SIXTH AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as
of July 10, 2024 (this βAmendmentβ), by and among GOODRX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
βBorrowerβ), GOODRX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(βHoldingsβ), the other Guarantors party hereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (βBarclaysβ), as
Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ), the lender identified on Schedule A
hereto (the β2024 New Term Loan Lenderβ), the lenders listed on each of the signature pages hereto as
2024 Term Lenders (the β2024 Term Lenderβ and, together with the 2024 New Term Loan Lender, the
β2024 Term Loan Lendersβ), the Issuing Banks party hereto, the Swingline Lender and the Revolving
Lenders party hereto, amends that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2018 (as
amended by that certain First Incremental Credit Facility Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 1, 2019, that certain Second Incremental Credit Facility Amendment to First Lien
Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2020, that certain Third Amendment to First Lien Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2023, that certain Fourth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement,
dated as of July 7, 2023, that certain Fifth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of
February 20, 2024, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified prior to the date hereof, the βCredit Agreementβ), by and among the Borrower, Holdings, the
Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth
in the Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into (i) that certain Amended and Restated
Engagement Letter, dated July 10, 2024 (the β2024 Engagement Letterβ), with Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior
Funding, Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., N.A., KKR Capital Markets LLC and KKR Corporate Lending
(CA) LLC (collectively, the βSixth Amendment Engagement Partiesβ) and (ii) each fee letter with the
Sixth Amendment Engagement Parties associated therewith (collectively, the βSixth Amendment Fee
Lettersβ);
WHEREAS, (i) pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.20 of the Credit
Agreement, the Borrower hereby notifies the Administrative Agent that it has requested that the 2024
Term Loan Lenders provide, on the Effective Date (as defined below), Incremental Term Loans in an
aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 (the β2024 Term Loan Commitmentsβ and the loans
thereunder, the β2024 Term Loansβ; the 2024 Term Loan Commitments, together with the 2024 Term
Loans, the β2024 Term Loan Facilityβ), whereupon the 2024 Term Loans will be established as a new
tranche of Term Loans and shall constitute β2024 Term Loansβ and βTerm Loansβ for all purposes under
the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below) and (ii) the 2024 Term Loans shall be used to (x)
together with cash on hand at the Borrower, repay in full the Term Loans outstanding under the Credit
Agreement immediate prior to the Effective Date (the βExisting Term Loansβ) and pay all accrued and
unpaid interest on, and all fees and other amounts owing in respect of, the Existing Term Loans (clause
(x), the βTerm Loan Refinancingβ), (y) pay premiums, fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing
transactions and (z) for working capital and general corporate purposes;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof and immediately prior to giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, each of the 2024 Term Lenders that is an Initial Term Lender (as
defined in the Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment) holding Existing
Exhibit 10.1
Term Loans seeks to consent to this Amendment and convert all (or such lesser amount as the Sixth
Amendment Engagement Parties may allocate to such 2024 Term Lender) of its Existing Term Loans into
2024 Term Loans on the Effective Date;
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.24 of the Credit Agreement,
the Borrower has requested that each 2024 Revolving Lender party hereto agree to extend the maturity
date of each such 2024 Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Commitments (the βExtensionβ);
WHEREAS, each (x) 2024 Revolving Lender party hereto (collectively, the β2024
Revolving Lendersβ) and (y) each Issuing Bank party hereto and the Swingline Lender hereby agrees to
the Extension; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.20(d) and Section 9.02(b) of
the Credit Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto have
agreed to amend the Credit Agreement in the manner set forth in SectionΒ I of this Amendment (the Credit
Agreement as so amended, the βAmended Credit Agreementβ); and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section I.AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
The Borrower, Holdings, the other Guarantors, the 2024 Term Loan Lenders, the other Lenders
party hereto, each 2024 Revolving Lender party hereto, each Issuing Bank party hereto, the Swingline
Xxxxxx and the Administrative Agent agree that, on the Effective Date
A.the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the
same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text
(indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set
forth in the pages of the Amended Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto; and
B.Schedules 2.01(b), 3.05, 3.13, 6.01, 6.02, 6.04, 6.05 and 6.07 to the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended and restated in their entirety as set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
provided, that, except as set forth above, the Schedules and Exhibits to the Credit
Agreement shall remain in effect without any amendment or other modification thereto.
Section II. 2024 TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS
Effective as of the Effective Date, the 2024 New Term Loan Lender hereby commits to
provide 2024 Term Loans to the Borrower on the Effective Date in Dollars in the principal amount set
forth opposite such 2024 New Term Loan Lenderβs name on Schedule A annexed hereto under the
caption β2024 Term Loan Commitmentsβ.Β The 2024 Term Loan Commitment of the 2024 New Term
Loan Lender shall automatically terminate in its entirety on the Effective Date (after giving effect to the
funding of the 2024 Term Loans on such date).Β The 2024 Term Loans shall have the terms set forth
herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement.
The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that the 2024 Term Loans shall
constitute an Incremental Term Facility under the Credit Agreement and shall be established as a new
tranche of Term Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement. On and after the Effective Date, unless the
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context shall otherwise require, (a) the 2024 Term Loans shall be deemed to constitute β2024 Term
Loansβ and βTerm Loansβ, (b) the 2024 Term Commitments shall be deemed to constitute β2024 Term
Loan Commitmentsβ, βTerm Commitmentsβ and βCommitmentsβ and (c) each of the 2024 Term Loan
Lenders shall be deemed to constitute a β2024 Term Loan Lenderβ and βTerm Lenderβ, in each case, for
all purposes under the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section III. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
The effectiveness of this Amendment, including Section I, the obligation of the 2024
New Term Loan Lender to make the 2024 Term Loans and the agreement of the 2024 Revolving Lenders
to consent to the Extension is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions (the date on
which all of such conditions are satisfied or waived, the βEffective Dateβ):
A.Execution.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart signature page
of this Amendment, duly executed by each of Holdings, the Borrower, each other Guarantor, each
2024 Term Loan Lender, Lenders constituting the Required Lenders, each 2024 Revolving Lender,
each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent.Β
B.Fees.Β Substantially concurrently with the Effective Date, the Borrower shall have paid all
fees due and payable by the Borrower pursuant to each of the Sixth Amendment Fee Letters.
C.Expenses.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received, to the extent invoiced at least
three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or any other Loan Document, including
reimbursement or other payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP,) required to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or otherwise in connection with this Amendment
(which amounts may, at the Borrowerβs option, be offset against the proceeds of the initial drawings
under the 2024 Term Facility).
X.Xx Event of Default.Β No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the Effective Date or would result after giving effect to the making and incurrence of
the 2024 Term Loans.
E.Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by each
Loan Party set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement, in Section IV herein and in any other Loan
Document executed on or prior to the Effective Date shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to βmaterialityβ or βMaterial Adverse
Effectβ shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Effective Date with the same effect as
though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representation or warranty expressly
relates to an earlier date in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in
all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to βmaterialityβ
or βMaterial Adverse Effectβ shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date.
F.Documentary Conditions.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the
following, dated as of the Effective Date:
(a)a certificate of each Loan Party signed by a Responsible Officer of such
Loan Party (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions or similar consents adopted by
such Loan Party approving or consenting to this Amendment and the incurrence of the
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2024 Term Loans, (B) certifying that each Organizational Document of such Loan Party
either (x) has not been amended since the Closing Date or, in the case of any Loan Party
which is an Additional Guarantor (as defined in the Guaranty), since the date of such
Loan Partyβs Joinder Agreement to the Guaranty, or (y) is attached as an exhibit to such
certificate, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, and
certified by such Responsible Officer as being in full force and effect as of the Effective
Date, and (C) certifying (x) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer
executing this Amendment and any related documents on behalf of such Loan Party or
(y) that such incumbency has not been amended since the Closing Date or, in the case of
any Loan Party which is an Additional Guarantor, since the date of such Loan Partyβs
Joinder Agreement to the Guaranty;
(b)a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying
that the conditions set forth in clauses (D) and (E) of this Section III have been satisfied;
(c)a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 of the Credit
Agreement relating to the Borrowing of the 2024 Term Loans (which, notwithstanding
the terms of the Credit Agreement, may be delivered one (1) Business Day prior to the
Effective Date); and
(d)a customary written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, New York counsel
for the Loan Parties.
G.Term Loan Refinancing. Prior to or substantially concurrently with the funding of the
2024 Term Loans, the Term Loan Refinancing shall have occurred.
H.KYC. The Administrative Agent shall have received, no later than three (3)Β Business
Days in advance of the Effective Date, (i) all documentation and other information with respect to the
Borrower that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable βknow your customerβ and anti-
money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act, that has been
reasonably requested by any 2024 Term Loan Lender or any 2024 Revolving Lender party hereto at
least ten (10)Β Business Days in advance of the Effective Date and (ii) if the Borrower qualifies as a
βlegal entity customerβ under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Borrower shall have
delivered a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
Section IV.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce (i) the 2024 Loan Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to make
the 2024 Term Loans and (ii) the 2024 Revolving Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Loan Parties
hereto represent and warrant as of the date hereof to Administrative Agent and each Lender that the
following statements are true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if qualified by
βmaterialityβ or βMaterial Adverse Effectβ):
A.Organization; Powers.Β Each of the Holding Companies, the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized or incorporated and validly existing, (b) to the extent
such concept is applicable in the corresponding jurisdiction, is in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and (c) has all requisite organizational or
constitutional power and authority to (i) carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment, except, in the
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case of clause (b) only, where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
B.Approvals; No Conflicts.Β The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties
of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Parties are a party (a) do not require any material consent
or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect as of the
Effective Date, (ii) filings and registrations of charges necessary to perfect Liens created under the
Loan Documents and to release existing Liens (if any), and (iii) those consents, approvals,
registrations, filings or other actions, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate any Organizational Document of
any Loan Party, (c) will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary, (d) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or
other instrument in each case constituting Material Indebtedness binding upon the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary or their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any
payment to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or give rise to a right of, or result
in, termination, cancelation or acceleration of any obligation thereunder as of the Effective Date, and
(e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary, except Xxxxx created under the Loan Documents and Liens permitted under
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, except in the cases of clauses (c) and (d) above where such
violations, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
C.Authorization; Enforceability. This Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as
modified hereby (and the lending transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Effective Date),
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, shareholder or other organizational action by
the Holding Companies and the Borrower and constitute, and each other Loan Document to which
any Loan Party is a party has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, shareholder or other
organizational action by such Loan Party, and each Loan Document constitutes, or when executed
and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation on such Loan
Party (as the case may be), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, winding-up, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditorsβ rights generally
and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
Section V. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
Each of the Borrower and each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the
terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and this Amendment and consents to the consent and
modifications contained herein and the making of the 2024 Term Loans.Β Each of the Borrower and each
Guarantor hereby confirms that each Loan Document to which it is a party or otherwise bound and all
Collateral encumbered thereby will continue to guarantee or secure, as the case may be, to the fullest
extent possible in accordance with the Loan Documents the payment and performance of all
βObligationsβ under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (in each case as such terms are
defined in the applicable Loan Document), including without limitation, the 2024 Term Loans.
Each of the Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any of the Loan
Documents (as they may be modified by this Amendment) to which it is a party or otherwise bound shall
continue in full force and effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable
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and shall not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this Amendment.Β Each of the
Borrower and each Guarantor represents and warrants that all representations and warranties contained in
the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents to which it is a party or is otherwise bound are true and
correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to
βmaterialityβ or βMaterial Adverse Effectβ shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the
Effective Date, to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and
correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to
βmaterialityβ or βMaterial Adverse Effectβ shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such
earlier date.
Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (i)Β notwithstanding the conditions to
effectiveness set forth in this Amendment, such Person is not required by the terms of the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document to consent to the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected
pursuant to this Amendment and (ii) nothing in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment or any other Loan
Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Person to any future amendments to the Credit
Agreement.
Section VI. MISCELLANEOUS
A.Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents.
(i)On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement
to βthis Agreementβ, βhereunderβ, βhereofβ, βhereinβ or words of like import referring to
the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the βCredit
Agreementβ, βthereunderβ, βthereofβ or words of like import referring to the Credit
Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.Β
(ii)Except for the consent, amendments and modifications expressly set
forth herein, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain
unchanged and in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed and this
Amendment shall not be considered a novation.Β The consent, amendments and
modifications set forth herein are limited to the specifics hereof (including facts or
occurrences on which the same are based), shall not apply with respect to any facts or
occurrences other than those on which the same are based, shall neither excuse any future
non-compliance with the Loan Documents nor operate as a waiver of any Default or
Event of Default, shall not operate as a consent to any further waiver, consent or
amendment or other matter under the Loan Documents, and shall not be construed as an
indication that any future waiver or amendment of covenants or any other provision of
the Credit Agreement will be agreed to, it being understood that the granting or denying
of any waiver or amendment which may hereafter be requested by the Borrower remains
in the sole and absolute discretion of Administrative Agent and Lenders.Β
(iii)The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not
constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or
remedy of any Agent or Lender under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents.
(iv)Each Loan Party hereby (A) confirms that the obligations of such Loan
Party under the Amended Credit Agreement (including with respect to the 2024 Term
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Loans) and the other Loan Documents are entitled to the benefits of the guarantees and
the security interests set forth or created in the Security Documents and the other Loan
Documents and that such obligations constitute Obligations, (B) ratifies and reaffirms the
validity and enforceability of all of the Liens and security interests heretofore granted,
pursuant to and in connection with the Security Documents or any other Loan Document
to Collateral Agent, on behalf and for the benefit of each Secured Party, as collateral
security for such obligations in accordance with their respective terms, and (C)
acknowledges that all of such Liens and security interests, and all Collateral heretofore
pledged as security for such obligations, continue to be and remain collateral for such
obligations from and after the date hereof (including, without limitation, from after giving
effect to this Amendment).
(v)This Amendment shall be deemed to be a Loan Document, as defined in
the Credit Agreement.
(vi)Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, each 2024 Term Loan Lender
that is not, prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, a βLenderβ under the Amended
Credit Agreement, (A) shall be a βLenderβ for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and
the Loan Documents, (B) agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Amended
Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents and (C) will have all of the rights and
obligation of a βLenderβ under the Amended Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents.
B.Headings.Β Section and Subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for
convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose
or be given any substantive effect.
C.Applicable Law.Β THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
D.Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the
Credit Agreement pertaining to consent to jurisdiction, service of process, and waiver of jury trial are
hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.
E.Indemnification. The Borrower hereby confirms that the indemnification provisions set
forth in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
F.Counterparts.Β This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall
be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.Β
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other
customary means of electronic transmission (e.g., β.pdfβ) shall be as effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart hereof.Β The words βexecution,β βexecuteβ, βsigned,β βsignature,β and
words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment
and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation amendments, waivers and
consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures on electronic platforms approved by the
Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same
legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law,
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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.Β Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties
hereto that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute the Amendment through electronic
means and there are no restrictions for doing so in that partyβs constitutive documents.
G.Entire Agreement.Β This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and
verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.
H.Severability.Β Any term or provision of this Amendment which is invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and
provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or
provisions of this Amendment in any other jurisdiction.Β If any provision of this Amendment is so
broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be
enforceable.
[Signature Pages Follow.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute
and deliver this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
HOLDINGS
GOODRX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
BORROWER:
GOODRX, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement]
GUARANTORS:
GOODRX CARE, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: GoodRx, Inc.,
Its: Sole Member
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
IODINE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
LIGHTHOUSE ACQUISITION CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
HEALTHINATION INC.,
a Delaware corporation
RXSAVER, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
BUCKEYE ACQUISITION, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
FLIPMD, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement]
VITACARE PRESCRIPTION SERVICES, INC.,
a Florida corporation
By:Β /s/ Xxxxx XxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement]
SCRIPTCYCLE, LLC,
a North Carolina limited liability company
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxx XxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Manager
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute
and deliver this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent, a Revolving Lender, an Issuing
Bank and the Swingline Lender,
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxx XxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement]
XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK N.A.,
as 2024 New Term Lender,
By:Β /s/ Xxxxxx XxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Name of Lender | 2024 Term Loan Commitment ($) |
XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK, N.A. | 477,241,652.96 |
KKR CLO 10 LIMITED | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 116,178.79 |
KKR CLO 11 LIMITED | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3,317,946.08 |
KKR CLO 12 LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 116,178.78 |
KKR CLO 14 LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3,068,150.12 |
KKR CLO 14 LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 145,281.08 |
KKR CLO 15 LTD | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 116,178.78 |
KKR CLO 18 LIMITED | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 203,312.34 |
KKR CLO 20 LIMITED | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1,494,856.35 |
KKR CLO 20 LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 829,787.75 |
KKR CLO 21 LIMITED | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 174,269.75 |
KKR CLO 21 LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4,081,730.23 |
KKR CLO 22 LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4,551,277.15 |
KKR CLO 23 LIMITED | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 363,059.40 |
KKR CLO 30 LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 429,587.35 |
KKR CLO 9 LIMITED | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 145,224.36 |
KKR STATIC CLO I LTD. | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2,636,486.55 |
NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE FUND | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 968,842.19 |
Total: | 500,000,000 |
EXHIBIT A
AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of October 12, 2018, among GOODRX, INC., as the Borrower, GOODRX INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC, as Holdings, The Lenders Party Hereto, and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent _____________________________ GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA BARCLAYS BANK PLC MERRILL LYNCH, XXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED CITIZENS BANK, X.X. XXXXXX SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC KKR CAPITAL MARKETS SUNTRUST XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXX. xx Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Bookrunners as amended by the First Incremental Credit Facility Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2019, the Second Incremental Credit Facility Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2020, the Third Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2023, the Fourth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2023, the Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2024 and the Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2024 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Definitions ........................................................................................................... | |
Section 1.01Defined Terms .................................................................................. | |
Section 1.02Classification of Loans and Borrowings .......................................... | |
Section 1.03Terms Generally ............................................................................... | |
Section 1.04Accounting Terms; GAAP ............................................................... | |
Section 1.05Pro Forma Calculations; Unrestricted Cash ..................................... | |
Section 1.06Currency Translation ........................................................................ | |
Section 1.07Rounding .......................................................................................... | |
Section 1.08Timing of Payment or Performance ................................................. | |
Section 1.09Letter of Credit Amounts .................................................................. | |
Section 1.10Certifications .................................................................................... | |
Section 1.11Compliance with Article VI ............................................................. | |
Section 1.12Limited Condition Acquisition ......................................................... | |
Section 1.13Cashless Rollovers ............................................................................ | |
Section 1.14Division of LLCs .............................................................................. | |
The Credits .......................................................................................................... | |
Section 2.01Commitments ................................................................................... | |
Section 2.02Loans and Borrowings ...................................................................... | |
Section 2.03Requests for Borrowings .................................................................. | |
Section 2.04Swingline Loans ............................................................................... | |
Section 2.05Letters of Credit ................................................................................ | |
Section 2.06Funding of Borrowings ..................................................................... | |
Section 2.07Interest Elections .............................................................................. | |
Section 2.08Termination and Reduction of Commitments .................................. | |
Section 2.09Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt ........................................... | |
Section 2.10Amortization of Term Loans ............................................................ | |
Section 2.11Prepayment of Loans ........................................................................ | |
Section 2.12Fees ................................................................................................... | |
Section 2.13Interest .............................................................................................. | |
Section 2.14Alternate Rate of Interest .................................................................. | |
Section 2.15Increased Costs; Illegality ................................................................ | |
Section 2.16[Reserved] ......................................................................................... | |
Section 2.17Taxes ................................................................................................. | |
Section 2.19Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lender .............................. | |
Section 2.20Incremental Loans ............................................................................ | |
Section 2.21Refinancing Amendments ................................................................ |
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Section 2.22Defaulting Lenders ........................................................................... | |
Section 2.23Cash Collateral ................................................................................. | |
Section 2.24Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Commitments ................ | |
Section 2.25Term Loan Exchange Notes ............................................................. | |
Representations and Warranties ....................................................................... | |
Section 3.01Organization; Powers ....................................................................... | |
Section 3.02Authorization; Enforceability ........................................................... | |
Section 3.03Approvals; No Conflicts ................................................................... | |
Section 3.04Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change ......................... | |
Section 3.05Properties .......................................................................................... | |
Section 3.06Litigation and Environmental Matters .............................................. | |
Section 3.07Compliance with Laws ..................................................................... | |
Section 3.08Investment Company Status ............................................................. | |
Section 3.09Taxes ................................................................................................. | |
Section 3.10ERISA ............................................................................................... | |
Section 3.11Disclosure ......................................................................................... | |
Section 3.12Labor Matters ................................................................................... | |
Section 3.13Capitalization of Subsidiaries ........................................................... | |
Section 3.14Solvency ........................................................................................... | |
Section 3.15Federal Reserve Regulations ............................................................ | |
Section 3.16Senior Indebtedness; Subordination ................................................. | |
Section 3.17Use of Proceeds ................................................................................ | |
Section 3.18Security Documents .......................................................................... | |
Section 3.19OFAC; FCPA; Patriot Act ................................................................ | |
Conditions ........................................................................................................... | |
Section 4.01Closing Date ..................................................................................... | |
Section 4.02Each Credit Event ............................................................................. | |
Affirmative Covenants ....................................................................................... | |
Section 5.01Financial Statements and Other Information .................................... | |
Section 5.02Notices of Material Events ............................................................... | |
Section 5.03Existence; Conduct of Business ....................................................... | |
Section 5.04Payment of Taxes ............................................................................. | |
Section 5.05Maintenance of Properties ................................................................ | |
Section 5.06Insurance ........................................................................................... | |
Section 5.07Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights ............................ | |
Section 5.08Compliance with Laws ..................................................................... | |
Section 5.09Use of Proceeds ................................................................................ | |
Date ........................................................................................................................... | |
Section 5.11Further Assurances ........................................................................... |
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Section 5.12Designation of Subsidiaries .............................................................. | |
Section 5.13Lender Calls ...................................................................................... | |
Section 5.14[Reserved] ......................................................................................... | |
Laws ......................................................................................................................... | |
Negative Covenants ............................................................................................ | |
Section 6.01Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities ........................................... | |
Section 6.02Liens ................................................................................................. | |
Section 6.03Fundamental Changes ....................................................................... | |
Section 6.04Investments ....................................................................................... | |
Section 6.05Asset Sales ........................................................................................ | |
Section 6.06Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness ................. | |
Section 6.07Transactions with Affiliates .............................................................. | |
Section 6.08Restrictive Agreements ..................................................................... | |
Section 6.09Amendment of Material Documents ................................................ | |
Section 6.10Change in Nature of Business .......................................................... | |
Section 6.11First Lien Net Leverage Ratio .......................................................... | |
Section 6.12[Reserved] ......................................................................................... | |
Section 6.13Changes in Fiscal Year ..................................................................... | |
Section 6.14Holdings ........................................................................................... | |
Events of Default ................................................................................................. | |
Section 7.01Events of Default .............................................................................. | |
Section 7.02[Reserved] ......................................................................................... | |
Section 7.03Application of Proceeds .................................................................... | |
Section 7.04Right to Cure .................................................................................... | |
The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent ............................................. | |
Section 8.01Appointment of Agents .................................................................... | |
Section 8.02Rights of Lender ............................................................................... | |
Section 8.03Exculpatory Provisions ..................................................................... | |
Section 8.04Reliance by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent ................. | |
Section 8.05Delegation of Duties ......................................................................... | |
Collateral Agent ........................................................................................................ | |
Section 8.07Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders .................................... | |
Section 8.08No Other Duties ................................................................................ | |
Section 8.09Collateral and Guaranty Matters ....................................................... | |
Section 8.11Withholding Tax ............................................................................... | |
Claim ........................................................................................................................ | |
Section 8.13Lender ERISA Representations ........................................................ |
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Section 8.14Erroneous Payments. ....................................................................... | |
Miscellaneous ...................................................................................................... | |
Section 9.01Notices .............................................................................................. | |
Section 9.02Waivers; Amendments ..................................................................... | |
Section 9.03Expenses; Indemnity; Xxxxxx Xxxxxx ............................................ | |
Section 9.04Successors and Assigns .................................................................... | |
Section 9.05Survival ............................................................................................. | |
Section 9.06Counterparts; Integration .................................................................. | |
Section 9.07Severability ....................................................................................... | |
Section 9.08Right of Setoff .................................................................................. | |
Section 9.10WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL ............................................................ | |
Section 9.11Headings ........................................................................................... | |
Section 9.12Confidentiality .................................................................................. | |
Section 9.13Interest Rate Limitation .................................................................... | |
Section 9.14USA Patriot Act ................................................................................ | |
Section 9.15Direct Website Communication ....................................................... | |
Section 9.16Intercreditor Agreement Governs ..................................................... | |
Section 9.17Judgment Currency ........................................................................... | |
Section 9.18No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility ......................................... | |
Institutions ................................................................................................................ | |
Section 9.20Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs ....................... |
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.02Excluded Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.03[Reserved]
Schedule 1.04Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 2.01(a)Term Commitments
Schedule 2.01(b)Revolving Commitments
Schedule 3.05Material Real Property
Schedule 3.06 Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.13Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.11Security Documents
Schedule 5.14Post-Closing Matters
Schedule 6.01Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04Existing Investments
Schedule 6.05Asset Dispositions
Schedule 6.07Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 9.01Administrative Agentβs Office
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit AForm of Borrowing Request
Exhibit BForm of Interest Election Request
Exhibit CForm of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit D[Reserved]
Exhibit E[Reserved]
Exhibit F-1Form of Term Note
Exhibit F-2Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit G-1Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit G-2Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit H-1Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit H-2Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit H-3Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not
U.S.Β Persons or Partnerships (For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit H-4Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships
For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit IForm of Mortgage
Exhibit JForm of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit KForm of Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit LForm of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit MForm of Secured Party Joinder Notice
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of October 12, 2018 (this
βAgreementβ), among GOODRX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), GOODRX
INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (βHoldingsβ), the
other Guarantors from time to time party hereto, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto,
and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these recitals shall have the respective
meanings set forth for such terms in ARTICLE I;
WHEREAS, Silver Lake Partners V, L.P. (βPurchaserβ) and/or its affiliates or its
associated funds, pursuant to that certain Purchase and Recapitalization Agreement, dated as of
August 3, 2018 (together with the exhibits and disclosure schedules thereto, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (for purposes of Section 4.01(g),
to the extent permitted thereby), the βRecapitalization Agreementβ), by and among GoodRx
Holdings, Inc. (βParentβ), Holdings, the Borrower and Purchaser, acquired a minority stake in
Parent (the foregoing, collectively, the βClosing Date Recapitalizationβ);
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the consummation of the Closing Date
Recapitalization, the Borrower requested that the Lenders and the Issuing Banks extend credit to
the Borrower in the form of (a) Closing Date Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount not in
excess of $545,000,000 and (b) a commitment for Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit, in an
initial aggregate principal amount not in excess of $40,000,000;
WHEREAS, immediately following the initial funding of the Closing Date Term
Loans, the proceeds of such Closing Date Term Loans, together with the proceeds of (i) the
Initial Revolving Borrowing and (ii) the Second Lien Loans, were used to finance the Closing
Date Distribution, the Closing Date Refinancing and the Transaction Costs, and for working
capital and other general corporate purposes;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, provisions, covenants
and mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the Lenders and Issuing Banks are
willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and express conditions set forth
herein, and accordingly the parties hereto agree as follows.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01Defined Terms.Β As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings specified below:
β2018 Revolving Commitmentsβ means, with respect to each 2018 Revolving
Lender, the commitment of such 2018 Revolving Lender to make 2018 Revolving Loans
hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such 2018
Xxxxxxβs Revolving 2018 Revolving Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section
2.14, or (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such 2018
Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
β2018 Revolving Commitment Maturity Dateβ means July 11, 2025 as such date
may be extended pursuant to Section 2.14.
β2018 Revolving Lenderβ means the Persons listed as a 2018 Revolving Lender
on Schedule 2.01(b) and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto as a 2018
Revolving Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that
ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
β2018 Revolving Loansβ means the revolving loans made by the 2018 Revolving
Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
β2020 Incremental Revolving Commitmentsβ has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section I of the Second Incremental Credit Facility Amendment.
β2020 Incremental Revolving Lenderβ means, as of any date of determination, all
Lenders having 2020 Incremental Revolving Commitments or holding all or any portion of the
outstanding 2020 Incremental Revolving Loans.
β2020 Incremental Revolving Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Recitals of the Second Incremental Credit Facility Amendment.
β2024 Term Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Term Lender, the Term
Commitment of such Term Lender to make 2024 Term Loans hereunder on the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date. The initial amount of each Term Lenderβs Term Commitment on the
Sixth Amendment Effective Date is set forth on Schedule A to the Sixth Amendment.Β The
aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Term Commitments as of the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date is $500,000,000.
β2024 Term Loan Lenderβ shall mean each Term Lender (i) with a Term
Commitment to make or otherwise fund a 2024 Term Loan hereunder pursuant to Section 2.01(a)
on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date or (ii) with outstanding 2024 Term Loans.
β2024 Term Loansβ means the Term Loans made on the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
β2024 Revolving Commitmentsβ means, with respect to each 2024 Revolving
Lender, the commitment of such 2024 Revolving Lender to make 2024 Revolving Loans
hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such 2024
Xxxxxxβs Revolving 2024 Revolving Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section
2.14, or (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such 2024
Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
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β2024 Revolving Commitment Maturity Dateβ means April 10, 2029, as such date
may be extended pursuant to Section 2.14.
β2024 Revolving Lenderβ means the Persons listed as a 2024 Revolving Lender
on Schedule 2.01(b) and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto as a 2024
Revolving Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that
ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
β2024 Revolving Loansβ means the revolving loans made by the 2024 Revolving
Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
βABRβ, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
βABR Borrowingβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the
Alternate Base Rate.
βAccounting Changeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.04.
βAcquisitionβ means any acquisition by any Holding Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, contribution or
otherwise, of (x) at least a majority of the assets or property and/or liabilities (or any other
substantial part for which financial statements or other financial information is available), or a
business line, product line, unit or division of, any other Person, (y) Equity Interests of any other
Person such that such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (z) additional Equity
Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary not then held by any Holding Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
βAdditional Debtβ means debt in respect of one or more series of senior unsecured
notes, xxxxxx secured pari passu first lien or junior lien notes or subordinated notes (in each case
issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement in lieu of the foregoing (and
any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor)), pari passu first lien, junior lien or
unsecured loans or secured or unsecured mezzanine Indebtedness, in each case issued, incurred
or guaranteed by any Holding Company, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the
Sixth Amendment Effective Date that:
(i) (A) in the case of debt secured on a pari passu basis with the
Obligations, does not mature on or prior to the Latest Maturity Date in effect as of the time such
Additional Debt is incurred or (B) in the case of debt secured on a junior lien basis or unsecured
or which is secured by assets that do not constitute Collateral, does not mature on or prior to the
date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect as of the time such
Additional Debt is incurred; provided that restrictions in this clauseΒ (i) shall not apply to the
extent such debt constitutes (x) a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term debt into
which such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements
of this clause (i) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for
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similar conversions or exchanges, or (y) Subject Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the
Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount;
(ii)(A) in the case of debt secured on a pari passu basis with the
Obligations, has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or longer than the remaining
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the 2024 Term Loans (without giving effect to nominal
amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of a prepayment of
the applicable Term Loans) or (B) in the case of debt secured on a junior lien basis or unsecured
or which is secured by assets that do not constitute Collateral, has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or longer than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the 2024
Term Loans, plus ninety-one (91) days; provided that restrictions in this clause (ii) shall not
apply to the extent such debt constitutes (x) a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term
debt into which such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the
requirements of this clauseΒ (ii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions
customary for similar conversions or exchanges, or (y)Β Subject Indebtedness incurred in reliance
on the Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount;
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clauses (i) through (ii) above and
clauses (iv) through (ix) below, any Additional Debt shall be on terms and pursuant to
documentation to be determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing any such Additional
Debt; provided that the covenants and events of default applicable to such Additional Debt, taken
as a whole, shall either, at the option of the Borrower, (A) reflect market terms and conditions at
the time of incurrence or effectiveness (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (B) be
no more favorable in any material respect to the lenders providing such indebtedness than those
of the Loan Documents (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) (except for covenants or
other provisions applicable only to the periods after the then applicable Latest Maturity Date or
any existing Additional Debt existing at the time such Additional Debt is incurred), unless such
covenants and events of default are also added for the benefit of the Lenders under the Loan
Documents;
(iv) [reserved];
(v) subject to the exception created by Section 6.01(j), the obligations
in respect thereof shall not be secured by liens on any assets other than Collateral;
(vi) subject to the exception created by Section 6.01(j), no Person is a
borrower or a guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness unless such Person is a Loan Party
which shall have previously or substantially concurrently guaranteed or borrowed, as applicable,
the Obligations;
(vii) if such Additional Debt is secured on Collateral, all security
therefor on Collateral shall be granted pursuant to documentation that is consistent in all material
respects with the Security Documents and (A) if secured on Collateral on a pari passu basis with
the Obligations, the representative for such Additional Debt shall enter into a Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement with the Collateral Agent or (B) if secured on Collateral on a junior
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basis to the Obligations, the representative for such Additional Debt shall have become party to a
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(viii) subject to Section 1.12 with respect to any Additional Debt being
incurred in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, the aggregate principal amount of
all Additional Debt at the time of issuance or incurrence and after giving effect thereto shall not
exceed the Maximum Additional Debt Amount at such time; and
(ix) to the extent such Additional Debt consists of term loans secured
by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks pari passu in right of security with the Obligations and is
not subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations (including by being βlast outβ in any
payment waterfall), such Additional Debt shall be subject to the MFN Adjustment as if such
Additional Debt were an Incremental Term Facility incurred hereunder.
For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 2.20 or
2.21 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement may, at the Borrowerβs election, be βAdditional Debtβ
to the extent any applicable conditions of this definition are met.
βAdditional Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(d).
βAdditional Mortgaged Propertyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.10(d).
βAdditional Refinancing Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.21.
βAdjusted Term SOFRβ means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per
annum equal to (i) Term SOFR for such Interest Period; provided, that if Adjusted Term SOFR
as so determined would be less than the Applicable Term SOFR Floor with respect to any Credit
Facility, such rate shall be deemed to be the Applicable Term SOFR Floor with respect to such
Credit Facility for the purposes of this Agreement.
βAdministrative Agentβ means Barclays, including its affiliates and subsidiaries,
in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such
capacity as provided in ARTICLE VIII.
βAdministrative Agentβs Officeβ means the Administrative Agentβs address and,
as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.01, or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
βAdministrative Questionnaireβ means an administrative questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
βAffected Financial Institutionβ means (i) any EEA Financial Institution or (ii)
any UK Financial Institution.
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βAffiliateβ 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.
βAffiliated Institutional Lenderβ means (i) in the case of an Affiliate of Xxxxxxxxx
Partners or Spectrum, an Affiliated Lender that is a bona fide debt fund that is primarily engaged
in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing,
holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or
securities in the ordinary course of its business and whose managers have fiduciary duties to the
investors in such fund or investment vehicle independent of, or in addition, to their duties to
Francisco Partners IV, L.P and/or Spectrum Equity Management, L.P., as the case may be and
(ii) in the case of an Affiliate of the New Sponsor, an Affiliated Lender that is a bona fide debt
fund primarily engaged in, or that advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in,
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds or similar
extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and the investment decisions of which are
not controlled by the private equity business of Silver Lake Partners.
βAffiliated Lenderβ means any Lender that is Francisco Partners, Spectrum or the
New Sponsor (except to the extent, in each case, that such Person owns, directly or indirectly,
less than 10% of the Equity Interests of Holdings) or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing, but
excluding, without limitation (i) Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof and (ii) any Affiliated
Institutional Lender.
βAffiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption Agreementβ means an
assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender with an Affiliated Lender (other than an
Affiliated Institutional Lender), and accepted by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms
hereof, in the form of Exhibit G-2 or any other form (or changes thereto) approved by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
βAgentβ means either of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.
βAgreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
βAgreement Currencyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
βAHYDO Catch-Up Paymentβ means any payment with respect to any debt
obligations of any Domestic Subsidiary, including subordinated debt obligations and Additional
Debt and obligations in respect of the Second Lien Loans, in each case to avoid the application
of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code.
βALTAβ means the American Land Title Association.
βAlternate Base Rateβ means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest
of (i) the U.S. Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the NYFRB Rate, in effect on such day, plus
one-half of one percent (1/2%) per annum, and (iii) Adjusted Term SOFR on such day (or if such
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day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for an Interest Period of one
month plus one percent (1.00%) per annum; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, Adjusted
Term SOFR for any day shall be the Term SOFR Reference Rate, at approximately 5:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) two (2) Business Days prior to such day for a term of one month commencing on
such day.Β Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the U.S. Prime Rate, the
NYFRB Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of
such change in the U.S. Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, as applicable.
βAlternative Currencyβ means, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans and
separate tranches of Incremental Revolving Commitments (and Incremental Loans made
pursuant thereto), any currency other than Dollars that may be agreed among the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and all of the applicable Lenders providing such Loans and Commitments.
βApplicable Date of Determinationβ means the last day of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter for which financial statements were delivered or were required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable, or, at the option of the Borrower, in the case of
any transaction the permissibility of which requires a calculation on a Pro Forma Basis, the last
day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to the date of such determination for which
internal financial statements are available.
βApplicable Marginβ means, for any day, with respect to:
(a)any 2024 Term Loan, a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of Term
SOFR Loans, 3.75% and (ii) in the case of ABR Loans, 2.75%; and
(b)any Revolving Loan, the applicable rate per annum set forth below, based
upon the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date:
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Revolving Loans | ||
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio: | Term SOFR Loan | ABR Loan |
Category 1 Greater than 4.00:1.00 | 3.00% | 2.00% |
Category 2 Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 and greater than 3.50:1.00 | 2.75% | 1.75% |
Category 3 Less than or equal to 3.50:1.00 | 2.50% | 1.50% |
(c)the commitment fees payable pursuant to Section 2.12(a), (i) 0.50% per
annum if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date is greater
than 5.00:1.00 (ii) 0.375% per annum if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the most recent
determination date is equal to or less than 5.00:1.00 but greater than 4.50:1.00 or (iii) 0.25% per
annum if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date is less than
or equal to 4.50:1.00; and
(d)Incremental Credit Facilities, Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans,
Other Revolving Commitments, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Loans or Extended
Revolving Commitments, the rate per annum specified in the amendment establishing such
Incremental Credit Facilities, Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Other Revolving
Commitments, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Loans or Extended Revolving
Commitments, as applicable.
For purposes of the foregoing, (A) the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be
determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower following
the delivery of the Compliance Certificate for such fiscal quarter, and (B) each change in the
Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be
effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery or required
delivery to the Administrative Agent of such Compliance Certificate indicating such change and
ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided
that the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1Β if the Borrower fails
to deliver any such Compliance Certificate during the period from the date that is five Business
Days after the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such Compliance Certificate is
delivered.
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βApplicable Percentageβ means, at any time with respect to any Revolving Lender
with a Revolving Commitment of any Class, the percentage of the aggregate Commitments of
such Class outstanding at such time represented by such Xxxxxxβs Commitment with respect to
such Class at such time.Β If the Commitments of such Class have terminated or expired, the
Applicable Percentage shall be determined based upon the Commitments of such Class most
recently in effect.
βApplicable Term SOFR Floorβ means the Term SOFR floor applicable to any
Credit Facility under which a Loan is being made, and solely with respect to the Revolving
Loans and the 2024 Term Loans, means 0.00% per annum.
βApplicable Timeβ means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any
Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as
may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank to be necessary
for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the
place of payment.
βApproved Fundβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
βAssignment and Assumptionβ 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 pursuant to the terms hereof, substantially in the
form of Exhibit G-1 or any other form (or changes thereto) approved by the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower.
βAuction Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition
βDutch Auctionβ.
βAuction Expiration Timeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition βDutch Auctionβ.
βAuction Noticeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition βDutch
Auctionβ.
βAuction Partyβ or βAuction Partiesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of βDutch Auctionβ or as specified in Section 2.11(i), as the context may require.
βAuto-Renewal Letter of Creditβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.05(c).
βAvailable Amountβ means, on any date of determination (the βReference Dateβ),
an amount (which shall not be less than zero) determined on a cumulative basis equal to the sum
of (without duplication):
(a)the greater of (x) $115,000,000 and (y) 50.0% of LTM EBITDA
calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the Reference Date; plus
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(b)100% of Consolidated EBITDA (notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, not calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on October 1, 2018 and ending on the
Applicable Date of Determination minus 1.5 times Fixed Charges for such period; plus
(c)the cumulative amount of (A) any capital contributions made in cash by
any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings after the Closing Date (other than any
Cure Amount or Excluded Contributions or amounts designated as Available Excluded
Contribution Amounts) to the extent such contributions have been contributed to the Borrower or
any other Loan Party (other than Holdings); and (B) any Net Proceeds of any issuance of
Qualified Equity Interests after the Closing Date of Holdings (other than any Cure Amount or
Excluded Contributions or amounts designated as Available Excluded Contribution Amounts) to
any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such Net Proceeds have been
contributed to the Borrower or any other Loan Party (other than Holdings), in each case other
than Excluded Contributions; plus
(d)100% of the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair market value (as
reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower) of marketable securities or other property
contributed to Holdings (other than any Cure Amount) after the Closing Date from any Person
other than a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such contributions have been contributed to the
Borrower or any other Loan Party (other than Holdings), in each case other than Excluded
Contributions; plus
(e)to the extent not otherwise included in clause (b) above, (i) the aggregate
amount received by any Holding Company (other than Holdings) or any Restricted Subsidiary
after the Closing Date from cash (or Cash Equivalents) dividends and distributions made by any
Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Joint Venture in respect of Investments made by any Holding
Company (other than Holdings) or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Unrestricted Subsidiary or
Joint Venture (up to the original amount of such Investment made pursuant to Section 6.04(z)(i)),
and (ii) the Net Proceeds in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of (A) assets or
the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that was previously a Restricted Subsidiary
and designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.04(z)(i) (up to the original
amount of such Investment) or (B) the Equity Interests of any Joint Venture of a Holding
Company or of a Restricted Subsidiary (up to the original amount of such Investment made
pursuant to Section 6.04(z)(i)), in each case to any Person other than a Holding Company or
Restricted Subsidiary; plus
(f)in the event that the Borrower redesignates any Unrestricted Subsidiary as
a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (which, for purposes hereof, shall be deemed to
also include (A) the merger, consolidation, liquidation or similar amalgamation of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary into any Holding Company (other than Holdings) or any Restricted
Subsidiary, so long as such Holding Company (other than Holdings) or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable, is the surviving Person, and (B) the transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to any Holding Company (other than Holdings) or any
Restricted Subsidiary), the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the
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Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation (up to the original
amount of such Investment made pursuant to Section 6.04(z)(i)); plus
(g)the aggregate amount of Net Proceeds received by the Borrower after the
Closing Date from Asset Sales which are not subject to the mandatory prepayment provisions of
Section 2.11(c); plus
(h)the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds retained by any
Holding Company (other than Holdings) or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; plus
(i)the fair market value of all Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings issued
upon conversion or exchange of Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of any Holding
Company (other than Holdings) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case incurred after
the Closing Date; plus
(j)to the extent not otherwise included, the aggregate amount of cash Returns
to any Holding Company (other than Holdings) or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of
Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(z)(i) (limited to the amount of the original
Investment made pursuant to such Section); minus
(k)the aggregate amount of (i) outstanding Indebtedness incurred in reliance
on Section 6.01(aa), (ii) Restricted Payments made using the Available Amount pursuant to
Section 6.06(a)(xiv)(B), (iii)Β Investments made using the Available Amount pursuant to Section
6.04(z)(i) and (iv) prepayments, redemptions, acquisitions, retirements, cancellations,
terminations and repurchases of Indebtedness made using the Available Amount pursuant to
Section 6.06(b)(vi)(B), in each case during the period from and including the Closing Date
through and including the Reference Date (without taking account of the intended usage of the
Available Amount on such Reference Date for which such determination is being made, but
taking into account any other such usage on such date); minus
(l)to the extent of any Investment in any Unrestricted Subsidiary with the
Available Amount which was previously redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance
with clause (f) above, the amount of such Investment at the time of such redesignation of such
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance herewith.
βAvailable Excluded Contribution Amountβ means, to the extent Not Otherwise
Applied, a cumulative amount equal to (a) the net cash proceeds or fair market value (determined
at the time of contribution) of property or assets (including cash and Cash Equivalents)
contributed after the Closing Date to the Borrower by any Person other than a Restricted
Subsidiary as a capital contribution or as a result of the sale or issuance of equity of Holdings
(other than Disqualified Equity Interests) to the extent contributed to the Borrower, in each case
to the extent designated an excluded contribution (βExcluded Contributionβ) by the Borrower
(excluding Cure Amounts) minus (b) the aggregate amount of (x) Investments made using the
Available Excluded Contribution Amount pursuant to SectionΒ 6.04(z)(ii), (y) Restricted
Payments made using the Available Excluded Contribution Amount pursuant to Section
6.06(a)(x)(ii) and (z) prepayments, redemptions, acquisitions, retirements, cancellations,
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terminations and repurchases of Indebtedness made using the Available Excluded Contribution
Amount pursuant to Section 6.06(b)(ix)(ii).
βBail-In Actionβ means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers
by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial
Institution.
βBail-In Legislationβ means, (i) 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 and (ii) with respect to the United
Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and
any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of
unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other
than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
βBankruptcy Codeβ means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
βBankruptcyβ, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
βBarclaysβ means Barclays Bank PLC.
βBase Exchange Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.25(a).
βBase Rate Term SOFR Determination Dayβ has the meaning set forth in the
definition of βTerm SOFR.β
βBeneficial Ownerβ means, in the case of a Lender that is classified as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the direct or indirect partner or owner of such
Lender that is treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as the beneficial owner of a payment
by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
βBeneficial Ownership Certificationβ means a certification regarding beneficial
ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
βBeneficial Ownership Regulationβ means 31 C.F.R. Β§ 1010.230.
βBenefit Planβ means any of (a) an βemployee benefit planβ (as defined in
ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a βplanβ as defined in Section 4975 of the Code
that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes
of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code) the assets of any such βemployee benefit planβ or βplanβ.
βBoardβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States.
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βBona Fide Debt Fundβ means any debt fund Affiliate of a Disqualified Lender
that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in,
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, notes, bonds and
similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course of its business and whose
managers are not involved with the equity investment decisions of such Disqualified Xxxxxx.
βBorrowerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
βBorrower Materialsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.
βBorrowingβ means Loans of the same Class, Type and currency, made,
converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, as to which a
single Interest Period is in effect.
βBorrowing Requestβ means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03 substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
βBusiness Dayβ 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, however, that, when used in connection with a Term SOFR Loan or Daily SOFR Loan,
the term βBusiness Dayβ shall mean a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
βCapital Expendituresβ means, for any period, the additions to property, plant and
equipment of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a
consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period prepared in accordance with GAAP.
βCapital Lease Obligationsβ of any Person means, subject to Section 1.04, 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.
βCapitalized Software Expendituresβ means, for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a Person and its Restricted
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 a Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
βCaptive Insurance Subsidiariesβ means, collectively or individually, as of any
date of determination, those regulated Subsidiaries primarily engaged in the business of
providing insurance and insurance-related services to Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
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βCash Collateralizeβ means to deposit, or designate funds previously deposited, in
a deposit account subject to control of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, solely
for the benefit of the Issuing Banks or Revolving Lenders, as collateral for Letters of Credit or
obligations of Revolving Lenders to fund participations in respect of Letters of Credit, cash or
deposit account balances in an aggregate amount equal to 103% of the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit or, if the applicable Issuing Bank shall agree
in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank.Β βCash Collateralβ has a
meaning correlative to the foregoing.
βCash Equivalentsβ means:
(a)(i) Dollars, Sterling, Euros or any other Alternative Currency, (ii) any
other national currency of any member state of the European Union or (iii) any other foreign
currency, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) held by any Holding Company, the Borrower or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(b)securities issued or directly and fully Guaranteed or insured by the United
States, a member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom or, in each case, any
agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of such country or such
member state is pledged in support thereof), having maturities of not more than two (2) years
from the date of acquisition;
(c)certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, overnight
bank deposits or bankersβ acceptances issued by (x) any Revolving Lender or affiliate thereof or
(y) any bank or trust company (i) whose commercial paper is rated at least βA-2β or the
equivalent thereof by S&P or at least βP-2β or the equivalent thereof by Moodyβs and (ii) having
combined capital and surplus in excess of $500 million;
(d)repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in
clauses (b) and (c) entered into with any Person referenced in clause (c) above;
(e)commercial paper rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least βA-2β or
the equivalent thereof by S&P or βP-2β or the equivalent thereof by Moodyβs;
(f)readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth
or territory of the United States, any member of the European Union, any other foreign
government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, in each case, having one of
the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodyβs or S&P with maturities of not
more than two years from the date of acquisition;
(g)interests in any investment company or money market fund or enhanced
high yield fund which invests at least 90% of its assets in instruments of the type specified in
clauses (a) through (f) above;
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(h)instruments and investments of the type and maturity described in clauses
(a) through (g) above denominated in any foreign currency or of foreign obligors, which
investments or obligors are, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, comparable in
investment quality to those referred to above;
(i)solely with respect to any Person that is organized or incorporated outside
of the United States or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia, investments of
comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (b) through (g)
customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates for short term cash
management purposes; and
(j)any other investments permitted by the investment policy of Holdings and
the Restricted Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date and
on file with the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that no such policy has
been delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date).
βCash Management Agreementβ means any agreement to provide Cash
Management Services.
βCash Management Obligationsβ means, as to any Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary, any and all obligations of such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary, whether absolute
or contingent and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all
renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under any Cash
Management Agreement.
βCash Management Servicesβ means any one or more of the following types of
services or facilities: (a) ACH transactions, (b) cash management services, including controlled
disbursement services, treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, stored value card,
electronic funds transfer services, and (c) foreign exchange facilities or other cash management
arrangements in the ordinary course of business.Β For the avoidance of doubt, Cash Management
Services do not include Swap Agreements.
βCFCβ means a Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a βcontrolled foreign
corporationβ within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
βCFC Holding Companyβ means any Subsidiary of the Borrower substantially all
the assets of which consists (directly or indirectly) of equity interests (including, for this purpose,
any debt or other instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) in one or
more (a) Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and/or (b) other Subsidiaries substantially all the
assets of which consists (directly or indirectly) of equity interests (including, for this purpose,
any debt or other instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) in one or
more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
βChange in Controlβ means the occurrence of any of the following events after the
Sixth Amendment Effective Date:Β (a) at any time prior to the consummation of an IPO, the
Permitted Holders shall cease to both (i) control and own, directly or indirectly, of record and
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beneficially (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor
provisions) more than 50% of the voting interests (for the election of directors) in the outstanding
voting securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings and (ii)
maintain the right to appoint directors having more than 50% of the aggregate votes on the board
of directors of Holdings, (b) at any time after the consummation of an IPO, and for any reason
whatsoever, (i) any βpersonβ or βgroupβ, but excluding the Permitted Holders and any
underwriters in connection with such IPO, shall become the βbeneficial ownerβ, directly or
indirectly, of more than 40% of the outstanding voting securities having ordinary voting power
for the election of directors of Holdings, unless the Permitted Holders shall have the right to
appoint directors having more than 50% of the aggregate votes on the board of directors of
Holdings and (ii) such βpersonβ or βgroupβ shall own a greater percentage of the outstanding
voting securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings than the
Permitted Holders, (c) at any time after the consummation of an IPO, the Public Company (if not
Holdings) shall cease to own, directly or indirectly through wholly owned Subsidiaries (other
than directorsβ and other similar qualifying shares), of record and beneficially, together with any
other Permitted Holders, 100% of each class of outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings (other
than directorsβ and other similar qualifying shares) or (d)Β Holdings shall cease to own, directly or
indirectly, of record and beneficially, 100% of each class of outstanding Equity Interests of the
Xxxxxxxx (other than directorsβ and other similar qualifying shares).
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 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) βbeneficial ownershipβ shall be as
defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act (as in effect as of the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date), (ii) the phrase βpersonβ or βgroupβ is within the meaning of Section
13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such βpersonβ or
βgroupβ and its subsidiaries and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other
fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, (iii) if any βpersonβ or βgroupβ includes one or more
Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings directly or indirectly
owned by the Permitted Holders that are part of such βpersonβ or βgroupβ shall not be treated as
being owned by such βpersonβ or βgroupβ for purposes of determining whether clause (b) of this
definition is triggered, (iv) a βpersonβ or βgroupβ shall not be deemed to beneficially own Equity
Interests to be acquired by such βpersonβ or βgroupβ 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)Β a βpersonβ or βgroupβ shall not be deemed to beneficially own the capital stock of another
Person as a result of its ownership of capital stock or other securities of such other Personβs
parent (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50% or more of the total voting power of the
capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other Personβs parent having a
majority of the aggregate votes on the board of directors of such other Personβs parent.
βChange in Lawβ means (a) the adoption of any law, rule, treaty or regulation
after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, rule, treaty or regulation
or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Sixth
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Amendment Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for
purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenderβs or such
Issuing Bankβs holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x)
the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules,
guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules,
guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States
or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed
to be a βChange in Lawβ regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
βChargesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
βClass,β when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Swingline
Loans, 2024 Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Loans (including the
2020 Incremental Revolving Loans), Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Extended Term
Loans or Extended Revolving Loans; when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to
whether such Commitment is a Term Commitment, Revolving Commitment, Incremental Term
Commitment, Incremental Revolving Commitment (including the 2020 Incremental Revolving
Commitment), Extended Revolving Commitments, Other Term Commitment and Other
Revolving Commitment; and when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such
Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class.Β Incremental Term Loans,
Extended Term Loans and Other Term Loans (together with the respective Commitments in
respect thereof) shall, at the election of the Borrower, be construed to be in different Classes.Β
Incremental Revolving Loans, Extended Revolving Loans and Other Revolving Loans (together
with the respective Commitments in respect thereof) shall, at the election of the Borrower, be
construed to be in different Classes.
βClosing Dateβ means the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 4.01 shall have been satisfied or waived, which date is October 12, 2018.
βClosing Date Distributionβ means a distribution to the Current Holders (as
defined in the Recapitalization Agreement) as contemplated by the Recapitalization Agreement.
βClosing Date Joint Lead Arrangersβ means GS Bank, Barclays, MLPFS, Citizens
Bank, N.A., Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC and SunTrust
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc., each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger in respect of the Closing
Date credit facilities provided herein.
βClosing Date Recapitalizationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals to this Agreement.
βClosing Date Refinancingβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
SectionΒ 4.01(k).
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βClosing Date Term Loansβ means the Term Loans made on the Closing Date
used to fund the Transactions.
βCodeβ means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (unless otherwise
provided for herein).
βCollateralβ means any and all βCollateralβ or βMortgaged Propertyβ (or any term
of similar meaning), as defined in any applicable Security Document, and any and all property of
whatever kind or nature subject to or purported to be subject to a Lien under any Security
Document, but shall in all events exclude all Excluded Property.
βCollateral Agentβ means Barclays, in its capacity as collateral agent for the
Secured Parties, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII.
βCommitmentβ means, with respect to any Person, such Personβs Term
Commitment, Revolving Commitment, Incremental Term Commitment, Incremental Revolving
Commitment, Other Term Commitment, Extended Revolving Commitment or Other Revolving
Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
βCommitment Letterβ means the means the Amended and Restated Commitment
Letter dated August 31, 2018 by and among the Borrower, GS Bank, Barclays, Bank of America,
N.A., MLPFS, Credit Suisse AG, KKR Corporate Lending LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC,
Citizens Bank, N.A., SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc
βCommodity Exchange Actβ means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Β§ 1
et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
βCommunicationsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.
βCompliance Certificateβ means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J
annexed hereto.
βConsolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expenseβ means, with respect to
any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including
amortization or write-off of (i) intangibles and non-cash organization costs, (ii) deferred
financing fees or costs and (iii) Capitalized Software Expenditures or costs, capitalized
expenditures, customer acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs and contract
acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of
Indebtedness at less than par and amortization of favorable or unfavorable lease assets or
liabilities, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis
and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP and any write-down of assets or asset value
carried on the balance sheet.
βConsolidated EBITDAβ of any Person for any period means the Consolidated
Net Income of such Person for such period:
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(1)increased (without duplication) by:
(a)provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including federal,
state, provincial, local, foreign, franchise and similar taxes and foreign
withholding and similar taxes, in each case, imposed on income, profits or
capital (including any penalties and interest) of such Person paid or
accrued during such period, to the extent the same were deducted (and not
added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(b)total interest expense of such Person for such period (including (x)Β net
losses on Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for
the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (y) costs of surety bonds in
connection with financing activities), to the extent the same were deducted
(and not added back) in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus
(c)Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for
such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(d)[reserved]; plus
(e)(x) (A) fees, costs, expenses, accruals, reserves or charges relating to
restructuring, integration, transition, facilities opening and pre-opening or
other business optimization (including charges related to the undertaking
and/or implementation of cost-savings initiatives, operating expense
reductions, and other similar initiatives), that are deducted (and not added
back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including
those related to severance, reserve, retention, signing bonuses, relocation,
recruiting and other employee-related costs, future lease commitments,
curtailments, one-time costs related to entry into new markets, investments
in new products, consulting and other professional fees, signing costs,
relocation expenses, modifications to or losses on settlement of pension
and post-retirement employee benefit plans, new systems design and
implementation costs, costs related to the creation of a new customer
platform (including internal labor costs) and costs of migrating customers
to such platform, project startup costs, and costs of and payments of legal
settlements, fines, judgments or orders, costs related to the opening and
closure and/or consolidation of facilities, and costs related to the
implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology
initiatives or in connection with becoming a standalone company and
(B)Β the amount of any one-time restructuring charge or reserve including,
without limitation, in connection with (i) acquisitions after the Closing
Date and (ii)Β consolidation or closing of facilities and (y) any other fees,
costs, expenses, reserves or charges to the extent supported by a quality of
earnings report provided to the Administrative Agent and prepared by
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financial advisors that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent (it being understood and agreed that any of the βBig Fourβ
accounting firms and Xxxxxxx and Marsal are acceptable to the
Administrative Agent), that are deducted (and not added back) in such
period in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(f)any other non-cash charges, write-downs, expenses, losses or items
reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, including (A)Β non-
cash restructuring charges or non-cash reserves in connection with the
Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment
consummated after the Closing Date, (B) all non-cash losses (minus any
non-cash gains) from Dispositions (including, without limitation, asset
retirement costs), (C)Β non-cash charges attributable to any post-
employment benefits offered to former employees, (D)Β non-cash asset
impairments (including from the revaluation of inventory (including any
impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods including
changes in capitalization of variances) or other inventory adjustments) and
(E)Β non-cash losses (minus any non-cash gains) with respect to swaps,
xxxxxx and other similar agreements and derivative instruments; provided
that if any non-cash charges 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 in the current period and (B) to the extent such
Person elects to add back such non-cash charges in the current period, the
cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted
from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent); plus
(g)the amount of βrun rateβ cost savings, operating expense reductions, other
operating improvements and initiatives and synergies (A) (i) projected by
the Borrower in good faith to result from actions taken, or with respect to
which substantial steps are reasonably expected to have been taken, within
twenty-four (24) months after, without duplication, the end of the Test
Period in which the applicable Subject Transaction is initiated or a plan for
realization thereof shall have been established, (ii) supported by a quality
of earnings report provided to the Administrative Agent and prepared by
financial advisors that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent (it being understood and agreed that any of the βBig Fourβ
accounting firms and Xxxxxxx and Marsal are acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) or (iii) determined on a basis consistent with
Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act and as
interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (or
any successor agency), and (B) related to (i) the Transactions and (ii) after
the Closing Date, permitted asset sales, mergers or other business
combinations, acquisitions, investments, dispositions or divestitures,
operating improvements, restructurings, cost-saving initiatives, actions or
events and certain other similar initiatives and specified transactions
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(collectively, the βSubject Transactionsβ), in each case, which will be
added to Consolidated EBITDA as so projected or determined until fully
realized and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings,
operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and
initiatives and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period
and will be net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period
from such actions; plus
(h)add-backs for fees, costs and expenses related to an IPO or other exit
transaction (whether or not consummated); plus
(i)add-backs and adjustments reflected in the Projections and quality of
earnings report delivered to the Joint Lead Arrangers on July 24, 2018 or
July 27, 2018, as applicable; plus
(j)cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash
expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net
Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income
were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to
clause (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(k)accrued or paid Permitted Investor Payments deducted in calculating
Consolidated Net Income (and not added back in such period to
Consolidated Net Income); plus
(l)to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income (and not
added back in such period to Consolidated Net Income), the amount of
loss on any sale of Securitization Assets and related assets to a
Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization
Financing; plus
(m)to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income (and not
added back in such period to Consolidated Net Income), Restricted
Payments to employees or officers permitted pursuant to Section 6.06,
solely to the extent not made in lieu of, or as a substitution for, ordinary
salary or ordinary payroll payments;
(2)decreased (without duplication) by:
(a)non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for
such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the
reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced
Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and any non-cash gains with
respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did
not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; plus
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(b) any net income included in the consolidated financial statements due to
the application of FAS 160 (Accounting Standards Codification Topic
810); plus
(c) all cash payments made during such period to the extent made on account
of non-cash reserves and other non-cash charges added back to
Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (1)(f) above in a previous
period (it being understood that this clause (2)(c) shall not be utilized in
reversing any non-cash reserve or charge added to Consolidated Net
Income);
(3)increased or decreased (without duplication) by any adjustments resulting for the
application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 460 or any comparable
regulation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA for any four-
fiscal quarter period that includes any of the fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2017,
December 31, 2017, March 31, 2018 or June 30, 2018, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal
quarters shall equal $16,851,000, $19,320,000, $26,833,000 and $33,470,000, respectively
(which amounts, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be subject to addbacks and adjustments
pursuant to clause (1)(g) above and shall give effect to calculations on a Pro Forma Basis in
accordance with Section 1.05 in respect of Specified Transactions (including the cost savings
described above or in the definition of βConsolidated Net Incomeβ that in each case may become
applicable due to actions taken on or after the Closing Date).Β For purposes of determining
compliance with any financial test or ratio hereunder (including any incurrence test) but not for
purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, (x) Consolidated EBITDA of any Person, property,
business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period and
of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary shall be included in
determining Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for any
period, (y)Β Consolidated EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary or any operating entity for which
historical financial statements are available that is Disposed of during such period or any
Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period shall
be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries for any period, and (z) Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma
Basis.Β Unless otherwise provided herein, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated with respect
to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
βConsolidated Interest Expenseβ means, with respect to any Person for any
period, without duplication, the sum of:
(1)consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue
discount or premium resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par,
(b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to
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letters of credit or bankers acceptances or any similar facilities or financing and
hedging agreements, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash
interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of
any Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the
interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, (e) net payments, if any,
pursuant to interest rate Swap Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and (f) to
the extent constituting interest expense in accordance with GAAP, consulting fees
and expenses, and excluding (t) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (u)
accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities other than Indebtedness, (v) any
expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the
application of purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition, (w)
amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees
and expenses, (x) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees
and (y) interest with respect to Indebtedness of any parent of such Person
appearing upon the balance sheet of such Person solely by reason of push-down
accounting under GAAP); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, prepayment
premiums and penalties shall not be included in this clause (1); plus
(2)consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, whether paid or accrued; plus
(3)all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of preferred stock of any Subsidiary of such Person
during such period; plus
(4)all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Equity Interests during this period;
minus
(5)interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue
at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such
Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated Net Incomeβ means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on the basis of
GAAP; provided, however, that there will not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(a)any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary,
except that any equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will
be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash
or Cash Equivalents actually distributed by such Person during such period to the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution or as a
return on investment;
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(b)any net gain (or loss) (i) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset or
disposed operations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries (including
pursuant to any Sale Leaseback which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the
ordinary course of business) or (ii) 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 Xxxxxxxxβs election, only when and to
the extent such operations are actually disposed of);
(c)the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(d)any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss, charge or expense, or any
charges, expenses or reserves in respect of any restructuring, integration,
redundancy or severance expense;
(e)all deferred financing costs written off or amortized and premiums paid or other
expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of
Indebtedness and any net gain (loss) from any write-off or forgiveness of
Indebtedness;
(f)any unrealized gains or losses in respect of Swap Obligations or any
ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to qualifying hedge transactions or
the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not
qualify as hedge transactions, in each case, in respect of Swap Obligations;
(g)unrealized foreign exchange losses resulting from the impact of foreign currency
changes on the valuation of assets or liabilities on the balance sheet of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h)any unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect of
obligations of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional
currency of such Person and any unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses
relating to translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies;
(i)any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in
respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(j)any net unrealized gains and losses resulting from Swap Obligations or embedded
derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements;
(k)any goodwill or other asset impairment charge or write-off or write-down;
(l)any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early retirement, extinguishment or
cancellation of Indebtedness or Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments;
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(m)accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Closing
Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in
accordance with GAAP;
(n)earn-out, non-compete and contingent consideration obligations incurred or
accrued in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment and
paid or accrued during the applicable period;
(o)cash and non-cash charges, paid or accrued, and gains resulting from the
application of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141R (Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 805) (including with respect to earn-outs incurred by the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries);
(p)(x) Transaction Costs and Sixth Amendment Transaction Costs and (y) any fees,
costs, expenses or charges (including those relating to rationalization, legal, tax,
accounting, structuring and transaction bonuses to employees, officers and
directors) related to any actual, proposed or contemplated: (i) issuance or
registration (actual or proposed) of Equity Interests or IPO (including any one-
time expense relating to enhanced accounting functions or other transactions costs
associated with becoming a public company), (ii) acquisition, merger or other
Investment, (iii) disposition, (iv) recapitalization, consolidation or restructuring,
(v) issuance of a letter of credit, (vi) incurrence, repayment or registration (actual
or proposed) of Indebtedness (including a refinancing thereof) or (vii) any
amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of any Indebtedness or any
Equity Interests, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (vii) of this clause (y),
whether or not actually consummated;
(q)charges, losses or expenses to the extent paid for, indemnified or insured or
reimbursed by a third party or so long as such amount is reasonably expected to
be received in a subsequent period and within 365 days from the date of the
underlying charges, losses or expenses; provided that (x) if such amount is not so
reimbursed within such 365-day period, such expenses or losses shall be
subtracted in the subsequent period and (y) if such amount is reimbursed or
received in a subsequent period, such amount shall not be included in calculating
Consolidated Net Income in such subsequent period;
(r)charges, losses or expenses covered by business interruption insurance to the
extent proceeds from such business interruption insurance have been received in
cash or, so long as such amount is reasonably expected to be received in a
subsequent period and within 365 days from the date of the underlying charges,
losses or expenses, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income;
provided that (x) if such amount is not so reimbursed within such 365-day period,
such expenses or losses shall be subtracted in the subsequent period and (y) if
such amount is reimbursed or received in a subsequent period, such amount shall
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not be included in calculating Consolidated Net Income in such subsequent
period;
(s)any net loss included in the consolidated financial statements due to the
application of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160 βNon-controlling Interests
in Consolidated Financial Statementsβ (βFAS 160β) (Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 810);
(t)the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income
attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned
Subsidiary and any minority income consisting of Subsidiary loss attributable to
minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary;
(u)non-cash charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves for any management
equity plan, supplemental executive retirement plan or stock option plan or other
type of compensatory plan for the benefit of officers, directors or employees and
any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other
provisions or on the re-valuation of any benefit plan obligation (and, without
duplication, costs or expenses incurred by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to any management equity plan, pension plan, stock option plan or
distributor equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or
agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that
such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of
Holdings and contributed to the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of
Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings to the extent contributed to the Borrower
(in each case, except to the extent comprising any Cure Amount)); and
(v)non-cash effects of purchase accounting or similar adjustments required or
permitted by GAAP in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted
Acquisitions or Investments permitted under Section 6.04, including adjustments
to inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and
deferred revenue in component amounts 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
consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof
(including any write-off of in process research and development); and
(w)the impact of changes in foreign currency translation rates on the valuation of
deferred revenue on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing,
Consolidated Net Income shall exclude, solely for the purpose of determining the Available
Amount (and any corresponding definition thereof), any net income (loss) of any Restricted
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Subsidiary (other than the Loan Parties) if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions,
directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such
Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to any Loan Party by operation of the terms of such
Restricted Subsidiaryβs charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or
governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders
(other than (a) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (b) restrictions pursuant
to this Agreement, the Second Lien Credit Agreement, or any agreement evidencing Additional
Debt, Second Lien Loans, or Indebtedness incurred as a Permitted Refinancing of any of the
foregoing and (c) restrictions arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances
and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not
materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained
in the Loan Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith)), except that the
Borrowerβs equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period will be
included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash
Equivalents actually distributed or that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary
during such period to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other
distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation
contained in this clause).
βConsolidated Total Assetsβ means, as of any date of determination, the amount
that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal assetsβ (or any like
caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries on a Pro Forma Basis as of the Applicable Date of Determination calculated on a
Pro Forma Basis.
βConsolidated Working Capitalβ means, at any date, the excess (which may be a
negative number) of (a) the sum of all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that
would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current assetsβ (or any
like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at
such date excluding the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, deferred financing
fees and assets held for sale over (b) the sum of all amounts that would, in conformity with
GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current liabilitiesβ (or any like caption) on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date,
including deferred revenue but excluding, without duplication, (i) the current portion of any long
term debt and all revolving loans, (ii) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans and LC Exposure and
Capital Lease Obligations to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current portion of
interest payable and (iv) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes; provided that
Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without giving effect to (v) the depreciation of
the Dollar relative to other foreign currencies, (w) purchase accounting, (x) any assets or
liabilities acquired, assumed, sold or transferred in any Acquisition or Disposition pursuant to
Section 6.05(j) or Section 6.05(y), (y) as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term
to long-term and vice versa or (z) changes to Consolidated Working Capital resulting from non-
cash charges and credits to consolidated current assets and consolidated current liabilities
(including derivatives and deferred income tax).
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βControlβ 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.Β The terms βControllingβ and βControlledβ have
meanings correlative thereto.
βControlled Investment Affiliateβ means, as to any Person, any other Person
which directly or indirectly is in Control of, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with,
such Person and is organized by such Person (or any person Controlling such person) primarily
for making equity or debt investments, directly or indirectly, in Holdings or other portfolio
companies of such Person.
βCovered Partyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20(b).
βCredit Agreement Refinanced Debtβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
the definition of βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.β
βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ means (a) Permitted First Priority
Replacement Debt, (b) Permitted Second Priority Replacement Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured
Replacement Debt, and/or (d) Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Commitments (including
the corresponding Other Revolving Loans incurred pursuant to such Other Revolving
Commitments) obtained pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or
obtained (in each case including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness)
in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, restructure or refinance, in whole or in part, any or
all Classes of then existing Term Loans, Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments (in each
case including any successive Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) (the βCredit
Agreement Refinanced Debtβ); provided that (u) subject to Section 1.06(b), such Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (including, if such Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness includes any Other Revolving Commitments, such Other Revolving Commitments)
is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of
the Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt (including, in the case of Credit Agreement Refinanced
Debt consisting, in whole or in part, of Revolving Commitments or Other Revolving
Commitments, the amount thereof) plus any other Indebtedness that could otherwise be
(A)Β incurred hereunder (subject to a dollar-for-dollar usage of any basket (other than any basket
that provides for Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) set forth in Section 6.01) and
(B)Β if such Indebtedness is secured, subject to a dollar-for-dollar usage of any basket (other than
any basket that provides for Liens on Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) set forth in
Section 6.02, plus premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses in respect
thereof plus other reasonable costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable upfront fees and
original issue discount) incurred in connection with such Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness, (v) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (A) does not mature prior to
the maturity date of and, except in the case of Other Revolving Commitments, has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or longer than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity at such
time of the corresponding Class of Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt (without giving effect to
nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of a
prepayment of the applicable Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt); provided that this clauseΒ (v)
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shall not apply to the extent such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness consists of Other
Term Loans constituting Subject Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the Maturity Limitation
Excluded Amount, and (B) in the case of any Refinancing Notes, shall not be subject to any
amortization prior to final maturity or mandatory prepayment provisions (other than related to
customary asset sale, similar events and change of control offers) that would result in mandatory
prepayment of such notes being refinanced (it being understood that the Borrower shall be
permitted to prepay or offer to purchase any senior secured Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness in the form of notes secured on a pari passu basis), (w) such Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be incurred or Guaranteed by any Person that did not incur or
Guarantee such Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt, (x) such Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt
shall be repaid, defeased or satisfied and discharged, and all accrued and unpaid interest, fees
then due and premiums (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid substantially
contemporaneously with the incurrence of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and
(y) if such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is Permitted First Priority Replacement
Debt, Permitted Second Priority Replacement Debt and/or Permitted Unsecured Replacement
Debt, in each case, that replaces or refinances any Credit Facility or any Incremental Credit
Facility in its entirety, the terms and conditions applicable thereto (other than, for the avoidance
of doubt pricing and optional repayment or redemption terms), shall either, at the option of the
Borrower, (I) in the case of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is Permitted First
Priority Replacement Debt, reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence or
effectiveness (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (II) be no more favorable in any
material respect to the lenders providing such Indebtedness than those under the Loan
Documents (as reasonably determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in good
faith) (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, covenants or other provisions applicable only after
the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred
or issued), unless such terms and conditions are also added for the benefit of the Lenders under
the Loan Documents.Β For the avoidance of doubt, (I) Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness consisting of Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Commitments (including the
corresponding Other Revolving Loans incurred pursuant to such Other Revolving Commitments)
shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.21, and (II) to the extent that such
Credit Agreement Refinanced Debt consists, in whole or in part, of (A) Revolving Commitments
or Other Revolving Commitments, such Revolving Commitments or Other Revolving
Commitments or (B) Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans, the corresponding Revolving
Commitments or Other Revolving Commitments, in each case, shall be terminated, and all
accrued fees in connection therewith shall be paid substantially contemporaneously with the
incurrence of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.
βCredit Eventβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02.
βCredit Facilityβ means the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Facility.
βCure Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.04.
βCure Rightβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.04.
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βCured Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
βDaily Simple SOFRβ means, for any day (a βSOFR Rate Dayβ), a rate per annum
equal to the greater of (a) SOFR for the day (such day the βSOFR Determination Dateβ) that is
five Business Days (or such other period as determined by the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent based on then prevailing market conventions) prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a
Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, and (b) the Applicable Term SOFR
Floor.Β If by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately following
any SOFR Determination Date, the SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Date has not
been published on the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorkβs Website and a Replacement Event
with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then the SOFR for such SOFR
Determination Date will be the SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding Business Day
for which such SOFR was published on the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorkβs Website;
provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of
calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than five consecutive Business Days.
βDaily SOFR Loanβ means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to Daily Simple SOFR and made pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the definition of βTerm
SOFRβ or Section 2.14 (Alternate Rate of Interest).
βDebtor Relief Lawsβ means the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, examinership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United
States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of
creditors generally.
βDeclined Proceedsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g).
βDefaultβ means any event or condition specified in Article VII that after notice,
lapse of applicable grace periods or both would, unless cured or waived hereunder, constitute an
Event of Default; provided that any Default that results solely from the taking of an action that
would have been permitted but for the continuation of a previous Default will be deemed to be
cured if such previous Default is cured prior to becoming an Event of Default.
βDefaulting Lenderβ means, subject to Section 2.22(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 Xxxxxx notifies the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of one or more conditions precedent to
funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be
specifically identified in such writing) not being satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank, or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it
hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two 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
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made a public statement to that effect, (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), or (d) has,
or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under
the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, interim receiver, receiver-manager,
custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar
Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets (other than via an
Undisclosed Administration), including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a
Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the
ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent
company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result
in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States
or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender
(or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm
any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.Β Any determination made in good faith by
the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d)
above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to
be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.22(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such
determination to the Borrower, each of the Issuing Banks and each Lender.
βDesignated Non-Cash Considerationβ means the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower
or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as
Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an officerβs certificate, setting forth the basis of
such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a
subsequent payment, redemption, retirement, sale or other disposition of such Designated Non-
Cash Consideration.Β A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be
considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise
retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 6.05.
βDisclosed Mattersβ means the actions, suits and proceedings and the
environmental matters disclosed on Schedule 3.06.
βDispositionβ or βDisposeβ means the sale, transfer, license, lease (as lessor) or
other disposition (including any Sale Leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person,
including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any Equity
Interests owned by such Person, or any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith; provided that βDispositionβ and βDisposeβ shall be deemed not to include
any issuance or sale by such Person of its Equity Interests or other securities to another Person,
except for purposes of Section 2.11(c) and the definition of βPrepayment Eventβ, where the term
βDispositionβ and βDisposeβ shall include any issuance or sale by a Restricted Subsidiary of
Equity Interests.
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βDisqualified Equity Interestsβ means Equity Interests that by their terms (or by
the terms of any security into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) (a)
require the payment of any cash dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of
Qualified Equity Interests), (b) mature or are mandatorily redeemable or subject to mandatory
repurchase or redemption or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof, in whole or in part
and whether upon the occurrence of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation, on a fixed
date or otherwise, prior to the date that is 91 days after the then Latest Maturity Date at such time
of then outstanding Loans (other than (i) upon payment in full of the Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made), reduction of the LC
Exposure to zero and termination of the Commitments or (ii) upon a βchange in controlβ, asset
sale, IPO or similar event) or (c) are convertible or exchangeable, automatically or at the option
of any holder thereof, into any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness otherwise permitted under
Section 6.01; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of
employees of any Parent Entity, any Holding Company, the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute
Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by such
entity in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such
employeeβs termination, death or disability.
βDisqualified Lenderβ means (a) those Persons that are bona fide competitors of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries that are identified by the Borrower in writing from time to time (or
Affiliates of any such competitors (other than Bona Fide Debt Funds) that are (x) clearly
identifiable as Affiliates solely on the basis of similarity of name (provided that the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to carry out due diligence in order to identify such
Affiliates) or (y) identified by the Borrower in writing from time to time) (provided that the
identification of any such Disqualified Lender after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date shall
become effective three Business Days after delivery to the Administrative Agent; provided
further that any supplement shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that previously
acquired an assignment or participation in any Credit Facility, but shall prevent any such Person
from acquiring further Loans or Commitments), (b) those banks, financial institutions and other
Persons separately identified by Holdings or any Sponsor to the Administrative Agent prior to
January 22, 2024 (and, in each case, such specified entitiesβ Affiliates that are clearly identifiable
as Affiliates solely on the basis of similarity of name (provided that the Administrative Agent
shall have no obligation to carry out due diligence in order to identify such Affiliates)) and (c)
Excluded Affiliates.Β A list of the Disqualified Xxxxxxx shall be provided by the Administrative
Agent to a Lender upon its request in connection with an assignment or participation subject to
customary confidentiality requirements.
βDivisionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.14.
βDollar Equivalentβ means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any
amount in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in an Alternative Currency,
the equivalent in Dollars of such amount, determined by using the rate of exchange for the
purchase of Dollars with respect to such Alternative Currency in the London foreign exchange
market at or about 11:00 a.m. London time (or New York time, as applicable) on a particular day
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as displayed by ICE Data Services as the βask priceβ, or as displayed on such other information
service which publishes that rate of exchange from time to time in place of ICE Data Services (or
if such service ceases to be available, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by
the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole
discretion) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such
amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination
it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
βDollarsβ or β$β refers to the lawful money of the United States.
βDomestic Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized
under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
βDutch Auctionβ means an auction (an βAuctionβ) conducted by Holdings or one
or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in such capacity, as applicable, the βAuction Partyβ) in
their sole discretion in order to purchase Term Loans in accordance with the following
procedures:
(A)Notice Procedures.Β In connection with an Auction, the Auction Party will
provide notification to the auction manager (for distribution to the Term Lenders of the
relevant Class of Term Loans that are the subject of the Auction (the βEligible Auction
Lendersβ) and the Administrative Agent) of the Class and principal amount of Term
Loans that will be the subject of the Auction (an βAuction Noticeβ).Β Each Auction
Notice shall contain (i) the Class of Term Loans that will be the subject of the Auction,
(ii) the total cash value of the bid (the βAuction Amountβ), in a minimum amount of
$1,000,000 with minimum increments of $500,000, (iii) the discount to par, which shall
be a range (the βDiscount Rangeβ) of percentages of the par principal amount of the Term
Loans (i.e., a 5% to 10% Discount Range would represent $50,000 to $100,000 per
$1,000,000 principal amount of Term Loans, with a 10% discount being deemed a
βhigherβ discount than 5% for purposes of an Auction) at issue that represents the
discounts applied to calculate the range of purchase prices that could be paid in the
Auction; provided that the Discount Range may, at the option of the Auction Party, be a
single percentage, (iv) the date on which the Auction will conclude, on which date Return
Bids will be due at the time provided in the Auction Notice (such time, the βAuction
Expiration Timeβ), as such date and time may be extended upon notice by the Auction
Party to the auction manager before any prior Auction Expiration Time, and (v) the
identity of the auction manager, and shall indicate if such auction manager is an Affiliate
of Holdings.Β Each offer to purchase Term Loans in an Auction shall be offered on a pro
rata basis to all the Eligible Auction Lenders.
(B)Reply Procedures.Β In connection with any Auction, each Eligible Auction
Lender may, in its sole discretion, participate in such Auction and, if it elects to do so
(any such participating Eligible Auction Lender, a βParticipating Lenderβ), shall provide,
prior to the Auction Expiration Time, the auction manager with a notice of participation
(the βReturn Bidβ) which shall be in a form and substance prepared by the Borrower and
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shall specify (i) a discount to par that must be expressed as a percentage of par principal
amount of Term Loans of the relevant Class expressed in percentages (the βReply
Discountβ), which must be within the Discount Range, and (ii) a principal amount of
Term Loans of the relevant Class, which must be in increments of $500,000, that such
Eligible Auction Lender is willing to offer for sale at its Reply Discount (the βReply
Amountβ).Β An Eligible Auction Lender may avoid the minimum increment amount
condition solely when submitting a Reply Amount equal to such Eligible Auction
Xxxxxxβs entire remaining amount of such Term Loans.Β Eligible Auction Lenders may
only submit one Return Bid per Auction but each Return Bid may contain up to three
bids, only one of which can result in a Qualifying Bid (as defined below).Β In addition to
the Return Bid, each Participating Lender must execute and deliver, to be irrevocable
during the pendency of the Auction and held in escrow by the auction manager, an
assignment agreement pursuant to which such Participating Lender shall make the
representations and agreements substantially consistent with the terms of Section
2.11(i)(C).Β Any Eligible Auction Lender that fails to submit a Return Bid at or prior to
the Auction Expiration Time shall be deemed to have declined to participate in the
Auction.
(C)Acceptance Procedures.Β Based on the Reply Discounts and Reply
Xxxxxxx received by the auction manager, the auction manager, with the consent of the
Auction Party, will, within ten (10) Business Days of the Auction Notice (or such other
time agreed by the Borrower), determine the applicable discount (the βApplicable
Discountβ) for the Auction, which will be the highest Reply Discount at which the
Auction Party can complete the Auction at the Auction Amount; provided that, in the
event that the Reply Amounts are insufficient to allow the Auction Party to complete a
purchase of the entire Auction Amount, the Auction Party shall either, at its election, (i)
withdraw the Auction or (ii) complete the Auction as set forth below.Β Unless withdrawn,
the Auction Party shall notify the Participating Lenders of the Applicable Discount no
later than one Business Day after it is determined (the βApplicable Discount Noticeβ).Β
The Auction Party shall, within three Business Days of the Applicable Discount Notice,
purchase Term Loans from each Participating Lender with a Reply Discount that is equal
to or higher than the Applicable Discount (βQualifying Bidsβ) at a discount to par equal
to the Reply Discount of such Participating Lender, with the applicable Term Loans of
the Participating Lender(s) with the highest Reply Discount being purchased first and
then in descending order from such highest Reply Discount to and including the
applicable Term Loans of the Participating Lenders with a Reply Discount equal to the
Applicable Discount (the βApplicable Order of Purchaseβ); provided that if the aggregate
proceeds required to purchase all Term Loans of the relevant Class subject to Qualifying
Bids would exceed the Auction Amount for such Auction, the Auction Party shall
purchase such Term Loans of the Participating Lenders in the Applicable Order of
Purchase, but with the Term Loans of Participating Lenders with Reply Discounts equal
to the Applicable Discount being purchased pro rata until the Auction Amount has been
so expended on such purchases.Β If a Participating Lender has submitted a Return Bid
containing multiple bids at different Reply Discounts, only the bid with the highest Reply
Discount that is equal to or more than the Applicable Discount will be deemed the
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Qualifying Bid of such Participating Lender.Β In no event shall any purchase of Term
Loans in an Auction be made at a Reply Discount lower than the Applicable Discount for
such Auction.
(D)Additional Procedures.Β Once initiated by an Auction Notice, the Auction
Party may withdraw or modify an Auction only prior to the delivery of the Applicable
Discount Notice (and if any Auction is withdrawn or modified, notice thereof shall be
delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Eligible Auction Lenders no later than the
first Business Day after such withdrawal).Β Furthermore, in connection with any Auction,
upon submission by a Participating Lender of the relevant Class of a Qualifying Bid, such
Term Lender will be obligated to sell the entirety or its allocable portion of the Reply
Amount, as the case may be, at the Reply Discount.
(E)Any failure by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary to make any
prepayment to a Lender pursuant to this definition shall not constitute a Default or Event
of Default under Section 7.01 or otherwise.
βECF Due Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(d).
βEEA Financial Institutionβ 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.
βEEA Member Countryβ means any of the member states of the European Union,
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
βEEA Resolution Authorityβ 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.
βElecting Guarantorsβ means any Excluded Subsidiary that, at the option, and in
the sole discretion, of the Borrower has been designated a Loan Party and is reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
βEligible Assigneeβ means (i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any
Approved Fund of any Lender; (ii) (A) any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof, (B) any savings and loan association or savings bank
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, (C) any commercial bank
organized under the laws of any other country or a political subdivision thereof; provided that
(1)Β such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or (2) such bank
is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of such country, and (D) any other entity
(other than a natural person) that is an βaccredited investorβ (as defined in Regulation D under
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the Securities Act) that extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including insurance
companies, investment or mutual funds and lease financing companies; (iii) subject to Section
9.04, any Affiliated Lender and any Person who would be an Affiliated Lender upon completion
of the relevant assignment; and (iv) any Holding Company, the Borrower and any Restricted
Subsidiary, subject to Section 9.04 or Section 2.11(i) (so long as the Loans and Commitments
obtained by any Holding Company, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary are
immediately cancelled); provided that, in any event, Eligible Assignees shall not include (x) any
natural person, (y) any Disqualified Lender, or Excluded Affiliate unless, in each case, consented
to in writing by the Borrower in its sole discretion (such consent shall be required regardless of
whether a Default or Event of Default shall be continuing), or (z) any Defaulting Lender or any
Affiliate thereof.
βEMU Legislationβ means the legislative measures of the European Council for
the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
βEnvironmental Lawsβ means all applicable treaties, laws (including common
law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or
binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority,
relating to the protection of the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any
Hazardous Material or to workplace health and safety matters (to the extent related to exposure
to Hazardous Materials).
βEnvironmental Liabilityβ means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including
any liability for damages, costs of medical monitoring, costs of environmental remediation or
restoration, administrative oversight costs, consultantsβ fees, fines, penalties or indemnities),
resulting from or based upon (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or
permit, license or approval issued thereunder, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation,
storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous
Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract,
agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with respect to any of the foregoing.
βEnvironmental Permitsβ means any and all permits, licenses, approvals,
registrations, notifications, exemptions and other authorizations required under any
Environmental Law.
βEquity Interestsβ means shares of capital stock or other share capital, partnership
interests, membership interests (including shares) in a limited liability or exempted company,
beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any option,
warrant or other right entitling the holder thereof to purchase or otherwise acquire any such
equity interest.
βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
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βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Holding Companies and the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b) or (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.
βERISA Eventβ means (a) any βreportable event,β 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 requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply
with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan,
and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is
reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan, (c) a determination that any Plan is or is
reasonably expected to be in βat riskβ status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or
Section 303 of ERISA), (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of any Holding Company or
any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (e) conditions
contained in Section 303(k)(1)(A) of ERISA for imposition of a lien shall have been met with
respect to any Plan, (f) with respect to any Plan, a failure to satisfy the minimum funding
standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived, (g) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (h) the incurrence by any
Holding Company or any of their ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with
respect to the termination of any Plan, (i) the receipt by any Holding Company or any ERISA
Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (j) the incurrence by
any Holding Company or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to
the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (k) the receipt by any
Holding Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer
Plan from any Holding Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the
imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, βinsolventβ or in βendangeredβ or βcriticalβ status within the meaning of Section
432 of the Code or Section 304 of ERISA, (l) the occurrence of a non-exempt βprohibited
transactionβ with respect to which any Holding Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a
βdisqualified personβ (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or a βparty in
interestβ (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA) or with respect to which any Holding
Company or any such Subsidiary could otherwise be liable, (m) any Foreign Benefit Event or (n)
any other event or condition with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan that could result in
liability of any Holding Company or any Subsidiary.
βEscrowed Proceedsβ means the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities
or other Indebtedness paid into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent on the date
of the applicable offering or incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that permit the release
of amounts on deposit in such escrow account upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the
occurrence of certain events.Β The term βEscrowed Proceedsβ includes any interest earned on the
amounts held in escrow.
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βEU Bail-In Legislation Scheduleβ means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule
published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to
time.
βEuroβ means the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced
in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
βExcess Cash Flowβ means, for any period, an amount (to the extent positive)
equal to the excess of
(a)the sum, without duplication, of
(i)Consolidated Net Income for such period,
ARTICLE Xxx amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent
deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such charges that represent
an accrual or reserve for potential future cash payments) and
(i)decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period;
minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of
(i)an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash gains and credits to the
extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and all cash,
losses, expenses or charges excluded from Consolidated Net Income
(including in the case of this clause (i) any such non-cash gains and credits
and cash, losses, expenses or charges to the extent attributable to the items
described in clauses (s) and (t) of Consolidated Net Income),
(ii)without duplication of amounts deducted in calculating Excess Cash Flow
with respect to prior years, the amount of Capital Expenditures,
Capitalized Software Expenditures, acquisitions of Intellectual Property
and other expenditures that are capitalized, in each case, made in cash
during such period or after the end of such period and on or prior to the
ECF Due Date with respect to such period, except to the extent that such
Capital Expenditures, Capitalized Software Expenditures, other cash
expenditures that are capitalized or acquisitions were financed with the
proceeds of Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than Revolving Loans or intercompany loans),
(iii)the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries made in cash during such period
but excluding (x) all prepayments of Term Loans made during such period
(other than prepayments pursuant to Section 2.11(c), but solely to the
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extent that the Disposition in question increased Consolidated Net Income,
and not in excess of such increase, (y) all prepayments of Revolving
Loans made during such period and (z) all prepayments of any other
revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent
reduction in commitments thereunder, and except, in each case, to the
extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or
the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Revolving Loans or intercompany
loans, and excluding any such prepayments applied to reduce the amount
of Excess Cash Flow prepayment in accordance with Section 2.11(d)),
(iv)an amount equal to the aggregate net gain on Dispositions by the Borrower
and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions
in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at
Consolidated Net Income,
(v)increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than
(1)Β reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa and
(2) any such increases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or
the application of purchase accounting),
(vi)payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such
period in cash in respect of (x) long-term liabilities of the Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to the extent not
already deducted from Consolidated Net Income, or (y) non-cash charges
incurred in a prior period, to the extent not already deducted from
Consolidated Net Income,
(vii)without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in
prior fiscal years, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in
connection with Investments (including acquisitions, holdback payments
and earnout payments) pursuant to Section 6.04 (other than Investments
made in the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) made during such period
(to the extent permitted to be made hereunder) or after the end of such
period and on or prior to the ECF Due Date with respect to such period,
except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of the
Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Revolving Loans or
intercompany loans),
(viii)the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments paid to any Person other
than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash during such period
pursuant to clauses (v) (other than with the proceeds of key man life
insurance, except to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income for
such period), (x)(i), (xi), (xiii), (xiv), (xvi), (xvii) and (xix) of Section
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6.06(a), except to the extent financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Revolving Loans
or intercompany loans),
(ix)the aggregate amount of expenditures, fees, costs, charges and expenses in
respect of long-term reserves (including litigation reserves) actually made
by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period
to the extent that such expenditures are not deducted in calculating
Consolidated Net Income,
(x)the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments
actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of
Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted in
calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(xi)without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior
periods, the aggregate amount of cash that is reasonably expected to be
paid in respect of planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries (the βPlanned Expendituresβ) relating to Permitted
Acquisitions, other Investments (other than intercompany Investments) or
Capital Expenditures to be consummated or made during the period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such
period; provided, that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash actually
utilized to finance such Planned Expenditures during such period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters (or to the extent such payments are financed
with long term Indebtedness (other than revolving loans)) is less than the
Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the
calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters,
(xii)the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax
reserves set aside or payable in each case in such period to the extent not
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, and
(xiii)the aggregate amount paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries during such period in respect of the Transaction Costs and
Sixth Amendment Transaction Costs to the extent that such payments are
not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income.
βExchange Actβ means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
βExchange Rateβ means, on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar
Equivalent of any currency, the rate at which such other currency may be exchanged into Dollars
at the time of determination as displayed by ICE Data Services as the βask priceβ or as displayed
on such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of ICE
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Data Services (or another commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as
designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for such currency (or to the extent
applicable, the rate at which Dollars may be exchanged into such other currency).Β In the event
that such rate does not appear on such applicable ICE Data Services screen (or another
commercially available source providing quotations of such rate as designated by the
Administrative Agent from time to time), the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to
such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the
relevant Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank and the Borrower), or, in the absence of such an
agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of
exchange of the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant
Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank) in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations
in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about such time as the Administrative
Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant Issuing Bank, such Issuing
Bank) shall elect after determining that such rates shall be the basis for determining the
Exchange Rate, on such date for the purchase of Dollars for delivery two Business Days later;
provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being
quoted, the Administrative Agent (or, with respect to calculations to be made by the relevant
Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank) may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to
determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
βExcluded Affiliateβ means any Affiliates of the Closing Date Joint Lead
Arrangers, Joint Lead Arrangers or Joint Bookrunners that are engaged as principals primarily in
private equity, mezzanine financing or venture capital or are engaged, directly or indirectly, in
the sale of the Borrower, including through the provision of advisory services, other than a
limited number of senior employees who are required, in accordance with industry regulations or
such Joint Lead Arrangerβs or Joint Bookrunnerβs internal policies and procedures, to act in a
supervisory capacity and such Joint Lead Arrangerβs or Joint Bookrunnerβs internal legal,
compliance, risk management, credit or investment committee members.
βExcluded Contributionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition
of βAvailable Excluded Contribution Amountβ.
βExcluded Informationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.11(i)(C).
βExcluded Propertyβ means (i) any lease, lease in respect of a Capital Lease
Obligation, license, contract, permit, Instrument, Security or franchise agreement to which such
Loan Party is a party, or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, or any
property governed by any such lease, lease in respect of a Capital Lease Obligation to which
such Loan Party is a party and any of its rights or interest thereunder, to the extent, but only to
the extent, that a grant of a security interest therein in favor of the Collateral Agent would, under
the terms of such lease, lease in respect of a Capital Lease Obligation, license, contract, permit,
Instrument, Security or franchise agreement or purchase money arrangement, be prohibited by or
result in a violation of law, rule or regulation or a breach of the terms or a condition of, or
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constitute a default or forfeiture under, or create a right of termination in favor of, or require a
consent (other than the consent of any Loan Party and any such consent which has been obtained
(it being understood and agreed that no Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to
seek any such consent)) of, any other party to, such lease, lease in respect of a Capital Lease
Obligation, license, contract, permit, Instrument, Security or franchise agreement or purchase
money arrangement, in each case, solely to the extent such prohibition was not created in
contemplation of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (except in the case of a lease in
respect of a Capital Lease Obligation or property subject to a Lien permitted pursuant to Sections
6.02(c) (to the extent liens are of the type described in clause (e) of Section 6.02), (d) or (e),
other than to the extent that any such law, rule, regulation, term, prohibition, restriction or
condition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the
UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other
applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity, and other than
receivables and proceeds of any of the foregoing the assignment of which is expressly deemed
effective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such law, rule, regulation, term
prohibition or condition); provided that immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or
termination of any such law, rule, regulation, term, prohibition, restriction or condition the
Collateral shall include, and such Person shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in,
all such rights and interests as if such law, rule, regulation, term, prohibition, restriction or
condition had never been in effect; (ii) any of the outstanding (1)Β Equity Interests issued by a
Subsidiary of any Holding Company that is a CFC or a CFC Holding Company other than 65%
of the voting capital stock and 100% of the non-voting capital stock of such Subsidiary or (2)
Equity Interests issued by a Subsidiary of any Holding Company that is a Subsidiary of a CFC;
(iii) any Equity Interests or assets of a Person to the extent that, and for so long as (x) such
Equity Interests constitute less than 100% of all Equity Interests of such Person, and the Person
or Persons holding the remainder of such Equity Interests are not Subsidiaries of any Holding
Company and (y) the granting of a security interest in such Equity Interests in favor of the
Collateral Agent is not permitted by the terms of such issuing Personβs organizational or joint
venture documents or otherwise requires the consent of a Person or Persons who are not
Subsidiaries of any Holding Company (after giving effect to other than to the extent that any
such restriction or requirement would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407,
9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction
or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code)); (iv)Β any Equity Interests in and
assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, an Immaterial Subsidiary or a Captive Insurance Subsidiary
or other special purpose entity (except to the extent perfection can be achieved by filing of a
UCC financing statement); (v) (A) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of
title (except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of UCC
financing statements), (B) letter of credit rights (other than those constituting supporting
obligations of other Collateral) with a value of less than $10,000,000 individually (except to the
extent a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of UCC financing statements), and
(C) Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the UCC) with a claim value of less than
$10,000,000 individually; (vi) any βintent-to-useβ trademark or service mark applications for
which a statement of use or an amendment to allege use has not been filed with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (but only until such statement or amendment is filed with the
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United States Patent and Trademark Office), and solely 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, or void or cause the abandonment or lapse of, such application or
any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable U.S. law;
(vii)Β those assets to the extent that a security interest in or perfection thereof would result in
adverse tax consequences that are not de minimisΒ as reasonably determined by the Borrower in
good faith; (viii) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably
determine, in writing, that the cost of obtaining a security interest in or perfection thereof are
excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby; (ix) any
real property leasehold interests (including any requirement to obtain any landlord waivers,
estoppels and consents); (x) [reserved]; (xi) those assets with respect to which the granting of
security interests in such assets would be prohibited by any contract permitted under the terms of
this Agreement (not entered into in contemplation thereof and solely with respect to assets that
are subject to such contract), applicable law or regulation (other than to the extent that any such
law, rule, regulation, term, prohibition or condition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to
Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of
any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or
principles of equity, and other than receivables and Proceeds of any of the foregoing the
assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable law
notwithstanding such law, rule, regulation, term, prohibition or condition), or would require
governmental or third-party (other than any Loan Party) consent, approval, license or
authorization or create a right of termination in favor of any Person (other than any Loan Party)
party to any such contract (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the
UCC or other applicable law other than Proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of
which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such
prohibition); provided that immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any
such law, rule, regulation, term, prohibition, condition or provision the Collateral shall include,
and such Person shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all such rights and
interests as if such law, rule, regulation, term, prohibition, condition or provision had never been
in effect; provided, further, that the exclusions referred to in this clauseΒ (xi) shall not include any
Proceeds of any such assets except to the extent such Proceeds constitute Excluded Property;
(xii) all owned real property not constituting Material Real Property; (xiii) Margin Stock; and
(xiv) any assets (other than Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary) that are located outside of
the United States or are governed by or arise under the law of any jurisdiction outside of the
United States (other than to the extent no action needs to be taken outside of the United States
with respect to any such assets to create or perfect a security interest in any such assets).Β
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, βExcluded Propertyβ shall not include any Proceeds,
substitutions or replacements of any βExcluded Propertyβ referred to in clauses (i) through (xiv)
(unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would itself or themselves independently
constitute βExcluded Propertyβ referred to in any of clauses (i) through (xiv)).Β Each category of
Collateral set forth above shall have the meaning set forth in the UCC (to the extent such term is
defined in the UCC).
βExcluded Subsidiariesβ means any Subsidiary of any Holding Company that is
not itself a Holding Company or the Borrower and that is: (a) listed on Schedule 1.02 as of the
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Closing Date; (b) a CFC or a CFC Holding Company; (c) any not-for-profit Subsidiary; (d) a
Joint Venture or a Subsidiary that is not otherwise a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary; (e) an
Immaterial Subsidiary; (f) an Unrestricted Subsidiary; (g) a Captive Insurance Subsidiary or
other special purpose entity; (h) prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law or contractual
obligation from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure any of the Secured Obligations or with
respect to which any consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental
Authority would be required for the provision of any such guaranty (but in the case of such
guaranty being prohibited due to a contractual obligation, such contractual obligation shall have
been in place at the Closing Date or at the time such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary and is not
created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary); provided
that each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary solely pursuant to
this clause (h) if such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained (it being
understood and agreed that no Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to seek any
such consent, approval, license or authorization); (i) with respect to which the Borrower (in
consultation with the Administrative Agent) reasonably determines that guaranteeing or granting
Liens to secure any of the Secured Obligations would result in material adverse tax
consequences; (j) with respect to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent reasonably
agree that the cost and/or burden of providing a guaranty of the Secured Obligations outweighs
the benefits to the Lenders; (k) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of an Excluded Subsidiary; (l) a
Securitization Subsidiary; (m) organized or incorporated outside of the United States or any
state, province, territory or jurisdiction thereof, (n) [reserved] and (o) any Restricted Subsidiary
acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment that, at the time of
such Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment, has assumed secured Indebtedness
permitted xxxxxxxxx and not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other
Investment and each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such
Indebtedness, in each case to the extent (and solely for so long as) such secured Indebtedness
prohibits such Restricted Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor (provided that each such
Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (o) if such secured
Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured, if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be an
obligor with respect to such secured Indebtedness or such prohibition no longer exists, as
applicable).
βExcluded Swap Obligationβ means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap
Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or
the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest pursuant to the Security Documents to secure,
such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the
Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan
Partyβs failure for any reason to constitute an βeligible contract participantβ as defined in the
Commodity Exchange Act at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such
security interest would otherwise have become effective with respect to such related Swap
Obligation but for such Loan Partyβs failure to constitute an βeligible contract participantβ at
such time.
βExcluded Taxesβ means, with respect to any Recipient:
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(a)Taxes imposed on or measured by such Recipientβs overall net income or
profits, and franchise Taxes or profits Taxes, as a result of a present or former connection
between the Recipient and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such Tax
(other than any such connection arising solely from (i) such Recipient having executed,
delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments
under, received or perfected a security interest under, and/or engaged in any other transaction
pursuant to, any Loan Document, or (ii) such Recipient having sold or assigned an interest in any
Loan or Loan Document);
(b)any branch profits Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause
(a);
(c)any United States federal withholding Taxes that are imposed on a
Recipient pursuant to a law in effect at the time such Recipient acquires an interest in any Loan
Document (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19) or
designates a new lending office. except, in each case, to the extent that such Recipient (or its
assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from any Loan Party with respect to such withholding
Tax pursuant to Section 2.17 of this Agreement;
(d)any withholding Taxes attributable to a Recipientβs failure to comply with
Section 2.17(e); and
(e)any federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
βExisting Credit Agreementβ means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
April 14, 2017 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time), by and among Borrower, Holdings, the lenders and issuing banks from time to
time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
βExtended Revolving Commitmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.24.
βExtended Revolving Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.24(a).
βExtended Term Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.24.
βExtending Lendersβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.24.
βExtending Revolving Loan Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.24.
βExtending Term Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.24.
βExtensionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.24.
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βExtension Amendmentβ means an amendment to this Agreement in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, executed by each of
(a)Β the Holding Companies, (b) the Borrower, (c) the other Loan Parties, (d) the Administrative
Agent and (e) each Extending Revolving Loan Lender and Extending Term Lender, as the case
may be, in connection with any Extension.
βExtension Offerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.24.
βFATCAβ means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively
comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future Treasury
regulations or official administrative interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into
pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or
practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with
the implementation of such sections of the Code.
βFCPAβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.19.
βFederal Funds Rateβ means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB
based on such dayβs federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such
manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on
the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided,
that if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes of
this Agreement.
βFederal Reserve Bank of New Yorkβs Websiteβ means the website of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
βFee Letterβ means the Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated August 31, 2018
by and among the Borrower, GS Bank, Barclays, Bank of America, N.A., MLPFS, Credit Suisse
AG, KKR Corporate Lending LLC, KKR Corporate Funding LLC, Citizens Bank, N.A.,
SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
βFifth Amendmentβ means that certain Fifth Amendment to First Lien Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2024, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other
Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto and the Administrative
Agent.
βFinancial Officerβ of any Person means the chief financial officer, vice president
of finance, principal accounting officer or treasurer of such Person (or, in the case of any Person
that is a Foreign Subsidiary, a director of such Person).
βFirst Amendment Funding Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section III of the First Incremental Credit Facility Amendment.
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βFirst Incremental Credit Facility Amendmentβ means the First Incremental
Credit Facility Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2019,
among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto
and the Administrative Agent.
βFirst Lien Indebtednessβ means Total Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on
the Collateral, except by a Lien that is junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the
Obligations.Β For the avoidance of doubt, First Lien Indebtedness includes any First Lien Senior
Secured Notes, the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans.
βFirst Lien Net Leverage Ratioβ means, on any date of determination, the ratio of
(a)Β First Lien Indebtedness, less the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash, to (b) LTM
EBITDA.
βFirst Lien Senior Secured Notesβ means Additional Debt, Term Loan Exchange
Notes or Refinancing Notes, in each case that are secured by any Lien except by any Lien that is
junior to the Lien securing the Obligations.
βFixed Chargesβ means, for any period, the sum of: (i) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period, to the extent payable in cash in such period, plus (ii) without
duplication, all cash dividends or distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation)
on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Equity Interests during such period.
βFlood Hazard Propertyβ means a Mortgaged Property to the extent any building
comprising any part of the Mortgaged Property is located in an area designated by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards.
βFlood Insurance Lawsβ means, collectively, (i) National Flood Insurance Reform
Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute
thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any
successor statue thereto and (iii) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now
or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and any and all official rulings and
interpretation thereunder or thereof.
βForeign Benefit Eventβ means, with respect to any Foreign Pension Plan, (a) the
existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable law, or
in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority,
(b) the failure to make the required contributions or payments, under any applicable law, on or
before the due date for such contributions or payments, (c) the receipt of a notice by a
Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Pension Plan or
to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Pension Plan, or alleging
the insolvency of any such Foreign Pension Plan, (d) the incurrence of any liability by any
Holding Company or any Subsidiary under applicable law on account of the complete or partial
termination of such Foreign Pension Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any
participating employer therein that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
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Effect, or (e) the occurrence of any transaction that is prohibited under any applicable law and
that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by any Holding
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or the imposition on any Holding Company or any of the
Subsidiaries of any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any noncompliance with any
applicable law, in each case that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
βForeign Lenderβ means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
βForeign Pension Planβ means any benefit plan that under applicable law other
than the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, is required to be funded
through a trust or other funding vehicle other than a trust or funding vehicle maintained
exclusively by a Governmental Authority.
βForeign Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is organized or incorporated
under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia.
βFourth Amendmentβ means that certain Fourth Amendment to First Lien Credit
Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2023, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
βFrancisco Partnersβ means Francisco Partners IV, L.P. and its Controlled
Investment Affiliates and associated funds.
βGAAPβ means, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.04, generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time.
βGoverning Bodyβ means the board of directors or other body having the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person that is a corporation,
company, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association, Joint Venture or other
business entity.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means the government of the United States, any other
nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, county, provincial, territorial, 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) and any group or body charged with setting
financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
βGranting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e).
βGS Bankβ means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA.
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βGuaranteeβ of or by any Person (the βguarantorβ) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the βprimary obligorβ) 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 or other obligation 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 or obligation; provided that the term
βGuaranteeβ does not include (x) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business and (y) standard contractual indemnities or product warranties provided in the ordinary
course of business; and provided further that the amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be
the lower of (i) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation
in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (ii) the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such
Guarantee or, if such Guarantee is not an unconditional guarantee of the entire amount of the
primary obligation and such maximum amount is not stated or determinable, the amount of such
guaranteeing Personβs maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined
by such Person in good faith.Β The term βGuaranteedβ has a meaning correlative thereto.
βGuarantorsβ means (a) each Holding Company and (b) any Restricted Subsidiary
that has Guaranteed the Obligations pursuant to the Guaranty; provided that, notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, no Restricted Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary shall be
required to Guarantee the Obligations.
βGuarantyβ means the First Lien Guaranty executed and delivered by the Loan
Parties party thereto, together with each supplement to such Guaranty in respect of the Secured
Obligations delivered pursuant to Section 5.10.
βHazardous Materialsβ means all explosive or radioactive substances, materials or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, materials, 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, materials or wastes
regulated by or for which liability may be imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law due to
their dangerous or deleterious properties or characteristics.
βHolding Companyβ means (a) on the Closing Date, Holdings and (b) after the
Closing Date, Holdings and any other Subsidiary of Holdings that, directly or indirectly, owns
the Borrower.
βHoldingsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this
Agreement.
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βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ means, at any date of determination, any Restricted
Subsidiary that has been designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as an
βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ for purposes of this Agreement; provided that (a) for purposes of this
Agreement, at no time shall (i) the consolidated total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of
the last day of the then most recent fiscal year of the Borrower for which financial statements
have been delivered equal or exceed 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a Pro Forma Basis or (ii) the consolidated
revenues (other than revenues generated from the sale or license of property between any of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) of all Immaterial Subsidiaries for the then most recent
fiscal year of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered equal or exceed
10.0% of the consolidated revenues (other than revenues generated from the sale or license of
property between any of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) of the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, (b) at any time and
from time to time, the Borrower may designate any Restricted Subsidiary as a new Immaterial
Subsidiary so long as, after giving effect to such designation, the consolidated assets and
consolidated revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries do not exceed the limits set forth in clause
(a) above at such time of designation and (c) if, as of the Applicable Date of Determination, the
consolidated assets or revenues of all Restricted Subsidiaries so designated by the Borrower as
βImmaterial Subsidiariesβ shall have, as of the last day of such fiscal year, exceeded the limits
set forth in clause (a) above, then within ten (10) Business Days (or such later date as agreed by
the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) after the date such financial statements are
so delivered (or so required to be delivered), the Borrower shall redesignate one or more
Immaterial Subsidiaries, in each case in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, such that,
as a result thereof, the consolidated assets and revenues of all Restricted Subsidiaries that are still
designated as βImmaterial Subsidiariesβ do not exceed such limits.Β Upon any such Restricted
Subsidiary ceasing to be an Immaterial Subsidiary pursuant to the preceding sentence, such
Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent not otherwise qualifying as an Excluded Subsidiary, shall
comply with Section 5.10, to the extent applicable.
βIncremental Credit Facilityβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.20(a).
βIncremental Credit Facility Amendmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.20(c).
βIncremental Facility Closing Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.20(c).
βIncremental Loansβ means, collectively, the Incremental Revolving Loans and
the Incremental Term Loans.
βIncremental Revolving Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment, if any, in respect of an Incremental Revolving Facility under any Incremental
Credit Facility Amendment with respect thereto, expressed as an amount representing the
maximum principal amount of the Incremental Revolving Facility to be made available by such
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Lender under such Incremental Credit Facility Amendment, as such commitment may be (a)
reduced pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
βIncremental Revolving Facilityβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.20(a).
βIncremental Revolving Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.20(e).
βIncremental Revolving Loanβ means a Loan made under an Incremental
Revolving Facility.
βIncremental Second Lien Facilityβ has the meaning assigned to the term
βIncremental Credit Facilityβ in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
βIncremental Term Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Incremental Term Loan under any Incremental
Credit Facility Amendment with respect thereto, expressed as an amount representing the
maximum principal amount of the Incremental Term Loans to be made by such Lender under
such Incremental Credit Facility Amendment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time
to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
βIncremental Term Facilityβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.20(a).
βIncremental Term Loanβ means a Loan made under an Incremental Term
Facility.
βIncurrence-Based Amountsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
1.05.
βIndebtednessβ of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of
such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale
or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all
obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, (e)Β all
obligations of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of this
definition of βIndebtednessβ of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
has an existing unconditional right to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by
such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person,
(f) all Guarantees by such Person of obligations of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d),
(e), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of this definition of βIndebtednessβ of others, (g) the principal
component of Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all reimbursement obligations of
such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of xxxxxxxx (except to
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the extent such letters of credit, or letters of guaranty relate to trade payables and such
outstanding amounts are satisfied within thirty (30) days of incurrence), (i) all reimbursement
obligations of such Person in respect of bankersβ acceptances (except to the extent such bankersβ
acceptances relate to trade payables and such outstanding amounts are satisfied within thirty (30)
days of incurrence), (j) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase,
redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person to
the extent that such purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition is required to occur on
or prior to the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interests
(other than as a result of a Change in Control, asset sale or similar event), and (k) to the extent
not otherwise included in this definition, net obligations of such Person under Swap Obligations
(the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the net payments under such
agreement or arrangement giving rise to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at
the termination of such agreement or arrangement); provided, however, that (A) intercompany
Indebtedness and (B) obligations constituting non-recourse Indebtedness shall only constitute
βIndebtednessβ for purposes of Section 6.01 and not for any other purpose hereunder.Β The
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such
Person is a general partner to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Personβs
ownership interest in such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that
such Person is not liable therefor.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the following
constitute Indebtedness: (u) deferred obligations owing to the Investors and their Affiliates
(including what would otherwise constitute Permitted Investor Payments), (v) amounts owed to
dissenting stockholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and
the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect
thereto (including any accrued interest), with respect to the Transactions and any permitted
Investments to the extent paid when due (unless being properly contested), (w) trade accounts
payable, deferred revenues, liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits and
any such obligations incurred under ERISA, and other accrued obligations (including transfer
pricing), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (x) operating leases, (y)
customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation and (z)
deferred revenue and deferred tax liabilities.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
βIndebtednessβ shall not include contingent post-closing purchase price adjustments, holdback
amounts and other deferred consideration, non-compete or consulting obligations or earn-outs to
which the seller in an Acquisition or Investment may become entitled.Β The amount of
Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has
been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid
amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as
determined by such Person in good faith.
βIndemnified Taxesβ 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.
βIndemniteeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03.
βInformationβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.
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βInitial Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
βInitial Revolving Borrowingβ means one or more borrowings of Revolving
Loans or issuances or deemed issuances of Letters of Credit on the Closing Date as specified in
the definition of the term βPermitted Initial Revolving Borrowingβ.
βInitial Revolving Commitmentsβ means the Revolving Commitments of the
Revolving Lenders as of the Closing Date.
βInitial Revolving Loanβ means (a) a Revolving Loan made by a Lender to the
Borrower in respect of an Initial Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section 2.01(b) and (b) the
2020 Incremental Revolving Loans (other than for purposes of (i) the first paragraph of Section
2.01, (ii) Section 4.01 and (iii) Section 5.09(a)).
βIntellectual Propertyβ means all rights, priorities and privileges in or to
intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or
otherwise, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, technology,
know-how, trade secrets and processes, all registrations and applications for registration of any
of the foregoing, and all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing.
βIntercompany License Agreementβ means any cost sharing agreement,
commission or royalty agreement, license or sub-license agreement, distribution agreement,
services agreement, Intellectual Property rights transfer agreement or any related agreements, in
each case where all the parties to such agreement are the Borrower and/or the Restricted
Subsidiaries, provided that any such agreement between a Loan Party and a non-Loan Party shall
be on armβs length terms.
βInterest Coverage Ratioβ means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of
(a)Β LTM EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to their Total Indebtedness for the most recently ended Test Period to
the extent paid in cash.
βInterest Election Requestβ means a request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Loan Borrowing or Term Loan Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.07.
βInterest Payment Dateβ means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a
Swingline Loan), (i) the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and
(ii) the Revolving Termination Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, (b) [reserved],
(c) with respect to any Term SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such
Loan and the Term Loan Maturity Date or Revolving Termination Date, as applicable, of the
Credit Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a Term
SOFR Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, (d) with respect to any
Daily SOFR Loan, each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar
month that is one month (or, at the Borrowerβs option, three months) after the borrowing date of
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such Daily SOFR Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month,
then the last day of such month) and the date on which such Daily SOFR Loan is repaid or
converted in full and (e) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required
to be repaid.
βInterest Periodβ means, with respect to any Term SOFR Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in
the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, or such
other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and consented to by all the
Lenders participating in the relevant Borrowing and the Administrative Agent (in the case of
each requested Interest Period, subject to availability), or, if the Administrative Agent and the
Xxxxxxxx agrees, such other period whose end would coincide with a payment due date on the
Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.10 or the payment under Swap Obligations; provided that (a)
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 preceding
Business Day and (b) any Interest Period 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.Β 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.
βInvestmentβ means (i) any purchase or other acquisition by the Borrower or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any Equity Interests or
Indebtedness of any other Person (including any Subsidiary), (ii) any loan (by way of guarantee
or otherwise) or advance constituting Indebtedness of such other Person (other than accounts
receivable, trade credit, prepayments to, or deposits with, vendors), (iii) any other capital
contribution by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person (including
any Subsidiary) or (iv) any Acquisition; provided that the foregoing shall exclude, in the case of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, their parent companies and their subsidiaries, intercompany
advances arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations, in each case in the
ordinary course of business.Β The amount of any Investment outstanding as of any time shall be
the original cost of such Investment (which, in the case of any Investment constituting the
contribution of an asset or property, shall be based on the Borrowerβs good faith estimate of the
fair market value of such asset or property at the time such Investment is made) 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, less all Returns received by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof.Β The amount, as of any date of
determination, of (a) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal
amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such
investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be
deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment and without
duplication of Returns or amounts increasing the Available Amount), but without any adjustment
for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with
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respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (b) any Investment in the form of a transfer
of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such
transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the fair market value of such Equity
Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by
such investor representing a return of capital of, or dividends or other distributions in respect of,
such Investment (to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original
amount of such Investment and without duplication of Returns or amounts increasing the
Available Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or
write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such
Investment, and (c) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (a) or (b)
above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any
Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the
original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith),
plus (i) the cost of all additions thereto and minus (ii) the amount of any portion of such
Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of
capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest,
dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts referred
to in clause (ii) do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the
costs of additions thereto and without duplication of Returns or amounts increasing the Available
Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups,
write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment.Β For
purposes of Section 6.04, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the
amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with
GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in
accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Financial Officer
of the Borrower.
βInvestorβ means (i) Francisco Partners, Spectrum and the New Sponsor and
certain other investors designated by Francisco Partners, Spectrum and the New Sponsor on or
before the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, (ii) any Controlled Investment Affiliate of any
Person identified in clause (i) above, (iii) any managing director, general partner, limited partner,
director, officer or employee of any Person identified in clause (i) above or any of their
respective Affiliates (collectively, the βInvestor Associatesβ), (iv) the heirs, executors,
administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries of any Investor Associate and (v)
any trust, the beneficiaries of which, or a corporation or partnership, the stockholders or partners
of which, include only an Investor Associate, his or her spouse, parents, siblings, members of his
or her immediate family (including adopted children and step children) and/or direct lineal
descendants.
βIPOβ means any transaction whereby, or upon the consummation of which,
Holdingsβ or the Public Companyβs common Equity Interests are, or may thereafter be, offered
or sold (whether through an initial primary underwritten public offering or otherwise) pursuant to
an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act, or to
the equivalent registration documents filed with the equivalent authority in the applicable foreign
jurisdiction.
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βIRSβ means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
βISPβ means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the βInternational Standby
Practices 1998β published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
βIssuing Bankβ means, as the context may require, (a) GS Bank, Barclays, Bank
of America, N.A., Credit Suisse AG, Citizens Bank, N.A. and SunTrust Bank and (b) each other
Xxxxxx appointed as an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(p), each in its capacity as an issuer
of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(k).Β
Any Issuing Bank may, with the consent of the Borrower, arrange for one or more Letters of
Credit to be issued by an Affiliate of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term βIssuing Bankβ
includes any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.Β Any
Issuing Bank may cause Letters of Credit to be issued by unaffiliated financial institutions and
such Letters of Credit shall be treated as issued by such Issuing Bank for all purposes under the
Loan Documents.
βJoint Bookrunnersβ means GS Bank, Barclays, MLPFS, Citizens Bank, N.A.,
Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC and SunTrust Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Inc., each in its capacity as joint bookrunner in respect of the credit facilities provided
herein.
βJoint Lead Arrangersβ means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., N.A., KKR Capital Markets LLC and KKR Corporate Lending (CA)
LLC, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger in respect of the credit facilities provided
herein.
βJoint Ventureβ means a joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement,
whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.
βJudgment Currencyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
βLatest Maturity Dateβ means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity
date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity
date of any Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Commitment, Incremental
Revolving Loan, Extended Term Loan, Extended Revolving Commitment, Extended Revolving
Loan, Other Term Loan, any Other Term Commitment, any Other Revolving Loan or any Other
Revolving Commitment, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time
to time.
βLC Disbursementβ means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a
Letter of Credit.
βLC Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars at such time and (b) the aggregate
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amount of all LC Disbursements in respect of Letters of Credit made in Dollars that have not yet
been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.Β The LC Exposure of any
Revolving Lender shall be its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.
βLC Sublimitβ means the lesser of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) the aggregate amount
of Revolving Commitments.Β The LC Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving
Credit Facility.Β The LC Sublimit with respect to each Revolving Lender that is an Issuing Bank
shall be no greater than its pro rata allocation with respect to the aggregate LC Sublimit in
accordance with their Applicable Percentage.
βLCA Electionβ means the Borrowerβs election to exercise its right to designate
any acquisition (or similar Investment) as a Limited Condition Acquisition pursuant to the terms
hereof.
βLCA Test Dateβ means the date on which the definitive agreement for any such
Limited Condition Acquisition is entered into.
βLender Counterpartyβ means any counterparty to a Secured Swap Agreement or
Secured Cash Management Agreement.
βLender Financing Sourceβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(d).
βLendersβ means the Persons who are βLendersβ under this Agreement on the
Closing Date, any Additional Lenders, any Additional Refinancing Lenders and any other Person
that shall have become a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to Section 9.04, other than any such
Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.04.Β Unless the context requires
otherwise, the term βLendersβ includes the Swingline Lenders.
βLetter of Creditβ means (a) any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement
or (b) any guarantee, indemnity or other instrument (including bank acceptances and bank
guarantees), in each case in a form requested by the Borrower and agreed by the applicable
Issuing Bank; provided that in no event shall GS Bank, Barclays, Bank of America, N.A., UBS
AG, Stamford Branch or Citizens Bank, N.A. be required to issue letters of credit (other than
standby letters of credit), bank acceptances, bank guarantees, indemnitees or other instruments.
βLetter of Credit Applicationβ means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the
applicable Issuing Bank.
βLetter of Credit Expiration Dateβ means the fifth Business Day prior to the
Revolving Termination Date (unless cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank thereof).
βLienβ means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, charge, assignment by way of security, hypothecation, security interest or similar
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encumbrance given in the nature of a 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, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under
applicable law.
βLimited Condition Acquisitionβ means any Permitted Acquisition (or similar
Investment) by any Holding Company or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries, the
consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party
financing.
βLoan Documentsβ means this Agreement, the First Incremental Credit Facility
Amendment, the Second Incremental Credit Facility Amendment, the Third Amendment, the
Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Sixth Amendment, the Fee Letter, each
Incremental Credit Facility Amendment, each Refinancing Amendment, each Extension
Amendment, the Guaranty, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, each Security Document,
and each schedule, exhibit or annex to any of the foregoing, any letter of credit application, any
agreement designating an additional Issuing Bank as contemplated by Section 2.05(p), and any
Notes issued by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
βLoan Partyβ means (a) the Borrower and (b) each Guarantor.
βLoansβ means the Term Loans, the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans, the
Other Revolving Loans and any other loans made by any Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement, any Incremental Credit Facility Amendment, Extension Amendment or any
Refinancing Amendment.
βLTM EBITDAβ means, at any time, Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for the trailing four (4) quarter period most recently ended, as of the
Applicable Date of Determination.
βMargin Stockβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U of the
Board.
βMarket Capitalizationβ means, with respect to the making of any Restricted
Payment, an amount equal to (a) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Equity
Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company on the date of declaration of such
Restricted Payment multiplied by (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such
Equity Interests on the principal securities exchange on which such Equity Interests are listed for
the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such
Restricted Payment.
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means (a) on the Closing Date, a Parent Material
Adverse Effect or (b) after the Closing Date, a material and adverse effect on (i) the business,
assets, results of operations or financial condition, in each case, of Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the rights and remedies (taken as a whole) available to the
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Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or (iii) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as
a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the Loan Documents.
βMaterial Indebtednessβ means any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and
Letters of Credit) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an outstanding principal
amount exceeding the greater of (a) $58,000,000 and (b) 25% of LTM EBITDA for the most
recently ended Test Period at such time; provided that in no event shall any Receivables Facility
or Qualified Securitization Financing be considered Material Indebtedness for any purpose.Β For
purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the βprincipal amountβ of the obligations in
respect of any Swap 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.
βMaterial Real Propertyβ means any real property and improvements thereto
owned in fee simple by a Loan Party and which has a fair market value (estimated in good faith
by such Loan Party) in excess of $23,000,000 as of the time such property is acquired (or, if such
property is owned by a Person at the time it becomes a Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.10, as of
such date).
βMaterial Subsidiaryβ means, at any date of determination, each Restricted
Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
βMaturity Limitation Excluded Amountβ means, at any date of determination, a
principal amount of Indebtedness in the form of Incremental Credit Facilities, Other Term Loans,
Other Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Commitments, Additional Debt, Term Loan Exchange
Notes, Refinancing Notes or any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing (or any combination of
the foregoing) (each, βSubject Indebtednessβ) not to exceed, in the aggregate for all such Subject
Indebtedness elected by the Borrowers to have been incurred in reliance on the Maturity
Limitation Excluded Amount, $229,000,000, which Subject Indebtedness shall, at the election of
the Borrowers, not be required to comply with any limitations on maturity date, Weighted
Average Life to Maturity, scheduled amortization, mandatory commitment reductions or
mandatory prepayment or redemption features, in each case that would otherwise be applicable
to such Subject Indebtedness pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
βMaximum Additional Debt Amountβ means, at any date of determination, the
sum of:
(a) (i) the greater of (x) $229,000,000 and (y) 100% of LTM EBITDA calculated
on a Pro Forma Basis, less the amount of any Additional Debt or Incremental Facilities incurred
in reliance on this clause (i) after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, less the amount of any
Incremental Second Lien Facility and/or Second Lien Additional Debt, in each case, incurred in
reliance on clause (i) of the Second Lien Unrestricted Amount after the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date, plus (ii) (x) the par value of any voluntary prepayments made pursuant to Section
2.11(a) (provided that any such payments or purchases of Revolving Loans are accompanied by
permanent reductions of the Revolving Commitments), repurchases of Term Loans pursuant to
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Section 2.11(i) or Section 9.04, payments made pursuant to Section 9.02(c) or voluntary
prepayments or redemptions of Additional Debt, Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans,
Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Loans, Term Loan Exchange Notes, Refinancing
Notes or any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing, in each case to the extent secured on a pari
passu basis with the Term Loans (and in the case of any such Indebtedness consisting of
revolving indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by permanent reductions of the associated
revolving commitments) and effected after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date that are not
financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness (other than Revolving Loans or other
revolving indebtedness) and that do not reduce the amount of any payment otherwise due
pursuant to Section 2.11(d) by operation of the proviso to such clause) and (y) the par value of
any voluntary prepayments of the Second Lien Facility, any Incremental Second Lien Facility
and Second Lien Additional Debt, to the extent such prepaid Second Lien Facility and/or
Indebtedness were incurred under the Second Lien Unrestricted AmountΒ (this clause (ii),
together with clause (i), the βUnrestricted Amountβ), less, the amount of any Additional Debt
and/or Incremental Credit Facilities incurred in reliance on clause (ii) of the Unrestricted
Amount, less the amount of any Second Lien Additional Debt and/or Second Lien Incremental
Facility incurred in reliance on clause (ii) of the Second Lien Unrestricted Amount; plus
(b) an unlimited amount if after giving effect to the incurrence of such Additional
Debt or Incremental Credit Facility and the application of the proceeds therefrom,
(i) if such Incremental Credit Facility or Additional Debt is secured on a
pari passu basis with the Obligations, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis as of the Applicable Date of Determination, either (x) is no greater than 5.20 to 1.00
or (y)Β if such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other
permitted Investment, either (A) is no greater than 5.20 to 1.00 or (B) is no greater than the First
Lien Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the applicable Permitted Acquisition or
other permitted Investment,
(ii) if such Incremental Credit Facility or Additional Debt is secured on a
junior lien basis to the Obligations, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis as of the Applicable Date of Determination, either (x) is no greater than 7.00 to 1.00
or (y) if such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other
permitted Investment, either (A) is no greater than 7.00 to 1.00 or (B) is no greater than the
Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the applicable Permitted
Acquisition or other permitted Investment,
(iii) if such Incremental Credit Facility or Additional Debt is unsecured or
is secured by assets not constituting Collateral, either (I) the Total Net Leverage Ratio, calculated
on a Pro Forma Basis as of the Applicable Date of Determination, either (x) is no greater than
7.00 to 1.00 or (y) if such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or
other permitted Investment, either (A) is no greater than 7.00 to 1.00 or (B) is no greater than the
Total Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the applicable Permitted Acquisition or
other permitted Investment or (II) the Interest Coverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
as of the Applicable Date of Determination, either (x) is no less than 2.00 to 1.00 or (y) if such
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Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted
Investment, either (A) is no less than 2.00 to 1.00 or (B) is no less than the Interest Coverage
Ratio in effect immediately prior to the applicable Permitted Acquisition or other permitted
Investment;
provided, that (i) to the extent the proceeds of any Additional Debt or Incremental Credit Facility
are intended to be applied to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition, at the election of the
Borrower, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total
Leverage Ratio or Interest Coverage Ratio, as the case may be, shall instead be tested in
accordance with Section 1.12; (ii)Β all Additional Debt in the form of revolving commitments and
Incremental Revolving Commitments in each case, established on such date shall be assumed to
be fully drawn for purposes of the calculation of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior
Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Leverage Ratio, as applicable, (iii)Β the proceeds of such
Additional Debt or Incremental Credit Facilities then being incurred at the time of determination
are not included as Unrestricted Cash for purposes of calculating the First Lien Net Leverage
Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Total Leverage Ratio; provided that to the extent
the proceeds of such Additional Debt or Incremental Loans are to be used to prepay
Indebtedness, the use of such proceeds for the prepayment of such Indebtedness may be
calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, (iv)Β Additional Debt and Incremental Credit Facilities (x) at the
election of the Borrower, may be incurred pursuant to clause (b) above prior to utilization of any
capacity pursuant to clause (a) above and (y) amounts incurred under the Revolving Credit
Facility (or any other Revolving Commitments) or amounts incurred in reliance on clause (a)
above, in each case, concurrently with amounts incurred in reliance on clause (b) above shall not
be included as Indebtedness in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage
Ratio, Total Leverage Ratio or Interest Coverage Ratio, as applicable, for purposes of calculating
any amounts that may be incurred pursuant to clause (b) above on the same day and (v) if all or
any portion of any Incremental Credit Facility or Additional Debt was originally incurred or
issued in reliance on clause (a) above and thereafter such amount could have been incurred
pursuant to clause (b) above, such amount of such Incremental Credit Facility or Additional Debt
shall automatically be reclassified as having been incurred pursuant to clauseΒ (b) above and
thereafter shall not count as utilization of clause (a) above.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of
original issue discount and the payment of interest, premium, fees or expenses, in the form of
additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Equity Interests or preferred stock on any Incremental
Credit Facility or Additional Debt incurred pursuant to the Unrestricted Amount shall not reduce
the amount available to be incurred pursuant to the Unrestricted Amount.
βMaximum Rateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13.
βMFN Adjustmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
βMinimum Extension Conditionβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.24.
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βMLPFSβ means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, together with its
designated affiliates (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America
Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank America Corporationβs or any of its
subsidiariesβ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be
transferred following the date of this Agreement).
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc.
βMortgage Policyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(d).
βMortgaged Propertyβ means, each parcel of Material Real Property owned by a
Loan Party with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.10 or Section 5.11.
βMortgagesβ means a mortgage, deed of trust, or other security document granting
a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Secured Obligations.Β Each Mortgage shall be
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto or otherwise in form and substance
approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, or at the Administrative
Agentβs option, in the case of an Additional Mortgaged Property, an amendment to an existing
Mortgage, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, adding
such Additional Mortgaged Property to the real property encumbered by such existing Mortgage.
βMultiemployer Planβ means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
βNet Proceedsβ means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received
in respect of such event, including (x) in the case of a Disposition of an asset (including pursuant
to a Sale Leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), any cash
received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of
deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment or earn-out, but excluding any reasonable interest payments), but only as and when
received, (y) in the case of a casualty, cash insurance proceeds, and (z) in the case of a
condemnation or similar event, cash condemnation awards and similar payments received in
connection therewith, minus (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and expenses (including
commissions, discounts, transfer taxes and legal, accounting and other professional and
transactional fees) paid or payable by the Holding Companies and the Restricted Subsidiaries to
third parties in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a Disposition of an asset (including
pursuant to a Sale Leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding),
the amount of payments required to be made in respect of Indebtedness (other than Loans and
other Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured on a pari passu or junior lien basis with
the Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment (other than
under this Agreement) as a result of such event, or which by applicable law is required to be
repaid out of the proceeds of such Disposition, casualty, condemnation or similar proceeding, in
each case, to the extent permitted to be paid pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the
amount of all taxes (or, without duplication, Restricted Payments in respect of such taxes) paid
(or reasonably estimated to be payable or accrued as a liability under GAAP) by (or attributable
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to the ownership of) Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event, (iv) the
amount of any reserves established by Holdings or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries to fund
liabilities estimated to be payable as a result of such event (as determined in good faith by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower), (v) in the case of any Disposition or casualty or
condemnation or similar proceeding by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata
portion of the Net Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (v)) attributable to
minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a
wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof and (vi) any funded escrow established
pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification
obligations or adjustments to the purchase price or other similar obligations associated with any
such sale or disposition; provided that such funds shall constitute Net Proceeds immediately
upon their release from escrow unless applied to satisfy such obligations.
βNew Sponsorβ means the Purchaser, its Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or
other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective
Affiliates (other than Holdings, Borrower or Subsidiaries or any other portfolio company).
βNon-Consenting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.02(c).
βNonrenewal Notice Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.05(c).
βNot Otherwise Appliedβ means, with reference to any amount of proceeds of the
type described in clause (c) or (d) of the definition of βAvailable Amountβ or in clause (a) of the
definition of βAvailable Excluded Contribution Amountβ, that such amount was not previously
applied (nor committed to be applied, provided that such commitment remains outstanding or has
not otherwise terminated or expired) pursuant to Sections 6.01(aa)(1), 6.04(z), 6.04(dd),
6.06(a)(ii), 6.06(a)(v), 6.06(a)(x)(ii), 6.06(a)(xiv)(B), 6.06(a)(xv), 6.06(a)(xix), 6.06(b)(vi)(B),
6.06(b)(vii) or 6.06(b)(ix)(ii).
βNoteβ means a Term Note or a Revolving Note, as the context may require.
βNYFRBβ means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
βNYFRB Rateβ means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in
effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day
that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of
such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term βNYFRB Rateβ shall mean
the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day
received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing
selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate
shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
βObligationsβ means all obligations of every nature of each Loan Party, including
obligations from time to time owed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other
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Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner, the Issuing Banks, the Lenders or any of
them, arising under any Loan Document, whether for principal, interest (including interest
which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Loan Party, would have
accrued on any such obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Loan Party for
such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), prepayment premiums, reimbursement of
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued for the account of a Holding Company, the
Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, fees (including fees which, but for the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Loan Party, would have accrued on any such
obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Loan Party for such fees in the related
bankruptcy proceeding), expenses (including expenses which, but for the filing of a petition in
bankruptcy solely with respect to such Loan Party, would have accrued on any such obligation,
whether or not a claim is allowed against such Loan Party for such expenses in the related
bankruptcy proceeding), indemnification or otherwise.
βOrganizational Documentsβ of any Person means the charter, memorandum and
articles of association, constitution, articles, partnership agreement, or certificate of organization,
incorporation or registration, amalgamation, continuance or amendment and bylaws or other
organizational or governing or constitutive documents of such Person.
βOther Applicable Indebtednessβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.11(c).
βOther Revolving Commitmentsβ means, with respect to each Additional
Refinancing Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Additional Refinancing Lender to make
one or more Classes of Other Revolving Loans under any Refinancing Amendment, expressed as
an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Other Revolving Loans to be
made by such Lender under such Refinancing Amendment, as such commitment may be
(a)Β reduced pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
βOther Revolving Loansβ means the Revolving Loans made pursuant to any
Other Revolving Commitment.
βOther Taxesβ means any and all present or future recording, stamp,
documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property, intangible, filing or similar Taxes, charges or
levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution,
delivery, performance, registration or enforcement of, or from the registration, receipt or
perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
βOther Term Commitmentsβ means, with respect to each Additional Refinancing
Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Additional Refinancing Lender to make one or more
Classes of Other Term Loans under any Refinancing Amendment, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum principal amount of the Other Term Loans to be made by such Lender
under such Refinancing Amendment, as such commitment may be (a) reduced pursuant to
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Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
βOther Term Loansβ means one or more Classes of Term Loans made pursuant to
or that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
βOvernight Bank Funding Rateβ means, for any day, the rate comprised of both
overnight federal funds and overnight eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking
offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as
set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB
shall commence to publish such composite rate).
βParent Entityβ means any Person of which Holdings at any time is or becomes a
subsidiary on or after the Closing Date.
βParent Material Adverse Effectβ means a βParent Material Adverse Effectβ, as
defined in the Recapitalization Agreement.
βPari Passu Intercreditor Agreementβ means a customary intercreditor agreement
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit K.
βParticipantβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
βParticipant Registerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
βParticipating Member Stateβ means each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
βPatriot Actβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
βPaymentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.14(a).
βPayment Noticeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.14(b).
βPayment Recipientβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.14(a).
βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined
in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
βPeriodic Term SOFR Determination Dayβ has the meaning assigned to such term
in the definition of βTerm SOFRβ.
βPermitted Acquisitionβ means any Acquisition by any Restricted Subsidiary if
(a)Β immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to the consummation of
such Acquisition, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately
result therefrom (provided that with respect to any Limited Condition Acquisition, at the election
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of the Borrower, this clause (a) shall instead only be tested on the relevant LCA Test Date and no
Event of Default under Sections 7.01(a), 7.01(b), 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) shall have occurred and be
continuing or would exist after giving effect thereto at the time such acquisition is
consummated), (b) all actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or newly formed
Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) or such acquired assets (other than
Excluded Property) under Section 5.10 and Section 5.11 will be taken in accordance therewith
(to the extent required) and (c) after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with Section 6.10.
βPermitted Debt Exchangeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.25(a).
βPermitted Debt Exchange Offerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.25(a).
βPermitted Encumbrancesβ means:
(a)Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges or levies that (i) are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days, (ii) are being contested in
good faith and are subject to appropriate reserves to the extent required under GAAP or (iii) the
non-payment of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(b)carriersβ, warehousemenβs, supplierβs, construction contractorβs, workmen,
mechanicβs, materialmenβs, repairmenβs, landlordsβ and other like Liens imposed by law or
contract, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations (i) that are not
overdue by more than thirty (30) days (or, if more than thirty (30) days overdue, are unfiled and
no other action has been taken with respect to such Lien), (ii) are being contested in good faith
and are subject to appropriate reserves to the extent required under GAAP or (iii) the non-
payment of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)Liens, pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with workersβ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws
or regulations;
(d)(i) Liens, pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids,
government contracts, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory
obligations, deductibles, co-payment, co-insurance, retentions, premiums, reimbursement
obligations or similar obligations to providers of insurance, self-insurance or reinsurance
obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal or similar bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental
obligations) and other similar obligations and (ii) obligations in respect of letters of credit or
bank guarantees that have been posted to support payment of the items set forth in clause (i) of
this clause (d);
(e)attachment or judgment liens in respect of judgments or decrees that do
not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);
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(f)easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, encroachments, minor
defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or
arising in the ordinary course of business and that individually or in the aggregate do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Holdings and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(g)customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar rights in Joint
Venture agreements;
(h)Liens on Cash Equivalents described in clause (d) of the definition of the
term βCash Equivalentsβ; and
(i)with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising
mandatorily by any Requirement of Law.
βPermitted First Priority Replacement Debtβ means any secured Indebtedness
(including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower and/or the other Loan
Parties in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or senior secured loans (or
revolving commitments in respect thereof, with the revolving commitments deemed loans in the
full amount of such commitment); provided that (i) such Indebtedness may only be secured by
assets consisting of Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of
remedies) with the 2024 Term Loans and/or Initial Revolving Commitments to the extent
secured, (ii) such Indebtedness satisfies the requirements set forth in clauses (u) through (y) of
the definition of βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness,β (iii) either the security
agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the applicable Security
Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent) or all security therefor shall be granted pursuant to documentation that is
not more restrictive than the Security Documents in any material respect, in each case taken as a
whole (as determined by the Borrower), (iv) except to the extent constituting Subject
Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount, such
Indebtedness does not require any scheduled payment of principal or mandatory redemption or
redemption at the option of the holders thereof (except for redemptions in respect of asset sales
or similar events (which may be offered to prepay such Indebtedness in accordance with Section
2.11(c)), changes in control and AHYDO Catch-Up Payments) prior to the Latest Maturity Date
in effect as of the time such Indebtedness is incurred, and (v) the secured parties thereunder, or a
trustee or collateral agent or other Senior Representative on their behalf, shall have become a
party to a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, which shall be entered into prior to or concurrently
with the first issuance of Permitted First Priority Replacement Debt in accordance with the terms
thereof to provide for the sharing of the Collateral on a pari passu basis among the holders of the
Secured Obligations and the holders of such Permitted First Priority Replacement Debt.
βPermitted Holdersβ means (1) the Investors and management and their respective
Affiliates, and (2) any Person with which the Persons described in clause (1) form a
βgroupβ (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any
successor provision); provided that, in the case of such βgroupβ under clause (2), the Investors
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have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the economic interests and total voting power of
such βgroupβ.
βPermitted Initial Revolving Borrowingβ means one or more Borrowings of
Revolving Loans that may be used on the Closing Date directly or indirectly to (i) cash
collateralize letters of credit of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the
Closing Date, (ii) finance any amount of original issue discount or upfront fees imposed pursuant
to the βflexβ provisions of the Fee Letter, (iii) fund working capital needs of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and (iv) finance Transaction Costs and other general corporate purposes,
in the case of this clause (iv), in an amount up to $10,000,000.
βPermitted Investor Paymentsβ means (a) management or consulting fees paid to
the Investors or any of their Affiliates in an aggregate amount per calendar year not to exceed the
greater of (x) $11,500,000 and (y) 5.0% of LTM EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of
the Applicable Date of Determination (provided, that with respect to management fee and non-
armβs length consulting fees, no Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) shall have
occurred and be continuing or shall immediately result therefrom; provided further that any
amounts not paid pursuant to the previous proviso or otherwise shall accrue and may be paid
when no Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) is continuing or would
immediately result therefrom), (b) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Investors or
any of their Affiliates in connection with management, monitoring, consultancy, transaction,
advisory and other services provided to Holdings and the Subsidiaries or their appointees serving
on the board of directors of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries and compensation to be paid (or
accrued) to directors of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries, (c)Β customary indemnities owed to
Investors or any of their Affiliates, (d)Β customary amounts paid to the Investors or any of their
Affiliates or designees in connection with sponsoring, structuring, arranging or closing Permitted
Acquisitions, other Investments or other transactions consummated after the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date and (e) the payment to the New Sponsor (or any management company of the
New Sponsor) for services rendered pursuant to the Services Agreement in an aggregate amount
in any fiscal year not to exceed the greater of (x) $4,600,000 and (y) 2% of LTM EBITDA for
the Test Period ending on the last day of such fiscal year determined on a Pro Forma Basis, and
the payment of indemnities and expenses pursuant to the Services Agreement.
βPermitted Refinancingβ means modifications, replacements, restructurings,
refinancings, refundings, renewals, amendments, restatements or extensions of all or any portion
of Indebtedness (including any type of debt facility or debt security); provided that (a) subject to
Section 1.06(b), the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased (unless the additional amount
is permitted pursuant to another provision of Section 6.01) at the time of such modification,
replacement, restructuring, refinancing, refunding, renewal, amendment, restatement or
extension except by an amount equal to the existing unutilized commitments thereunder, accrued
but unpaid interest thereon and a reasonable premium paid, and fees and expenses reasonably
incurred, in connection with such modification, replacement, restructuring, refinancing,
refunding, renewal, amendment, restatement or extension (including any fees and original issue
discount incurred in respect of such resulting Indebtedness), (b) the direct and contingent
obligors of such Indebtedness shall not be expanded as a result of or in connection with such
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modification, replacement, restructuring, refinancing, refunding, renewal, amendment,
restatement or extension (other than to the extent (i) any such additional obligors are or will
become a Loan Party, (ii) none of such obligors on the Indebtedness being modified, replaced,
restructured, refinanced, refunded, renewed, amended, restated or extended are Loan Parties or
(iii) as otherwise permitted by Section 6.01), (c) to the extent such Indebtedness being so
modified, replaced, restructured, refinanced, refunded, renewed, amended, restated or extended is
subordinated in right of payment and/or Lien priority to any of the Obligations, such
modification, replacement, restructuring, refinancing, refunding, renewal, amendment,
restatement or extension is subordinated in right of payment and/or Lien priority (or, in the case
of Lien subordination, not secured) to such Obligations on terms (taken as a whole) at least as
favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness
being so modified, replaced, restructured, refinanced, refunded, renewed, amended, restated or
extended (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or otherwise reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent, except to the extent otherwise permitted xxxxxxxxx and, to the extent
such Indebtedness being so modified, replaced, restructured, refinanced, refunded, renewed,
amended, restated or extended is unsecured, such modification, replacement, restructuring,
refinancing, refunding, renewal, amendment, restatement or extension is unsecured, unless such
Xxxx would otherwise be permitted hereunder (other than to the extent such Indebtedness being
so modified, replaced, restructured, refinanced, refunded, renewed, amended, restated or
extended was required hereunder to be unsecured when issued or incurred), and (d) other than
with respect to Indebtedness under Section 6.01(d) or (e) and Subject Indebtedness incurred in
reliance on the Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount, such modification, replacement,
restructuring, refinancing, refunding, renewal, amendment, restatement or extension has (i) a
final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being
modified, replaced, restructured, refinanced, refunded, renewed, amended, restated or extended
and (ii) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of the Indebtedness being modified, replaced, restructured, refinanced, refunded,
renewed, amended, restated or extended.Β Without limiting the foregoing, the terms and
conditions of any Permitted Refinancing in respect of any Additional Debt or Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness shall satisfy the requirements set forth in the respective definitions
thereof with respect to the terms and conditions thereof.
βPermitted Repricing Amendmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.02.
βPermitted Sale Leasebackβ means any Sale Leaseback with respect to the sale,
transfer or Disposition of real property or other property consummated by the Borrower or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date; provided that any such
Sale Leaseback that is not between (i) a Loan Party and another Loan Party or (ii) a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party
must be, in each case, consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in
good faith by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take
into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
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βPermitted Second Priority Replacement Debtβ means secured Indebtedness
(including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower and/or the other Loan
Parties in the form of one or more series of second lien secured notes or second lien secured
loans (or revolving commitments in respect thereof, with the revolving commitments deemed to
be loans in the full amount of such commitments); provided that (i) such Indebtedness may only
be secured by assets consisting of Collateral on a second lien basis vis-Γ -vis the 2024 Term
Loans and/or Initial Revolving Commitments to the extent secured, (ii) such Indebtedness
satisfies the requirements set forth in clauses (u) through (y) of the definition of βCredit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ, (iii) either the security agreements relating to such
Indebtedness are substantially the same as the applicable Security Documents (with such
differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) or all
security therefor shall be granted pursuant to documentation that is not more restrictive than the
Security Documents in any material respect, in each case taken as a whole (as determined by the
Borrower), (iv) except to the extent constituting Subject Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the
Maturity Limitation Excluded Amount, such Indebtedness does not require any scheduled
payment of principal or mandatory redemption or redemption at the option of the holders thereof
(except for redemptions in respect of asset sales, changes in control or similar events and
AHYDO Catch-Up Payments) prior to the Latest Maturity Date in effect as of the time such
Indebtedness is incurred, and (v) the secured parties thereunder, or a trustee or collateral agent or
other Senior Representative on their behalf, shall have become party to a Second Lien
Intercreditor Agreement.
βPermitted Unsecured Replacement Debtβ means unsecured Indebtedness
(including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower and/or the other Loan
Parties in the form of one or more series of unsecured notes or loans (or revolving commitments
in respect thereof, with the revolving commitments deemed to be loans in the full amount of such
commitments); provided that (i) such Indebtedness satisfies the requirements set forth in clauses
(u) through (y) of the definition of βCredit Agreement Refinancing Indebtednessβ, (ii) such
Indebtedness (including any guarantee thereof) is not secured by any Lien on any property or
assets of the Holding Companies, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (iii) except to the extent
constituting Subject Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the Maturity Limitation Excluded
Amount, such Indebtedness does not require any scheduled payment of principal or mandatory
redemption or redemption at the option of the holders thereof (except for redemptions in respect
of asset sales, changes in control or similar events on the date of issuance and AHYDO Catch-Up
Payments) prior to the Latest Maturity Date in effect as of the time such unsecured notes are
incurred.
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, company, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or
other entity.
βPlanβ means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer
Plan) 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 any Holding Companies, the Borrower or any ERISA
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Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to
be) an βemployerβ as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
βPlanned Expendituresβ has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (b)(xi) of
the definition of βExcess Cash Flowβ.
βPlatformβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.
βPrepayment Eventβ means:
(a)any Disposition (including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback transaction and
by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation) of any property or asset of any Holding
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted pursuant to clause (i)(y), (j), or (s) of Section
6.05 resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds exceeding $11,500,000 in the case of any single
transaction or series of related transactions;
(b)any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of
eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of any
Holding Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with a fair market value immediately prior to
such event, equal to or greater than $11,500,000; or
(c)the incurrence by any Holding Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 or otherwise permitted
by the Required Lenders (other than Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness);
in each case of clauses (a) through (c) above, occurring on or after the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date.
βPro Forma Basisβ means, with respect to the calculation of the First Lien Net
Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Total Leverage Ratio, the Interest
Coverage Ratio, the amount of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets or any other
financial test or ratio hereunder (other than clause (b) in the definition of βAvailable Amountβ),
for purposes of determining the permissibility of asset sales, prepayments required pursuant to
Section 2.11(c) and Section 2.11(d), the Applicable Margin and the commitment fees payable
pursuant to Section 2.12(a), and for any other specified purpose hereunder, and for purposes of
determining compliance with the covenant under Section 6.11, in each case as of any date, that
such calculation shall give pro forma effect to the Transactions and all Specified Transactions
(and the application of the proceeds from any such asset sale or debt incurrence) that have
occurred during the relevant testing period for which such financial test or ratio is being
calculated and, except as set forth in the proviso below, during the period immediately following
the Applicable Date of Determination therefor and prior to or simultaneously with the event for
which the calculation of any such ratio on such date of determination is made, including pro
forma adjustments arising out of events which are attributable to the Transactions or the
proposed Specified Transaction, including giving effect to those specified in accordance with the
definition of βConsolidated EBITDA,β in each case as certified on behalf of the Borrower by a
Financial Officer of the Borrower, using, for purposes of determining such compliance with a
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financial test or ratio (including any incurrence test), the historical financial statements of all
entities, divisions or lines or assets so acquired or sold and the consolidated financial statements
of the Holding Companies and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, calculated as if the
Transactions or such Specified Transaction, and all other Specified Transactions that have been
consummated during the relevant period, and any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection
therewith, had been consummated (and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom)
and incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period and Consolidated Total Assets shall be
calculated after giving effect thereto; provided that, notwithstanding anything in this definition to
the contrary, when calculating the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of the definition of
βApplicable Marginβ and the definition of βRequired Percentageβ and when calculating the First
Lien Net Leverage Ratio for purposes of determining actual compliance (and not pro forma
compliance or compliance on a Pro Forma Basis) with Section 6.11, in each case, the events
described in this definition that occurred after the Applicable Date of Determination shall not be
given pro forma effect.
Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to the Transactions or a Specified
Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a Financial Officer of the
Borrower (including adjustments for costs and charges arising out of the Transactions or the
proposed Specified Transaction and the βrun rateβ cost savings and synergies resulting from the
Transactions or such Specified Transaction that have been or are reasonably anticipated to be
realizable (βrun rateβ means the full recurring benefit for a Test Period that is associated with any
action taken or expected to be taken or for which a plan for realization has been established
(including any savings expected to result from the elimination of a public targetβs compliance
costs with public company requirements), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during
such Test Period from such actions), and any such adjustments included in the initial pro forma
calculations shall continue to apply to subsequent calculations of such financial ratios or tests,
including during any subsequent Test Periods in which the effects thereof are expected to be
realizable); provided that (A) such amounts are (i) projected by the Borrower in good faith to
result from actions taken, or with respect to which substantial steps are reasonably expected to
have been taken, within twenty-four (24) months after, without duplication, the end of the Test
Period in which the Transactions or applicable Specified Transaction is initiated or a plan for
realization thereof shall have been established, (ii) determined on a basis consistent with Article
11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act and as interpreted by the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor agency) or (iii) set forth in a quality of
earnings report provided to the Administrative Agent and prepared by financial advisors that are
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that any of
the βBig Fourβ accounting firms and Xxxxxxx and Marsal are acceptable to the Administrative
Agent) and (B) no amounts shall be added pursuant to this paragraph to the extent duplicative of
any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA for such Test
Period or would not be permitted to be added as a result of any cap.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma
effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of
the event for which the calculation is made had been the applicable rate for the entire Test Period
(taking into account any interest hedging arrangements applicable to such Indebtedness).Β Interest
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on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined
by a Financial Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease
Obligation in accordance with GAAP.Β Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be
determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency
interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate
actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the applicable Borrower
or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may designate.
βProjectionsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(d).
βProposed Changeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
βPTEβ shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issues by the U.S.
Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
βPublic Companyβ means, after the completion of an IPO, the Person whose
Equity Interests are subject to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC or the
equivalent registration documents filed with the equivalent authority in the applicable foreign
jurisdiction, as applicable (such Person being only either Holdings or a corporation or other legal
entity which then owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of
Holdings (other than qualifying directorsβ and other similar shares)).
βPublic Company Costsβ means any costs, fees and expenses associated with, in
anticipation of, or in preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs, fees
and expenses relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act (as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public), the rules of
national securities exchanges for companies with listed equity or debt securities, directorsβ or
managersβ compensation, fees and expense reimbursements, charges relating to investor
relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders and debtholders, directorsβ and
officersβ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees and listing fees.
βPublic Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.
βQFC Credit Supportβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20(a).
βQualified Equity Interestsβ means any Equity Interests other than Disqualified
Equity Interests.
βQualified Securitization Financingβ means any Securitization Facility of a
Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (i) the Borrower shall have
determined in good faith that such Securitization Facility (including financing terms, covenants,
termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) all sales of Securitization Assets and related
assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to a Securitization Subsidiary or any other
Person are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); (iii) the
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financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be on market
terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization
Undertakings; and (iv) the obligations under such Securitization Facility are non-recourse
(except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection
with such facilities) to any Holding Company, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than a Securitization Subsidiary).
βRecapitalization Agreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals to this Agreement.
βReceivables Assetsβ means (a) any accounts receivable owed to the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary subject to a Receivables Facility and the proceeds thereof and (b) all
collateral securing such accounts receivable (including any collateral over any bank account or
collection account), all contracts and contract rights, guarantees or other obligations in respect of
such accounts receivable, all records with respect to such accounts receivable and any other
assets customarily transferred together with accounts receivable in connection with a non-
recourse accounts receivable factoring arrangement and which are sold, conveyed, assigned,
charged or otherwise transferred or pledged by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to a
commercial bank or an Affiliate thereof in connection with a Receivables Facility.
βReceivables Facilityβ means an arrangement between the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary and a commercial bank or an Affiliate thereof pursuant to which (a) the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, sells (directly or indirectly) to such
commercial bank (or such Affiliate) accounts receivable owing by customers, together with
Receivables Assets related thereto, at a maximum discount, for each such account receivable, not
to exceed 10.0% of the face value thereof, (b) the obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable, thereunder are non-recourse (except for Securitization Repurchase
Obligations) to the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary and (c) the financing terms,
covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be on market terms (as
determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization
Undertakings, and shall include any guaranty in respect of such arrangement.
βRecipientβ means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender,
(c) any Issuing Bank or (d) solely for U.S. federal withholding Tax purposes, any Beneficial
Owner.
βRedemption Noticeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06.
βRefinanced Term Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.02(d).
βRefinancing Amendmentβ means an amendment to this Agreement in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and executed by each of
(a) Holdings, (b) the Borrower, (c) the Administrative Agent and (d) each Additional
Refinancing Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.21.
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βRefinancing Notesβ means Permitted First Priority Replacement Debt, Permitted
Second Priority Replacement Debt and Permitted Unsecured Replacement Debt, in each case in
the form of notes, in each case to the extent constituting Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness.
βRegisterβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
βRegistered Equivalent Notesβ means, with respect to any notes originally issued
in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act, substantially
identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor
pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any specified Person, such Personβs
Affiliates and the respective partners, directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents and advisors
of such Person and such Personβs Affiliates.
βRelevant Governmental Bodyβ means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal
Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
βReplacement Eventβ has the meaning set forth in the definition of βTerm SOFR.β
βReleaseβ means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection,
pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the
environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata).
βReplacement Term Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.02(d).
βRepresentativeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this
Agreement.
βRepricing Transactionβ means any repayment, prepayment, refinancing,
conversion or replacement of all or a portion of the 2024 Term Loans (i) with the proceeds of a
broadly syndicated first lien secured term loans (or a Permitted Repricing Amendment) the
primary purpose of which is to reduce the effective Yield applicable to the 2024 Term Loans
(and such Yield is reduced) or (ii) in connection with a mandatory prepayment with the proceeds
of Indebtedness having an effective Yield that is less than the Yield of the 2024 Term Loans
being repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced, including, in each case, as may be effected by
an amendment of any provisions of this Agreement relating to the Applicable Margin or the
Alternate Base Rate or Term SOFR βfloorsβ for, or Yield of, the 2024 Term Loans; provided that
a βRepricing Transactionβ shall not include any repayment, prepayment, refinancing,
replacement or amendment in connection with (v) a Change in Control, (w) an IPO, (x) a sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings, (y) a Transformative Acquisition or (z) a
Transformative Disposition.
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βRequired Lendersβ means, at any time, Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders)
having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments representing more than
50% of the aggregate Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments
at such time (calculated, in each case, using the Exchange Rate in effect on the applicable date of
determination); provided that for any Required Lendersβ vote, (v) Term Loans held by Affiliated
Lenders shall be treated in accordance with Section 9.02(j), (w) Term Loans held by Affiliated
Lenders shall be excluded in determining whether the Required Lenders have consented to any
amendment or waiver, but thereafter deemed to have consented with respect to prevailing votes,
(x) Loans held by Affiliated Institutional Lenders may not account for more than 49.9% of the
amounts included in determining whether the Required Lenders have consented to any
amendment or waiver and (y) no Defaulting Lender shall be included in the calculation of
Required Lenders.
βRequired Percentageβ means, with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower,
(a)Β 50%, if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio at the end of such fiscal year is greater than 5.00 to
1.00, (b) 25.0%, if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio at the end of such fiscal year is less than or
equal to 5.00 to 1.00 but greater than 4.50 to 1.00 and (c) 0%, if the First Lien Net Leverage
Ratio at the end of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00; provided that if any
prepayments are made after the end of such fiscal year and prior to the date that is thirty (30)
Business Days after the end of such fiscal year, the Required Percentage shall be recalculated as
of the date of such prepayment to give effect thereto.
βRequired Revolving Lendersβ means, at any time, Revolving Lenders (other than
Defaulting Lenders) having Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments
representing more than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving
Commitments at such time (calculated, in each case, using the Exchange Rate in effect on the
applicable date of determination); provided that for any Required Revolving Lendersβ vote, no
Defaulting Lender shall be included in the calculation of Required Revolving Lenders.
βRequirement of Lawβ means, with respect to any Person, any statute, law, treaty,
rule, regulation, order, executive order, ordinance, decree, writ, injunction or determination of
any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding
upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
βResolution Authorityβ means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to
any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
βResponsible Officerβ of any Person means the chief executive officer, president
or any Financial Officer of such Person, and any other officer (or, in the case of any such Person
that is a Foreign Subsidiary, director or managing partner or similar official) of such Person with
responsibility for the administration of the obligations of such Person under this Agreement.
βRestricted Paymentβ 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
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any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement,
acquisition, cancelation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case whether pursuant to a Division or otherwise,
other than the payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to holders of any such
Equity Interests who are employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and other than
payments of intercompany indebtedness permitted under this Agreement.
βRestricted Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
βRetained Declined Proceedsβ means any Declined Proceeds for which a lender
under the Second Lien Credit Agreement or the definitive documentation for any other
Indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with the Second Lien Obligations (subject to any
prepayment requirements under the Second Lien Credit Agreement or such other definitive
documentation) rejects such amount of any mandatory prepayment required to be made under the
Second Lien Credit Agreement or such other definitive documentation, which may be retained
by the Borrower.
βReturnβ means, with respect to any Investment, any dividend, distribution,
repayment of principal, income, profit (from a disposition or otherwise) and any other amount
received or realized in respect thereof in each case that represents a return of capital.
βRevolving Availability Periodβ means the period from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Termination Date and the date of termination
of the Revolving Commitments.
βRevolving Commitmentβ means, with respect to each 2018 Revolving Lender,
the 2018 Revolving Commitment of such Lender and, with respect to each 2024 Revolving
Lender, the 2024 Revolving Commitment of such Lender. The initial amount of each Lenderβs
Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01(b) or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as the case may
be.Β References to the βRevolving Commitmentsβ shall mean the Revolving Commitment of each
Lender taken together.Β The initial aggregate principal amount of the Lendersβ Revolving
Commitments on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date is $100,000,000. βRevolving Credit
Facilitiesβ means the βRevolving Commitmentsβ and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
βRevolving Exposureβ means, as to each Revolving Lender, the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars outstanding at such
time, (b) the LC Exposure at such time and (c) the Swingline Exposure at such time.Β The
Revolving Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the
aggregate Revolving Exposure at such time.
βRevolving Lenderβ means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the
Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure.
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βRevolving Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01. For
the avoidance of doubt, the 2018 Revolving Loans and the 2024 Revolving Loans constitute
βRevolving Loansβ hereunder.
βRevolving Noteβ means a promissory note of the Borrower evidencing
Revolving Loans made or held by a Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.
βRevolving Termination Dateβ means, with respect to the 2018 Revolving
Commitments, the 2018 Revolving Commitment Maturity Date and, with respect to the 2024
Revolving Commitments, the 2024 Revolving Commitment Maturity Date.
βSale Leasebackβ means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant
to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise
disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as
part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property that it intends to use for
substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed.
βSanctionsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.19.
βS&Pβ means S&P Global Ratings, or any successor thereto.
βSECβ means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
βSecond Amendment Effective Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section III of the Second Incremental Credit Facility Amendment.
βSecond Incremental Credit Facility Amendmentβ means the Second Incremental
Credit Facility Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2020, among the
Borrower, Holdings, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the
Administrative Agent.
βSecond Lien Additional Debtβ has the meaning assigned to the term βAdditional
Debtβ in the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).
βSecond Lien Agentβ means has the meaning assigned to the term
βAdministrative Agentβ in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
βSecond Lien Credit Agreementβ means that certain second lien credit agreement
dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time to time), by and among Merger Sub, the Target, Holdings, the other guarantors from
time to time party thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to time and the Second Lien Agent,
as administrative agent and collateral agent.
βSecond Lien Facilityβ has the meaning assigned to the term βTerm Loansβ in the
Second Lien Credit Agreement.
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βSecond Lien Intercreditor Agreementβ means the intercreditor agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit L among the Collateral Agent, the Loan Parties and the Second
Lien Agent, dated as of the Closing Date, as may be amended, amended and restated or
otherwise modified (including amendments to add one or more Senior Representatives for
holders of Permitted Second Priority Replacement Debt as parties thereto in accordance with the
terms hereof).
βSecond Lien Loan Documentsβ has the meaning assigned to the term βLoan
Documentsβ in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
βSecond Lien Loansβ has the meaning assigned to the term βLoansβ in the Second
Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date).
βSecond Lien Obligationsβ has the meaning assigned to the term
βObligationsβ (as in effect on the Closing Date and as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented, waived, modified or refinanced to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement or
the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on
the Closing Date and as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or refinanced from time to
time to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement or the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement).Β
If the context requires, Second Lien Obligations shall mean any guarantees by Loan Parties of
Second Lien Obligations.
βSecond Lien Subject Amountβ has the meaning assigned to the term βSubject
Amountβ in the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date.
βSecond Lien Unrestricted Amountβ has the meaning assigned to the term
βUnrestricted Amountβ in the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date.
βSecured Cash Management Agreementβ means any Cash Management
Agreement that (a) is in effect on the Closing Date between any Holding Company and/or any
Restricted Subsidiary and a counterparty (i) that is an Agent, a Lender, a Joint Lead Arranger or
an Affiliate of an Agent, a Lender or a Joint Lead Arranger, (ii) whose long-term senior
unsecured debt rating is A/A2 by S&P or Moodyβs (or their equivalent) or higher or (iii) that has
been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent or (b) is entered into after the Closing
Date by any Holding Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary with any counterparty (i) that is
an Agent, a Lender, or a Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of an Agent, a Lender or a Joint
Lead Arranger at the time such arrangement is entered into, (ii) whose long-term senior
unsecured debt rating is A/A2 by S&P or Moodyβs (or their equivalent) or higher or (iii) that has
been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of each of clauses (a)(ii)
and (iii) and (b)(ii) and (iii) hereof, (x) the Borrower designates in writing to the Administrative
Agent that such Cash Management Agreement shall be a Secured Cash Management Agreement
and (y) the applicable counterparty shall have appointed the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent as its agents under the applicable Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by
the provisions of Article VIII in favor of the Agent as if it were a Lender, including Section 8.03
and Section 9.03(c), and shall have been deemed to have made the representations and warranties
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set forth in Section 8.07 in favor of the Agents, in each case, pursuant to a writing substantially
in the form of Exhibit M or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
βSecured Cash Management Obligationsβ means all Cash Management
Obligations under any Secured Cash Management Agreement.
βSecured Obligationsβ means, collectively, the (a) Obligations, (b) the Secured
Swap Obligations and (c) the Secured Cash Management Obligations.
βSecured Partiesβ means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the Lenders (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Issuing Banks) and the Lender
Counterparties.
βSecured Swap Agreementsβ means any Swap Agreement that (a) is in effect on
the Closing Date between any Holding Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary and a
counterparty: (i) that is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender as of the
Closing Date, (ii) whose long-term senior unsecured debt rating is A/A2 by S&P or Moodyβs (or
their equivalent) or higher or (iii) that has been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent
or (b) is entered into after the Closing Date by any Holding Company and/or any Restricted
Subsidiary with any counterparty: (i) that is an Agent or a Lender or an Affiliate of an Agent or a
Lender at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into, (ii) whose long-term senior unsecured
debt rating is A/A2 by S&P or Moodyβs (or their equivalent) or higher or (iii) that has been
approved in writing by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of each of clauses (a)(ii) and
(iii) and (b)(ii) and (iii) hereof, the Borrower designates in writing to the Administrative Agent
that such Swap Agreement shall be a Secured Swap Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, the
Borrower may provide one notice to the Administrative Agent designating all Swap Agreements
entered into under a specified Master Agreement as Secured Swap Agreements).
βSecured Swap Obligationsβ means all Swap Obligations (other than Excluded
Swap Obligations) under any Secured Swap Agreement.
βSecurities Actβ means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, as amended.
βSecuritization Assetβ means (a) any accounts receivable or related assets and the
proceeds thereof, in each case subject to a Securitization Facility, and (b) all collateral securing
such receivable or asset, all contracts and contract rights, guaranties or other obligations in
respect of such receivable or asset, lockbox accounts and records with respect to such account or
asset and any other assets customarily transferred (or in respect of which security interests are
customarily granted), together with accounts or assets in a securitization financing and which in
the case of clauses (a) and (b) above are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or
pledged by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Holding Company in connection with
a Qualified Securitization Financing.
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βSecuritization Facilityβ means any transaction or series of securitization
financings that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to
which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or may
grant a security interest in, Securitization Assets to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary or (b) a Securitization Subsidiary that in turn sells such Securitization Assets to a
Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization
Assets of the Holding Companies or any of the Subsidiaries.
βSecuritization Feesβ means distributions or payments made directly or by means
of discounts with respect to any Securitization Asset or participation interest therein issued or
sold in connection with, and other fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of
legal counsel) paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any
Qualified Securitization Financing or a Receivables Facility.
βSecuritization Repurchase Obligationβ means any obligation of a seller (or any
guaranty of such obligation) of Securitization Assets or Receivables Assets in a Qualified
Securitization Financing or a Receivables Facility to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a
result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of
a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or
counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any
other event relating to the seller.
βSecuritization Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary of the Borrower in each case
formed for the purpose of and that solely engages in one or more Qualified Securitization
Financings and other activities reasonably related thereto or another Person formed for the
purpose of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets.
βSecurity Agreementβ means the First Lien Security Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to
time), among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto from time to time and the
Collateral Agent.
βSecurity Documentsβ means each of the Security Agreement, the Mortgages (if
any), each of the agreements listed on Schedule 5.11 executed and delivered by the Loan Parties
party thereto and the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date, and each other security agreement or
other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.10 or Section 5.11 to
secure the Secured Obligations.
βSenior Representativeβ means, with respect to any series of Permitted First
Priority Replacement Debt or Permitted Second Priority Replacement Debt, the trustee,
administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or
agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the
case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
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βSenior Secured Net Leverage Ratioβ means, on any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral, less the
aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash, to (b) LTM EBITDA.
βServices Agreementβ shall mean that certain Services Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, by and among Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and Silver Lake Management
Company V, L.L.C.
βSixth Amendmentβ means that certain Sixth Amendment to First Lien Credit
Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2024, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other
Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto and the Administrative
Agent.
βSixth Amendment Effective Dateβ means the βEffective Dateβ as defined in the
Sixth Amendment, which date is July 10, 2024.
βSixth AmendmentΒ Effective Date Accrued Commitment Feesβ means any
unpaid commitment fees that, as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date (immediately prior to
giving effect to the Sixth Amendment), have accrued pursuant to Section 2.12(a) of this
Agreement (as in effect immediately prior to the Sixth Amendment Effective Date) in respect of
the Initial Revolving Commitments.
βSixth Amendment Transactionsβ means (a) the borrowing of the 2024 Term
Loans hereunder on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, (b) refinancing of all of the Term
Loans outstanding under this Agreement immediately prior to the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date and (c) the payment of Sixth Amendment Transaction Costs.
βSixth Amendment Transaction Costsβ means all premiums, fees, costs and
expenses incurred or payable by or on behalf of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with the Sixth Amendment Transactions (including any bonuses and any loan
forgiveness and fees and costs ) or in connection with the negotiation, execution, delivery and
performance of the Sixth Amendment, any other Loan Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby, including to fund any original issue discount, upfront fees or legal fees
and to grant and perfect any security interests.
βSOFRβ 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 Yorkβs Website.
βSOFR Determination Dateβ has the meaning set forth in the definition of βDaily
Simple SOFR.β
βSOFR Rate Dayβ has the meaning set forth in the definition of βDaily Simple
SOFR.β
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βSoftwareβ means any and all computer programs, including any and all software
implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object
code;Β databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether
machine readable or otherwise; descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design,
plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats,
firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and all documentation
including user manuals and other training documentation related to any of the foregoing.
βSolvency Certificateβ means the solvency certificate executed and delivered by a
Financial Officer of the Borrower on the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
βSolventβ means, with respect to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, that as of the date of determination: (i) the present fair saleable value of the
assets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (determined on a going
concern basis), is greater than (A) the total amount of debts and liabilities (including
subordinated, contingent and un-liquidated liabilities) of Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (B) the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities as such debts and liabilities
become absolute and matured; (ii) Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are
able to pay all debts and liabilities (including subordinated, contingent and un-liquidated
liabilities) as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (iii) Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not have unreasonably small capital with which to
conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is then conducted and is
proposed to be conducted following such date of determination.Β For the purposes hereof, in
computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall
be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such
time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
βSpecified Incremental Term Facilityβ means Incremental Term Loans and/or
Additional Debt up to the aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (A)
$115,000,000 and (B) 50.0% of LTM EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the
Applicable Date of Determination and specified by Borrower in its sole discretion from time to
time.
βSpecified Recapitalization Agreement Representationsβ means the
representations made by or on behalf of Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses
in the Recapitalization Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the
extent that the Purchaser or its applicable Affiliates have the right (taking into account any
applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Recapitalization
Agreement or decline to consummate the Closing Date Recapitalization as a result of a breach of
any such representations in the Recapitalization Agreement.
βSpecified Representationsβ means the representations and warranties made by
the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, as applicable, set forth in Sections 3.01(a) and (c)(ii)
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(solely with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors and subject to the proviso in Section
4.01(a), as they relate to due authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents), Section 3.02 (in each case relating to the entering into and performance of the Loan
Documents), Section 3.03(b), Section 3.08, Section 3.14, Section 3.15, SectionΒ 3.16, Section
3.18 (subject to the proviso in Section 4.01(a) and without giving effect to any representation
regarding priority of such security interest), Section 3.19(a)(i) (solely as it relates to use of
proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit in violation of sanctions administered or enforced by
the U.S. Department of the Treasuryβs Office of Foreign Assets Control), Section 3.19(b) (solely
as it relates to use of proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit or in violation of FCPA) and
SectionΒ 3.19(c) (solely as it relates to use of proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit in
violation of the Patriot Act).
βSpecified Transactionβ means any (a) disposition of all or substantially all the
assets of or all or a majority of the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary or of any
product line, business unit, line of business or division of the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Borrower for which historical financial statements are available, (b) Permitted
Acquisition, (c) Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (which, for
purposes hereof, shall be deemed to also include (1) the merger, consolidation, liquidation or
similar amalgamation of any Person into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as
the applicable Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving Person, and (2) the
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person to the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary), (d) designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, (e) the proposed incurrence of Indebtedness
or making of a Restricted Payment or payment in respect of Indebtedness in respect of which
compliance with any financial ratio is by the terms of this Agreement required to be calculated
on a Pro Forma Basis or (f) any operating improvements, restructurings, cost saving or other
business optimization initiatives and other similar initiatives and transactions.
βSpectrumβ means Spectrum Equity Management, L.P. and its Controlled
Investment Affiliates and associated funds.
βSponsorβ means each individually or collectively: (i) Francisco Partners, (ii)
Spectrum and (iii) the New Sponsor.
βSPVβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
βStandard Securitization Undertakingsβ means representations, warranties,
covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Securitization Facility,
including those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Securitization Subsidiary, it being
understood that any Securitization Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard
Securitization Undertaking or, in the case of a Receivables Facility, a non-credit related recourse
accounts receivables factoring arrangement.
βSterlingβ means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
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βSubject Indebtednessβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
βMaturity Limitation Excluded Amountβ.
βSubject Loansβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(i).
βSubject Transactionsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in clause 1(g) of
the definition of βConsolidated EBITDAβ.
βSubordinated Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness incurred by a Loan Party that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of all Obligations of such
Loan Party under the Loan Documents.
βsubsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person (the βparentβ) at any date, any
corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power
for the election of the members of the governing body or, in the case of a partnership, more than
50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned or controlled by the parent
and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
βSubsidiaryβ means any existing and future direct or indirect subsidiary of
Holdings; provided that any reference to a Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower shall refer
solely to the subsidiaries of Holdings or the Borrower, as applicable.
βSuccessor Alternative Benchmark Rateβ has the meaning set forth in the
definition of βTerm SOFR.β
βSuccessor Holdingsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.14(d)(i).
βSupported QFCβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20(a).
βSwap Agreementβ means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options,
forward contracts, future contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price
or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index
transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase
agreements, sell buy back and buy sell back agreements, and securities lending and borrowing
agreements or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and
the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any
form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any
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such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a βMaster Agreementβ), including
any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
βSwap Obligationβ means, with respect to any Person, any obligation to pay or
perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a βswapβ within the
meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
βSwap Termination Valueβ means, in respect of any one or more Secured Swap
Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement
relating to such Secured Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Secured
Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance
therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause
(a), the amount(s) determined as the mark to market value(s) for such Secured Swap
Agreements, as determined by the Lender Counterparty and the Borrower in accordance with the
terms thereof and in accordance with customary methods for calculating mark-to-market values
under similar arrangements by the Lender Counterparty and the Borrower.
βSwingline Exposureβ means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all
Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.Β The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time
shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
βSwingline Lenderβ means Barclays, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans
hereunder.
βSwingline Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04(a).
βSynthetic Leaseβ means, as to any Person, any lease (including leases that may
be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is
designed to permit the lessee (a) to treat such lease as an operating lease, or not to reflect the
leased property on the lesseeβs balance sheet, under GAAP and (b) to claim depreciation on such
property for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such
Person is the lessor.
βSynthetic Lease Obligationsβ of any Person means the obligations of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any Synthetic Lease, and the amount of such obligations shall
be equal to the sum (without duplication) of (a) the capitalized amount thereof that would appear
on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP if such obligations were accounted
for as Capital Lease Obligations and (b) the amount payable by such Person as the purchase price
for the property subject to such lease assuming the lessee exercises the option to purchase such
property at the end of the term of such lease.
βTarget Personβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
βTaxesβ means any and all present or future local, domestic or foreign taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, deductions, assessments, fees, other charges or withholdings imposed by
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any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
βTerm Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Term Lender, the 2024 Term
Commitment or any other commitment of such Term Lender to make a Term Loan hereunder,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term Loans to be
made by such Xxxx Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Term Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.Β
βTermination Dateβ means the date upon which (i) all of the Obligations (other
than (A) as set forth in clause (ii) and (B) contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and
payable) have been paid in full, (ii) all Letters of Credit have been cancelled, Cash Collateralized
or otherwise backstopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank
(including by βgrandfatheringβ on terms reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank of
the applicable Letters of Credit into a future credit facility) and (iii) all Commitments have
expired or been terminated.
βTerm Lenderβ means a Lender with an outstanding Term Commitment or an
outstanding Term Loan.
βTerm Loan Exchange Effective Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.25(a).
βTerm Loan Exchange Notesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.25(a).
βTerm Loan Maturity Dateβ means, with respect to (a) the 2024 Term Loans, the
fifth anniversary of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date (or if such anniversary is not a Business
Day, the next preceding Business Day) and (b) any Incremental Term Loan, Other Term Loan or
Extended Term Loan, as provided in the respective documentation therefor, but, as to any
specific Term Loan, as the maturity of such Term Loan shall have been extended by the holder
thereof in accordance with the terms hereof.
βTerm Loansβ means the 2024 Term Loans made hereunder on the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and, if and as applicable after the Closing
Date, any other 2024 Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Other Term
Loans or Refinanced Term Loans, as the context may require.
βTerm Noteβ means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Lender or
its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate
Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by such
Lender.
βTerm SOFRβ means,
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(a)for any calculation with respect to a Term SOFR Loan the Term SOFR
Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the
βPeriodic Term SOFR Determination Dayβ) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR
Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic
Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not
been published by the Term SOFR Administrator, then, at the option of the Borrower
communicated to the Administrative Agent in writing on such Periodic Term SOFR
Determination Day, (i) Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as
published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities
Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the
Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business
Day is not more than five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic
Term SOFR Determination Day or (ii) Term SOFR shall be deemed to equal Daily Simple SOFR
for each day the applicable Loan remains outstanding and, in each case, to the extent determined
in accordance with this proviso, adequate and reasonable means shall be deemed to exist for
ascertaining the Term SOFR for such Interest Period, and
(b)for any calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any day, the Term
SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the βBase Rate Term SOFR
Determination Dayβ) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such
day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of
5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term
SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR
Administrator, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as
published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities
Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the
Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business
Day is not more than five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate
Term SOFR Determination Day;
provided that, if (i) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent reasonably determine in good
faith that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
definition and the inability to ascertain such rate is unlikely to be temporary, (ii) the Relevant
Governmental Body has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which all tenors
of Term SOFR (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) shall or will no longer be
representative or made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans denominated
in Dollars, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), at
the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such representative tenor(s) of Term
SOFR or (iii) if at any time Term SOFR is determined pursuant to clause (ii) of the proviso to
clause (a) above, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent determine that syndicated loans in
the United States are being incurred or converted to a term rate (whether or not based on SOFR)
(any such even or circumstance in the foregoing clauses (i) - (iii) of this proviso, a βReplacement
Eventβ), βTerm SOFRβ shall be an alternate rate of interest established by the Administrative
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Agent and the Borrower that is generally accepted as one of the then prevailing market
conventions for determining a rate of interest for similar syndicated loans in the United States at
such time, which shall include (A) the spread or method for determining a spread or other
adjustment or modification that is generally accepted as the then prevailing market convention
for determining such spread, method, adjustment or modification and (B) other adjustments to
such alternate rate and this Agreement (x) to not increase or decrease pricing in effect at the time
of selection of such alternate rate (but for the avoidance of doubt which would not reduce the
Applicable Margin) and (y) other changes necessary to reflect the available interest periods for
such alternate rate for similar syndicated leveraged loans of this type in the United States at such
time (any such rate, the βSuccessor Alternative Benchmark Rateβ).Β The Administrative Agent
and the Borrower shall be entitled to enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such
alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable
(and amend this Agreement from time to time to update any such terms to reflect evolving
market conventions) and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02 (Waivers,
Amendments), such amendment shall, in each case, become effective without any further action
or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, further, that if a Successor Alternative
Benchmark Rate has not been established pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso after
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent have reached such a determination, the Borrower and
the Required Lenders may select a different alternate rate as long as it is reasonably practicable
for the Administrative Agent to administer such different rate and, upon not less than fifteen (15)
Business Daysβ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the
Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of
interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable and,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02 (Waivers, Amendments), such
amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to
this Agreement.Β For the avoidance of doubt, if a Replacement Event occurs, the Applicable
Margin for any Loan shall be determined in accordance with the proviso to clause (a) or (b) of
this definition, as applicable, until the date a Successor Alternative Benchmark Rate or other
alternate term rate determined pursuant to the proviso above has been established in accordance
with the requirements of this definition.
βTerm SOFR Administratorβ means CME Group Benchmark Administration
Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate as mutually
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).
βTerm SOFR Borrowingβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on
Adjusted Term SOFR, except any Borrowing bearing interest at Adjusted Term SOFR pursuant
to clause (iii) of the definition of βAlternate Base Rateβ.
βTerm SOFR Loanβ means any Loan (or any one or more portions thereof) that
bears interest based on Adjusted Term SOFR, except any Loan bearing interest at Adjusted Term
SOFR pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of βAlternate Base Rateβ.
βTerm SOFR Reference Rateβ means the forward-looking term rate based on
SOFR.
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βTest Periodβ means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending on or prior to such date for which
financial statements have been or are required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), as applicable, or, at the option of the Borrower, in the case
of any transaction the permissibility of which requires a calculation on a Pro Forma Basis, the
last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to the date of such determination for
which internal financial statements are available.
βThird Amendmentβ means that certain Third Amendment to First Lien Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2023, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the Revolving Lenders party thereto.
βTitle Companyβ means one or more title insurance companies reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
βTotal Indebtednessβ means, as of any date, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes, loan agreement or similar instruments of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on
a consolidated basis, and letters of credit, bankersβ acceptances and similar facilities that have
been drawn but not yet reimbursed for more than three (3) Business Days.Β Total Indebtedness
shall exclude, for the avoidance of doubt, Capital Lease Obligations, purchase money
Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of any undrawn letters of credit or bankerβs acceptances,
Receivables Facility or Qualified Securitization Financing (except to the extent that any such
Receivables Facility or Qualified Securitization Financing constitutes Indebtedness for borrowed
money, as determined in accordance with GAAP, of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries), Swap Agreements or Cash Management Services.
βTotal Net Leverage Ratioβ means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Total Indebtedness, less the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash, to (b) LTM EBITDA.
βTransaction Costsβ means all premiums, fees, costs and expenses incurred or
payable by or on behalf of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the
Transactions (including any bonuses and any loan forgiveness and associated tax gross up
payments and fees, costs and transition services) or in connection with the negotiation,
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated
thereby, including to fund any original issue discount, upfront fees or legal fees and to grant and
perfect any security interests.
βTransactionsβ means (a) the borrowing of the Loans hereunder on the Closing
Date, (b) the borrowing of the Second Lien Loans under the Second Lien Loan Documents on
the Closing Date, (c) the Closing Date Recapitalization, (d) the Closing Date Distribution, (e) the
Closing Date Refinancing and (f) the payment of Transaction Costs.
βTransformative Acquisitionβ means any Acquisition by any Holding Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary that (a) is not permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents
immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, (b) if permitted by the terms of the
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Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, would not provide
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Loan
Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such
consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith or (c) is for consideration the
aggregate value of which exceeds $229,000,000.
βTransformative Dispositionβ means any disposition by any Holding Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary that (a) is not permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents
immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or (b) if permitted by the terms of
the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such disposition, would not
provide the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Loan
Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of its operations following such
consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.
βType,β when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the
rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by
reference to Adjusted Term SOFR or the Alternate Base Rate.
βUCCβ means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the
State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions
of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than
the State of New York, the term βUCCβ shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted
and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to
such perfection, priority or remedies.
βUK Financial Institutionβ means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is
defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United
Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA
Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial
Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain
affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
βUK Resolution Authorityβ means the Bank of England or any other public
administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
βUndisclosed Administrationβ means in relation to a Lender or its parent company
the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the
law in the country where such Lender or such parent company, as the case may be, is subject to
home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be
publicly disclosed.
βUnfunded Pension Liabilityβ means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the
amount of any of its unfunded benefit liabilities as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
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βUnited Statesβ and βU.S.β each mean the United States of America.
βUnrestricted Amountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
βMaximum Additional Debt Amountβ.
βUnrestricted Cashβ means, as of any date, the sum of (i) unrestricted cash and
Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date plus (ii) cash and
Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date restricted in favor
of the Credit Facilities (which may also include cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries securing other Indebtedness secured by a permitted Lien on the
Collateral that is pari passu with or junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit
Facilities), in each case, to be determined in accordance with GAAP.
βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ means (a) a Subsidiary of Holdings designated as an
βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ on Schedule 1.04 and any Subsidiary designated as an βUnrestricted
Subsidiaryβ from time to time pursuant to Section 5.12 and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
βU.S. Government Securities Business Dayβ means any day except for (a) a
Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the
entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
βU.S. Personβ means a βUnited States personβ within the meaning of Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code.
βU.S. Prime Rateβ means the rate of interest published by The Wall Street Journal
(eastern edition), from time to time, as the βU.S. Prime Rateβ.
βU.S. Special Resolution Regimesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.20(a).
βU.S. Tax Certificateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.17(e)(ii)(D).
βWeighted Average Life to Maturityβ means, when applied to any amortizing
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:Β (a) the sum of the products
obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial
maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect
thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount
of such Indebtedness.
βwholly owned Subsidiaryβ or βwholly owned subsidiaryβ 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 (x) directorsβ qualifying shares
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and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable law) 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.Β For the
avoidance of doubt, βwholly owned Restricted Subsidiaryβ means a wholly owned Subsidiary
that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
βWithdrawal Liabilityβ 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.
βWrite-Down and Conversion Powersβ means, (a) with respect to any EEA
Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority
from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which
write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b)
with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under
the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK
Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all
or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to
provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised
under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that
Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
βYieldβ means, with respect to any Loan, Revolving Commitment, or Repricing
Transaction, as the case may be, on any date of determination as calculated by the Administrative
Agent, (a) any interest rate margin (giving effect to any amendments to the Applicable Margin
on the 2024 Term Loans that becomes effective subsequent to the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date but prior to the applicable date of determination), (b) increases in interest rate floors (but
only to the extent that an increase in the interest rate floor with respect to 2024 Term Loans or
the implementation of an interest floor with respect to Initial Revolving Loans, as the case may
be, would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect at the time of determination
hereunder, and, in such case, then the interest rate floor (but not the interest rate margin solely
for determinations under this clause (b)) applicable to such 2024 Term Loans and Initial
Revolving Loans, as the case may be, shall be increased to the extent of such differential
between interest rate floors), (c) original issue discount and (d) upfront fees paid generally to all
Persons providing such Loan or Commitment (with original issue discount and upfront fees
being equated to interest based on the shorter of (x) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of
such Loans and (y) four years), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any arrangement,
commitment, structuring, underwriting, ticking, amendment or similar fee paid or payable to the
Joint Lead Arrangers (or their Affiliates) in their capacities as such in connection with the 2024
Term Loans or to one or more arrangers (or their Affiliates) in their capacities as such to any
Incremental Credit Facility.
Section 1.02Classification of Loans and Borrowings.Β For purposes of this
Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a βRevolving Loanβ) or by
Type (e.g., a βTerm SOFR Loanβ) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βTerm SOFR Revolving Loanβ).Β
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Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a βRevolving Loan
Borrowingβ) or by Type (e.g., a βTerm SOFR Borrowingβ) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βTerm
SOFR Revolving Loan Borrowingβ).
Section 1.03Terms Generally.Β The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.Β Whenever the context may require,
any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.Β The words
βinclude,β βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout
limitation.βΒ The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
βshall.βΒ 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, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified (including pursuant to any permitted refinancing, extension,
renewal, replacement, restructuring or increase (in each case, whether pursuant to one or more
agreements or with different lenders or different agents), but subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any
Person shall be construed to include such Personβs successors and permitted assigns and, in the
case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have
succeeded to any or all of the functions thereof, (c) the words βherein,β βhereofβ and
βhereunder,β and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its
entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ 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, (f) any reference to any Requirement of
Law shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Requirement of Law as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time and shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Requirement of Law, (g)
the phrase βfor the term of this Agreementβ and any similar phrases shall mean the period
beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the Latest Maturity Date, the term βmanifest errorβ
shall be deemed to include any clearly demonstrable error whether or not obvious on the face of
the document containing such error and (h) all references to βknowledgeβ or βawarenessβ of any
Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof means the actual knowledge of a Responsible
Officer of a Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.Β Unless otherwise specified, all references
herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
Section 1.04Accounting Terms; GAAP.Β 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.Β In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined
below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial
covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then Holdings, the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent shall enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions
of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the desired result that
the criteria for evaluating the Borrowerβs and its Subsidiariesβ consolidated financial condition
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shall be the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not been
made.Β Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by
Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial ratios,
covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as
if such Accounting Change had not occurred.Β βAccounting Changeβ refers to any change in
accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or
opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any change in GAAP or the
application or interpretation thereof that would require operating leases to be treated similarly as
a capital lease shall not be given effect in the definitions of Indebtedness or Liens or any related
definitions or in the computation of any financial ratio or requirement.
Section 1.05Pro Forma Calculations; Unrestricted Cash
(a)With respect to any period during which the Transactions or any Specified
Transaction occurs, the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net
Leverage Ratio, First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA
and Consolidated Total Assets or for any other purpose hereunder (other than with respect to
clause (b) of the definition of βAvailable Amountβ), with respect to such period shall be made on
a Pro Forma Basis.
(b)For purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured
Net Leverage Ratio and First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the proceeds of any Indebtedness
permitted by testing any such ratios hereunder shall not be included on the date incurred (or on
the date such ratio is tested with respect to such incurrence) as Unrestricted Cash.
(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 (including pro forma
compliance with Section 6.11 hereof, any First Lien Net Leverage Ratio test, Senior Secured Net
Leverage Ratio test, Total Net Leverage Ratio test or Interest Coverage Ratio test) (any such
amounts, including any amount being drawn under the βRevolving Facilityβ or any other
revolving facility permitted hereunder and any cap expressed as a percentage of Consolidated
Total Assets, Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA, the βFixed Amountsβ)
substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or
consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with any
such financial ratio or test (any such amounts, the βIncurrence-Based Amountsβ), it is understood
and agreed that the Fixed Amounts (and any cash proceeds thereof) shall be disregarded in the
calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to the Incurrence-Based Amounts in
connection with such substantially concurrent incurrence.
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Section 1.06Currency Translation.
(a)For purposes of determining compliance as of any date after the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date with Section 5.12, Section 6.01, Section 6.02, Section 6.03, Section
6.04, Section 6.05, Section 6.06 or Section 6.07, or, or for any other specified purpose hereunder,
amounts incurred (or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt), distributed, paid,
invested or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the
exchange rates in effect on such date, as such exchange rates shall be determined in good faith by
the Borrower by reference to customary indices.
(b)For purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.01 and
SectionΒ 6.02, if Indebtedness is incurred or a Lien is granted to extend, replace, refund, refinance,
renew or defease other Indebtedness (secured or otherwise) denominated in a foreign currency,
and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the
applicable restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect
on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such
restriction, to the extent such extension, replacement, refund, refinancing, renewal or defeasance
is in the same foreign currency, shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the
principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such
Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased, plus the
amount of any premium paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such extension,
replacement, refunding refinancing, renewal or defeasance (including any fees and original issue
discount incurred in respect of such resulting Indebtedness).
(c)For purposes of determining compliance with Section 5.12, Section 6.01,
Section 6.02, Section 6.03, Section 6.04, Section 6.05, Section 6.06 or Section 6.07, with respect
to any amounts incurred, paid, distributed or invested in a currency other than Dollars, no
Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in
rates of currency exchange occurring after the time a Holding Company or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries is contractually obligated with respect to such incurrence, payment, distribution or
investment (so long as, in the case of a contractual obligation, at the time of entering into the
contract with respect to such incurrence, payment, distribution or investment, it was permitted
hereunder) and once contractually obligated to be incurred, paid, distributed or invested, such
amount shall be always deemed to be at the Dollar amount on such date, regardless of later
changes in currency exchange rates.
(d)For purposes of determining compliance with the First Lien Net Leverage
Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio or Interest Coverage Ratio
on any date of determination, amounts denominated in a currency other than Dollars will be
translated into Dollars (i) with respect to income statement items, at the currency exchange rates
used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the latest financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) with respect to balance sheet items, at the currency exchange
rates used in calculating balance sheet items in the latest financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and will, in the case of Indebtedness, reflect the currency translation
effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of Swap Agreements permitted hereunder for
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currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of
determination of the Dollar Equivalent of such Indebtedness.
Section 1.07Rounding.Β Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant
to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under
this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other
component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio
is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-
up for five).Β For example, if the relevant ratio is to be calculated to the hundredth decimal place
and the calculation of the ratio is 5.125, the ratio will be rounded up to 5.13.
Section 1.08Timing of Payment or Performance.Β When the payment of any
obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or
performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment
(other than as described in the definition of βInterest Periodβ) or performance shall extend to the
immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in
computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
Section 1.09Letter of Credit Amounts.Β Unless otherwise specified herein, the
amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter
of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that,
by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Application related thereto, provides for one or
more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall
be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all
such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.Β For all
purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its
terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by any reason of the operation of Rule 3.14
of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be βoutstandingβ in the amount so remaining
available to be drawn.
Section 1.10Certifications.Β All certifications to be made hereunder by an
officer or representative of a Loan Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity
solely as an officer or a representative of such Loan Party, on such Loan Partyβs behalf and not in
such Personβs individual capacity.
Section 1.11Compliance with Article VI.Β In the event that any transaction
permitted pursuant to Article VI (whether at the time of incurrence or upon application of all or a
portion of the proceeds thereof) meets the criteria of one or more than one of the categories of
transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause of such Sections in Article VI (within the
same negative covenant), the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify or (solely in the case
of Section 6.01 (other than any amounts incurred pursuant to clauses (a) or (r) thereof),
SectionΒ 6.02 (other than any amounts incurred pursuant to clauses (a) or (kk) thereof), Section
6.04 and SectionΒ 6.06), reclassify (or later divide, classify or reclassify) such transaction and
shall only be required to include the amount and type of such transaction in one of such clauses.Β
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of
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original issue discount and the payment of interest, premium, fees or expenses, in the form of
additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of
Section 6.01.
Section 1.12Limited Condition Acquisition.Β Solely for the purpose of
(i)Β measuring the relevant ratios and baskets (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any basket
measured as a percentage of LTM EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets and, for the avoidance
of doubt including with respect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness (including any Incremental
Loans), Liens, the making of any Acquisitions or other Investments, Restricted Payments,
prepayments of Indebtedness or asset sales, in each case, in connection with a Limited Condition
Acquisition) or (ii) determining compliance with the representations and warranties or the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, in each case, in connection with a Limited
Condition Acquisition, if the Borrower makes an LCA Election, the Applicable Date of
Determination in determining whether any such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted shall
be deemed to be the LCA Test Date, and if, after giving effect to the Limited Condition
Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith as if they had
occurred as of the Applicable Date of Determination, ending prior to the LCA Test Date on a Pro
Forma Basis, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in
compliance with any such ratio or basket (other than for the purposes of calculating actual
compliance (and not pro forma compliance or compliance on a Pro Forma Basis) with Section
6.11), such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.Β If the Borrower has
made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any
subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and
prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated
or (ii) the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated
or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or
basket shall be calculated and tested on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition
Acquisition and other pro forma events in connection therewith (including any incurrence of
Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until such time as the
applicable Limited Condition Acquisition has actually closed or the definitive agreement with
respect thereto has been terminated.Β For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an
LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as
of LCA Test Date (including with respect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness) are not satisfied
as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket (including due to fluctuations in
Consolidated EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, including the target of any Limited
Condition Acquisition) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such
baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been unsatisfied as a result of such fluctuations;
however, if any ratios or baskets improve as a result of such fluctuations, such improved ratios or
baskets may be utilized.
Section 1.13Cashless Rollovers.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, to the extent that any Lender
extends the maturity date of, or replaces, renews or refinances, any of its then-existing Loans
with an Incremental Credit Facility, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or loans
incurred under a new credit facility, in each case, to the extent such extension, replacement,
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renewal or refinancing is effected by means of a βcashless rollβ by such Lender, such extension,
replacement, renewal or refinancing shall be deemed to comply with any requirement hereunder
or any other Loan Document that such payment be made βin Dollarsβ, βin immediately available
fundsβ, βin Cashβ or any other similar requirement.
Section 1.14Division of LLCs.Β Any reference herein to a merger, transfer,
consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be
deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company or other person, or an
allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company or other person (or the unwinding of
such a division or allocation) (a βDivisionβ), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation,
amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or
with a separate Person.Β Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate
Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary,
Restricted Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also
constitute such a Person or entity).
ARTICLE II
The Credits
Section 2.01Commitments.Β Subject to the terms and express conditions set
forth herein, (a) each applicable 2024 Term Lender severally agrees to make a 2024 Term Loan
to the Borrower on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date in Dollars in an aggregate principal
amount equal to its 2024 Term Commitment and (b) each Revolving Lender severally agrees to
make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability
Period in Dollars in an aggregate principal amount such that its Revolving Exposure will not
exceed its Revolving Commitment.Β Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
express conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving
Loans (without premium or penalty).Β Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may
not be reborrowed.Β The 2024 Term Commitments will terminate in full upon the making of the
Loans referred to in clause (a) above.Β The 2024 Term Loans funded on the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date will be funded with original issue discount in an amount equal to 99.0% of the par
principal amount thereof (it being agreed that the Borrower shall be obligated to repay 100% of
the principal amount of the 2024 Term Loans and interest shall accrue on 100% of the principal
amount of the 2024 Term Loans, in each case as provided herein). All Revolving Loans will be
made by all Revolving Lenders (including both 2018 Revolving Lenders and 2024 Revolving
Lenders) in accordance with their respective pro rata shares of the Revolving Commitments until
the 2018 Revolving Commitment Maturity Date; thereafter, all Revolving Loans will be made by
the 2024 Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata shares of the 2024
Revolving Commitments until the 2024 Revolving Commitment Maturity Date. For the
avoidance of doubt, on the 2018 Revolving Commitment Maturity Date, all 2018 Revolving
Loans outstanding on such date shall be paid in full and on the 2024 Revolving Commitment
Maturity Date, all 2024 Revolving Loans outstanding on such date shall be paid in full.
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Section 2.02Loans and Borrowings.
(a)Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the
same Class and Type made to the Borrower by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Commitments of the applicable Class.Β The failure of any Lender to make any Loan
required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for
any other Lenderβs failure to make Loans as required.
(b)Each Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR
Loans or Term SOFR Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.Β Each Term
Loan Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans as the
Borrower may request in accordance herewith.Β Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan and
shall be denominated in Dollars.Β Each Lender at its option may make any Term SOFR Loan by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided
that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such
Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c)At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term SOFR
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 (or, if not an integral multiple, the entire available amount) and not less than
$2,000,000.Β At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000.Β
Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that
there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Term SOFR Borrowings outstanding.Β
Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $250,000 and not less
than $500,000.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Revolving Loans
comprising any Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused
balance of the aggregate Revolving Commitments.
(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 applicable Revolving Termination Date
(in the case of such Revolving Loan) or the Term Loan Maturity Date applicable to such
Borrowing (in the case of such Term Loan), as the case may be.
(e)The obligations of the Revolving Lenders hereunder to make Revolving
Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and to make payments pursuant to Section
9.03(c) are several and not joint (it being understood that the foregoing shall in no way be in
derogation of the reallocation of participations in Letters of Credit among the Revolving Lenders
contemplated by Section 2.22(a)(iv)).
Section 2.03Requests for Borrowings.Β To request a Borrowing, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent by hand delivery, electronic communication (including
Adobe pdf file) or facsimile of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower by (a) in the
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case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3)
Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR
Borrowing or a Borrowing of a Daily SOFR Loan, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, one (1) Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided, that any notice
of a Borrowing to be made on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date may be given not later than
11:00 a.m. New York City time (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
agree), one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be
subject to the effectiveness of the Sixth Amendment.Β Each written Borrowing Request permitted
by the immediately preceding sentence shall specify the following information:
(i)the Class of such Borrowing;
(ii)the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(iii)the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv)whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term SOFR
Borrowing;
(v)in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be
applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
βInterest Period;β
(vi)the location and number of the applicable Borrowerβs account to which
funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06; and
(vii)in the case of a Borrowing Request made in respect of a Revolving Loan
Borrowing (other than a Revolving Loan Borrowing made on the Closing Date), that as
of such date the express conditions in Section 4.02(a) and (b) are satisfied (or waived).
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an
ABR Borrowing.Β If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term SOFR
Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one (1)
monthβs duration.Β 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 Xxxxxxβs Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
Section 2.04Swingline Loans.Β (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Swingline Lender shall make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time
during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline
Loans exceeding $10,000,000 or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Exposure exceeding
the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments.Β Within the foregoing limits and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow
Swingline Loans.
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(b)To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent by hand delivery, electronic communication (including Adobe pdf file) or facsimile of a
written request, not later than 11:00Β a.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed
Swingline Loan.Β Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date
(which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan.Β The
Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received
from the Borrower.Β The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the
Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline
Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank), in
each case by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c)The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative
Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the
Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the
Swingline Loans outstanding.Β Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline
Loans in which Lenders will participate.Β Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such
notice such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.Β Each
Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as
provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender,
such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.Β Each
Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in
Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default
or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment
shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.Β Each
Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to
Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the
payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay
to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.Β The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan
acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan
shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender.Β Any amounts
received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower)
in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of
participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts
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the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted
shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the
extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.Β The purchase of
participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of
any default in the payment thereof.
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Section 2.05Letters of Credit.
(a)General.Β Subject to the terms and express conditions set forth herein, the
Borrower may request the issuance of (and the applicable Issuing Bank shall issue) Letters of
Credit for its own account (or, so long as the Borrower is the primary obligor, for the account of
any Restricted Subsidiary), in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, at
any time and from time to time prior to the date 30 days prior to the end of the Revolving
Availability Period; provided that in no event shall GS Bank, Barclays, Bank of America, N.A.,
Credit Suisse AG, Citizens Bank, N.A. or SunTrust Bank be required to issue letters of credit
(other than standby letters of credit), bank acceptances, bank guarantees, indemnitees or other
instruments or any Letters of Credit in a currency other than Dollars; provided, further, that
Letters of Credit shall be available in Dollars and, to the extent agreed by the applicable Issuing
Bank in its sole discretion, other currencies.
(b)Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions.
(i)To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal
or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or
telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication reasonably acceptable to the
applicable Issuing Bank) to an Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (not later than
12:00 p.m., New York City time at least four (4) Business Days in advance or a shorter
time period if approved by the applicable Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion, of the
requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the
issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed
or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
(which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire
(which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of
Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, the documents to be presented by
such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder, the full text of any certificate to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder, such other matters as
the applicable Issuing Bank may reasonably require and such other information as shall
be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit.Β If requested by an
Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing
Bankβs standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit.Β A Letter of
Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if, (A)Β such Letter of Credit is
denominated in Dollars (or such other currency as the applicable Issuing Bank may agree
in its sole discretion) and (B)Β after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension, (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed the LC Sublimit in the aggregate and the
LC Sublimit for each such Issuing Bank, (ii) the aggregate Revolving Exposure shall not
exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments and (iii) the sum of (x) the LC Exposure
in respect of Letters of Credit issued by the applicable Issuing Bank and (y) the aggregate
amount of Revolving Loans borrowed by such Issuing Bank would not exceed such
Issuing Bankβs Revolving Commitment (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by such
Issuing Bank).
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(ii)Promptly after receipt of any such request pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i),
the applicable Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (in writing) that
the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such request from the Borrower and, if
not, such Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.Β
Unless the applicable Issuing Bank has received written notice from any Revolving
Xxxxxx, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior
to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that
one or more applicable express conditions contained in Section 4.02 shall not then be
satisfied, then, subject to the terms and express conditions hereof, the applicable Issuing
Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower
(or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the
case may be, in each case in accordance with such Issuing Bankβs usual and customary
business practices.Β Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each
Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
to, purchase from such Issuing Bank a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an
amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage times the
amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii)No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue or renew any Letter
of Credit if:
(A)any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing the
Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that
such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the
Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect
to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which
such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) in each case not in
effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any
unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date
(for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate (x) any laws
binding upon or otherwise applicable to such Issuing Bank or (y) one or more
policies of such Issuing Bank regarding completion of customary βknow your
customerβ requirements on the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and any
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a co-applicant for such Letter of Credit;
(C)the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars, unless otherwise agreed by the Issuing Bank;
(D)it is not required to do so pursuant to Section 2.22(a); or
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(E)the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit is on or after the date
that is thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Termination Date.
(iv)No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of
Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank would not have an obligation at such time to issue the
Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the
Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
(v)Each of the Issuing Banks shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders
with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith,
and each of the Issuing Banks shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided
to the Administrative Agent in ARTICLE VIII with respect to any acts taken or
omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it
or proposed to be issued by it and Letter of Credit Application pertaining to such Letters
of Credit as fully as if the term βAdministrative Agentβ as used in ARTICLE VIII
included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally
provided herein with respect to the Issuing Banks.
(vi)Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a
Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the
applicable Issuing Bank will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a
true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)Expiration Date.Β Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close
of business on the earlier of (i) the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such
Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal
or extension) and (ii) the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that if the Borrower so
requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank shall agree to
issue a standby or commercial Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an
βAuto-Renewal Letter of Creditβ); provided that any such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must
permit the applicable Issuing Bank to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-
month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior
notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the βNonrenewal Notice Dateβ) in each
such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.Β Unless
otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be required to make a
specific request to such Issuing Bank for any such renewal.Β Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of
Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not
require) the applicable Issuing Bank to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to
an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that no Issuing Bank
shall permit any such renewal if (A) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would have no
obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof
(by reason of the provisions of Section 2.05(b)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (in
writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Nonrenewal Notice Date
from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender, or the Borrower that one or more of the
applicable express conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied (or waived), and
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provided further that, if agreed to by the applicable Issuing Bank in its sole discretion, a Letter of
Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, be renewed for a period beyond the date that is the
Revolving Termination Date if, at the time of such request or such other time as may be agreed
by the Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit has become subject to Cash Collateralization or other
arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Bank.
(d)Participations.Β By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a
Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the
applicable Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each
Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of
the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.Β In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, (x) each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in
Dollars, such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement in respect of
any Letter of Credit made by any Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date
due as provided in Section 2.05(e), or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to
the Borrower for any reason.Β Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire 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, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance
of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall
be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e)Reimbursement.Β If an Issuing Bank shall honor a Letter of Credit drawing
presented under a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such Letter of Credit honored
by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent, calculated
using the Exchange Rate when such payment is due, of such LC Disbursement in Dollars not
later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the first Business Day succeeding the date on
which the applicable Issuing Bank notifies the Borrower in writing of such Letter of Credit
honoring; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $500,000, the Borrower may,
subject to the express conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with
Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with a Revolving Loan Borrowing or Swingline
Loan of the same Class in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent, calculated using the
Exchange Rate on the date when such payment is due, of such LC Disbursement and, to the
extent so financed, the Borrowerβs obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and
replaced by the resulting Revolving Loan Borrowing or Swingline Loan.Β If the Borrower fails to
make such payment when due, then the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving
Lender of the Dollar Equivalent of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from
the Borrower in respect thereof and such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage thereof.Β
Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent in Dollars its Applicable Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent of the
payment then due from the Borrower (such payment from such Revolving Lender to be made on
demand with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on
which such payment is immediately available to the applicable Issuing Bank at a rate per annum
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equal to the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by such Issuing Bank in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Bank in connection with the
foregoing), in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such
Revolving Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of
the Revolving Lender), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable
Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lender.Β Promptly following
receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this
paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank
or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to
reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Banks as
their interests may appear.Β Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph
to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of Revolving
Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not
relieve the Borrower of their obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f)Repayment of Participations.
(i)At any time after any Issuing Bank has made an LC Disbursement and has
received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lenderβs payment in respect of
such LC Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.05(e), if the Administrative Agent receives
for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank any payment in respect of the related LC
Disbursement or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise,
including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with this Agreement), the Administrative Agent will distribute in Dollars to
such Revolving Lender the Dollar Equivalent of its Applicable Percentage thereof.
(ii)If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(e) is required to be returned under any of the
circumstances described in Section 9.08 (including pursuant to any settlement entered
into by the applicable Issuing Bank in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank in Dollars the Dollar
Equivalent of its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by
such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the NYFRB Rate from time to time
in effect.Β The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (ii) shall survive the payment
in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(g)Obligations Absolute.Β The Borrowerβs obligations to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under
any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability
of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other
document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an
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Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does
not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (iv) any adverse change in the relevant
exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries or in the relevant currency markets generally, or (v) any other
event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but
for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right
of setoff against, the Borrowerβs obligations hereunder (other than the defense of payment or
performance).Β Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Banks, nor any of
their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with
the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment
thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any
error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other
communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to
make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence
arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Banks; provided that the foregoing shall
not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any
direct damages (as opposed to 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 that are caused by such Issuing Bankβs failure to exercise care when determining
whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms
thereof.Β The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence,
material breach of its obligations as an Issuing Bank hereunder, or willful misconduct on the part
of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), each of the
Issuing Banks shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination as Issuing
Bank.Β In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties
agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial
compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, each of the Issuing Banks 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, and any such acceptance or refusal shall be deemed not to
constitute bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h)Disbursement Procedures.Β The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly
following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for
payment under a Letter of Credit.Β Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made
or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving
such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and
the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement in accordance with Section
2.05(e).
(i)Interim Interest.Β If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement,
then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full as set forth in Section
2.05(e), the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date
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such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC
Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that, if
the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to Section 2.05(e),
then Section 2.13(c) shall apply.Β Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the
account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of
payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 2.05(e) to reimburse the applicable
Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(j)Role of Issuing Bank.Β Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying
any drawing under a Letter of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall have any responsibility to obtain any
document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter
of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the
authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.Β None of the Issuing Banks,
the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent,
participant or assignee of an Issuing Bank shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or
omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or
the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit
Application.Β The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary
or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower from pursuing such rights
and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other
agreement.
(k)Replacement of the Issuing Banks.Β An Issuing Bank may be replaced at
any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced
Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank; provided UBS AG, Stamford Branch may be
replaced as an Issuing Bank at any time by providing not less than thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.Β The Administrative Agent shall notify the
Lenders of any replacement of an Issuing Bank.Β At the time any such replacement shall become
effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing
Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(c).Β From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i)
the 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 βIssuing Bankβ 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.Β After the
replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto
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, but shall not be required
to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(l)Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is
in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the
Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for any and all
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drawings under such Letter of Credit.Β The Borrower hereby acknowledges that any issuance of
Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower and/or any Subsidiaries of the Borrower inures
to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrowerβs business derives substantial benefits from
the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(m)Applicability of ISP and UCP.Β Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the
applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower, when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the
ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and
Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of
Commerce at the time of issuance, shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(n)Conflict with Letter of Credit Application.Β In the event of any
inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions
of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or
entered into by the Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall control, and any grant of a security interest in any form of
Letter of Credit Application or other agreement shall be null and void.
(o)Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Commitments.Β If, after the
date hereof, there shall be more than one tranche of Revolving Commitments, and if the maturity
date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any
Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other tranches of Revolving Commitments in respect of
which the maturity date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall
automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the
Revolving Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Loans and
payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.05(c)) under (and xxxxxxx participated in by
Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up
to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving
Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any
Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to
immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit
in accordance with Section 2.05(c) or otherwise backstop such Letter of Credit on terms
reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank.Β If, for any reason, such Cash Collateral is
not provided or the reallocation does not occur, the Revolving Lenders under the maturing
tranche shall continue to be responsible for their participating interests in the Letters of Credit.Β
Except to the extent of reallocations of participations pursuant to clause (i) of the second
preceding sentence, the occurrence of a maturity date with respect to a given tranche of
Revolving Commitments shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage
participations of the Revolving Lenders in any Letter of Credit issued before such maturity date.Β
Commencing with the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Commitments, the sublimit for
Letters of Credit shall be agreed with the Lenders under the extended tranches.
(p)Addition of an Issuing Bank.Β A Revolving Lender (or any of its
subsidiaries or Affiliates) may become an additional Issuing Bank hereunder pursuant to a
written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Lender.Β
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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such additional Issuing
Bank.
(q)Reallocation of Risk Participations. On the 2018 Revolving Commitment
Maturity Date, all risk participations with respect to Letters of Credit issued on or prior to the
2018 Revolving Commitment Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.20(d) shall be reallocated to
the 2024 Revolving Lenders in accordance with their pro rata share of the remaining Revolving
Commitments; provided that such reallocation shall only be effected to the extent that it would
not result in the total exposure of any 2024 Revolving Lender exceeding such Lenderβs 2024
Revolving Commitment.
Section 2.06Funding of Borrowings.
(a)Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the
proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by (i) 1:00 p.m., New
York City time, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, 1:00 p.m., New York City time, in the
case of an ABR Borrowing for which notice has been provided by 11:00 a.m. New York City
time at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing or (ii) 2:00 p.m.
New York City time, in the case of an ABR Borrowing for which notice has been provided by
11:00 a.m. New York City time on the date of the proposed ABR Borrowing, in each case to the
account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to
the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04.Β The
Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by wire transfer of the
amounts so received, in immediately available funds, to an account of the Borrower, in each case
designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, provided that ABR Revolving
Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e)
shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that
Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.05(e) to reimburse an Issuing
Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank as their interests may
appear.
(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 Xxxxxxβs share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender will make such share available on such date in accordance with
paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption and in its sole
discretion, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.Β In such event, after giving
effect to the reallocations pursuant to Section 2.22(a)(ii) and Section 2.22(a)(iv), if a Lender has
not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent,
then the applicable Lender and the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, within
three (3) Business Days of written notice, 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 NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
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with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable to ABR Loans of the applicable Type.Β If such Lender pays such amount
to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Xxxxxxβs Loan included in
such Borrowing.
Section 2.07Interest Elections.
(a)Each Revolving Loan Borrowing and Term Loan Borrowing initially shall
be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.03 and,
in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such
Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.03.Β Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert
such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term
SOFR Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.07.Β The
Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected
Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding
the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be
considered a separate Borrowing.Β This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which
may not be converted or continued.
(b)To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by hand delivery, electronic communication (including
Adobe pdf file) or facsimile of a written Interest Election Request substantially in the form of
Exhibit B and signed by the Borrower by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required
under Section 2.03 if the Borrower was requesting a Revolving Loan Borrowing of the Type
resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.
(c)Each written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.03:
(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 Term
SOFR Borrowing; and
(iv)if the resulting Borrowing is a Term SOFR 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 βInterest Period.β
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If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term SOFR Borrowing but does not specify an
Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
monthβs duration.
(d)Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Xxxxxxβs
portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e)If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with
respect to a Term SOFR 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 converted to an ABR Borrowing.Β Notwithstanding any contrary provision
hereof, if an Event of Default under SectionΒ 7.01(a), 7.01(b), 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) has occurred and
is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notify the
Xxxxxxxx, then, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, no outstanding Borrowing may
be continued for an Interest Period of more than one monthβs duration and no Borrowing may be
requested as, converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan.
Section 2.08Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a)Unless previously terminated or extended, the Revolving Commitments
shall terminate on the Revolving Termination Date.
(b)The Borrower may at any time, without premium or penalty, terminate, or
from time to time reduce, the Commitments of any Class, provided that (i) each reduction of the
Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not
less than $1,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce any Class of Revolving
Commitments to the extent that, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the
Revolving Loans of such Class in accordance with Section 2.11, the aggregate Revolving
Exposure (calculated using the Exchange Rate in effect as of the date of the proposed termination
or reduction) of such Class (excluding the portion of the Revolving Exposure attributable to
outstanding Letters of Credit if and to the extent that the Borrower has Cash Collateralized such
Letters of Credit or made other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank with
respect to such Letters of Credit) would exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments of such
Class. For the avoidance of doubt, prior to the 2018 Revolving Commitment Maturity Date, all
voluntary terminations or reductions of Revolving Commitments pursuant to this paragraph shall
be applied to the 2018 Revolving Commitments and the 2024 Revolving Commitments on a pro
rata basis.
(c)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to
terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least one Business
Day prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the
effective date thereof.Β Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.Β Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant
to this Section shall be irrevocable, provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments of
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any Class delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the
consummation of an acquisition or sale transaction or upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities or the receipt of proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness or any other specified
event, in which case such 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.Β
Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent.Β Each
reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
(d)The Borrower, in its sole discretion, shall have the right, but not the
obligation, at any time so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon at
least one Business Daysβ notice to a Defaulting Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), to terminate in whole such Defaulting Lenderβs Commitment; provided that, after giving
effect to such termination, the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Revolving Lenders does not
exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments.Β Such termination shall be effective with respect
to such Defaulting Lenderβs unused portion of its Commitment on the date set forth in such
notice.Β No termination of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed a waiver or
release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or any Lender may
have against the Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.09Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a)The Borrower unconditionally promises to pay jointly and severally to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Lender the then unpaid principal amount of
each Term Loan of such Term Lender as provided in Section 2.10. The Borrower
unconditionally promises to pay jointly and severally to the Administrative Agent for the account
of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such
Revolving Lender made to the Borrower on the Revolving Termination Date.Β The Borrower
hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Termination Date and the first
date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at
least two (2) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a
Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(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 Loan made by such Lender to the Borrower, including the amounts of principal and interest
payable and paid to such Xxxxxx from time to time hereunder.
(c)The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record
(i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder to the Borrower, the Class and 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 xxxxxxxxx from the Borrower for the account of
the Lenders and each Lenderβs share thereof.
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(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, 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 Loans and pay interest thereon in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e)Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced
by a promissory note.Β In such event, the Borrower shall promptly prepare, execute and deliver to
such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and
substantially in the form of the applicable Exhibit F, provided that, except as set forth in Section
4.01(a)(ii)(D), the delivery of any such note shall not be a condition precedent to the Closing
Date, the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, or any Acquisition or Investment.Β Thereafter, the
Loans evidenced by such promissory 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 such payee and its registered assigns (and ownership shall at all times be
recorded in the Register).
Section 2.10Amortization of Term Loans.
(a)Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section and
reduction for any other prepayments or repurchases not prohibited hereunder and subject to
paragraph (i) of Section 2.11,
(i)on and after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower shall
repay the 2024 Term Loans on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the
Borrower (commencing with the second full fiscal quarter ended after the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date) in an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the
original principal amount of the 2024 Term Loans on the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date; and
(ii)without limiting the foregoing, to the extent not previously paid, all Term
Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Term Loan Maturity Date.
(b)Any prepayment of a Term Loan Borrowing of any Class shall be applied
(i) in the case of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or (e), to reduce the subsequent
scheduled repayments of the Term Loan Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this
Section as directed by the Borrower, or as otherwise provided in any Extension Amendment, any
Incremental Credit Facility Amendment or Refinancing Amendment, and (ii) in the case of
prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or Section 2.11(d), to reduce the subsequent
scheduled repayments of the Term Loan Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this
Section in direct order of maturity, or as otherwise provided in any Extension Amendment, any
Incremental Credit Facility Amendment or Refinancing Amendment.
(c)Prior to any repayment of any Term Loan Borrowings of any Class
hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be
repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by written notice of such election not later than
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11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day prior thereto.Β Each repayment of a
Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing.Β Repayments
of Term Loan Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid.
Section 2.11Prepayment of Loans.
(a)The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time,
without premium or penalty (but subject to the following sentence), to prepay any Borrowing of
any Class in whole or in part, as selected and designated by the Borrower, subject to the
requirements of this Section.Β Each voluntary prepayment of any Loan pursuant to this Section
2.11(a) and mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11(e) shall be made without premium
or penalty except that, in the event that on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the
Sixth Amendment Effective Date, any such prepayment or repayment of 2024 Term Loans is
made as a result of a Repricing Transaction or any amendment to this Agreement to effectuate a
Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
account of each of the applicable 2024 Term Lenders, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Non-Consenting Lender, a prepayment premium in an amount equal to 1.00% of the amount of
the 2024 Term Loans being so prepaid, repaid or refinanced or the aggregate amount of the
applicable 2024 Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment and otherwise
subject to the Repricing Transaction, as applicable.Β Any such voluntary prepayment shall be
applied as specified in Section 2.10(b) and Section 2.11(k).Β Such amounts shall be due and
payable on the date of such prepayment, repayment or amendment.
(b)In the event and on such occasion that the aggregate Revolving Exposures
exceed (A) 103% of the aggregate Revolving Commitments, solely as a result of currency
fluctuations or (B) the aggregate Revolving Commitments (other than as a result of currency
fluctuations), the Borrower shall prepay (no later than one (1) Business Day after written notice
from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower) Revolving Loan Borrowings (or, if no such
Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 2.23) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate
Revolving Exposures exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments.
(c)Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section 2.11, in the event and on each
occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of any Holding Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of
the definition thereof, the Borrower shall, within thirty (30) days after such Net Proceeds are
received, prepay Term Loans on a pro rata basis (except, as to Term Loans made pursuant to an
Incremental Credit Facility Amendment, Extension Amendment or a Refinancing Amendment,
as otherwise set forth in such Incremental Credit Facility Amendment, Extension Amendment or
a Refinancing Amendment or as to Replacement Term Loans), in each case in an aggregate
amount equal to (i) 100% of the amount of such Net Proceeds if the First Lien Net Leverage
Ratio as of the most recent Applicable Date of Determination is greater than 4.50 to 1.00, (ii)
50%, if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the most recent Applicable Date of
Determination is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.25 to 1.00, (iii) 25%, if the
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the most recent Applicable Date of Determination is less
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than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00, or (iv)Β 0%, if the First Lien Net
Leverage Ratio as of the most recent Applicable Date of Determination is less than or equal to
4.00 to 1.00; provided that in the case of any such event described in clause (a) or (b) of the
definition of the term βPrepayment Event,β if any Holding Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary applies (or commits pursuant to a binding contractual arrangement to apply) the Net
Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof) within eighteen (18) months after receipt of such
Net Proceeds to reinvest such proceeds in the business, including in assets of the general type
used or useful in the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment or Capital Expenditures),
then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of such Net Proceeds
except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied by the end
of the eighteen-month (or, if committed to be so applied within eighteen (18) months of the
receipt of such Net Proceeds, twenty four (24) month) period following receipt of such Net
Proceeds, at the end of which period a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such
Net Proceeds that have not been so applied; provided, further, that with respect to any
Prepayment Event referenced in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition thereof, the Borrower may
use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Indebtedness secured by the
Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations (the βOther Applicable
Indebtednessβ) to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such
Other Applicable Indebtedness, in which case, the amount of prepayment required to be made
with respect to such Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be deemed to be the
amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of such Net Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction,
the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans required to be prepaid
pursuant to this paragraph (c) and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding
principal amount of such Other Applicable Indebtedness required to be prepaid pursuant to the
terms of the documents governing such Other Applicable Indebtedness and the outstanding
principal amount of Term Loans required to be prepaid pursuant to this paragraph (for the
avoidance of doubt, amounts described in this clause (y) in the calculation of such fraction shall
be deemed to refer to then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness subject to such
prepayment requirement, prior to giving effect to any reduction in the amount thereof as the
result of such prepayment).
(d)Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section 2.11, following the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, the
Borrower shall prepay Term Loan Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to the Required
Percentage of Excess Cash Flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such fiscal
year, provided that such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of voluntary
prepayments (other than prepayments pursuant to Section 2.11(c), (d) or (e)) of Term Loans,
voluntary prepayments of Other Applicable Indebtedness and Revolving Loans (to the extent of,
in the case of Revolving Loans, a corresponding Revolving Commitment reduction) made during
such fiscal year or following the end of such fiscal year but on or prior to the ECF Due Date
(without duplication of amounts reducing the amount required to be prepaid in any other period,
and except to the extent financed with long term Indebtedness (other than revolving
indebtedness)), and no such prepayment shall be required if the amount that would be required to
be repaid is less than or equal to $11,500,000 and then, only to the extent of the amount in excess
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of $11,500,000.Β Each prepayment pursuant to this paragraph shall be made not later than the
fifth (5th) Business Day after the earlier of (x) the date on which financial statements are
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) for the fiscal year with respect to which such
prepayment is made and (y) the date such financial statements are actually delivered (such earlier
date, the βECF Due Dateβ).Β All prepayments made pursuant to this Section 2.11(d) shall be
applied solely to the outstanding 2024 Term Loans (and any Incremental Term Loans, Extended
Term Loans or Other Term Loans to the extent provided for in the applicable Incremental Credit
Facility Amendment, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment; provided that the 2024
Term Loans receive not less than the pro rata portion of such prepayment unless otherwise
agreed).
(e)In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or
on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event
referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition thereof, the Borrower shall, on the same day as such
incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, prepay the principal amount of the corresponding Credit
Agreement Refinanced Debt (in the case of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) or each
Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in the case of any other Indebtedness giving rise to a
Prepayment Event referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition thereof), in each case in
accordance with Section 2.11(g) and in an aggregate amount the Dollar Equivalent of which is
equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such issuance or incurrence (which prepayment of
principal shall be accompanied by payment of accrued and unpaid interest, premiums and fees
and expenses associated with such principal amount prepaid); provided that such prepayment
shall be subject to the second sentence of Section 2.11(a).
(f)Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11, to the extent
that any prepayment required by Section 2.11(c) or 2.11(d) of any Foreign Subsidiary (i) would
be prohibited or delayed by applicable local law, or (ii) the Borrower has determined in good
faith that making all or a part of such prepayment would reasonably be expected to have an
adverse tax consequence on Holdings (or any owner thereof), the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than de minimis adverse tax consequences) as a result of moving cash to
make such prepayment (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes, but is not limited to, any
prepayment where by doing so the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary would incur a
withholding tax), in each case the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained
by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow
so affected will not be required, subject to this Section 2.11(f), to be applied to repay Term
Loans at the times provided in Section 2.11(d), or the Borrower shall not be required to make a
prepayment at the time provided in Section 2.11(c), and instead, such amounts may be retained
and shall be available for working capital purposes of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries (the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries hereby agreeing to use commercially
reasonable efforts to otherwise cause the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, to within one year
following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, to
overcome or eliminate such restrictions and/or to minimize any such costs of prepayment,
subject to the foregoing, to make the relevant prepayment), and if within one year following the
date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, such repatriation of
any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local
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law or applicable organizational or constitutive impediment or other impediment or there are no
such adverse tax consequences (other than de minimis tax consequences), the applicable amount
of Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than three
Business Days after such repatriation could be made) applied (net of additional taxes, costs and
expenses payable or reserved against as a result thereof) (whether or not repatriation actually
occurs) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 to the extent provided
herein; provided, that if such payments are not permitted and there are such adverse tax
consequences (other than de minimis tax consequences) throughout such one year period such
prepayment shall not be required; provided, further that, if at any time within one year of a
prepayment being not so required, such restrictions are removed, any relevant proceeds will at
the end of the then current Interest Period be applied in prepayment in accordance with the terms
of this Section 2.11.Β The non-application of any prepayment amounts as a consequence of the
foregoing provisions will not, for the avoidance of doubt, constitute a Default or an Event of
Default and such amounts shall be available for working capital purposes of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary as long as not required to be repaid in accordance with this Section 2.11(f).
(g)In connection with any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings
hereunder the Borrower shall, subject to the provisions of this paragraph and paragraph (k) of
this Section 2.11, select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such
selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 2.11.Β The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Term Lender holding the applicable Class of
Term Loans of the contents of the Borrowerβs prepayment notice and of such Xxxxxxβs pro rata
share of the prepayment.Β Each such Term Lender may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro
rata share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the βDeclined Proceedsβ) of
Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clause (c) or (d) of this Section 2.11 by providing
notice to the Administrative Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business
Day following receipt of such mandatory prepayment notice; provided that for the avoidance of
doubt, no Lender may reject any prepayment made with the proceeds of Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness.Β Any Declined Proceeds may be retained by the Borrower to the
extent they constitute Retained Declined Proceeds.
(h)The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of
prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by hand delivery, electronic
communication (including Adobe pdf file) or facsimile of a written notice of any prepayment
hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Term SOFR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii)Β in the case of
prepayment of an ABR Borrowing or any Borrowing of Daily SOFR Loans, not later than 11:00
a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of
prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of
prepayment.Β Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the
principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a
mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment,
provided that a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditional upon the
consummation of an acquisition or sale transaction or upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness or the occurrence
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of any other specified event, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the
Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date) if such
condition is not satisfied.Β Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative
Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.Β Except as otherwise provided herein,
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, except as
necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment.Β Each prepayment of a
Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.Β Prepayments
shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and any
prepayment fees required by Section 2.11(a), to the extent applicable.
(i)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (in such case, the foregoing being herein referred
to as the βAuction Partiesβ and each, an βAuction Partyβ) may repurchase outstanding Term
Loans (provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the
time of and immediately after giving effect to the repurchase of such Term Loans) on the
following basis:
(A)Such Auction Party may repurchase all or any portion of any Class
of Term Loans (such Term Loans, βSubject Loansβ) pursuant to a Dutch Auction
(or such other modified Dutch auction conducted pursuant to similar procedures
as the Borrower and Administrative Agent may otherwise agree); provided that no
proceeds of Revolving Loans shall be used by any Auction Party to repurchase
Term Loans pursuant to such Auction;
(B)Following repurchase by any Auction Party pursuant to this
Section 2.11(i), the Term Loans so repurchased shall, without further action by
any Person, be deemed cancelled for all purposes and no longer outstanding (and
may not be resold by any Auction Party) for all purposes of this Agreement.Β In
connection with any Term Loans repurchased and cancelled pursuant to this
Section 2.11(i), the Administrative Agent is authorized to make appropriate
entries in the Register to reflect any such cancellation.Β Any payment made by any
Auction Party in connection with a repurchase permitted by this Section 2.11(i)
shall not be subject to any of the pro rata payment or sharing requirements of this
Agreement.Β Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan
Documents to the contrary, failure by an Auction Party to make any payment to a
Lender required by an agreement permitted by this Section 2.11(i) shall not
constitute a Default or an Event of Default;
(C)Each Lender that sells its Term Loans pursuant to this Section
2.11(i) acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Auction Parties may come into
possession of additional information regarding the Loans or the Loan Parties at
any time after a repurchase has been consummated pursuant to an Auction
hereunder that was not known to such Lender or the Auction Parties at the time
such repurchase was consummated and that, when taken together with
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information that was known to the Auction Parties at the time such repurchase
was consummated, may be information that would have been material to such
Xxxxxxβs decision to enter into an assignment of such Term Loans hereunder
(βExcluded Informationβ), (ii) such Lender will independently make its own
analysis and determination to enter into an assignment of its Loans and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by an Auction notwithstanding such
Xxxxxxβs lack of knowledge of Excluded Information and (iii) none of the Auction
Parties, the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person
shall have any liability to such Lender with respect to the nondisclosure of the
Excluded Information.Β Each Lender that tenders Loans pursuant to an Auction
agrees to the foregoing provisions of this clause (C).Β The Administrative Agent
and the Lenders hereby consent to the Auctions and the other transactions
contemplated by this Section 2.11(i) and hereby waive the requirements of any
provision of this Agreement (including any pro rata payment requirements) (it
being understood and acknowledged that purchases of the Loans by an Auction
Party contemplated by this Section 2.11(i) shall not constitute Investments by
such Auction Party) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any
Auction or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.11(i).
(j)Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.11, if any
prepayment of Term SOFR Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.11 prior to the last
day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.11 in
respect of any such Term SOFR Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the
Borrower may, in their sole discretion, deposit with the Administrative Agent in the currency in
which such Loan is denominated, the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be
made hereunder until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent
shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other
Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this
Section 2.11.Β Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Term SOFR Loans to be so
prepaid; provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make
the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 2.11.
(k)Application of Prepayment by Type of Term Loans.Β In connection with
any voluntary prepayments by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(a), any voluntary
prepayment thereof shall be applied first to ABR Loans to the full extent thereof before
application to Term SOFR Loans.Β In connection with any mandatory prepayments by the
Borrower of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11, such prepayments shall be applied on a
pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term Loans being prepaid irrespective of whether such
outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans; provided that if no Lenders
exercise the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section
2.11(g), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, the amount of such mandatory
prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans that are ABR Loans to the full extent thereof
before application to Term Loans that are Term SOFR Loans.
Section 2.12Fees.
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(a)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Revolving Lender, in accordance with its Applicable Percentage of Revolving
Commitments, a commitment fee, which shall accrue as specified in the definition of
βApplicable Marginβ on the average daily amount of the unused Revolving Commitment of such
Lender during the period from and including the Closing Date to, but excluding, the date on
which the Revolving Commitments terminate, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.22.Β
Accrued commitment fees (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Sixth Amendment
Effective Date Accrued Commitment Fees) shall be payable in arrears on the third Business Day
following the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the
Revolving Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date,
provided that no commitment fee shall accrue on any undrawn Revolving Commitment of a
Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.Β All commitment fees
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).Β For purposes of computing
commitment fees, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent
of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender.Β Swingline Loans shall,
for purposes of the commitment fee calculations only, not be deemed to be a utilization of the
Revolving Credit Facility.
(b)The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters
of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate
applicable to Term SOFR Revolving Loans on the actual daily amount of such Revolving
Lenderβs LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC
Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date, to but excluding the date
on which such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Commitment terminates, and (ii) to each of the
Issuing Banks a fronting fee, which shall accrue at a rate equal to 0.125% per annum on the
actual daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date, to but
excluding the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments, as well as each of the Issuing
Xxxxxβs standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.Β Participation fees and fronting fees
accrued to and excluding the last day of March, June, September and December of each year
shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such
date to occur after the Closing Date, provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on
which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which
the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.Β Any other fees payable to
the Issuing Banks pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 30 days after written
demand (including reasonable supporting documents).Β All participation fees and fronting fees
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).
(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 upon between the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
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(d)All fees payable hereunder shall be paid by the Borrower on the dates due,
in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Banks, in the case
of fees payable to them) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees,
to the Lenders entitled thereto.Β Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.13Interest.
(a)The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline
Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b)The Loans comprising each Term SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest at
Adjusted Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable
Xxxxxx; provided that if Term SOFR shall be determined pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the
definition thereof, each such Loan shall be deemed to bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to Daily Simple
SOFR for each day such Loan remains outstanding plus the Applicable Margin.
(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) any principal of or interest on any
Loan or any fee payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due (after the expiration of
any applicable grace period), whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise or (y) an
Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, such overdue
amount (which, in the case of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) shall be deemed to
include the entire outstanding amount of the Loans) shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, to the fullest extent permitted by law, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of
overdue principal or interest of any Loan, 2.00% plus the rate then borne by (in the case of such
principal) such Borrowings or (in the case of interest) the Borrowings to which such overdue
amount relates or (ii) in the case of any other amounts, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to ABR
Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided that no default rate shall accrue on
the Loans of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.
(d)Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the
applicable Revolving Commitments, provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c)
of this Section shall be payable on written demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of
the Revolving 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 Term SOFR 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)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 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).Β The
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applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be determined by the
Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.14Alternate Rate of Interest; Discontinuation of Term SOFR.
(a)Subject to the immediately following sentence, if prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period for a Term SOFR Borrowing denominated in any
currency:
(i)the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Term SOFR, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(ii)the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the
Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing
for such Interest Period;;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by
telephone or telecopy 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, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing
denominated in such currency to, or continuation of any Borrowing denominated in such
currency as, a Term SOFR Borrowing, as applicable in such currency that is requested to be
continued (A) if such currency is the Dollar, shall be converted into a Borrowing of Daily SOFR
Loans, or, failing that, an ABR Borrowing on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, (B) if such currency is the Euro, shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing denominated
in Dollars on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, and (C) if such currency is an
Alternative Currency, shall bear interest at such rate as the Administrative Agent shall determine
adequately and fairly reflects the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans
included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period plus the applicable percentage set forth in
the definition of βApplicable Marginβ; and (ii)Β if any Borrowing Request requests a Term SOFR
Borrowing denominated in such currency, (A) if such currency is the Dollar, such Borrowing
shall be made as a Borrowing of Daily SOFR Loans, or, failing that, an ABR Borrowing, and (B)
if such currency is an Alternative Currency, such Borrowing Request shall be ineffective.
(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents, if at any time there ceases to exist a Term SOFR for interest periods
greater than one Business Day or the Administrative Agent determines (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in Section 2.14(a)
above have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, (ii) the circumstances
above have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the Term SOFR or a
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public
statement identifying a specific date after which the Term SOFR shall no longer be used for
determining interest rates for loans or (iii) syndicated loans currently being executed, or that
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include language similar to that contained in this paragraph, are being executed or amended (as
applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace Term SOFR, then
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of
interest to the Term SOFR that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention
for determining a rate of interest for fixed periods for syndicated loans in the United States at
such time (it being agreed that such rate shall not result in a higher cost of funding than ABR
borrowings), and shall enter into an amendment to the Loan Documents to reflect such alternate
rate of interest and such other related changes as may be applicable which are agreed by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent at such time; provided that, if such alternate rate of
interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this
Agreement.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, such amendment
shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to Loan
Documents so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business
Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written
notice from the Required Xxxxxxx stating that they object to such amendment.
Section 2.15Increased Costs; Illegality.
(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 Term SOFR);
(ii)impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank, the London interbank market
or the Term SOFR market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement,
Term SOFR Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
or
(iii)subject any Lender or any Issuing Bank to any additional Taxes of any
kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any Loan made by it, or change the
basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except, in each case, for
Indemnified Taxes and any Excluded Taxes);
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to materially increase the cost to such Lender of
making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to
make any such Loan) of the Borrower or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing
Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit for the benefit of the
Borrower or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such
Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) from the Borrower, then the
Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for
such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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(b)If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines in good faith that any
Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of
materially reducing the rate of return on such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs capital or on the
capital of such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by such Xxxxxx
to the Borrower or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank for the benefit of the
Borrower to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lenderβs or such
Issuing Bankβs holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs policies and the policies of such Xxxxxxβs or
such Issuing Bankβs holding company with respect to capital and liquidity adequacy), then from
time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such
Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or
amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its 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.Β The Borrower shall pay such Lender or
such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
ten days after receipt thereof.
(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 Lenderβs or such
Issuing Bankβs right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be
required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank 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, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs intention to claim
compensation therefor, and provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e)Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each case,
first made after the Closing Date, shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain
Term SOFR Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, such Lender shall promptly give notice
thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and (a) the commitment of such Lender
hereunder to make Term SOFR Loans, continue Term SOFR Loans as such and convert ABR
Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended during the period of such illegality, (b) such
Xxxxxxβs Loans then outstanding as Term SOFR Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency,
if any, shall be prepaid by the Borrowers, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the
Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the respective last days of then current Interest Periods with respect
to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law and (c) such Xxxxxxβs Loans then
outstanding as Term SOFR Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the
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respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such
earlier period as required by law.
(f)For the avoidance of doubt, invalidity of the Term SOFR determined
pursuant to clause (a) thereof without giving effect to clause (a)(ii) thereof shall not affect ability
of the Borrower to incur Daily SOFR Loans pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the definition thereof.
Section 2.16[Reserved].Β
Section 2.17Taxes.
(a)Each payment 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, unless such
deduction or withholding is required by any Requirement of Law.Β If any Loan Party or the
Administrative Agent is so required to deduct or withhold Taxes, then such withholding agent
shall so deduct or withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of deducted or withheld Taxes to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with any applicable law.Β To the extent such
Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be
increased as necessary so that, net of such deduction or withholding (including such deduction or
withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section 2.17), the applicable
Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been
made.
(b)In addition, each Loan Party shall pay any Other Taxes 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 Other Taxes.
(c)As promptly as possible after any payment of Taxes by a Loan Party to a
Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, 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 or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent.
(d)The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient for the full amount of
any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with any Loan
Document (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section 2.17) or for which such Loan Party has failed to remit to the
Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence and any
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted; provided, however, that if a Recipient does not notify
the Loan Parties of any indemnification claim under this Section 2.17(d) within 180 days after
such Recipient has received written notice of the claim of a taxing authority giving rise to such
indemnification claim, the Loan Parties shall not be required to indemnify such Recipient for any
incremental interest or penalties resulting from such Recipientβs failure to notify the Loan Parties
within such 180-day period.Β The indemnity under this Section 2.17(d) shall be paid within 30
days after the Recipient (or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of such Recipient) delivers to
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the applicable Loan Party a certificate stating the amount of Indemnified Taxes so payable by
such Recipient.Β Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so payable absent manifest
error.Β Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the Administrative Agent.
(e)(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any
applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under any Loan Document shall deliver
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law or
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, or at a reduced rate of, withholding.Β In addition,
any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other
documentation prescribed by 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 U.S. backup withholding or information reporting requirements, or any other
U.S. or non-U.S. withholding requirements.Β Upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or certification previously delivered
pursuant to this Section 2.17(e).Β If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this
Section 2.17(e) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a
Lender, such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days after such expiration,
obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of such
expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible
to do so.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the completion, execution and submission of
such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(e) (ii)(A) through
(E) and (iii) below) shall not be required if in the Lenderβs reasonable judgment such completion,
execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or
expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing any Lender shall, if it is
legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior
to the date on which such Xxxxxx becomes a party hereto, two duly completed and
executed original copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A)in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9
certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding;
(B)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income
tax treaty to which the United States is a party, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-
E (or any successor form);
(C)in the case of a Foreign Lender for whom payments under any
Loan Document constitute income that is effectively connected with such
Xxxxxxβs conduct of a trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI
(or any successor form);
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(D)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the