disposition or Casualty Event by a non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (D)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, and (E) any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include the amount of any reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in this clause (E); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the “Net Cash Proceeds” from a Disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.05(p) shall not be deemed to exceed any increase as a result of such Disposition in the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Securitization Financing as compared to the maximum aggregate amount that was outstanding at any time under any Securitization Financing prior to such Disposition, and
(b) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Permitted Equity Issuance by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such incurrence or issuance (with respect to any Permitted Equity Issuance by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the amount of cash from such Permitted Equity Issuance contributed to the capital of the Borrower) over (ii) the sum of (x) taxes or distributions made pursuant to Section 7.06(g)(i) or (g)(iv) paid or estimated to be payable in connection therewith (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any cash received in connection with such incurrence or issuance) and (y) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts, commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
“Non-Cash Charges” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d).
“Non-Excluded Taxes” means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.
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“Non-Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party, including any Permitted JV.
“Note” means a Term Note.
“Obligations” means all (x) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, (y) obligations of any Loan Party arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement (other than with respect to any Loan Party’s obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations solely with respect to such Loan Party) and (z) Cash Management Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations (other than with respect to any Loan Party’s obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations solely with respect to such Loan Party) include (a) the obligation (including Guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party as provided in any Loan Document and (b) the obligations of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party in accordance with the terms of any Loan Document.
“Offered Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Offered Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating or limited liability company agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means with respect to the Term Loans on any date, the principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans occurring on such date.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e).
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“Participating Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2)
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time since December 31, 2010.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(j).
“Permitted Additional Debt” means senior, senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or a
Guarantor, provided that (a) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms of such Indebtedness (it being understood that such Indebtedness shall have interest rates and redemption premiums determined by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower to be market rates and premiums at the time of issuance of such Indebtedness; provided that if any such Indebtedness is in the form of loans (as opposed to debt securities) that are secured by Liens ranking pari
passu with the Liens securing the Obligations and the All-In Yield of such Indebtedness is more than 50 basis points greater than the All-In Yield of the Term B-23 Loans, then the Applicable Rates for the Term B-23 Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that
the All-In Yield for such Indebtedness is no more than 50 basis points greater than the All-In Yield for the Term B-23 Loans), taken as a whole, are determined by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower to be market terms on the date of issuance and in any event are not materially more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or materially less favorable to the Lenders, than the terms of this Agreement
and do not require the maintenance or achievement of any financial performance standards other than as a condition to taking specified actions, (b) except as permitted by Section 7.01(aa) and (cc), such Indebtedness is unsecured,
(c) except in the case of Indebtedness that is in the form of loans that are secured by Liens ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations, no portion of such Indebtedness shall have a scheduled maturity or become
mandatorily redeemable (other than pursuant to customary offers to purchase or prepayment requirements or upon a change of control or asset sale or from the proceeds of a Permitted Refinancing thereof) prior to the latest Maturity Date of Term Loans
outstanding on the date such Indebtedness is incurred (determined as of the date of incurrence) except that such Indebtedness may have an initial maturity that is earlier than such latest Maturity Date so long as such Indebtedness automatically
converts to Indebtedness maturing after such latest Maturity Date subject only to the condition that no payment event of default or bankruptcy (with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) event of default exists on the initial maturity date
of such Indebtedness and (d) to the extent such Indebtedness is in the form of loans secured by Liens ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations, such Indebtedness shall not have a final maturity prior to the latest
Maturity Date of Term Loans outstanding on the date such Indebtedness is incurred or a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of Term Loans outstanding on the date such
Indebtedness is incurred (in each case pursuant to this clause (d), determined as of the date of incurrence), provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such
shorter period to which the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the
documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement
unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
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“Permitted Additional Debt Documentation” means any notes, instruments, agreements and other credit documents governing any Permitted Additional Debt.
“Permitted Equity Issuance” means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (i) the Sponsors and (ii) the Management Stockholders.
“Permitted Hospital Swap” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05(q).
“Permitted JV” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(o).
“Permitted Non-Guarantor Investment Condition” shall be satisfied on any date if, on a Pro Forma Basis, no more than 40% of the Borrower’s Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Test Period shall be attributable to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors (excluding (i) any Excluded Subsidiary that is prohibited by Law from being a Guarantor or granting a security interest in substantially all of its assets, (ii) the Existing JV and (iii) any Insurance Subsidiary).
“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, and, except in the case of a refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the proviso of the first sentence of Section 7.03, by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized and undrawn letters of credit thereunder, which if utilized or drawn would have constituted Indebtedness that would have been permitted to be incurred hereunder immediately prior to such Permitted Refinancing, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(b) and (e), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (c) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) if such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is Junior Financing, (i) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (ii) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral but excluding as to subordination, interest rate and redemption premium) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative
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Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (iii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and not Guaranteed by any Person other than the Borrower or a Guarantor.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any material “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by Holdings, the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Plan of Reorganization” means any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation, agreement for composition, or other type of plan of arrangement proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02(e).
“Pledged Debt” means the Indebtedness described in Schedule 2(j) to the Security Agreement.
“Post-Acquisition Period” means, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and ending on the last day of the fourth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is consummated.
“primary obligor” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Guarantee”.”
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions taken or expected to be taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, (i) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $25,000,000 and (ii) so long as such actions are taken or expected to be taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, the cost savings related to such actions or such additional costs, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such
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additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided further that any such pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
“Pro Forma Basis” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction,” shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02(e).
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings. The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Agreement prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
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“Qualifying IPO” means the issuance by Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Reference Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Available Amount.”
“Refinanced Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(h).
“Refinancing Incremental Term Loans” means any Incremental Term Loans that are designated by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in a certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent as Refinancing Incremental Term Loans.
“Refinancing Notes” means Permitted Additional Debt that is designated by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in a certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent as Refinancing Notes.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).
“Rejection Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Related Business” means a healthcare business affiliated or associated with a Hospital or any business related or ancillary to the provision of healthcare services or information or the investment in, or the management, leasing or operation of, a Hospital.
“Related Indemnitee” of an Indemnitee means (i) any controlling person or controlled affiliate of such Indemnitee involved in the negotiation and preparation of the Loan Documents, performing services under the Loan Documents or extending of credit or holding of credit hereunder and (ii) the respective directors, officers, partners, member or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates involved in the negotiation and preparation of the Loan Documents, performing services under the Loan Documents or extending of credit or holding of credit hereunder.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection or leaching into the Environment, or into, from or through any building, structure or facility.
“Replacement Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(h).
“Reportable Event” means with respect to any Plan, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, except for an event for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“Repricing Transaction” means (a) any prepayment or repayment of Term B-23 Loans with the proceeds of, or any conversion of, the
Term B-23 Loans into other Loans for the
primary purpose
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of prepaying, repaying or replacing the Term
B-23 Loans and having or resulting in an All-In Yield less than the All-In Yield of the Term B-23 Loans being prepaid or repaid or (b) any amendment to the Term
B-23 Loans, the primary purpose of which is to reduce the All-In Yield of such Term B-23 Loans.
“Request for Credit Extension” means with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans, a Committed Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings and (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitments of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restatement Agreement” means the Restatement Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date by and among the Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) party thereto and the Revolving Credit Lenders (under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) with Revolving Credit Commitments (under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) on the Closing Date.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retained Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Revolving Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Revolving Credit Agreement”.”
“Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain revolving credit agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and as the same may be amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (including by reference to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, certain lenders party thereto (the “Revolving Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent or any successor thereto (the “Revolving Administrative Agent”).
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“Revolving Credit Commitment Cap” means $375,000,000.
“Revolving Lenders” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Revolving Credit Agreement”.”
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each Hedge Bank, each Cash Management Bank, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.01(c).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securitization Assets” means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.
“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a Standard Securitization Undertaking, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the
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Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such other Person (as provided below) as a Securitization Subsidiary and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and (c) to which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such other Person shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such other Person giving effect to such designation and a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Security Agreement” means, collectively, the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement executed by the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, together with each other security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Senior Notes” means the $850,000,000 8.375% Senior Notes due 2019, issued by the Borrower and IASIS Capital Corporation pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture.
“Senior Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of May 3, 2011, with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to the Senior Notes, as the same may be amended, modified, replaced or refinanced to the extent permitted by this Agreement.
“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
“Senior Subordinated Notes” means the $475,000,000 8 3⁄4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014, issued by the Borrower and IASIS Capital Corporation pursuant to the indenture dated as of June 22, 2004, with The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as trustee, relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes, as the same may be amended, modified, replaced or refinanced to the extent permitted by this Agreement.
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“Sold Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Solicited Discount Proration” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice” means an irrevocable written notice of any Loan Party of Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D) substantially in the form of Exhibit M with any modifications as are consistent with Section 2.05(a)(v).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit P with any modifications as are consistent with Section 2.05(a)(v), submitted following the Auction Agent’s receipt of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).
“Specified Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Notice” means an irrevocable written notice of the Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) substantially in the form of Exhibit O.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response” means the irrevocable written response by each Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit Q, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Proration” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(3).
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“Specified Proceeds” means the (x) $250,731,000 aggregate Net Cash Proceeds realized or received by the Borrower on September 26, 2013 with respect to the Disposition of certain assets previously identified to the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (y) $121,701,000 aggregate Net Cash Proceeds realized or received by the Borrower on September 30, 2013 with respect to the Disposition of certain assets previously identified to the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
“Specified Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, (a) each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of Total Assets at such date or (ii) whose net revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated net revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP and (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that is the subject of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) and that, when such Subsidiary’s total assets or net revenues are aggregated with the total assets or net revenues, as applicable, of each other Restricted Subsidiary that is the subject of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) would constitute a Specified Subsidiary under clause (a) above using a 10.0% threshold in replacement of the 5.0% threshold in such clause (a).
“Specified Transaction” means (i) any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation or Incremental Term Loan that by the terms of this Agreement requires or permits such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect” and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary becoming a Guarantor or being released as a Guarantor.
“Sponsor Management Agreement” means the management agreement, dated as of June 22, 2004, between certain of the management companies associated with the Sponsors or their advisors and the Borrower.
“Sponsor Termination Fees” means the one-time payment under the Sponsor Management Agreement of a termination fee to one or more of the Sponsors and their Affiliates in the event of either a Change of Control or the completion of a Qualifying IPO.
“Sponsors” means TPG Partners IV, L.P., JLL Partners Fund IV, L.P., Trimaran Fund Management, L.L.C. and their respective Affiliates and funds or partnerships managed by any of them or any of their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any of their respective portfolio companies.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary, necessary or advisable in a Securitization Financing.
“Subject Items” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(b).
“Submitted Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Submitted Discount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, charitable foundations) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of
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the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Equity” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Successor Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).
“Supplemental Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 9.13(a) and “Supplemental Administrative Agents” shall have the corresponding meaning.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation”
shall meanmeans, with respect to any Loan Party, any
obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1(a)(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Syndication Agent” means Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, as Syndication Agent under this Agreement.
“Syndication Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A)(3).
“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever called, imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax and penalties applicable thereto.
“Tax Indemnitee” as defined in Section 3.01(e).
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“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term Loans of the same Type and
Class and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, having the same Interest Period made (or converted from Existing Term Loans or, Term B-1 Loans or Term B-2 Loans, as applicable) by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Article II.
“Term Commitment” means an Additional Term B-1 Commitment, an Additional Term B-2 Commitment, an Additional Term B-3 Commitment or a commitment to make an Incremental Term Loan.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Commitment or a Term Loan at such time.
“Term B-1 Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Term B-2 Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(b).
“Term B-3 Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(c).
“Term Loan” means each Term X-0 Xxxx, Xxxx X-0 Xxxx, Xxxx X-0 Loan, Extended Term Loan, Incremental Term Loan and Replacement Term Loan, as the context requires.
“Term Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto with appropriate insertions, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term Lender resulting from the Term Loans of the applicable Class made by such Term Lender.
“Test Period” in effect at any time means the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b); provided that, prior to the first date that financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended December 31, 2010. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e., the “March 31, 2011 Test Period” refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2011), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.
“Threshold Amount” means $25,000,000.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 5.05(a).
“Total Gross Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Gross Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
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“Total Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans.
“Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the funding of the Term B-1 Loans on the Closing Date (and the conversion of the Converted Term Loans to Term B-1 Loans on the Closing Date), (b) the issuance and sale of the Senior Notes, (c) the refinancing of outstanding obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, (d) the consummation of a cash tender offer for or redemption of all outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes, (e) the Restricted Payment to Holdings to fund the repayment of the Holdings Loans, (f) other Restricted Payments to Holdings in an amount not to exceed $233,000,000, (g) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (h) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
“Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 5.05(a).
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for determining the PBGC premiums for the Plan pursuant to Section 4006 of ERISA for the applicable plan year.
“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“United States Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c)(2)(C).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01A, (ii) each Securitization Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 subsequent to the date hereof and (iv) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“USA PATRIOT Act” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended or modified from time to time.
“U.S. Lender” means any Lender that is not a Foreign Lender.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
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“Wholly Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” means the liability of Holdings or the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
SECTION 1.02. Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(c) In the computation
of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including;”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but
excluding;”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, the Total Gross Leverage Ratio and Total Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial ratio) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(d) As the context requires, references to any sections of or defined terms in the Revolving Credit Agreement shall mean and include references to the corresponding sections of, and defined terms in, any agreement amending, amending and restating, supplementing, refinancing, replacing or otherwise modifying such Revolving Credit Agreement.
SECTION 1.04. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.05. References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
SECTION 1.06. Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.07. Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day that is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE II
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
SECTION 2.01. The Loans.
(a) The Term B-1 Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,) (i) each Additional Term B-1 Lender agrees to make a term loan to the Borrower in Dollars
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Loan,” which term shall include each Converted Term Loan described in the following clause (ii)) on the Closing Date in an amount equal to such Additional Term B-1 Lender’s Additional Term B-1 Commitment and (ii) the Converted Term Loan of each Lender shall be converted into a Term B-1 Loan of such Lender as of the Closing Date in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Lender’s Converted Term Loan immediately prior to such conversion.
(b) The Term B-2 Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,) (i) each Additional Term B-2 Lender agrees to make a term loan to the Borrower in Dollars
(a “Term B-2 Loan,” which term shall include each Converted Term B-1 Loan described in the following clause (ii)) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date in an amount equal to such Additional Term B-2 Lender’s Additional Term B-2 Commitment and (ii) the Converted Term
B-1 Loan of each Lender shall be converted into a Term B-2 Loan of such Lender as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in a principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such Lender’s Converted Term B-1 Loan immediately prior to such conversion. The Term B-2 Loans shall not be deemed to be Incremental Term Loans.
(c) The Term B-3 Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) the Additional Term B-3 Lender agrees to make a term loan to the Borrower in Dollars (a “Term B-3 Loan,” which term shall include each Converted Term B-2 Loan described in the following clause (ii)) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in an amount equal to the Additional Term B-3 Lender’s Additional Term B-3 Commitment, and (ii) immediately following the prepayment of Term B-2 Loans of Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lenders contemplated by Section 2.05(b)(ix) to occur on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Converted Term B-2 Loan of each Lender shall be converted into a Term B-3 Loan of such Lender as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Lender’s Converted Term B-2 Loan immediately prior to such conversion. The Term B-3 Loans shall not be deemed to be Incremental Term Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of
LIBOR Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) a Committed Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by
delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. Each such Committed Loan Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or
continuation of LIBOR Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans and (ii) one (1) Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided that such notice shall be delivered (x) not later
than 12:00 noon one Business Day prior to the Closing Date in the case of the initial Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date and, (y) not later than 12:00 noon one Business Day prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in the case of the Credit Extensions
to be made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (z) not later than 12:00 noon one Business Day
prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in the case of the Credit Extensions to be made on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. Except on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date
and the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan
Notice shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans of a specified Class from one Type to the other, or a continuation of LIBOR Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing,
conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the Class of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, as the case may be, and the principal amount of Loans to be
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borrowed, converted or continued, and (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans are to be converted and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the Term Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans (unless the Loan being continued is a LIBOR Loan, in which case it shall be continued as a LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period of one month). Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable LIBOR Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of LIBOR Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. The Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a LIBOR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Required Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as LIBOR Loans.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for LIBOR Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of LIBOR by the Administrative Agent shall be presumed correct in the absence of manifest error.
(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than fifteen (15) Interest Periods in effect unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (b) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
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available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and the Borrower severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.02(g) shall be presumed correct in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon accruing from the date on which the Administrative Agent made the funds available to the Borrower at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, and the Borrower’s obligation to repay the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) shall cease.
SECTION 2.03. [Reserved].
SECTION 2.04. [Reserved].
SECTION 2.05. Prepayments.
(a) Optional.
(i) The
Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans of any Class in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of LIBOR Loans and (B) one (1) Business Day prior
to any date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (2) any prepayment of LIBOR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then
outstanding and (4) prior to the repayment in full of the Term B-2 Loans, no prepayment of Term Loans of any other Class shall be permitted pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(i) unless
accompanied by a proportionate repayment of Term B-2 Loans. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and
Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of
the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. Any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each
prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be paid to applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective amounts of the applicable Class of Loans held by each Lender.
(ii) [Reserved].
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(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.05(a)(i) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities and such refinancing is not consummated or is delayed.
(iv) Voluntary prepayments of Term Loans permitted hereunder shall be applied to the remaining scheduled installments of principal thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) and (b) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower and specified in the notice of prepayment (and absent such direction, in direct order of maturity).
(v) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) no proceeds from loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement are applied to any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v), the Borrower may prepay the outstanding Loans (which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be automatically and permanently canceled immediately upon acquisition by the Borrower) (or Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries may purchase such outstanding Loans and immediately cancel them) on the following basis:
(A) Any Loan Party shall have the right to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at par or a discount to par pursuant to a Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers (any such prepayment, the “Discounted Loan Prepayment”), in each case made in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v); provided that no Loan Party shall initiate any action under this Section 2.05(a)(v) in order to make a Discounted Loan Prepayment unless (I) at least ten (10) Business Days shall have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by a Loan Party on the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date; or (II) at least three (3) Business Days shall have passed since the date the Loan Party was notified that no Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Loan at the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers, the date of any Loan Party’s election not to accept any Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(B) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above, any Loan Party may from time to time offer to make a Discounted Loan Prepayment by providing notice to the Auction Agent in the form of a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such offer shall be made available, at the sole discretion of the Loan Party, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Term Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans, (II) any such offer shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount offered to be prepaid (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Amount”) with respect to each applicable Class of Term Loans subject to such offer and (ii) the specific percentage discount to par (the “Specified Discount”) of such Loans to be prepaid (it being understood that different Specified Discounts and/or Specified Discount Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different Classes of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (III) the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 and whole increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount then outstanding of the Class of Term Loans subject to such offer and (IV) each such offer shall remain outstanding through the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Specified Discount Prepayment Notice and a form of the Specified Discount Prepayment Response to be completed and returned by each such Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (the “Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date”).
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(2) Each Lender receiving such offer shall notify the Auction Agent (or its
delegate) by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date whether or not it agrees to accept a prepayment of any of its applicable then outstanding Loans at the Specified Discount
and, if so (such accepting Lender, a “Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender”), and if so, the amount and the Class of such Lender’s Term Loans to be prepaid at such offered discount; provided that, if such offer is in connection with a Conditional Extension Offer, the principal amount of such
Lender’s Term Loans of any
Class to be prepaid as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of such
Class to be prepaid shall be in the same proportion as the aggregate principal amount of such
Lender’s Term Loans of such
Class extended into Extended Term Loans pursuant to such Conditional Extension Offer as a percentage of all Term Loans of such Class extended into Extended Term Loans pursuant to such Conditional Extension Offer. Each acceptance of a Discounted Loan Prepayment by a
Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender shall be irrevocable. Any Lender whose Specified Discount Prepayment Response is not received by the Auction Agent by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept the
applicable Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment.
(3) If there is at least one Discount Prepayment
Accepting Lender and, in the case of a Conditional Extension Offer, all conditions to such Conditional Extension Offer have been
satisfied, the relevant Loan Party will make a prepayment of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (B) to each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender in accordance with the
respective outstanding amount and Classes of Term Loans specified in such Lender’s Specified Discount Prepayment Response given pursuant to subsection (2) above; provided that, if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of any
Class accepted for prepayment by all Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders exceeds the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount for such Class, such prepayment shall be made pro rata among the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders in accordance
with the respective principal amounts of Term Loans of the applicable Class accepted to be prepaid by each such Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender and the Auction Agent (or,
if such offer is in connection with a Conditional Extension Offer, the principal amount of such
Lender’s Term Loans of any
Class to be prepaid as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of such
Class to be prepaid shall be in the same proportion as the aggregate principal amount of such
Lender’s Term Loans of such
Class extended into Extended Term Loans pursuant to such Conditional Extension Offer as a percentage of all Term Loans of such Class extended into Extended Term Loans pursuant to such Conditional Extension Offer) (in consultation with such Loan Party and subject to
rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Specified Discount Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three (3) Business Days
following the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Loan Party of the respective Lenders’ responses to such offer, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted
Loan Prepayment and the Class(es) to be prepaid, (II) each Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date,
and the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of Loans to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date and (III) each Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender of the Specified Discount Proration, if any, and confirmation of the principal
amount, Class and Type of Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such date. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Loan Party and such Lenders shall be conclusive
and binding for all purposes absent manifest error and the Administrative Agent may conclusively rely on any such determination and shall have no liability in connection therewith. The payment
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amount specified in such notice to the Loan Party shall be due and payable by such Loan Party on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to subsection (J) below), subject, in the case of a Discounted Loan Prepayment in connection with a Conditional Extension Offer, solely to the satisfaction of conditions to such Conditional Extension Offer.
(4) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) a Conditional Extension Offer shall be deemed to be a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, and upon the execution thereof by the applicable Lenders, a Specified Discount Prepayment Response and (y) all notice and response requirements set forth in this Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) shall be deemed satisfied by the execution of a Conditional Extension Offer.
(C) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above, any Loan Party may from time to time solicit Discount Range Prepayment Offers by providing notice to the Auction Agent in the form of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Loan Party, to (x) each Lender and/or (y) each Lender with respect to any Class of Term Loans on an individual Class basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term Loans (the “Discount Range Prepayment Amount”), the Class or Classes of Term Loans subject to such offer and the maximum and minimum percentage discounts to par (the “Discount Range”) of the principal amount of such Term Loans with respect to each relevant Class of Term Loans willing to be prepaid by such Loan Party (it being understood that different Discount Ranges and/or Discount Range Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different Classes of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (III) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 and whole increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such solicitation by the Borrower shall remain outstanding through the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Discount Range Prepayment Notice and a form of the Discount Range Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (the “Discount Range Prepayment Response Date”). Each Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer shall be irrevocable and shall specify a discount to par within the Discount Range (the “Submitted Discount”) at which such Lender is willing to allow prepayment of any or all of its then outstanding Term Loans of the applicable Class or Classes and the maximum aggregate principal amount and Classes of such Lender’s Term Loans (the “Submitted Amount”) such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Submitted Discount. Any Lender whose Discount Range Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Loan Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Discount Range.
(2) The Auction Agent shall review all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received on or before the applicable Discount Range
Prepayment Response Date and shall determine (in consultation with such Loan Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the Applicable Discount and Term Loans to be prepaid at such
Applicable Discount in accordance with this subsection (C). The relevant Loan Party will be deemed to have accepted all Discount Range Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, in the order from the Submitted Discount that is the largest discount to par to the Submitted Discount that is the smallest
discount to par, up to and
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including the Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range (such Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range being referred to as the “Applicable Discount”) which yields a Discounted Loan Prepayment in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lower of (I) the Discount Range Prepayment Amount and (II) the sum of all Submitted Amounts. Each Lender that has submitted a Discount Range Prepayment Offer to accept prepayment at a discount to par that is larger than or equal to the Applicable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Submitted Amount (subject to any required proration pursuant to the following subsection (3)) at the Applicable Discount (each such Lender, a “Participating Lender”).
(3) If there is at least one Participating Lender, the relevant Loan Party will prepay the respective outstanding Term Loans of each Participating Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the Classes specified in such Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment Offer at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the Submitted Amount by all Participating Lenders offered at a discount to par equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount exceeds the Discount Range Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the relevant Term Loans for those Participating Lenders whose Submitted Discount is a discount to par equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (the “Identified Participating Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Participating Lenders in accordance with the Submitted Amount of each such Identified Participating Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with such Loan Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Discount Range Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within three (3) Business Days following the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Loan Party of the respective Lenders’ responses to such solicitation, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount of the Discounted Loan Prepayment and the Classes of Term Loans to be prepaid, (II) each Lender who made a Discount Range Prepayment Offer of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate principal amount and Classes of Term Loans to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) each Participating Lender of the aggregate principal amount and Classes of Term Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, and (IV) if applicable, each Identified Participating Lender of the Discount Range Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the relevant Loan Party and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to the Loan Party shall be due and payable by such Loan Party on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to subsection (J) below).
(D) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above, any Loan Party may from time to time solicit Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers by providing notice to the Auction Agent in the form of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Loan Party, to (x) each Lender and/or (y) each Lender with respect to any Class of Loans on an individual Class basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the maximum aggregate amount of the Term Loans (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount”) and the Class or Classes of Term Loans the Borrower is willing to prepay at a discount (it being understood that different Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different Classes of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section), (III) the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 and whole increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (IV) each such solicitation by the Borrower shall remain outstanding through the Solicited Discounted
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Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice and a form of the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., New York time on the third Business Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (the “Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date”). Each Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer shall (x) be irrevocable, (y) remain outstanding until the Acceptance Date, and (z) specify both a discount to par (the “Offered Discount”) at which such Lender is willing to allow prepayment of its then outstanding Term Loans of the applicable Class and the maximum aggregate principal amount and Class of such Term Loans (the “Offered Amount”) such Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Offered Discount. Any Lender whose Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have declined prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount.
(2) The Auction Agent shall promptly provide the relevant Loan Party with a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received on or before the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date. Such Loan Party shall review all such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers and select the smallest of the Offered Discounts specified by the relevant responding Lenders in the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers that is acceptable to such Loan Party (the “Acceptable Discount”), if any. If the Loan Party elects to accept any Offered Discount as the Acceptable Discount, then as soon as practicable after the determination of the Acceptable Discount, but in no event later than the third Business Day after the date of receipt by such Loan Party from the Auction Agent of a copy of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection (2) (the “Acceptance Date”), the Loan Party shall submit an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice to the Auction Agent setting forth the Acceptable Discount. If the Auction Agent shall fail to receive an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice from the Loan Party by the Acceptance Date, such Loan Party shall be deemed to have rejected all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(3) Based upon the Acceptable Discount and the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice (the “Discounted Prepayment Determination Date”), the Auction Agent will determine (in consultation with such Loan Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of Term Loans (the “Acceptable Prepayment Amount”) to be prepaid by the relevant Loan Party at the Acceptable Discount in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D). If the Loan Party elects to accept any Acceptable Discount, then the Loan Party agrees to accept all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, in the order from largest Offered Discount to smallest Offered Discount, up to and including the Acceptable Discount. Each Lender that has submitted a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer with an Offered Discount that is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Loans equal to its Offered Amount (subject to any required pro rata reduction pursuant to the following sentence) at the Acceptable Discount (each such Lender, a “Qualifying Lender”). The Loan Party will prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this subsection (D) to each Qualifying Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the Classes specified in such Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer at the Acceptable Discount; provided that if the aggregate Offered Amount by all Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount exceeds the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the Loans for
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those Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount (the “Identified Qualifying Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified Qualifying Lenders in accordance with the Offered Amount of each such Identified Qualifying Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with such Loan Party and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Solicited Discount Proration”). On or prior to the Discounted Prepayment Determination Date, the Auction Agent shall promptly notify (I) the relevant Loan Party of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and Acceptable Prepayment Amount comprising the Discounted Loan Prepayment and the Classes to be prepaid, (II) each Lender who made a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Acceptable Discount, and the Acceptable Prepayment Amount of all Loans and the Classes to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, (III) each Qualifying Lender of the aggregate principal amount and the Classes of such Lender to be prepaid at the Acceptable Discount on such date, and (IV) if applicable, each Identified Qualifying Lender of the Solicited Discount Proration. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to such Loan Party and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such notice to such Loan Party shall be due and payable by such Loan Party on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to subsection (J) below).
(E) In connection with any Discounted Loan Prepayment, the Loan Parties and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may require as a condition to any Discounted Loan Prepayment, the payment of reasonable and customary fees and expenses from a Loan Party in connection therewith.
(F) If any Term Loan is prepaid in accordance with paragraphs (B) through (D) above, a Loan
Party shall prepay such Term Loans on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The relevant Loan Party shall make such prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or
Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date and all such prepayments shall be applied to the
remaining principal installments of the relevant Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis across such installments. The Loans so prepaid shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid up to, but
not including, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. Each prepayment of the outstanding Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) shall be paid to the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or Qualifying Lenders, as
applicable, and shall be applied to the relevant Loans of such Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share. The aggregate principal amount of the Classes and installments of the relevant Loans outstanding shall be deemed reduced in by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the Classes of Term Loans prepaid on the Discounted Prepayment
Effective Date in any Discounted Loan Prepayment. In connection with each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v), the relevant Loan Party shall make a representation to the Lenders that it does not possess material non-public information with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries or the securities of any of them that has not been disclosed to the Lenders generally (other than Lenders who elect not to receive such
information). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in the case of a Conditional Extension Offer, the Discounted Loan Prepayment shall be applied to the Term
Loans, and in the manner, specified in such Conditional Extension Offer.
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(G) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Loan Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent with the provisions in this Section 2.05(a)(v), established by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by the Borrower.
(H) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 2.05(a)(v), each notice or other communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon Auction Agent’s (or its delegate’s) actual receipt during normal business hours of such notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as of the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(I) Each of the Loan Parties and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this Section 2.05(a)(v) by itself or through any Affiliate of the Auction Agent and expressly consents to any such delegation of duties by the Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in connection with any Discounted Loan Prepayment provided for in this Section 2.05(a)(v) as well as activities of the Auction Agent.
(J) Each Loan Party shall have the right, by written notice to the Auction Agent, to revoke in full (but not in part) its offer to make a Discounted Loan Prepayment and rescind the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice therefor at its discretion at any time on or prior to the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date, Discount Range Prepayment Response Date or Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, as applicable (and if such offer is revoked pursuant to the preceding clauses, any failure by such Loan Party to make any prepayment to a Lender, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 8.01 or otherwise).
(b) Mandatory.
(i)
Within five (5) Business Days after the applicable Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, subject to clause (b)(vi) of this Section 2.05, an aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans equal to (A) 5075% (such
percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the “ECF Percentage”) of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements (commencing with the fiscal year ended September 30, 20122017) minus (B) the sum of (i) all
voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such fiscal year pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i) and (ii) all voluntary prepayments of loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement, or the Revolving Credit Facility under and as defined in this Agreement
immediately prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, during such fiscal year to the extent the commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement, or such Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable, are permanently reduced by the amount of such
payments, in the case of each of the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent such prepayments are not funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness; provided that (x) the ECF Percentage shall be 50% if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the end of the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 3.25 to 1.00 and greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00, (y) the ECF
Percentage shall be 25% if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the end of the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 2.25 to 1.00 and greater than or equal to 1.75 to
1.00 and (yz) the ECF Percentage shall be
0% if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the end of the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 1.75 to 1.00.
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(ii) (A) If (1)(x) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d) (to the extent constituting a Disposition to a Loan Party), (e), (g), (h), (k), (l) or (o)) or (y) any Casualty Event occurs, which results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds and (2) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the end of the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event is greater than 2.00 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), the Borrower shall offer to prepay on or prior to the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, subject to clause (b)(vi) of this Section 2.05, an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the “Disposition Prepayment Percentage”) of all Net Cash Proceeds realized or received (or, at the option of the Borrower, use such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement, cash collateralize outstanding letter of credit obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement and permanently reduce outstanding commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement); provided that (x) the Disposition Prepayment Percentage shall be 75% if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the end of the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event was less or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 and greater than 1.50 to 1.00 and (y) the Disposition Prepayment Percentage shall be 0% if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the end of the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event was less than 1.50 to 1.00; and provided, further that:
(1) no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such portion of such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrower shall have, on or prior to such date, given written notice to the Administrative Agent of its intent to reinvest in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B) (which notice may be provided only if no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is then continuing);
(2) with respect to Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition in the form of an exchange of like property pursuant to Section 7.05(n), no prepayment shall be required so long as (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing and (B) the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds not applied pursuant to this clause (2) does not exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate (and thereafter only Net Cash Proceeds in excess of such amount shall be required to be so applied); and
(3) with respect to Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition other than pursuant to Section 7.05(n), no prepayment shall be required so long as (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing and (B) the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds not applied pursuant to this clause (3) does not exceed (x) with respect to Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with the sale or issuance of Equity Interests in Restricted Subsidiaries to Hospital Investment Program Participants (“Syndication Proceeds”) pursuant to Section 7.05(r), $40,000,000 per fiscal year (and thereafter only Net Cash Proceeds in excess of such amount shall be required to be so applied) and (y) with respect to all other Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with Dispositions (including Syndication Proceeds in excess of $40,000,000 per fiscal year), $75,000,000 per fiscal year (and thereafter only Net Cash Proceeds in excess of such amount shall be required to be so applied).
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(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Disposition (other than any Disposition specifically excluded from the application of Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A)) or any Casualty Event, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for its business within (x) twenty-four (24) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds if such reinvestment relates a Greenfield Construction Project, (y) twelve (12) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds for any other purpose; provided that, in respect of the Specified Proceeds, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for its business within twenty-four (24) months following receipt of such Specified Proceeds or (z) thirty-six (36) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within the time periods set forth in sub-clauses (x) or (y) above; provided that if any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds has not been so reinvested within the time periods set forth in sub-clauses (x), (y) or (z) above, subject to clause (b)(vi) of this Section 2.05, an amount equal to any such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied within five (5) Business Days after the last day of such period to the prepayment of the Term Loans (or, at the option of the Borrower, use such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement, cash collateralize outstanding letter of credit obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement and permanently reduce outstanding commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement) as set forth in this Section 2.05.
(iii) If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs any Refinancing Incremental Term Loans or Refinancing Notes, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(iv) [Reserved].
(v) (X) Each
prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied
(A) to the Term Loans of each Class on a pro rata basis based on the respective amounts of Term Loans of each Class
(except to the extent that any Class of Term Loans established pursuant to any Additional Credit Extension Amendment is entitled to receive a lesser share of any such prepayment pursuant to the terms of any Additional Credit Extension
Amendment) and to the remaining scheduled installments of principal thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) or, (b) or (c),
as applicable, in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower and specified to the Administrative Agent; and (Y) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Term Lenders of each Class on a pro rata basis in accordance with their
respective holdings of Term Loans of such Class subject to clause (vi) of this Section 2.05(b).
(vi) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.05(b) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of the contents of the Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Lender’s share of the prepayment (as determined pursuant to clause (v) above). Each Lender may reject all or a portion of its share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory repayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative
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Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be offered to the Lenders with the Class(es) of Term Loans not so declining such prepayment on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective principal amounts of such Term Loans (with such non-declining Lenders having the right to decline any prepayment with Declined Proceeds at the time and in the manner specified by the Administrative Agent). To the extent such non-declining Lenders elect to decline their pro rata share of such Declined Proceeds, any Declined Proceeds remaining thereafter shall be retained by the Borrower (“Retained Declined Proceeds”).
(vii) The Borrower shall prepay all existing Loans that are not Converted Term Loans on the Closing Date together with all accrued interest and fees owing under the Existing Credit Agreement (including in respect of Converted Term Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, no amount shall be payable under Section 3.05 in respect of the principal amount of any Converted Term Loans as a result of their conversion into Term B-1 Loans.
(viii) The Borrower shall prepay all Term B-1 Loans that are not Converted Term B-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date together with all accrued interest and fees owing with respect thereto (including in respect of Converted Term B-1 Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, no amount shall be payable under Section 3.05 in respect of the principal amount of any Converted Term B-1 Loans as a result of their conversion into Term B-2 Loans.
(ix) The Borrower shall prepay the Amendment No. 4 Prepayment Amount of the principal amount of each Term B-2 Loan of each Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lender on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (prior to the conversion of Converted Term B-2 Loans to Term B-3 Loans to occur on such date). For the avoidance of doubt, no amount shall be payable under Section 3.05 in respect of the principal amount of any Term B-2 Loans held by Amendment No. 4 Consenting Lenders as a result of their prepayment or conversion into Term B-3 Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. On the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, promptly following the conversion of Converted Term B-2 Loans to Term B-3 Loans to occur on such date, the Borrower shall prepay all then remaining Term B-2 Loans.
(c) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a LIBOR Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such LIBOR Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of LIBOR Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05 prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05 in respect of any such LIBOR Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder into a Cash Collateral Account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Section 2.05.
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SECTION 2.06. Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class, in each case without premium or penalty; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent one (1) Business Day prior to the date of termination or reduction and (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $500,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may rescind or postpone any notice of termination of the Commitments if such termination would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities and such refinancing is not consummated or is delayed.
(b) Mandatory. The Additional Term B-1 Commitment of each Term Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the earlier of (i) the making of such Term Lender’s Term B-1 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and (ii) 5:00 p.m. on the Closing Date. The Additional Term B-2 Commitment of each Term Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the earlier of (i) the making of such Term Lender’s Term B-2 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b) and (ii) 5:00 p.m. on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. The Additional Term B-3 Commitment of each Term Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the earlier of (i) the making of such Term Lender’s Term B-3 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(c) and (ii) 5:00 p.m. on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans.
(a) Term B-23 Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Lenders with Term B-23 Loans (i) on the last Business Day of each March,
June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of March 2013June
2017, an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B-23 Loans outstanding on the Amendment No. 14 Effective Date (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments as directed by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.05), and (ii) on the Maturity Date for the Term B-23 Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term
B-23 Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Other Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Class of Term Loans (other than Term B-23 Loans) on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the
Additional Credit Extension Amendment with respect to such Term Loans.
SECTION 2.08. Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on past due amounts hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
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(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein; provided that accrued and unpaid interest on each Term B-1 Loan (including any Converted Term B-1 Loan) shall be due and payable on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date; provided, further that accrued and unpaid interest on each Term B-2 Loan (including any Converted Term B-2 Loan) shall be due and payable on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
SECTION 2.09. Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent).
SECTION 2.10. Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days or three hundred and sixty-six (366) days, as applicable, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be presumed correct for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11. Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.11(a), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Section 2.11(a), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error;
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provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 2.12. Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. New York City time shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of LIBOR Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then:
(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per
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annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be presumed correct, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation.
(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 8.03. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time.
SECTION 2.13. Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered,
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without further interest thereon. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
SECTION 2.14. Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request one or more additional Classes of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”); provided that both at the time of any such request and upon the effectiveness of any Additional Credit Extension Amendment referred to below (an “Incremental Effective Date”), no Default or Event of Default shall exist and at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan is made (and after giving effect thereto) no Default or Event of Default shall exist. Each Class of Incremental Term Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $50,000,000 (provided that such amount may be less than $50,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the next sentence). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except in the case of Refinancing Incremental Term Loans, on a Pro Forma Basis and after giving effect to the borrowing of all such Incremental Term Loans , the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (excluding from the calculation thereof for this purpose the cash proceeds of the aggregate amount of Incremental Term Loans that are the subject of such Additional Credit Extension Amendment and other Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(aa) incurred on such Incremental Effective Date) for the most recently ended Test Period shall be less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.0. The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the then existing Term Loans (including with respect to all provisions of Section 8.03), (b) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to any then outstanding Term Loans, (c) shall not have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Class of Term Loans with the longest Weighted Average Life to Maturity and (d) shall be treated substantially the same as the other then outstanding Term Loans (in each case, including with respect to mandatory and voluntary prepayments), provided that (i) the terms and conditions applicable to Incremental Term Loans may be materially different from those of the Term Loans, provided, that prior to the latest Maturity Date in effect immediately prior to the Incremental Effective Date, (x) no Additional Credit Extension Amendment may provide for a financial covenant applicable only to, or materially more restrictive than a financial covenant applicable to, the Incremental Term Loans incurred pursuant to such Additional Credit Extension Amendment and (y) the Incremental Term Loans, (I) in the case of any voluntary prepayments with respect to other Classes of Term Loans hereunder, may participate on a pro rata basis or less than or greater than pro rata basis with other Classes of Term Loans hereunder, provided, further, that voluntary prepayments may be applied on a greater than pro rata basis to any Incremental Term Loans only to the extent applied to any Class or Classes of Term Loans with an earlier Maturity Date as compared with the remaining Classes of Term Loans then outstanding (it being understood the following clause (II) shall apply to any refinancing of such Class or Classes); and (II) in the case of any mandatory prepayments with respect to other Classes of Term Loans hereunder, may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis, but not on a greater than pro rata basis except for prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii); and (ii) the interest
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rates and amortization schedule applicable to the Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereof, subject to the limitation set forth in clause (c) above,
provided further, that in the event that the All-In Yield of any Incremental Term Loans, other than Refinancing Incremental Term Loans, is more than 50 basis points greater than the All-In Yield of the Term B-23 Loans, then the Applicable Rates for the Term B-3
Loans, as applicable, shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the All-In
Yield for such Incremental Term Loans is no more than 50 basis points greater than the All-In Yield for the Term B-23 Loans, as
applicable. Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans. Incremental Term Loans may be
made by any existing Lender or by any other bank or other financial institution approved by the Borrower (any such other bank or other financial institution being called an “Additional Lender”). Commitments in respect of Incremental
Term Loans shall become Commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the
Administrative Agent. The Additional Credit Extension Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent (solely as such amendments relate to the Administrative Agent and, in any event, not subject to the approval of any Lender, including through the operation of Section 9.01(b) (other than in such Lender’s capacity as the
Administrative Agent, if applicable)), and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section. The effectiveness of (and, in the case of any Additional Credit Extension Amendment for an Incremental Term Loan, the borrowing under) any Additional
Credit Extension Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (it being understood that all references to
“the date of such Credit Extension” or similar language in such Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the effective date of such Additional Credit Extension Amendment and borrowing of the applicable Incremental Term Loan) and such
other conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans unless it so
agrees.
(b) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.15. Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender
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has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(b) [Reserved].
SECTION 2.16. Extensions of Term Loans.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “Extension Offer”) made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders of Term Loans of any Class on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Term Loans of such Class) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Borrower may from time to time with the consent of any Lender that shall have accepted such offer extend the maturity date of any Term Loans and otherwise modify the terms of such Term Loans of such Lender pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including, without limitation, by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Term Loans and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Term Loans) (each, an “Extension”; any Extended Term Loans shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Class of Term Loans from which they were converted), so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) no Default shall exist at the time the notice in respect of an Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders, and no Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to the effectiveness of any Extended Term Loans, (ii) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iii), (iv) and (v), be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Term Loans of any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) extended pursuant to any Extension (“Extended Term Loans”) shall have the same terms as the Class of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer (except for (x) covenants or other provisions contained therein applicable only to periods after the then latest Maturity Date of any Term Loans hereunder and (y) additional covenants or other provisions that are for the benefit of all then outstanding Term Loans), (iii) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the final maturity date of the Class of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer and the amortization schedule applicable to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.07 for periods prior to such final maturity date of the Class of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer may not be increased, (iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans extended thereby, (v) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or on a
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less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments hereunder, as specified in the applicable Extension Offer, (vi) if the aggregate
principal amount of Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) in respect of which Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans offered to be extended by the
Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Term Loans of such Lenders shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such
Lenders have accepted such Extension Offer (it being understood that the terms of any Extension Offer may require a Lender to submit all of its Term Loans of the relevant Class in the Extension Offer to participate in such Extension), (vii) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with
the foregoing, (viii) any applicable minimum extension condition required by the Borrower shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower and, (ix) the interest rate margin applicable to any Extended Term Loans will be determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such
Extended Term Loans and (x) any other applicable condition required by the Borrower shall be satisfied
in connection with such Extension Offer, including in connection with a Conditional Extension Offer.
(b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16(a), (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 2.05 and (ii) there shall be not more three classes of Extended Term Loans outstanding at any time.
(c) This Section 2.16 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.17. Loan Repricing Protection. In the event that, on or prior to the date that is one yeartwelve months after the Amendment No. 14 Effective Date, the Borrower (a) makes any
prepayment of Term B-23 Loans in connection
with any Repricing Transaction or (b) effects any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each applicable Lender, (i) in the case of
clause (a), a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of the Term B-23 Loans being prepaid and (ii) in the case of clause (b), a payment equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the Term B-23 Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment.
ARTICLE III
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality
SECTION 3.01. Taxes.
(a) Except as required by applicable Law, any and all payments by any Loan Party to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes.
(b) If any Loan Party or any other applicable withholding agent is required by applicable Law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Non-Excluded Tax or Other Taxes from any sum paid or payable by any Loan Party to any Lender or Agent under any of the Loan Documents: (i) the applicable Loan Party shall notify the Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as such Loan Party becomes aware of it; (ii) the applicable Loan Party or withholding agent shall make such deduction or withholding and pay to the relevant Governmental Authority any such Non-Excluded Tax or Other Tax before the date on which
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penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Loan Party) for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on the Lender or Agent) on behalf of and in the name of the Lender or Agent (as applicable); (iii) the sum payable to such Lender or Agent (as applicable) shall be increased by such Loan Party to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of any required deduction or withholding (including any deductions or withholdings attributable to any payments required to be made under this Section 3.01), the Lender or the Agent (as applicable), receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required or made; and (iv) within thirty days after paying any sum from which it is required by Law to make any deduction or withholding, and within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, the Borrower making such payments shall deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction or withholding and of the remittance thereof to the relevant Governmental Authority.
(c) Status of Lender. Each Lender shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with any documentation prescribed by Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent certifying as to any entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from, or reduction in, withholding Tax with respect to any payments to be made to such Lender under any Loan Document. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation (including any specific documentation required below in this Section 3.01(c)) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and Administrative Agent of its inability to do so.
Without limiting the foregoing:
(1) Each U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement two properly completed and duly signed original copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding.
(2) Each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor forms) claiming eligibility for the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, and such other documentation as required under the Code,
(B) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms),
(C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code, (A) two properly completed and duly signed certificates substantially in the form of Exhibits J-1 through J-4 (any such certificate, a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (B) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor forms),
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(D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Foreign Lender, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY or any other required information (or any successor forms) from each beneficial owner that would be required under this Section 3.01(c) if such beneficial owner were a Lender, as applicable (provided that, if one or more beneficial owners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Foreign Lender on behalf of such beneficial owner), or
(E) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of any other form prescribed by applicable U.S. federal income tax laws (including the Treasury Regulations) as a basis for claiming a complete exemption from, or a reduction in, United States federal withholding tax on any payments to such Lender under the Loan Documents.
(3) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of those Sections (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under such Sections and, if necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. For purposes of FATCA, from and after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) this Agreement and all loans made hereunder (including any Loans currently outstanding) as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i) (notwithstanding whether or not the grandfathering rules under such Treasury Regulations Section apply with respect to a particular Loan or Loans).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause (c), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(d) In addition to the payments by a Loan Party required by Section 3.01(b), the applicable Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(e) The Loan Parties shall, jointly and severally, indemnify a Lender or Agent (each a “Tax Indemnitee”), within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Non-Excluded Taxes paid or payable by such Tax Indemnitee on or attributable to any payment under or with respect to any Loan Document, and any Other Taxes payable by such Tax Indemnitee (including Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01), whether or
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not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared in good faith and delivered by the Tax Indemnitee or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of another Tax Indemnitee, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) If and to the extent that a Tax Indemnitee, in its sole discretion (exercised in good faith), determines that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes in respect of which it has received additional payments under this Section 3.01, then such Tax Indemnitee shall pay to the relevant Loan Party the amount of such refund, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Tax Indemnitee (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund), and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Tax Indemnitee, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Tax Indemnitee (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Tax Indemnitee if the Tax Indemnitee is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require a Tax Indemnitee to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.
SECTION 3.02. Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund any LIBOR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the applicable LIBOR, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue any affected LIBOR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to such LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans and shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all then outstanding affected LIBOR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due, if any, in connection with such prepayment or conversion under Section 3.05. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
SECTION 3.03. Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that by reason of any changes affecting the London interbank eurodollar market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining LIBOR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Loan, or that LIBOR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, or that deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and the Interest Period of such LIBOR Loan, in each case due to circumstances arising on or after the date hereof, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain any affected LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
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SECTION 3.04. Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on LIBOR Loans.
(a) If any Lender reasonably determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, in each case after the date hereof (provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for all purposes of this Section 3.04 (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued) (a “Change in Law”), there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining LIBOR Loans, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing, including subjecting any Lender to any Tax with respect to this Agreement or any LIBOR Loan made by it, or changing the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01, or any Excluded Taxes and (ii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)) that does not represent the cost to such Lender of complying with the requirements applicable Law in relation to its making, funding or maintaining of LIBOR Loans, then from time to time within fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction. At any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in this Section 3.04(a), the Borrower may either (i) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel such Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower receives any such demand from such Lender or (ii) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert a LIBOR Loan into a Base Rate Loan, if applicable.
(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity requirements), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction after receipt of such demand.
(c) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 3.04, then such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another Lending Office for any Loan affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.04(c) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or (b).
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SECTION 3.05. Funding Losses. Upon written demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, which demand shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense reasonably incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any LIBOR Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
including any loss or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits and without giving effect to the minimum rate set forth in the definition of LIBOR) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such LIBOR Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
SECTION 3.06. Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.
(a) Any Agent or Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to the Borrower setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be presumed correct in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(b) With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation under Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another LIBOR Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans into LIBOR Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another any LIBOR Loan, or to convert Base Rate Loans into LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:
(i) to the extent that such Lender’s LIBOR Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and
(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as LIBOR Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into LIBOR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
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(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of such Lender’s LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when LIBOR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding LIBOR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding LIBOR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 3.07. Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.
(a) If at any time (i) any Lender requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make LIBOR Loans as a result of any condition described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.04, (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (iii) any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, on ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 10.07(b) (with the assignment fee to be paid, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) only, by the Borrower) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (or, with respect to clause (iii) above, all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Class of Loans or Commitments that is the subject of the related consent, waiver or amendment) to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person; and provided further that in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Eligible Assignees shall have agreed to the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents. No such replacement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender. In connection with any removal of a Non-Consenting Lender in connection with a Repricing Transaction, the Borrower will also pay such Lender the fee required pursuant to Section 2.17, if applicable.
(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to Section 3.07(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans, and (ii) deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or Administrative Agent. Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans, (B) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption and (C) upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the assignee Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
(c) [Reserved].
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(d) In the event that (i) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested that the Lenders consent to a departure, amendment or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or agree to any amendment thereto, (ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 or all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class of Loans and (iii) the Required Lenders have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender.”
SECTION 3.08. Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
SECTION 4.01. Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Original Administrative Agent (including pursuant to Section 6.13):
(a) The Original Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Original Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of the Restatement Agreement appropriately completed and executed by Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement constituting the Required Lenders, subject to the provisions of Section 10.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement and each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) on the Closing Date;
(ii) executed counterparts of the Additional Term B-1 Joinder Agreement;
(iii) executed counterparts of the Guaranty;
(iv) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days in advance of the Closing Date;
(v) executed counterparts of the Security Agreement together with:
(A) certificates, if any, representing the Subsidiary Equity pledged thereunder accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt indorsed in blank; and
(B) evidence that all other actions, recordings and filings that the Original Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Original Administrative Agent;
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(b) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Original Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date;
(c) an opinion from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1, an opinion from Xxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC, special counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2, and an opinion from Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger LLP, Delaware UCC counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H-3;
(d) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(e) copies of a recent Lien and judgment search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Original Administrative Agent with respect to the Loan Parties;
(f) Allall fees and expenses required to be paid hereunder and invoiced on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash;
(g) Priorprior to or substantially simultaneously with the initial Credit Extensions, the Borrower shall have received the gross proceeds from the
issuance of the Senior Notes;
(h)
Thethe Original Administrative Agent shall have
received reasonably satisfactory evidence that, substantially concurrently with the initial extensions of credit under this Agreement, either (x) the covenants set forth in the indenture governing the Senior Subordinated Notes have been amended
to permit the Transaction or (y) the indenture governing the Senior Subordinated Notes shall be satisfied and discharged;
(i) Thethe Arrangers shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date all documentation and other information reasonably requested in writing by
them at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to allow the Arrangers and the Lenders to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act;
(j) Thethe Original Administrative Agent shall have received a completed
“Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about
special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto, as may be required) and, with respect to any Mortgaged Property on which any “building” (as defined in the
Flood Insurance Laws, defined in the Agreement) is located in a special flood hazard area, evidence of flood insurance as and to the extent required under the Agreement;
(k) Thethe Original Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by
Section 6.07(c), each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York” lender’s loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable) and shall name the Original Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the Original Administrative Agent.
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Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Original Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto
SECTION 4.02. Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of LIBOR Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further that, any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of LIBOR Loans) submitted by a Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each of its Material Subsidiaries (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all corporate or other organizational power and authority to (i) own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d) is in compliance with all applicable Laws, orders, writs, injunctions and orders and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case referred to in clause (c), (d) or (e), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.02. Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party are within such Person’s corporate or other powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action. Neither the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party nor the consummation of the Transaction will (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (b) result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien upon any of the property or assets of such Person or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than as permitted by Section 7.01) under (i) any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any applicable material Law; except with respect to any breach, contravention or violation (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clauses (b) and (c), to the extent that such breach, contravention or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.03. Governmental Authorization. No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required on the part of any Loan Party in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the consummation of the Transaction, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, except for (i) filings necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings that have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.04. Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity and principles of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 5.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and subject, in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements, if any, to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments and subject to the absence of footnotes.
(b) Except as set forth in the Borrower’s reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the SEC prior to the Closing Date, since September 30, 2010, there has been no event, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) The forecasts of consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and cash flow statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal year ending after the Closing Date through September 30, 2016, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time made, it being understood that projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and actual results may vary materially from such forecasts.
SECTION 5.06. Litigation. Except as set forth in the Borrower’s reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the SEC on or prior to the Closing Date, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, overtly threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that either individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good record and indefeasible title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all real property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and except where the failure to have such title or other interest would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All Material Real Property owned or ground leased by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date is listed on Schedule 5.07.
SECTION 5.08. Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.08, or except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries, and their respective operations and properties, is in compliance with all Environmental Laws (including having obtained all Environmental Permits); (ii) none of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries has become subject to any pending, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened Environmental Claim or any other Environmental Liability; (iii) none of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries has agreed to assume or accept responsibility, by contract or otherwise, for any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws; and (iv) there are no facts, circumstances or conditions relating to the past or present business or operations of any Loan Party, any of their Subsidiaries, or any of their respective predecessors (including the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials), or to any past or present property of any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries, that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Claim against a Loan Party or any other Environmental Liability.
SECTION 5.09. Taxes. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all Tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all Taxes (including satisfying its withholding tax obligations) levied or imposed on their properties, income or assets (whether or not shown in a Tax return), except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.
There is no proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries except (i) those being actively contested by a Loan Party or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted that stay the enforcement of the Tax in question and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (ii) those that would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.10. ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan (and each related trust, insurance contract or fund) is in compliance with its terms, the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.
(b) No ERISA Event has occurred and is continuing within the immediately preceding six (6) years that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.11. Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, neither Holdings nor any other Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.11 and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and all Equity Interests owned by Holdings or any other Loan Party are owned free and clear of all security interests of any person except (i) those created under the Collateral Documents and (ii) any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under Section 7.01. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.11 (a) sets forth the name and jurisdiction of each Subsidiary, (b) sets forth the ownership interest of Holdings, the Borrower and any other Subsidiary in each Subsidiary, including the percentage of such ownership and (c) identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which are required to be pledged on the Closing Date pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
SECTION 5.12. Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) The Borrower is not engaged nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings will be used for any purpose that violates Regulation U.
(b) The Borrower is not an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 5.13. Disclosure. None of the factual information and data heretofore or contemporaneously furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make such factual information and data (taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which it was delivered, not materially misleading; it being understood that for purposes of this Section 5.13, such factual information and data shall not include projections and pro forma financial information or information of a general economic or general industry nature.
SECTION 5.14. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or a valid license or right to use, all patents, patent rights, trademarks, servicemarks, trade names, copyrights, technology, software, know-how database rights, rights of privacy and publicity, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed
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to be conducted, except where the failure to have any such rights, either individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of the respective businesses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not infringe upon, misuse, misappropriate or violate any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, misuses, misappropriations or violations individually or in the aggregate, that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or Subsidiary, that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.15. Labor Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.15 or as, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Laws dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from any of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant party.
SECTION 5.16. Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 5.17. EEA Financial Institution. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor is an EEA Financial Institution.
ARTICLE VI
Affirmative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder that is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03) cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01. Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification (other than a “going concern” or like qualification or exception relating solely to an upcoming maturity of Indebtedness under this Agreement in connection with the audit opinion for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017) or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
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(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending March 31 2011), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related (i) consolidated statements of operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, members’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments and subject to the absence of footnotes; and
(c) within sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011) of the Borrower, a reasonably detailed consolidated budget for each fiscal quarter of the following fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use (the “Budget”), which Budget shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that (i) to the knowledge of such Responsible Officer, the Budget is a reasonable estimate for the period(s) covered thereby and (ii) such Budget has been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Budget, it being understood that actual results may vary from such Budget and that such variations may be material.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower that holds all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or (B) the Borrower’s or such entity’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Borrower, such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to the Borrower (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception (other than a “going concern” or like qualification or exception relating solely to an upcoming maturity of Indebtedness under this Agreement in connection with the audit opinion for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit.
SECTION 6.02. Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) no later than five (5) days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower together with a calculation of the amount of the Borrower’s Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Test Period that was attributable to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors (excluding (i) any Excluded Subsidiary that is prohibited by Law from being a Guarantor or granting a security interest in substantially all of its assets, (ii) the Existing JV and (iii) any Insurance Subsidiary);
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(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Holdings or the Borrower files with the SEC (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;
(c) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material statements or material reports furnished to any holder of any class or series of debt securities of any Loan Party having an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than the Threshold Amount or pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes Indenture or any Permitted Additional Debt Documentation, in each case, so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereunder is greater than the Threshold Amount, and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;
(d) together with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a), (i) a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last fiscal quarter covered by such Compliance Certificate requiring a mandatory prepayment under Section 2.05(b) and (ii) a list of each Subsidiary of the Borrower that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the last such list; and
(e) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(c) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be
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“public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities Laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.08); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”
SECTION 6.03. Notices. Promptly after a Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default; and
(b) of (i) any dispute, regulatory action or decertification, litigation, investigation or proceeding between any Loan Party and any Governmental Authority, (ii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws or the occurrence of any noncompliance by any Loan Party with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, or (iii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, in any such case, has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (x) that such notice is being delivered pursuant to Section 6.03(a) or (b) (as applicable) and (y) setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.04. Payment of Obligations. Timely pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy, as the same shall become due and payable, all of its obligations and liabilities in respect of Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, except, in each case, to the extent (i) any such Taxes is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.05. Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all corporate rights and privileges (including its good standing) except, in the case of (a) or (b), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or pursuant to a transaction permitted by Article VII.
SECTION 6.06. Maintenance of Properties. Except if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, maintain, preserve and protect all of its
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material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted and consistent with past practice.
SECTION 6.07. Maintenance of Insurance.
(a) Maintain with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) are financially sound and reputable at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.
(b) If the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries establishes an Insurance Subsidiary, the Borrower shall cause such Insurance Subsidiary to (i) conduct its insurance business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable insurance Laws, rules, regulations and orders and using sound actuarial principles and (ii) maintain appropriate and customary stop-loss coverage and excess coverage reinsurance for individual claims. The insurance premiums and other expenses charged by any Insurance Subsidiary to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be reasonable and customary.
(c) If any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), then the Borrower shall (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6.08. Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or to its business or property, except if the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.09. Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.10. Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (other than the records of the Board of Directors of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary) and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the
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Lenders under this Section 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2) times during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and only one (1) such time shall be at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.10, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
Without limiting the foregoing, it is acknowledged that during the course of the above described visits, inspections and examinations and discussions, representatives of the Agents and the Lenders may encounter individually identifiable healthcare information as defined under the Administrative Simplification (including privacy and security) regulations promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (collectively, “HIPAA”) or the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, as amended (collectively, “HITECH”) or other confidential information relating to healthcare patients (collectively, the “Confidential Healthcare Information”). The Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary maintaining such Confidential Healthcare Information shall, consistent with HIPAA’s “minimum necessary” provisions, permit such disclosures for their “healthcare operations” purposes. Unless otherwise required by law, the Agents, the Lenders and their respective representatives shall not require or perform any act that would cause the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to violate any laws, regulations or ordinances intended to protect the privacy rights of healthcare patients, including, without limitation, HIPAA and HITECH.
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SECTION 6.11. Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. At the Borrower’s expense, subject to the provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitation in any Collateral Document, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:
(a) upon (1) the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Wholly Owned Material Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, (2) the designation in accordance with Section 6.14 of any existing direct or indirect Wholly Owned Material Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) as a Restricted Subsidiary, (3) any Domestic Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) becoming a Wholly Owned Material Subsidiary or (4) the acquisition of any new direct or indirect non-Wholly Owned Material Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party pursuant to Section 7.02(j) that is required to become a Guarantor in accordance with Section 7.02(j)(A):
(i) within (x) forty-five (45) days or (y) with respect to any items pertaining to Material Real Property (other than the items identified in Section 6.11(a)(iii)), ninety (90) days, after such formation, acquisition or designation or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion:
(A) cause each such Material Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the Material Real Properties owned by such Material Subsidiary in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(B) cause each such Material Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages, to the extent required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, with respect to any Material Real Property, Security Agreement Supplements and other security agreements and documents (including, with respect to Mortgages, the documents listed in Section 6.13(b)), as reasonably requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Mortgages, Security Agreement and other Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date, or delivered thereafter pursuant to Section 6.13(b)), in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
(C) cause each such Material Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to deliver any and all certificates representing Equity Interests (to the extent certificated) that are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank (or any other documents customary under local Law) and instruments evidencing the intercompany Indebtedness held by such Material Subsidiary and required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents, indorsed in blank to the Administrative Agent;
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(D) take and cause such Material Subsidiary and each direct or indirect parent of such Material Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to take whatever action (including the recording of Mortgages, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates to the extent certificated) may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);
(ii) within forty-five (45) days after the request therefor by the Administrative Agent (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such matters set forth in this Section 6.11(a) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(iii) as promptly as practicable after the request therefor by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent with respect to each Material Real Property, any existing title reports, surveys or environmental assessment reports.
(b) after the Closing Date, promptly after the acquisition of any Material Real Property by any Loan Party other than Holdings, if such Material Real Property shall not already be subject to a perfected Lien pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Borrower shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and within ninety (90) days of such acquisition shall cause such Material Real Property to be subjected to a Lien to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and (within ninety (90) days of such acquisition) will take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien, including, as applicable, the actions referred to in Section 6.13(b).
SECTION 6.12. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) comply, and take all reasonable actions to cause any lessees and other Persons operating or occupying its properties to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; (b) obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and, (c) in each case to the extent required by applicable Environmental Laws, conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up all Hazardous Materials from any of its properties, in accordance with the requirements of all applicable Environmental Laws.
SECTION 6.13. Further Assurances and Post-Closing Conditions. Subject to the provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitations in any Collateral Document:
(a) Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or
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recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents.
(b) In the case of any Material Real Property, to the extent required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, including those listed on Schedule 5.07, provide the Administrative Agent with Mortgages with respect to such owned or ground leased real property within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree) of the Closing Date or the acquisition of such real property, as applicable, together with:
(i) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies (including by way of endorsement of existing policies) or the equivalent (including an unconditional binding commitment therefor to be replaced by a final title policy) or other form available in each applicable jurisdiction (the “Mortgage Policies”) in form and substance, with endorsements and in amount, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (not to exceed the value of the real properties covered thereby), issued by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01, and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents) coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(iii) for each Mortgaged Property either (I) a new and current ALTA survey (or equivalent) certified to the Administrative Agent in form and substance sufficient for the issuers of the Mortgage Policies above to remove all standard survey exceptions, or (II) the most recent ALTA survey (or equivalent) of such premises, together with an affidavit from Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, stating that there has been no change, in each case of clauses (I) and (II) such documentation being sufficient for the issuers of the Mortgage Policies to remove all standard survey exceptions;
(iv) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the real properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(v) such other evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken and otherwise to comply with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
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(vi) a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the general liability (excluding excess liability) and umbrella property insurance policies required under Section 6.07 and the applicable provisions of the Collateral Documents, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a lender’s loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable) and shall name the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(vii) to the extent not previously delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(j), a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by each of the Loan Parties relating thereto)
SECTION 6.14. Designation of Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) other than for purposes of designating a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with the establishment of a Qualified Securitization Financing, immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such designation is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating satisfaction of such test) and (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, after such designation, it would be a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of the Senior Notes, any Permitted Additional Debt or any Junior Financing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the net book value of the Borrower’s investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.
ARTICLE VII
Negative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, the Borrower shall not (and, solely with respect to Section 7.14, Holdings shall not), nor shall the Borrower permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
SECTION 7.01. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) (i) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document and (ii) Liens securing Obligations (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the credit documents related thereto and incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(a)(ii),
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(f) or (m); provided, that in the case of Liens securing such Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Agreement, the administrative agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement (or other applicable representative thereof on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness) shall have entered into with the Administrative Agent, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(b) (i) Liens existing on the date hereof; provided that any such Lien securing Indebtedness in excess of (x) $5,000,000 individually or (y) $20,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens outstanding in reliance on this clause (b)(i) that are not set forth on Schedule 7.01(b)) shall only be permitted to the extent such Lien is listed on Schedule 7.01(b); and (ii) cash collateral in respect of letters of credit outstanding on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date issued by Bank of America, N.A. or one or more of its affiliates in an aggregate amount not to exceed $77,558,619;
(c) Liens for Taxes that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and that (i) do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(e) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and any exception on the title policies issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property;
(h) Liens arising from judgments or orders for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(g);
(i) (i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (A) such Liens attach concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270) days after completion of the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (B) with respect to any such Indebtedness other than Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property
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financed by such Indebtedness, replacements thereof and additions and accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits and (C) with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for additions and accessions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender and (ii) Liens on assets of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the limitation thereon set forth in the penultimate paragraph of Section 7.03;
(j) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
(k) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Liens (i) of a collecting bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or contract encumbering deposits or other funds or assets maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(m) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(j) or Section 7.02(n) to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
(n) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14), in each case after the date hereof; provided that (i) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations permitted hereunder incurred prior to such time that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Section 7.03(e), (g) or (h)(i)(A);
(o) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under leases or licenses entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(p) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under Section 7.02 and reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(r) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(s) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(t) (i) Liens on the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to secure Indebtedness incurred or assumed pursuant to Section 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and (ii) Liens on the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary and any of its Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness (or to secure a Guarantee of such Indebtedness) incurred or assumed pursuant to Section 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition;
(u) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(v) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or similar filings;
(w) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(x) Liens on the Securitization Assets arising in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(y) any zoning or similar Law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(z) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
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(aa) Liens, including Liens on the Collateral that rank pari passu with or are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, securing Indebtedness permitted under the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 7.03 so long as the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (excluding from the calculation thereof for this purpose the cash proceeds of the aggregate amount of Incremental Term Loans and other Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by this Section 7.01(aa), in each case, incurred on the relevant date) for the Test Period immediately preceding such incurrence would be less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom) as if such Indebtedness had been incurred and the application of the proceeds therefrom had occurred on the first day of such Test Period); provided, further that in the case of any Liens on the Collateral permitted under this clause (aa), the Administrative Agent and the collateral agent for the holders of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall enter into (i) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens that rank pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations, a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens that rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(bb) the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by clauses (a)(ii), (b), (i), (n), (t) and (aa) of this Section 7.01; provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03, and (B) proceeds and products thereof, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness, if any, secured by such Liens does not increase from the amount outstanding at the time of such modification, replacement, renewal or extension, and (iii) the renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by Section 7.03; and
(cc) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $125,000,000 and 5.0% of Total Assets, in each case determined as of the date of incurrence; provided that (x) in the case of any Liens on the Collateral permitted under this clause (cc), such Liens shall rank pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and the Administrative Agent and the collateral agent for the holders of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall enter into (i) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens that rank pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations, a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) in the case of Indebtedness secured by Liens that rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) no more than $75,000,000 principal amount of Indebtedness may be secured by Liens ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to this clause (cc).
SECTION 7.02. Investments. Make or hold any Investments, except:
(a) Investments by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in assets that were Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities when such Investment was made;
(b) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding under this clause (iii) not to exceed $15,000,000;
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(c) asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Investments (i) by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, (ii) by any Non-Loan Party in any other Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) by any Non-Loan Party in any Loan Party, (iv) consisting of intercompany Investments incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (v) by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party; provided that (A) any such Investments made pursuant to this clause (v) in the form of intercompany loans shall be evidenced by notes that have been pledged (individually or pursuant to a global note) to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any Investments permitted under this clause (v) that are not so evidenced as of the Closing Date are not required to be so evidenced and pledged until the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date) and (B) either (I) the amount of such Investment made pursuant to this clause (v) does not exceed the Available Amount at the time such Investment is made or (II) after giving effect to such Investment, the Permitted Non-Guarantor Investment Condition would be satisfied;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted under Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 and 7.06, respectively;
(g) Investments (i) existing on the date hereof or made pursuant to legally binding written contracts in existence on the date hereof or (ii) contemplated on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.02(g), and in each case any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof; provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this Section 7.02(g) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment as of the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02;
(h) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03(f);
(i) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05;
(j) the purchase or other acquisition of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Subsidiary of the Borrower (including as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to this Section 7.02(j) (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”):
(A) except to the extent (I) the Permitted Non-Guarantor Investment Condition shall be satisfied after giving effect to such purchase or acquisition or (II) such
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purchase or acquisition is otherwise permitted by another exception to this Section 7.02, the property, assets and businesses acquired in such purchase or other acquisition shall either be owned directly by the Borrower, a Guarantor or the Person acquired shall become a Guarantor;
(B) the acquired property, assets, business or Person is in a business permitted under Section 7.07;
(C) (1) immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (2) immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, the Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such purchase or other acquisition is less than or equal to 6.00 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) and, satisfaction of such test shall be evidenced by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower demonstrating such satisfaction calculated in reasonable detail; and
(D) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, no later than five (5) Business Days after the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this clause (j) have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition;
(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(l) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(m) loans and advances to Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to Holdings (or such direct or indirect parent) in accordance with (i) Section 7.06(f), (ii) Section 7.06(g) or (iii) Section 7.06(l);
(n) other Investments that in each case do not exceed the Available Amount at the time they are made;
(o) Investments in joint ventures (regardless of the legal form but excluding Unrestricted Subsidiaries); provided that, with respect to each Investment made pursuant to this Section 7.02(o) (each, a “Permitted JV”):
(A) the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall own, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through a Permitted JV), at least a majority of the Equity Interests in such joint venture;
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(B) immediately after giving effect to such Investment, the Permitted Non-Guarantor Investment Condition would be satisfied; and
(C) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, no later than five (5) Business Days after the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this clause (o) have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition;
(p) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Equity Interests of the Borrower (or by any direct or indirect parent thereof);
(r) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(s) Guarantees by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(t) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course;
(v) (i) Investments in a Securitization Subsidiary or any Investment by a Securitization Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; provided, however, that any such Investment in a Securitization Subsidiary is in the form of a contribution of additional Securitization Assets or as equity, and (ii) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(w) Investments made by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent such Investments are financed with the proceeds received by such Restricted Subsidiary from an Investment made pursuant to clauses (d)(v), (n) or (o) of this Section 7.02;
(x) in the event the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall establish a Subsidiary for the purpose of, and to be engaging solely in the business of, insuring the healthcare businesses or facilities owned or operated by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any physician employed by or on the medical staff of any such business or facility (the “Insurance Subsidiary”), Investments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the minimum amount of capital required under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which the Insurance Subsidiary is formed, plus the amount of any reasonable, general corporate and overhead expense of such Insurance
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Subsidiary; provided that in the event that less than 100% of the Equity Interests of such Insurance Subsidiary is pledged to the Administrative Agent, such Insurance Subsidiary shall be wholly-owned by a special purpose Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower organized solely to hold such Equity Interests;
(y) Investments in Health Choice required to be made under applicable Laws, rules and regulations or pursuant to contractual obligations of the Borrower or a Subsidiary with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System as in effect on the Closing Date;
(z) other Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000.
SECTION 7.03. Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, provided that the Borrower or any Guarantor may incur Permitted Additional Debt if (i) (x) immediately before and after such incurrence on a Pro Forma Basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) the Total Leverage Ratio (excluding for this purpose the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred on such date) as of the last day of the Test Period immediately preceding such incurrence would be less than or equal to 6.00 to 1.00 or (ii) such Indebtedness is a Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness previously incurred under clause (i) of this proviso. The limitations set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to any of the following items:
(a) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents, (ii) Indebtedness incurred under the Revolving Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (x) $207,400,000 plus (y) an additional amount such that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period shall be less than or equal to 3.75 to 1.0 on a Pro Forma Basis (which for purposes of this Section 7.03(a)(ii)(y) only, shall be calculated assuming that the entire committed amount of any increase in commitments under the Revolving Credit Commitment in excess of $207,400,000 are fully drawn, in which case such increased committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed, in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with this Section 7.03(a)(ii)(y)), in the case of each of (x) and (y), and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred under the Revolving Credit Agreement exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment Cap;
(b) (i) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof; provided that any Indebtedness that is in excess of (x) $5,000,000 individually or (y) $20,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that is not set forth on Schedule 7.03(b)) shall only be permitted under this clause (b) to the extent such Indebtedness is set forth on Schedule 7.03(b), and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, (ii) intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof, (iii) for a period of sixty-one (61) days after the Closing Date, Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Notes and (iv) reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued outstanding on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date by Bank of America, N.A. or one or more of its affiliates in an aggregate amount not to exceed $77,558,619;
(c) Guarantees by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise permitted hereunder (except that a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may not, by virtue of this Section 7.03(c), Guarantee Indebtedness that such Restricted Subsidiary could not otherwise
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incur under this Section 7.03); provided that (A) no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt incurred pursuant to the proviso of the first sentence of this Section 7.03 or pursuant to Section 7.03(x) below shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guaranty and (B) if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries owing to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, and Guarantees, in each case to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02;
(e) (i) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred not later than two hundred and seventy (270) days after completion of the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, (ii) Attributable Indebtedness arising out of sale-leaseback transactions permitted by Section 7.05(f), (iii) Indebtedness arising under Capitalized Leases other than those in effect on the date hereof or entered into pursuant to sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (e); provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness at any time outstanding pursuant to this sub-clause (iii) shall not exceed the greater of $40,000,000 and 1.5% of Total Assets, in each case determined as of the date of incurrence and (iv) any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii);
(f) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks and not for speculative purposes and Guarantees thereof;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or (ii) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition, in each case, that is secured only by the assets or business acquired in the applicable Permitted Acquisition (including any acquired Equity Interests) (and any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing) and so long as the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and all Indebtedness resulting from any Permitted Refinancing thereof at any time outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (g) does not exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 2.0% of Total Assets, in each case determined as of the date of incurrence;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition; provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, or (B) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing; provided, in each case that such Indebtedness and all Indebtedness resulting from any Permitted Refinancing thereof (x) is unsecured and (y) both immediately prior and after giving effect thereto, (1) no Default shall exist or result therefrom and (2) the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, including giving Pro Forma Effect to the assumption or incurrence of such Indebtedness) shall not be greater than 6.00 to 1.00; provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be
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conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees); provided further that notwithstanding anything contained in the Loan Documents to the contrary, (a) the only obligors with respect to any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (A) of this paragraph or any Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness in respect thereof shall be those Persons who were obligors with respect to such Indebtedness immediately prior to such Permitted Acquisition and (b) Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (h) in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding in excess of the greater of $50,000,000 and 2.0% of Total Assets, in each case determined as of the date of incurrence;
(i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness to current or former officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 7.06;
(k) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder or any Disposition, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;
(l) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with any Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder;
(m) Cash Management Obligations (as defined in this Agreement or in the Revolving Credit Agreement or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business and any Guarantees thereof;
(n) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $125,000,000 and 5.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding, in each case determined as of the date of incurrence;
(o) Indebtedness consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums or (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, including in respect of Health Choice medical claims liability, workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
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(q) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(r) Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary in a Qualified Securitization Financing that is not recourse (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(s) Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such letter of credit;
(t) Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes (including any guarantees thereof), the exchange notes and the related exchange guarantees to be issued in exchange for the Senior Notes pursuant to the registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(u) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (t) above and (v) through (x) below;
(v) Guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors and licensees;
(w) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; and
(x) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Additional Debt to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are, except as set forth in Section 7.12(a), immediately after the receipt thereof, offered to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (b) through (x) (other than clause (t)) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that (i) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance only on the exception in clause (a)(i) of Section 7.03, (ii) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance only on the exception in clause (a)(ii) of Section 7.03 and (iii) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Notes will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance only on the exception of clause (t) of Section 7.03.
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In addition, and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth in this Section 7.03 or otherwise in this Agreement, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary) incurred by all Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Guarantors (including, without limitation, all Permitted JVs) shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.03.
SECTION 7.04. Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:
(a) the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any Restricted Subsidiary (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction); provided that (x) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person and (y) such merger or consolidation does not result in the Borrower ceasing to be incorporated under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(b) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and if not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then (i) the transferee must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment or giving rise to the incurrence of Indebtedness, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or such Indebtedness must be Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03, respectively;
(d) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge with any other Person (so long as, to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment shall be a permitted Investment in accordance with Section 7.02); provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (A) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Guaranty confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each Loan Party, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an
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amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, and (F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Collateral Document comply with this Agreement; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement;
(e) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person (i) in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 or (ii) for any other purpose; provided that (A) the continuing or surviving Person shall be the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11; and (B) in the case of subclause (ii) only, if (1) the merger or consolidation involves a Guarantor and such Guarantor is not the surviving Person, the surviving Restricted Subsidiary shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (2) the Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such merger or consolidation is less than or equal to 6.00 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis); and
(f) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05.
SECTION 7.05. Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out, used or surplus property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Dispositions of inventory and goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of immaterial assets (including a failure to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any IP Rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the Borrower’s reasonable opinion, such failure to pursue, lapse or abandonment is desirable in the conduct of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary);
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(d) Dispositions of property to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under Section 7.02;
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(e) Dispositions permitted by Sections 7.02, 7.04 and 7.06 and Liens permitted by Section 7.01;
(f) Dispositions of property pursuant to sale-leaseback transactions; provided that the fair market value of all property so Disposed of after the Closing Date (taken together with the aggregate book value of all property Disposed of pursuant to Section 7.05(j) and Section 7.05(r)(ii)(B)) shall not exceed the greater of $625,000,000 and 25.0% of Total Assets, in each case determined as of the date of Disposition;
(g) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents and Investment Grade Securities;
(h) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license) with respect to real or personal property, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including leases of unimproved real property encumbered by a Mortgage, on which real property the lessee may make improvements;
(i) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(j) Dispositions of property not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition (other than any such Disposition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no Default exists), no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition; (ii) the aggregate book value of all property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (j) (taken together with the aggregate fair market value of all property Disposed of pursuant to Section 7.05(f) and Section 7.05(r)(ii)(B)) shall not exceed the greater of $625,000,000 and 25.0% of Total Assets, in each case determined as of the date of Disposition, without the consent of the Required Lenders; (iii) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (j) for a purchase price in excess of $20,000,000, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens at the time received, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and Liens permitted by Section 7.01(a), Section 7.01(l) and clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01(r)); provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (iii), (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that is converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of the greater of $40,000,000 and 1.5% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash;
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(k) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in the joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(l) Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(m) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(n) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code (or comparable or successor provision), any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon permitted by such provision) for use in any business conducted by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not in contravention of Section 7.07; provided that (i) each such Disposition shall be for an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof and (ii) any Net Cash Proceeds received in connection therewith are applied to repay the loans to the extent required under Section 2.05(b)(ii);
(o) the unwinding of any Swap Contract;
(p) any Disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary;
(q) Hospital Swaps by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with any Person that is not the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (any such Hospital Swap being herein referred to as a “Permitted Hospital Swap”), provided that:
(A) if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary gives one or more Hospitals in such Hospital Swap, such Person shall receive one or more Hospitals (in addition to any permitted cash consideration as provided below) in return;
(B) such Hospital Swap shall not involve an exchange of property (by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary) that is not in the HMO Business for property (of a third party) solely in the HMO Business or an exchange for property (of a third party) that is not permitted by Section 7.07;
(C) if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary receives any cash consideration in connection with such Hospital Swap, such cash consideration shall not exceed 20% of the sum of the amount of such cash consideration and the fair market value of the Equity Interests or property received by such Person in such Hospital Swap, unless the portion of such cash consideration which exceeds such 20% threshold is treated as proceeds of a Disposition;
(D) if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary gives any cash consideration in connection with such Hospital Swap, such cash consideration shall not exceed 20% of the sum of the amount of such cash consideration and the fair market value of Equity Interests or property given by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Hospital Swap, unless such transaction would also satisfy the requirements of a Permitted Acquisition;
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(E) subject to the proviso at the end of this clause (q) and to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the Collateral Documents, the property, assets and businesses acquired in such purchase or other acquisition shall constitute Collateral and any such newly created or acquired Wholly Owned Material Subsidiary (and, to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Wholly Owned Material Subsidiaries of such created or acquired Subsidiary) shall be Guarantors and shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11, within the times specified therein (for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (E) shall not override any provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement);
(F) subject to the proviso at the end of this clause (q), with respect to any Hospital Swap involving an exchange of property (by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary) that is not in the HMO Business for property (of a third party) that is an “integrated system” including operations involved in the HMO Business, any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is formed to effect, or is acquired pursuant to, any such exchange shall be a Guarantor and shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11; and
(G) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be permitted to exchange, in the aggregate for all such Hospital Swaps, more than five (5) Hospitals;
provided, however, and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the foregoing clause (E) or clause (F) above, the Borrower may elect to designate any Restricted Subsidiary that is formed to effect, or is acquired pursuant to, a Permitted Hospital Swap as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and, if it so designates such Subsidiary, shall be deemed to have made an Investment in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests or property (plus any applicable cash consideration paid and minus any applicable cash consideration received) given by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary in such Hospital Swap with respect to such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to any of (as available and at the election of the Borrower) Section 7.02(d)(v), (n) or (z); and
(r) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may sell (including by the issuance of Equity Interests by the affected Subsidiary) Equity Interests in any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to Hospital Investment Program Participants in connection with the Hospital Investment Program so long as (i) such sale or issuance is effected in accordance with the definition of Hospital Investment Program and (ii)(A) the Net Cash Proceeds of such sale or issuance are applied to fund Capital Expenditures of such Subsidiary or (B) to the extent not so applied, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of all Equity Interests sold or issued in reliance on this clause (r)(ii)(B) (taken together with the aggregate fair market value of all property Disposed of pursuant to Section 7.05(f) and Section 7.05(j)) shall not exceed the greater of $625,000,000 and 25.0% of Total Assets, in each case determined as of the date of such sale or issuance;
provided that any Disposition of any property pursuant to this Section 7.05 (except pursuant to Section 7.05(e), Section 7.05(i) and Section 7.05(l) and except for Dispositions from the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Loan Party), shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition. To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, upon the certification by the Borrower that such Disposition is permitted by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
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SECTION 7.06. Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to the other Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any of the other Restricted Subsidiaries and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
(b) (i) the Borrower may redeem in whole or in part any of its Equity Interests for another class of Equity Interests or rights to acquire its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests, provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such new Equity Interests are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby and (ii) the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person; provided that after giving effect to any action pursuant to clause (i) and (ii) above, the same percentage of the outstanding and issued Equity Interests of the Borrower or the respective Restricted Subsidiary are pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents as were so pledged immediately prior thereto;
(c) so long as no Event of Default or payment Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may repurchase or redeem (i) Equity Interests of Subsidiaries sold or issued in connection with the Hospital Investment Program and (ii) Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in the joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 or 7.08;
(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(f) so long as (i) a Qualifying IPO has been consummated on or prior to the date thereof, (ii) immediately after giving effect thereto, the Total Gross Leverage Ratio for the most recently completed Test Period is less than or equal to 5.50 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), and (iii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time, the Borrower may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or of any such direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) by any future, present or former employee, director, consultant or distributor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise pursuant to any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or
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shareholder agreement) with any employee, director, consultant or distributor of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year (it being understood, however, that unused amounts permitted to be paid pursuant to this proviso are available to be carried over to subsequent fiscal years);
(g) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings:
(i) the proceeds of which will be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to pay) the tax liability to each foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for such jurisdiction of Holdings (or such direct or indirect parent) attributable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries filed separately;
(ii) with respect to any taxable period during which any of the Borrower’s Subsidiary is a member of a consolidated, unitary, combined or similar income tax group in which Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, Inc.) is the common parent, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the portion of its consolidated, unitary, combined or similar U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. income taxes attributable to the income of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed the income tax liabilities that would have been payable by the Borrower’s Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, reduced by any such income taxes paid or to be paid directly by the Borrower’s Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any such payments, dividends or distributions attributable to any income of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be limited to the cash distributions made by such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for such purpose;
(iii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to pay) operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses incurred to third parties) that are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(iv) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to pay) franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parents’) corporate existence;
(v) to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) the Borrower shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in Section 7.04) of the Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11;
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(vi) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay costs, fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any equity or debt offering permitted by this Agreement (whether or not successful); and
(vii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to pay) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(i) so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing at such time, the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration (i) such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) no Event of Default had occurred and was continuing; provided that such payment shall be deemed to have been made on the date of declaration thereof under the relevant provision of this Section 7.06;
(j) so long as (i) a Qualifying IPO has been consummated on or prior to the date thereof and (ii) immediately after giving effect thereto, the Total Gross Leverage Ratio for the most recently completed Test Period is less than or equal to 5.50 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock following the first public offering of the Borrower’s common stock or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parents after the Closing Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from any such public offering, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrower’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(k) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;
(l) so long as (i) a Qualifying IPO has been consummated on or prior to the date thereof and (ii) immediately after giving effect thereto, the Total Gross Leverage Ratio for the most recently completed Test Period is less than or equal to 5.50 to 1.00 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of loans and advances to Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings made pursuant to Section 7.02(m)(iii) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (l), not to exceed the Available Amount at such time; provided that any amount contributed to the Borrower the cash proceeds of which were the basis for any incurrence of Indebtedness in reliance on the Senior
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Secured Leverage Ratio or Total Leverage Ratio shall not be included in the Available Amount pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition thereof for purposes of this Section 7.06(l) until the first date such Indebtedness could have been incurred without regard to the cash proceeds from such contribution; and
(m)
Restricted Payments contemplated by the definition of “Transactions”.”
SECTION 7.07. Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
SECTION 7.08. Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than:
(a) transactions between or among the Borrower and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction,
(b) transactions on terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate,
(c) the Transaction and the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transaction,
(d) the payment of management and monitoring fees to the Sponsors in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount permitted to be paid pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any Sponsor Termination Fees not to exceed the amount set forth in the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and related indemnities and reasonable expenses,
(e) Investments permitted under Section 7.02,
(f) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary but for such investment) to the extent permitted by this Article VII,
(g) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements,
(h) subject to the limitations described in Section 7.06(g)(ii), payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(i) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower
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and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(j) any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date; provided that any agreement, instrument or arrangement involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $15,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other agreements, instruments or arrangements in effect in reliance on this clause (j) that are not set forth on Schedule 7.08), shall only be permitted under this clause (j) to the extent such agreement, instrument or arrangement is set forth on Schedule 7.08, and any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower),
(k) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06,
(l) customary payments by the Borrower and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures),
(m) transactions in which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (b) of this Section 7.08,
(n) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, that are fair to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Borrower, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party,
(o) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof,
(p) investments by the Sponsors in securities of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (A) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities,
(q) payments to or from, and transactions with, any joint venture in the ordinary course of business,
(r) any Disposition of Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing, and
(s) payments of premiums to the Insurance Subsidiary and other transactions with the Insurance Subsidiary reasonably related to its business.
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SECTION 7.09. Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability of (a) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party or (b) any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to the Facilities and the Obligations or under the Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that:
(i) (x) exist on the date hereof and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.09) are listed on Schedule 7.09 hereto and (y) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation with respect to matters subject to this Section 7.09,
(ii) are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided further that this clause (ii) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that are binding on a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14,
(iii) represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party that is permitted by Section 7.03,
(iv) arise in connection with any Lien permitted by Section 7.01(s) or any Disposition permitted by Section 7.05,
(v) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 7.02 and applicable solely to such joint venture entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(vi) are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03 but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness (and excluding in any event any Indebtedness constituting any Junior Financing) and the proceeds and products thereof,
(vii) are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto,
(viii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), 7.03(g), 7.03(n), 7.03(r), 7.03(t) or 7.03(u) to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or, in the case of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) only, to the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring or guaranteeing such Indebtedness,
(ix) are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of any Restricted Subsidiary,
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(x) are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(xi) are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(xii) are contained in the Senior Notes Indenture, or
(xiii) are permitted under Section 7.01 in connection with cash or other deposits.
SECTION 7.10. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, in a manner inconsistent with the uses set forth in the preliminary statements to this Agreement; provided that the proceeds of the additional Term B-2 Loans made pursuant to the Additional Term B-2 Commitments shall be used for the repayment of Term B-1 Loans that are not Converted Term B-1 Loans; provided, further that the proceeds of the additional Term B-3 Loans made pursuant to the Additional Term B-3 Commitments shall be used for the prepayment of Term B-2 Loans that are not Converted Term B-2 Loans.
SECTION 7.11. Accounting Changes. Make any change in fiscal year except upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, in which case, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
SECTION 7.12. Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness.
(a) Except in connection with the Transactions, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled principal, interest and mandatory prepayments shall be permitted) the Senior Notes, any Permitted Additional Debt incurred pursuant to the proviso of the first sentence in Section 7.03 or pursuant to Section 7.03(x) (other than Permitted Additional Debt that is secured on a pari passu basis pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Refinancing thereof), any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing or any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is owed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) that is expressly subordinated in right to the Obligations (collectively, “Junior Financing”) or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing Documentation, except (i) the refinancing thereof with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing or the prepayment thereof with Declined Retained Proceeds, (ii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iii) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financing prior to scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount at such time and (iv) any prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (after giving effect to such prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance on a Pro Forma Basis) is not greater than 1.75 to 1.00.
(b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of any Junior Financing Documentation or the Senior Notes Indenture.
SECTION 7.13. Equity Interests of Certain Restricted Subsidiaries. Permit any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to become a non-Wholly Owned
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Subsidiary, except (i) to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary continues to be a Guarantor hereunder, (ii) in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or all of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted by Section 7.05, (iii) as a result of the designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14, (iv) as a result of an Investment in any Person permitted under Section 7.02 or (v) dispositions of Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary permitted by Section 7.05.
SECTION 7.14. Holdings. In the case of Holdings, conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than those incidental to (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance), (iii) the performance of its obligations with respect to the Loan Documents, the Senior Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt, (iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance of its Equity Interests or any transaction permitted under Section 7.04, (v) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of its Subsidiaries, (vi) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (vii) holding any cash or property received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.06 pending application thereof by Holdings, (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and (ix) conducting, transacting or otherwise engaging in any business or operations of the type it conducts, transacts or engages in on the Closing Date.
ARTICLE VIII
Events of Default and Remedies
SECTION 8.01. Events of Default. Each of the events referred to in clauses (a) through (k) of this Section 8.01 shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower or, in the case of Section 7.14, Holdings, fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03(a) or 6.05(a) (solely with respect to the Borrower) or Article VII; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period, if any, whether by scheduled maturity, required
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prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure shall exist) of not less than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Contracts, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Contracts), the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice, if required, such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness; provided further that this clause (e)(B) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Specified Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage thereof) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(h) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of Holdings, the Borrower or their respective ERISA Affiliates under Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) Holdings, the Borrower or their respective ERISA Affiliates fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(i) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party
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contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Loan Document; or
(j) Junior Financing Documentation. (i) Any of the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents for any reason shall cease to be “Senior Indebtedness” (or any comparable term) or “Senior Secured Financing” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in any Junior Financing Documentation governing Junior Financing with an aggregate principal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount or (ii) the subordination provisions set forth in any Junior Financing Documentation governing Junior Financing with an aggregate principal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount shall, in whole or in part, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against the holders of any such Junior Financing, if applicable; or
(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
SECTION 8.02. Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(c) [reserved]; and
(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;
provided that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case, without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
SECTION 8.03. Application of Funds. Subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, after the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02) and irrespective of any other provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, any amounts (including cash, equity securities, debt securities or any other property; provided that if any such amounts are not in the form of cash, then the amount of such securities or other property applied to each of clauses First through Last below shall be an amount with a fair market value equal to the stated amount required to be applied pursuant to each such clause) received on account of the Obligations or in consideration of any waiver of any rights to receive any payment of the Obligations (whether received as a consequence of the exercise of such remedies or as a distribution out of any proceeding in respect of or commenced under any
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Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding including payments in respect of “adequate protection” for the use of Collateral during such proceeding or under any Plan of Reorganization or on account of any liquidation of any Loan Party) shall be turned over to the Administrative Agent (to the extent not received directly by the Administrative Agent) and applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (irrespective of when such amounts were incurred or accrued or whether any such amounts are allowed in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) until paid in full;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting amounts owing in respect of Cash Management Obligations, ratably among the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second held by them (irrespective of when such amounts were incurred or accrued or whether any such amounts are allowed in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) until such amounts are paid in full;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to any other Lenders (including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Third payable to them (irrespective of when such amounts were incurred or accrued or whether any such amounts are allowed in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) until such amounts are paid in full;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them (irrespective of when such amounts were incurred or accrued or whether any such amounts are allowed in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) until paid in full;
Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Term Loans and the Swap Termination Value under Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth held by them;
Sixth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date (irrespective of when such amounts were incurred or accrued or whether any such amounts are allowed in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) until paid in full; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
The parties to each Loan Document (including each Loan Party) irrevocably agree that this Agreement (including the provisions of this Section 8.03) constitutes a “subordination agreement” within the meaning of both New York law and Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, and that the terms hereof will survive, and will continue in full force and effect and be binding upon each of the parties hereto, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Guarantor that is not an “Eligible Contract Participant” (as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act) shall not be applied to its Obligations that are Excluded Swap Obligations and shall instead be applied to other Obligations.
ARTICLE IX
Administrative Agent and Other Agents
SECTION 9.01. Appointment and Authorization of Agents.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article IX (other than Section 9.09) are solely for the benefit of the Agent-Related Persons and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as third party beneficiary of any such provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except as expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents; provided, that if any provision of any Loan Document requires the Administrative Agent to exercise discretion with respect to any proposed procedures, amendment, notices, forms, documents, provisions, exclusions, arrangements, actions or other items (any of the foregoing, the “Subject Items”), then the Administrative Agent shall either (x) otherwise make a determination as to whether it is satisfied with, or consents to, approves of or shall take action with respect to, the Subject Items, or (y) post the Subject Items to the Lenders and act in accordance with the direction of the Required Lenders, provided, that if the Administrative Agent has not received an objection to the Subject Items in writing from the Required Lenders within ten (10) Business Days of such posting, such Subject Items shall be deemed approved by the Required Lenders; provided, further, however, notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.01(b) to the contrary, if any such Subject Item (i) requires a determination by the Administrative Agent that the form of a document (but not the substance) is satisfactory or (ii) requires a determination by the Administrative Agent of an administrative nature, including but not limited to determinations regarding calculation and administration of payments, then the Administrative Agent shall make such determinations without the approval of the Required Lenders.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender and a potential Hedge Bank) hereby
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irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of (and to hold any security interest created by the Collateral Documents for and on behalf of or on trust for) such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” (and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX (including Section 9.07, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Agents to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. The Lenders and other Secured Parties also hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by Section 7.01 on behalf of the Secured Parties and to comply with the terms thereof.
SECTION 9.02. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents or of exercising any rights and remedies thereunder) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact, such sub-agents as shall be deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or sub-agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
SECTION 9.03. Liability of Agents. No Agent-Related Person shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), (b) be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to Section 9.01(b)(i) or (ii)(y) or (c) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof.
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SECTION 9.04. Reliance by Agents.
(a) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
SECTION 9.05. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article VIII; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.
SECTION 9.06. Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan
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Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by any Agent herein, such Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.
SECTION 9.07. Indemnification of Agents. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Loan Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 9.07. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section 9.07 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower, provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrower’s continuing reimbursement obligations with respect thereto. The undertaking in this Section 9.07 shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.08. Agents in their Individual Capacities. Each Agent and its respective Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, each Agent or its respective Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party, such Guarantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Agents shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under the Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include each Agent in its individual capacity.
SECTION 9.09. Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of
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the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor agent, which may be but is not required to be a Lender, and if such successor agent is not a Lender, shall be consented to by the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) except that during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) the consent of the Borrower shall not be required. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent,” shall mean such successor administrative agent and/or supplemental administrative agent, as the case may be, and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to (a) continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents or (b) otherwise ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement is satisfied, the Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.09). After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.10. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
SECTION 9.11. Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders irrevocably agree:
(a) that any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document shall be automatically released (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x) obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements not yet due and payable, (y) Cash Management Obligations not yet due and payable and (z) contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable), the expiration or termination of any other obligation (including a guarantee that is contingent in nature), (ii) at the time the property subject to such Lien is transferred or to be transferred as part of or in connection with any transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Person other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders or (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (c) below;
(b) to release or subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i);
(c) that any Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guaranty if in the case of any Subsidiary, such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt incurred pursuant to the proviso of the first sentence in Section 7.03 or pursuant to Section 7.03(x); and
(d) at the Borrower’s election, if any Guarantor shall cease to be a Material Subsidiary (as certified in writing by a Responsible Officer), (i) such Subsidiary shall be automatically released from its obligations under any Guaranty and (ii) any Liens granted by such Subsidiary or Liens on the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall be automatically released; provided that in each case no such release shall occur if (A) such Subsidiary continues to be a guarantor in respect of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt incurred pursuant to the proviso of the first sentence in Section 7.03 or pursuant to Section 7.03(x) or (B) after giving effect to such release, the Permitted Non-Guarantor Investment Condition would not be satisfied.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular
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types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.11. In each case as specified in this Section 9.11, the Administrative Agent will promptly (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release or subordination of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, or to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.11.
SECTION 9.12. Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers.
None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent,” “co-documentation agent”,” “joint
book runner”,” “joint lead arranger,” or the Amendment No. 1 Arranger, the Amendment
No. 4 Arranger or the Amendment No. 4 Joint Bookrunners shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other
Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this
Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
SECTION 9.13. Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents.
(a) It is the intent of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall be no violation of any Law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case the Administrative Agent deems that by reason of any present or future Law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to appoint an additional individual or institution selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as a separate trustee, co-trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, administrative sub-agent or administrative co-agent (any such additional individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a “Supplemental Administrative Agent” and collectively as “Supplemental Administrative Agents”).
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental Administrative Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such Supplemental Administrative Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental Administrative Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either the Administrative Agent or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this Article IX and of Sections 10.04 and 10.05 that refer to the Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Administrative Agent and all references therein to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, as the context may require.
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(c) Should any instrument in writing from any Loan Party be required by any Supplemental Administrative Agent so appointed by the Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower or Holdings, as applicable, shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Administrative Agent, or a successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.14. Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by any applicable Laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 3.01, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.14. The agreements in this Section 9.14 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01. Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver, amendment, modification, supplement or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that, no such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce the amount of, any payment of principal or interest under Section 2.07 or 2.08 without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest;
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(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01 below) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definition of Senior Secured Leverage Ratio or, in each case, in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest; provided that, only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(d) change any provision of this Section 10.01, the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” or Section 2.05(b)(v)(Y), 2.06(c) or 2.13 or without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby;
(e) without the written consent of each Lender, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05;
(f) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guaranties, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) [Reserved].;
(h)
amend any provision of Section 8.03 (or the equivalent provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) without the consent of each Lender adversely affected
thereby.;
and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) Section 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (iii) the consent of Lenders holding more than 50% of any Class of Commitments shall be required with respect to any amendment that by its terms adversely affects the rights of such Class in respect of payments hereunder in a manner different than such amendment affects other Classes. Any such waiver and any such amendment, modification or supplement in accordance with the terms of this Section 10.01 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding on the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans and Commitments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share
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ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans (including as to right of priority of payments under Section 8.03) and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans of any Class (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with replacement term loans (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans, (b) the Applicable Rate with respect to such Replacement Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Replacement Term Loans) shall not be higher than the Applicable Rate for such Refinanced Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans) immediately prior to such refinancing, (c) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the Term Loans), (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing and (e) except to the extent otherwise provided in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment, to the extent that a Replacement Term Loan refinances a Refinanced Term Loan held by the maker of such Replacement Term Loan, such Replacement Term Loan shall be deemed to be a modification of such Refinanced Term Loan on the terms of such Replacement Term Loan and not a new or separate indebtedness.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the consent of a Lender to an amendment (or amendment and restatement) of this Agreement shall not be required if, upon giving effect to such amendment (or amendment and restatement) immediately upon the initial extensions of credit thereunder, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended or amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated (but such Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such amendment or amendment and restatement), such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, (a) guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement, amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities or defects or (iii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in connection with the issuance of any Indebtedness by the Loan Parties secured by a Lien pursuant to Section 7.01(aa).
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SECTION 10.02. Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of Section 10.02(c)), when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person. In no event shall a voice mail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.
(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic communication. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Agents and the Lenders.
(c) Reliance by Agents and Lenders. The Agent-Related Persons and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic notices and Committed Loan Notices) reasonably believed by them to have been given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. All telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
(d) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT-RELATED PERSONS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT-RELATED PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Agent-Related Persons have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Agent-Related Person or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent, trustee or advisors of such Agent-Related Person or (y) a material breach of any obligations under this Agreement by such Agent-Related Person or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent, trustee or advisors of such Agent-Related Person; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent-Related Person have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
SECTION 10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.
SECTION 10.04. Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Agents for all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all Attorney Costs of counsel to the Administrative Agent). The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid promptly following receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
SECTION 10.05. Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Arrangers, the Co-Documentation Agents, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger, the Amendment No. 4 Arranger, the Amendment No. 4 Joint Bookrunners and their respective Affiliates, partners, directors, officers, members, employees, agents, trustees and advisors (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on,
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incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) in the case of the Agents and their respective Affiliates, partners,
directors, officers, members, employees, agents, trustees and advisors, their activities in connection with the initial marketing and syndication of the Term B-1 Loans and, Term B-2
Loans and Term B-3 Loans, (b) the negotiation, execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the
Administrative Agent’s performance of duties under Section 2.11, (c) any Commitment or Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (d) any actual or alleged presence or Release or threatened Release of Hazardous
Materials on, at, under or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability relating to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party,
(e) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or
threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not,
as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any of its Related Indemnitees or (y) a breach of any material obligations under any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or of any of its Related Indemnitees, in each case, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other
similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee or any Loan Party (except, with respect to any Loan Party, as a result of its indemnification obligations hereunder) have any liability for any
special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). In the case of an
investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, its directors,
stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents is consummated. All
amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be paid within 20 Business Days after written demand therefor. The agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the
termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
SECTION 10.06. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
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SECTION 10.07. Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither Holdings nor the Borrower may, except as permitted by Section 7.04, assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(e), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.07(g) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(h) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (“Assignees”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that the Borrower shall have the right to withhold its consent if the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make a filing or registration with, a Governmental Authority) of:
(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) for an assignment of Term Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (2) if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or, solely with respect to the Borrower, Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing, for any assignment to any Assignee;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than a principal amount of $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or, solely with respect to the Borrower, Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing and (2) concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption;
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(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire;
(D) the Assignee shall comply with Section 3.01(b) and (c) or Section 3.01(e), as applicable;
(E) no such assignment shall be made (A) to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries except as permitted under Section 2.05(a)(v), (B) other than in accordance with subsection (k) below, to any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or (C) to a natural person; and
(F) the Assignee shall represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent that it is not an Affiliated Lender or identify itself as an Affiliated Lender.
This paragraph (b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07(d) (and, in the case of an assignment by or to an Affiliated Lender, recordation in the Affiliated Lender Register in accordance with Section 10.07(n)), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this clause (c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.07(e).
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be presumed correct, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the
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Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that directly affects such Participant. Subject to Section 10.07(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements of Section 3.01(c)), 3.04 and 3.05 (through the applicable Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(c). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register complying with the requirements of Sections 163(f), 871(h) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and the Treasury regulations issued thereunder relating to the exemption from withholding for portfolio interest on which is entered the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that the relevant parties, acting reasonably and in good faith, determine that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury regulations. Unless otherwise required by the IRS, any disclosure required by the foregoing sentence shall be made by the relevant Lender directly and solely to the IRS. Entries in the Participant Register shall be presumed correct, absent manifest error and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent or such entitlement to a greater payment results from a change in Law after the sale of the participation takes place.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) such SPC shall be appropriately reflected in the Participant Register. Each party hereto
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hereby agrees that (i) each SPC shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements of Sections 3.01(c), 3.04 and 3.05 (through the Granting Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 10.07, (ii) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Sections 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05) unless such increase or change results from a change in Law after the SPC becomes a SPC, (iii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iv) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 10.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.
(j) [Reserved].
(k) Any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to a Person who is or will become, after such assignment, an Affiliated Lender and any Affiliated Lender may assign Term Loans, subject to the following limitations:
(i) Affiliated Lenders will not receive information provided solely to Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender and will not be permitted to attend or participate in meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Term Loans or Commitments required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II;
(ii) each Affiliated Lender (other than a Debt Fund Affiliate) that (A) purchases any Loans pursuant to this clause (k) shall represent and warrant to the seller and (B) sells any Loan hereunder shall represent and warrant to the buyer, in each case, that it does not possess material non-public information with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries (or other information that may be material to a decision by any Lender to participate in such assignment) or the securities of any of them that has not been disclosed to the Lenders generally (other than Lenders who elect not to receive such information);
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(iii) the Borrower shall have consented to such assignment; provided that in no event shall the Borrower consent to any assignment to any Affiliate if the conditions set forth in clause (ii) or (iv) of this clause (k) are not satisfied prior to and immediately after giving effect to such assignment;
(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders (other than Debt Fund Affiliates) may not exceed 20% of the original principal amount of all Term Loans at such time outstanding;
(v) [reserved]; and
(vi) in addition to the requirements of clause (c) above, such assignment shall only become effective upon being recorded in the Affiliated Lender Register as provided in clause (n) below.
(l) Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, or subject to Section 10.07(m), any plan of reorganization pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, no Affiliated Lender (other than Debt Fund Affiliates) shall have any right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take (or refrain from taking) any such action and:
(A) all Loans held by any Affiliated Lenders (other than Debt Fund Affiliates) shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken any action;
(B) all Loans held by Affiliated Lenders (other than Debt Fund Affiliates) shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether all Lenders have taken any action unless the action in question affects such Affiliated Lender in a disproportionately adverse manner than its effect on other Lenders; and
(C) all Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliates shall be deemed to be not outstanding to the extent such Loans would account for more than 50% of the amount of Loans and Commitments included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or consented to any action (it being understood that such excess amount of Loans and Commitments shall be deemed not to be outstanding on a pro rata basis among all Debt Fund Affiliates in accordance with the respective amounts of such Loans and Commitments held by them).
(m) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law (i) each Affiliated Lender (other than any Debt Fund Affiliate) hereby agrees that, if a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law shall be commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party at a time when such Lender is an Affiliated Lender, such Affiliated Lender irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent to vote on behalf of such Affiliated Lender with respect to the Loans held by such Affiliated Lender in any manner in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, unless the Administrative Agent instructs such Affiliated Lender to vote, in which case such Affiliated Lender shall vote with respect to
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the Loans held by it as the Administrative Agent directs; provided that such Affiliated Lender shall be entitled to vote in accordance with its sole discretion (and not in accordance with the direction of the Administrative Agent) in connection with any plan of reorganization to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat any Obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable in any material respect to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and (ii) no Affiliated Lender (other than a Debt Fund Affiliate) may bring any action or make any claim against any Agent hereunder.
(n) The Borrower shall maintain at its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it by any Affiliated Lender and each other notification from an Affiliated Lender referred to below (the “Affiliated Lender Register”). Each Affiliated Lender shall advise the Borrower and the Administrative in writing of (i) any proposed acquisition or disposition of Term Loans by such Affiliated Lender, (ii) any prepayment of such Lender’s Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v) and (iii) whether such Lender is a Debt Fund Affiliate. The Borrower shall advise the Administrative Agent (in the same manner specified by Schedule 10.02 for non-borrowing notices) in writing of any proposed assignment to any Affiliated Lender at least three Business Days prior to the time such assignment is scheduled to occur unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified thereof by the Affiliated Lender. Additionally, if any Lender becomes an Affiliated Lender at a time that such Lender holds any Term Loans, such Lender shall promptly advise the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such Lender is an Affiliated Lender. Copies of the Affiliated Lender Register shall be provided to the Administrative Agent and the Affiliated Lenders upon request. Notwithstanding the foregoing if at any time (if applicable, after giving effect to any proposed assignment to an Affiliated Lender), all Affiliated Lenders (other than Debt Fund Affiliates) own or would, in the aggregate own more than 20% of the principal amount of all then outstanding Term Loans (i) any proposed pending assignment to an Affiliated Lender that is not a Debt Fund Affiliate that would cause such threshold to be exceeded shall not become effective or be recorded in the Affiliated Lender Register, (ii) in the event that an Affiliated Lender that is not a Debt Fund Affiliate has acquired any Term Loans pursuant to an assignment which was not recorded in the Affiliated Lender Register, the assignment of such Term Loans shall be null and void ab initio and (iii) if such threshold is exceeded solely as a result of a Lender becoming an Affiliated Lender after it has acquired Term Loans, such Affiliated Lender shall assign sufficient Term Loans so that Affiliated Lenders that are not Debt Fund Affiliates in the aggregate own less than 20% of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans then outstanding. The Administrative Agent may conclusively rely upon the Affiliated Lender Register in connection with any amendment or waiver hereunder and shall not have any responsibility for monitoring any acquisition or disposition of Term Loans by any Affiliated Lender or for any losses suffered by any Person as a result of any purported assignment to or from an Affiliated Lender.
SECTION 10.08. Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information and to not use or disclose such information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, members, partners, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.08 (at least as restrictive than those in this Section 10.08 or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(g), counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement; (f) with the written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such
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Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 by such Agent or Lender; (h) to any Governmental Authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization) regulating or purporting to regulate any Agent or Lender; (i) on a confidential basis to any rating agency when requested by it; or (j) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. For the purposes of this Section 10.08, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or its Affiliates or its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or its business, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08; provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential or (ii) is delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03 hereof.
SECTION 10.09. Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender or its Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held or other Indebtedness owing by such Lender or its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code unless such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent, each Lender under this Section 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender may have. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, each Lender expressly waives its right of setoff pursuant to this Section 10.09 or any other provision of any Loan Document with respect to deposit accounts in which have been deposited payments received under Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE and other health care programs of the United States or any state (including the District of Columbia) thereof and any agency or other Governmental Authority thereof.
SECTION 10.10. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the amount collectible at the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the amount collectible at the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the
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Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the amount collectible at the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.11. Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.
SECTION 10.12. Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.
SECTION 10.13. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
SECTION 10.14. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.15. GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING SET
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FORTH HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S RIGHT TO PURSUE REMEDIES UNDER ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH ANY LOAN PARTY OR COLLATERAL IS LOCATED. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
SECTION 10.16. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 10.16 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
SECTION 10.17. Binding Effect. This Agreement became effective on the Closing Date; provided that any amendment to this Agreement became effective on the effective date of such amendment.
SECTION 10.18. Lender Action. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents or the Secured Hedge Agreements (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this Section 10.18 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.
SECTION 10.19. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the Guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and the Guarantors and other information that will allow such Lender and the Administrative Agent to identify the Borrower and the Guarantors in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 10.20. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial
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transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Arrangers
and, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger, the
Amendment No. 4 Arranger and the Amendment No. 4 Joint Bookrunners, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents
(including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Arranger and, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger and each Amendment No. 4 Arranger each is and has been acting
solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any
Arranger or, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger or any Amendment No. 4 Arranger has assumed or will
assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof
or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Arranger or, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger, any Amendment No. 4 Arranger, or any Amendment No. 4 Joint Bookrunner has
advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Arranger or, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger or any Amendment No. 4 Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except
those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Arrangers and, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger and the Amendment No. 4 Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from
those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Arranger or, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger or any Amendment No. 4 Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and
(v) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Arrangers and, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger and the Amendment
No. 4 Arranger have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to
any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has
deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Arrangers and, the Amendment No. 1 Arranger, the Amendment No. 4 Arranger and the Amendment No. 4 Joint Bookrunner with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
SECTION 10.21. Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Committed Loan Notices, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.
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SECTION 10.22. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) (a) application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be
payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) (b) the effects of any
Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of
any such liability;
(ii) (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution,
its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii)
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion
powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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