MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of December 31, 2021 among FD JUNO HOLDINGS L.P. JUNO LOWER HOLDINGS L.P. as Borrowers, FD JUNO HOLDINGS MANAGER L.L.C. JUNO HOLDINGS MANAGER L.L.C. as General Partners, and THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, and ROYAL BANK OF...
Exhibit E
EXECUTION VERSION
dated as of December 31, 2021
among
FD JUNO HOLDINGS L.P.
JUNO LOWER HOLDINGS L.P.
as Borrowers,
FD JUNO HOLDINGS MANAGER L.L.C.
JUNO HOLDINGS MANAGER L.L.C.
as General Partners,
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Administrative Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01. |
Certain Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02. |
Times Of Day | 34 | ||||
Section 1.03. |
Terms Generally | 34 | ||||
Section 1.04. |
Accounting Terms; GAAP | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES | 35 | |||||
Section 2.01. |
The Advances | 35 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Repayment Of Advances | 36 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Interest | 36 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Upfront Fee | 38 | ||||
Section 2.05. |
Interest Rate Determinations | 38 | ||||
Section 2.06. |
Prepayments Of Advances; Collateral Shortfall; Withdrawal Of Collateral | 38 | ||||
Section 2.07. |
Increased Costs; Break Funding | 42 | ||||
Section 2.08. |
Taxes | 45 | ||||
Section 2.09. |
Illegality | 50 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Evidence of Debt | 50 | ||||
Section 2.11. |
Payments And Computations | 51 | ||||
Section 2.12. |
[Reserved] | 51 | ||||
Section 2.13. |
Accelerating Lenders | 51 | ||||
Section 2.14. |
Administrative Agent’s Clawback | 52 | ||||
Section 2.15. |
Continuation; Conversion | 53 | ||||
Section 2.16. |
Periodic Rebalancing | 53 | ||||
Section 2.17. |
Joint and Several Liability | 54 | ||||
Section 2.18. |
Inability to Determine Rates | 56 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 56 | |||||
Section 3.01. |
Organization; Powers | 56 | ||||
Section 3.02. |
Authorization; Enforceability | 56 | ||||
Section 3.03. |
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts | 56 | ||||
Section 3.04. |
Financial Condition | 57 | ||||
Section 3.05. |
Litigation Matters | 57 | ||||
Section 3.06. |
Compliance With Laws | 57 | ||||
Section 3.07. |
Investment Company Status | 57 | ||||
Section 3.08. |
Taxes | 57 | ||||
Section 3.09. |
Disclosure | 58 | ||||
Section 3.10. |
Agreements | 58 | ||||
Section 3.11. |
Solvency | 58 | ||||
Section 3.12. |
Trading And Other Restrictions | 58 | ||||
Section 3.13. |
Subsidiaries | 59 | ||||
Section 3.14. |
Anti-Corruption Laws And Sanctions | 59 | ||||
Section 3.15. |
Material Nonpublic Information | 59 | ||||
Section 3.16. |
Employee Matters | 59 |
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Section 3.17. |
No Plan Assets | 59 | ||||
Section 3.18. |
Conduct Of Business | 59 | ||||
Section 3.19. |
Separateness | 59 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS OF LENDING | 60 | |||||
Section 4.01. |
Conditions Precedent To The Advances on the Closing Date | 60 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWERS | 62 | |||||
Section 5.01. |
Financial Statements | 62 | ||||
Section 5.02. |
Notices Of Material Events | 62 | ||||
Section 5.03. |
Existence; Conduct of Business | 63 | ||||
Section 5.04. |
Payment of Obligations | 63 | ||||
Section 5.05. |
Compliance With Laws | 63 | ||||
Section 5.06. |
Provision of Public Information | 63 | ||||
Section 5.07. |
Compliance With Exchange Act Requirements | 64 | ||||
Section 5.08. |
Further Assurances | 64 | ||||
Section 5.09. |
Books And Records | 64 | ||||
Section 5.10. |
Special Purpose Entity; Maintenance Of Separateness | 64 | ||||
Section 5.11. |
[Reserved] | 65 | ||||
Section 5.12. |
Independent Manager | 65 | ||||
Section 5.13. |
ERISA Plan Assets | 65 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 65 | |||||
Section 6.01. |
Indebtedness | 65 | ||||
Section 6.02. |
Liens | 65 | ||||
Section 6.03. |
Business Activities | 65 | ||||
Section 6.04. |
Investments And Acquisitions | 66 | ||||
Section 6.05. |
Distributions | 66 | ||||
Section 6.06. |
Investment Company | 66 | ||||
Section 6.07. |
No Amendment Of Organization Documents | 66 | ||||
Section 6.08. |
Transactions With Affiliates | 66 | ||||
Section 6.09. |
Formation Of Subsidiaries | 67 | ||||
Section 6.10. |
Agreements | 67 | ||||
Section 6.11. |
No Impairment of Collateral Shares | 67 | ||||
Section 6.12. |
Compliance With Margin Regulations | 67 | ||||
Section 6.13. |
Sanctions | 67 | ||||
Section 6.14. |
Tax Status | 68 | ||||
Section 6.15. |
Future Financings | 68 | ||||
Section 6.16. |
Employee Matters | 68 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 68 | |||||
Section 7.01. |
Events Of Default | 68 | ||||
Section 7.02. |
Lenders’ Rights With Respect To Collateral | 71 |
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ARTICLE 8 AGENTS | 72 | |||||
Section 8.01. |
Authorization And Authority | 72 | ||||
Section 8.02. |
Agent Individually | 72 | ||||
Section 8.03. |
Duties Of The Agents; Exculpatory Provisions | 73 | ||||
Section 8.04. |
Reliance By Agent | 74 | ||||
Section 8.05. |
Delegation Of Duties | 75 | ||||
Section 8.06. |
Resignation Of Agent | 75 | ||||
Section 8.07. |
Non-Reliance On Agents And Other Lenders | 76 | ||||
Section 8.08. |
Other Acceptable Collateral | 77 | ||||
Section 8.09. |
Removal Of Agents | 77 | ||||
Section 8.10. |
Erroneous Payments | 78 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS | 81 | |||||
Section 9.01. |
Amendments; Adjustments | 81 | ||||
Section 9.02. |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications | 83 | ||||
Section 9.03. |
No Waiver; Remedies | 85 | ||||
Section 9.04. |
Costs And Expenses; Indemnification; Damage Waiver | 86 | ||||
Section 9.05. |
Payments Set Aside | 88 | ||||
Section 9.06. |
Governing Law; Submission To Jurisdiction | 88 | ||||
Section 9.07. |
Successors And Assigns | 89 | ||||
Section 9.08. |
Severability | 89 | ||||
Section 9.09. |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 89 | ||||
Section 9.10. |
Survival | 90 | ||||
Section 9.11. |
Confidentiality | 90 | ||||
Section 9.12. |
No Advisory Or Fiduciary Relationship | 91 | ||||
Section 9.13. |
Right Of Setoff | 91 | ||||
Section 9.14. |
Judgment Currency | 92 | ||||
Section 9.15. |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice | 92 | ||||
Section 9.16. |
Interest Rate Limitation | 92 | ||||
Section 9.17. |
Disclosure | 92 | ||||
Section 9.18. |
Calculation Agent Determinations; Required Lender Consultation | 93 | ||||
Section 9.19. |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | 93 | ||||
Section 9.20. |
Qualified Financial Contract | 94 | ||||
Section 9.21. |
Non-Recourse | 94 |
SCHEDULES
Schedule I – | Commitments, Allocated Loan Amounts and Lender Information | |
Schedule II – | Fund Entities | |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A – | Form of Officer’s Certificate | |
Exhibit B – | Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit C – | Form of Control Agreement | |
Exhibit D – | Form of Issuer Agreement | |
Exhibit E – | [Reserved] | |
Exhibit F – | Form of Collateral Call Notice | |
Exhibit G-1 – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Exhibit G-2 – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit G-3 – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit G-4 – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | |
Exhibit H-1 – | Form of Confirmation | |
Exhibit H-2 – | Form of Equity Commitment Letter | |
Exhibit I – | Form of Borrowing Notice |
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This MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of December 31, 2021 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among (1) (i) FD Juno Holdings L.P. and (ii) Juno Lower Holdings L.P. (each such entity, a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”); (2) FD Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C., as general partner of FD Juno Holdings L.P., and Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C., as general partner of Juno Lower Holdings L.P. (collectively, the “General Partners”); (3) each Lender as set forth in Schedule I and each other lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”); and (4) Royal Bank of Canada (“Administrative Agent”), as Administrative Agent and Calculation Agent.
Borrowers have requested that Lenders make loans to them on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount (excluding interest paid in kind) not exceeding the Aggregate Commitment Amount (as hereinafter defined), and Lenders are prepared to make such loans upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Accelerating Lender” means any Lender that has terminated its Commitment and accelerated any Advance owing to it pursuant to Section 7.01; provided that, if an Event of Default of the type specified in Section 7.01(g) has occurred and the Advances of all Lenders have automatically become due, each Lender shall be considered an “Accelerating Lender” hereunder.
“Acceptable Collateral” means any of the following assets of any Borrower, if (x) held in or credited to any Collateral Account subject to a first priority Lien under the applicable Security Agreement and (y) the Collateral Requirement has been satisfied with respect thereto:
(a) Cash and Cash Equivalents held in the Collateral Accounts;
(b) security entitlements in respect of Collateral Shares that (x) in the case of Preferred Shares, were deposited into, or credited to, the Collateral Accounts on, and have remained Collateral in the Collateral Accounts since, the Closing Date and (y) in the case of Common Shares, were issued upon conversion of, or as a Preferred Regular Dividend on, Collateral Shares described in the immediately preceding clause (x) in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation, as long as, in each case:
(i) such Collateral Shares are DTC Collateral Shares and, in the case of Common Shares, are held under an unrestricted CUSIP;
(ii) such Collateral Shares and such security entitlements are not subject to (1) any Transfer Restriction (other than Permitted Transfer Restrictions) and, for the avoidance of doubt, are not subject to any restrictive legend (it being understood that the Issuer Agreements do not constitute “restrictive legends” for this purpose) other than any legend set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, (2) any Restrictive Condition (other than Permitted Restrictive Conditions) or (3) any Lien (other than Permitted Liens);
(iii) such Collateral Shares are eligible for resale under Rule 144A under the Securities Act; and
(iv) such Collateral Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and
(c) any Other Acceptable Collateral.
“Acceptable Letter of Credit Issuer” means, at any time, a financial institution organized under the laws of the United States whose (a) senior unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness is rated at least A3 by Xxxxx’x and A- by S&P and (b) combined capital, surplus and undivided profits is not less than $500,000,000, in each case, at such time.
“Act” has the meaning specified in Section 9.15.
“Activities” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(b).
“Additional Terms Letter” means that certain letter, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent and Lenders.
“Adjustment Determination Date” means, in respect of any Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event, the date on which the Calculation Agent has notified Borrowers of (i) the adjustments that will be made to the terms of the Margin Loan Documentation on account thereof or (ii) its determination that no such adjustments under Section 9.01 are necessary.
“Adjustment Determination Period” means the period beginning on, and including, the date on which a Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event occurs and ending on, and including, the earlier of (i) the related Adjustment Determination Date and (ii) the fifth Business Day following such occurrence.
“Administrative Agent” means Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Margin Loan Documentation, or any successor administrative agent hereunder (including, without limitation, any successor appointed under Section 8.09), subject to Section 2.13.
“Advance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified but excluding any portfolio company of such Person.
“Affiliated Lender” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Agent” means each of Administrative Agent and Calculation Agent.
“Agented Lender” means any Lender who has taken an Advance hereunder by assignment, but has not yet entered into Security Agreements and Control Agreements with respect to the Collateral securing the Obligations owing to it. Any reference in the Margin Loan Documentation to the Applicable Lender with respect to an Agented Lender shall be to the Lender who assigned an Advance to such Agented Lender, and vice versa.
“Agent’s Group” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(b).
“Aggregate Collateral Share Value” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Preferred Share Collateral Value and (b) the Common Share Collateral Value, excluding, in each case, Collateral Shares that have been sold pursuant to any Permitted Sale Transaction and evidenced by an Eligible Trade Ticket and remain in the Collateral Accounts pending settlement thereof.
“Aggregate Commitment Amount” means the aggregate of the Lenders’ respective Commitments.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Allocated Loan Amounts” means, with respect to each Borrower, the allocated portion of the Advances in the amount set forth opposite such Borrower’s name in Schedule I hereto.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and all rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, and any similar laws or regulations relating to bribery or corruption applicable to any Borrower or General Partner.
“Applicable Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(d)(iv).
“Applicable Lender” means any Lender other than an Agented Lender.
“Applicable Margin” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Applicable Percentage” means, subject to Section 2.13, with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Advances divided by (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Advances owed to all Lenders; provided that, prior to the Closing Date, “Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Commitment to make Advances on the Closing Date divided by (b) the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders to make Advances on the Closing Date.
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“Applicable Rate” means, with respect to any Advance, (a) if Borrowers elect to borrow such Advance as a Base Rate Advance, Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, (b) if Borrowers elect to borrow such Advance as a One-Month LIBOR Advance, One-Month LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin or (c) if Borrowers elect to borrow such Advance as a Three-Month LIBOR Advance, Three-Month LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin.
“Attributable Debt” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
“Authorized Representative” means, as applied to any Person, any authorized signatory or Responsible Officer appointed or designated in accordance with such Person’s Organization Documents.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(iv).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Action” means any of the following, with respect to any Person: (a) to institute any proceedings to adjudicate such Person as bankrupt or insolvent, (b) to institute or consent to the institution of bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceedings against such Person or file a bankruptcy petition or any other petition seeking, or consenting to, reorganization or relief with respect to such Person under any Debtor Relief Law, (c) to file or consent to a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar relief with respect to such Person, (d) to consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or conservator (or other similar official) of such Person or any part of its property, (e) to make any assignment for the benefit of such Person’s creditors, (f) to cause such Person to admit in writing its inability to pay its debts, or (g) to take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
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“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5%, (b) the Prime Rate in effect for such day and (c) the One-Month LIBOR plus 1.00%. Any change in the Base Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the respective rate. The Base Rate on any day that is not a Business Day shall be the Base Rate in effect on the immediately preceding Business Day. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
“Base Rate Advance” means an Advance where Borrowers elect to use Base Rate as a reference interest rate.
“Basel III” means, collectively, those certain agreements on capital and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems,” “Basel III: International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring,” and “Guidance for National Authorities Operating the Countercyclical Capital Buffer,” each as published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010 (as revised from time to time), and “Basel III: The Liquidity Coverage Ratio and Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools,” as published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in January 2013 (as revised from time to time).
“Benchmark” means, initially, USD LIBOR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to USD LIBOR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) or Section 2.03(c)(ii).
“Benchmark Replacement” means:
(a) in the case of any Benchmark Transition Event or Early Opt-in Election, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) | the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; |
(2) | the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; |
(3) | the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; |
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provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; or
(b) [Reserved].
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) (1), (2) or (3) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:
(1) | for purposes of clauses (a) (1) and (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent: |
(a) | the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; |
(b) | the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and |
(2) | for purposes of clause (a) (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities; |
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provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Compounding Period,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(2) | in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein; |
(3) | [Reserved]; or |
(4) | in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. |
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(1) | a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
(2) | a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
(3) | a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer representative. |
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Margin Loan Documentation in accordance with Section 2.03(c) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Margin Loan Documentation in accordance with Section 2.03(c).
“Blackstone Entities” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowers Financial Information” means, at any time, the certificate with respect to the financial information of each Borrower most recently delivered under Section 5.01.
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“Borrowing Notice” means a request for Advances substantially in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto.
“Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open for business in New York City, United States, and, if such day relates to any interest rate setting for any Advance or any payments in respect of any Advance (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the definition of “Cure Time”), means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“BSOF Fund” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“BTAS Fund” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Calculation Agent” means Royal Bank of Canada, or any successor calculation agent hereunder (including, without limitation, any successor appointed under Section 8.09), acting in accordance with Section 9.18, subject to Section 2.13.
“Calculation Period” means any Compounding Period or Interest Period, as applicable.
“Cash” means all cash in Dollars at any time and from time to time deposited or to be deposited in the Collateral Accounts.
“Cash Equivalents” means any readily marketable direct obligations of the Government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the Government of the United States having a maturity of not greater than 12 months from the date of issuance thereof.
“Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Issuer.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.07(b), by any lending office of any Lender or by any Lender’s 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 date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and all rules, regulations or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith relating to capital and liquidity requirements and (y) all rules, regulations or directives issued pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to have been introduced or adopted after the Closing Date, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued; provided further that if any Lender determines, as a result of the foregoing, a Change in Law has occurred, such Lender shall only request compensation from Borrowers under Section 2.07 herein to the extent such Lender makes or expects to make a similar request, to the extent applicable, under comparable credit agreements for margin lending transactions secured by common shares with other borrowers similarly situated to Borrowers.
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“Change of Control” means, with respect to Borrowers or the Issuer, any event or transaction, or series of related events or transactions, the result of which is that (i) in the case of any Borrower, Blackstone Entities cease to hold and control 100% of the voting equity of such Borrower directly or indirectly, (ii) in the case of any Borrower, its General Partner ceases to be the sole general partner of such Borrower or (iii) in the case of the Issuer, a “person” or “group” becomes the “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of its voting equity (all within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) or a Fundamental Change occurs.
“Charges” has the meaning specified in Section 9.16.
“Closing Date” means the first date on which each of the conditions precedent to the Advances in Section 4.01 has been satisfied or waived in accordance therewith.
“Closing Sale Price” means, on any Scheduled Trading Day, the closing sale price (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the last bid and the last ask prices, in each case, at the scheduled closing time) per Common Share as reported by the Exchange.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means all Shares (and security entitlements in respect thereof), Cash, Cash Equivalents and other personal property over which Liens are purported to be granted under the Security Agreements.
“Collateral Accounts” means each of the “Collateral Accounts” specified in the Security Agreements with respect to which a Control Agreement is in effect.
“Collateral Call Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(c).
“Collateral Call Notice Deadline” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Collateral Requirement” means, at any time, that all steps required under applicable Law, if any, or reasonably requested by any Applicable Lender shall have been taken to ensure that each Security Agreement and Control Agreement in favor of such Applicable Lender creates a valid, first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens) on all the Collateral that is perfected by (i) control (within the meaning of the UCC), to the extent such Collateral is capable of perfection by control under the UCC or (ii) filing, to the extent such Collateral is not capable of perfection by control under the UCC.
“Collateral Shares” means any Shares held in or credited to any Collateral Account.
“Collateral Shortfall” means, on any date, that the LTV Ratio is greater than the LTV Margin Call Level; provided that for the purpose of determining whether a Collateral Shortfall has occurred on any date that occurs during the period that (x) commences on the date on which a Collateral Call Notice relating to a Collateral Shortfall is delivered to Borrowers (but excluding the date on which the Collateral Shortfall specified in such Collateral Call Notice occurs) and (y)
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ends on the earlier of (I) the Scheduled Trading Day on which the earliest applicable Cure Time occurs and (II) the date that such Collateral Shortfall is cured, the LTV Ratio shall be determined as if the amount of Cash necessary to cure such Collateral Shortfall were subtracted from “Net Obligations”. A Collateral Shortfall shall be considered “cured” at the time that Borrowers cause the LTV Ratio to be less than or equal to the LTV Maintenance Level pursuant to Section 2.06(c) (determined based on the Reference Price as in effect on the date that the Collateral Shortfall occurred).
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make the Advances to the Borrowers hereunder on the Closing Date, in the amount up to but not exceeding the amount as set forth opposite such Lender’s name and allocated among the Borrowers in the Allocated Loan Amounts, in each case, as set forth in Schedule I hereto.
“Common Share Collateral Value” means, at any time, the product of (a) the number of Common Shares that constitute Acceptable Collateral and (b) the Reference Price, in each case at such time.
“Common Shares” means the shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Issuer.
“Common Stock Participating Dividend” means a “Common Stock Participating Dividend” as defined in the Certificate of Designation.
“Communication” has the meaning specified in Section 5.06.
“Competitor” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Compounding Period” means, with respect to a One-Month LIBOR Advance, each period (a) commencing on, and including, the calendar day immediately following any Compounding Period End Date or, in the case of the initial such period for such Advance, the date on which such Advance is made and (b) ending on, and including, the next succeeding Compounding Period End Date.
“Compounding Period End Date” means, with respect to a One-Month LIBOR Advance, (a) the date in each calendar month corresponding numerically to the later of (x) the most recent Interest Payment Date that has occurred while such Advance was outstanding, if any, and (y) the date on which such Advance was made, and (b) the Scheduled Maturity Date.
“Concurrent” means, with respect to any release of Collateral from any Collateral Account pursuant to Section 2.06(d) and any deposit or crediting of Cash or Cash Equivalents into such Collateral Account and/or prepayment of the Advances owing to the Applicable Lender (including any Agented Lender with respect to such Applicable Lender) to whom such Collateral Account has been pledged, that either (i) such deposit, crediting or prepayment is made on a delivery versus payment basis (on terms reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent) against such release or (ii) the Cash or Cash Equivalents with which such deposit, crediting or prepayment is made constitute Proceeds (as defined in the Security Agreements) of such released Collateral with respect to which such Applicable Lender has a perfected, first-priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) under the relevant Security Agreement.
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“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Confirmation” means each of the following: (a) a written confirmation by the general partner of the applicable Fund Entity, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1, that (i) such general partner has called capital, or caused capital to be called, from such Fund Entity’s direct or indirect investors in an amount (the “Confirmation Amount”) that, when taken together with the Confirmation Amounts attributable to each other Fund Entity, would be necessary, after taking into account any other actions taken by any Borrower pursuant to Section 2.06(c), to reduce the LTV Ratio (determined based on the Reference Price as in effect on the date of the relevant Collateral Shortfall) to the LTV Maintenance Level, (ii) it will deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Cash and Cash Equivalents received in respect of such capital call to the Collateral Accounts on a Pro Rata Basis and (iii) the general partner of the applicable Fund Entity shall also provide a list of each of the Fund Entity’s limited partners to which such general partner has sent such capital call notice, which list indicates the amount of capital called from each limited partner; (b) a written equity commitment letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2, containing a representation that such Fund Entity is permitted under its Organization Documents to call capital from its investors in an amount at least equal to the Confirmation Amount and that such investors are obligated to fund such capital call and evidencing the commitment of such Fund Entity to contribute the Confirmation Amount to any Borrower as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m. on the twelfth (12th) Business Day following such Borrower’s receipt of the relevant Collateral Call Notice; provided that if, during such twelve (12) Business Day period, Borrowers have deposited Cash and/or Cash Equivalents in the Collateral Accounts pursuant to Section 2.06(c) from another source, such Fund Entity shall only be obligated to contribute to Borrowers the difference between the Confirmation Amount and the amount of Cash and/or Cash Equivalents actually deposited by Borrowers in the Collateral Accounts during such period; (c) a copy of each of the relevant Fund Entities’ most recent balance sheet and income statement, together with a representation from such Fund Entity that such balance sheet and income statement fairly present, in all material respects in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition (as of the date thereof) and results of operations (for the relevant fiscal period), respectively, of such Fund Entity, subject if applicable to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes and (d) if not included in the financial statements described in clause (c), a summary statement of such Fund Entity’s net asset value as of the date of such financial statements and of the aggregate amount of its uncalled capital commitments; provided that if any proposed confirmation package delivered by the relevant Fund Entities contains any substantial deviations from the foregoing requirements in clauses (a)-(d) and each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender confirms in writing that such deviations are acceptable to it (which confirmation may be withheld or delayed by any such Person in its sole discretion, acting reasonably), such proposed confirmation package shall constitute a Confirmation for purposes of the Margin Loan Documentation. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be deemed to be acting reasonably if they withhold or delay acceptance of such deviations based on a standard credit and onboarding review.
“Confirmation Amount” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Confirmation”.
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“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreements” means those certain Control Agreements, in each case, dated as of the Closing Date (or any later date on which any Person becomes an Applicable Lender), among each Borrower, Custodian and an Applicable Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Conversion Price” has the meaning specified in the Certificate of Designation.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Cure Time” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Custodian” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, or any successor appointed by Borrowers with the consent of each Applicable Lender.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Delisting” means that the Exchange announces that pursuant to the rules of the Exchange, the Common Shares have ceased or will cease to be listed, traded or publicly quoted on the Exchange for any reason, and no other Designated Exchange has announced that it has accepted the Common Shares for listing, trading or quotation, which shall be effective contemporaneously with, or prior to, such cessation.
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“Designated Exchange” means any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market, or (in each case) any successor thereto.
“Disrupted Day” means any Scheduled Trading Day on which, due to any failure of the Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session or the occurrence or existence of a Market Disruption Event or otherwise, the Calculation Agent is unable to determine the Closing Sale Price.
“Dollars” and “$” mean the lawful money of the United States.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.
“DTC Collateral Shares” means Collateral Shares that are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, maintained in the form of book entries on the books of DTC and allowed to be settled through DTC’s regular book-entry settlement services.
“Early Closure” means the closure on any Scheduled Trading Day of the Exchange prior to its scheduled closing time for such day.
“Early Opt-in Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the occurrence of:
(1) | a notification by the Administrative Agent to (or the request by any Borrower to the Administrative Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review); and |
(2) | the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers to trigger a fallback from USD LIBOR and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders. |
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
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“Eligible Letter of Credit” means, at any time, an irrevocable letter of credit issued to an Applicable Lender by a Person that is, at such time, an Acceptable Letter of Credit Issuer in a stated amount of not less than $5.0 million (provided that such Acceptable Letter of Credit Issuer has not provided to any Applicable Lender an aggregate stated amount of Eligible Letters of Credit hereunder that exceeds the product of (x) the aggregate Applicable Percentage of such Applicable Lender and any relevant Agented Lender and (y) $100 million) and (i) that has an initial expiration date at least 364 days after its issue date; (ii) that permits drawing thereunder if not renewed, extended or replaced within 30 days of its expiry date; (iii) the account party of which is a Person other than any Borrower or General Partner; and (iv) that is in a form that is reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Lender.
“Eligible Trade Ticket” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means, with respect to any Person, any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, such Person.
“Equity Commitment Letter” means an equity commitment letter substantially in the form attached as Exhibit H-2 hereto.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, whether economic or non-economic, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code of which that Person is a member; (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code of which that Person is a member; and (c) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of any Person shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of such Person within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Person and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which such Person could be liable under the Code or ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.10(a).
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“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.10(d).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.10(d).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.10(d).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.10(d).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Event of Default Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Exchange” means The New York Stock Exchange or its successor or, if not listed for trading on such exchange, the Designated Exchange that is the primary trading market for the Common Shares.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Business Day” means any day on which the Exchange is open for trading during its regular trading session, notwithstanding the Exchange closing prior to its scheduled closing time.
“Exchange Disruption” means any event that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the Common Shares on the Exchange on any Scheduled Trading Day as determined by the Calculation Agent, or the inability of the Calculation Agent, on account of a trading suspension or otherwise, to determine the Reference Price of the Common Shares by reference to transactions or bid or ask prices for the Common Shares on the Exchange on any Scheduled Trading Day.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Lender or Agent or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Lender or Agent: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Lender or Agent being organized under the laws of, having its principal office or, in the case of a Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in an Advance or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Advance or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.08, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately
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before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in an Advance or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s or Agent’s failure to comply with Section 2.08(e), (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) U.S. backup withholding.
“Existing Restrictive Condition” means any Restrictive Condition set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Certificate of Designation, in each case as in effect on the Closing Date, as modified to the extent applicable by the Issuer Agreements.
“Existing Transfer Restrictions” means Transfer Restrictions on the Collateral Shares:
(i) on account of the fact that Borrowers are “affiliates” of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 144;
(ii) on account of the fact that the Collateral Shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144, with a holding period for purposes of Rule 144(d) that began, with respect to each Borrower and each Applicable Lender, no later than the Closing Date (including for Collateral Shares that are credited to the relevant Collateral Account after the Closing Date); and
(iii) as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Certificate of Designation, in each case as in effect on the Closing Date, as modified to the extent applicable by the Issuer Agreements (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that in the hands of any Lender with respect to an exercise of remedies under the Margin Loan Documentation, no such Transfer Restriction is applicable).
“Extended MDE Day” means each Disrupted Day beginning on, and including, the third consecutive Disrupted Day.
“Extraordinary Distribution” means any dividend, issuance or distribution by the Issuer of cash, securities or property to holders of the Shares other than an Ordinary Dividend or a Spin-off.
“Facility” means the credit facility contemplated by this Agreement.
“Facility Adjustment Event” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into to implement such Sections of the Code, and any laws, rules and practices adopted by a non-U.S. jurisdiction to effect any such intergovernmental agreement.
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“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to USD LIBOR.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Free Float” means, as of any date of determination, the number of Common Shares equal to (i) the total number of Common Shares then issued and outstanding minus (ii) the total number of Common Shares “beneficially owned” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act or otherwise held, without duplication, and only to the extent reflected in the total number of Common Shares then issued and outstanding in clause (i), by (a) any officer or director of the Issuer, (b) Blackstone Entities or (c) any “person” or “group” that “beneficially owns” (in each case within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) more than 10% of the total Common Shares issued and outstanding (excluding (1) any “person” or “group” that is an institutional investment manager within the meaning of Section 13(f) of the Exchange Act or (2) any “person” or “group” that has disclosed its holdings of Common Shares on a Schedule 13G), as determined by Calculation Agent by reference to any publicly available information issued by the Issuer, any publicly available filings with, or order, decree, notice or other release or publication of, any Governmental Authority and/or any other publicly available information Calculation Agent reasonably deems relevant. For purposes of clause (ii) above, any Long Position relating to Common Shares held by any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be “beneficial ownership” of the full number of Common Shares underlying such Long Position; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of clause (ii) above, Common Shares that are “beneficially owned” by more than one officer, director, “person” or “group” shall be included only once in determining the total number of Common Shares “beneficially owned” by all officers, directors, “persons” and “groups”.
“Fund Entities” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Fundamental Change” means any Fundamental Change under, and as defined in, the Certificate of Designations that does not otherwise constitute a Mandatory Prepayment Event.
“Funding Account” means that certain account of Carrier Global Corporation that is designated below. For the avoidance of doubt, funding to the Funding Account shall constitute full satisfaction of the Lenders’ obligation to make the Advances to the Borrowers as set forth herein.
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Bank |
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA | |
Address |
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American Banking Association (ABA) |
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Chips UID |
00002 | |
SWIFT |
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DDA |
787555025 |
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“General Partners” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (v) as an applicant in respect of any letter of credit or letter of credit guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness, or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; (b) all direct or contingent payment obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties,
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surety bonds and similar instruments; (c) net payment or delivery obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract; (d) all payment obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than 90 days after the date on which such trade account payable was created); (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse; (f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations; (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and (h) all guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Debt in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrowers under any Margin Loan Documentation and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 9.11.
“Initial LTV Level” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Person, (i) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or winding-up of, or any analogous proceeding affecting, such Person, (ii) such Person institutes or has instituted against it by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization or the jurisdiction of its head or home office, or consents to, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights with respect to such Person, or any other petition is presented by any such Person for such Person’s liquidation, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or winding-up, (iii) any proceeding is instituted by any creditor of such Person or any Governmental Authority for such Person’s liquidation, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or winding-up and continues undismissed or unstayed for 30 calendar days or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding or (iv) the occurrence of any event of the type set forth in Section 7.01(g) (with references therein to any Borrower being deemed replaced by references to such Person).
“Interest Payment Date” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
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“Interest Period” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
“Issuer” means APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Issuer Agreement” means each of the Issuer Agreements, in each case, dated as of the Closing Date (or any later date on which any Person becomes an Applicable Lender), executed by the Issuer, each Borrower and a Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Issuer Share Repurchase” means a repurchase by the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof of Shares, whether the consideration is cash, securities or otherwise.
“Issuer Trading Suspension” means the occurrence of seven consecutive Disrupted Days.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 9.14.
“Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, all international, foreign, U.S. federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case that is applicable to such Person or such Person’s business or operation and whether or not having the force of law.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto, subject to Section 2.13.
“Lender Appointment Period” has the meaning specified in Section 8.06.
“LIBO Rate” means, for any Calculation Period with respect to any LIBO Rate Advance:
(a) the rate of interest per annum, expressed on the basis of a year of 360 days, which is equal to the offered rate that appears on the page of the Reuters LIBOR01 screen (or any successor thereto as may be selected by the Administrative Agent) set by ICE Benchmark Administration for deposits in Dollars with a term equivalent to such Calculation Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Calculation Period, or
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(b) if the rates referenced in the preceding clause (a) are not available and a Benchmark Replacement has not replaced such rates in accordance with Section 2.03(c), the rate per annum reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest, expressed on a basis of 360 days at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Calculation Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBO Rate Advance being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term and amount comparable to such Calculation Period and principal amount of such LIBO Rate Advance as would be offered by the Administrative Agent’s London Branch to major banks in the offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Calculation Period;
provided that if any such rate is below zero, the LIBO Rate will be deemed to be zero.
“LIBO Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on the LIBO Rate.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any instrument or arrangement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Long Position” means, with respect to shares of any type, any over-the-counter derivative instrument entered into with, or security or structured note issued by, a bank, dealer or other financial institution that, in each case, can reasonably be expected to hedge its equity price risk with respect to such shares, that is (i) a “call equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(b) of the Exchange Act, including any of the foregoing that would have been a “call equivalent position” but for the exclusion in Rule 16a-1(c)(6) of the Exchange Act, or (ii) otherwise constitutes an economic long position in respect of such shares, in each case as determined by Calculation Agent by reference to any publicly available information issued by the Issuer, any publicly available filings with, or order, decree, notice or other release or publication of, any Governmental Authority and/or any other publicly available information Calculation Agent reasonably deems relevant.
“LTV Cash Collateral Release Level” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“LTV Maintenance Level” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“LTV Margin Call Level” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“LTV Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the Net Obligations as of such date divided by (ii) the sum of (a) the Aggregate Collateral Share Value on such date and (b) the product, for each type of Other Acceptable Collateral, of (1) 100% less the applicable Other Acceptable Collateral Haircut and (2) the aggregate fair market value of the Other Acceptable Collateral of such type, as determined by Calculation Agent, in each case on such date.
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“Mandatory Prepayment Event” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).
“Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice Deadline” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Margin Loan Documentation” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Security Agreements, the Control Agreements, the Issuer Agreements and each agreement or instrument delivered pursuant to the foregoing or the Collateral Requirement.
“Margin Regulation” means Regulation U or X, as applicable.
“Market Disruption Event” means an Early Closure, an Exchange Disruption or a Trading Disruption, in each case, which the Calculation Agent determines is material.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities and financial condition of the Borrowers taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Borrower to perform any of its monetary obligations under the Margin Loan Documentation, (c) the Collateral, the Lenders’ Liens on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, taken as a whole or (d) the rights of or benefits available to Lenders under the Margin Loan Documentation, taken as a whole; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, a decline in the Reference Price of the Common Shares shall not in itself be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Nonpublic Information” means information regarding the Issuer and its Subsidiaries that is not generally available to the public that a reasonable investor would likely consider important in deciding whether to buy, sell or hold Shares.
“Material Status Change” means an amendment to the Certificate of Designation or the Securities Purchase Agreement, entry into a new agreement or modification to an existing agreement, or any other event or condition (other than entry into a Permitted Lock-Up Agreement), in each case, that imposes a new Transfer Restriction or Restrictive Condition or modifies an Existing Transfer Restriction or Existing Restrictive Condition on the Shares (or beneficial interests therein) if, in any such case, Calculation Agent determines that there is a material risk that such imposition or modification would (v) materially affect the convertibility of Preferred Shares into Common Shares, including the time period in which such conversion would be effected or requirements to effect such conversion, (w) materially reduce the amount of proceeds an Applicable Lender would realize upon a foreclosure on the Shares (or beneficial interests therein), (x) materially delay the ability of an Applicable Lender to realize such proceeds upon a foreclosure on the Shares (or beneficial interests therein) or (y) materially limit (1) the remedies that would be available to an Applicable Lender following an Event of Default, (2) the type of potential purchasers that are permitted to purchase Shares (or beneficial interests therein), or (3) the number of Shares (or beneficial interests therein) that any potential purchasers would be permitted to purchase (in each case, after giving effect to the terms of the Margin Loan Documentation, including, without limitation, Section 7 of the Security Agreements).
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“Maximum Loan Value of the Applicable Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 9.16.
“Merger Event” means any transaction or event, or series of related transaction(s) and/or event(s), that is, or results in, or would, if consummated, result in, (i) a reclassification or change of the Common Shares that results in a transfer of or an irrevocable commitment to transfer all of the Common Shares outstanding (excluding any Common Shares held by Issuer) to another Person, (ii) (A) a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding equity exchange of Issuer with or into, or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Issuer’s consolidated assets to, another Person (other than a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding equity exchange in which Issuer is the continuing Person and the Common Shares are not exchanged for, or converted into, any other securities or property), or (B) any acquisition or similar transaction (including pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding equity exchange) by Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding (a) any transaction between Issuer and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or among any such wholly-owned Subsidiaries and (b) any transaction for which (x) Issuer or the relevant Subsidiary is the continuing Person and the Common Shares are not exchanged for, or converted into, any other securities or property, and (y) the enterprise value of the Person or Persons being acquired (or, in the case of an acquisition of assets, the fair market value thereof) is less than 50% of the enterprise value of Issuer, in each case, as of the date on which the transaction is announced, as determined by Calculation Agent or (iii) a takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event by any Person in which such Person purchases or obtains, or, if such transaction or event were consummated, would purchase or obtain, 100% of the outstanding Common Shares of Issuer (other than such Shares owned or controlled by such other Person), in each case, as reasonably determined by Calculation Agent; provided that any merger of Issuer solely for the purpose, and with the sole effect, of changing Issuer’s jurisdiction of incorporation, that results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding Common Shares solely into common Equity Interests of the surviving entity shall not be a Merger Event.
“Xxxxx’x” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Net Obligations” means, as of any date of determination, the Total Accrued Loan Amount on such date less the sum of (i) the face amount of all Cash credited to the Collateral Accounts on such date, (ii) 99% of the aggregate fair market value of Cash Equivalents constituting Acceptable Collateral on such date, as determined by Calculation Agent, (iii) 99% of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under any Eligible Letters of Credit that have been provided to the Applicable Lenders and (iv) the net proceeds of any Permitted Sale Transaction to be deposited in the Collateral Accounts evidenced by an Eligible Trade Ticket until the scheduled settlement date thereof (or, if earlier, the actual settlement date).
“Obligations” means all Advances to, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, indemnifications, and duties of, Borrowers arising under any Margin Loan Documentation or otherwise with respect to the Advances, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Borrower of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming any Borrower as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
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“One-Month LIBOR” means, with respect to any Compounding Period for any One-Month LIBOR Advance, the LIBO Rate for such Compounding Period.
“One-Month LIBOR Advance” means an Advance where Borrowers elect to use One-Month LIBOR as a reference interest rate.
“Ordinary Dividend” means (a) with respect to Preferred Shares, any Preferred Regular Dividend and any Participating Dividend consisting of a Common Stock Participating Dividend described in clause (b) of this definition, and (b) with respect to the Common Shares, any regular, cash dividends on the Common Shares, in each case, as determined by the board of directors of Issuer.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization, and the limited liability company agreement or operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Acceptable Collateral” means any Collateral (including Shares) that does not constitute Acceptable Collateral pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof, and is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (subject to Section 8.08).
“Other Acceptable Collateral Haircut” means a commercially reasonable discount to the value of any Other Acceptable Collateral, determined by the Calculation Agent (subject to Section 8.08), taking into account any applicable Transfer Restrictions, liquidity, volatility and other factors that the Calculation Agent deems appropriate, expressed as a percentage.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender or Agent, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender or Agent and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Lender or Agent having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Margin Loan Documentation, or sold or assigned interest in any Margin Loan Documentation).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Margin Loan Documentation, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.
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“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(b).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(b).
“Participating Dividend” means a “Participating Dividend” as defined in the Certificate of Designation.
“Partner Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 9.03(b).
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.10(a).
“Pension Plan” means, with respect to any Person, any employee benefit plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates.
“Permitted Assignee” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Permitted Liens” means (a) Liens imposed by Law for Taxes that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause (a) is junior to the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Agreements and the Control Agreements, (b) Liens granted to the Applicable Lenders or the Custodian pursuant to the Security Agreements and Control Agreements, (c) Liens routinely imposed on all securities by the Custodian, to the extent permitted under the Control Agreements and (d) with respect to any deposit account of a Borrower that does not constitute, or contain, Collateral or any deposit account of a General Partner, any customary Lien in favor of the depositary bank.
“Permitted Lock-Up Agreement” means any lock-up agreement with respect solely to transfers by any Borrower entered into in connection with an underwritten offering of Shares, so long as, in each case, such lock-up agreement does not in any way apply to the pledge of Collateral Shares under the Security Agreements or any exercise of remedies by any Applicable Lender or its Affiliates.
“Permitted Restrictive Condition” means (a) any Existing Restrictive Condition, (b) any Restrictive Condition arising under a Permitted Lock-Up Agreement and (c) any other Restrictive Condition; provided that, in the case of a Restrictive Condition under clause (c) of this definition imposed or modified by a Material Status Change, Borrowers have notified Administrative Agent thereof (and, if any such Material Status Change constitutes Material Nonpublic Information, made public disclosure thereof) at least ten calendar days prior to such Material Status Change becoming effective.
“Permitted Sale Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(d)(i)(A).
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“Permitted Transfer Restrictions” means (a) the Existing Transfer Restrictions, (b) any Transfer Restrictions arising under a Permitted Lock-Up Agreement and (c) any other Transfer Restrictions under the Issuer’s Organization Documents, provided that, in the case of a Transfer Restriction under clause (c) above imposed or modified by a Material Status Change, Borrowers have notified Administrative Agent thereof (and, if any such Material Status Change constitutes Material Nonpublic Information, made public disclosure thereof) at least ten calendar days prior to such Material Status Change becoming effective.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan Assets” means “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulation.
“Plan Asset Regulation” means Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended.
“Potential Facility Adjustment Event” means the announcement by any Person of any transaction or event that, if consummated, completed or effected, would constitute a Facility Adjustment Event, or of any material change therein or the termination thereof, all as determined by the Calculation Agent.
“Preferred Regular Dividend” means a “Regular Dividend” as defined in the Certificate of Designation.
“Preferred Share Collateral Value” means, at any time, the product of (a) the number of Preferred Shares that constitute Acceptable Collateral, (b) the quotient of the Liquidation Preference (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) per Preferred Share (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any previously accrued and unpaid dividends which have been added to the Liquidation Preference pursuant to Section 6(a)(i) of the Certificate of Designation) to, but excluding, the date of determination, divided by the Conversion Price in effect at such time and (c) the Reference Price.
“Preferred Shares” means shares of 5.5% Series B Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Issuer.
“Prepayment Amount” means on and after the Closing Date, with respect to any voluntary prepayment of principal constituting all or a portion of the Advances pursuant to Section 2.06(a) (but for the avoidance of doubt, not pursuant to Section 2.06(c)), (a) in the case of any such prepayment that occurs before the Prepayment Premium End Date, an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate amount of Applicable Margin that would have been payable on the amount of principal so prepaid, for the time period from and including the date of such prepayment to but excluding the Prepayment Premium End Date, and (b) in the case of any such prepayment that occurs on or after the Prepayment Premium End Date, $0.00.
“Prepayment Premium End Date” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
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“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Administrative Agent as the prime rate; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective; provided that if the Administrative Agent does not publicly announce any such prime rate, the “Prime Rate” shall be an analogous rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent or any Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
“Pro Rata Basis” means (i) for purposes of determining the allocation of Collateral of any type among, or the allocation of Eligible Letters of Credit provided to, the Applicable Lenders and the respective Collateral Accounts controlled by them, in proportion to each Applicable Lender’s Applicable Percentage (in each case, taken together with the Applicable Percentages of all Agented Lenders with respect to such Applicable Lender), (ii) for purposes of determining the allocation of interest payments among Lenders, in proportion to the interest that has accrued and remains unpaid on each Lender’s Advances and (iii) for all other purposes, in proportion to each Lender’s Applicable Percentage, subject, in each case, to rounding to the nearest Share, USD 0.01 or item or unit of other securities or property, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, in the context of allocating Collateral of different types among the Applicable Lenders, (a) Cash Equivalents shall be considered a different type of Collateral than Cash and (b) Common Shares shall be considered a different type of Collateral than Preferred Shares.
“QFC Stay Rules” means the regulations codified at 12 C.F.R. § 252.2, §§ 252.81–8, 12 C.F.R. §§ 382.1-7 and 12 C.F.R. §§ 47.1-8, which, subject to limited exceptions, require an express recognition of the stay-and-transfer powers of the FDIC under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Orderly Liquidation Authority under Title II of the Xxxx Xxxxx Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the override of default rights related directly or indirectly to the entry of an affiliate into certain insolvency proceedings and any restrictions on the transfer of any covered affiliate credit enhancements.
“Reference Price” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is USD LIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two London banking days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not USD LIBOR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(b).
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement entered into pursuant to, and in substantially the form attached to, the Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Regulated Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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“Regulation U” means Regulation U issued by the FRB.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X issued by the FRB.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders with Applicable Percentages that in the aggregate exceed 50.1%, subject to Section 2.13.
“Required Sale Proceeds Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(d)(i)(B).
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person (including any Borrower or General Partner), any of the chief executive officer, chairman, president, chief financial officer, chief strategy officer or any vice president, secretary, assistant secretary or director of such Person or, in the case of a limited partnership, such Person’s general partner, as applicable.
“Restricted Affiliates” means, (a) with respect to each Fund Entity and BSOF Fund and BTAS Fund, (i) (x) any of its respective parallel funds and alternative vehicles and (y) any predecessor and/or successor fund and (ii) any Subsidiary of any Person described in clause (i) (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any portfolio company of such Person) and (b) with respect to each Fund Entity, any of its respective Affiliates that are advised by the same investment adviser as such Fund Entity.
“Restrictive Condition” means (i) any shareholders’ agreement, voting agreement, investor rights agreement, lock-up agreement or any similar agreement relating to Shares and (ii) any restriction, condition or requirement (whether or not under any law, rule, regulation, regulatory order or Organization Documents or contracts) relating to Shares to which a holder thereof (whether beneficial, constructive or otherwise) or any pledgee thereof would be subject, including, without limitation, any registration requirement, ownership limitation, reporting or informational requirement or mandatory redemption or transfer.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and any successor thereto.
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by: (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State; or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
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“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions.
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person 50 percent or more owned or controlled by one or more Persons identified in (a), or (d) any Person that is otherwise the target of Sanctions.
“Scheduled Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Scheduled Trading Day” means any day on which the Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its regular trading session or, in the event that the Common Shares are not listed, traded or quoted on any Designated Exchange, any Business Day.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 26, 2021 among the Issuer, BTO Juno Holdings L.P. and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund – FD L.P.
“Security Agreements” means the Pledge and Security Agreements, executed by each Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Separateness Provisions” has the meaning specified in Section 5.10.
“Set-off Party” has the meaning specified in Section 9.13.
“Share Hedging Transactions” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(d).
“Shares” means Preferred Shares and Common Shares.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
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“Spin-off” means any distribution, issuance or dividend to holders of the Shares of any capital stock or other securities of another issuer owned (directly or indirectly) by the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof.
“Split-off” means any exchange offer by the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof for its own Shares in which the consideration to be delivered to exchanging holders of the Shares is capital stock or other securities of another issuer owned (directly or indirectly) by the Issuer.
“Stock Price Trigger Event” means, on any Exchange Business Day, that the Reference Price for such Exchange Business Day is less than the Stock Price Trigger Threshold. For the avoidance of doubt, if on any Extended MDE Day, the Reference Price has been reduced below the Stock Price Trigger Threshold, a Stock Price Trigger Event shall be deemed to have occurred.
“Stock Price Trigger Threshold” has the meaning specified in the Additional Terms Letter.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the majority of the Equity Interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time securities or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, credit protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction or forward purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other financial instrument or interest (including any option with respect to any of these transactions), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for
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any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender).
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and leaseback transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Tender Offer” means a takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event by any Person that (x) results, or, if consummated, would result, in such Person purchasing, or otherwise obtaining or having the right to obtain, by conversion or other means, greater than 20% of the Free Float (determined, for the avoidance of doubt, without regard to the beneficial ownership of such Person), in the case of any Person other than Blackstone Entities, or (y) results, or, if consummated, would result, in a reduction of the Free Float, in the case of any acquisition of “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Shares or entry into a Long Position relating to Shares by Blackstone Entities, in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent, based upon the making of filings with governmental or self-regulatory agencies or such other publicly available information as the Calculation Agent deems relevant.
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Three-Month LIBOR” means, with respect to any Interest Period with respect to a Three-Month LIBOR Advance, the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period.
“Three-Month LIBOR Advance” means an Advance where Borrowers elect to use Three-Month LIBOR as a reference interest rate.
“Threshold Amount” means $10 million.
“Total Accrued Loan Amount” means, at any time, the Total Loan Principal Amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, accrued and unpaid fees, and all reimbursable expenses and other Obligations together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to such time.
“Total Loan Principal Amount” means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Advances (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest that has been paid in kind).
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“Trading Disruption” means any suspension of or limitation imposed on trading by the Exchange on any Scheduled Trading Day (whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Exchange or otherwise) relating to the Common Shares.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower and General Partner of the Margin Loan Documentation, the grant of the security interest contemplated hereby or thereby and all transactions contemplated under the Margin Loan Documentation, including the borrowing of the Advances and use of proceeds thereof.
“Transfer Restrictions” means, with respect to any item of Collateral, any condition to or restriction on the ability of the owner or any pledgee thereof to pledge, convert, sell, assign or otherwise transfer such item of Collateral or enforce the provisions thereof or of any document related thereto whether set forth in such item of Collateral itself or in any document related thereto, including, without limitation, (i) any limitation, restriction or condition upon the conversion of Preferred Shares for Common Shares, (ii) any requirement that any conversion, sale, assignment or other transfer or enforcement for such item of Collateral be consented to or approved by any Person, including, without limitation, the issuer thereof or any other obligor thereon, (iii) any limitation on the type or status, financial or otherwise, of any purchaser, pledgee, assignee or transferee of such item of Collateral, (iv) any requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document of any Person to the issuer of, any other obligor on or any registrar or transfer agent for, such item of Collateral, prior to the conversion, sale, pledge, assignment or other transfer or enforcement of such item of Collateral, and (v) any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such item of Collateral pursuant to any federal, state, local or foreign securities law (including, without limitation, any such requirement arising under Section 5 of the Securities Act as a result of such item of Collateral being a “restricted security” or any Borrower being an “affiliate” of the issuer of such item of Collateral, as such terms are defined in Rule 144).
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(e)(ii)(B)(3).
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
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“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Upfront Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04.
“USD LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars.
“Withholding Agent” means Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.02. Times Of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.03. Terms Generally.
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) except to the extent Agents’ or Lenders’ consent is required as provided herein, any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, unless expressly specified otherwise, the word “from” means “from and including” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
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(b) Section headings herein and in the other Margin Loan Documentation are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation.
(c) Determinations, consents, approvals or any other actions or non-actions taken by or determined by any Agent or Lender shall be made in good faith and, unless otherwise stated herein, its sole discretion.
Section 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if Borrowers notify Administrative Agent, who shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof, that Borrowers request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Administrative Agent, upon the request of any Lender, notifies Borrowers that such Lender requests an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
ARTICLE 2
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
Section 2.01. The Advances.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a loan in Dollars to the Borrowers on the Closing Date in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment, allocated among the Borrowers in the Allocated Loan Amounts as set forth on Schedule I hereto, by making immediately available funds available to Administrative Agent (or an account designated by Administrative Agent) (any such loan, an “Advance”); provided that each Lender shall, at Borrowers’ request, net the Advances due to Borrowers against any amount payable by Borrowers hereunder in accordance with each Lender’s respective Applicable Percentage. After Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds on the Closing Date and upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01, Administrative Agent shall make such funds as it has received available to Borrowers by wiring such funds to the Funding Account. Following the Closing Date, the unused portion of any Commitments shall be permanently terminated. If the Closing Date does not occur on or prior to January 3, 2022, all Commitments shall be permanently terminated on such date.
(b) Any Advance or any portion thereof, once prepaid or repaid, may not be reborrowed.
(c) At any time, each Borrower shall use the same reference interest rate with respect to all Advances hereunder.
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(d) At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date (or such lesser period as the Administrative Agent shall approve), all Borrowers shall notify Administrative Agent of their request for Advances on the Closing Date by providing a Borrowing Notice, and such notice shall include the reference interest rate that each Borrower elects with respect to such Advances, subject to clause (c) above. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such borrowing.
Section 2.02. Repayment Of Advances. Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to Administrative Agent (or to an account designated by Administrative Agent) the Total Accrued Loan Amount on the Scheduled Maturity Date or any earlier date on which the Total Accrued Loan Amount becomes due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such repayment. After Administrative Agent’s receipt of the entire amount of the repayment, Administrative Agent shall transfer the repayment to each Lender, in accordance with such Lender’s Applicable Percentage with respect to the Facility.
Section 2.03. Interest.
(a) Ordinary Interest. The principal amount of each Advance, and any compounded interest thereon, shall accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date; provided that, unless Borrowers elect, by written notice to Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to any Interest Payment Date, with respect to all or any portion of such interest that would otherwise be payable on such Interest Payment Date, to pay such interest in cash, interest shall be paid in kind, in which case such interest (or portion thereof as set forth in Borrowers’ election notice) will be added, as of such Interest Payment Date, to the outstanding principal amount of the Advances on a Pro Rata Basis. With respect to any One-Month LIBOR Advance, interest shall be compounded on each Compounding Period End Date that is not an Interest Payment Date. The total amount of interest due on each Interest Payment Date shall be computed by the Calculation Agent on the immediately preceding Business Day, calculated on the basis of the actual days elapsed and a year of 360 days, in the case of One-Month LIBOR Advances and Three-Month LIBOR Advances, and calculated on the basis of the actual days elapsed and a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in the case of Base Rate Advances.
(b) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any amount is not paid when due hereunder, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum equal at all times to two percent (2%) above the Applicable Rate from the date such amount was due to but excluding the date that such amount shall be paid in full, payable on demand (and in any event in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full).
(c) Benchmark Replacement.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Margin Loan Documentation, if a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such
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Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Margin Loan Documentation in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Margin Loan Documentation in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Margin Loan Documentation, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation.
(iv) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Borrower and the Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (D) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(v) below and (E) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.03(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.03(c).
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Margin Loan Documentation, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or USD LIBOR) and either (I) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (II) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is
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or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Compounding Period” and “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (I) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (II) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Compounding Period” and “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(vi) Upon the Borrowers’ receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrowers may revoke any request for a LIBO Rate Advance of, conversion to or continuation of LIBO Rate Advances to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to a Base Rate Advance. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
Section 2.04. Upfront Fee. As set forth in the Additional Terms Letter.
Section 2.05. Interest Rate Determinations. Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Borrower and each Lender of the applicable interest rates for the purposes of Section 2.03 and any calculation related thereto.
Section 2.06. Prepayments Of Advances; Collateral Shortfall; Withdrawal Of Collateral.
(a) Any Borrower may prepay the outstanding principal amounts of the Advances (including with Cash held as Collateral), in whole or in part, accompanied by (i) accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (ii) the Prepayment Amount (if any) and (iii) any amounts due under Section 2.07(f) (and, in the case of a prepayment of all Advances, all other Obligations that are then due and payable or will become due and payable on account of such prepayment), at any time and from time to time upon notice thereof given to Administrative Agent, who shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof, by such Borrower not later than 12:00 p.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date of any such prepayment in the case of a LIBO Rate Advance and on the date one (1) Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment in the case of a Base Rate Advance; provided, however, that each partial prepayment of the Advances shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.06(a) to the contrary, (A) the notice requirements and prepayment minimum amount requirements shall be waived with respect to any prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.06(c)(ii) or 2.06(d)(i)(B) and (B) payment of the Prepayment Amount shall not be required in connection with any prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.06(c)(ii). Each prepayment notice delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.06(a)
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shall be irrevocable; provided that any such notice may state that prepayment of the Advances is conditioned upon the effectiveness of the receipt of the proceeds from a sale of Collateral or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, in which case such notice may be revoked by a Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date of termination) if such condition is not satisfied.
(b) Following the occurrence of any Mandatory Prepayment Event, Administrative Agent may, or upon request of any Lender shall (or, if the Administrative Agent fails to do so promptly when requested, any Lender may), provide written notice to Borrowers that it is requiring a prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.06(b) in connection therewith (a “Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice”). Within two Business Days following receipt of such Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice, all Commitments shall immediately be terminated and Borrowers shall (i) pay to Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.11 and/or (ii) deliver one or more Eligible Trade Tickets evidencing, in combination with any prepayments made in accordance with clause (i), that such Borrower(s) will be entitled to receive net cash proceeds in an amount sufficient to make prepayments in an amount equal to the Total Accrued Loan Amount.
(c) If a Collateral Shortfall occurs on any date on or after the Closing Date, Administrative Agent may, or, at the request of any Lender, shall (or, if the Administrative Agent fails to do so promptly when so requested, any Lender may), deliver a notice in the form set forth in Exhibit F hereto to Borrowers and all other Lenders of the occurrence of such Collateral Shortfall (such notice, a “Collateral Call Notice”) not later than 8:00 p.m. on such date or, if Administrative Agent is not reasonably able to deliver such notice by such time due to operational difficulties or otherwise, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. Upon Borrowers’ receipt of any Collateral Call Notice in accordance with Section 9.02, Borrowers shall, prior to the relevant Cure Time, in an aggregate amount at least equal to the amount that would cause the LTV Ratio (determined based on the Reference Price as in effect on the date that the Collateral Shortfall first occurred) to be equal to the LTV Maintenance Level:
(i) post Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Other Acceptable Collateral to the Collateral Accounts and/or provide Eligible Letters of Credit to the Applicable Lenders, in each case, on a Pro Rata Basis;
(ii) prepay all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Advances on a Pro Rata Basis and pay any related amounts, pursuant to Section 2.06(a); and/or
(iii) effect a Permitted Sale Transaction in accordance with Section 2.06(d)(i);
provided that if such cure includes effecting a Permitted Sale Transaction, then the relevant Collateral Shortfall shall be deemed to be cured upon delivery by Borrowers prior to the applicable Cure Time of one or more Eligible Trade Tickets evidencing net proceeds, in combination with any other actions set forth in clause (i) or (ii) above, in an aggregate amount sufficient to cure the Collateral Shortfall in full; provided, further, that Borrowers and their Affiliates shall, immediately upon settlement of such Permitted Sale Transaction, cause the cash proceeds received in connection therewith to be deposited into the Collateral Accounts to the extent such cash proceeds are not automatically deposited therein.
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Borrowers and each Applicable Lender shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that Custodian provides online informational access (or, if such online access is not available, to timely deliver account statements and advices of transactions) for all Collateral Accounts to Administrative Agent and each other Applicable Lender.
Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day following the first Scheduled Trading Day on which Borrowers have received (in accordance with Section 9.02) the relevant Collateral Call Notice by the Collateral Call Notice Deadline, to the extent that the Collateral Shortfall has not otherwise been cured on such date, Borrowers shall deliver a notice to Administrative Agent (which notice may be given by email) (x) acknowledging Borrowers’ receipt of such Collateral Call Notice, (y) confirming that Borrowers will cure the relevant Collateral Shortfall prior to the applicable Cure Time (if it will not otherwise be cured) and (z) stating the manner in which Borrowers expect to cure such Collateral Shortfall (if it will not otherwise be cured).
(d) Borrowers shall only be permitted to request the release of Collateral if (x) Borrowers deliver written notice of such release to Administrative Agent (who shall give to each Applicable Lender prompt notice thereof) on or before 5:00 p.m. on the second Business Day prior to the requested date of the release, and (y) Administrative Agent is reasonably satisfied that the additional conditions set forth in one of clauses (i) through (iv) below are met and that the condition set forth in clause (v) below is met (in which case Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify each Applicable Lender):
(i) Borrowers may request the release of any Collateral Shares from the Collateral Accounts as long as:
(A) the Collateral Shares are being released on a Pro Rata Basis for the purpose of (x) settling sales of such Collateral Shares for Cash, where the scheduled settlement date for each such sale (excluding registered offerings that settle on a settlement cycle that is customary for registered offerings) is no later than one then-standard settlement cycle on the Exchange following execution of such sale (unless each Lender consents, in its sole discretion, to a later settlement date) (it being understood that a “T+3” settlement cycle shall be deemed to be standard for purposes herein) (any such sale that complies with the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(d)(i), a “Permitted Sale Transaction”) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of converting any such Collateral Shares constituting Preferred Shares into Common Shares in connection with a Permitted Sale Transaction) or (y) distributing Shares to investors in the Fund Entities, BSOF Fund or BTAS Fund (and their respective investment vehicles, as applicable) in connection with any Permitted Sale Transaction in an amount not to exceed 1% of the aggregate number of Collateral Shares sold in such Permitted Sale Transaction;
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(B) a portion of the cash proceeds of each such sale will be paid, on a delivery versus payment basis against the delivery of the relevant Collateral Shares or pursuant to escrow arrangements reasonably acceptable to each Applicable Lender, to Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.11 to prepay Borrowers’ Obligations on a Pro Rata Basis in an amount sufficient to cause the LTV Ratio, immediately following such release, to be less than the LTV Maintenance Level (such amount, the “Required Sale Proceeds Amount”); and
(C) no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall have occurred (unless such Mandatory Prepayment Event has been cured or waived) and no Default, Event of Default or Adjustment Determination Period shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such release.
To facilitate a sale of Collateral Shares pursuant to this clause (i), each Applicable Lender shall release its Lien over the Collateral Shares being sold immediately upon its receipt of the related Required Sale Proceeds Amount (if any), and shall, if required, enter into any escrow or other arrangement reasonably satisfactory to such Applicable Lender with the broker or dealer through whom such Collateral Shares are being sold. Each Applicable Lender shall cooperate with Borrowers in effecting any rebalancing pursuant to Section 2.14.
(ii) Borrowers may request a release of Cash or Cash Equivalents that constitute Collateral, on a Pro Rata Basis, as long as:
(A) the LTV Ratio before, and immediately after, giving effect to such release does not exceed the LTV Cash Collateral Release Level; and
(B) no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall have occurred (unless such Mandatory Prepayment Event has been cured or waived) and no Default, Event of Default or Adjustment Determination Period shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such release.
(iii) Borrowers may request a transfer of Collateral consisting of Cash on a Pro Rata Basis from the Collateral Accounts to Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.11 to repay Borrowers’ Obligations pursuant to Section 2.03 and/or Section 2.06(a).
(iv) Borrowers may request the release of Collateral Shares constituting Preferred Shares from the Collateral Accounts, on a Pro Rata Basis, for the purpose of exercising any such Borrower’s right of conversion thereof, as long as all Common Shares received in connection therewith are delivered directly to the Custodian and credited to the applicable Collateral Accounts as Acceptable Collateral or otherwise delivered subject to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Lenders.
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(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.06(d), at any time when the Collateral includes Common Shares, no Collateral shall be released from any Collateral Account if such release, after giving effect to any Concurrent deposit or crediting of Cash or Cash Equivalents into such Collateral Account and/or prepayment of the Advances owing to the Applicable Lender (including any Agented Lender with respect to such Applicable Lender) to whom such Collateral Account has been pledged, would either (I) cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Advances owing to such Applicable Lender and any Agented Lender with respect to such Applicable Lender, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon (such outstanding principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest, the “Applicable Credit”), to exceed the Maximum Loan Value of the Applicable Collateral or (II) increase the amount by which the Applicable Credit exceeds the Maximum Loan Value of the Applicable Collateral.
(e) Posting Additional Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, on at least two Business Days’ notice to Administrative Agent, Borrowers may post Cash or Cash Equivalents constituting Acceptable Collateral to the Collateral Accounts or provide Eligible Letters of Credit to the Applicable Lenders, at any time; provided that each type of Collateral shall be posted to the Collateral Accounts and any Eligible Letters of Credit shall be provided to the Applicable Lenders, on a Pro Rata Basis; provided further that such Collateral to be posted and/or Eligible Letters of Credit to be provided under this Section 2.06(e) at any one time shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000, and such posted Collateral and Eligible Letters of Credit shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the LTV Ratio on the Business Day on which such Collateral is posted or such Eligible Letters of Credit are provided unless (i) at least two (2) Business Days’ notice to Administrative Agent have elapsed and (ii) such Collateral is deposited into the Collateral Accounts, with a SWIFT code evidencing such posting to be furnished to the Calculation Agent, and such Eligible Letters of Credit are provided to the Applicable Lenders, in each case, prior to 2:00 p.m. on such Business Day. If any Eligible Letter of Credit that is provided to an Applicable Lender expires and is not immediately renewed, extended or replaced with another Eligible Letter of Credit with an equivalent face amount, the Applicable Lender to which such eligible Letter of Credit is provided is and shall be authorized to draw the full stated amount of such Eligible Letter of Credit and deposit the proceeds thereof into the applicable Collateral Account as Collateral. Borrowers shall direct the Issuer or its transfer agent to deposit into, or credit to, the relevant Collateral Accounts on a Pro Rata Basis, or, in the case of any property or assets other than Cash and securities entitlements, deliver to the Custodian (subject to the Applicable Lenders’ reasonable delivery instructions) on a Pro Rata Basis, any Ordinary Dividend or Extraordinary Distribution paid or distributed on the Collateral Shares, or any securities or securities entitlements (x) exchanged for, or delivered upon conversion of, the Collateral Shares in a Merger Event or (y) delivered in respect of the Collateral Shares in connection with a Spin-off, and if any such Cash, securities, securities entitlements or other property or assets are received by Borrowers or any Affiliate thereof for any reason, Borrowers shall, or shall cause such Affiliate to, make such deposit or delivery as promptly as practicable and in any event no later than two Business Days following such receipt (and pending such delivery, shall hold such property in trust for the Applicable Lenders), subject, in each case, to any subsequent release thereof in accordance with Section 2.06(d). Borrowers shall not tender any Collateral Shares in any exchange offer (including, without limitation, a Split-off) without the consent of each Lender.
Section 2.07. Increased Costs; Break Funding. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender;
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(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Advances made by such Lender or participation therein; or
(iii) subject any Lender or Administrative Agent to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to any Lender or Administrative Agent of making or maintaining the Advances hereunder or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by any Lender or Administrative Agent hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then Borrowers will pay to such Lender or Administrative Agent such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Administrative Agent for such reasonable additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If a Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Advances made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any actual losses with respect to such reduction.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts (and the calculation thereof) necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to Administrative Agent, who shall deliver or cause to be delivered such certificate to Borrowers. Such certificate shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrowers shall not be required to compensate any Lender pursuant to this Section 2.07 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; 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.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Lender requests compensation under this Section 2.07 or Borrowers must pay increased amounts or any amounts for Indemnified Taxes pursuant to Section 2.08, then the applicable Lender will, if requested by Borrowers, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another lending office for any Advance, or portion thereof, affected by the relevant event if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation would (i) avoid the requirement for or reduce the amount of such compensation, increased amounts or amounts for Indemnified Taxes, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender; provided that such efforts need only be made on terms that, in the commercially reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided further that nothing in this Section 2.07(e) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of Borrowers or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(a) through (d) or Section 2.08. Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation.
(f) Borrowers shall compensate each Lender, upon written request (in the form of a certificate) by such Lender (which certificate shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amounts and shall be conclusive absent manifest error), for all reasonable loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits or margin) deemed to be incurred by it (determined pursuant to the following paragraph) as a result of:
(i) any payment or prepayment of a LIBO Rate Advance on a day other than an Interest Payment Date, in the case of a Three-Month LIBOR Advance, or a Compounding Period End Date, in the case of a One-Month LIBOR Advance (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or
(ii) any failure by Borrowers to prepay or borrow any LIBO Rate Advance on the date or in the amount notified by Borrowers (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a LIBO Rate Advance in breach of its obligation hereunder).
Such loss, cost or expense for any Lender shall be deemed to be an amount determined by such Lender equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Advance had such event not occurred, at the reference interest rate that would have been applicable to such Advance, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then-current Interest Period or Compounding Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period or Compounding Period for such Advance), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market.
(g) All of Borrowers’ obligations under this Section 2.07 shall survive termination of the Facility and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
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Section 2.08. Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrowers under any Margin Loan Documentation shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by Borrowers shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.08) each Lender or Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrowers. Without duplication of other amounts payable by the Borrowers under this Section 2.08, Borrowers shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by Borrowers to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.08, Borrowers shall deliver to Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by Borrowers. Each Borrower shall severally indemnify Lenders and Agents, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.08) payable or paid by Lenders or Agents or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to any Lender or Agent and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrowers (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent, on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Status of Lenders.
(i) If any Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Taxes with respect to payments made under any Margin Loan Documentation, it shall deliver to Borrowers and Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrowers or Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrowers or Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrowers or Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrowers or Administrative Agent as will enable Borrowers or Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to
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the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.08(e)(ii)(A), (B) and (D) below) shall not be required if in a Lender’s 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,
(A) if any Lender is a U.S. Person, it shall deliver to Borrowers and Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrowers or Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding;
(B) if any Lender is a Foreign Lender, it shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrowers and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by Borrowers or Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrowers or Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income Tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Margin Loan Documentation, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or an applicable successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such Tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Margin Loan Documentation, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or an applicable successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such Tax treaty;
(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or an applicable successor form); or
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(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or an applicable successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or Exhibit G-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrowers and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipients) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrowers or Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrowers or Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Margin Loan Documentation would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrowers and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrowers or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrowers or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Borrowers or Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered has expired or become obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification, provide such successor form, or promptly notify Borrowers and Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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The Administrative Agent shall deliver to Borrowers, on or before the date on which it becomes the Administrative Agent hereunder (and thereafter promptly from time to time upon the reasonable request of Borrowers), either (i) a duly executed copy of IRS Form W-9 (or any applicable successor form) certifying that the Administrative Agent is not subject to backup withholding, or (ii) a duly executed copy of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any applicable successor form) establishing that the Administrative Agent will act as a withholding agent for any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed with respect to any payment made to Lenders under any Margin Loan Documentation. The Administrative Agent agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered has expired or become inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrowers at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide the certification described in the preceding sentence.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any Lender or Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.08 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.08), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.08 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such Lender or Agent and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such Lender or Agent, shall repay to such Lender or Agent the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (f) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such Lender or Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will any Lender or Agent be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place such Lender or Agent in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Lender or Agent would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any Lender or Agent to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(g) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that Borrowers have not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of any Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.07(b) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Margin Loan Documentation, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Margin Loan Documentation or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (g).
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(h)
(i) Each Borrower shall deliver to any Lender, Agent or Custodian at the time or times reasonably requested by such Lender, Agent or Custodian, such properly completed and executed documentation that such Borrower is legally, and, pursuant to its Organization Documents and other confidentiality obligations, entitled to deliver and that is reasonably requested by such Lender, Agent or Custodian in order to permit such Lender, Agent or Custodian to exercise its rights under this Agreement in a manner that will avoid or, to the extent possible, minimize withholding Tax upon a disposition of the Shares; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.08(h)(i), the preparation or delivery of such documentation shall not be required if in a Borrower’s reasonable and good-faith judgment such preparation or delivery would subject such Borrower to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Borrower; and
(ii) Without limiting Section 2.08(h)(i), each Borrower’s regarded owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall deliver to each Agent, on or before the Closing Date (and thereafter promptly from time to time upon the reasonable request of an Agent), (i) a duly executed original IRS Form W-9 and (ii) a duly executed certification in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b)(2) to the effect that each Borrower’s regarded owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes is not a “foreign person” as defined under Section 1445 of the Code. Each Borrower shall promptly notify each Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide the IRS Form or certification described in the preceding sentence.
(i) Each Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Administrative Agent following a Change in Law, a change in the jurisdiction or location of material business activities of the Issuer or an identifiable change in circumstances with respect to the Issuer that reasonably could be expected to result in an imposition or increase in withholding Tax that would reduce the proceeds receivable by a Lender or Lenders upon a disposition of any Collateral, such properly completed and executed documentation that it is legally, and pursuant to its Organization Documents and other confidentiality obligations, entitled to deliver and that is reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in order to permit a Lender or Lenders to exercise its rights under Section 7.02 hereof in a manner that will avoid such a reduction in proceeds; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.08(i), the preparation or delivery of such documentation shall not be required if in any Borrower’s reasonable judgment such preparation or delivery would subject such Borrower’s (or its Affiliates) to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Borrower (or its Affiliates).
(j) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.08 shall survive the assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, any Lender, the termination of any Lender’s Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Margin Loan Documentation.
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Section 2.09. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify Borrowers and Administrative Agent that any Law makes it unlawful, or any Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Lender to perform its obligations to make or maintain Advances hereunder as LIBO Rate Advances, the obligation of such Lender to make such Advances shall be terminated and all such Advances shall become Base Rate Advances either on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain the Advances to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain the Advances.
Section 2.10. Evidence of Debt.
(a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Advance from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided that the failure of any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of each Borrower to repay such obligations in accordance with their terms.
(b) Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of each Borrower, shall maintain a copy of each assignment effected pursuant to Section 9.07(a) and accounts in which it will record (i) the names and addresses of Lenders, (ii) the amount of each Advance made hereunder, (iii) the amount of any principal and stated interest due and payable or to become due and payable from Borrowers to each Lender hereunder, and (iv) the amount of any sum received by Administrative Agent hereunder from Borrowers and each Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Borrowers, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that the failure of Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of each Borrower to repay such obligations in accordance with their terms. The Register shall be available for inspection by any Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The parties intend that any interest in or with respect to the Loans under this Agreement be treated as being issued and maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2), and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any regulations thereunder (and any successor provisions), including without limitation under United States Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c) and Proposed Regulations Section 1.163-5 (and any successor provisions), and the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in a manner that gives effect to such intent.
(c) No promissory note shall be required to evidence the Advances by Lenders to Borrowers. Upon the request of a Lender, Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note, payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form approved by such Lender, which shall evidence the Advances to Borrowers by such Lender in addition to such records. Thereafter, the Advances evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein and its registered assigns.
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Section 2.11. Payments And Computations.
(a) All payments to be made by each Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Borrowers shall make each payment hereunder not later than 11:00 a.m. on the day when due (subject to Section 2.06(c), with respect to any payment made to cure a Collateral Shortfall) in Dollars to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds. Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender its share, determined on a Pro Rata Basis (or other applicable basis as provided herein), of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender. All payments received by Administrative Agent after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day (subject to Section 2.06(c), with respect to any payment made to cure a Collateral Shortfall) and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b) Whenever any payment hereunder would be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or any fees, as the case may be.
(c) All payments (including prepayments and, subject to Section 2.13, any other amounts received hereunder in connection with the exercise of any Applicable Lender’s rights after an Event of Default) made by any Borrower to Administrative Agent under any Margin Loan Documentation shall be applied to amounts then due and payable in the following order, ratably in accordance with the percentage of any such amounts owed to each Lender: (A) any expenses and indemnities payable by any Borrower to Lenders under any Margin Loan Documentation; (B) to any accrued and unpaid interest and fees due under this Agreement; (C) to principal payments on the outstanding Advances; and (D) to the extent of any excess, to the payment of all other Obligations under the Margin Loan Documentation; provided that, in the case of an exercise of remedies, a Lender may elect the order in which different Advances are deemed to be paid.
Section 2.12. [Reserved].
Section 2.13. Accelerating Lenders.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to clause (b) below), if one or more Lenders become Accelerating Lenders:
(i) each Accelerating Lender, solely for purposes of determining the rights and obligations of such Lender vis á vis each Borrower, shall be deemed to be:
(A) the Administrative Agent and Calculation Agent hereunder; and
(B) the sole Lender hereunder for all purposes and, for the avoidance of doubt, no other Lender’s consent shall be necessary for any modification of such rights and obligations; and
(ii) solely for purposes of determining the rights and obligations of all Lenders that are not Accelerating Lenders among themselves and vis á vis each Borrower:
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(A) each Accelerating Lender shall be deemed to no longer be a Lender hereunder and, for the avoidance of doubt, such Accelerating Lender’s consent shall not be necessary for any modification of such rights and obligations; and
(B) if the Administrative Agent or Calculation Agent is an Accelerating Lender, a replacement therefor shall be selected from among the Lenders that are not Accelerating Lenders as if such Agent had resigned.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, following one or more Lenders becoming Accelerating Lenders, Borrowers, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not make any payments of their Obligations or post any Collateral or provide any Eligible Letter of Credit except on a Pro Rata Basis (without regard to clause (a) above). For the avoidance of doubt, the application of proceeds received by an Applicable Lender in respect of an exercise of its remedies under the Margin Loan Documentation shall not be considered a payment by Borrowers for purposes of this Section 2.13(b).
Section 2.14. Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the Closing Date that such Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender’s Advance, Administrative Agent may assume that each Lender that has a Commitment hereunder has made the relevant Advance available on such date in accordance with Section 2.01 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made the relevant Advance available to Administrative Agent, then such Lender and Borrowers severally agree to pay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by Borrowers, the Applicable Rate. If Borrowers and such Lender shall pay such interest to Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by Borrowers for such period. If such Lender pays such Advance to Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Advance included in such borrowing. Any payment by Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any claim Borrowers may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to Administrative Agent.
(b) Payments by Borrowers; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrowers prior to the date on which any payment is due to Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders hereunder that Borrowers will not make such payment, Administrative Agent may assume that Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to Lenders the amount due. In such event, if Borrowers have not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to Administrative Agent forthwith
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on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(c) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of Lenders hereunder to make Advances and to make payments pursuant to Section 9.04(e) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Advance or to make any payment under Section 9.04(e) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Advance or to make its payment under Section 9.04(e).
Section 2.15. Continuation; Conversion. Borrowers may, by notice to the Administrative Agent given not later than 12:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of conversion or continuation (i) if the Advances are Base Rate Advances, convert the Advances to One-Month LIBOR Advances or Three-Month LIBOR Advances on any day or (ii)(w) if the Advances are One-Month LIBOR Advances, convert the Advances to Base Rate Advances or Three-Month LIBOR Advances, (x) if the Advances are Three-Month LIBOR Advances, convert the Advances to Base Rate Advances or One-Month LIBOR Advances or (y) if the Advances are One-Month LIBOR Advances or Three-Month LIBOR Advances, continue the Advances as such for an additional Interest Period, in each case on the last day of the then outstanding Interest Period in respect thereof. Any such notice shall (i) state the continuation or conversion date for such continuation or conversion (which shall, except on the case of a conversion of Base Rate Advances into LIBO Rate Advances, be the last day of the then outstanding Interest Period in respect thereof) and (ii) state whether the Advance or Advances are to be converted to or continued as One-Month LIBOR Advances, Three-Month LIBOR Advances or Base Rate Advances. If Borrowers shall have failed to give to the Administrative Agent a timely notice of continuation or conversion pursuant to this Section 2.15 the Advances shall be deemed continued as Advances of the same type for an additional Interest Period on the last day of the then outstanding Interest Period in respect thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, any Advance that is converted to a One-Month LIBOR Advance or a Three-Month LIBOR Advance shall be deemed to have been made on the date of such conversion for purposes of the definitions of Compounding Period, Compounding Period End Date and Interest Period.
Section 2.16. Periodic Rebalancing.
(a) Subject to Section 2.13, if, as of any Interest Payment Date (or any other date on which any Applicable Lender gives written notice to Administrative Agent that a rebalancing required on any Interest Payment Date or any posting or release of Collateral did not occur on a Pro Rata Basis), the Collateral in the Collateral Accounts is not held on a Pro Rata Basis for any reason, then on, or as promptly as practicable following, such date, the Applicable Lenders shall cause any transfers of Collateral from the Collateral Accounts that they control to Collateral Accounts controlled by other Applicable Lenders as may be necessary, as determined by Administrative Agent, to ensure that the Collateral in the Collateral Accounts is held on a Pro Rata Basis. Each Applicable Lender agrees to cooperate in good faith with Administrative Agent to effect such rebalancing, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by submitting written instructions to the Custodian to effect such transfers. Each Borrower hereby consents to such transfers.
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(b) Solely for the purpose of determining whether Collateral is held on a Pro Rata Basis under clause (a) above, any Eligible Letter of Credit provided to an Applicable Lender shall be deemed to be an amount of Cash equal to 99% of the stated amount thereof, subject to clause (c) below.
(c) Subject to Section 2.13, if, as of any Interest Payment Date, the aggregate stated amount of Eligible Letters of Credit provided to any Applicable Lender differs by more than $1,000,000 from the product of (x) the aggregate Applicable Percentage of such Applicable Lender and any relevant Agented Lenders and (y) the aggregate stated amount of Eligible Letters of Credit provided to all Applicable Lenders, then on, or as promptly as practicable following, such Interest Payment Date, Borrowers shall replace Eligible Letters of Credit provided to the Applicable Lenders with Cash and/or Cash Equivalents and vice versa to the extent necessary to ensure that Eligible Letters of Credit, Cash and Cash Equivalents are held on a Pro Rata Basis (it being understood that the minimum stated amount of an Eligible Letter of Credit as set forth in the definition thereof shall not apply to the extent necessary to comply with this Section 2.16(c)). Each Lender hereby consents to, and agrees to cooperate in good faith to effect, such substitutions.
(d) In connection with any transfer of Collateral Shares to a Collateral Account pursuant to this Section 2.16 or otherwise, each Borrower shall comply and use reasonable efforts to cause Custodian to comply, with any request of the Applicable Lender that controls such Collateral Account to transfer such Collateral Shares to a separate sub-account under the relevant Collateral Account controlled by such Applicable Lender.
Section 2.17. Joint and Several Liability.
(a) Each Borrower accepts joint and several liability hereunder in consideration of the financial accommodation to be provided by the Lenders under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of each Borrower to accept joint and several liability for the obligations of each Borrower.
(b) Each Borrower shall be jointly and severally liable for all Obligations, regardless of which Borrower actually receives the Advances hereunder or the amount of the Obligations received or the manner in which any Agent or any Lender accounts for the Obligations on its books and records. Each Borrower’s obligations with respect to Advances made to it, and each Borrower’s obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder, with respect to Advances made to and other Obligations owing by the Borrowers hereunder, shall be separate and distinct obligations, but all such obligations shall be primary obligations of each Borrower.
(c) Each Borrower’s obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder with respect to Advances and other Obligations owing by the Borrowers hereunder shall, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be unconditional irrespective of (A) the validity or enforceability, avoidance or subordination of the obligations of
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any other Borrower or of any promissory note or other document evidencing all or any part of the obligations of any other Borrower, (B) the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from any other Borrower, any other guarantor, or any other security therefor, or the absence of any other action to enforce the same, (C) the waiver, consent, extension, forbearance or granting of any indulgence by any Agent or any Lender with respect to any provision of any instrument evidencing the obligations of any other Borrower, or any part thereof, or any other agreement now or hereafter executed by any other Borrower and delivered to any Agent or any Lender, (D) the failure by any Agent or any Lender to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or collateral for the obligations of any other Borrower, (E) any Agent’s or any Lender’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code or similar provision under any other applicable debtor relief law, (F) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by any other Borrower, as Debtor In Possession under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or similar provision under any other applicable debtor relief law, (G) the disallowance of all or any portion of any Lender’s claim(s) for the repayment of the obligations of any other Borrower under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or similar provision under any other applicable debtor relief law, or (H) any other circumstances which might constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or of any other Borrower (other than the defense of payment). With respect to each Borrower’s obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of such Borrower hereunder with respect to Advances made to the Borrowers hereunder, such Borrower waives, until the Obligations shall have been paid in full and this Agreement shall have been terminated, any right to enforce any right of subrogation or any remedy which the Agent or any Lender now has or may hereafter have against such Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations, and any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to any Agent or any Lender to secure payment of the Obligations or any other liability of any Borrower to any Agent or any Lender.
(d) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, any Agent and the Lenders may proceed directly and at once, without notice, against any Borrower to collect and recover the full amount, or any portion of the Obligations without first proceeding against any other Borrower or any other Person, or against any security or collateral for the applicable Obligations. Each Borrower consents and agrees that the Agents and the Lenders shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Borrower or against or in payment of any or all of the applicable Obligations.
(e) In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable debtor relief law or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Borrower hereunder would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability hereunder, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Borrower or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
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Section 2.18. Inability to Determine Rates.
If the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that for any reason in connection with any request for a conversion to or continuation of any LIBO Rate Advance, other than with respect to a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to Section 2.03(c), that (a) deposits in Dollars are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for the applicable amount and the Calculation Period thereof, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the LIBO Rate for any requested Calculation Period with respect to any LIBO Rate Advance, or (c) the LIBO Rate for any requested Calculation Period with respect to any LIBO Rate Advance does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such LIBO Rate Advance, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify each Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain LIBO Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrowers may revoke any pending request made by it for a conversion to or continuation of any LIBO Rate Advance, or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a borrowing of Base Rate Advances in the amount specified therein.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Borrower and, where applicable, each General Partner represents and warrants to Lenders (in the case of General Partner, solely as to itself) that:
Section 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each Borrower and General Partner (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to enter into, and perform its obligations under, the Margin Loan Documentation, and consummate the Transactions, and (iii) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
Section 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the powers of and have been duly authorized by all necessary action by each Borrower and General Partner. Each document included in the Margin Loan Documentation to which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and General Partner, as applicable, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Margin Loan Documentation, (ii) will not violate any Law applicable to any Borrower or General Partner, (iii) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Borrower or General Partner or any of their respective assets (including the Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement), or give rise to a right thereunder to
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require any payment to be made by any such Person, (iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Borrower or General Partner, except Liens created pursuant to the Margin Loan Documentation, (v) will not violate any trading policy of the Issuer applicable to any Borrower or General Partner, including, but not limited to, the Issuer’s “blackout” policy and (vi) will not violate or require any consent under the Organization Documents of the Issuer, any Borrower or General Partner.
Section 3.04. Financial Condition. The Borrowers Financial Information delivered to the Lenders is true and correct in all material respects. Each Borrower has no material assets other than the Collateral nor any Indebtedness or monetary obligations other than the Obligations. Each General Partner has no material assets other than the partnership interests in the relevant Borrower nor any Indebtedness or monetary obligations other than pursuant to the Margin Loan Documentation.
Section 3.05. Litigation Matters. There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of each Borrower or General Partner, as the case may be, threatened in writing against any Borrower or General Partner (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
Section 3.06. Compliance With Laws.
(a) Each Borrower and General Partner is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties.
(b) Each Borrower is in compliance with its reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act, including in respect of the transactions contemplated hereunder.
(c) The Transactions, including the use of proceeds of the Advances and all actions with respect to the Collateral, comply and will comply with the Margin Regulations.
Section 3.07. Investment Company Status. Each Borrower and General Partner is not, and after giving effect to the contemplated Transactions will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 3.08. Taxes. Each Borrower and General Partner has timely filed (taking into account applicable extensions) all income Tax returns and other material Tax returns which are required to be filed by it in all jurisdictions and has paid all material Taxes, assessments, claims, governmental charges or levies imposed on it or its properties which are due and payable (other than any amount (i) the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith, (ii) with respect to which reserves have been provided for in accordance with GAAP and (iii) as to which no Collateral would become subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest). There is no proposed tax assessment asserted in writing against any Borrower. Each Borrower and each General Partner is either (i) a U.S. person or (ii) an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the regarded owner of any such entity that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes is a U.S. Person. As of the Closing Date, no Borrower or General Partner is subject to tax in any jurisdictions other than the United States or any subdivision thereof.
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Section 3.09. Disclosure. Each Borrower and General Partner has disclosed to each Agent and Lender (x) all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) any shareholders’ agreement, investor rights agreement or any voting or other contractual restriction, including any lock-up agreement, relating to the Collateral Shares. All information provided by or on behalf of each Borrower or General Partner to the Agents and Lenders in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation or the Transactions is complete and correct in all material respects and does not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.
Section 3.10. Agreements. Neither any Borrower nor any General Partner is a party to, nor are their assets bound by, any agreement or instrument, other than those permitted under Section 6.10, and neither any Borrower nor any General Partner is in default under any provision of any such agreement or instrument.
Section 3.11. Solvency. With respect to each Borrower and General Partner, (i) the present fair market value of such Person’s assets exceeds the total amount of such Person’s liabilities (including contingent liabilities), (ii) such Person has capital and assets sufficient to carry on its businesses, (iii) such Person is not engaged and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction for which its remaining assets are unreasonably small in relation to such business or transaction and (iv) such Person does not intend to incur or believe that it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay as they become due. No Borrower or General Partner will be rendered insolvent by the consummation of the Transactions.
Section 3.12. Trading And Other Restrictions.
(a) Each Borrower and General Partner owns all of its assets (including, in the case of each Borrower, all of the Collateral pledged pursuant to a Security Agreement) free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
(b) No Borrower has made nor consented to, nor is aware of, any registrations, filings or recordations in any jurisdiction evidencing a security interest in any of its properties, including the filing of a register of mortgages, charges and other encumbrances or filings of UCC-1 financing statements, other than with respect to Liens granted to Lenders under the Margin Loan Documentation and Permitted Liens.
(c) Borrowers acquired the Collateral Shares pledged on the Closing Date and paid the full purchase price therefor no later than the Closing Date, and the holding period (as determined in accordance with Rule 144) of each Borrower and each Lender with respect to the Collateral Shares began no later than the Closing Date. The Collateral Shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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(d) The Collateral Shares (i) are not subject to any Transfer Restrictions or Restrictive Conditions, other than Permitted Transfer Restrictions or Permitted Restrictive Conditions, (ii) (x) do not contain any restrictive legends (it being understood that the Issuer Agreements do not constitute “restrictive legends” for this purpose) other than any legend set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and (y) do not require any opinions from counsel, or the removal of any “stop transfer order,” or the delivery of any documentation, prior to the sale of such Collateral Shares and (iii) are not subject to any shareholders’ agreement, investor rights agreement or any other similar agreement or any voting or other contractual restriction, other than the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Issuer Agreements.
Section 3.13. Subsidiaries. Each Borrower does not have any Subsidiaries. Each General Partner does not have any Subsidiaries other than its relevant Borrower.
Section 3.14. Anti-Corruption Laws And Sanctions. Each Borrower and General Partner and, to the knowledge of each Borrower and General Partner, their respective managers, directors, officers, employees, and agents, as applicable, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) any Borrowers or General Partners, or (b) to the knowledge of each Borrower and General Partner, any managers, directors, officers, employees, or agents of any Borrower or General Partner is a Sanctioned Person.
Section 3.15. Material Nonpublic Information. No Borrower is in possession of any Material Nonpublic Information with respect to the Issuer or the Shares.
Section 3.16. Employee Matters. Each Borrower and General Partner does not have and has never had (a) any employees and it has never directly contracted with individuals who are not independent contractors, (b) to maintain, contribute to, or any direct obligation to maintain or contribute to, any Employee Benefit Plan, and (c) any actual or potential liabilities with respect to any Pension Plan, including as a result of its affiliation with any of its ERISA Affiliates, that exceed the Threshold Amount. No Person treated as an independent contractor by any Borrower or General Partner shall have been classified as an employee by any Governmental Authority.
Section 3.17. No Plan Assets. The assets of each of the Borrowers and General Partners do not constitute Plan Assets.
Section 3.18. Conduct Of Business. No Borrower or General Partner is engaged in any business or activity other than (a) holding Shares, Cash and Cash Equivalents and any Other Acceptable Collateral, ministerial activities incidental thereto and otherwise expressly contemplated herein, (b) performing its obligations under the Margin Loan Documentation and the Transactions and (c) payment of Taxes and administrative fees necessary for compliance with this Agreement or the other Margin Loan Documentation.
Section 3.19. Separateness. Each Borrower is, and has at all times since its formation been, in compliance with its respective Separateness Provisions.
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ARTICLE 4
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
Section 4.01. Conditions Precedent To The Advances on the Closing Date. The obligation of Lenders to make the Advances hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction, or waiver by each Lender hereunder that has a Commitment, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received each of the following documents, duly executed, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) duly executed counterparts of the Margin Loan Documentation (other than this Agreement), dated as of the Closing Date;
(ii) (A) a certificate of each General Partner dated as of the Closing Date and executed by its respective Authorized Representative, which shall (1) certify the resolutions authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Margin Loan Documentation to which each Borrower or General Partner are a party and the Transactions to be consummated by them on such date and (2) contain appropriate attachments, including the Organization Documents of each Borrower and General Partner, and in the case of each Borrower and General Partner, the engagement letter(s) for, or other reasonably satisfactory evidence of the engagement of, an independent manager for each General Partner and (B) a long form good standing certificate for each Borrower and General Partner from their respective jurisdictions of organization;
(iii) a solvency certificate of each Borrower and General Partner from an Authorized Representative thereof, dated as of the Closing Date;
(iv) a favorable opinion of counsel to Borrowers, addressed to Administrative Agent and Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date;
(v) the results of a recent Lien and judgment search in the jurisdiction of organization of each of the Borrowers and General Partners, and each such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of, or judgments against, the relevant Person, in each case except for Permitted Liens;
(vi) proper financing statements (Form UCC-1 or the equivalent) for filing under the UCC or other appropriate filing offices of each jurisdiction as may be necessary to perfect the security interests purported to be created by the Security Agreements;
(vii) FRB Form U-1 completed to satisfaction of Lenders and duly executed by each Borrower; and
(viii) any information or documentation reasonably requested by any Lender at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.15.
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(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Collateral Accounts for the Lenders making the Advances shall have been established by Borrowers; Borrowers shall have executed and delivered all account opening documentation required by Custodian; security entitlements with respect to 600,000 Preferred Shares shall have been credited (or will be credited substantially concurrently with the occurrence of the Closing Date after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Advances) to the Collateral Accounts on a Pro Rata Basis as Acceptable Collateral, free from all Transfer Restrictions (other than Existing Transfer Restrictions) and Restrictive Conditions (other than Existing Restrictive Conditions); and the Collateral Requirement shall have been satisfied in all material respects.
(c) All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees or expenses required to be paid under the Margin Loan Documentation on or before the Closing Date, including the Upfront Fee and counsel fees invoiced at least one Business Day prior to such date, shall have been paid on or before such date, or, in the case of the Upfront Fee or any analogous fee, Borrowers shall have elected to net such amount against the relevant Advances hereunder.
(d) Each of the representations and warranties contained in the Margin Loan Documentation shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless any such representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date (unless any such representation or warranty is qualified as to materiality, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date).
(e) (i) Issuer (or its counsel) shall have confirmed by email that all conditions to Issuer’s obligation to deliver the Preferred Shares under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, other than payment of the purchase price therefor, have been satisfied and (ii) the Borrowers shall have circulated a Federal Reference Number with respect to a wire from Affiliates of the Borrowers to Carrier Global Corporation in an aggregate amount equal to $373,687,500.00.
(f) Borrowers shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a certificate from a Responsible Officer of Borrowers in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, dated as of the Closing Date, which shall contain representations that the conditions set forth in Subsections (b), (d), (e), (g) and (h) of this Section 4.01 have been satisfied.
(g) Immediately after giving effect to the Advances, (i) all types and amounts of Collateral shall be held on a Pro Rata Basis and (ii) the LTV Ratio shall not exceed the Initial LTV Level.
(h) No Mandatory Prepayment Event shall have occurred that has not been cured or waived, and no Default, Event of Default, Collateral Shortfall or Adjustment Determination Period shall have occurred and be continuing, in each case on the Closing Date, and none of the foregoing shall result from such Advances or the application of the proceeds therefrom and any related Collateral deliveries.
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(i) Borrowers shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a duly executed Borrowing Notice at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
The borrowing of the Advances shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Borrowers on the date of such borrowing as to the matters specified in Subsections (b), (d), (e), (g) and (h) above.
ARTICLE 5
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWERS
On and after the Closing Date and so long as any Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) remain outstanding:
Section 5.01. Financial Statements. Each Borrower shall furnish to each Lender and Administrative Agent, or cause to be furnished to each Lender and Administrative Agent, (i) within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, a certificate of each Borrower’s Authorized Representative certifying (a) that such Borrower’s only assets consist of Collateral, Cash and Cash Equivalents, (b) the number of Shares such Borrower owned as of the last day of such quarter and (c) that such Borrower’s only Indebtedness and monetary obligations (other than the Obligations) are listed on a schedule to such certificate; and (ii) such additional information regarding the business or financial affairs of such Borrower, or compliance with the terms of the Margin Loan Documentation, as Administrative Agent or Lenders may from time to time reasonably request.
Section 5.02. Notices Of Material Events. Each Borrower and, where applicable, each General Partner, shall furnish to Administrative Agent or cause to be furnished to Administrative Agent, as promptly as reasonably practicable after obtaining actual knowledge thereof, notice of:
(a) the occurrence of (i) any Default, (ii) any matter which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the receipt of any notice of any governmental investigation or any litigation commenced or threatened in writing against any Borrower or General Partner where such Borrower or General Partner, as the case may be, is specifically named in such investigation or litigation or (iv) any actual or potential liabilities with respect to any Pension Plan that exceed the Threshold Amount;
(b) any transaction or event that constitutes, or that, if consummated, would constitute, a Change of Control of any Borrower; or
(c) (i) the imposition of, or any event or transaction that, if consummated, would result in the imposition of, any Transfer Restriction (other than Existing Transfer Restrictions) or Restrictive Condition (other than Existing Restrictive Conditions) on the Collateral or a requirement that Tax be withheld from the proceeds of a sale of the Shares upon a foreclosure, (ii) any Facility Adjustment Event or any Potential Facility Adjustment Event that, in either case, relates to a Tender Offer by any Blackstone Entity, an Issuer Share Repurchase or a Material Status Change or (iii) any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) or “adverse claim” (within the meaning of Section 8-502 of the UCC) made or asserted against any of the Collateral. In addition, each Borrower shall furnish to Administrative Agent at least five Business Days’ prior written notice of any proposed change to its General Partner’s “Independent Manager” (in each case, as defined in such Person’s Organization Documents).
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Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of an Authorized Representative of each Borrower or General Partner, as the case may be, setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
Section 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Borrower and General Partner shall at all times preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, franchises, governmental authorizations, licenses and permits material to the conduct of its business, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted.
Section 5.04. Payment of Obligations. Each Borrower and General Partner shall file all income Tax returns and other material Tax returns which are required to be filed by it, and shall pay and discharge, as and when the same shall become due and payable, all material Taxes and any other liabilities imposed upon it or upon its property; provided that no such Tax or liability needs to be paid or discharged if (i) it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) reserves, in accordance with GAAP, have been provided for and (iii) such Tax or liability would not result in the forfeiture or loss of any Collateral or otherwise give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.05. Compliance With Laws. Each Borrower and General Partner shall comply with the requirements of all applicable Laws, all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or its property, its Organization Documents, the Organization Documents of the Issuer and any Transfer Restriction applicable to the Collateral Shares, except to the extent the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Borrower and General Partner will maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
Section 5.06. Provision of Public Information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Margin Loan Documentation, each Borrower shall not, and each Borrower shall cause all other Blackstone Entities not to, and no Borrowers shall be obligated to, provide any Agent or any Lender with any Material Nonpublic Information with respect to the Issuer, its Subsidiaries or their securities in any document or notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, any other Margin Loan Documentation or any communication pursuant to, or directly related to, this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation (each a “Communication”) (it being understood that any information required pursuant to Section 5.02 shall not constitute Material Nonpublic Information for purposes of this Section 5.06) and in delivering, or permitting any other Blackstone Entity to deliver, any Communication, each Borrower shall be deemed to have represented that any such Communication contains no such Material Nonpublic Information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Margin Loan Documentation, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that if any Lender or any of such Lender’s Affiliates receives from a Borrower or any other Blackstone Entity any Material Nonpublic Information at any time in connection with this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation, such Lender or such Affiliate may disclose such Material Nonpublic Information publicly, to any potential purchaser of the Collateral or to any other Person.
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Section 5.07. Compliance With Exchange Act Requirements. Each Borrower shall comply in all material respects with its reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act, in respect of the transactions contemplated hereunder; provided that, except in the case of any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 filings that do not disclose any terms of the Facility (other than its existence and the number of Collateral Shares pledged in respect thereof) or the name of any Agent or Lender, each Borrower shall give prior notice to Administrative Agent, who shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof, of any public filing regarding the Margin Loan Documentation by each Borrower and its Affiliates and provide Administrative Agent with copies to be distributed to each Lender of any report a reasonable time prior to filing thereof, and (x) except in the case of filings by the Issuer, shall comply (or cause its Affiliate to comply, as the case may be), or (y) in the case of filings by the Issuer that disclose any economic terms of the Facility or attach any Margin Loan Documentation as an exhibit thereto, shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Issuer to comply, with any reasonable request of Administrative Agent to seek confidential treatment of any information therein that Administrative Agent considers to be proprietary or sensitive business information.
Section 5.08. Further Assurances. Upon the request of any Applicable Lender through Administrative Agent, Borrowers shall execute and/or deliver any additional agreements, documents and instruments, and take such further actions as the Applicable Lender may reasonably determine necessary in order to ensure that the Collateral Requirement is satisfied.
Section 5.09. Books And Records. Each Borrower shall keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its respective business and activities.
Section 5.10. Special Purpose Entity; Maintenance Of Separateness. Each Borrower and General Partner shall:
(a) maintain its own separate books and records and bank accounts;
(b) at all times conduct its business solely in its own name in a manner not misleading to other Persons as to its identity, provided the foregoing shall not prohibit each Borrower’s or General Partner’s assets from being listed or described as an investment of Blackstone Partners or its Affiliates;
(c) file its own Tax returns, if any, as required under applicable law;
(d) hold all of its assets in its own name and not commingle its assets with assets of any other Persons, provided the foregoing shall not prohibit each Borrower’s or General Partner’s assets from being listed or described as an investment of Blackstone Partners or its Affiliates;
(e) strictly comply with all organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence;
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(f) maintain separate records and accounts;
(g) pay its own liabilities out of its own funds;
(h) cause the members, Responsible Officers, agents and other representatives of such Person to act at all times with respect to such Person consistently and in furtherance of the foregoing; and
(i) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate of such Person, including for services performed by an employee of such Affiliate (the foregoing provisions in this Section 5.10, the “Separateness Provisions”).
Section 5.11. [Reserved].
Section 5.12. Independent Manager. Each Borrower and General Partner shall ensure, at all times, that each General Partner has an “Independent Manager” (as defined in their respective Organization Documents, as in effect on the Closing Date), and that the fees and expenses under the engagement letter for such “Independent Manager” are paid as and when they become due.
Section 5.13. ERISA Plan Assets. Each Borrower and General Partner agrees to promptly notify the Administrative Agent if the assets of such Person constitute or may reasonably be expected to constitute Plan Assets as advised by counsel to such Person.
ARTICLE 6
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
On and after the Closing Date and so long as any Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) remain outstanding:
Section 6.01. Indebtedness. No Borrower or General Partner shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than (x) the Obligations under the Margin Loan Documentation and (y) any obligations (including contingent obligations) under the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 6.02. Liens. No Borrower or General Partner shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon the Collateral, except for Permitted Liens. No Borrower or General Partner shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any other property or asset owned by it, except for Permitted Liens.
Section 6.03. Business Activities. No Borrower shall engage in any business or activity other than (a) holding the Shares, Cash, Cash Equivalents and Other Acceptable Collateral, ministerial activities incidental thereto or otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, and (b) performing its obligations under the Margin Loan Documentation and the Transactions. No General Partner shall engage in any business or activity except as permitted under its Organization Documents. No Borrower or General Partner shall engage in any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar transaction.
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Section 6.04. Investments And Acquisitions. No Borrower or General Partner shall purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise), other than (i) in the case of any Borrower, Shares, Cash Equivalents and Other Acceptable Collateral or (ii) in the case of any General Partner, partnership interests in Borrower, Other Acceptable Collateral and Cash Equivalents.
Section 6.05. Distributions. No Borrower shall make any dividend, distribution or other payment in respect of its Equity Interests (including in connection with any repurchase thereof), unless (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) the property or assets delivered by any Borrower in respect of such dividend, distribution or payment does not constitute Collateral.
Section 6.06. Investment Company. No Borrower or General Partner shall be required to register as an “investment company” under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 6.07. No Amendment Of Organization Documents. No Borrower or General Partner shall consent to or permit any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of any of the terms or provisions of its Organization Documents (i) (a) relating to the power to enter into, and perform its obligations under, the Margin Loan Documentation, (b) corresponding to the Separateness Provisions or the provisions set forth in this ARTICLE 6, or (c) relating to the “Independent Manager” (as defined therein), without the written consent of Administrative Agent, or (ii) if such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver (a) would materially impair or diminish, or circumvent, any term or provision described in clause (i) above or (b) could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in each case as reasonably determined by Administrative Agent, without the written consent of Required Lenders.
Section 6.08. Transactions With Affiliates. No Borrower or General Partner shall sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except transactions that (a) are incidental to holding the Shares, Cash and Cash Equivalents and performing its obligations under the Margin Loan Documentation and the Transactions and (b) are on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to any Borrower or General Partner, as the case may be, as could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third-parties; provided that this Section 6.08 shall not prohibit (w) contributions of Cash, Cash Equivalents or Other Acceptable Collateral to any Borrower from its equityholders, (x) contributions of Cash, Cash Equivalents or Other Acceptable Collateral to any General Partner from its equityholders, (y) contributions of Cash, Cash Equivalents or Other Acceptable Collateral from any General Partner to any Borrower or (z) distributions that are permitted under Section 6.05.
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Section 6.09. Formation Of Subsidiaries. No Borrower shall form, create, organize, incorporate or acquire any Subsidiaries. No General Partner shall form, create, organize, incorporate or acquire any Subsidiaries other than its Borrower.
Section 6.10. Agreements. (i) No Borrower or General Partner shall enter into any agreement other than (w) the Organization Documents of any Borrower and, in the case of any General Partner, the Organization Documents of General Partner and the engagement letter with respect to the “Independent Manager” (as defined in such Organization Documents), (x) the Margin Loan Documentation, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and any Permitted Lock-Up Agreement, (y) routine administrative agreements entered into in the ordinary course of any Borrower’s or General Partner’s business, provided that no Borrower or General Partner shall have any monetary obligations under such administrative agreements exceeding, in the aggregate, $1,000,000 per annum (excluding any fees or expenses paid on or around the Closing Date) and (z) in the case of any Borrower, any agreement or agreements relating to any Permitted Sale Transactions; provided that, in the case of clause (z), no Borrower shall have any obligations thereunder, other than the obligation to deliver Shares substantially contemporaneously with the deposit of the related Required Sale Proceeds Amount (if any) into the relevant Collateral Accounts (or pursuant to escrow or custody arrangements reasonably acceptable to each Applicable Lender) and as are customary for underwriting agreements and certificates, Permitted Lock-Up Agreements and other documentation thereunder relating to such Permitted Sale Transactions (it being understood that any indemnity provided by any Borrower therein shall only relate to information contained in the relevant offering document, if any, relating to such Borrower and the Shares sold by such Borrower), and (ii) no Borrower shall enter into or suffer the existence of any shareholders’ agreement, investor rights agreement or any voting or other contractual restriction with respect to the Collateral Shares other than the Issuer’s Organization Documents, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer Agreements and any Permitted Lock-Up Agreement.
Section 6.11. No Impairment of Collateral Shares. No Borrower or General Partner shall take any action that would impair any Applicable Lender’s security interest in the Collateral Shares or its ability to exercise remedies against the Collateral Shares (including without limitation by imposing any Transfer Restrictions or Restrictive Conditions on the Collateral Shares, or entering into any shareholders’ agreement or a lock-up agreement other than a Permitted Lock-Up Agreement), other than amendments to the Issuer’s Organization Documents that give rise to Permitted Transfer Restrictions or Permitted Restrictive Conditions.
Section 6.12. Compliance With Margin Regulations. No Borrower or General Partner shall, and each of them shall cause each of their Affiliates not to, take any action with respect to the proceeds of any Advance that is in violation of the Margin Regulations.
Section 6.13. Sanctions. No Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Advance (a) in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities, business or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation required to comply with Sanctions or (c) in any manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person.
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Section 6.14. Tax Status. Without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, neither any Borrower nor any General Partner shall (a) change its status as either (i) a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is a U.S. Person or (ii) an entity disregarded as separate from its sole owner that is a U.S. Person for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (b) change the jurisdiction of its organization or location of material business activities other than to the United States or any subdivision thereof or (c) become a resident for Tax purposes in any jurisdiction other than the United States or any subdivision thereof.
Section 6.15. Future Financings. The Borrowers shall procure that none of the Borrowers, BSOF Fund, BTAS Fund or any Fund Entity shall, and that each of BSOF Fund, BTAS Fund and each Fund Entity shall cause its respective Restricted Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, grant, or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Shares that do not constitute Collateral to secure any obligation of any Borrower, BSOF Fund, BTAS Fund, any Fund Entity or their respective Restricted Affiliates, except pursuant to the Margin Loan Documentation.
Section 6.16. Employee Matters. Each of the Borrowers, General Partners and their respective ERISA Affiliates shall not establish, maintain, contribute to or incur any obligation to contribute to any Employee Benefit Plan.
ARTICLE 7
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 7.01. Events Of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a) any principal of any Advance is not paid when and as the same shall become due and payable, including pursuant to Section 2.06(b), whether at the due date thereof or a date fixed for prepayment thereof, upon acceleration or otherwise; provided that, with respect to any portion of the Total Accrued Loan Amount that is due in connection with a Mandatory Prepayment Event for which an Eligible Trade Ticket has been delivered in accordance with Section 2.06(b), an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred if any Borrowers fail to deliver into the Collateral Account any portion of the sale proceeds of the Permitted Sale Transaction evidenced by such Eligible Trade Ticket on or prior to the scheduled settlement date thereof;
(b) a Collateral Shortfall occurs and (x) Borrowers do not cure such Collateral Shortfall prior to the Cure Time, as set forth in Section 2.06(c) or (y) Borrowers fail to deliver into the Collateral Account any portion of the amount necessary to cure a Collateral Shortfall for which Borrowers cure by effecting a Permitted Sale Transaction in accordance with Section 2.06(c) on or prior to the scheduled settlement thereof;
(c) any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Section 7.01(a)) payable under any Margin Loan Documentation is not paid when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;
(d) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Borrower, General Partner or any Fund Entity herein or in the other Margin Loan Documentation or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder shall prove to have been materially incorrect (or any such representation or warranty that is qualified as to materiality, shall prove to have been incorrect) when made or deemed made;
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(e) any Borrower or General Partner shall fail to perform or observe (a) any covenant, condition or agreement in Section 5.02(a)(i), Section 5.03, Section 5.10, Section 5.12, Section 5.13 or ARTICLE 6 of this Agreement or Section 6 of any Security Agreement or (b) any other covenant, condition or agreement contained herein or in any other Margin Loan Documentation and, in the case of this sub-clause (b), such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) calendar days after the earlier of (x) the date on which any Borrower or General Partner receives notice of such failure from Administrative Agent (or, if Administrative Agent fails to deliver such notice by 6 p.m. on the date of the relevant breach, any Lender) and (y) the date on which any Borrower or General Partner otherwise becomes aware of such failure;
(f) it shall fail to be the case that 600,000 Preferred Shares are credited to the Collateral Accounts on a Pro Rata Basis as Acceptable Collateral, free from all Transfer Restrictions (other than Existing Transfer Restrictions) and Restrictive Conditions (other than Existing Restrictive Conditions), on the Closing Date;
(g) (i) any Borrower or General Partner admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due; (ii) any Borrower or General Partner institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; (iii) any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of any Borrower or General Partner and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 30 calendar days; (iv) any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any Borrower or General Partner or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Borrower or General Partner, as the case may be, and continues undismissed or unstayed for 30 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or (v) any Borrower, General Partner, Fund Entity or any other Blackstone Entity shall take any action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this Section 7.01(g);
(h) any material provision of any Margin Loan Documentation for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Borrower, General Partner, or any other Blackstone Entity shall challenge in writing the enforceability of any Margin Loan Documentation or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Margin Loan Documentation has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms);
(i) any of the Security Agreements shall for any reason (other than the failure of the Applicable Lender to take any action within its control) fail to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien in the Collateral (subject to no other Lien, other than Permitted Liens), except as permitted by the terms of the Margin Loan Documentation, or any of the Security Agreements shall fail to remain in full force or effect;
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(j) (i)(A) one or more final judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount shall be rendered against any Borrower or General Partner and (B) (a) the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 10 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, and the same is not subject to further appeal or (b) any legal action shall be taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Borrower or General Partner to enforce any such judgment or (ii)(A) any final non-monetary judgments or orders which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect shall be rendered against any Borrower or General Partner and (B) (a) such Borrower or General Partner, as the case may be, shall fail within 10 days, during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, to discharge such judgments or orders, and such judgments or orders are not subject to further appeal or (b) any legal action shall be taken to enforce such judgments or orders; or
(k) the assets of any Borrower or General Partner constitute Plan Assets and such condition results in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code subjecting the Lenders to any Tax or penalty on prohibited transactions imposed under Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA,
then the Administrative Agent may (or at the request of (x) Required Lenders, or (y) in the case of an Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(a), Section 7.01(b), Section 7.01(c), Section 7.01(i) or an Event of Default relating to a provision of the Margin Loan Documentation that would require the consent of each Lender to amend or waive under Section 9.01, any Lender, shall) notify each Borrower thereof (such notice, an “Event of Default Notice”) with a copy to all other Lenders and, following the delivery of such Event of Default Notice, any Lender may (i) declare such Lender’s Advances, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any fees or other amounts due under the Margin Loan Documentation to such Lender, to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower and (ii) declare such Lender’s Commitment to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any event in Section 7.01(g), (x) the Total Accrued Loan Amount shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower and (y) all Commitments shall automatically be terminated. Upon the occurrence and the continuance of an Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(g) or an Event of Default in respect of which any Borrower has received an Event of Default Notice, any Lender may exercise any rights and remedies provided to such Lender under the Margin Loan Documentation (including the enforcement of any and all Liens created to such Lender pursuant to the Security Agreements) or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to send an Event of Default Notice when required by any Lender as set forth above, any Lender may deliver such Event of Default Notice to Borrower with a copy to all other Lenders.
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Section 7.02. Lenders’ Rights With Respect To Collateral.
(a) For the avoidance of doubt, following the delivery of an Event of Default Notice or following the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(g), each Lender may choose to exercise any remedies provided for herein or in any other Margin Loan Documentation, or refrain from exercising such remedies, in its sole discretion with respect to the Collateral subject to its control under a Control Agreement (including by virtue of an agency relationship with any Applicable Lender). No Lender shall have any fiduciary or other duties to the other Lenders in connection with the exercise of remedies against the Collateral securing the Obligations owing to such Lender or otherwise and no Lender shall interfere with such exercise of remedies or claim (or support any claim by any third-party) that a sale or other disposition of any Lender’s Collateral by or on behalf of such Lender was not commercially reasonable.
(b) In connection with any permitted assignment by a Lender, each Borrower (and, in the case of clause (vi) below, each General Partner) agrees to, as promptly as practicable, (i) establish a separate Collateral Account with the Custodian, (ii) enter into a Control Agreement (in a form substantially identical to the other relevant Control Agreements) in favor of the assignee with respect to such Collateral Accounts, (iii) enter into a Security Agreement (in a form substantially identical to the other relevant Security Agreements) granting a Lien in favor of the assignee over such assignee’s Applicable Percentage of the Collateral of each type, (iv) if reasonably requested by the Custodian, enter into a customer account agreement or other agreement with such intermediary, (v) enter into, and use its good faith efforts to facilitate entry by Issuer into, an Issuer Agreement (in a form substantially identical to the other relevant Issuer Agreements) with the assignee, (vi) make appropriate amendments to this Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation to reflect any administrative or technical changes as are reasonably requested by the assigning Lender, the assignee or Administrative Agent, which do not adversely affect any Borrower’s or General Partner’s rights or obligations hereunder and (vii) in the event the assigning Lender cannot transfer its rights under any Eligible Letter of Credit without the consent of the issuing bank (which issuing bank has not provided consent), cause the termination or reduction in the stated amount, as the case may be, of such existing Eligible Letter of Credit, and the issuance of a new Eligible Letter of Credit in favor of the assignee, in each case, with respect to such proportion of the stated amount of the original Eligible Letter of Credit as the assigned portion of the Advances bears to all Advances held by the assignor. In connection with any assignment by a Lender of all of its Advances hereunder, each Borrower and General Partner agrees that such Lender’s rights and obligations under the other Margin Loan Documentation may be assigned to the assignee.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Margin Loan Documentation, each Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) during the continuance of an Event of Default and (except in the case of an Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(g)) following the delivery of an Event of Default Notice, such Lender shall have the right individually to require the Custodian (or the Applicable Lender acting as agent of such Lender for purposes of perfection, if applicable) to realize upon any of the Collateral subject to such Lender’s control and to apply the proceeds thereof to the repayment of such Lender’s Advances outstanding and any other Obligations owing to such Lender and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure or similar enforcement action by such Lender on its Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition (including pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code), such Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition. Following the delivery of an Event of Default Notice or following the occurrence, and during the continuance,
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of an Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(g), each Lender agrees with, and solely for the benefit of, each other Lender that it will draw the full amount available to be drawn under any Eligible Letters of Credit that have been provided to such Lender and will cause the proceeds thereof to be applied in accordance with Section 2.11.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Margin Loan Documentation, when all Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) owing to any Lender have been paid in full, upon request of Borrowers, such Lender shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any other Lender) take such actions as shall be reasonably required to release its security interest in all Collateral under such Lender’s control.
(e) Each Lender agrees that it will not challenge or question or support any other Person in challenging or questioning in any proceeding the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien of any other Applicable Lender under any Security Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement.
(f) Each Lender agrees with, and solely for the benefit of, each other Lender that it will not take any Bankruptcy Action with respect to any Borrower or General Partner.
ARTICLE 8
AGENTS
Section 8.01. Authorization And Authority. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Royal Bank of Canada to act on its behalf as Administrative Agent and Royal Bank of Canada as Calculation Agent under the Margin Loan Documentation and authorizes each Agent to take such actions on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Other than with respect to the right of Borrowers to consent to a successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.06, the provisions of this ARTICLE 8 are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and none of Borrowers or General Partners shall have rights as third-party beneficiaries or otherwise of any of such provisions.
Section 8.02. Agent Individually.
(a) Each Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not such Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include each Person serving as an Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower or other Affiliates thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
(b) Each Lender understands that each Person serving as an Agent, acting in its individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, an “Agent’s Group”) are engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment management, financing, securities trading, corporate and investment banking and research) (such services and businesses
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are collectively referred to in this Section 8.02 as “Activities”) and may engage in the Activities with or on behalf of Borrowers or their Affiliates. Furthermore, an Agent’s Group may, in undertaking the Activities, engage in trading in financial products or undertake other investment businesses for its own account or on behalf of others (including Borrowers and their Affiliates and including holding, for its own account or on behalf of others, equity, debt and similar positions in Borrowers or their Affiliates), including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions in securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of Borrowers and their Affiliates. Each Lender understands and agrees that in engaging in the Activities, an Agent’s Group may receive or otherwise obtain information concerning Borrowers and their Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of Borrowers to perform their obligations hereunder or under the other Margin Loan Documentation) which information may not be available to any of the Lenders that are not members of an Agent’s Group. No Agent nor any member of such Agent’s Group shall have any duty to disclose to any Lender or use on behalf of the Lenders, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or use, any information whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or otherwise (including any information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of Borrowers or any Affiliate thereof) or to account for any revenue or profits obtained in connection with the Activities, except that an Agent shall deliver or otherwise make available to each Lender such documents as are expressly required by this Agreement to be transmitted by an Agent to the Lenders.
(c) Each Lender further understands that there may be situations where members of an Agent’s Group or their respective customers (including Borrowers and their Affiliates) either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions that may conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Lenders (including the interests of the Lenders hereunder). Each Lender agrees that no member of an Agent’s Group is or shall be required to restrict its Activities as a result of the Person serving as an Agent being a member of such Agent’s Group, and that each member of an Agent’s Group may undertake any Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Lender. None of (i) the Margin Loan Documentation, (ii) the receipt by an Agent’s Group of information (including Information) concerning Borrowers or their Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of Borrowers to perform their obligations hereunder and under the other Margin Loan Documentation) nor (iii) any other matter shall give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including any duty of trust or confidence) owing by an Agent or any member of such Agent’s Group to any Lender including any such duty that would prevent or restrict an Agent’s Group from acting on behalf of customers (including Borrowers or their Affiliates) or for its own account.
Section 8.03. Duties Of The Agents; Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) An Agent’s duties hereunder and under the other Margin Loan Documentation are solely ministerial and administrative in nature and no Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or therein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, but shall be required to act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written direction of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein), provided that an Agent shall not be required to take any action or refrain from acting if, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, taking such action or so refraining from acting, as the case may be, may expose such Agent or any of its Affiliates to liability or would, as determined by such Agent in good faith, be contrary to this Agreement or applicable Law.
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(b) Except for any obligations explicitly set forth herein, no Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, including for the avoidance of doubt, Administrative Agent sending an Event of Default Notice at the direction of any Lender, if such Agent believes in good faith that the related Event of Default is of a type that would entitle such Lender to issue such direction) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Facility Adjustment Event, Potential Facility Adjustment Event, Mandatory Prepayment Event, Default or Event of Default or the event or events that give or may give rise to any Mandatory Prepayment Event, Default or Event of Default unless and until any Borrower or any Lender shall have given notice to such Agent describing such Facility Adjustment Event, Potential Facility Adjustment Event, Mandatory Prepayment Event, Default or Event of Default and such event or events.
(c) No Agent nor any member of an Agent’s Group shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty, representation or other information made or supplied in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the information contained therein, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Facility Adjustment Event, Potential Facility Adjustment Event, Mandatory Prepayment Event, Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Margin Loan Documentation or any other agreement, instrument or document or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created hereby or thereby or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 4.01 or elsewhere herein, other than (but subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to an Agent.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement shall require an Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agents that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by an Agent or any of its Related Parties.
Section 8.04. Reliance By Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of the Advances that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of
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a Lender, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless an officer or Authorized Representative of an Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated hereby shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Advance. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 8.05. Delegation Of Duties. An Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Margin Loan Documentation by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent, and such Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties, provided, in each case, that no such delegation to a sub-agent or a Related Party shall release an Agent from any of its obligations hereunder. Each such sub-agent and the Related Parties of an Agent and each such sub-agent shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this ARTICLE 8 and Margin Loan Documentation (as though such sub-agents were an “Agent” hereunder and under the other Margin Loan Documentation) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 8.06. Resignation Of Agent. An Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of each Borrower (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (and not have been cured or waived), in which case no such consent shall be required), such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in New York, New York. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (such 30-day period, the “Lender Appointment Period”), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. In addition and without any obligation on the part of the retiring Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lenders, a successor Agent, the retiring Agent may at any time upon or after the end of the Lender Appointment Period notify Borrowers and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Agent and of the effective date of such retiring Agent’s resignation which effective date shall be no earlier than three Business Days after the date of such notice. Upon the resignation effective date established in such notice and regardless of whether a successor Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment, the retiring Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as an Agent hereunder and under the other Margin Loan Documentation but shall not be relieved of any of its obligations as a Lender and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. The successor shall be consented to by each Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default that has not been cured or waived (which consent of any Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as an Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties as an Agent of the retiring
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(or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as an Agent hereunder and/or under the other Margin Loan Documentation but shall not be relieved of any of its obligations as a Lender (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by any Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrowers and such successors. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Margin Loan Documentation, the provisions of this ARTICLE 8 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as an Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time any Agent ceases to be a Lender hereunder, such Agent shall be deemed to have provided its notice of resignation, which notice shall be automatically effective as of the date such Agent ceased to be a Lender hereunder.
Section 8.07. Non-Reliance On Agents And Other Lenders.
(a) Each Lender confirms to the Agents, each other Lender and each of their respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through its Related Parties) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable, without reliance on the Agents, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, of evaluating the merits and risks (including Tax, legal, regulatory, credit, accounting and other financial matters) of (x) entering into this Agreement, (y) making its portion of the Facility and (z) taking or not taking actions hereunder, (ii) is financially able to bear such risks and (iii) has determined that entering into this Agreement and making its portion of the Facility is suitable and appropriate for it.
(b) Each Lender acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation, (ii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, made its own appraisal and investigation of all risks associated with, and its own credit analysis and decision to enter into, this Agreement based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, continue to be solely responsible for making its own appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with, and its own credit analysis and decision to take or not take action under, this Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include, in each case:
(i) the financial condition, status and capitalization of each Borrower;
(ii) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with this Agreement;
(iii) determining compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of the Advances and the form and substance of all evidence delivered in connection with establishing the satisfaction of each such condition; or
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(iv) the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any other information delivered by the Agents, any other Lender or by any of their respective Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement, the other Margin Loan Documentation, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with this Agreement.
Section 8.08. Other Acceptable Collateral. Administrative Agent shall not consent to any property or securities being included as Other Acceptable Collateral, and Calculation Agent shall not determine the Other Acceptable Collateral Haircut, without the written consent of each other Lender party hereto (in its sole discretion).
Section 8.09. Removal Of Agents.
(a) At any time, if (i) following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall fail to send an Event of Default Notice when required at the request of the Required Lenders, or, in the case of an Event of Default of the type that gives any Lender the right to require that Administrative Agent send an Event of Default Notice under Section 7.01, any Lender, by 8:00 p.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day that such request is sent to the Administrative Agent (or by 9:00 a.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day following such request, if such request is made after 5:00 p.m. on a Scheduled Trading Day or on a day that is not a Scheduled Trading Day), (ii) following the occurrence of a Mandatory Prepayment Event, the Administrative Agent shall fail to deliver a Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice in connection therewith by 8:00 p.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day that any Lender requests Administrative Agent to send such notice (or by 9:00 a.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day following such request, if such request is made after 5:00 p.m. on a Scheduled Trading Day or on a day that is not a Scheduled Trading Day) or (iii) following the occurrence of a Collateral Shortfall on any Scheduled Trading Day, the Administrative Agent shall fail to send a Collateral Call Notice by 8:00 p.m. on such Scheduled Trading Day, in each case of clause (i) through (iii) above, the Required Lenders shall have the right to remove the Administrative Agent and appoint a successor thereto, which shall be one of the Lenders party hereto on the Closing Date or an Affiliate thereof (provided that, for purposes of this Section 8.09, any determination that (x) is expressed herein to be made by the Calculation Agent or Administrative Agent and (y) is relevant to the determination of whether an Event of Default, Mandatory Prepayment Event or Collateral Shortfall has occurred may be made by the Required Lenders, notwithstanding any prior determination by the Calculation Agent or Administrative Agent to the contrary with respect to such matter, provided further that any such determination must be made by the Required Lenders in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner).
(b) At any time, if (i) (A) the Required Lenders shall have delivered a written request, pursuant to Section 8.03(a), for any Agent to take any action hereunder, and (B) such Agent shall have failed to take such action (other than in accordance with the proviso set forth in Section 8.03(a)) by 8:00 p.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day that such request is sent to such Agent (or by 9:00 a.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day following such request, if such request is made after 5:00 p.m. on a Scheduled Trading Day or on a day that is not a Scheduled Trading Day), (ii) (A) the Required Lenders shall have delivered a written request, pursuant to Section 8.03(a), for any Agent to refrain from taking any action hereunder and (B) such Agent shall have
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nonetheless taken such action (other than in accordance with the proviso set forth in Section 8.03(a)), (iii) the Required Lenders have requested that the Calculation Agent submit any proposed calculation, adjustment or determination to Borrowers in accordance with Section 9.01 or Section 9.18(b) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a request by the Required Lenders to the Calculation Agent to submit proposed adjustments in respect of a Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event that the Required Lenders determine to have occurred, provided that any such determination must be made by the Required Lenders in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) and the Calculation Agent shall fail to submit such calculation, adjustment or determination by 8:00 p.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day that such request is sent to the Calculation Agent (or by 9:00 a.m. on the Scheduled Trading Day following such request, if such request is made after 5:00 p.m. on a Scheduled Trading Day or on a day that is not a Scheduled Trading Day) or (iv) an Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to any Agent or its ultimate parent, in each case of clause (i) through (iv) above, the Required Lenders shall have the right to remove such Agent and appoint a successor thereto, which shall be one of the Lenders party hereto on the Closing Date or an Affiliate thereof.
(c) At any time, if the Required Lenders replace any Agent pursuant to this Section 8.09 and the other Agent is the same entity as, or an Affiliate of, the removed Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right to also remove such other such Agent and appoint a successor thereto, which shall be one of the Lenders party hereto on the Closing Date or an Affiliate thereof.
(d) Any removal of an Agent and appointment of a successor thereto pursuant to this Section 8.09 shall be effective upon notice by such proposed successor Agent to the removed Agent and Borrowers on behalf of the Required Lenders, whereupon (i) the current Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as an Agent hereunder and under the Margin Loan Documentation, but shall not be relieved of any of its obligations as a Lender and (ii) the successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties as the applicable Agent.
Section 8.10. Erroneous Payments.
(a) If Administrative Agent notifies a Lender, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender (any such Lender or other recipient, but in any event excluding the Borrowers and their Affiliates, a “Payment Recipient”) that Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent, and such Lender shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to Administrative Agent the amount of any
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such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) in each case:
(i) (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and
(ii) such Payment Recipient shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly notify Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.10(b).
(c) Each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Margin Loan Documentation, or otherwise payable or distributable by Administrative Agent to such Lender from any source, against any amount due to Administrative Agent under immediately preceding clause (a) or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.
(d) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by Administrative Agent in accordance with immediately preceding clause (a), from any Lender that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf) (such unrecovered amount, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), upon Administrative Agent’s notice to such Lender at any time, (i) such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned its Advances (but not its Commitments) of the relevant class with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Advances (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class,
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the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by Administrative Agent in such instance), and is hereby (together with Borrowers) deemed to execute and deliver an assignment and assumption (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an assignment and assumption by reference pursuant to an approved electronic platform as to which Administrative Agent and such parties are participants) with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and such Lender shall deliver any notes evidencing such Advances to Borrowers or Administrative Agent, (ii) Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall be deemed to acquire the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (iii) upon such deemed acquisition, Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Lender shall cease to be a Lender hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Lender and (iv) Administrative Agent may reflect in the Register its ownership interest in the Advances subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Advances acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such loan (or portion thereof), and Administrative Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Lender (and/or against any Payment Recipient that receives funds on its behalf). For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Lender and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In addition, each party hereto agrees that, except to the extent that Administrative Agent has sold an Advance (or portion thereof) acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, Administrative Agent shall be contractually subrogated to all the rights and interests of the applicable Lender under the Margin Loan Documentation with respect to each Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”).
(e) The parties hereto agree that an Erroneous Payment shall not be deemed to pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by any Borrower or any Fund Entity, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by Administrative Agent from any Borrower or any Fund Entity for the purpose of satisfying such Obligations.
(f) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine
(g) Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 8.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Margin Loan Documentation.
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(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither any Borrower nor any of its Affiliates shall have any obligations or liabilities directly or indirectly arising out of this Section 8.10, and the Administrative Agent expressly agrees, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, that Section 9.04 shall not apply to any Erroneous Payment. In no event shall the making of any Erroneous Payment, or any fees, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates incurred in connection with any recovery or attempted recovery thereof, increase the Obligations of the Borrowers hereunder.
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01. Amendments; Adjustments. Neither this Agreement nor any of the other Margin Loan Documentation nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended, modified or supplemented, nor any consent granted to any deviation to the terms hereof or thereof, except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Required Lenders and each Borrower (and, if a party thereto, each General Partner) and acknowledged by Administrative Agent; provided that no such amendment, waiver, modification, supplement or consent shall, without the consent of each Lender party hereto:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender or reinstate the terminated Commitment of any Lender;
(c) postpone any date on which any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders or Agents is required to be made hereunder or under any other Margin Loan Documentation;
(d) change the principal amount of, or the rate at which interest accrues on, the Advances, or any fees payable hereunder;
(e) change the definition of “Acceptable Collateral,” “Acceptable Letter of Credit Issuer,” “Collateral Shortfall,” “Cure Time,” “Eligible Letter of Credit,” “Facility Adjustment Event,” “LTV Ratio,” “Mandatory Prepayment Event” or “Potential Facility Adjustment Event” (or, in each case, any defined term used therein), or increase the LTV Maintenance Level, the LTV Margin Call Level or the LTV Cash Collateral Release Level;
(f) permit the assignment or transfer by any Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under any Margin Loan Documentation;
(g) permit the release of any Collateral other than in accordance with the Margin Loan Documentation;
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(h) modify the definition of “Applicable Percentage” or “Pro Rata Basis” or otherwise affect the manner in which payments are shared, or Collateral or Eligible Letters of Credit are allocated, ratably among the Lenders;
(i) modify Section 2.06 (other than clause (a) thereof), 2.13, 2.16, 5.10, 5.12, 5.13, 6.01, 6.02, 6.07, 6.11, 6.15, 7.01(a), 7.01(b), 7.01(c), 7.01(g), 7.01(i), 7.02(a), 7.02(e), 7.02(f), 8.08 or 8.09; or
(j) modify this Section 9.01 or any other provision herein that expressly requires the consent of all Lenders or Required Lenders for any matter or the definition of Required Lenders;
provided further that (i) the provisions set forth in ARTICLE 8 shall not be waived, amended, modified or supplemented, nor any consent granted to any deviation thereto, without the consent of each Agent affected thereby, (ii) Section 2.07 or 2.08 shall not be amended or waived in a way that adversely affects any Lender without such Lender’s consent and (iii) the Administrative Agent and Borrowers may amend this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.03(c) without the consent of any Lender except to the extent provided in such definition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender agrees with each other Lender and with each Borrower that no amendment, termination or supplement shall be made to any Security Agreement, Issuer Agreement or Control Agreement, and no new Margin Loan Documentation shall be entered into with any Lender (subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to Section 2.13), unless a substantially identical amendment, termination or supplement is made to each other Security Agreement, Issuer Agreement or Control Agreement, or substantially identical Margin Loan Documentation is entered into with each other Lender, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, upon the occurrence of any Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event, Calculation Agent shall (a) adjust one or more of the terms or provisions of the Facility as the Calculation Agent determines necessary to account for the effect of the Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event on the Facility (unless the Calculation Agent determines that no such adjustment is necessary), and (b) determine the effective time of the adjustment (and in the case of a Tender Offer, Spin-off, Split-off, Change of Control, Issuer Share Repurchase, Extraordinary Distribution or Material Status Change, may take into account, among other factors, volatility, correlation, liquidity and free float of the Shares or any other Collateral, Transfer Restrictions and Restrictive Conditions, in each case, relative to the Shares or, if applicable, any other Collateral prior to giving effect to the relevant event). Calculation Agent shall consult in good faith with Borrowers regarding any such adjustments; provided that if Calculation Agent determines that it is advisable to notify Lenders of its proposed adjustment prior to the end of the second Business Day immediately following the occurrence of a Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event, then Calculation Agent shall be entitled to so notify Lenders; and provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the ultimate determination of such adjustment shall be within the sole discretion of Calculation Agent, subject to Section 9.18 and subject to the rights of the Required Lenders described below in this paragraph. Within two Business Days following the occurrence of any Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event, Calculation Agent shall notify each Lender of the adjustments to the terms or provisions of the Facility that it proposes to make in respect thereof, and the proposed effective time therefor (or
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its determination that no such adjustment is necessary). If, within three Business Days of receiving such notice, Required Lenders notify Calculation Agent that they disagree with such proposed adjustments or effective time (or Calculation Agent’s determination that no such adjustment is necessary), and include in such notice an alternative set of adjustments that Required Lenders propose to make in respect of such Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event that comply with the provisions set forth in Section 9.18(a) (which shall apply for this purpose as if the Lenders sending such notice were the Calculation Agent), and a proposed effective time therefor, then Calculation Agent shall notify Borrowers that such alternative adjustments apply as of such effective time. Except with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, Calculation Agent shall not make any adjustment in respect of a Facility Adjustment Event or Potential Facility Adjustment Event or notify Borrowers of its determination that no such adjustment is necessary prior to the earlier of (i) the fifth Business Day following the occurrence thereof and (ii) its receipt of notice from Required Lenders of any alternative adjustments (and a proposed effective time therefor) or that they agree with Calculation Agent’s proposed adjustments (and the effective time therefor). Subject to Section 9.18(a), any such adjustments pursuant to this paragraph shall be binding on all parties to the Margin Loan Documentation and all such parties shall enter into such documentation required or reasonably requested by Administrative Agent to reflect such adjustments.
Section 9.02. Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.
(a) Notices Generally. All notices and other communications provided for herein (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Collateral Call Notice) shall be in writing and shall be delivered (i) by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, or (ii) by electronic mail to the applicable e-mail address, as follows:
(i) if to any Borrower, to:
c/o Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Advisors L.L.C.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Email: XXXXXxxxXxxxxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
XxxXxxxXxxxxxxxxx@Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xx.Xxxxxxxx@Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
(ii) if to Administrative Agent, to:
Royal Bank of Canada
Agency Services Group
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Manager, Agency Services
Phone: 000-000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx@Xxxxx.xxx; XXX-XXX@xxxxx.xxx
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(iii) if to a Lender, to it at its address set forth in Schedule I.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, (x) other than in the case of a Collateral Call Notice, a Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice or any notice under Section 8.09 relating to the removal of any Agent by the Required Lenders, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient or (y) in the case of a Collateral Call Notice or a Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice, if not given by the Collateral Call Notice Deadline or the Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice Deadline, as the case may be, on any Scheduled Trading Day, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Scheduled Trading Day). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications shall be effective as provided in Subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. (i) Notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received when sent absent receipt of a failure to deliver notice within 30 minutes of such notice or communication being sent (it being understood that an “out of office” reply does not constitute a failure to deliver notice for this purpose), provided that (x) other than in the case of a Collateral Call Notice, a Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice or any notice under Section 8.09 relating to the removal of any Agent by the Required Lenders, if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, or (y) in the case of a Collateral Call Notice or a Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice, if such notice or other communication is not sent by the Collateral Call Notice Deadline or the Mandatory Prepayment Event Notice Deadline, as the case may be, on any Scheduled Trading Day, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Scheduled Trading Day and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrowers, General Partners and the Administrative Agent may change its address, facsimile, telephone number or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile, telephone number or e-mail for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to Administrative Agent, who shall promptly notify Borrowers thereof. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
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(d) Reliance by Lenders. Each Agent and Lender shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower or General Partner. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with any Agent or any Lender may be recorded by such Agent or such Lender, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
Section 9.03. No Waiver; Remedies.
(a) No failure or delay of any Lender or any Agent in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Margin Loan Documentation shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of Agents and Lenders hereunder and under any other Margin Loan Documentation are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Margin Loan Documentation or consent to any departure by any Borrower or General Partner therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 9.01, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Borrower or General Partner in any case shall entitle such Person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of Agents and Lenders to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of an Advance shall not be construed as a waiver of any Event of Default, regardless of whether Lenders may have had notice or knowledge of such Event of Default at the time.
(b) The Advances are made with full recourse to each Borrower and constitute direct, general, unconditional and unsubordinated Indebtedness of each Borrower. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement or any document, agreement, or instrument delivered contemporaneously herewith, and notwithstanding the fact that any party hereto may be a partnership or limited liability company, each party hereto, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Persons other than the parties hereto and any party to any Margin Loan Documentation, Confirmation or Equity Commitment Letter, as the case may be, shall have any obligation hereunder and that it has no rights of recovery hereunder against, and no recourse hereunder or under any documents, agreements, or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against, any former, current or future director, officer, agent, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative or employee of any party hereto (or any of their successors or permitted assignees), against any former, current, or future general or limited partner, manager, stockholder or member of any party hereto (or any of their successors or permitted assignees) or any Affiliate thereof or against any former, current or future director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate, manager, assignee, incorporator, controlling Person, fiduciary, representative, general or limited partner, stockholder, manager or member of any of the foregoing, but in each case not including the parties hereto or to any Margin Loan Documentation, Confirmation or Equity Commitment Letter (each, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto or to any Margin Loan Documentation, Confirmation or
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Equity Commitment Letter, a “Partner Affiliate”), whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of such party against the Partner Affiliates, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on, or otherwise be incurred by any Partner Affiliate, as such, for any obligations of the applicable party under this Agreement or any Margin Loan Documentation or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, under any documents or instruments delivered contemporaneously herewith, in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
(c) Each Borrower, General Partner and Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Margin Loan Documentation collectively are intended to constitute a “securities contract” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code and that each delivery, transfer, payment and grant of a security interest made or required to be made hereunder or contemplated hereby or made, required to be made or contemplated in connection herewith is a “transfer” and a “margin payment” or a “settlement payment” within the meaning of Section 362(b)(6) and/or (27) and Sections 546(e) and/or (j) of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, all obligations under or in connection with the Margin Loan Documentation represent obligations in respect of “termination values,” “payment amounts” or “other transfer obligations” within the meaning of Sections 362 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code. The parties further acknowledge and agree that the Margin Loan Documentation collectively constitutes a “master netting agreement” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 9.04. Costs And Expenses; Indemnification; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. Borrowers shall pay promptly (i) all actual, reasonable and documented costs and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lenders and each Agent, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for Lenders and Agents in connection with the Facility, including syndication thereof, the preparation and administration of the Margin Loan Documentation or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of the Margin Loan Documentation (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all reasonable costs and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lenders and each Agent, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for Lenders and each Agent, in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of its rights in connection with the Margin Loan Documentation, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Advances made hereunder, including all such expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Advances.
(b) Indemnification by Borrowers. Each Borrower shall indemnify Lenders, each Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third-party or by any Borrower or any Related Party of any
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Borrower arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) this Agreement, any other Margin Loan Documentation or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the enforcement or protection of their rights hereunder and thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any hedging activities by any Indemnitee), any other Margin Loan Documentation or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the Advances or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, or (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third-party or by any Borrower or any other Related Party of any Borrower, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties or (y) arise out of any dispute among Indemnitees (other than a dispute involving claims against Administrative Agent or any Calculation Agent, in each case in their respective capacities as such) that did not involve actions or omissions of any Borrower or its Affiliates. This Section 9.04(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Borrower and General Partner shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Margin Loan Documentation or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Advances or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in Subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Margin Loan Documentation or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent such charges result from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnitee.
(d) Post-Default Hedging Costs. After (i) the occurrence of an Event of Default and (ii) acceleration of the Obligations of any Lender, Borrowers shall pay, on demand, such Lender’s (or its Affiliate’s) costs (including the cost of put options and such Lender’s reasonable estimate of the cost of borrowing Shares in connection with Share Hedging Transactions, up to a cap of five percent (5%) of the aggregate Commitments per annum), losses (including market losses resulting from Share Hedging Transactions), charges, fees, expenses, Taxes or duties of any kind directly relating to its (x) Advances or (y) acquisition, establishment, re-establishment, substitution, maintenance, unwinding or disposition of, or realization or recovery of the proceeds of, or any part thereof, any transaction(s) entered into by such Lender or its Affiliate to hedge the market risk of the Collateral. Each Borrower’s obligation under this Subsection (d) shall survive termination of the Facility and payment in full of all other Obligations. “Share Hedging Transactions” means “short sales” of Shares and option contracts, futures contracts, forward contracts, swap agreements or other derivative transactions relating to Shares, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any such transaction for which the underlier is a broad-based index or basket of securities.
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(e) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that any Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of Lenders under this clause (e) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.14.
(f) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly and in any event not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(g) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Facility and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
Section 9.05. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is made to any of Administrative Agent or Lenders (or Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders), or Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.
Section 9.06. Governing Law; Submission To Jurisdiction.
(a) Governing Law. The Margin Loan Documentation shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, laws of the State of New York.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or New York State court sitting in New York, New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation shall affect any right that Lenders may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation against any Borrower or General Partner or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(c) Waiver of Venue. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation in any court referred to in Subsection (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.02(a). Nothing in this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law.
(e) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER MARGIN LOAN DOCUMENTATION OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER MARGIN LOAN DOCUMENTATION BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.06(e).
Section 9.07. Successors And Assigns. As set forth in the Additional Terms Letter.
Section 9.08. Severability. Any provision of any Margin Loan Documentation held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 9.09. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Margin Loan Documentation constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each of the parties
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hereto and when each of the parties hereto shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 9.10. Survival. All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of the Margin Loan Documentation and the making of the Advances, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on the Advances or any other Obligation under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or unsatisfied. The provisions of Section 2.07, Section 2.08, Section 9.04, Section 9.11 and Section 9.13 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Advances, the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, the assignment of rights by any Lender or the termination of this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation any provision hereof or thereof.
Section 9.11. Confidentiality. Subject to Section 5.06, each Agent and each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Lender (in which case the disclosing party agrees to inform each Borrower promptly of such disclosure, unless such notice is prohibited by applicable Law and except in connection with any request as part of a regulatory examination), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (in which case the disclosing party agrees to inform each Borrower promptly of such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and except in connection with a regulatory examination of an audit or examination conducted by bank accountants), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any other Margin Loan Documentation, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 9.11, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap, derivative or hedging transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations or the Collateral Shares, (g) with the consent of each Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section by such Lender or (ii) becomes available to such Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than any Borrower or their Affiliates or (iii) is independently developed by such Lender without use of the Information. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Borrower relating to Borrowers or their businesses hereunder or pursuant hereto, other than any such information that is available to Lenders on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by any Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from any Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.11 shall be considered to
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have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. For the avoidance of doubt, each Borrower agrees that the obligations of Lenders and Agents in this Section 9.11 shall not be interpreted to restrict any such Lender or Agent or their Affiliates from transacting in Shares or related securities (it being understood that any transactions in Collateral Shares are subject to the terms of the Margin Loan Documentation).
Section 9.12. No Advisory Or Fiduciary Relationship. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby and by the other Margin Loan Documentation (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Margin Loan Documentation), each Borrower and General Partner acknowledges and agrees that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between each Borrower, General Partner and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, (ii) each Borrower and General Partner has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and Tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) each Borrower and General Partner is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Margin Loan Documentation; (b)(i) Lenders are and have been acting solely as principals and, except as expressly agreed in writing herein or otherwise by the relevant parties, have not been, are not, and will not be acting as advisors, agents or fiduciaries for any Borrower or General Partner or any of their Affiliates, or any other Person and (ii) Lenders have no obligation to any Borrower or General Partner or any of their Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Margin Loan Documentation; and (c) Lenders and their Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Borrowers, General Partners and their Affiliates, and Lenders have no obligations to disclose any of such interests to any Borrowers, General Partners or any of their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Borrower and General Partner hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against Lenders or their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 9.13. Right Of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Lenders, Agents and each of their respective Affiliates (each, a “Set-off Party”) are hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Set-off Party to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any of and all the obligations and liabilities of such Borrower, irrespective of whether or not the relevant Set-off Party shall have made any demand under the Margin Loan Documentation and although such obligations may be unmatured. The parties agree that each of the Collateral Accounts is a general and not special account. The rights of each Set-off Party under this Section 9.13 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Set-off Party may have.
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Section 9.14. Judgment Currency. If a judgment, order or award is rendered by any court or tribunal for the payment of any amounts owing to Lenders under this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation or for the payment of damages in respect of a judgment or order of another court or tribunal for the payment of such amount or damages, such judgment, order or award being expressed in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than Dollars, each Borrower agrees (a) that its obligations in respect of any such amounts owing shall be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following Lenders’ receipt of any sum adjudged in the Judgment Currency, Lenders may purchase Dollars with the Judgment Currency, and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless Lenders against any deficiency in terms of Dollars in the amounts actually received by Lenders following any such purchase (after deduction of any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, Dollars). The indemnity set forth in the preceding sentence shall (notwithstanding any judgment referred to in the preceding sentence) constitute an obligation of each Borrower separate and independent from its other obligations hereunder, and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.15. USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended (the “Act”), and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower and General Partner that, pursuant to the requirements of the Act, they are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower and General Partner which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and General Partner and other information that will allow such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, to identify such Borrowers and General Partners in accordance with the Act. Each Borrower agrees to promptly provide any Lender with all of the information with respect to such Borrower and each General Partner agrees to promptly provide any Lender with all of the information with respect to such General Partner, in each case, as requested by such Lender (x) to the extent such Lender deems such information reasonably necessary to identify any Borrower or General Partner in accordance with the Act or (y) in connection with such Lender’s standard “on boarding” process (including, without limitation, pursuant to “know your customer” or anti-money laundering requirements).
Section 9.16. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to the Advances, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Advance under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by a Lender holding such Advance in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Advance hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Advance but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 9.16 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Advances or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
Section 9.17. Disclosure. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that Lenders and/or their Affiliates from time to time may hold investments in, make loans to or have other relationships with the Issuer or its Affiliates.
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Section 9.18. Calculation Agent Determinations; Required Lender Consultation.
(a) All calculations and determinations made by the Calculation Agent shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Upon receipt of written request from Borrowers or any Lender, the Calculation Agent shall promptly provide Borrowers or such Lender with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation, adjustment or determination made by it (including any quotations, market data or information from internal or external sources used in making such calculation, adjustment or determination, as the case may be, but without disclosing the Calculation Agent’s proprietary models or other information that may be proprietary or subject to contractual, legal or regulatory obligations to not disclose such information), and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such written explanation within five (5) Business Days from the receipt of such request.
(b) If the Required Lenders notify the Calculation Agent that they disagree with any calculation, adjustment or determination made by the Calculation Agent hereunder (or any failure by the Calculation Agent to make any calculation, adjustment or determination hereunder) and include in such notice a proposed alternative calculation, adjustment or determination that complies with clause (a) above (which shall apply for this purpose as if the Lenders sending such notice were the Calculation Agent), the Calculation Agent shall notify each Borrower that such alternative calculation, adjustment or determination applies, and such alternative calculation, adjustment or determination shall be binding on all parties to the Margin Loan Documentation.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, if any provision of the Margin Loan Documentation provides for an action, determination, notice or instruction on the part of the Required Lenders, the Lenders may consult with one another in considering such action, determination, notice or instruction.
Section 9.19. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Margin Loan Documentation, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution;
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Margin Loan Documentation; or
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(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
Section 9.20. Qualified Financial Contract. The parties agree that the terms of Section 1 and Section 2 and the related defined terms (together, the “Bilateral Terms”) of the form of bilateral template entitled “Full-Length Omnibus (for use between U.S. G-SIBs and Corporate Groups)” published by ISDA on November 2, 2018 (currently available on the 2018 ISDA U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol page at xxx.xxxx.xxx and a copy of which is available upon request), the effect of which is to amend the qualified financial contracts between the parties thereto to conform with the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, are hereby incorporated into and form a part of this Amendment, the Margin Loan Agreement and each other Margin Loan Documentation, and for such purposes this Amendment, the Margin Loan Agreement and each other Margin Loan Document shall each be deemed a “Covered Agreement,” each party that is a Regulated Entity shall be deemed a “Covered Entity” and each party (whether or not it is a Regulated Entity) shall be deemed a “Counterparty Entity” with respect to each other party that is a Regulated Entity In the event of any inconsistencies between this Amendment, the Margin Loan Agreement or any other Margin Loan Document and the Bilateral Terms, the Bilateral Terms will govern. Terms used in this paragraph without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them under the QFC Stay Rules.
Section 9.21. Non-Recourse. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that no holder of any of any Borrower’s Equity Interests shall have any obligation to call capital or otherwise to provide credit support to any Borrower if a Collateral Shortfall or Event of Default occurs. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders further acknowledge and agree that, except with respect to any of the Fund Entities (and, if applicable, any other indirect investor in any Borrower) to the extent of its obligations set forth in any Equity Commitment Letter delivered pursuant to a Confirmation, neither the Blackstone Entities, the Fund Entities nor any past, present or future officer, director, employee, partner, incorporator, equityholder (including any direct or indirect parent of any Borrower), member or manager of any Borrower, the Blackstone Entities, the Fund Entities or their respective Affiliates and Related Parties (but excluding Borrowers) shall have any liability for the obligations of any Borrower under the Advances or the Margin Loan Documentation or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its Responsible Officer or Authorized Representative as of the date first above written.
BORROWERS: | ||
FD JUNO HOLDINGS L.P., as Borrower | ||
By: FD Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C., its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Manager |
JUNO LOWER HOLDINGS L.P., as Borrower | ||
By: Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C., its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Manager |
General Partners: | ||
FD Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C., as General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Manager |
[Signature to Margin Loan Agreement]
Juno Holdings Manager L.L.C., as General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Manager |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Manager, Agency |
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Calculation Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
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CITIBANK, N.A., as Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
BANK OF MONTREAL, CHICAGO BRANCH, as Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
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SCHEDULE I
As set forth in the Additional Terms Letter.
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SCHEDULE II – FUND ENTITIES
As set forth in the Additional Terms Letter.