REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 20, 2019 among UNITY SOFTWARE INC., as the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto, the Issuing Banks party hereto, and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent BARCLAYS BANK PLC, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,...
Exhibit 10.9
Execution Version
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 20, 2019
among
as the Borrower,
the Lenders party hereto,
the Issuing Banks party hereto,
and
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as the Administrative Agent
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.,
XXXXXXX XXXXX LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.,
XXXXXXX SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
and
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Co-Syndication Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01 |
Defined Terms |
1 | ||||
Section 1.02 |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 1.03 |
Terms Generally |
37 | ||||
Section 1.04 |
Accounting Terms; GAAP; Certain Calculations |
37 | ||||
Section 1.05 |
Electronic Execution of Documents |
38 | ||||
Section 1.06 |
Limited Conditionality Transactions |
38 | ||||
Section 1.07 |
Divisions |
39 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 THE CREDITS |
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Section 2.01 |
Revolving Commitments |
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Section 2.02 |
Revolving Loans and Borrowings |
40 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Requests for Borrowings |
40 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Funding of Borrowings |
41 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Interest Elections |
41 | ||||
Section 2.06 |
Termination and Reduction of Revolving Commitments |
42 | ||||
Section 2.07 |
Repayment of Revolving Loans; Evidence of Debt |
43 | ||||
Section 2.08 |
Prepayment of Loans |
43 | ||||
Section 2.09 |
Fees |
44 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Interest |
45 | ||||
Section 2.11 |
Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality |
46 | ||||
Section 2.12 |
Increased Costs |
47 | ||||
Section 2.13 |
Break Funding Payments |
48 | ||||
Section 2.14 |
Taxes |
49 | ||||
Section 2.15 |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Off |
52 | ||||
Section 2.16 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
53 | ||||
Section 2.17 |
Defaulting Lenders |
54 | ||||
Section 2.18 |
Incremental Facility |
56 | ||||
Section 2.19 |
Letters of Credit |
58 | ||||
Section 2.20 |
Extension of the Maturity Date |
63 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
64 | |||||
Section 3.01 |
Organization; Powers |
64 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Authorization; Enforceability |
65 |
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(continued)
Section 3.03 |
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
65 | ||||
Section 3.04 |
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
65 | ||||
Section 3.05 |
Properties |
65 | ||||
Section 3.06 |
Litigation and Environmental Matters |
66 | ||||
Section 3.07 |
Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
66 | ||||
Section 3.08 |
Investment Company Status |
66 | ||||
Section 3.09 |
Margin Stock |
66 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Taxes |
66 | ||||
Section 3.11 |
ERISA. |
67 | ||||
Section 3.12 |
Disclosure |
67 | ||||
Section 3.13 |
Subsidiaries |
67 | ||||
Section 3.14 |
Solvency |
67 | ||||
Section 3.15 |
USA Patriot Act, OFAC and FCPA |
67 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS |
68 | |||||
Section 4.01 |
Effective Date |
68 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Each Credit Event |
70 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
70 | |||||
Section 5.01 |
Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information |
70 | ||||
Section 5.02 |
Notices of Material Events |
72 | ||||
Section 5.03 |
Existence; Conduct of Business |
72 | ||||
Section 5.04 |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
73 | ||||
Section 5.05 |
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
73 | ||||
Section 5.06 |
Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
73 | ||||
Section 5.07 |
Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
73 | ||||
Section 5.08 |
Use of Proceeds |
74 | ||||
Section 5.09 |
Additional Material Domestic Subsidiaries and Public Company |
74 | ||||
Section 5.10 |
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
74 | ||||
Section 5.11 |
Information Regarding Collateral |
75 | ||||
Section 5.12 |
Further Assurances |
75 | ||||
Section 5.13 |
Post-Closing Actions |
76 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
76 | |||||
Section 6.01 |
Indebtedness |
76 | ||||
Section 6.02 |
Liens |
78 |
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(continued)
Section 6.03 |
Fundamental Changes |
80 | ||||
Section 6.04 |
Restricted Payments |
82 | ||||
Section 6.05 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
85 | ||||
Section 6.06 |
Use of Proceeds |
86 | ||||
Section 6.07 |
Financial Covenant |
86 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
86 | |||||
Section 7.01 |
Events of Default |
86 | ||||
Section 7.02 |
Application of Funds |
89 | ||||
Section 7.03 |
Right to Cure |
89 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 THE AGENTS |
90 | |||||
Section 8.01 |
Appointment of the Administrative Agent |
90 | ||||
Section 8.02 |
Powers and Duties |
91 | ||||
Section 8.03 |
General Immunity |
91 | ||||
Section 8.04 |
Administrative Agent Entitled to Act as Lender |
93 | ||||
Section 8.05 |
Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment |
93 | ||||
Section 8.06 |
Right to Indemnity |
94 | ||||
Section 8.07 |
Successor Administrative Agent |
94 | ||||
Section 8.08 |
Guaranty and Collateral Matters |
95 | ||||
Section 8.09 |
Withholding Taxes |
96 | ||||
Section 8.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim |
96 | ||||
Section 8.11 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
97 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.01 |
Notices |
98 | ||||
Section 9.02 |
Waivers; Amendments |
101 | ||||
Section 9.03 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
103 | ||||
Section 9.04 |
Successors and Assigns |
105 | ||||
Section 9.05 |
Survival |
109 | ||||
Section 9.06 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
110 | ||||
Section 9.07 |
Severability |
110 | ||||
Section 9.08 |
Right of Setoff |
110 | ||||
Section 9.09 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
111 | ||||
Section 9.10 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
111 | ||||
Section 9.11 |
Headings |
112 |
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(continued)
Section 9.12 |
Confidentiality |
112 | ||||
Section 9.13 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
113 | ||||
Section 9.14 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
113 | ||||
Section 9.15 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents |
114 | ||||
Section 9.16 |
USA Patriot Act |
114 | ||||
Section 9.17 |
Release of Liens and Guarantees |
114 | ||||
Section 9.18 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
115 | ||||
Section 9.19 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
116 | ||||
Section 9.20 |
Keepwell |
117 |
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Schedules
Schedule 2.01 Lenders, Revolving Commitments and Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit
Schedules to the Disclosure Letter
Schedule A |
Immaterial Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 3.13 |
Capitalization | |
Schedule 6.01 |
Effective Date Indebtedness | |
Schedule 6.02 |
Existing Liens | |
Schedule 6.05 |
Existing Agreements with Affiliates | |
Exhibits | ||
Exhibit A |
Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
Exhibit B |
Form of Borrowing Request | |
Exhibit C |
Form of Interest Election Request | |
Exhibit D |
Form of Revolving Note | |
Exhibit E |
Form of Guaranty | |
Exhibit F |
Form of Collateral Agreement | |
Exhibit G |
Form of Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit H-1 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit H-2 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit H-3 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit H-4 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit I |
Form of Annual Forecast | |
Exhibit J |
Form of Intercompany Subordination Agreement | |
Exhibit K | Form of Prepayment Notice |
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 20, 2019, among UNITY SOFTWARE INC., as the Borrower, the LENDERS party hereto, the ISSUING BANKS party hereto and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent.
The Borrower (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined in these recitals having the meaning assigned to it in Article 1), has requested the Lenders to make Loans to the Borrower and the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit at the request of the Applicable Account Parties, in each case on a revolving credit basis on and after the date hereof and at any time and from time to time prior to the Maturity Date.
The proceeds of borrowings hereunder, together with the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder, are to be used for the purposes described in Section 5.08. The Lenders are willing to establish the credit facility referred to in the preceding paragraph upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, for valuable consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABR,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period (or, solely for purposes of clause (c) in the defined term “Alternate Base Rate,” for purposes of determining the Alternate Base Rate as of any date) for a Eurodollar Borrowing, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period (or such date, as applicable) by (ii) an amount equal to (x) one minus (y) the Applicable Reserve Requirement; provided that in no event shall the Adjusted LIBO Rate be less than 0.00%.
“Administrative Agent” means Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent from time to time.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. As used in the definition of “Change in Control,” the term “Affiliate” shall be deemed to include any Permitted Transferee.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(d).
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers.
“Aggregate Total Exposure” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans (excluding Loans made for the purpose of reimbursing the Issuing Banks for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, but not yet so applied) and (ii) the Letter of Credit Usage.
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“Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount” means 100% of the total outstanding Letter of Credit Usage.
“Agreement” means this Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may hereafter be modified, supplemented, extended, amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the sum of (i) the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would be payable on such day for a Eurodollar Borrowing with a one-month interest period plus (ii) 1.00%; provided that in no event shall the Alternate Base Rate be less than 1.00%. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
“Applicable Account Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.19(a).
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, (i) 1.50% per annum with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, (ii) 0.50% per annum with respect to any ABR Loan and (iii) 0.25% per annum with respect to the Commitment Fee.
“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Borrowing, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
“Application” means a Letter of Credit application or agreement in the form approved by the applicable Issuing Bank, executed and delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank requesting such Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit.
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
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“Arranger” means each of Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of America, N.A., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Lending Partners LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., in its capacity as a joint lead arranger.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Availability” means, as of any date of determination, the amount by which (a) the total Revolving Commitments then in effect exceeds (b) the Aggregate Total Exposure on such date.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the total Revolving Commitments.
“Available Equity Amount” means a cumulative amount equal to (without duplication):
(a) the net cash proceeds of new public or private issuances of Qualified Equity Interests in the Borrower or any parent of the Borrower which are contributed to (or received by) the Borrower after the Effective Date, plus
(b) capital contributions received by the Borrower after the Effective Date in cash or Cash Equivalents (other than in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest) and the fair market value of any in-kind contributions after the Effective Date, plus
(c) the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interest issuances issued after the Effective Date and which have been exchanged or converted into Qualified Equity Interests;
provided that the Available Equity Amount shall not include any Cure Amount or any amounts used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.04(n).
“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.
“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.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time and any successor statute and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Bankruptcy Event” means an Event of Default of the type described in Section 7.01(h) or (i).
“Benchmark Replacement” means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest as a replacement to the LIBO Rate for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
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“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the LIBO Rate with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Period, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBO Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBO Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Administrative Agent decides (with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)) may be reasonably appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides (with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)) is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the LIBO Rate:
(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of the LIBO Rate permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the LIBO Rate; or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the LIBO Rate:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the LIBO Rate announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBO Rate, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBO Rate;
(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Rate, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBO Rate, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBO Rate or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the LIBO Rate, which states that the administrator of the LIBO
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Rate has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBO Rate permanently or indefinitely, -provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBO Rate; or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Rate announcing that the LIBO Rate is no longer representative.
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, and, in each case, consented to by the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) in writing and notified in writing to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required Lenders) and the Lenders.
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the LIBO Rate and solely to the extent that the LIBO Rate has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (x) beginning at the time that such Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBO Rate for all purposes hereunder in accordance with the Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event” and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBO Rate for all purposes hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(c).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan.”
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19(b).
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America (or any successor).
“Borrower” means Unity Software Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Borrowing” means Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Minimum” means (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, $5,000,000, and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, $5,000,000.
“Borrowing Multiple” means (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, $1,000,000, and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, $1,000,000.
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“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in dollars in the London interbank market.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any obligations relating to a lease that was accounted for by such Person as an operating lease as of December 31, 2018 (or that would have been accounted for as an operating lease if such lease was in effect as of December 31, 2018) shall not be accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
“Cash Collateralize” means, in respect of an Obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) cash collateral in an amount equal to 100% of such Obligations (except as otherwise expressly provided herein), at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank (and “Cash Collateralization” has a corresponding meaning). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of issuance thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of issuance thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least “Prime 1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, the Administrative Agent or any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated at least “Prime 1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P;
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(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 91 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria of clause (c) above;
(e) investments in “money market funds” substantially all of whose assets are invested in investments of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above;
(f) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes; and
(g) investments permitted pursuant to Borrower’s investment policy as approved by the board of directors (or committee thereof) of the Borrower from time to time.
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide to the Borrower or any Subsidiary cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement (or on the Effective Date in the case of any Cash Management Agreement existing on the Effective Date), is the Administrative Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such Person, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
“Change in Control” means (a) prior to an IPO, the failure by the Permitted Holders to, directly or indirectly through one or more holding companies, beneficially own Voting Equity Interests of the Borrower representing at least a majority of the aggregate votes entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Borrower; provided that any such failure shall not constitute a Change in Control if such failure was due to a bona fide equity financing transaction for, or recapitalization of, the Borrower; or (b) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group other than the Permitted Holders (or any holding company parent of the Borrower owned directly or indirectly by the Permitted Holders) of Voting Equity Interests in the Borrower (or after an IPO, the Public Company) representing more than 40% of the aggregate votes entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Borrower (or after an IPO, the Public Company). The consummation of an IPO shall not constitute a Change in Control.
For purposes of this definition, including other defined terms used herein in connection with this definition and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition or any provision of Section 13(d)-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) “beneficial ownership” shall be as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof, (ii) the phrase Person or group is within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or group or its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (iii) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower or the Public Company, directly or indirectly owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by such group or any other member of such group for purposes of clause (b) of this definition, (iv) Person or group shall
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not be deemed to beneficially own Equity Interests to be acquired by such Person or group pursuant to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, warrant agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the acquisition of the Equity Interests in connection with the transactions contemplated by such agreement and (v) a Person or group will not be deemed to beneficially own the Equity Interests of another Person as a result of its ownership of Equity Interests or other securities of such other Person’s parent (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50% or more of the total voting power of the Equity Interests entitled to vote for the election of directors of such Person’s parent having a majority of the aggregate votes on the board of directors of such Person’s parent.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Charges” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Secured Obligations.
“Collateral Agreement” means the collateral agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower, each other Loan Party and the Administrative Agent on the Effective Date in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto (as may be amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time).
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from (i) each Material Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) either (x) a counterpart of the Guaranty duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the Effective Date (including by ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary), a supplement to the Guaranty, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person and (ii) the Borrower and each Guarantor either (x) a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (y) in the case of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Effective Date (including by ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary), a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, in each case under this clause (a) together with, in the case of any such Loan Documents executed and delivered after the Effective Date, documents of the type referred to in Section 4.01(d) and (e), and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, opinions of the type referred to in Section 4.01(c);
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(b) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than any Equity Interests constituting Excluded Assets or Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary) owned by any Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (and the Administrative Agent shall have received certificates or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests (if any), together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank);
(c) if any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more is owing by such obligor to any Loan Party and such Indebtedness is evidenced by a promissory note, such promissory note shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank); and
(d) all certificates, agreements, documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by the Security Documents, applicable law, rule or regulation and reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, delivered, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents and the other provisions of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,” shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or recording.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) the foregoing provisions of this definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets of the Loan Parties, or the provision of Guarantees by any Subsidiary, if, and for so long as and to the extent that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree in writing that the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets, or obtaining such title insurance, surveys, legal opinions or other deliverables in respect of such assets, or providing such Guarantees (taking into account any material adverse Tax consequences to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including the imposition of withholding or other material Taxes)), shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (b) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents as in effect on the Effective Date, (c) in no event shall control agreements or other control or similar arrangements be required with respect to deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts or other assets specifically requiring perfection by control agreements (other than securities constituting Pledged Securities (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)), (d) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title (other than the filing of UCC financing statements), (e) no perfection actions shall be required with respect to commercial tort claims in an amount reasonably estimated by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to be less than $5,000,000, (f) no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (g) no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights (other than the filing of UCC financing statements), (h) no Loan Party shall be required to deliver or obtain any landlord lien waivers, estoppel certificates or collateral access agreements or letters, (i) in no event shall any mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents or other security document granting a lien on any fee owned parcel of real property be required, and (j) in no event shall the Collateral include any Excluded Assets. The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time or waivers for the
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creation and perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance, surveys, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any Guarantee by any Subsidiary (including extensions beyond the Effective Date or in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Effective Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by this Agreement or the Security Documents.
“Commitment” means the Revolving Commitment.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09(a).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
“Communications” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(d).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:
(a) without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) total interest expense and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations or such derivative instruments, and bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities plus expenses associated with the equity component of, and any xxxx-to-market losses with respect to, convertible debt instruments,
(ii) provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign and state income, franchise, and similar taxes based on income, profits or capital and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including in respect of repatriated funds) including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations,
(iii) depreciation and amortization (including amortization of Capitalized Software Expenditures, internal labor costs and amortization of deferred financing fees or costs and other intangibles),
(iv) other non-cash charges and/or losses (other than any accrual in respect of bonuses) (provided, in each case, that if any non-cash charges and/or losses represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, (A) such Person may elect not to add back such non-cash charge or (B) to the extent such Person elects to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),
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(v) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of income attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back in such period to Consolidated Net Income) excluding cash distributions in respect thereof,
(vi) the amount of payments made to option holders, phantom equity or profits interest holders or restricted stock unit holders of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case, to the extent permitted in the Loan Documents,
(vii) losses or discounts on sales of receivables and related assets in connection with any receivables securitization or factoring allowed pursuant to the terms hereof (provided, in each case, that if there are any collections in respect of such losses or discounts in any future period, the collections in respect thereof shall be subtracted from Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA),
(viii) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 715, and any other items of a similar nature,
(ix) Transaction Costs,
(x) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down (including related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, and investments in debt and equity securities),
(xi) any expense or costs that result from the issuance, exercise, vesting or release of stock-based awards, partnership interest-based awards and similar incentive-based compensation awards or arrangements (including any options, warrants, phantom equity, restricted stock units or other profits interests),
(xii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (c) below for any previous period and not added back,
(xiii) costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and other Public Company Costs, and
(xiv) the amount of one-time costs or expenses attributable to the commencement or expansion of operations into a new market or a new line of business outside the United States following the Effective Date,
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plus
(b) without duplication and to the extent not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of actions that have been taken or initiated or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower), including any cost savings, expenses and charges (including restructuring and integration charges) in connection with, or incurred by or on behalf of, any joint venture of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (whether accounted for on the financial statements of any such joint venture or the Borrower) with respect to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative, within 24 months after such Specified Transaction, restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative (any such amount, a “Run Rate Benefit”) (which Run Rate Benefit shall be added to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such Run Rate Benefit had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions; provided that (A) such Run Rate Benefit is reasonably quantifiable and factually supportable, (B) no Run Rate Benefit shall be added pursuant to this clause (b) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies that are included in clause (a) above (it being understood and agreed that “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken), and (C) the share of any such cost savings, expenses and charges with respect to a joint venture that are to be allocated to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in any period shall not exceed the total amount thereof for any such joint venture multiplied by the percentage of income of such venture expected to be included in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, in each case, at any date of determination, for the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been (or were required to have been) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (b)),
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(c) without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i) non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period),
(ii) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary added (and not deducted in such period from Consolidated Net Income),
in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date minus (b) Unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period the effects from applying acquisition method accounting, including applying acquisition method accounting to inventory, property and
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equipment, loans and leases, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue (including deferred costs related thereto and deferred rent) required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of any acquisition consummated prior to, or after, the Effective Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof; provided that the following shall not be taken into account when calculating Consolidated Net Income for any period, without duplication:
(I) the net income for such period of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) by such Person to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period;
(II) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the implementation of cost saving initiatives and any accruals or reserves in respect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items), severance, relocation costs, integration and facilities’ or offices’ opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions and other strategic or cost saving initiatives), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions prior to or after the Effective Date and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, other executive recruiting or retention costs, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities or offices and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities and charges resulting from changes in estimates, valuations and judgments thereof),
(III) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
(IV) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments,
(V) any income (loss) from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting (but including any cash dividends or distributions actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of such investment),
(VI) any gain (loss) on asset sales, disposals or abandonments (other than asset sales, disposals or abandonments in the ordinary course of business) or income (loss) from discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, at the option of the Borrower, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of),
(VII) any non-cash gain (loss) attributable to the xxxx-to-market movement in the valuation of any convertible debt instruments, hedging obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815-Derivatives and hedging or xxxx-to-market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825-Financial Instruments; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period,
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(VIII) any non-cash gain (loss) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, the net loss or gain resulting from Swap Agreements for currency exchange risk, revaluations of intercompany balances and other balance sheet items, and
(IX) any fees and expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment, any earnout, contingent consideration, obligation or purchase price adjustment) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance, incurrence or repayment of debt (or obtaining of commitments with respect thereto), issuance of equity securities (including an IPO), refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Effective 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 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 805 and gains or losses associated with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 460).
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of all third-party Indebtedness for borrowed money (including purchase money Indebtedness), unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit, Capital Lease Obligations and third-party Indebtedness obligations evidenced by notes or similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, obligations with respect to Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments), in each case of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding, in any event, the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method or pushdown accounting in connection with any acquisition or investment).
“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.
“Covered Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19(a).
“Covered Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19(b).
“Credit Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.
“Cure Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03.
“Cure Right” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Declining Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
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“Default Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19(b).
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to such funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) fund any portion of its participation in any Letter of Credit within two Business Days of the date required to be funded hereunder or (iii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (e) has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (e) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.
“Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter, dated as of the date hereof, as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, 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 and cash in lieu of fractional shares), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares), in whole or in part, or (c) 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 91 days after the Maturity Date applicable at the time of issuance thereof; provided, however, that (i) an Equity Interest in any Person that would not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of an “asset sale,” “condemnation event,” a “change in control” or similar event shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest if any such
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requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and (ii) if an Equity Interest in any Person is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) or any of the Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations of such Person or as a result of such employee’s termination, death, or disability.
“Disqualified Institution” means (a) any Person that has been identified in writing (including by email) to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date as a “Disqualified Institution” (or any such Person whose primary business purpose is investing in distressed debt, that is so identified in writing to the Administrative Agent on or after the Effective Date and is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (b) any Person that is a competitor or potential competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower) that has been identified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time as a “Disqualified Institution” by the Borrower and (c) in the case of each Persons identified pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above, any of their Affiliates that are either (i) identified in writing (including by email) by the Borrower from time to time or (ii) clearly identifiable as Affiliates solely on the basis of such Affiliate’s name (other than Affiliates that are bona fide debt funds); provided that (A) any Person that becomes a “Disqualified Institution” after the applicable Trade Date with respect to an assignment or participation shall not retroactively be deemed a “Disqualified Institution” for purposes of such assignment or participation or any previously acquired assignment or participation (but such Person shall not be able to increase its Commitments or participations hereunder) and (B) such assignment or participation and, in the case of an assignment, the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee, will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a “Disqualified Institution”; provided, however, that, in each case, the term “Disqualified Institution” shall not include any person that has been identified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time by the Borrower as no longer constituting a “Disqualified Institution.”
“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:
(a) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 2.11(c) are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the LIBO Rate, and
(b) (i) the election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld) or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders and the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld) to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.
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“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” means December 20, 2019.
“Eligible Assignee” means any eligible assignee under Section 9.04(b).
“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, disposal, management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of investigation, reclamation or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any Environmental Law, including compliance or noncompliance therewith, (b)the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the presence, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
“ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means any one or more of the following: (a) any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b)the incurrence by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (c) the receipt by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention
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to terminate any Plan or Plans or the appointment of a trustee to administer any Plan; (d) the failure by a Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived; (e) the filing pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (f) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA; (g) the incurrence by a Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan (including any liability under Section 4062(e) of ERISA) or Multiemployer Plan; or (h) the receipt by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is or expected to be, insolvent within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or is in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA.
“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.
“Eurodollar” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Article 7.
“Exchange Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(e).
“Excluded Assets” means (a) any fee-owned real property, (b) all leasehold interests in real property, (c) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted thereby (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction, but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction), (d) any asset if, to the extent that and for so long as the grant of a Lien thereon to secure the Secured Obligations is prohibited by any applicable law (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable law) or would require consent or approval of any Governmental Authority but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, (e) margin stock and, to the extent prohibited by, or creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Loan Party) under the terms of any applicable organizational document, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction, Equity Interests in any Person other than Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower, (f) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would results in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or one of its subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (g) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of (i) such intent-to-use trademark application or (ii) any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law, (h) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Loan Party) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of
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any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (i) Voting Equity Interests in excess of 65% of the Voting Equity Interests of (i) any Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) any FSHCO, (i) commercial tort claims in an amount reasonably estimated by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to be less than $5,000,000, (k) vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title (except to the extent that a security interest therein can be perfected by filing of a UCC financing statement), (l) any aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines or helicopters, or any equipment or other assets constituting a part thereof (except to the extent that a security interest therein can be perfected by filing of a UCC financing statement), (m) any and all assets and personal property owned by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary), (n) any Equity Interest in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and (o) any proceeds from any issuance of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 that are paid into an escrow account to be released upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events, including cash or investments not prohibited under this Agreement set aside at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, to the extent such cash or investments prefund the payment of interest or premium or discount on such Indebtedness (or any costs related to the issuance of such Indebtedness) and are held in such escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (b) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation or by any contractual obligation to which such Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound from guaranteeing the Secured Obligations; provided that any such agreement, instrument or other undertaking (i) is in existence on the Effective Date (or, with respect to a Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date, as of the date such acquisition) and (ii) in the case of a Subsidiary acquired after the Effective Date, was not entered into in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, (c) any Subsidiary with respect to which guaranteeing the Secured Obligations would require consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained, (d) any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, (e) any direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a CFC, (g) any FSHCO, (h) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, captive insurance companies or other special purpose subsidiaries designated by the Borrower from time to time and (i) any other Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, determines that the burden or cost or other consequences is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, unless otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. 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 Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by any jurisdiction as a result such Recipient being organized under the laws of such jurisdiction or having its principal office located, or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in such jurisdiction or (ii) that otherwise are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender or Issuing Bank,
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U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender or Issuing Bank with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Revolving Commitment or obligations to reimburse amounts drawn under a Letter of Credit pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender or Issuing Bank acquires such interest in the applicable Revolving Commitment (or in the case of a Loan or Letter of Credit not funded pursuant to a prior Revolving Commitment, such interest in the applicable Loan or Letter of Credit), in each case, other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.16 or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.14(b), additional amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Revolving Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.14(g) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Extending Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20.
“Extension Agreement” means an extension agreement entered into pursuant to Section 2.20 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Extension Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) or any published intergovernmental agreement (and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices) implementing such Sections of the Code.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, (15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd 1, et seq.) as amended.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided, that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day is less than zero, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day will be deemed to be zero.
“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
“Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter dated December 20, 2019 between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Financial Covenant” means the covenant set forth in Section 6.07.
“Financial Officer” means any of the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, vice president of finance or corporate controller or most senior financial officer of the Borrower.
“Fixed Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
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“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Letter of Credit Usage other than Letter of Credit Usage as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Non-Defaulting Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that has no material assets other than Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are CFCs.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Act” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local, or otherwise, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or customary indemnification obligations entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets or of other entities (other than to the extent that the primary obligations that are the subject of such indemnification obligation would be considered Indebtedness hereunder).
“Guarantor” means (a) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that delivered the Guaranty as of the Effective Date, (b) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that has delivered a Guaranty or a joinder agreement to a Guaranty pursuant to Section 5.09 hereof and (c) after the IPO, the Public Company if it is not the Borrower, after it has delivered a Guaranty or a joinder agreement to a Guaranty pursuant to Section 5.09 hereof.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty agreement executed and delivered by the Guarantors on the Effective Date in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto (as may be amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time).
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of the Borrower that has been designated by Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” from time to time (it being understood that, as of the Effective Date, each Subsidiary listed on Schedule A has been so designated) and (a) whose Total Assets (on an unconsolidated basis) as of the most recent available quarterly or year-end financial statements do not exceed 5% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date and (b) whose revenues (on an unconsolidated basis) for the most recently ended four-quarter period for which financial statements are available do not exceed 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that (i) the Total Assets of all such Subsidiaries as of the most recent available quarterly or year-end financial statements shall not exceed 15% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date and (ii) the revenues for the most recently ended four-quarter period for which financial statements are available shall not exceed 15% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP. For any determination made as of or prior to the time any Person becomes an indirect or direct Subsidiary of Borrower, such determination and designation shall be made based on financial statements provided by or on behalf of such Person in connection with the acquisition of such Person or such Person’s assets. The Borrower may change the designation of any Subsidiary as an Immaterial Subsidiary (and, to the extent that existing designated Immaterial Subsidiaries do not meet the limits provided above, the Borrower shall change such designation) by providing notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that any Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower formed or acquired after the Effective Date, as applicable, that meets the requirements of an “Immaterial Subsidiary” set forth herein shall be deemed designated as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” (without any requirement for any further notice to the Administrative Agent) unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent in writing.
“Immediate Family Members” means with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the fore-going individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Increased Amount Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.18(a).
“Incremental Available Amount” means, on any date of determination, (a) $50,000,000 plus (b) any additional or other amount, so long as (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent Measurement Period is a positive number and (ii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such New Commitments or other Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the Incremental Available Amount pursuant to Section 6.01(g), as applicable, as of the most recent Measurement Period at such time and treating any New Commitments or Indebtedness consisting of a revolving credit facility incurred on such date (or, in the case, of a Limited Conditionality Transaction, to be incurred in connection with such acquisition or transaction) as fully drawn (but without giving effect to any substantially simultaneous incurrence of New Commitments or Indebtedness made pursuant to clause (a) of this definition or any other Fixed Amount under Section 6.01); provided that Consolidated Net Debt shall be determined without taking into account any cash or Cash Equivalents constituting proceeds of any Loans made under any New Commitments or Indebtedness to be provided on such date (or, in the case, of a Limited Conditionality Transaction, to be incurred in connection with such acquisition or transaction) that may otherwise reduce the amount of Consolidated Net Debt.
“Incurrence-Based Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.
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“Indebtedness” of any Person at any date means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business and 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 within 60 days after being due and payable), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (f) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of obligations of another Person of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above, and (g) all obligations of another Person of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above secured by any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor or such Person is itself a corporation or limited liability company. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (g) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall exclude intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller, (iii) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights or any settlements of claims related thereto, (iv) Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP, (v) pension related obligations or (vi) obligations pursuant to the settlement of claims prior to the date of this Agreement.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).
“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12(a).
“Information Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
“Interest Election Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b).
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.
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“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, with the consent of each Lender, twelve months or less than one month) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Interpolated Rate” means, in relation to the LIBO Screen Rate, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a) the applicable LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and
(b) the applicable LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,
each as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period of that Loan.
“Investment” means any loan, advance, extension of credit (by way of Guarantee or otherwise) or capital contributions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the value of any Investment shall be deemed to be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment; provided that the value of such Investment shall be net of cash return received after the Effective Date as a result of any sale for cash, repayment, redemption, liquidation, distribution or other cash realization, not to exceed the original cost of such Investment.
“IPO” means a public sale of Qualified Equity Interests of the Public Company pursuant to an effective registration statement (other than on Form S-8 or any other form relating to securities issuable under any benefit plan of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be).
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP 98” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank and in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).
“Issuing Bank” means each Lender (or affiliate thereof) with a Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit on Schedule 2.01 hereof, as Issuing Bank hereunder, and any other Lender (or affiliate thereof) that shall agree in writing, at the request of the Borrower and with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld), to become an “Issuing Bank,” in each case together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
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“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“LCT Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06.
“LCT Test Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.06.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, in each case, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Letter of Credit” means a standby letter of credit issued or to be issued by an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement in such form and substance as may be approved from time to time by the applicable Issuing Bank.
“Letter of Credit Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09(a).
“Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit” means (a) with respect to each Issuing Bank as of the Effective Date, as set forth on Schedule 2.01, and (b) with respect to any other Issuing Bank, an amount as shall be agreed to by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank and the Borrower; provided that the Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit of any Issuing Bank may be increased if agreed in writing between the Borrower and such Issuing Bank and notified to the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, as at any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit for each Issuing Bank (which, as of the Effective Date, is $20,000,000) and (b) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (a) the maximum aggregate amount which is, or at any time thereafter may become, available for drawing under all Letters of Credit then outstanding and (b) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by an Issuing Bank and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower. The Letter of Credit Usage of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Letter of Credit Usage at such time.
“LIBO Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period (or, solely for the purposes of clause (c) in the defined term “Alternate Base Rate,” for purposes of determining the Alternate Base Rate as of any date) for a Eurodollar Borrowing, subject to Section 2.11(c), (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) (the “LIBO Screen Rate”) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other
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service which displays the LIBO Screen Rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if LIBO Screen Rates are quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for the Interest Period elected, the LIBO Screen Rate shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate; and provided, further, that if any such rate determined pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) is less than zero, the LIBO Rate will be deemed to be zero.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance in the nature of a security interest, charge in the nature of a security interest or security interest in, on or of such asset, and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
“Limited Conditionality Transaction” means any acquisition not prohibited by this Agreement whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing or that requires the giving of irrevocable notice thereof prior to the consummation thereof.
“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Availability as of such date plus (b) Unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the balance sheet of the Borrower as of such date.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement (including any amendment hereto or waiver hereunder), the Disclosure Letter (including any amendment or supplement thereto provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), the Notes (if any), any Joinder Agreement, the Guaranty, any instrument of joinder to the Guaranty delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 hereof, the Collateral Agreement, any supplement to the Collateral Agreement delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 hereof, the other Security Documents, the Fee Letter, any other agreement, instrument or document executed after the date hereof and designated by its terms as a Loan Document, and any agreements, documents or certificates executed by the Borrower in favor of the applicable Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Loans” means the Revolving Loans.
“Local Time” means New York City time.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its payment obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party and (c) the material rights of or remedies available to the Agents and the Lenders under the terms of the Loan Documents.
“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and other than Indebtedness among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal amount exceeding $30,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Swap
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Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Maturity Date” means December 20, 2024, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13.
“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such date (taken as one accounting period) in which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b).
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“New Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.18(a).
“New Extending Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20.
“New Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.18(a).
“New Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.18(b).
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 9.02 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Public Information” means information that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD.
“Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(e).
“Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the principal of and interest at the applicable rate or rates provided in this Agreement (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans including all obligations in respect of the Letter of Credit Usage, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to reimburse Letter of Credit Disbursements and pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual payment and performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this
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Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (including interest and monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document). For the avoidance of doubt, Taxes described in clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” constitute Other Connection Taxes.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes or any other excise, property, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes which arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and/or any of the other Loan Documents; excluding, however, such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than such Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment that occurs as a result of the Borrower’s request pursuant to Section 2.16(b)).
“Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement between the Administrative Agent and the agent, trustee or other representative of such Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(g) or Section 6.02(r) that is ranked pari passu in payment with the Obligations, which intercreditor agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(iii).
“Participating Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.19(e).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement and, if applicable, the other Loan Documents, effected in connection with an extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.20, applicable to all, or any portion of, the Loans and/or Commitments of any Extending Lenders and, providing for (a) a change in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Extending Lenders and/or (b) a change in the fees payable to, or the inclusion of new fees to be payable to, the Extending Lenders and/or (c) additional covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the latest Maturity Date at such time (it being understood that to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant or any other covenant is added for the benefit of any such Loans and/or Commitments, no consent shall be required by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders if such financial maintenance covenant or other covenant is either (i) also added for the benefit of any corresponding Loans and/or Commitments remaining outstanding after the issuance or incurrence of such Loans and/or Commitments or (ii) only applicable after the latest Maturity Date at such time).
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“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies that are not overdue for more than 60 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlord’s, supplier’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in good faith;
(c) Liens incurred and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or employment laws or to secure other public, statutory or regulatory obligations and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (c)(i) above;
(d) Liens incurred and deposits made to (i) secure the performance of bids, trade and commercial contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (d)(i) above;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j) and Liens securing appeal or surety bonds related to such judgments;
(f) easements, encumbrances, rights-of-way, reservations, restrictions, restrictive covenants, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes building codes, encroachments, protrusions, zoning restrictions, and other similar encumbrances (including Liens in favor of Governmental Authorities) and minor title defects or other irregularities in title and survey exceptions 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 Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(g) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements filed (or similar filings under applicable law) solely as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases; and
(h) Liens resulting from, or Uniform Commercial Code financing statements filed (or similar filings under applicable law) as, any “fall back security” or precautionary measure in connection with any receivables securitization or factoring not prohibited hereby.
“Permitted Holder” means (a) the stockholders of the Borrower as of the Effective Date, (b) their Permitted Transferees, and (c) any group of which the Persons described in clauses (a) and/or (b) are members and any other member of such group; provided that the Persons described in clauses (a) and (b), without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, collectively own, directly or indirectly, Voting Equity Interests in such Person representing a majority of the aggregate votes entitled to vote for the election of directors of such Person having a majority of the aggregate votes on the board of directors of such Person owned by such group.
“Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any Person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such Person), (a) such Person’s estate, heirs, Immediate Family Members, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective descendants and (b) any trust or other legal entity the beneficiary of which is such Person’s immediate estate, heirs, family, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children or their respective descendants and which is controlled by such Person.
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“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(d).
“Prepayment Notice” means a notice of prepayment in accordance with Section 2.08(b).
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).
“Principal Office” for each of the Administrative Agent and any Issuing Bank, means the office of the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank as set forth in Section 9.01(a), or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as such Person may from time to time designate to Borrower and each Lender upon two Business Days’ written notice.
“Proposed Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02(e).
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Company” shall mean, after the IPO, the Person (such Person being the Borrower or any direct parent company of the Borrower) that shall have issued Equity Interests pursuant to such IPO.
“Public Company Costs” means costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Exchange Act (and any similar requirement of law under any other applicable jurisdiction), as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ or managers’ and employees’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, listing fees and other costs associated with being a public company.
“Public Lenders” means Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or its or their securities.
“Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair or improvement of any fixed or capital asset to the extent incurred prior to or within 270 days following such acquisition, construction, repair or improvement.
“QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19(b).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19.
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“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that, at the time of the relevant guarantee (or grant of the relevant security interest, as applicable) becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into a keepwell pursuant to section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Qualifying IPO” means an IPO in which the Borrower raises at least $50,000,000 of gross primary proceeds.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, extensions, renewals, or replacements of Indebtedness so long as (a) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount (or accreted value) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest, premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred (including any netted fees or other amounts payable or other discounts or reduced issuance or incurrence amounts in connection therewith), in connection with such refinancing, extensions, renewals or replacements and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto, (b) the final maturity date of the Refinancing Indebtedness is not earlier than the original Indebtedness being refinanced, (c) the Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred by Persons who are the obligors of the original Indebtedness being refinanced and (d) if such original Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(a) the terms of any such Refinancing Indebtedness (excluding interest rate and other economic terms) that are not substantially identical to the original Indebtedness being refinanced are not materially more favorable (taken as a whole) to the investors providing such Refinancing Indebtedness than those applicable to the original Indebtedness being refinanced (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Maturity Date existing at the time of incurrence of such Refinancing Indebtedness), as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
“Reimbursement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.19(d).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives and attorneys of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.07(b).
“Representatives” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments or, if the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated, holding
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more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans at such time. The Revolving Commitment and Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
“Responsible Officer” means any of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President (Finance), General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer from time to time of the applicable Loan Party, or any person designated by any such Loan Party in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time, acting singly.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder and acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.18, or (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment as of the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments as of the Effective Date is $125,000,000.
“Revolving Loans” means the revolving loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor thereto.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is, or whose government is, the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions (including, without limitation, as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Crimea).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (b) any Person, organized or ordinarily resident in a Sanctioned Country, or (c) any Person owned 50% or more by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
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“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank, or any Guarantee by any Loan Party of any Cash Management Agreement entered into by and between any Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank, in each case to the extent that such Cash Management Agreement or such Guarantee, as applicable, is not otherwise designated in writing by the Borrower and such Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Cash Management Agreement.
“Secured Obligations” means the Obligations, together with (a) all obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (b) all obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Secured Swap Agreement, other than any Excluded Swap Obligation.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender, each Swap Bank that is party to any Secured Swap Agreement, each Cash Management Bank that is party to any Secured Cash Management Agreement, and the permitted successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
“Secured Swap Agreement” means any Swap Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and any Swap Bank, or any Guarantee by any Loan Party of any Swap Agreement entered into by and between any Subsidiary and any Swap Bank, in each case to the extent that such Swap Agreement or such Guarantee, as applicable, is not otherwise designated in writing by the Borrower and such Swap Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Swap Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents, any Guarantee of, or grant of any Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Secured Swap Agreement by a Guarantor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
“Security Documents” means the Collateral Agreement and each other document executed and delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, Section 4.01(a), Section 5.09, Section 5.12 or the other Security Documents to secure any of the Secured Obligations.
“SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator), on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.
“Solvent” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the present assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on their debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not intend to, and do not believe that they will, incur debts or liabilities (including current obligations and contingent liabilities) beyond their ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature in the ordinary course of business and (d) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are not engaged in business or a transaction, and are not about to engage in business or a transaction, in relation to which their 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 (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 (ASC 450)).
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“Specified Event of Default” means an Event of Default of the type described in Section 7.01(a) or (b) or, with respect to the Borrower, a Bankruptcy Event.
“Specified Representations” means, in respect of any New Commitments the proceeds of which are to be used primarily to consummate a Limited Conditionality Transaction, (a) to the extent required by the Lenders providing such New Commitments, the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01 (with respect to the Loan Parties), 3.02, 3.03(c), 3.08, 3.09, 3.14, 3.15(a), 3.15(b), and Section 3.02(a) and 3.02(g) of the Collateral Agreement and (b) the representations and warranties contained in the acquisition agreement, if any, related to such Limited Conditionality Transaction as are material to the interests of the Lenders providing such New Commitments, but only to the extent that the Borrower or any of its Affiliates has the right to terminate its obligations under such acquisition agreement as a result of the failure of such representation or warranty to be accurate.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any investment, acquisition, sale or other disposition or transfer or assets, equity issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, dividend or other distribution with respect to any Equity Interests or purchase, redemption, or termination of any Equity Interests that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires “pro forma compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “pro forma basis.”
“Standard Credit Information” means (a) any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (b) any notice, certificate or other document delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (c) any information concerning compliance by the Borrower with the terms of this Agreement and any other Loan Document (it being understood that the term “Standard Credit Information” does not include product designs, software and technology, inventions, trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information of a like nature).
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent and which is required by GAAP to be consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of the parent.
“Successor Borrower” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(a)(i).
“Supported QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
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“Swap Bank” means any Person that is (or an Affiliate thereof is) the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender on the Effective Date (or any person that becomes the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Effective Date) and that enters into a Swap Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any Swap Bank shall continue to be a Swap Bank with respect to the applicable Swap Agreement even if it ceases to be the Administrative Agent, an Arranger, Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Effective Date.
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Tax Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(s).
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Article 5.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(i) or Section 5.01(a) or (b).
“Total Exposure” means, for any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans of such Lender plus (b) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Letter of Credit Usage.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Measurement Period ending on such date.
“Trade Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(G).
“Transaction Costs” means the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with Transactions occurring on the Effective Date.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of each Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of Loans and the issuance, amendment, extension or increase of Letters of Credit.
“Type” means, when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, whether the rate of interest on such Revolving Loan, or on the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a U.S. jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
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“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.19(d).
“Unrestricted” means, when referring to cash or Cash Equivalents, that such cash or Cash Equivalents (a) do not appear (or would be required to appear) as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and (b) to the extent the use thereof for the repayment of Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract binding upon the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that at the time of determination has previously been designated, in each case to the extent such Subsidiary continues to be, an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.10.
“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 from time to time.
“U.S.” and “United States” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.19.
“Voting Equity Interests” means Equity Interests that are entitled to vote generally for the election of directors to the board of directors (or the functional equivalent) of the issuer thereof. Shares of preferred stock that have the right to elect one or more directors to the board of directors of the issuer thereof only upon the occurrence of a breach or default by such issuer thereunder shall not be considered Voting Equity Interests as long as the directors that may be elected to the board of directors of the issuer upon the occurrence of such a breach or default represent a minority of the aggregate voting power of all directors of board of directors of the issuer. The percentage of Voting Equity Interests of any issuer thereof beneficially owned by a Person shall be determined by reference to the percentage of the aggregate voting power of all Voting Equity Interests of such issuer that are represented by the Voting Equity Interests beneficially owned by such Person.
“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, a subsidiary of such Person of which securities or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Equity Interests (other than (a) directors’ qualifying shares and (b) nominal shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable requirements of law, rule or regulation) are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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“Withdrawal Liability” means liability 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.
“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and any other applicable withholding agent.
“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 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”).
Section 1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) except as otherwise specified with respect to the schedules to the Disclosure Letter, all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (f) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP; Certain Calculations.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided 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 date hereof 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), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then 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 shall have been amended to account for any such change following good faith negotiations between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all financial covenants contained herein shall be calculated (i) without giving effect to any election under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
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No. 159 (ASC 825) (or any similar accounting principle) permitting or requiring a Person to value its financial liabilities or Indebtedness at the fair value thereof and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 47020 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
(b) For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event that requires a calculation of any financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Section 6.07, any Total Net Leverage Ratio test, the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and/or Total Assets), such financial ratio or test shall be calculated at the time such action is taken (subject to Section 1.06), such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in such financial ratio or test occurring after the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test (including, without limitation, Section 6.07, any Total Net Leverage Ratio test, the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and/or Total Assets) (any such amounts, the “Incurrence-Based Amounts”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts.
Section 1.05 Electronic Execution of Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Loan Document or any agreement entered into in connection therewith, including any Assignment and Assumption, or any notice, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection therewith shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 1.06 Limited Conditionality Transactions.
(a) In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Conditionality Transaction, for purposes of:
(i) determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio;
(ii) determining the accuracy of representations and warranties and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or any subset of Defaults or Events of Default); or
(iii) testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Total Assets or by reference to the Available Equity Amount);
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in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Conditionality Transaction, an “LCT Election”), with such option to be exercised on or prior to the date of execution of the definitive agreements related to such Limited Conditionality Transaction, the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Conditionality Transaction are entered into (the “LCT Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Conditionality Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Measurement Period, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, each Borrowing hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions under Section 4.02 as of the date of such Borrowing except as expressly set forth in Section 2.18(a).
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Conditionality Transaction, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations; however, if any ratios improve or baskets increase as a result of such fluctuations, such improved ratios or baskets may be utilized. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Conditionality Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of the incurrence ratios subject to the LCT Election on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Conditionality Transaction is consummated or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Conditionality Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Conditionality Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Conditionality Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.
Section 1.07 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
ARTICLE 2
THE CREDITS
Section 2.01 Revolving Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans in dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (b) the Aggregate Total Exposure exceeding the total Revolving Commitments or (c) any Lender’s Total Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
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Section 2.02 Revolving Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Revolving Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Revolving Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.11, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a written Borrowing Request in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto and signed by the Borrower by email or other electronic transmission (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. Local Time three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time), one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(v) the location and number of the account or accounts to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing. Except as otherwise provided herein or agreed by the Administrative Agent, a Borrowing Request for a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest
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Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Rate Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Eurodollar Borrowing for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing by email or other electronic communication) to Borrower and each Lender.
Section 2.04 Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Revolving Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m. Local Time to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Revolving Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account or accounts designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such Applicable Percentage available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in such Borrowing.
Section 2.05 Interest Elections.
(a) Each Borrowing of Revolving Loans initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. Subject to the limitation set forth in Section 2.02(c), the Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated among the Lenders holding the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages, and the Revolving Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a written request (an “Interest Election Request”) in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto and signed by the Borrower by email or other electronic transmission by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.
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(c) Each written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.”
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. Except as otherwise provided herein, an Interest Election Request for conversion to, or continuation of, any Eurodollar Borrowing shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
Section 2.06 Termination and Reduction of Revolving Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments, in each case, without premium or penalty; provided that (i) each partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.08, the sum of the Aggregate Total Exposure would exceed the total Commitments.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or another transaction, in which case such
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notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be applied to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(d) If, after giving effect to any reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Commitments, such Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
Section 2.07 Repayment of Revolving Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Revolving Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Revolving Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein (absent manifest error); provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Revolving Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Revolving Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (each such promissory note being called a “Note” and all such promissory notes being collectively called the “Notes”). In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in substantially the form of Exhibit D attached hereto. Thereafter, the Revolving Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
Section 2.08 Prepayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (subject to the requirements of Section 2.13), subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing by a Prepayment Notice in substantially the form of Exhibit K attached hereto by email or other electronic transmission of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment.
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Each such Prepayment Notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a Prepayment Notice is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06, then such Prepayment Notice may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.06. Promptly following receipt of any such Prepayment Notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10 and shall be subject to Section 2.13.
(c) Any prepayment of any Loan pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be applied as specified by the Borrower in the applicable Prepayment Notice.
Section 2.09 Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay (or in the case of clause (ii), cause the Applicable Account Party to pay) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender) in accordance with such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (i) a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”), which shall accrue at the applicable percentage set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate” on the average daily difference between (x) the Revolving Commitments and (y) the aggregate principal amount of (1) all outstanding Revolving Loans plus (2) the Letter of Credit Usage and (ii) a Letter of Credit participation fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”), which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate with respect to Eurodollar Borrowings on the average daily undrawn amount of the Letters of Credit (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of determination), in each case, during the Availability Period. Accrued fees under this Section 2.09(a) shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on December 31, 2019; provided that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All fees under this Section 2.09(a) shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (or cause the Applicable Account Party to pay) directly to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, the following fees:
(i) a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum, based on the average daily undrawn amount on such Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank; and
(i) such documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit as are in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be.
The fees in clause (b)(i) above shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year during the Availability Period, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date, and on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.
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(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, including those set forth in the Fee Letter.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the parties specified herein. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.10 Interest.
(a) The Revolving Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Revolving Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default and, at the request of Required Lenders, any other Event of Default, all overdue amounts outstanding hereunder shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) The Borrower agrees to pay to the applicable Issuing Bank, with respect to drawings honored under any Letter of Credit, interest on the amount paid by such Issuing Bank in respect of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at a rate equal to (i) for the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the applicable Reimbursement Date, the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Loans that are ABR Loans, and (ii) thereafter, a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Loans that are ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans (as applicable).
(f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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Section 2.11 Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality.
(a) Other than under the circumstances set forth in clause (c) below, if at least two Business Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(i) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period and the Administrative Agent reasonably expects that such circumstances are likely to be temporary; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or other electronic transmission as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (x) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, and (y) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
(b) If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Effective Date that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurodollar Borrowing, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue any Eurodollar Borrowing or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurodollar Borrowings (if applicable) 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 shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) convert all such Eurodollar Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans on the last of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans (in which case the Borrower shall not be required to make payments pursuant to Section 2.13 in connection with such payment). Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the determination of such Lender, otherwise be disadvantageous to it.
(c) Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.
(i) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the LIBO Rate with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. Local Time on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of the LIBO Rate with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
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(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.11(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.11(c).
(iv) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Eurodollar Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period, the component of ABR based upon the LIBO Rate will not be used in any determination of ABR.
Section 2.12 Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) in respect of its loans, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting to or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or issuing, amending, extending,
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increasing or maintaining in place a Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then promptly following the request of such Lender (accompanied by the certificate referred to in clause (c) below), Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments hereunder or the Loans made by such Lender or the Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company or such Issuing Bank or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity requirements), then from time to time the Borrower will, promptly after receipt of a written request by any Lender affected by any such event (which request shall be accompanied by the certificate referred to in clause (c) below), pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its respective holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof; provided that a Lender or Issuing Bank shall not be entitled to any compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12 to the extent such Lender or Issuing Bank is not generally imposing such charges or requesting such compensation from other similarly situated borrowers under similar circumstances.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefore; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive (or has retroactive effect), then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
Section 2.13 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment or prepayment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.08(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall, promptly after receipt of a written request by any Lender affected by any such
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event (which request shall be accompanied by the certificate referred to below), compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
Section 2.14 Taxes.
(a) For purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
(b) All payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding of such Indemnified Taxes has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14) the applicable Lender (or, in the case of payments made to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no deduction or withholding for Indemnified Taxes been made.
(c) The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(d) The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.14) paid or payable by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, no Loan Party shall be required to pay any amount under this Section 2.14(d) with respect to Other Taxes paid or reimbursed by a Loan Party pursuant to Section 2.14(c).
(e) As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.14, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(f) (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to any payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to withholding or information reporting requirements.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender, if it is legally eligible to do so, shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as required by law or upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(a) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, two executed original copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, two executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(b) two executed original copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(c) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) two certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and that no payments under any Loan Documents are effectively connected with the Foreign Lender’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) two executed original copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN, as applicable; or
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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), two executed original copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or IRS Form W-8BEN, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of such direct or indirect partner(s);
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 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, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA, and to determine the amount to deduct and withhold, if any, from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any documentation it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly update such documentation or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.
Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Borrower and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by the Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.14(f). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14, a Lender shall not be required to deliver any documentation pursuant to this Section 2.14(f) that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(g) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.14 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.14), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.14
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with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, as applicable, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h), the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph (h) shall not be construed to require any Lender or the Administrative Agent to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.14 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
Section 2.15 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-Off.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Sections 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14, or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed, solely for purposes of calculating fees and interest hereunder, to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14 and Section 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment or performance hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment or performance shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Loan or Letter of Credit shall be made in dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii)
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the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. For purposes of clause (b) of the definition of Excluded Taxes, a Lender that acquires a participation pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be treated as having acquired such participation on the earlier date on which it acquired the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment with respect to which such participation relates.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b) or paragraph (d) of this Section, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to satisfy such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s, as applicable, obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
Section 2.16 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Tax or additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or Section 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Tax or additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 or (iii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, (A) require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.12 or Section 2.14) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
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Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (1) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (2) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees so assigned) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts so assigned), (3) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (4) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law, and (5) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, (x) the applicable assignee shall have consented to, or shall consent to, the applicable amendment, waiver or consent and (y) the Borrower exercises its rights pursuant to this clause (b) with respect to all Non-Consenting Lenders relating to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent or (B) terminate the Revolving Commitments of such Lender and prepay any outstanding principal of its Loans and any accrued and unpaid interest or fees owing to such Lender as of the date of such termination, in each case on a non-pro rata basis. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
(c) Each Lender hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable power of attorney (which power is coupled with an interest) to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Lender, as assignor, any Assignment and Assumption necessary to effectuate any assignment of such Lender’s interests hereunder in the circumstances contemplated by this Section 2.16.
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) Such 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 the definition of Required Lenders and in Section 9.02.
(ii) Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article 7 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Banks hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.19(i); fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy (x) such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.19(i); sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks as a result of any judgment of a court of competent
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jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or any Issuing Bank against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, 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 such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or Letter of Credit Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans, and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit, were made when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans and Letter of Credit Disbursements to all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans or Letter of Credit Disbursements of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Obligations, without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv), are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Revolving Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv). 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 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) (A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B) With respect to any Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to each Issuing Bank the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv) (A) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the Total Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
(B) if the reallocation described in clause (A) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent, Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Bank only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Usage (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.19 for so long as such Letter of Credit Usage is outstanding;
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(C) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Usage pursuant to clause (B) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(a)(ii) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Usage during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Usage is Cash Collateralized;
(D) if the Letter of Credit Usage of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (A) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.09(a)(ii) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and
(E) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Usage is neither reallocated nor Cash Collateralized pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all fees payable under Section 2.09(a)(ii) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Usage shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such Letter of Credit Usage is reallocated and/or Cash Collateralized.
(b) If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages, without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c) If a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a parent of any Lender shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or any Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, such Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless such Issuing Bank shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
Section 2.18 Incremental Facility.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request prior to the Maturity Date, one or more increases to the existing Revolving Commitments (any such increase, the “New Commitments”), by an amount not in excess of the Incremental Available Amount (determined as of the date of effectiveness of such New Commitments, subject to Section 1.06) in the aggregate and not less than $10,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount which shall be approved by the Administrative Agent or such lesser amount that shall constitute the difference between the Incremental Available Amount on such date and all such New Commitments obtained prior to such date), and integral
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multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date (each, an “Increased Amount Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the New Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and which may be contingent upon the closing of an acquisition or other transaction and (B) the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee, subject to approval thereof by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks in the case of a Person that is not a Lender, to the extent such approval is required in the case of an assignment to such Person pursuant to such Section 9.04(b) (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (each, a “New Lender”), to whom the Borrower proposes any portion of such New Commitments be allocated and the amounts of such allocations (it being understood that the identity of such Lenders or other Persons may be amended after the date of such notice so long as the approval requirements of this clause (B), if any, are satisfied); provided that any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the New Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Commitment. Such New Commitments shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that (1) on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Commitments, each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be satisfied (subject to Section 1.06 and, in the case of any New Commitments the proceeds of which are to be used primarily to consummate a Limited Conditionality Transaction substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of such New Commitments, to the extent agreed to by the Borrower and the Lenders providing such New Commitments, (x) the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which shall be a condition to the effectiveness of such New Commitments shall be the Specified Representations, and (y) the condition set forth in Section 4.02(b) shall be tested on the date the acquisition agreement with respect to such Limited Conditionality Transaction is signed (provided that, on the date such New Commitments are effective, no Specified Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom)); (2) the New Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, the New Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and each New Lender shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14; (3) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Sections 2.12 and 2.13 in connection with the New Commitments; and (4) the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any customary legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the New Lenders or the Issuing Banks in connection with any such transaction.
(b) On any Increased Amount Date on which New Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each of the Lenders shall assign to each of the New Lenders, and each of the New Lenders shall purchase from each of the Lenders, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued interest), such interests in the Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Usage outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans and participation interests in Letter of Credit Usage will be held by existing Lenders and New Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Commitments to the Revolving Commitments, (ii) each New Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Commitment and each Revolving Loan made thereunder (a “New Loan”) shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan, and (iii) each New Lender shall become a Lender for all purposes hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of each Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof (i) the New Commitments and the New Lenders, and (ii) the respective interests in such Lender’s Revolving Loans and participation interests in Letter of Credit Usage, in each case subject to the assignments contemplated by this Section 2.18.
(d) The terms and provisions (including pricing) of the New Loans shall be identical to the existing Loans. Notwithstanding anything in Section 9.02 to the contrary, each Joinder Agreement 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 opinion of the Administrative Agent to effect the provision of this Section 2.18.
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Section 2.19 Letters of Credit.
(a) Letters of Credit. During the Availability Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Banks agree to issue Letters of Credit (or amend, extend or increase an outstanding Letter of Credit) at the request of the Borrower or the Borrower on behalf of any Subsidiary for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable (the “Applicable Account Party”), up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit and denominated in dollars; provided (i) the stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $50,000 or, in each case, such lesser amount as is acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank; (ii) after giving effect to such issuance or increase, in no event shall (x) the Aggregate Total Exposure exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect or (y) any Lender’s Total Exposure exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; (iii) after giving effect to such issuance or increase, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, (iv) after giving effect to such issuance or increase, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Issuing Bank in writing, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage with respect to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank exceed the Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit of such Issuing Bank then in effect, and (v) in no event shall any Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the earlier of (A) the fifth Business Day prior to the Maturity Date and (B) the date which is twelve months from the original date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. Subject to the foregoing, the applicable Issuing Bank may agree that a Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, unless the applicable Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period and provides notice to that effect to the Borrower and the Applicable Account Party; provided that such Issuing Bank shall not extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at least one Business Day prior to the last Business Day that such Issuing Bank may elect not to allow such extension; provided, further, if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Banks shall not be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit unless the applicable Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit of such Defaulting Lender, including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Letter of Credit Usage at such time on terms satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower and the Applicable Account Party when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP 98 or UCP 600, as applicable, shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(b) Notice of Issuance. Whenever an Applicable Account Party desires the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit, it shall deliver to each of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank an Application in use by the applicable Issuing Bank at that time no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least five Business Days in advance of the proposed date of issuance or amendment or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the applicable Issuing Bank in any particular instance. Such Application shall be accompanied by documentary and other evidence of the proposed beneficiary’s identity as may reasonably be requested by the applicable Issuing Bank to enable the applicable Issuing Bank to verify the beneficiary’s identity or to comply with any applicable laws or regulations, including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act or as otherwise customarily requested by the applicable Issuing Bank. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.19, the applicable Issuing Bank shall issue, amend, extend or increase the requested Letter of Credit subject to no violation of any of, and only in accordance with, the Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures and policies as in effect from time to time. Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit or amendment, extension or increase thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of such issuance, which notice from the Administrative Agent shall be accompanied by a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, extension or increase thereof and the amount of such Lender’s respective participation in such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.19(e).
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(c) Responsibility of the Issuing Banks With Respect to Requests for Drawings and Payments. In determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary(ies) thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit. As between the Borrower, the Applicable Account Party and the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower and the Applicable Account Party assume all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by the applicable Issuing Bank or the proceeds thereof, by the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit; provided, however, the foregoing does not limit any of the Borrower’s or the Applicable Account Party’s rights against any such beneficiary. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, an Issuing Bank shall not be responsible or have any liability for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by any beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; (viii) for any other action or inaction taken or suffered by such Issuing Bank under or in connection with any such Letter of Credit, if required or permitted under any applicable domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practice; or (ix) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts; none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of such Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder or place such Issuing Bank under any liability to the Borrower or any Applicable Account Party. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by an Issuing Bank under or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in “good faith” (as such term is defined in Article 5 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code), shall not give rise to any liability on the part of the Issuing Bank to the Borrower, any Applicable Account Party or any party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.19(c), the applicable Issuing Bank shall not be excused from liability to the Borrower or the Applicable Account Party to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower or the Applicable Account Party that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.
(d) Reimbursement by the Borrower of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of Credit. In the event the applicable Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit, it shall promptly notify the Borrower, the Applicable Account Party and the Administrative Agent, and the
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Borrower shall reimburse (or cause the Applicable Account Party to reimburse) the applicable Issuing Bank on or before the Business Day immediately following the date on which such drawing is honored (the “Reimbursement Date”) in an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of such honored drawing, together with interest at the applicable rate provided in Section 2.10(e). If the Borrower or the Applicable Account Party fails to timely reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank on the Reimbursement Date, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Reimbursement Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested ABR Loans to be disbursed on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of ABR Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request). Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless the Borrower (or the Applicable Account Party) shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is honored that the Borrower (or the Applicable Account Party) intends to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank on such date for the amount of such honored drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a timely Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent requesting Lenders with Revolving Commitments to make Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, and (ii) subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 4.02, Lenders with Revolving Commitments shall, on the Reimbursement Date, make Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans in the amount of such honored drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and provided, further, if for any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by the applicable Issuing Bank on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, the Borrower shall (or shall cause the Applicable Account Party to) reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in immediately available funds equal to the excess of the amount of such honored drawing over the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, which are so received. Nothing in this Section 2.19(d) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender with a Revolving Commitment from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against any such Lender resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this Section 2.19(d).
(e) Lenders’ Purchase of Participations in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance or increase of each Letter of Credit, without any further action by any Person, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have sold to each Lender and each Lender shall have been deemed to have purchased from such Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (with respect to the Revolving Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder (each such Lender purchasing a participation, a “Participating Lender”). In the event that the Borrower or the Applicable Account Party shall fail for any reason to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.19(d), the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent who will notify each Participating Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Commitments. Each Participating Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, an amount equal to its respective participation, and in immediately available funds, no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first Business Day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Principal Office of the Administrative Agent is located) after the date notified by the Administrative Agent. In the event that any Participating Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent on such Business Day the amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.19(e), the applicable Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such
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Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by such Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Alternate Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.19(e) shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Participating Lender to recover from the applicable Issuing Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.19 in the event that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in respect of which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on the part of such Issuing Bank. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to fund participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, extension, or increase of any Letter of Credit, the occurrence and continuance of a Default, any reduction or termination of the Commitments or any force majeure or other event that under any rule of law or uniform practices to which any Letter of Credit is subject (including Rule 3.13 and Rule 3.14 of ISP 98) permits a drawing to be made under such Letter of Credit after the expiration thereof or after the expiration or termination of the Commitments or any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including those set forth in the following paragraph (f), and that each such payment shall be made without any defense, offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender further acknowledges and agrees that, in issuing, amending, extending, or increasing any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representations and warranties of the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.02, unless, at least one Business Day prior to the time such Letter of Credit is issued, amended, extended, or increased (or, in the case of an automatic extension permitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, at least one Business Day prior to the time by which the election not to extend must be made by the applicable Issuing Bank), the Required Lenders shall have notified the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in writing that, as a result of one or more events or circumstances described in such notice, one or more of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02(a) or 4.02(b) would not be satisfied if such Letter of Credit were then issued, amended, extended, or increased (it being understood and agreed that, in the event any Issuing Bank shall have received any such notice, no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation to issue, amend, extend, or increase any Letter of Credit until and unless it shall be satisfied that the events and circumstances described in such notice shall have been cured or otherwise shall have ceased to exist). In the event the applicable Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.19(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by such Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall distribute to the Administrative Agent who shall in turn distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.19(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of all payments subsequently received by such Issuing Bank from the Borrower or the Applicable Account Party in reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on the Administrative Questionnaire or at such other address as such Lender may request.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower and each Applicable Account Party to reimburse each Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.19(d) and the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.19(e) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, set off, defense or other right which the Borrower, any Applicable Account Party or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against the Borrower, whether in connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary(ies) for which any Letter of Credit was procured); (iii) any draft or other document presented under any Letter of Credit
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proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document which does not substantially comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower, any Applicable Account Party or any Subsidiaries or any other Person; (vi) any breach hereof or any other Loan Document by any party hereto or thereto; (vii) any force majeure or other event that under any rule of law or uniform practices to which any Letter of Credit is subject (including Rule 3.13 and Rule 3.14 of ISP 98) permits a drawing to be made under such Letter of Credit after the expiration thereof or after the expiration or termination of the Commitments, (viii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; or (ix) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(g) Indemnification. Without duplication of any obligation of the Borrower under Section 9.03, in addition to amounts payable as provided herein, the Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save and hold harmless the Issuing Banks from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages and losses, and all reasonable and documented costs, charges and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of one counsel (with exceptions for conflicts of interest), one regulatory counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction), which the Issuing Banks may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of, or arising out of, in any way being connected with, or as a result of (A) any Letter of Credit, including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds therefrom and any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, other than as a result of the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Issuing Bank as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (B) the failure of the applicable Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit as a result of any Governmental Act. The Borrower will pay all amounts owing under this Section within 10 days after receipt of a certificate of the relevant Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount that such Issuing Bank is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section.
(h) Resignation and Removal of an Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may resign as an Issuing Bank by providing at least 60 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank (provided that no consent of the Issuing Bank will be required if the replaced Issuing Bank has no Letters of Credit or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto outstanding), the other Issuing Banks, if any, and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of such Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement or resignation shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced or resigning Issuing Bank. From and after the effective date of any such replacement or resignation, (i) any successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. At the time any such resignation or replacement shall become effective, (a) the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) the replaced Issuing Bank may at its option remain a party hereto to the extent that Letters of Credit issued by it remain outstanding and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement or resignation. After the replacement or resignation of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letters of Credit.
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(i) Cash Collateral. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with Letter of Credit Usage representing greater than 50% of the total Letter of Credit Usage) demanding the deposit of Cash Collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, an amount in cash equal to the Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i) any such required Cash Collateral shall be made in dollars and (ii) the obligation to deposit such Cash Collateral shall become effective immediately, and such Cash Collateral shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in Section 7.01(h) or (i). Such Cash Collateral shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower and any Applicable Account Party under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such Cash Collateral, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such Cash Collateral shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for any disbursements under Letters of Credit made by it and for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower and any Applicable Account Party for the Letter of Credit Usage at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with Letter of Credit Usage representing greater than 50% of the total Letter of Credit Usage), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of Cash Collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower (or as otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) within five Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
(j) Application. To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 2.19, the provisions of this Section 2.19 shall apply.
Section 2.20 Extension of the Maturity Date. The Borrower may on one or more occasions, upon written notice (an “Extension Notice”) to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), request an extension of the Maturity Date for one or more years, together with one or more specified Permitted Amendments. If the conditions in this Section 2.20 are met, the Maturity Date shall be extended to the date specified in such Extension Notice for all Extending Lenders and any such Permitted Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the Loans and Revolving Commitments of such Extending Lenders. If a Lender agrees, in its individual and sole discretion, to so extend its Revolving Commitment and implement any specified Permitted Amendments (an “Extending Lender”), it shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a written notice of its agreement to do so no later than the date specified by the Administrative Agent with the reasonable consent of the Borrower (or such later date to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Borrower of such Extending Lender’s agreement to extend its Revolving Commitment and to any related Permitted Amendments (confirming the date of extension and the new Maturity Date and any related Permitted Amendments (after giving effect to such extension) applicable to such Extending Lender). The Revolving Commitment of any Lender that fails to accept or respond to the Borrower’s request for extension of the Maturity Date, together with any related Permitted Amendments (a “Declining Lender”), shall be terminated on the Maturity Date then in effect for such Lender (without regard to any extension by other Lenders) and on such Maturity Date the Borrower shall pay in full the unpaid principal amount of all Loans owing to such Declining Lender, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees accrued and unpaid under this Agreement to the date of such payment of principal and all other amounts
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due to such Declining Lender under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Extending Lender of the aggregate Revolving Commitments of the Declining Lenders. Each Extending Lender may offer to increase its respective Revolving Commitment by an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the Declining Lenders’ Revolving Commitments, and such Extending Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a notice of its offer to so increase its Revolving Commitment no later than a date specified by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s reasonable consent (or such later date to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree). To the extent the aggregate amount of additional Revolving Commitments that the Extending Lenders offer pursuant to the preceding sentence exceeds the aggregate amount of the Declining Lenders’ Revolving Commitments, such additional Revolving Commitments shall be reduced on a pro rata basis. To the extent the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments that the Extending Lenders have so offered to extend is less than the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments that the Borrower has so requested to be extended, the Borrower shall have the right but not the obligation to require any Declining Lender to (and any such Declining Lender shall) assign in full its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more banks or other financial institutions (which may be, but need not be, one or more of the Extending Lenders) which at the time agree to, in the case of any such Person that is an Extending Lender, increase its Revolving Commitment and in the case of any other such Person (a “New Extending Lender”), become a party to this Agreement; provided that (i) such assignment is otherwise in compliance with Section 9.04, (ii) such Declining Lender receives payment in full of the unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans owing to such Declining Lender, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all fees accrued and unpaid under this Agreement to the date of such payment of principal and all other amounts due to such Declining Lender under this Agreement and (iii) any such assignment shall be effective on the date on or before the date the Maturity Date is so extended as may be specified by the Borrower and agreed to by the respective New Extending Lenders and Extending Lenders, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent. As a condition precedent to such extension and any related amendments, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower, dated as of the date of the Extension Notice, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower and the Guarantors approving or consenting to such extension and any amendments and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, each of the conditions of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied as of the date of the Extension Notice. Any extension and any related amendments pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall be effected pursuant to an Extension Agreement executed and delivered by Borrower, the Extending Lenders, any New Extending Lenders and the Administrative Agent. Each Extension Agreement 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 opinion of the Administrative Agent to effect the provision of this Section 2.20.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
Section 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) is (a) duly organized and validly existing in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and (c) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in the case of clause (a) (other than with respect to any Loan Party), clause (b) (other than with respect to the Borrower) and clause (c), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, equity holder action. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantors has duly executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and each of such Loan Documents constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against each Loan Party party thereto in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) those approvals, consents, registrations, filings or other actions, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, will not violate any applicable law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate any charter, by-laws or other organizational document of the Borrower or any Guarantor, (d) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the agreements and instruments referred to in clause (c)) binding upon the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or its assets and (e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02.
Section 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent (i) its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018 and (ii) its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows as of and for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP except as otherwise expressly indicated therein, including the notes thereto, and subject to year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the unaudited financial statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
(b) Since December 31, 2018, no event, development or circumstance exists or has occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.05 Properties.
(a) Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in or rights to use, all its real and tangible personal property material to its business, except (i) for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and (ii) where the failure to have such title or other interests or rights would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, software, domain names, trade secrets, know-how and other similar proprietary or intellectual property rights, including any registrations and applications for registration of, and all goodwill associated with, the foregoing, material to or necessary to its business as currently conducted, and the operation of such business or the use of any of the foregoing intellectual
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property rights by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate, or otherwise violate the rights of any other Person, except for any such failures to own or be licensed to use, and such infringements, misappropriations, or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except with respect to any matter that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, or (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability.
Section 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except, in each case, where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.08 Investment Company Status. None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 3.09 Margin Stock. None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is engaged in, principally or as one of its important activities, the business of purchasing or carrying, or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying, margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board), and no proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock in violation of Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the Board and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Section 3.10 Taxes. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed with respect to income, properties or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) such returns accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for Taxes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole for the periods covered thereby and (iii) each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, to the extent required by GAAP, for which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.
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Section 3.11 ERISA.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state laws and regulations.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (ii) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), (iii) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan and (iv) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
Section 3.12 Disclosure. As of the Effective Date, all written information or oral information provided by an officer of the Borrower in formal presentations at any scheduled meetings with Lenders (other than any projected financial information and other than information of a general economic or industry specific nature) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished and when taken as a whole) when delivered, does not, when taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to any projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time furnished (it being understood that such projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, any of which are beyond the Borrower’s control, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projected financial information may differ significantly from the projected results and such differences may be material).
Section 3.13 Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.13 to the Disclosure Letter sets forth as of the Effective Date a list of all Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) and the percentage ownership (directly or indirectly) of the Borrower therein. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of all Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable) and are owned by the Borrower, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02.
Section 3.14 Solvency. As of the Effective Date, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are, and after giving effect to the Transactions on the Effective Date and the incurrence of any Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith on the Effective Date will be, Solvent.
Section 3.15 USA Patriot Act, OFAC and FCPA.
(a) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, for the purpose of funding (i) any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) any other transaction that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender or otherwise) of Sanctions.
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(b) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not use the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit directly, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA.
(c) None of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries has, in the past three years, committed a violation of applicable regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), Title III of the USA Patriot Act or the FCPA (i) as of and on the Effective Date to the knowledge of the Borrower and (ii) at any time after the Effective Date, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) None of the Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, any director, officer, employee or agent of any Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, is an individual or entity currently on OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, nor is the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions.
ARTICLE 4
CONDITIONS
Section 4.01 Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto a counterpart of this Agreement, the Guaranty, the Collateral Agreement and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party, signed on behalf of such Loan Party.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note at least two Business Days in advance of the Effective Date.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders (as of the Effective Date) and dated the Effective Date) of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or comparable governing body) of the Borrower and the Guarantors approving the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to which each such Loan Party is a party and the execution and delivery of such Loan Documents to be delivered by such Loan Party on the Effective Date, and all documents evidencing other necessary organizational action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Loan Documents and (ii) all other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Guarantors and the Borrower and authorization of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and each Guarantor certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such entity authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, to be delivered by such entity on the Effective Date.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed on behalf of the Borrower by a Responsible Officer or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 as of the Effective Date, and (ii) a solvency certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed on behalf of the Borrower by a Financial Officer, certifying that, as of the Effective Date, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are, and after giving effect to the Transactions on the Effective Date and the incurrence of any Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith on the Effective Date will be, Solvent.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Information Certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby.
(h) The Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall have received, or substantially concurrently with the initial Borrowing will receive, all fees required to be paid by the Borrower on the Effective Date and all expenses required to be reimbursed by the Borrower for which invoices have been presented at least three Business Days prior to the Effective Date, on or before the Effective Date.
(i) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any of the Lenders at least five Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act and (ii) to the extent it qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, each Lender that so requests (which request is made through the Administrative Agent) shall have received a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to each Loan Party; provided that the Administrative Agent has provided the Borrower a list of each such Lender and its electronic delivery requirements at least five Business Days prior to the Effective Date.
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each of the annual periods ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018, and (ii) unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019.
(k) Since December 31, 2018, no event, development or circumstance exists or has occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Article 8, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section, 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 Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.
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Section 4.02 Each Credit Event. Except as expressly set forth in Section 2.18(a), the obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, or the date of issuance, amendment, extension or increase of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except that (i) for purposes of this Section, the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.04(a) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements furnished pursuant to clause (b), to year-end audit adjustments, any other adjustments described therein and the absence of footnotes), respectively, of Section 5.01, (ii) 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 and (iii) to the extent that such representations and warranties are already qualified or modified by materiality or words of similar effect in the text thereof, they shall be true and correct in all respects.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, or issuance, amendment, extension or increase of a Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) In the case of a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request.
(d) In the case of any issuance, amendment, extension or increase of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Banks shall have received all documentation required under Section 2.19.
Except as expressly set forth in Section 2.18(a), each Borrowing or issuance, amendment, extension or increase of a Letter of Credit, as applicable, shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.02 have been satisfied as of the date thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a conversion of a Borrowing to a different Type or a continuation of a Borrowing shall not be deemed to constitute a Borrowing for purposes of this Section 4.02.
ARTICLE 5
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until the date on which all Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and expenses and other Obligations payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and the cancellation or expiration or Cash Collateralization (or other “backstop” arrangements) of all Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount of all Letter of Credit Usage (such date, the “Termination Date”), the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
Section 5.01 Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender):
(a) commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, on or before the date on which such financial statements are required or permitted to be filed with the SEC (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is, (x) in the case of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, 120 days and (y) for each fiscal year thereafter, 90
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days, in each case, after the end of the fiscal year of the Borrower (or, after an IPO, the Public Company)), its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception (other than a qualification or explanatory paragraph related to (i) the maturity of the Commitments and the Loans at the Maturity Date, (ii) an upcoming maturity date of any other Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered, (iii) any potential inability to satisfy any financial covenant on a future date or in a future period and (iv) the performance, activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower (or, after an IPO, the Public Company) and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020, on or before the date on which such financial statements are required or permitted to be filed with the SEC (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 60 days) after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, after an IPO, the Public Company), its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower (or, after an IPO, the Public Company) and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a compliance certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (or, after an IPO, the Public Company) in substantially the form of Exhibit G attached hereto (i) certifying as to whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date thereof and, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date thereof, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the covenant set forth in Section 6.07 as of the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter or fiscal year for which such financial statements are being delivered, and (iii) certifying as to the current list of Unrestricted Subsidiaries appropriately designated as such pursuant to Section 5.10(a).
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, as the case may be (other than exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8), in each case that is not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(e) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall provide the related consolidating financial information reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements;
(f) prior to the first filing of a registration statement on Form S-1 with respect to the Qualified Equity Interests of the Public Company (or such earlier time at which the Borrower anticipates in good faith that it will be filing a registration statement on Form S-1 in the following four months), concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, an annual summary profit and loss forecast (in
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substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I) (it being understood that (i) the first such annual summary profit and loss forecast shall be due concurrently with the delivery of the audited financial statements with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 pursuant to clause (a) above and (ii) if an annual summary profit and loss forecast is not provided because the Borrower anticipates in good faith that it will be filing a registration statement on Form S-1 in the following four months but does not so file such Form S-1, the Borrower shall deliver the annual summary profit and loss forecast promptly (and in any event within 30 days of the end of such four-month period) thereafter); and
(g) promptly following any request in writing (including any electronic message) therefor, (i) such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request; or (ii) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering laws rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing (A) information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), Section 5.01(b) or Section 5.01(d) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) (x) on which the Borrower posts such information, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet on any investor relations page at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx (or any successor page) or (y) at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx (or any successor page); or (ii) on which such information is posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have been granted access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that in the case of each of clause (i)(x) and (ii) above, the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and (B) information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) may be satisfied by furnishing the Form 10K or 10-Q (or the equivalent), as applicable, of the Borrower (or the Public Company) filed with the SEC (or the equivalent).
Section 5.02 Notices of Material Events. Promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender) prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(c) the occurrence of an ERISA Event that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section 5.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
Section 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that (i) the foregoing
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shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or other transaction permitted under Section 6.03, and (ii) none of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve, renew or keep in full force and effect its rights, licenses, permits, privileges or franchises where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.04 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay all Tax liabilities, including all Taxes imposed upon it, upon its income or profits, or upon any properties or operations that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and to the extent required by GAAP, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP.
Section 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property used in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty events excepted, except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies in such amounts and against such risks as (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) the Borrower believe (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business; and will furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each such policy of insurance maintained by a Loan Party shall (i) name the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable/mortgagee clause or endorsement that names Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties as the loss payee/mortgagee thereunder.
Section 5.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which entries full, true and correct in all material respects are made and are sufficient to prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (pursuant to the request made through the Administrative Agent), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records to the extent reasonably necessary, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants (provided that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in any discussions with such independent accountants), all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested (but no more than once annually and only by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders if no Event of Default exists). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, none of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall 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) is prohibited by applicable law or any third-party contract legally binding on Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (iii) is subject to attorney, client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work-product.
Section 5.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental
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Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect and use reasonable measures to enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance by the Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with the FCPA and applicable Sanctions.
Section 5.08 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans and any Letter of Credit will be used only for working capital and general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, for acquisitions, stock repurchases and other Investments or Restricted Payments not prohibited hereunder. No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
Section 5.09 Additional Material Domestic Subsidiaries and Public Company. If, (A) as of the date of the most recently available financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as the case may be, any Person shall have become a Material Domestic Subsidiary (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary), and (B) after the IPO, any Person shall become the Public Company and such Person is not the Borrower, then the Borrower shall, within 45 days (or such longer period of time as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) after delivery of such financial statements, cause such Material Domestic Subsidiary or Public Company to enter into a joinder agreement to the Guaranty and a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and cause such Material Domestic Subsidiary or Public Company and the other Loan Parties to take all actions required to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement with respect to such Material Domestic Subsidiary or Public Company and with respect to the Equity Interests in or Indebtedness of such Material Domestic Subsidiary (or Public Company, if applicable) owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party. If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall receive an opinion of counsel for the Borrower in customary form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in respect of matters reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent relating to any joinder agreement or supplement delivered pursuant to this Section, dated as of the date of such joinder agreement or supplement.
Section 5.10 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Borrower may designate any Subsidiary, including a newly acquired or created Subsidiary, to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it meets the following qualifications:
(i) such Subsidiary does not own any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) any Guarantee of Indebtedness of such Subsidiary by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under Section 6.01;
(iii) immediately before and immediately after such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such designation;
(iv) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “restricted subsidiary” or a “guarantor” (or any similar designation) for any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; and
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(v) after giving effect to such designation on a pro forma basis, (1) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent Measurement Period is a positive number and (2) the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.00 to 1.00.
Once so designated, the Subsidiary will remain an Unrestricted Subsidiary, subject to subsection (b).
(b) A Subsidiary previously designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary which fails to meet the qualifications set forth in subsections 5.10(a)(i), 5.10(a)(ii) or 5.10(a)(iv) of this Section 5.10 will be deemed to become at that time a Restricted Subsidiary, subject to the consequences set forth in subsection (d). The Borrower may designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the designation would not cause a Default or Event of Default.
(c) Upon a Restricted Subsidiary becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary:
(i) all existing Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary held by it will be deemed incurred at that time, and all Liens on property of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary held by it will be deemed incurred at that time;
(ii) all existing transactions between it and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed entered into at that time;
(iii) it is released at that time from the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and
(iv) it will cease to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement as a Restricted Subsidiary.
(d) Upon an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming, or being deemed to become, a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.10(b):
(i) all of its Indebtedness will be deemed incurred at that time for purposes of Section 6.01;
(ii) if it is a Material Domestic Subsidiary, it shall be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.09; and
(iii) it will thenceforward be subject to the provisions of this Agreement as a Restricted Subsidiary.
(e) Any designation by the Borrower of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date will be notified to the Administrative Agent by promptly providing the Administrative Agent a copy a certificate of an officer of the Borrower certifying that the designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
Section 5.11 Information Regarding Collateral. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within 30 days or such longer period as reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent) written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name (as set forth in its certificate of organization or like document) or (ii) in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Loan Party or in the form of its organization.
Section 5.12 Further Assurances. Subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth in the Loan Documents, the Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, execute any and all further
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documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, and other documents), in each case, required under any applicable law and that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.
Section 5.13 Post-Closing Actions. As promptly as practicable (and in any event within 30 days (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees in its reasonable discretion) after the Effective Date), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a stock certificate representing 65% of the Voting Equity Interests of Artomatix Limited, accompanied by an undated stock power duly executed in blank and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE 6
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Termination Date shall have occurred, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
Section 6.01 Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness other than:
(a) (i) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and disclosed on Schedule 6.01 to the Disclosure Letter and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, (ii) intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date, provided that any such Indebtedness owed by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to an Intercompany Subordination Agreement, and (iii) Indebtedness of (A) any Loan Party to any other Loan Party, (B) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (C) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Loan Party;
(b) Indebtedness consisting of cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, netting services, credit or debit card, purchasing cards, electronic funds transfer, cash pooling arrangements and other cash management arrangements of Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(c) Indebtedness in respect of (i) bid bonds, performance bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case, incurred by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (ii) appeal bonds in respect of judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j) and (iii) guarantees or obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments supporting such bid bonds, performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds and similar obligations;
(d) Indebtedness representing the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Guarantees of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as such guaranteed Indebtedness is permitted under this Section 6.01; provided that if the Indebtedness that is being guaranteed is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations, the Guarantee shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations.
(f) Indebtedness constituting Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (f) shall not exceed greater of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Measurement Period at such time;
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(g) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the Incremental Available Amount;
(h) Obligations under the Loan Documents;
(i) letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments denominated in currencies other than dollars;
(j) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Agreements (other than Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes);
(k) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date, which Indebtedness is existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and is either (A) unsecured or (B) secured only by any property or asset of such Restricted Subsidiary by Liens permitted under Section 6.02 and, in each case, any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided further that (1) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent Measurement Period is a positive number and (2) the Total Net Leverage Ratio, determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness, does not exceed the greater of (A) 3.00:1.00 or (B) the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the Measurement Period at such time;
(l) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured promissory notes issued to current or former officers, directors and employees or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests in the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 6.04;
(n) Indebtedness constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price or other similar adjustments (including earnout or similar obligations) incurred in connection with any acquisition, investment or disposition;
(o) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with any acquisition or investment;
(p) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments issued or created, or related to obligations or liabilities incurred, in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(q) Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement or any other letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument permitted by this Section 6.01, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or such other instrument;
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(r) other Indebtedness; provided that at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (r) shall not exceed greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) 50% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Measurement Period at such time; and
(s) additional letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments securing the performance of leases of real property; provided the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (s) shall not exceed $20,000,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indebtedness owed by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be permitted only to the extent subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to an intercompany subordination agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J or on such other customary terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (an “Intercompany Subordination Agreement”).
Section 6.02 Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02 to the Disclosure Letter and any modifications, renewals and extensions thereof and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than improvements thereon or proceeds or products thereof, and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and any refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement thereof that does not increase the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value) thereof except by an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, a premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such refinancing, extensions, renewals or replacements;
(c) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any proceeds and products thereof or any after acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require or include, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after acquired property of such Person, and the proceeds and the products thereof), and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and any refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement thereof that does not increase the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value) thereof except by an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest, a premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such refinancing, extensions, renewals or replacements;
(d) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, financed, repaired or improved by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness that is not prohibited by Section 6.01, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are initially incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction,
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repair or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and customary related expenses, and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than additions, accessions, parts, attachments or improvements thereon or proceeds or products thereof; provided that (A) clauses (ii) and (iii) shall not apply to any Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.01(f) hereof or any Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness and (B) notwithstanding the foregoing, individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
(e) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases, in each case, granted to others in the ordinary course of business(or for a valid business reason) or granted to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(f) the interest and title of a lessor or licensor under any lease, license, sublease or sublicense entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and other statutory and common law landlords’ Liens under leases;
(g) in connection with the sale or transfer of any assets in a transaction not prohibited hereunder, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending the completion thereof;
(h) (i) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures in favor of a creditor of such joint venture and (ii) in the case of any joint venture, any put and call arrangements related to the Equity Interests in a joint venture set forth in its organizational documents or any related joint venture or similar agreement;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness (or insurance policies) to finance insurance premiums owing in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Liens on xxxxxxx money deposits of cash or Cash Equivalents made in connection with any acquisition or disposition not prohibited hereunder;
(k) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents or other securities on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case granted in the ordinary course of business (or arising by operation of law) in favor of the banks, securities intermediaries or other depository institutions with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such institutions with respect to cash management, operating account arrangements and similar arrangements;
(l) Liens in the nature of the right of setoff in favor of counterparties to contractual agreements not otherwise prohibited hereunder with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(m) the provision of cash collateral securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(i) and 6.01(s);
(n) Liens and deposits securing obligations under Swap Agreements entered to hedge or mitigate commercial risk and not for speculative purposes;
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(o) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(p) Liens in favor of the Loan Parties or Liens granted by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(q) other Liens; provided that at the time of the granting of any such Lien the aggregate outstanding principal amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (q) (including giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Measurement Period at such time;
(r) additional Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted by this Agreement (including Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(g)), so long as (i) the Obligations become secured on an equal and ratable basis with (or senior basis to) such other Liens (and such Lien may equally and ratably secure the Obligations of the Borrower hereunder and any other obligation of the Borrower or a Subsidiary) under a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii) (1) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent Measurement Period is a positive number and (2) the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Liens as of the last day of the most recent Measurement Period at such time; provided that the Consolidated Net Debt shall be determined without taking into account any cash or Cash Equivalents constituting proceeds of any such Indebtedness to be provided on such date (or, in the case, of a Limited Conditionality Transaction, to be incurred in connection with such acquisition or transaction) that may otherwise reduce the amount of Consolidated Net Debt and subject to Section 1.06 in the case of any Limited Conditionality Transaction;
(s) any interest or title of a lessor under leases (other than leases constituting Capital Lease Obligations) entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(t) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale or purchase of goods by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(u) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located;
(v) Liens on cash and cash and Cash Equivalents used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such satisfaction or discharge is permitted hereunder;
(w) Liens on cash or cash and Cash Equivalents securing Swap Agreements in the ordinary course of business in accordance with applicable law; and
(x) Liens created under the Loan Documents (including Liens created under the Loan Documents securing obligations in respect of Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements).
Section 6.03 Fundamental Changes.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, (x) merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, (y) sell,
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transfer, license, lease, enter into any sale-leaseback transactions with respect to, or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or (z) liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person may merge into or consolidate with the Borrower in a transaction in (A) which the Borrower is the surviving corporation or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity incorporated or formed under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (2) the Successor Borrower assumes in writing all of the Borrower’s Secured Obligations pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and satisfies the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, (3) each Loan Party other than the Borrower, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, amalgamation or consolidation, shall have reaffirmed, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that its Guarantee of, and grant of any Liens as security for, the Secured Obligations shall apply to a Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and (4) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger, amalgamation or consolidation complies with this Agreement; provided that (x) if such Person is not a Loan Party, no Event of Default exists after giving effect to such merger or consolidation and (y) if the foregoing requirements are satisfied, a Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, further, that the Borrower or the Successor Borrower provides to the Administrative Agent all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act, reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (or any Lender, through the Administrative Agent), with results reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) any Person (other than the Borrower) may merge into or consolidate with any Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary (provided that any such merger or consolidation involving a Guarantor shall not result in the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person that is not a Guarantor);
(iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, transfer, license, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such disposition under this clause (iii) that is made to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall in no event be permitted if it would comprise all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; and
(v) any Restricted Subsidiary may effect any merger or consolidation that constitutes an Investment, sale or other disposition that does not involve a transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(b) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related, complementary, ancillary or incidental thereto or that constitute reasonable extensions thereof which includes, for the avoidance of doubt, any vertical or horizontal integration.
Section 6.04 Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make any Restricted Payments with respect to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or to any direct or indirect Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, and any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary ratably based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests;
(b) the Borrower may declare and make dividends payable solely in additional shares of Borrower’s Qualified Equity Interests and may exchange Equity Interests for its Qualified Equity Interests;
(c) the Borrower may (i) repurchase or pay cash in lieu of fractional shares of its Equity Interests arising out of stock dividends, splits or combinations, business combinations or conversions of convertible securities or exercises of warrants or options, (ii) “net exercise” or “net share settle” warrants or options (or similar incentive interests) or (iii) so long as no Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, make cash settlement payments upon the exercise of warrants or options (or similar incentive interests) to purchase its Equity Interests;
(d) the Borrower may (i) redeem or otherwise cancel Equity Interests or rights in respect thereof granted to directors, officers, employees or other providers of services to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount required to satisfy tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting, settlement or exercise of such Equity Interests or rights and to make payments in respect of such withholding taxes, (ii) repurchase Equity Interests or rights in respect thereof granted to directors, officers, employees or other providers of services to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to a right of repurchase set forth in equity compensation plans in connection with a cessation of service or otherwise in accordance with any stock option, stock appreciation, profits interest or other employment or services agreement or (iii) redeem in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests; provided that such new Equity Interests contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to the Lenders in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby;
(e) following a Qualifying IPO, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make any Restricted Payment that has been declared by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, so long as (i) such Restricted Payment would be otherwise permitted under clause (h) of this Section 6.04 at the time so declared and (ii) such Restricted Payment is made within 60 days of such declaration;
(f) following a Qualifying IPO, the Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests pursuant to any accelerated stock repurchase or similar agreement; provided that the payment made by the Borrower with respect to such repurchase would be otherwise permitted under clause (h) of this Section 6.04 at the time such agreement was entered into as if it was a Restricted Payment made by the Borrower at such time;
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(g) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments (i) pursuant to and in accordance with management equity plans, stock option plans or other benefit plans or agreements for directors, management, employees or other eligible service providers of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (or, after an IPO, the Public Company and its Subsidiaries), (ii) to fund payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units and (iii) to fund payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective controlled Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or Permitted Transferees) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise (or vesting) of stock options, warrants or similar incentive interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes;
(h) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may declare or make Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.04; provided that at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made in reliance on this clause (h) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Measurement Period at such time;
(i) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.04 (i) using the proceeds of any issuance of Equity Interests (provided that such Restricted Payment and the issuance of Equity Interests are substantially concurrent) or (ii) that are announced in connection with a Qualifying IPO;
(j) [reserved];
(k) the receipt or acceptance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the return of Equity Interests issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the seller of a Person, business or division as consideration for the purchase of such Person, business or division, which return is in settlement of indemnification claims owed by such seller in connection with such acquisition;
(l) the declaration and payment of Restricted Payment on the Borrower’s common Equity Interests (or the payment of Restricted Payments to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such company’s common stock), following consummation of a Qualifying IPO, in an annual amount for each fiscal year of the Borrower equal to the sum of (a) an amount equal to 6.0% of the net cash proceeds of such Qualifying IPO (and any subsequent public offerings) received by or contributed to the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, other than public offerings with respect to common Equity Interests registered on Form S-8 and (b) an amount equal to 7.0% of the market capitalization of the Public Company at the time of such Qualifying IPO;
(m) Restricted Payments constituting the Equity Interest of one or more shell companies made in connection with or relating to any reorganization transactions consummated in connection with an IPO or other tax planning activities;
(n) additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the Available Equity Amount;
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(o) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in cash:
(i) the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrower to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow the Public Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay) (1) its, the Public Company’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting, tax reporting and similar expenses payable to third parties) that are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) any reasonable and customary and indemnification claims made by directors or officers of the Borrower, the Public Company or any direct or indirect parent company attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (3) fees and expenses (x) due and payable by any of the Borrower, the Public Company, any direct or indirect parent company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) otherwise permitted to be paid by the Borrower, the Public Company, any direct or indirect parent company and the Restricted Subsidiaries under this Agreement and (4) payments that would otherwise be permitted to be paid directly by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries under this Agreement;
(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrower to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, including the Public Company, to pay) franchise and similar Taxes, and other fees and expenses, required to maintain its organizational existence;
(iii) to finance any acquisition or other investment permitted; provided that (1) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (2) the Borrower shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (x) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests to be contributed to the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) the Person formed or acquired to merge into or consolidate with the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is permitted in Section 6.03 in order to consummate such acquisition or investment, in each case in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.09;
(iv) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of the Borrower, the Public Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(v) the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrower to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent company thereof, including the Public Company, to pay) fees and expenses related to any equity offering, debt offering or other non-ordinary course transaction not prohibited by this Agreement (whether or not such offering or other transaction is successful);
(p) other Restricted Payments so long as (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent Measurement Period is a positive number and (ii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 1.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment as of the last day of the most recent Measurement Period at such time;
(q) [reserved];
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(r) Restricted Payments to satisfy appraisal or other dissenters’ rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer of assets or acquisition that complies with Section 6.03; and
(s) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments in cash, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrower to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay), for any taxable period for which the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries are members of a consolidated, combined or unitary tax group for U.S. federal and/or applicable state, local or foreign income Tax purposes of which a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower is the common parent (a “Tax Group”), the portion of any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign Taxes (as applicable) of such Tax Group for such taxable period that are attributable to the income of the Borrower and/or its applicable Subsidiaries; provided that Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (s) shall not exceed the Tax liability that the Borrower and/or its applicable Subsidiaries (as applicable) would have incurred were such Taxes determined as if such entity(ies) were a stand-alone taxpayer or a stand-alone group for all relevant taxable periods; provided, further, that Restricted Payments under this clause (s) in respect of any Taxes attributable to the income of any Unrestricted Subsidiaries may be made only to the extent that such Unrestricted Subsidiaries have made cash payments for such purpose to the Borrower or any Guarantor.
Section 6.05 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates (other than between or among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not involving any other Affiliate except as otherwise permitted hereunder), except (a) on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) payment of customary directors’ fees, reasonable out-of-pocket expense reimbursement, indemnities (including the provision of directors and officers insurance) and compensation arrangements for members of the board of directors, officers or other employees of the Borrower (or after an IPO, the Public Company) or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of Borrower’s board of directors, (d) any transaction involving amounts less than $5,000,000 individually, (e) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.04, (f) employment and severance arrangements (including salary or guaranteed payments and bonuses) between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business, (g) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (h) transactions pursuant to any agreement or arrangement in effect as of the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.05, or any amendment, modification, supplement or replacement thereto (so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Effective Date as determined by the Borrower in good faith), (i) customary payments by the Borrower and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions, divestitures or financings) and any subsequent transaction or exit fee, which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the board of directors, (j) any issuance of Equity Interests not resulting in a Change in Control, (k) payments to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, including the Public Company, pursuant to customary tax sharing arrangements; provided that such payments are permitted under Section 6.04(s) and (l), loans, advances and other transactions between or among the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any joint venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary (regardless of the form of legal entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which Subsidiary or joint venture would
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not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for the Borrower’s or a Subsidiary’s ownership of Equity Interests in such joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted hereunder; provided that in the case of a transaction with an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) such transaction was entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) such transaction was entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, that such transaction with an Unrestricted Subsidiary was not entered into in contemplation of such designation or redesignation, as applicable.
Section 6.06 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries shall not use the proceeds of any Loan or issuance of any Letter of Credit (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of the FCPA or (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or any transaction that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
Section 6.07 Financial Covenant. The Borrower will not permit Liquidity to be less than $75,000,000 as of the last day of any Measurement Period, commencing with the Measurement Period ending June 30, 2020.
ARTICLE 7
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 7.01 Events of Default.
If any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise; or (ii) when due any amount payable to the applicable Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under any Letter of Credit;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Section 7.01(a)) payable under any of the Loan Documents, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue un-remedied for a period of five Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made and such incorrect representation or warranty (if curable, including by a restatement of any relevant financial statements) shall remain incorrect for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), Section 5.03 (solely with respect to the Borrower’s existence), Section 5.08 or in Article 6; provided that (i) any Event of Default under Section 6.07 is subject to cure as provided in
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Section 7.03 and an Event of Default with respect to such Section shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date on which the financial statements with respect to the applicable fiscal quarter (or the fiscal year ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter) are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), as applicable;
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section 7.01), and such failure shall continue un-remedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) and such failure shall have continued after the applicable grace period, if any;
(g) any breach or default by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or substantially similar event) in respect of any Material Indebtedness or any change of control event occurs, in each case, that results in such Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both but with all applicable grace periods in respect of such event or condition under the documentation representing such Material Indebtedness having expired) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any requirement to, or any offer to, repurchase, prepay or redeem Indebtedness of a Person acquired in an acquisition permitted hereunder, to the extent such offer is required as a result of, or in connection with, such acquisition, (ii) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, or (iii) an early payment requirement, unwinding or termination with respect to any Swap Agreement except an early payment, unwinding or termination that results from a default or non-compliance thereunder by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or another event of the type that would constitute an Event of Default;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Debtor Relief Law or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) except as may otherwise be permitted under Section 6.03, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) one or more enforceable judgments for the payment of money in excess of $30,000,000 in the aggregate shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination
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thereof (to the extent not paid or covered by a reputable and solvent independent third-party insurance company which has not disputed coverage) and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Loan Party that are material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to enforce any such judgment and such action shall not be stayed;
(k) (i) an ERISA Event occurs that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party in an aggregate amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate 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 that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party in an aggregate amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) a Change in Control shall occur;
(m) any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or the occurrence of the Termination Date, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or
(n) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document (i) shall cease to be, or (ii) shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and (to the extent required by the Loan Documents) perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, except as a result of the sale or other Disposition of the applicable Collateral to a Person that is not a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited under the Loan Documents;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments and the obligations of the Issuing Banks to issue any Letter of Credit, and thereupon the Commitments and the obligations of the Issuing Banks to issue any Letter of Credit shall terminate immediately, and (ii) (A) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and (B) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit in the amount of the Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount of the then Letter of Credit Usage as provided in Section 2.19(i); and, in the case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01, the Commitments and the obligations of the Issuing Banks to issue any Letter of Credit shall automatically terminate, and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledge and agree that a restatement of historical financial statements shall not result in a Default hereunder (whether pursuant to Section 7.01(c) as it relates to a representation made with respect
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to such financial statements (including any interim unaudited financial statements) or pursuant to Section 7.01(d) as it relates to delivery requirements for financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01 to the extent that such restatement does not reveal any material adverse difference in the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the previously reported information from actual results reflected in such restatement for any relevant prior period.
Section 7.02 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 7.01 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the Letter of Credit Usage shall have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in Section 7.01), any amounts received on account of the Secured Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank in their respective capacity as such; ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause First payable to them;
Second, on a pro rata basis to (i) payment of all other Secured Obligations, ratably among the Secured Parties, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them; and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, to Cash Collateralize that portion of Letter of Credit Usage comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit at the Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by law.
Subject to Section 2.19(i), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Second above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above, and thereafter applied as provided in clause “Last” above.
Section 7.03 Right to Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01 or 7.02, in the event that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries fail to comply with the requirements of the Financial Covenant as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, at any time after the beginning of such fiscal quarter until the expiration of the 10th Business Day following the date on which the financial statements with respect to such fiscal quarter (or the fiscal year ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter) are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), the Borrower or any Person that is a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower thereof shall have the right, but not any obligation, to issue common Equity Interests or other Equity Interests (provided such other Equity Interests are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of the Borrower as cash common Equity Interests or other Equity Interests (provided such other Equity Interests are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of the net cash proceeds of such issuance that are not otherwise applied (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by the Borrower of such Cure Right such Financial Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustment:
(a) Unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount;
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(b) if, after giving effect to the foregoing pro forma adjustment, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Covenant, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement; and
(c) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four consecutive fiscal quarter period of the Borrower there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) during the term of this Agreement, the Cure Right shall not be exercised more than five times, (iii) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenant and any amounts in excess thereof shall not be deemed to be a Cure Amount and (iv) the Lenders shall not be required to make a Loan or issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit unless and until the Borrower has received the Cure Amount required to cause the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to be in compliance with the Financial Covenant. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Cure Amount received pursuant to any exercise of the Cure Right shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Available Equity Amount.
ARTICLE 8
THE AGENTS
Section 8.01 Appointment of the Administrative Agent. Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in its capacities as an Issuing Bank and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Barclays Bank PLC as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes Barclays Bank PLC to act as the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act in its capacity as such upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Loan Documents, as applicable. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and Issuing Bank 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 Secured 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 hereto for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article 8 and Article 9 (including Section 9.03, 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. The provisions of this Article 8 are solely for the benefit of the Agents and Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof (except as expressly set forth in Section 8.07). In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed, and the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Documents is not intended to connote, any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, no Arranger in such capacity shall have any obligations but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Article 8. Each Arranger may resign from such role at any time, with immediate effect, by giving prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
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Section 8.02 Powers and Duties. Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in its capacities as an Issuing Bank and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s and Issuing Bank’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Agent shall have only those powers, duties and responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank hereunder. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its Related Parties. No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Loan Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or any other Person; and nothing herein or any of the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Loan Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
Section 8.03 General Immunity.
(a) No Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) responsible to any Lender or Issuing Bank for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Loan Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or Issuing Banks or by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Loan Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Secured Obligations, (ii) responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents or the value, existence, collectability or the sufficiency of any Collateral or any representation, warranty or certificate relating thereto, (iii) required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Loan Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or (iv) required to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless such Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” No Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the component amounts thereof.
(b) No Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Loan Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Required Lenders (or
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such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 9.02) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions, including for the avoidance of doubt refraining from any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may be in violation of any Loan Document or applicable law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Borrower and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 9.02).
Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent; provided that any such appointment of a sub-agent, other than to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (other than any Disqualified Institution), shall require the express written consent of the Borrower and provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, each sub-agent shall become bound by, and subject to Section 9.12. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Section 8.03 and of Section 8.06 shall apply to any the Related Parties of each Agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Section 8.03 and of Section 8.06 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and its Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by an Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third-party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Agent that appointed it and not to any Loan Party, Lender or any other Person and no Loan Party, Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise, against such subagent. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent.
(c) No Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent shall (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Commitments or Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution.
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(d) No Cash Management Bank or Swap Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 7.02, any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guarantee or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Swap Bank, as the case may be.
Section 8.04 Administrative Agent Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Borrower or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrower for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
Section 8.05 Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective Related Parties have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any of its Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender or any Issuing Bank. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with Loans and/or Letters of Credit issued hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Affiliates. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, an Assignment and Assumption or a Joinder Agreement and funding its Loans, if applicable, on the Effective Date, or by the funding of any New Loans, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Lenders, as applicable on the Effective Date, the effective date of such Assignment and Assumption or as of the date of funding of such New Loans.
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Section 8.06 Right to Indemnity. Each Lender, in proportion to its Applicable Percentage, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Issuing Bank, to the extent that such Agent or such Issuing Bank shall not have been reimbursed by any Loan Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent or such Issuing Bank in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Agent or such Issuing Bank in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit or the other Loan Documents; provided no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s or such Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction (it being understood and agreed that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 9.02) shall constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct). If any indemnity furnished to any Agent or any Issuing Bank for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent or such Issuing Bank, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent or such Issuing Bank may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent or any Issuing Bank against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof; and provided, further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent or any Issuing Bank against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 8.07 Successor Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution to act as the Administrative Agent hereunder, subject to the written consent of Borrower and the reasonable satisfaction of the Required Lenders, and Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (i) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation (regardless of whether a successor has been appointed or not), (ii) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by Borrower and the Required Lenders and the acceptance of being Administrative Agent by such successor, or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to by the Required Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such notice of resignation, if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the written consent of the Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent.
(b) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with the prior written consent of the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) If neither the Required Lenders nor Administrative Agent have appointed a successor Administrative Agent or such successor has not accepted such appointment within 30 days after delivery of notice of resignation by the retiring Administrative Agent or the Removal Effective Date, the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders
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appoint a successor Administrative Agent and such successor accepts such appointment. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums held under the Loan Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the Loan Documents, whereupon such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Article 8). After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article 8 and Section 9.03 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent hereunder.
Section 8.08 Guaranty and Collateral Matters.
(a) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, to be the agent for and representative of the Lenders with respect to the Guaranty and the other Loan Documents. Subject to Section 9.02, without further written consent or authorization from any Lender or any Issuing Bank, Administrative Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary (i) to release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 9.17 or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 9.02) have otherwise consented and (ii) to release any Lien on any assets granted pursuant to the Security Documents pursuant to Section 9.17 or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 9.02) have otherwise consented.
(b) Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender hereby agree that none of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks shall have any right individually to enforce the Guaranty or realize on the Collateral under the Security Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under any of the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, when all Obligations have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired, and each Letter of Credit has expired, been cancelled, or been Cash Collateralized (or other “backstop” arrangements) on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount of all Letter of Credit Usage, upon reasonable request of Borrower, Administrative Agent shall take such actions as shall be reasonably required to release all guarantee obligations provided for in any Loan Document or Liens on any Collateral granted pursuant to the Security Documents. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
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Section 8.09 Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by any applicable law, Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender or any Issuing Bank an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender or any Issuing Bank for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender or such Issuing Bank failed to notify Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), or if Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall indemnify Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including any penalties, additions to Tax or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender or Issuing Bank by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or Issuing Bank under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 8.09. The agreements in this Section 8.09 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
Section 8.10 Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relative to any Loan Party, 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 Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file a verified statement pursuant to rule 2019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that, in its sole opinion, complies with such rule’s disclosure requirements for entities representing more than one creditor;
(b) 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 Secured 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, the Issuing Banks and the Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under Sections 2.09 and 9.03 allowed in such judicial proceeding); and
(c) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and, in each case, any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each other Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the other Agents, the Lenders and/or the Issuing Banks, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 9.03. To the extent that the payment of any such
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compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 9.03 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the other Agents, the Lenders and/or the Issuing Banks may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any other Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.
Section 8.11 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of subsections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
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(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01 Notices.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy (or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., pdf via email)), as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, to it at:
00 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Email: xxx.xxxxx@xxxxx0x.xxx
with copy to:
00 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Legal Department
Email: xxxxx_xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx0x.xxx
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: K. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Phone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
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(ii) if to the Administrative Agent with respect to operational matters including requests for borrowing notices, conversion notices, Prepayment Notices, and similar inquiries, to it at:
Barclays Bank PLC
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: + 00 (0) 00 00000000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Email: 00000000000@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx;
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(iii) if to Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and collateral agent with respect to overall agency matters including requests for compliance certificates, financial and general queries, to it at:
Barclays Bank PLC
000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
Phone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000 0000
Email: xxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx; xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(iv) if to Barclays Bank PLC, in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank, to it at:
Barclays Bank PLC
000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Letter of Credit Department and BDM LC Support Team
Phone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Email: XxxXxxxxxxxXxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx; xxxXXXXXXXXXXXX@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(v) if to any other Lender or any other Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications, to the extent provided in clause (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such clause (b).
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
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communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (provided that any (i) Lender may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communication hereunder by notice solely to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii) any Loan Party may change its address for notices and other communication hereunder by notice solely to the Administrative Agent).
(d) The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”). THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) be responsible or liable for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) to the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person arising from the unauthorized use by others of information or other materials obtained through internet, electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission, including, without limitation, the transmission of Communications through the Platform, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Agent Party (as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction). “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Loan Party provides to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section 9.01(d), including through the Platform.
(e) In the event the Borrower shall have any Equity Interests or other securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise files or is required to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Borrower and each Lender acknowledges that certain of the Lenders may be Public Lenders and, if any document, notice or other information required to be delivered hereunder is being distributed through the Platform, any information that the Borrower has indicated contains Non-Public Information will not be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such Public Lenders. If the Borrower has not indicated whether a document, notice or other information provided to the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary contains Non-Public Information, the Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on the portion of the Platform designated for Lenders that wish to receive material Non-Public Information with respect to the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and its and their securities.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 9.01(e) shall create any obligation on the Borrower to indicate whether any information contains Non-Public Information, it being further agreed that if any such indication is provided by the Borrower in its discretion, such indication shall create no obligation on the Borrower to provide any such indication in the future.
(f) Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including United State federal and state securities laws, to make reference to information that is not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain Non-Public Information with respect to the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or its or their securities.
Section 9.02 Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. Notwithstanding the foregoing Borrower and Administrative Agent may, without the consent of the other Lenders, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, typographical error, defect or inconsistency if such amendment, modification or supplement if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
(b) Except as expressly provided herein, none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall: (i) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender or any Issuing Bank (including, without limitation, amending the definition of “Applicable Percentage”) without the written consent of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender), (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or Letter of Credit (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall not constitute a reduction in principal) or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby and, in the case of any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing bank, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or Letter of Credit (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall not constitute a postponement of any scheduled date of payment), or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby and, if applicable, the applicable Issuing Bank; provided, however, that notwithstanding clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section 9.02(b), only the consent of the Required Lenders
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shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the default rate set forth in Section 2.10(c), (iv) change Section 7.02 or Section 2.15(b), Section 2.15(c) or any other Section hereof providing for the ratable treatment of the Lenders, in each case in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees under the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender), except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Article 8 or Section 9.17 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone), (vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) (except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents), (vii) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage referred to in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender or (viii) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than as it relates to the payment of fees and expenses of counsel), or, in the case of any Loans made on the Effective Date, Section 4.02, without the written consent of each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be (it being understood that any change to Sections 2.17 and 2.19 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended as contemplated by (i) Section 2.18 to effect New Commitments pursuant to a Joinder Agreement with only the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the New Lenders providing New Commitments, and (ii) Section 2.20 to effect an extension pursuant to an Extension Agreement with only the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the Extending Lenders and the New Extending Lenders.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities or replacement tranches of Loans or Commitments 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 ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities or tranches, and (b) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, error, defect or in-consistency.
(e) In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed Change”) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in paragraph (b) of this Section being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which Eligible Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (a) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent to the extent such consent would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, and each Issuing Bank, which consents in each case shall not unreasonably be withheld, (b) such Non-Consenting
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Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans (if any) and participations in Letter of Credit Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts, payable to it hereunder from the Eligible Assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (c) unless waived, the Borrower or such Eligible Assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 9.04(b). Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, during such period as a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender will not be entitled to vote in respect of amendments and waivers hereunder and the Commitment and the outstanding Loans or other extensions of credit of such Lender hereunder will not be taken into account in determining whether the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders or each directly affected Lender, as required, have approved any such amendment or waiver; provided, however, that any such amendment or waiver that would increase or extend the term of the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, extend the date fixed for the payment of principal or interest or fees owing to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, reduce the principal amount of any obligation owing to such Defaulting Lender, reduce the amount of or the rate or amount of interest on any amount owing to such Defaulting Lender (other than in connection with the waiver of any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the default rate set forth in Section 2.10(c)) or of any fee payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, or alter the terms of this paragraph, will require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
(g) Without the consent of any Lender or Issuing Bank, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or this Agreement or in each case to otherwise enhance the rights or benefits of any Lender under any Loan Document. Without the consent of any Lender or Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may enter into a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement, in each case, contemplated by this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Section 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and the Arrangers, taken as a whole) in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of, and enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Arrangers or any Lender (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders and the Arrangers, taken as a whole (and if reasonably necessary, of a single regulatory counsel and a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and, in the case of an actual
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or potential conflict of interest where the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, any Lender or any Arranger affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of one other firm of counsel for such affected person (and if reasonably necessary, of a single regulatory counsel and a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction)), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section 9.03, or in connection with the Loans or Letters of Credit made hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Arrangers and each Lender, and each Related Party, successor, partner, representative or assign of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for all such Indemnitees (and if reasonably necessary, of a single regulatory counsel and a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and, in the case of an actual or potential conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of one other firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee (and if reasonably necessary, of a single regulatory counsel and a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction))), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any subagent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration, performance and enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letters of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective action, suit, inquiry, claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available, (x) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) result from a material breach by such Indemnitee of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment), or (z) arise from any dispute between and among Indemnitees, to the extent such dispute does not involve an act or omission by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment) other than any proceeding against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Arranger, in each case, acting in such capacity. This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim. The Borrower will not be required to indemnify any Indemnitee for any amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee in the settlement of any such indemnified losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or reasonable and documented expenses which is entered into by such Indemnitee without Borrower’s written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) unless there is a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction for the plaintiff. In the case of any proceeding to which the indemnity in this paragraph applies, such indemnity and reimbursement obligations shall be effective, whether or not such proceeding is brought by the Borrower, any of its equityholders or creditors, an Indemnitee or any other Person, or an Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto.
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Without limiting in any way the indemnification obligations of the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.03(b) or of the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.06, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions or any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that nothing in this sentence shall relieve the Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee against special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) All amounts due under this Section 9.03 shall be payable within 10 days after receipt by the Borrower of a certificate of the relevant Indemnitee setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Person is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower.
Section 9.04 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 (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04. 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 subsection (c) of this Section 9.04), Indemnitees (to the extent provided in Section 9.03) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) 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 all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment and the Revolving Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent of:
(A) the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if a Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B) the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender; and
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(C) the Issuing Banks (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(D) In connection with obtaining the Borrower’s consent to assignments in accordance with this Section, the Borrower shall be permitted to designate in writing to the Administrative Agent up to two additional individuals (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include officers or employees of Permitted Holders) who shall be copied on any such consent requests (or receive separate notice of such proposed assignments) from the Administrative Agent.
(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 assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loans and subject to Section 2.16(c), the amount of the Revolving Commitment or Revolving 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) shall not be less than $15,000,000 (or a greater amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if a Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee (unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) of $3,500;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws;
(E) no such assignment shall be made to (i) any Loan Party nor any Affiliate of a Loan Party, (ii) any Defaulting Lender or any of its subsidiaries, or any Person, who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (ii), or (iii) any natural person or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated by or for the primary benefit of a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated by or for, the primary benefit of a natural person);
(F) in connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or sub-participations, or other compensating
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actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Revolving Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs; and
(G) (a) No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution (other than, in the case of participations (but not assignments), a Person who was a Disqualified Institution solely as a result of clause (c) of the definition thereof) as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the assigning or participating Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or participate, as applicable, all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment or participation in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment or participation). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or Participant that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a supplement to the list of competitors or potential competitors or investors in such competitors or potential competitors pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee or Participant shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender or Participant (but such Person shall not be able to increase its Commitments or participations hereunder) and (y) such assignment or participation and, in the case of an assignment, the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment or participation in violation of this clause (G)(a) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (G)(a) shall apply.
(b) The Administrative Agent (A) shall have the right (but not the obligation), and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to post the list of Disqualified Institutions and any updates thereto from time to time on the Platform, including that portion of the Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders and (B) shall provide the list of Disqualified Institutions and any updates thereto to each Lender or Participant requesting the same.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto 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 Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.14 and Section 9.03); provided that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender
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will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section 9.04.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices 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 Commitment of, and principal amounts (and 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 conclusive (absent manifest error), and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender (with respect to such Lender’s interest only), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities of whatsoever nature which may be imposed on, asserted against or incurred by the Administrative Agent in performing its duties under this Section 9.04(b)(iv), except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent. The Loans (including principal and interest) are registered obligations and the right, title, and interest of any Lender or its assigns in and to such Loans shall be transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register. The parties agree that the Register is intended to establish that the Loans, Commitments and Letters of Credit are in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), Section 2.15(d) or Section 8.06, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i) Subject to Section 9.04(b)(ii)(G), any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (but not to the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof or any natural person or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated by or for the primary benefit of a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated by or for, the primary benefit of a natural person)) (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment and the Revolving Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks 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
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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 to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 9.04, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.14(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.14(f) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.16 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 2.15(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.12 or 2.14 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.16(b) with respect to any Participant.
(iii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a nonfiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Revolving Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of any Loans and the issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
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that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default, Event of Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.14, Section 2.19(g) and Section 9.03 and Article 8 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender or any Issuing Bank, the resignation of an Issuing Bank or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy (or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., pdf via email)) means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 9.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.07, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
Section 9.08 Right of Setoff. If a Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by 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 obligations at any time owing by such Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower due and owing under this Agreement held by such Issuing Bank or such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as applicable, shall have made any demand under this Agreement; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Issuing Bank and each Lender under this Section 9.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Issuing Bank or such Lender may have. Each Issuing Bank and each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
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Section 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE UNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY), TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in subsection (b) of this Section 9.09. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 9.10 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY), TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.10. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES IT JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
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Section 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.12 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below) and to not use the Information for any purpose except in connection with the Loan Documents and related matters, and to not disclose the Information; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Lenders (collectively, the “Credit Parties”) and their respective Affiliates from disclosing any Information (i) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law or compulsory legal process or to the extent requested or required by governmental and/or regulatory authorities, in each case based on the reasonable advice of their legal counsel (in which case such Credit Party agrees (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority (or any request by such a governmental bank regulatory authority)) to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform you promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (ii) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over a Credit Party or any of its Affiliates (in which case such Credit Party agrees (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority (or any request by such a governmental bank regulatory authority)), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, to inform you promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (iii) to the extent that such Information become publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by such Credit Party or any of its Affiliates in violation of any confidentiality obligations owing to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (including those set forth in this Section), (iv) to the extent that such information is received by a Credit Party from a third party that is not, to such Credit Party’s knowledge, subject to contractual or fiduciary confidentiality obligations owing to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, (v) to the extent that such information is independently developed by any Credit Party without use of the Information, (vi) to each Credit Party’s Affiliates and to its and their respective employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, service providers and other experts or agents (“Representatives”) who need to know such Information in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and who are informed of the confidential nature of such Information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep such Information confidential (it being understood that each Credit Party shall be responsible for any breach thereof by its Representatives), (vii) to Participants or potential or prospective Participants or assignees (in each case which are or would be permitted Participants or assignees under Section 9.04 and other than Disqualified Institutions) and to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, who enter into a written agreement with or for the express benefit of the Borrower that they shall be bound by the terms of this Section (or a written agreement containing provisions substantially similar and not less protective of the Information than this Section); provided that the consent of the Borrower shall not be required (A) with respect to the provision of Standard Credit Information to a Participant or assignee if the Borrower shall have consented to the initial provision of Standard Credit Information to such Participant or assignee, (B) with respect to any administrative notices from any Agent to any Lender and (C) during any time that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (viii) to the extent the Borrower shall have consented to such disclosure in writing, (ix) to the extent reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the exercise of any remedy or enforcement of any right under the Loan Documents and (x) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense. In addition, the existence of this Agreement and publically available information about this Agreement may be disclosed to market data collectors for customary purposes in the lending industry in connection with the credit facilities provided for herein. For the purposes of this Section 9.12, “Information” means all
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memoranda or other information received from or on behalf of the Borrower, in connection with the Loan Documents and the facilities under the Loan Documents, relating to the Borrower or its business. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.12 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
(b) EACH ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NONPUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(c) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
Section 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 9.13 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Section 9.14 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each Transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that: (a) (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, on the other hand, (ii) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the Transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b) (i) each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Arrangers and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and
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will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Arranger nor any Lender 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; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, each Arranger and the Lenders 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 Issuing Bank, any Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Arranger or any Lender, on the one hand, and the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or their respective equityholders or Affiliates, on the other.
Section 9.15 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 9.16 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender, each Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower and each Guarantor that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. The Borrower and each Guarantor shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, (i) provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or such Lender, as applicable, requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Section 9.17 Release of Liens and Guarantees.
A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, and all security interests and Liens created by the Security Documents in Collateral owned by (and, in the case of clause (1), (2) and (3), in each case, to the extent constituting Excluded Assets, upon the request of the Borrower, the Equity Interests of) such Guarantor shall be automatically released, (1) upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to a merger with a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or a designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary), (2) upon the request of the Borrower, upon any Guarantor becoming an Excluded Subsidiary or (3) upon the request of the Borrower, in connection with a transaction permitted under this Agreement, as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary. Upon (i) any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party (other than to the Borrower or any other Loan Party) of any Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement or (ii) the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest created under any Security Document in any Collateral or the release of any Loan Party from its Guarantee under the Guaranty pursuant to Section 9.02, the security interests in such Collateral created by the Security Documents or such Guarantee shall be automatically released.
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Upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, all obligations under the Loan Documents and all security interests created by the Security Documents shall be automatically released (whether or not on the date of such release there may be any obligations in respect of any Secured Swap Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements). In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent 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 6.02 to the extent required by the terms of the obligations secured by such Liens pursuant to documents reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Swap Agreement (after giving effect to all netting arrangements relating to such Secured Swap Agreements) shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the Obligations are so secured and guaranteed. No Person shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document solely as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall require the consent of any holder of obligations under Secured Swap Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements
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 types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.17.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
Section 9.18 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 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) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(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
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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) 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.
Section 9.19 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b) As used in this Section 9.19, the following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) | a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); |
(ii) | a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or |
(iii) | a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). |
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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
Section 9.20 Keepwell.
The Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under its Guaranty in respect of any Swap Obligation (provided, however, that the Borrower shall only be liable under this Section 9.20 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 9.20 voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 9.20 shall remain in full force and effect until the payment in full and discharge of the Secured Obligations. The Borrower intends that this Section 9.20 constitute, and this Section 9.20 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
UNITY SOFTWARE INC., | ||||
as Borrower | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Jabal | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Jabal | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]
BARCLAYS BLANK PLC, | ||||
as Administrative Agent, as an Issuing Bank and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Unity Revolving Credit Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as an Issuing Bank and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xx | |||
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Unity Revolving Credit Agreement]
BANK OF MONTREAL, | ||||
as an Issuing Bank and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | SVP |
[Signature Page to Unity Revolving Credit Agreement]
XXXXXXX XXXXX LENDING PARTNERS LLC, | ||||
as an Issuing Bank and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Unity Revolving Credit Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., | ||||
as an Issuing Bank and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Unity Revolving Credit Agreement]
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., | ||||
as an Issuing Bank and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Unity Revolving Credit Agreement]
Schedule 2.01
Lenders, Revolving Commitments and Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit
Lender |
Revolving Commitment | Letter of Credit Issuer Sublimit |
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Barclays Bank PLC |
$ | 20,833,333.35 | $ | 3,333,333.35 | ||||
Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 20,833,333.33 | $ | 3,333,333.33 | ||||
Bank of Montreal |
$ | 20,833,333.33 | $ | 3,333,333.33 | ||||
Xxxxxxx Sachs Lending Partners LLC |
$ | 20,833,333.33 | $ | 3,333,333.33 | ||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 20,833,333.33 | $ | 3,333,333.33 | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. |
$ | 20,833,333.33 | $ | 3,333,333.33 | ||||
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Total |
$ | 125,000,000.00 | $ | 20,000,000.00 | ||||
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE
New York, New York
[Date]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, UNITY SOFTWARE INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in dollars, in immediately available funds, at the office of BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”) at its Principal Office (such term, and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of , 2019, among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto (including the Lender), the issuing banks from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, extended and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)) on the Maturity Date the unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, payable at such times and in such amounts as are specified in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower promises also to pay to the Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan incurred by the Borrower from the Lender in like money at said office from the date such Revolving Loan is made until paid at the rates and at the times provided in Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereof and of the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement). As provided in the Credit Agreement, this Note is subject to voluntary prepayment, in whole or in part, prior to the Maturity Date and the Revolving Loans may be converted from one Type (as defined in the Credit Agreement) into another Type to the extent provided in the Credit Agreement.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) shall occur and be continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on this Note may be declared to be due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.
THIS NOTE AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE UNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY), TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
Very truly yours, | ||
UNITY SOFTWARE INC. | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT
GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), made by and among each of the undersigned guarantors (together with any other entity that becomes a guarantor hereunder pursuant to Section 18 hereof, each, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor of BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as administrative agent (together with any successor administrative agent, the “Administrative Agent”), for the benefit of the Lenders (as defined below), the Issuing Banks (as defined below) and the Administrative Agent.
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Unity Software Inc. (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), the issuing banks from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Issuing Banks”) and the Administrative Agent.
Each Guarantor is a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower.
It is a condition precedent to the making of Loans (this, and each other capitalized term used but not defined in these recitals being defined as set forth in Section 1) to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that each Material Domestic Subsidiary required to be a Guarantor as of the Effective Date shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent this Agreement.
The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower and the Issuing Banks have agreed to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit and/or issuance of Letters of Credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to continue to extend such credit and the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit. Accordingly, for valuable consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Guarantee.
(a) Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the Secured Obligations of the Borrower. Each Guarantor further agrees that the due and punctual payment of the Secured Obligations of the Borrower may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any Secured Obligation. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to be liable under this Agreement, without any limitation as to amount, for all present and future Secured Obligations, including specifically all future increases in the outstanding amount of the Loans or other Secured Obligations and other future increases in the Secured Obligations, whether or not any such increase is committed, contemplated or provided for by the Loan Documents on the date hereof.
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(b) Each Guarantor agrees that the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of each other Guarantor or any other guarantee of the Secured Obligations of the Borrower and when making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, any Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (collectively, the “Guaranteed Parties”) may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against guarantee of the Secured Obligations of the Borrower or any right of offset with respect thereto.
(c) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower of any of the Secured Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations and notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Borrower under the provisions of this Agreement (including under Section 2(b) above), any other Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any of the Secured Obligations; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the terms or provisions of any other Loan Document or other agreement; (iv) the failure or delay of any Guaranteed Party to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Secured Obligations; (v) the failure of any Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument; (vi) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Secured Obligations; (vii) any increases in the outstanding amount of Loans and other Secured Obligations; or (viii) any other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of any Guarantor to subrogation (other than payment in full of the Secured Obligations (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made) or release pursuant to Section 16 hereof).
(d) Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a promise of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Secured Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Guaranteed Party to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Guaranteed Party in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any other Person.
(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any other Person or received or collected by any Guaranteed Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Secured Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of any of the Secured Obligations) remain liable under this Agreement until the discharge of all the Secured Obligations of the Borrower.
(f) Except for the release or termination of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as provided in Section 16, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason other than the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made), and shall not be subject to any defense, setoff, reduction, counterclaim, recoupment, discharge or termination whatsoever, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Secured Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of the Secured Obligations or otherwise.
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(g) Each Guarantor further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Guaranteed Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Guaranteed Party may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower to pay any Secured Obligation as and when the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the applicable Guaranteed Parties in cash an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of such Secured Obligation.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Guarantor shall be liable under this Agreement only for amounts aggregating up to the largest amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of any other applicable law.
(j) All rights and claims arising under this Section 2 or based upon or relating to any other right of reimbursement, contribution or subrogation that may at any time arise or exist in favor of any Guarantor as to any payment on account of the Secured Obligations made by it or received or collected from its property shall be fully subordinated in all respects to the prior discharge of the Secured Obligations. Until complete discharge of the Secured Obligations, no Guarantor shall demand or receive any payment or distribution whatsoever (whether in cash, property or securities or otherwise) on account of any such right or claim. If any such payment or distribution is made or becomes available to any Guarantor in any bankruptcy case or receivership or insolvency or liquidation proceeding, such payment or distribution shall be delivered by the person making such payment or distribution directly to the Administrative Agent, for application to the payment of the Secured Obligations. If any such payment or distribution is received by any Guarantor, it shall be held by such Guarantor in trust, as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties, and shall forthwith be transferred and delivered by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, in the exact form received and, if necessary, duly endorsed.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties; Additional Agreements.
(a) Each of the Guarantors represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Credit Agreement, each of which as they relate to such Guarantor is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, in all material respects, except for representations and warranties that are qualified as to “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects as of such date, in each case, unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on each of such representations and warranties as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Borrower’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 3(a), be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor’s knowledge.
(b) Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and all Obligations (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made) under the Credit Agreement have been paid in full and the cancellation, expiration or Cash Collateralization (or other “backstop” arrangements) of all
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Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount of all Letter of Credit Usage, each Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties that it will be bound by each of the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement to the extent applicable to such Guarantor.
SECTION 4. Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Secured Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that no Guaranteed Party will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
SECTION 5. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by each Guarantor herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Administrative Agent and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and the issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or on its behalf and notwithstanding that a Guaranteed Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default, Event of Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Secured Obligation (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made) is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.
SECTION 7. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Successors and Assigns.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective as to each Guarantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Guarantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent (regardless of whether any other Guarantor has executed and delivered a counterpart hereof) and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent.
(b) Following the effectiveness of this Agreement as to a Guarantor in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 7, this Agreement shall be binding upon such Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and each other Guaranteed Party that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, except that no Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Guarantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder.
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SECTION 8. Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The parties hereto agree that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as and to the extent provided in Section 9.03(a) of the Credit Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
(b) Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the other Indemnitees as and to the extent provided in Section 9.03(b) of the Credit Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations. The provisions of this Section 8 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 8 shall be payable within 10 Business Days after having received written demand therefor.
SECTION 9. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE UNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY), TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10. Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay by any Guaranteed Party in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of each Guaranteed Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 10, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Except as expressly provided in Section 18, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into between the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY), TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
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IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES IT JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
SECTION 12. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
SECTION 13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 14. Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or other Guaranteed Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Guarantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in sub-section (a) of this Section 15. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
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(c) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 5. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 16. Termination; Release of a Guarantor.
(a) This Agreement and the guarantees set forth herein shall terminate when all the Secured Obligations (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made) have been paid in full, the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled, expired, or Cash Collateralized on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the Agreed L/C Cash Collateral Amount of all Letter of Credit Usage.
(b) In the event that all the Equity Interests in any Guarantor are sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in a transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement, such Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Loan Documents and the Administrative Agent shall at the Borrower’s expense take such action and execute such documents as the Borrower may reasonably request to evidence such release; provided, that in connection with any such request at the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that all the Equity Interests in such Guarantor have been sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, as applicable, in a transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on such certification without further inquiry). In the event that a Guarantor becomes an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary, the Administrative Agent shall, at the Borrower’s expense, promptly take such action and execute such documents as the Borrower may reasonably request to terminate the guarantee of such Guarantor hereunder and release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan Documents; provided, that in connection with any such request, at the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that such Guarantor has become an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary, as applicable (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on such certification without further inquiry).
SECTION 17. Right of Setoff. If a Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Guaranteed Party and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by 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 obligations at any time owing by such Guaranteed Party or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any of and all the obligations of such Guarantor due and owing under this Agreement held by such Guaranteed Party, irrespective of whether or not such Guaranteed Party shall have made any demand under this Agreement; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Guaranteed Party under this Section 17 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Guaranteed Party may have. Each Guaranteed Party agrees to notify such Guarantor and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 18. Additional Guarantors. It is understood and agreed that any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that executes a counterpart of, or joinder to, this Agreement after the date hereof pursuant
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to Section 5.09 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Guarantor hereunder by (a) executing and delivering a counterpart hereof to the Administrative Agent or executing a joinder agreement hereto and delivering same to the Administrative Agent, in each case as may be requested by (and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to) the Administrative Agent and (b) taking all actions as specified in this Agreement as would have been taken by such Guarantor had it been an original party to this Agreement, in each case with all documents and actions required to be taken above to be taken to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 19. Keepwell. Each Guarantor that is a Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Agreement in respect of any Swap Obligation (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 19 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 19, or otherwise under this Agreement, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 19 shall remain in full force and effect until the payment in full and discharge of the Secured Obligations. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 19 constitute, and this Section 19 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Guarantor for all purposes of section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[INSERT GUARANTOR NAME] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[INSERT GUARANTOR NAME] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Execution Version
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
dated as of
, 2019,
among
THE OTHER GRANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01 |
Defined Terms |
4 | ||||
Section 1.02 |
Other Defined Terms | 4 | ||||
ARTICLE II PLEDGE OF SECURITIES |
6 | |||||
Section 2.01 |
Pledge | 6 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral | 7 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 8 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
[Reserved] | 9 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations | 9 | ||||
Section 2.06 |
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE III SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY |
11 | |||||
Section 3.01 |
Security Interest | 11 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Representations and Warranties | 12 | ||||
Section 3.03 |
Covenants | 14 | ||||
Section 3.04 |
Other Actions | 15 | ||||
Section 3.05 |
Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral | 16 | ||||
ARTICLE IV REMEDIES |
17 | |||||
Section 4.01 |
Remedies upon Default | 17 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Application of Proceeds | 18 | ||||
Section 4.03 |
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property | 18 | ||||
Section 4.04 |
Securities Act | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS |
20 | |||||
Section 5.01 |
Notices | 20 | ||||
Section 5.02 |
Waivers; Amendment | 20 | ||||
Section 5.03 |
Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification | 20 | ||||
Section 5.04 |
Successors and Assigns | 21 | ||||
Section 5.05 |
Survival of Agreement | 21 | ||||
Section 5.06 |
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement | 21 | ||||
Section 5.07 |
Severability | 21 | ||||
Section 5.08 |
Right of Set-Off | 22 | ||||
Section 5.09 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process; Appointment of Service of Process Agent | 22 | ||||
Section 5.10 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 23 | ||||
Section 5.11 |
Headings | 23 | ||||
Section 5.12 |
Security Interest Absolute | 23 | ||||
Section 5.13 |
Termination or Release | 24 | ||||
Section 5.14 |
Additional Grantors | 24 | ||||
Section 5.15 |
Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact | 24 |
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(continued)
Schedules |
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Schedule I |
Grantors | |
Schedule II |
Pledged Equity Interests; Pledged Debt Securities | |
Schedule III |
Intellectual Property | |
Schedule IV |
Commercial Tort Claims | |
Exhibits |
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Exhibit I |
Form of Supplement | |
Exhibit II |
Form of Copyright Security Agreement | |
Exhibit III |
Form of Patent Security Agreement | |
Exhibit IV |
Form of Trademark Security Agreement |
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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of , 2019 (this “Agreement”), among UNITY SOFTWARE INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other GRANTORS (as defined herein) and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto and the Administrative Agent and to the Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty Agreement”), among the Grantors (other than the Borrower) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent. The Lenders and the Issuing Banks have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Grantors (other than the Borrower) are Affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms.
(a) Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement or the Guaranty Agreement, as applicable; provided that each term defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the New York UCC.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Sections 1.03 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
Section 1.02 Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
“After-Acquired Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(d).
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Collateral” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.
“Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Person any right under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any other Person or that such other Person otherwise has the right to license, and all rights of any such Person under any such agreement.
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“Copyright Security Agreement” means the Copyright Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit II.
“Copyrights” means, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person: (a) all copyright rights in any work arising under the copyright laws of the United States, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including, in the case of any Grantor, registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office set forth next to its name on Schedule III.
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Excluded Equity Interests” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Federal Securities Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.04.
“Grantors” means (a) the Borrower, (b) each Subsidiary identified on Schedule I, (c) each other Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Grantor after the Effective Date and (d) each Successor Borrower that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Grantor after the Effective Date.
“Information Certificate” means the Information Certificate dated the Effective Date delivered to the Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including as supplemented by any Information Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.14).
“Intellectual Property” means, with respect to any Person, all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any such Person, including inventions, designs, all Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information, software and databases.
“License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other written license or sublicense agreement granting rights under Intellectual Property to which any Person is a party.
“New York UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Article 9 Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or similar law as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “New York UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
“Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Person any right to make, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any other Person or that any other Person now or hereafter otherwise has the right to license, and all rights of any such Person under any such agreement.
“Patent Security Agreement” means the Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit III.
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“Patents” means, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person: (a) all letters patent, all registrations thereof and all applications for letters patent, including registrations and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including, in the case of any Grantor, those filed in connection therewith in the United States Patent and Trademark Office listed on Schedule III, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Debt Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Equity Interests” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates, unit certificates, limited or unlimited liability membership certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
“Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Supplement” means an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto, or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Person any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any other Person or that any other Person otherwise has the right to license, and all rights of any such Person under any such agreement.
“Trademark Security Agreement” means the Trademark Security Agreement in the form of Exhibit IV.
“Trademarks” means, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, domain names, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof, and all registration and applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including, in the case of any Grantor, any registrations and applications filed in connection therewith in the United States Patent and Trademark Office set forth next to its name on Schedule III, (b) all goodwill of the business associated therewith or symbolized thereby and (c) all other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.
ARTICLE II
PLEDGE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of all Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a)(i) all Equity Interests owned by such Grantor on the date hereof, including those Equity
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Interests listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule II, (ii) any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Grantor and (iii) the certificates (if any) representing all such Equity Interests (collectively, the “Pledged Equity Interests”); provided that the Pledged Equity Interests shall not include any Excluded Assets or Equity Interests of Immaterial Subsidiaries (the Equity Interests excluded pursuant to this proviso being referred to as the “Excluded Equity Interests”); (b)(i) the debt securities owned by such Grantor on the date hereof, including those listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule II, (ii) any debt securities in the future issued to or otherwise acquired by such Grantor and (iii) the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing all such debt securities (collectively, the “Pledged Debt Securities”); provided that the Pledged Debt Securities shall not include any Excluded Assets; (c) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.01 and Section 2.02; (d) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; (e) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and (f) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above, but excluding Excluded Equity Interests and other Excluded Assets, being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”).
Section 2.02 Delivery of the Pledged Collateral.
(a) Each Grantor agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent (i) on the Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees in its reasonable discretion), any and all Pledged Securities (other than any uncertificated securities, but only for so long as such securities remain uncertificated) owned by such Grantor on the Effective Date; provided that (x) Pledged Securities described in Section 5.13 of the Credit Agreement shall be delivered at the time specified therein and (y) promissory notes and any other instruments constituting Pledged Collateral shall only be so required to be delivered to the extent required pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02 and (ii) as promptly as practicable (and in any event within 30 days (or such later date as the Administrative Agent agrees in its reasonable discretion)) after the acquisition thereof, any and all Pledged Securities (other than any uncertificated securities, but only for so long as such securities remain uncertificated) acquired by such Grantor after the Effective Date; provided that promissory notes and any other instruments constituting Pledged Collateral shall only be so required to be delivered to the extent required pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.
(b) As promptly as practicable (and in any event within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)) after receipt thereof, each Grantor will cause any promissory note evidencing any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more to be pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Upon delivery to the Administrative Agent, any certificate or promissory note representing Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by undated stock or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other undated instruments of transfer duly executed in blank and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection therewith. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing such Pledged Securities, which schedule shall be deemed attached to, and shall supplement, Schedule II and be made a part hereof; provided that failure to provide any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities.
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Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Grantors represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) as of the Effective Date, Schedule II sets forth a true and complete list, with respect to each Grantor, of (i) all the Equity Interests required to be pledged hereunder and owned by such Grantor and the number and percentage of ownership represented by such Pledged Equity Interests and (ii) all the Pledged Debt Securities and Instruments in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more owned by such Grantor;
(b) the Pledged Equity Interests issued by each Grantor and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and the Pledged Debt Securities have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity Interests (other than Pledged Equity Interests consisting of limited liability company interests or partnership interests which, pursuant to the relevant organizational or formation documents, cannot be fully paid and non-assessable), are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt Securities, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof, except to the extent that enforceability of such obligations may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally; provided that the foregoing representations, insofar as they relate to the Pledged Debt Securities issued by a Person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, are made to the knowledge of the Grantors;
(c) each of the Grantors (i) is, as of the date hereof, the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II as owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than (A) Liens created hereunder and under any other Loan Document and (B) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, (iii) will make no further pledge or create any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than Liens not prohibited by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, and (iv) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens created by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and Liens not prohibited by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents or securities laws generally, the Pledged Equity Interests and, to the extent issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the Pledged Debt Securities are and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Equity Interests and, to the extent issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the Pledged Debt Securities are or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter, by-law or other organizational document provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner adverse to the Secured Parties in any material respect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Administrative Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated; and
(f) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties has obtained a legal and valid lien on the Pledged Collateral and when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities, free of any adverse claims, under the New York UCC to the extent such lien and security interest may be created and perfected under the New York UCC, as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations.
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Section 2.04 [Reserved].
Section 2.05 Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given the Borrower prior written notice of its intent to exercise such rights, (a) the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Administrative Agent or in its own name as pledgee or in the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent), and each Grantor will promptly give to the Administrative Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any reasonable purpose consistent with this Agreement.
Section 2.06 Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest.
(a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Grantors that their rights under this Section 2.06 are being suspended:
(i) each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Collateral or the rights and remedies of any of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same;
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be promptly executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section;
(iii) each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and are otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that constitute Pledged Equity Interests or Pledged Debt Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests in the issuer of any Pledged Equity Interests or received in exchange for Pledged Equity Interests or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsements, stock or note powers and other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent).
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(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06, all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to receive and retain such amounts. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsements, stock or note powers and other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Administrative Agent in an account to be established by the Administrative Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to that effect, the Administrative Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to that effect, all rights vested in the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall cease, and the Grantors shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers they would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06.
(d) Any notice given by the Administrative Agent to the Grantors suspending their rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Administrative Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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ARTICLE III
SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY
Section 3.01 Security Interest.
(a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under any and all of the following assets now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):
(1) all Accounts;
(2) all Chattel Paper;
(3) all Cash and Deposit Accounts;
(4) all Documents;
(5) all Equipment;
(6) all General Intangibles, including all Intellectual Property;
(7) all Instruments;
(8) all Inventory;
(9) all other Goods and Fixtures;
(10) all Investment Property;
(11) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(12) all Commercial Tort Claims specifically described on Schedule IV hereto, as such schedule may be supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 3.04(c);
(13) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(14) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all supporting obligations, collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided that in no event shall the terms “Article 9 Collateral” or “Pledged Collateral” include, and no Grantor is granting a Security Interest in, (A) any Excluded Assets and (B) any Excluded Equity Interests.
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements and continuation statements with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto, that (i) describe the collateral covered thereby in any manner that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted under this Agreement, including indicating the Collateral as all assets or all personal
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property of such Grantor, in each case, whether now owned or after acquired or arising or words of similar effect, and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor, if applicable. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request.
The Administrative Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) such documents as may be reasonably necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States federally registered or applied for Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights granted by each Grantor and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Administrative Agent as secured party. No Grantor shall be required to complete any filings or other action with respect to the perfection of the Security Interests created hereby in any Intellectual Property subsisting in any jurisdiction outside of the United States.
(c) The Security Interest and the security interest granted pursuant to Article II are granted as security only and shall not subject the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.
Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties. The Grantors represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) Each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes, in each case except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and has full power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and except to the extent that failure to obtain or make such consent or approval, as the case may be, individually or in aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Information Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name and jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor, is correct and complete in all material respects as of the Effective Date (except that the information therein with respect to the exact legal name of each Grantor shall be true and correct in all respects). The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared by the Administrative Agent based upon the information provided to the Administrative Agent in the Information Certificate for filing in each governmental or other office specified in Schedule 2 to the Information Certificate (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the Effective Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Sections 5.09, 5.11 or 5.12 of the Credit Agreement), are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than any filings or recordings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States registered or applied for Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights) that are necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or
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registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 0 Xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx registered or applied for Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights acquired or developed by a Grantor after the date hereof). The Grantors represent and warrant that one or more fully executed Patent Security Agreement(s), Trademark Security Agreement(s) and Copyright Security Agreement(s), in each case containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral existing on the Effective Date consisting of United States federally registered Patents, United States federally registered Trademarks and United States federally registered Copyrights (and applications for any of the foregoing), as applicable, and executed by each Grantor owning any such Article 9 Collateral, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 0 Xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx registered and applied for Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 0 Xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx registered or applied for Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights acquired or developed by a Grantor after the date hereof).
(c) As of the Effective Date, Schedule III sets forth a true and correct list, with respect to each Grantor, of all Patents and patent applications owned by such Grantor, including the name of the owner and the registration or application number applicable to such Patent or patent application, in each case registered or applied for in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(d) As of the Effective Date, Schedule III sets forth a true and correct list, with respect to each Grantor, of all Trademark registrations and applications owned by such Grantor including the name of the registered owner and the registration or application number applicable to such registrations or applications, in each case registered or applied for in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(e) As of the Effective Date, Schedule III sets forth a true and correct list, with respect to each Grantor, of all Copyrights owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor including the name of the registered owner, title and the registration or serial number thereof, in each case registered or applied for in the United States Copyright Office.
(f) As of the Effective Date, Schedule IV sets forth a true and complete list of all Commercial Tort Claims owned by a Grantor and known by such Grantor to be in existence in an amount reasonably estimated by such Grantor to exceed $5,000,000.
(g) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.02, a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) subject to the filings described in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.02, a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the recording of a Patent Security Agreement, a Trademark Security Agreement and a Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, within the three-month period after the date hereof pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261 or 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or the one-month period after the date hereof pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 205.
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(h) The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than Liens not prohibited by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement. The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens not prohibited by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 3.03 Covenants.
(a) Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all Persons, except with respect to Article 9 Collateral that such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment is no longer necessary or beneficial to the conduct of such Grantor’s business, and to defend the Security Interest of the Administrative Agent in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, subject to the rights of such Grantor under Section 9.17 of the Credit Agreement and corresponding provisions of the Security Documents to obtain a release of the Liens created under the Security Documents.
(b) Subject to Section 3.03(e), each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and Taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note (which may be a global note) or other instrument (other than any promissory note or other instrument in an aggregate principal amount of less than $5,000,000 owed to the applicable Grantor by any Person), such note or instrument shall be promptly (but in any event within 30 days of receipt by such Grantor or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, together with an undated instrument of transfer duly executed in blank and in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given the Borrower prior written notice of its intent to exercise such rights, at its option, the Administrative Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and within a reasonable period of time after the Administrative Agent has requested that it do so, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand, for any reasonable payment made or any reasonable out-of-pocket expense incurred by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.
(d) Each Grantor shall remain liable, as between such Grantor and the relevant counterparty under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under such contract,
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agreement or instrument, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or other Loan Document to the contrary, no Grantor shall be required by this Agreement to perfect the security interests created hereunder by any means other than (i) filings of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, (ii) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) in respect of United States registered Intellectual Property owned by the such Grantor and (iii) in the case of Collateral that constitutes Pledged Securities, Instruments, Certificated Securities or Negotiable Documents, delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof (together with, where applicable, undated stock or note powers or other undated proper instruments of assignment). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Grantor shall be required to (i) complete or effect any filings or other action with respect to the perfection of the security interests created hereby in any jurisdiction outside of the United States; (ii) deliver control agreements with respect to, or confer perfection by “control” over, any Deposit Accounts and other bank or securities or commodities accounts or any other assets requiring perfection by control agreements; (iii) take any action to perfect the security interest granted hereunder in Letter-of-Credit Rights (other than filing of UCC financing statements); (iv) deliver landlord lien waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters in any circumstances; or (v) file, record or register any mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents or other security document granting a lien on any fee owned parcel of real property.
(f) Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after prior written notice to the Borrower of its intent to exercise such rights, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required hereby or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Administrative Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Grantors hereunder or any Default or Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Administrative Agent (including reasonable and documented attorney’s fees, costs and expenses) in connection with this paragraph shall be payable by the Grantors to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
Section 3.04 Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a) Instruments. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments constituting Collateral (other than Instruments with an individual face amount of less than $5,000,000 and other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), such Grantor shall promptly (but in any event within 30 days of receipt by such Grantor or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such undated instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
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(b) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities constituting Pledged Securities, such Grantor shall promptly (but in any event within 30 days of receipt by such Grantor or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such undated instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(c) Commercial Tort Claims. If any Grantor shall at any time after the date of this Agreement acquire a Commercial Tort Claim known by such Grantor to be in existence in an amount reasonably estimated by such Grantor to exceed $5,000,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Grantor, including a summary description of such claim, and Schedule IV shall be deemed to be supplemented to include such description of such commercial tort claim as set forth in such writing.
(d) Limitations on Perfection. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States (including any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary and foreign Intellectual Property) or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction).
Section 3.05 Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.
(a) Except, in each case, to the extent failure so to act would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to registration or pending application of each item of its owned United States Intellectual Property, each Grantor agrees (i) to maintain the validity and enforceability of any registered owned United States Intellectual Property (or applications therefor) and to maintain such registrations and applications of such Intellectual Property in full force and effect and (ii) to pursue the registration and maintenance of each Patent, Trademark or Copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in the owned Intellectual Property of such Grantor, including the payment of required fees and taxes, the filing of responses to office actions issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or other governmental authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under Sections 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue and renewal applications or extensions, the payment of maintenance fees and the participation in interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, infringement and misappropriation proceedings.
(b) Except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its owned United States Intellectual Property may lapse, be terminated, or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain (or in case of a trade secret, lose its competitive value).
(c) Except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Grantor shall take reasonable steps to preserve and protect each item of its owned United States registered Intellectual Property, including maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks abide by the applicable license’s terms with respect to the standards of quality.
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(d) In the event that any Grantor, whether by acquisition, assignment, filing or otherwise, acquires any right in United States registered Intellectual Property (including, without limitation, continuation-in-part patent applications) after the Effective Date (collectively, the “After-Acquired Intellectual Property”), such After-Acquired Intellectual Property shall automatically be included as part of the Collateral and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(e) The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, at the time of delivery of each compliance certificate provided for in Sections 5.01(c) of the Credit Agreement for the financial statements under Section 5.01(a) of the Credit Agreement, (i) an updated Schedule III identifying the After-Acquired Intellectual Property that is (x) owned or, with respect to Copyrights, exclusively licensed by such Grantor and (y) issued by, registered with or filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, acquired during such fiscal year; and (ii) executed supplements to Exhibits II, III or IV, as applicable. Each applicable Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to file such supplements to Exhibits II, III or IV, as applicable, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) to record the grant of the security interest hereunder in such After-Acquired Intellectual Property.
(f) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Grantor from disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, failing to pursue or otherwise allowing to lapse, terminate or put into the public domain any of its Intellectual Property to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REMEDIES
Section 4.01 Remedies upon Default. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Grantors in writing of its intent to exercise such rights, each Grantor agrees to deliver, on demand, each item of Collateral to the Administrative Agent or any Person designated by the Administrative Agent, and it is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have the right, at the same or different times, with or without legal process and with or without demand for performance but with notice (which need not be prior notice), to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral or the Pledged Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal that such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
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The Administrative Agent shall give the applicable Grantors no less than 10 days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Administrative Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Administrative Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Administrative Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Administrative Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Agreement, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Administrative Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Administrative Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Administrative Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
Section 4.02 Application of Proceeds. The Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 4.03 Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. Solely for the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement, each Grantor, solely during the continuance of an Event of Default, grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sublicense any of the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for
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the compilation or printout thereof (in each case subject to any Grantor’s reasonable security policies and obligations of confidentiality as previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent) to the extent that such non-exclusive license (a) does not violate the express terms of any agreement between a Grantor and a third party governing the applicable Grantor’s use of such Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, or gives such third party any right of acceleration, modification or cancellation therein and (b) is not prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation; provided that such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks. The use of such license by the Administrative Agent may only be exercised, at the option of the Administrative Agent, during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided further that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.
Section 4.04 Securities Act. In view of the position of the Grantors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal Securities Laws”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Grantor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Administrative Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the Administrative Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Collateral, limit the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws to the extent the Administrative Agent has determined that such a registration is not required by any applicable law and (b) may approach and negotiate with a limited number of potential purchasers (including a single potential purchaser) to effect such sale. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a limited number of purchasers (or a single purchaser) were approached. The provisions of this Section 4.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Administrative Agent sells.
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ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.01 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.02 Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 5.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Except as contemplated with respect to supplements in Section 5.14, 3.04(c), 3.05(e) and 2.02(c), neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement; provided that the Administrative Agent may, without the consent of any Secured Party, consent to a departure by any Grantor from any covenant of such Grantor set forth herein to the extent such departure is consistent with the authority of the Administrative Agent set forth in the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” in the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.03 Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) Each Grantor, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its fees and expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.03(a) of the Credit Agreement; provided that each reference therein to the “Borrower” shall be deemed to be a reference to “each Grantor”.
(b) Each Grantor, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the other Indemnitees as provided in Section 9.03(b) of the Credit Agreement mutatis mutandis; provided that each reference therein to the “Borrower” shall be deemed to be a reference to “each Grantor”.
(c) The provisions of this Section 5.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or
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any investigation made by or on behalf of any Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable within 10 Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of a certificate of the relevant Indemnitee setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Person is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5.03; provided, however, any Indemnitee shall promptly refund an indemnification payment received hereunder to the extent that there is a final judicial determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such payment pursuant to this Section 5.03. Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations.
Section 5.04 Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Administrative Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.
Section 5.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Secured Parties and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Secured Party and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall continue in full force and effect until such time as the Termination Date shall have occurred.
Section 5.06 Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
Section 5.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
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jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 5.08 Right of Set-Off. If an Event of Default under Sections 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of any Grantor against any of and all the obligations of such Grantor then due and owing under this Agreement held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such Indebtedness. The applicable Lender and Issuing Bank shall notify the applicable Grantor and the Administrative Agent of such setoff and application; provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such setoff and application under this Section 5.08. The rights of each Lender and each Issuing Bank under this Section 5.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender and such Issuing Bank may have.
Section 5.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process; Appointment of Service of Process Agent.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST ANY GRANTOR OR ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND
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EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 5.01. NOTHING IN ANY LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
Section 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.10. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES IT JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
Section 5.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 5.12 Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement.
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Section 5.13 Termination or Release.
(a) This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate upon the occurrence of the Termination Date.
(b) The Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall also terminate and automatically be released at the time or times and in the manner set forth in Section 9.17 of the Credit Agreement. A Grantor shall also automatically be released from its obligations under this Agreement at the time or times and in the manner set forth in Section 9.17 of the Credit Agreement.
(c) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release and take all other actions reasonably requested by any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, in connection with such release. Any execution and delivery of documents by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
Section 5.14 Additional Grantors. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, additional Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower or a Successor Borrower may or may be required to become Grantors after the date hereof. Upon execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Successor Borrower of a Supplement (which shall be accompanied by an Information Certificate duly executed by such Domestic Subsidiary or Successor Borrower), any such Domestic Subsidiary or a Successor Borrower shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as such herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any Domestic Subsidiary or a Successor Borrower as a party to this Agreement.
Section 5.15 Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, but only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Administrative Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts Receivable to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Administrative
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Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Administrative Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of any of their Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents or attorneys-in-fact.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
UNITY SOFTWARE INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and President |
UNITY TECHNOLOGIES SF | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Jabal | |||
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
XXXXXX ROAD CORP. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: |
Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: |
Secretary |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: |
Director |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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Schedule I to the
Collateral Agreement
GRANTORS
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Schedule II to the
Collateral Agreement
PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS
Grantor | Issuer | Number of Equity Interests Pledged |
Certificate No. |
Percentage Pledged |
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Schedule II to the
Collateral Agreement
PLEDGED DEBT SECURITIES AND INSTRUMENTS
Grantor | Issuer | Original Principal Amount |
Date of Note | Maturity Date | ||||||||||||
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Schedule III to the
Collateral Agreement
U.S. COPYRIGHTS
Copyright | Copyright No. | Owner |
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Schedule III to the
Collateral Agreement
U.S. PATENTS
Title | Serial/Patent Number | Owner |
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Schedule III to the
Collateral Agreement
U.S. TRADEMARKS
Owner | Serial Number | Reg. Number | Word Xxxx |
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Schedule IV to the
Collateral Agreement
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
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Exhibit I to the
Collateral Agreement
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of [ , 20 ] (this “Supplement”), to the Collateral Agreement dated as of , 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”), among UNITY SOFTWARE INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other GRANTORS from time to time party thereto and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity and together with successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
A. Reference is made to (a) the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of , 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, (b) to the Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty Agreement”), among the Grantors (other than the Borrower) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and (c) the Collateral Agreement.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and the Collateral Agreement, as applicable.
C. The Grantors have entered into the Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit. Section 5.14 of the Collateral Agreement provides that [additional Domestic Subsidiaries] [Successor Borrower] may become Grantors under the Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned [Domestic Subsidiary] [Successor Borrower] (the “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Grantor under the Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and the Issuing Banks to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the New Grantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 5.14 of the Collateral Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor, and the New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Grantor, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations, does hereby create and grant to the Administrative Agent, its permitted successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Pledged Collateral and the Article 9 Collateral (as each such term is defined in the Collateral Agreement). Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Grantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability of such obligations may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.
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SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement. This Supplement shall become effective as to the New Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of the New Grantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon the New Grantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the New Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that the New Grantor shall not have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly provided in this Supplement, the Collateral Agreement and the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4. The New Grantor hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a schedule with the true and correct legal name of the New Grantor, its jurisdiction of organization and the location of its chief executive office, (b) Schedule II sets forth a true and complete list, with respect to the New Grantor, of (i) all the Equity Interests owned by the New Grantor in any Subsidiary (other than any Equity Interests constituting Excluded Assets or Excluded Equity Interests) and the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity Interests owned by the New Grantor and (ii) all the Pledged Debt Securities owned by the New Grantor and all Instruments owned by the New Grantor, in each case, in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more, (c) Schedule III attached hereto sets forth, as of the date hereof, (i) all of the New Grantor’s Patents constituting Article 9 Collateral and registered or applied for in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including the name of the registered owner, type, registration or application number and the expiration date (if already registered) of each such Patent owned by the New Grantor, (ii) all of the New Grantor’s Trademarks constituting Article 9 Collateral and registered or applied for in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including the name of the registered owner, the registration or application number and the expiration date (if already registered) of each such Trademark owned by the New Grantor, and (iii) all of the New Grantor’s Copyrights constituting Article 9 Collateral and registered or applied for in the United States Copyright Office, including the name of the registered owner, title and, if applicable, the registration number of each such Copyright owned by the New Grantor, and (d) Schedule IV attached hereto sets forth, as of the date hereof, each Commercial Tort Claim owned by the New Grantor and known by the New Grantor to be in existence in an amount reasonably estimated by the New Grantor to exceed $5,000,000.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. Any provision of this Supplement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
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SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Collateral Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Grantor agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its fees and expenses incurred hereunder and under the Collateral Agreement as provided in Section 9.03(a) of the Credit Agreement; provided that each reference therein to the “Borrower” shall be deemed to be a reference to “the New Grantor”.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW GRANTOR] | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Signature Page to Supplement to Collateral Agreement
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Signature Page to Supplement to Collateral Agreement
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Schedule I
to Supplement No. to the Collateral Agreement
Name | Jurisdiction of Formation/ Incorporation |
Chief Executive Office |
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Schedule II
to Supplement No. to the Collateral Agreement
PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS
Grantor | Issuer | Number of Certificate |
Number of Equity Interests Pledged |
Percentage Pledged |
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PLEDGED DEBT SECURITIES AND INSTRUMENTS
Grantor | Issuer | Original Principal Amount |
Date of Note | Maturity Date | ||||||||||||
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Schedule III
to Supplement No. to the Collateral Agreement
U.S. COPYRIGHTS
Copyright | Copyright No. | Owner |
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Schedule III
to Supplement No. to the Collateral Agreement
U.S. PATENTS
Title | Serial/Patent Number | Owner |
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Schedule III
to Supplement No. to the Collateral Agreement
U.S. TRADEMARKS
Owner | Serial Number | Reg. Number | Word Xxxx |
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Schedule IV
to Supplement No. to the Collateral Agreement
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
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Exhibit II
to the Collateral Agreement
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of [ , 20 ] (this “Agreement”), among [ ] (the “Grantor”) and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity and together with successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
Reference is made to (a) the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of , 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Unity Software Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, and (b) the Collateral Agreement, dated as of , 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”), among the Borrower, the other grantors from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.01(b) of the Collateral Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of all Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Copyrights, including the registrations and applications thereof listed on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Copyright Collateral”).
SECTION 3. Collateral Agreement. The Security Interest granted to the Administrative Agent herein is granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement. The Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Copyright Collateral are more fully set forth in the Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[ ] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement
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Schedule I
Copyright | Copyright No. | Owner |
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Exhibit III
to the Collateral Agreement
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of [ , 20 ] (this “Agreement”), among [ ] (the “Grantor”) and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity and together with successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
Reference is made to (a) the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Unity Software Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, and (b) the Collateral Agreement, dated as of , 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”), among the Borrower, the other grantors from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.01(b) of the Collateral Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of all Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Patents, including the registrations and applications thereof listed on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Patent Collateral”).
SECTION 3. Collateral Agreement. The Security Interest granted to the Administrative Agent herein is granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement. The Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Patent Collateral are more fully set forth in the Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[ ] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Patent Security Agreement
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Patent Security Agreement
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Schedule I
Title | Serial/Patent Number | Owner |
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Exhibit IV
to the Collateral Agreement
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of [ , 20 ] (this “Agreement”), among [ ] (the “Grantor”) and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity and together with successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
Reference is made to (a) the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Unity Software Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, and (b) the Collateral Agreement, dated as of (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”), among the Borrower, the other grantors from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.01(b) of the Collateral Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of all Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Trademarks, including the registrations and applications thereof listed on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Trademark Collateral”).
SECTION 3. Collateral Agreement. The Security Interest granted to the Administrative Agent herein is granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement. The Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Trademark Collateral are more fully set forth in the Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[ ] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement
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Schedule I
Owner | Serial Number | Reg. Number | Word Xxxx |
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT H-1
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT H-2
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Participants That Are Neither U.S. Persons Nor Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT H-3
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Participants That Are Not U.S. Persons And That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT H-4
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF ANNUAL FORECAST
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
This INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of , 20 , is entered into by and among the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof, in favor of the Agent (as defined below).
Reference is made to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of , 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Unity Software Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (the “Agent”), and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Each of the undersigned Loan Parties is now or may hereafter become indebted or otherwise obligated (each, of the undersigned Loan Parties in its capacity as a payor, a “Payor”) to such other undersigned Person that is not a Loan Party (each of the undersigned that is not a Loan Party in its capacity as a payee, a “Payee”) in respect of Indebtedness (the unpaid principal amount and all other amounts payable in respect thereof, “Intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness”).
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any Intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness owed by any Payor to any Payee shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to the Secured Obligations until the Termination Date shall have occurred (such Secured Obligations and other indebtedness and obligations in connection with any renewal, refunding, restructuring or refinancing thereof, including interest thereon, fees, and expenses accruing after the commencement of any case or proceedings referred to in clause (i) below, whether or not such interest, fees, or expenses is an allowed claim in such case or proceeding, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Senior Indebtedness”); provided that each Payor may make payments to the applicable Payee so long as no Event of Default under the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing and such Payor has not received notice thereof from the Agent (provided that no such notice shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement).
(i) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Law, and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceedings in connection therewith, relating to any Payor or to its property, and in the event of any case or proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Payor (except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement), whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (x) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations not yet validly asserted) before any Payee is entitled to receive (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demands for, any payment or distribution on account of this Agreement and (y) until the holders of Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness (other than (A) contingent obligations not yet validly asserted and (B) obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement and obligations in respect of any Secured
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Swap Agreement), any payment or distribution to which such Payee would otherwise be entitled (other than debt securities of such Payor that are subordinated, to at least the same extent as this Agreement, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter referred to as “Restructured Debt Securities”)) shall be made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
(ii) If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing after prior written notice from the Agent (provided that no such notice shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement) to Borrower, then no payment or distribution of any kind or character shall be made by or on behalf of the Payor, or any other Person on its behalf, with respect to any Intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness.
(iii) If any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), and whether directly, by purchase, redemption, exercise of any right of setoff, recoupment, or otherwise, with respect to any amounts outstanding under any Intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness shall (despite these subordination provisions) be received by any Payee in violation of clause (i) or (ii) above prior to the Termination Date, such payment or distribution shall be held by such Payee in trust (segregated from all other property of such Payee) for the benefit of the Agent, and shall be promptly paid over or delivered to the Agent for application in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
(iv) Each Payee agrees to file all claims and proofs of claim against each relevant Payor in any bankruptcy or other case or proceeding (including any case or proceedings referred to in clause (i) above) in which the filing of claims or proofs of claim is required by law or applicable court order in respect of any Intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness. If for any reason a Payee fails to file such claim or proof of claim such Payee hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its true and lawful attorney in fact and the Agent is hereby authorized to act as attorney in fact in such Payee’s name to file such claim or proof of claim or, in the Agent’s discretion, to assign such claim to and cause a proof of claim to be filed in the name of the Agent or its nominee. In all such cases or proceedings, whether in administration, bankruptcy or otherwise (including any case or proceedings referred to in clause (i) above), the person or persons authorized to pay such claim shall pay to the Agent the full amount payable on the claim in the proceeding, and, to the full extent necessary for that purpose, each Payee hereby assigns to the Agent all of such Payee’s rights to any payments or distributions to which such Payee otherwise would be entitled. If the amount so paid is greater than such Payee’s liability hereunder, the Agent shall pay the excess amount to the party entitled thereto pursuant to the Loan Documents and applicable law. In addition, each Payee hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its attorney-in-fact to exercise all of such Payee’s voting rights in connection with any bankruptcy case or proceeding (including any case or proceedings referred to in clause (i) above) or any proposed plan for the reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan of each relevant Payor, and the Agent is hereby authorized to act as attorney-in-fact in such Payee’s name to exercise all of such Payee’s voting rights.
(v) Each Payee waives the right to compel that any property of any Payor or any property of any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other Person be applied in any particular order to discharge such Senior Indebtedness. Each Payee expressly waives the right to require the Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness to proceed against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other Person, or to pursue any other remedy in its or their power that such Payee cannot pursue and that would lighten such Payee’s burden, notwithstanding that the failure of the Agent or any such other holder to do so may thereby prejudice such Payee. Each Payee agrees that it shall not be discharged, exonerated or have its obligations hereunder reduced (i) as a result of any delay by the Agent or any other holder of Senior
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Indebtedness in proceeding against or enforcing any remedy against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other Person; (ii) by the Agent or any holder of Senior Indebtedness releasing any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other Person from all or any part of the Senior Indebtedness; or (iii) by the discharge of any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other Person by an operation of law or otherwise, with or without the intervention or omission of the Agent or any such holder.
(vi) Each Payee waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, even though that election of remedies, including any nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any property securing any Senior Indebtedness (if any), has impaired the value of such Payee’s rights of subrogation, reimbursement, or contribution against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other Person. Each Payee expressly waives any rights or defenses it may have by reason of protection afforded to any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other Person with respect to the Senior Indebtedness pursuant to any anti-deficiency laws or other laws of similar import that limit or discharge the principal debtor’s indebtedness upon judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of property or assets securing any Senior Indebtedness (if any).
(vii) Each Payee agrees that, without the necessity of any reservation of rights against it, and without notice to or further assent by it, any demand for payment of any Senior Indebtedness made by the Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness may be rescinded in whole or in part by the Agent or such holder, and any Senior Indebtedness may be continued, and the Senior Indebtedness or the liability of any Payee, any guarantor thereof or any other Person obligated thereunder, or any right of offset, setoff, or recoupment with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, in each case without notice to or further assent by such Payee, which will remain bound hereunder, and without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting the subordination provided for herein.
(viii) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Payee waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any Senior Indebtedness, and any and all notice of or proof of reliance by holders of Senior Indebtedness upon the subordination provisions set forth herein. The Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have been created, contracted or incurred, and the consent to create the obligations of any Payee with respect to Intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have been given, in reliance upon the subordination provisions set forth herein.
(ix) To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Payee waives any claim it might have against the Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness with respect to, or arising out of, any action or failure to act or any error of judgment, negligence, or mistake or oversight whatsoever on the part of the Agent or any such holder, or any of their Related Parties, with respect to any exercise of rights or remedies under the Loan Documents, except to the extent due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or any such holder, as the case may be, or any of its Related Parties, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment. None of the Agent, any other holder of Senior Indebtedness or any of their Related Parties shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any guarantee of any Senior Indebtedness, or for any delay in doing so, or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any property upon the request of any Payor, any Payee or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any such guarantee or any other property.
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Each Payee and each Payor hereby agree that the subordination provisions set forth in this Agreement are for the benefit of the Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness. Each Payee agrees that the subordination provisions set forth in this Agreement constitute an enforceable “subordination agreement” within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other applicable Debtor Relief Law. The Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness are obligees under this Agreement to the same extent as if their names were written herein as such and the Agent may, on behalf of itself and such other holders, proceed to enforce the subordination provisions set forth herein. The subordination provisions set forth in this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Senior Indebtedness is rescinded, avoided, or must otherwise be returned by the Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness upon or in connection with any case or proceedings referred to in clause (i) above of any Payor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
All rights and interests of the Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness hereunder, and the subordination provisions and the related agreements of the Payors and Payees set forth herein, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Senior Indebtedness or any amendment or waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of, or consent to departure from, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(iii) any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of or consent to departure from, any guarantee of any Senior Indebtedness; or
(iv) any other circumstances (other than the Termination Date) that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Payor in respect of any Senior Indebtedness or of any Payee or any Payor in respect of the subordination provisions set forth herein.
Nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will impair, as between each Payor and each Payee, the obligations of such Payor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Payee the principal of and interest on any Intercompany Subordinated Indebtedness as and when due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of such Payee and other creditors of such Payor other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
This Agreement shall be binding upon each Payor and its successors and assigns, and the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each Payee and its successors and assigns, including subsequent holders hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in any other Loan Document or in any other promissory note or other instrument, this Agreement supplements any and all promissory notes or other instruments which create or evidence any loans or advances made on, before or after the date hereof by any Payee to Borrower or any Subsidiary.
From time to time after the date hereof, additional Subsidiaries of Borrower may become parties hereto by executing a counterpart signature page to this Agreement (each additional Subsidiary, an “Additional Party”). Upon delivery of such counterpart signature page to the Payees, notice of which is hereby waived by the other Payors, each Additional Party shall be a Payor and/or a Payee, as the case may
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be, and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional Party were an original signatory hereof. Each Payor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Payor or Payee hereunder. This Agreement shall be fully effective as to any Payor or Payee that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Payor or Payee hereunder.
No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by each Payor and Payee whose rights or obligations shall be affected thereby; provided that, until the Termination Date shall have occurred, except for the addition of Additional Parties as contemplated by the preceding paragraph, the Agent shall have provided its prior written consent to such amendment, modification, waiver or consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld to the extent such amendment or modification is required to comply with any applicable law or is not adverse to the interests of the Lenders).
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF PREPAYMENT NOTICE
[Omitted]
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