Exhibit 99.8
EXECUTION VERSION
dated 5 March 2010
for
with
HSBC BANK PLC
acting as Agent
26 May 2009
Ref: L-162358
Linklaters LLP
CONTENTS
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Definitions and interpretation |
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Representations |
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Amendment |
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Transaction expenses |
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Miscellaneous |
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Governing law |
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THE
SCHEDULES
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THIS
AGREEMENT is dated 5 March 2010 and made between:
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MISYS PLC a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 1360027 for itself
and as agent of the Obligors (the “Company”); and |
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HSBC BANK PLC as agent of the Lenders (the “Agent”). |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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Definitions |
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In this Agreement: |
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“Amended Agreement” means the Original Facility Agreement, as amended by this Agreement. |
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“Original Facility Agreement” means the £210,000,000 term and multicurrency revolving credit
facilities agreement dated 26 May 2009 as amended on 23 June 2009 between the Company,
certain Subsidiaries of the Company as borrowers and guarantors, the Agent, the Arrangers
named in it and the Lenders named in it. |
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“Party” means a party to this Agreement. |
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Incorporation of defined terms |
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Unless a contrary indication appears, terms defined in the Original Facility Agreement have
the same meaning in this Agreement. |
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The principles of construction set out in the Original Facility Agreement shall have effect
as if set out in this Agreement. |
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Third Party Rights |
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A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx
0000 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement. |
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Designation |
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In accordance with the Original Facility Agreement, each of the Company and the Agent
designate this Agreement as a Finance Document. |
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REPRESENTATIONS |
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Repeating Representations |
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Each Obligor makes the Repeating Representations, and the representations and warranties in
Clause 19.5 (Validity and admissibility in evidence) and 19.7 (No filing or stamp taxes) of
the Original Facility Agreement, by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing
on the date of this Agreement but as if references in Clause 19 (Representations) of the
Original Facility Agreement to “the Finance Documents” were instead to this Agreement and to
the Amended Agreement. |
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Information |
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The Company represents and warrants that all information supplied by or on behalf of it to
the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and the Amended Agreement is true and accurate
in all material respects and no information has been given or withheld that results in the
information contained in this Agreement and the Amended Agreement being untrue or misleading
in any material respect either when provided or as at the date of this Agreement. |
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AMENDMENT |
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Amendment |
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With effect from the date hereof the Original Facility Agreement shall be amended and
restated in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Form of Amended Agreement). |
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Continuing obligations |
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The provisions of the Original Facility Agreement and the
other Finance Documents (including
the guarantee and indemnity of each Guarantor) shall, save as amended by this Agreement,
continue in full force and effect. |
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TRANSACTION EXPENSES |
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The Company shall within three Business Days of demand reimburse the Agent for the amount of
all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Agent in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of this Agreement and any other
documents referred to in this Agreement. |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Incorporation of terms |
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The provisions of Clause 31 (Notices) and Clause 38
(Enforcement) of the Original Facility
Agreement shall be incorporated into this Agreement as if set out in full in this Agreement
and as if references in those clauses to “this Agreement” are references to this Agreement. |
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Counterparts |
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This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect
as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement. |
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GOVERNING LAW |
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This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it
are governed by English law. |
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 1
Form of Amended Agreement
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SIGNATURES TO AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT
for itself and as agent for each of the other Obligors
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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HSBC BANK PLC
in its capacity as Agent for an on behalf of the Lenders
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Authorised Signature |
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Dated 26 May 2009
as amended on 23 June 2009 and as amended and restated on 5 March 2010
£210,000,000
TERM AND MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES AGREEMENT
for
arranged by
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, HSBC BANK PLC, BARCLAYS CAPITAL
CLYDESDALE BANK PLC (trading as YORKSHIRE BANK)
and KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH
LONDON BRANCH
with
HSBC BANK PLC
as Agent
and
HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED
as Security Agent
Ref: BG/JAI/KN
Linklaters LLP
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SECTION 1
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INTERPRETATION
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Definitions and interpretation |
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SECTION 2
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THE FACILITIES
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The Facilities |
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Purpose |
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Conditions of utilisation |
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SECTION 3
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UTILISATION
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Utilisation |
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Optional Currencies |
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SECTION 4
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REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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Repayment |
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Prepayment and cancellation |
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SECTION 5
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COSTS OF UTILISATION
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Interest |
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Interest Periods |
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Changes to the calculation of interest |
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Fees |
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SECTION 6
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ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
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Tax gross-up and indemnities |
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Increased Costs |
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Other indemnities |
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Mitigation by the Lenders |
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Costs and expenses |
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SECTION 7
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GUARANTEE
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Guarantee and indemnity |
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SECTION 8
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REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Representations |
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Information undertakings |
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Financial covenants |
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General undertakings |
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Events of Default |
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SECTION 9
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CHANGES TO PARTIES
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Changes to the Lenders |
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Changes to the Obligors |
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SECTION 10
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THE FINANCE PARTIES
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Role of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Arranger |
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Conduct of Business by the Finance Parties |
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Sharing among the Lenders |
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SECTION 11
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ADMINISTRATION
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Payment mechanics |
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Set-off |
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Notices |
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Calculations and certificates |
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Partial invalidity |
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Remedies and waivers |
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Amendments and waivers |
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Counterparts |
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SECTION 12
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GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
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Governing law |
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Enforcement |
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THE SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE |
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SCHEDULE 1 Original Parties |
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SCHEDULE 2 Conditions precedent |
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SCHEDULE 3 Requests |
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SCHEDULE 4 Mandatory Cost formulae |
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SCHEDULE 5 Form of Transfer Certificates |
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SCHEDULE 6 Form of Accession Letter |
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SCHEDULE 7 Form of Resignation Letter |
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SCHEDULE 8 Form of Compliance Certificate |
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SCHEDULE 9 Timetables |
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SCHEDULE 10 Form of Borrower Transfer Agreement |
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SCHEDULE 11 Security Agency Provisions |
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SCHEDULE 12 Form of Increase Confirmation |
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 26 May 2009 and made between:
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MISYS PLC. a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 1360027 (the
“Company”); |
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THE SUBSIDIARIES of the Company listed in Part I of Schedule 1 (Original Parties) as
original guarantors (together with the Company the “Original Obligors”); |
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, HSBC BANK PLC, BARCLAYS CAPITAL CLYDESDALE BANK PLC (trading
as YORKSHIRE BANK) and KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH LONDON BRANCH as mandated lead arrangers (whether
acting individually or together, the “Arranger”); |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part II of Schedule 1 (Original Parties) as original
lenders (the “Original Lenders”); |
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HSBC BANK PLC as agent of the Lenders (the “Agent”); and |
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HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED as security agent for the Finance Parties (the
“Security Agent”). |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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1.1 |
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Definitions |
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In this Agreement: |
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“Acceptable Bank” means a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term
unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of A- or higher by Standard & Poor’s
Rating Services or Fitch Ratings Ltd or A3 or higher by Xxxxx’x Investor Services Limited. |
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“Accession Letter” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of
Accession Letter) or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Agent. |
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“Acquisition” has the meaning given to it in Clause 22.12 (Prohibited acquisitions). |
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“Additional Borrower” means a company or partnership which becomes an Additional Borrower in
accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors). |
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“Additional Guarantor” means a company or partnership which becomes an Additional Guarantor
in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors). |
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“Additional Obligor” means an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor. |
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“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding
Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company and, in respect of
Clydesdale Bank PLC (trading as Yorkshire Bank) only, includes National Australia Bank
Limited (ABN 12 004 044 937). |
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“Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange” means the Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the purchase of
the relevant currency with the Base Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or
about 11.00 a.m. on a particular day. |
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“Agreed Form” means, in relation to a document, that: |
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it is in a form initialled by or on behalf of the Company and the Agent on or
before the signing of this Agreement for the purposes of identification; or |
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if not falling within paragraph (a) above, it is in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent (acting reasonably) and initialled by or on behalf of the
Agent for the purposes of identification. |
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“Amendment Agreement” means the amendment and restatement agreement dated 5 March 2010, and
entered into between the Company (for itself and on behalf of the Obligors) and the Agent as
agent of the Lenders, pursuant to which this Agreement is amended and restated. |
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“Allscripts” means Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. |
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“Allscripts Group” means Allscripts together with its Subsidiaries from time to time. |
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“Allscripts Holding Companies” means Misys Patriot Limited and Misys Patriot US Holdings
LLC. |
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“Anti-Terrorism Law” has the meaning given to it in Clause 19.17 (U.S. matters). |
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“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption,
filing, notarisation or registration. |
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“Availability Period” means: |
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in relation to a Loan advanced for the Refinancing Purpose, the period from and
including the date of this Agreement to and including the date falling 14 days after
the date of this Agreement; and |
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in relation to a Facility B Loan advanced for any other purpose, the period from
and including the date of this Agreement to and including the date falling one month
before the Termination Date applicable to Facility B. |
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“Available Commitment” means, in relation to a Facility, a Lender’s Commitment under that
Facility minus: |
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the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans under
that Facility; and |
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in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency Amount of its
participation in any Loans that are due to be made under that Facility on or before the
proposed Utilisation Date, |
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other than, in relation to any proposed Utilisation under Facility B only, that Lender’s
participation in any Facility B Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the
proposed Utilisation Date. |
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“Available Facility” means, in relation to a Facility, the aggregate for the time being
of each Lender’s Available Commitment in respect of that Facility. |
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“Base Case” means the economic base case model in relation to the Group, prepared by the
Company dated April 2009. |
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“Base Currency” or “£” means pounds sterling. |
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“Base Currency Amount” means the amount specified in the Utilisation Request delivered by a
Borrower for that Loan (or, if the amount requested is not denominated in the Base Currency,
that amount converted into the Base Currency at the Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange on the date
which is three Business Days before the Utilisation Date or, if later, on the date the Agent
receives the Utilisation Request) adjusted to reflect any repayment or prepayment of the
Loan. |
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“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or
any successor thereto). |
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“Borrower” means a Facility A Borrower or a Facility B Borrower. |
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“Borrower Transfer Agreement” means an agreement effecting a transfer of Loans between
Borrowers in accordance with Clause 25.8 (Transfer of Loans between Borrowers) in the form
of Schedule 10 (Form of Borrower Transfer Agreement) with such amendments as the Agent and
the Company may agree. |
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“Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which: |
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the interest (excluding the Margin) which a Lender should have received for the
period
from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid
Sum to
the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum,
had the
principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest
Period; |
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the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal
to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the
Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt
or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period. |
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“Budget” means each budget supplied under and complying with Clause 20.4 (Annual Budget). |
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“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
general business in London, New York and: |
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(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a currency other than euro)
the principal financial centre of the country of that currency; or |
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(in relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro) any TARGET Day. |
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“Charged Assets” means the assets over which Security is expressed to be created pursuant to
any Security Document. |
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“Code” means, at any date, the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may
be in effect at such date. |
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“Commitment” means a Facility A Commitment or Facility B Commitment.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8
(Form of Compliance Certificate).
“Confidential Information” means all information relating to the Company, any Obligor, the
Group, the Finance Documents or a Facility in respect of which a Finance Party becomes aware
in its capacity as a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to the
Finance Documents or the Facilities from either:
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any member of the Group or any of its advisers, or |
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another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party
directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers, |
in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or
any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied
from such information but excludes information that:
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is or becomes public information other than as a direct or
indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of a Finance Document or any
confidentiality undertaking; or |
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is identified in writing at the time of delivery as
non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
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is known by that Finance Party before the date the information
is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully
obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far
as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either
case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of,
and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; |
“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in the form
recommended by the LMA or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Agent.
“CTA” means the Corporation Tax Xxx 0000.
“Debt Purchase Transaction” means, in relation to a person, a transaction where such person:
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purchases by way of assignment or transfer; |
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enters into any sub-participation in respect of; or |
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enters into any other agreement or arrangement having an economic effect
substantially similar to a sub-participation in respect of, |
any Commitment or amount outstanding under this Agreement.
“Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 23
(Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the
making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the
foregoing) be an Event of Default.
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“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender:
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which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available or has notified
the Agent that it will not make its participation in a Loan available by the Utilisation
Date of that Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation); |
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which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; or |
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with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, |
unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:
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its failure to pay is caused by: |
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administrative or technical error; or |
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a Disruption Event; and |
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payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or |
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the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually
obliged to make the payment in question. |
“Disruption Event” means either or both of:
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a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those
financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to
be made in connection with the Facilities (or otherwise in order for the transactions
contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused
by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or |
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the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical
or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing
that, or any other Party: |
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from performing its payment obligations under the Finance
Documents; or |
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from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the
terms of the Finance Documents, |
and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party
whose operations are disrupted.
“Dormant Company” means a company:
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which has been dormant since its incorporation or since the end of its previous
financial year (and for this purpose “dormant” has the meaning given to it in Section
1169(1) of the Companies Act 2006); |
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the value of whose total assets is less than £5,000 (or its equivalent in another
currency or currencies); and |
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which holds no shares in any other person (other than another Dormant Company). |
“Environmental Claim” means any claim, proceeding or investigation by any person in respect
of any Environmental Law.
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“Environmental Law” means any applicable law in any jurisdiction in which any member of the
Restricted Group conducts business which relates to the pollution or protection of the
environment or harm to or the protection of human health.
“Environmental Permits” means any permit, licence, consent, approval and other authorisation
and the filing of any notification, report or assessment required under any Environmental Law
for the operation of the business of any member of the Restricted Group conducted on or from
the properties owned or used by the relevant member of the Restricted Group.
“Equity Offering” means the issue after the date of this Agreement by a member of the
Restricted Group of any share capital or any option, warrant or other right to call for the
issue of or allotment of, subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its share
capital (including any right of pre-emption, conversion or exchange) by way of public offer,
private placement or rights issue other than to another member of the Restricted Group.
“Equity Offering Proceeds” means the cash proceeds of any Equity Offering received by a
member of the Restricted Group (other than to the extent such proceeds constitute Net Debt
Proceeds) after deducting:
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fees and transaction costs properly incurred in connection with that Equity
Offering; and |
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(b) |
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any Taxes payable or reserved against in accordance with GAAP in connection with
that Equity Offering, |
but ignoring any Equity Offering where the cash proceeds of such Equity Offering (after the
applicable deductions specified above) do not exceed £1,500,000.
“ERISA” means, at any date, the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued under it, all as the same may be in
effect at such date.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, in relation to the Company, any person (as defined in section 3(9)
of ERISA) which, together with the Company, is treated as a “single employer” under sections
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“EURIBOR” means, in relation to any Loan in euro:
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(a) |
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the applicable Screen Rate; or |
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(b) |
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(if no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the
arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the
Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the European
interbank market, |
as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in euro for a
period comparable to the Interest Period of the relevant Loan.
“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 23 (Events of
Default).
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“Existing Financial Indebtedness” means all existing Financial Indebtedness incurred by
any member of the Group, under the Existing Revolving Facility Agreement and the Existing
Subordinated Facility Agreement.
“Existing Revolving Facility Agreement” means the multicurrency revolving credit agreement
dated 29 September 2008 (as amended) between, amongst others, the Company and certain
financial institutions.
“Existing Security” means all security interests granted by Misys Holdings Limited or Misys
Holdings Inc. to the Security Agent under or pursuant to the Existing Revolving Facility
Agreement.
“Existing Subordinated Facility Agreement” means the subordinated loan agreement dated 29
September 2008 (as amended) between, among others, the Company and Value Act Capital Master
Fund, L.P.
“Facility” means Facility A or Facility B.
“Facility A” means the term loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in
paragraph (a) of Clause 2.1 (The Facilities).
“Facility A Borrower” means:
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the Company; and |
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(b) |
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any Additional Borrower under Facility A, |
unless it has ceased to be a Facility A Borrower in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the
Obligors).
“Facility A Commitment” means:
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(a) |
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in relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set opposite
its name under the heading “Facility A Commitment” in Part II of Schedule 1 (Original
Parties) and the amount of any other Facility A Commitment transferred or assigned to it
under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase); and |
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in relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any Facility
A Commitment transferred or assigned to it under this Agreement, |
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
“Facility A Lender” means:
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(a) |
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any Original Lender; and |
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(b) |
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any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a
Facility A Lender in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 24 (Changes to the
Lenders), |
which, in each case, has not ceased to be a Facility A Lender in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Facility A Loan” means a loan made or to be made under Facility A or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being of that loan.
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“Facility B” means the revolving credit facility made available under this Agreement as
described in paragraph (c) of Clause 2.1 (The Facilities).
“Facility B Borrower” means:
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the Company; and |
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(b) |
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any Additional Borrower under Facility B, |
unless it has ceased to be a Facility B Borrower in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the
Obligors).
“Facility B Commitment” means:
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(a) |
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in relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set opposite
its name under the heading “Facility B Commitment” in Part II of Schedule 1 (Original
Parties) and the amount of any other Facility B Commitment transferred or assigned to it
under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase); and |
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(b) |
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in relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any Facility
B Commitment transferred or assigned to it under this Agreement, |
to the extent not cancelled, reduced, transferred or assigned by it under this Agreement.
“Facility B Lender” means:
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any Original Lender; and |
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(b) |
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any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a
Facility B Lender in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 24 (Changes to the
Lenders), |
which, in each case, has not ceased to be a Facility B Lender in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Facility B Loan” means a loan made or to be made under Facility B or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being of that loan.
“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing
on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five
Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” means each letter dated on or about the date hereof between, as the case may be,
the Agent and the Company (or the Security Agent and the Company or the Arranger and the
Company) setting out the fees referred to in Clause 12 (Fees) or paragraph (e) of Clause 2.2
(Increase).
“Finance Document” means this Agreement, any Fee Letter, any Accession Letter, any Security
Document, any Resignation Letter, any Borrower Transfer Agreement and any other document
designated as such by the Agent and the Company.
“Finance Party” means the Agent, the Arranger, the Security Agent or a Lender.
“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:
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moneys borrowed; |
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(b) |
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any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility; |
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(c) |
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any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds,
notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument; |
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(d) |
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the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract
which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease; |
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(e) |
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receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are
sold or discounted on a non-recourse basis); |
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(f) |
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any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or
purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing other than a purchase
agreement for assets or services (i) acquired in the ordinary course of trading, or (ii)
under which the purchase price is payable 90 days or less after the supply of those
goods or services; |
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any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or
benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any
derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account); |
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(h) |
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any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond,
standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or
financial institution; |
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(i) |
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any amount raised by the issue of redeemable shares; or |
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(j) |
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(without double counting) the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee
or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (i) above, |
excluding any indebtedness owed by one member of the Restricted Group to another.
A certificate signed by both the Company and the Agent specifying that certain indebtedness
is, or is not, Financial Indebtedness shall be conclusive.
“Financial Quarter” means the period commencing on the day immediately following a Quarter
Date and ending on the next Quarter Date.
“Funds Flow Memorandum” means the sources and uses report showing the funds flow on the
Refinancing Completion Date in the Agreed Form prepared by the Company.
“GAAP” means, in relation to an Obligor, generally accepted accounting principles in its
jurisdiction of incorporation including IFRS.
“Group” means, at any time, the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time.
“Guarantor” means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor, unless it has ceased to
be a Guarantor in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors).
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or
from time to time may be contracted for, charged or received under the laws applicable to any
Obligor or any Finance Party which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law,
under such
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applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum
non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
“Holding Company” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or
corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
“IFRS” means the international financial accounting standards issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board, part of the International Accounting Standards Committee
Foundation as adopted by the European Union.
“Impaired Agent” means the Agent at any time when:
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(a) |
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it has failed to make (or has notified a Party that it will not make) a payment
required to be made by it under the Finance Documents by the due date for payment; |
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(b) |
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the Agent otherwise rescinds or repudiates a Finance Document; |
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(c) |
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(if the Agent is also a Lender) it is a Defaulting Lender under paragraph (a) or
(b) of the definition of Defaulting Lender; or |
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(d) |
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an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to
the Agent; unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above: |
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(i) |
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its failure to pay is caused by: |
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(A) |
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administrative or technical error; or |
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(B) |
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a Disruption Event; and |
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payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or |
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(ii) |
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the Agent is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually
obliged to make the payment in question. |
“Increase Confirmation” means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 12
(Form of Increase Confirmation).
“Increase Lender” has the meaning given to it in Clause 2.2 (Increase).
“Information Memorandum” means the document concerning the Group which is to be prepared, at
the Company’s request and on its behalf, in relation to this transaction and approved by the
Company.
“Insolvency Event” in relation to a Finance Party means that the Finance Party:
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(a) |
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is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); |
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(b) |
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becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its
inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; |
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(c) |
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makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of
its creditors; |
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(d) |
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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 organisation or the jurisdiction of its
head or home office, a proceeding |
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seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a
petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator,
supervisor or similar official; |
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(e) |
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has instituted against it 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, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or
liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented
against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity
not described in paragraph (d) above and: |
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(i) |
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results in a judgement of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry
of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or
liquidation; or |
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(ii) |
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is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case
within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof; |
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(f) |
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has instituted against it a bank insolvency proceeding pursuant to Part 2 of the
Banking Act 2009 or a bank administration proceeding pursuant to Part 3 of the Banking
Xxx 0000; |
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(g) |
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has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation
(other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); |
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(h) |
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seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional
liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it
or for all or substantially all its assets; |
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(i) |
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has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has
a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced
or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party
maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or
restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter; |
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(j) |
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causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable
laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in
paragraphs (a) to (i) above; or |
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(k) |
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takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or
acquiescence, in any of the foregoing acts. |
“ITA” means the Income Tax Xxx 0000.
“Interest Period” means:
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(a) |
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in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 10
(Interest Periods); and |
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(b) |
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in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause
9.3 (Default interest). |
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service (or any successor thereto).
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“Lender” means a Facility A Lender or a Facility B Lender.
“Liabilities” has the meaning given to that term in the Security Documents.
“LIBOR” means, in relation to any Loan:
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(a) |
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the applicable Screen Rate; or |
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(b) |
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(if no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest Period of that Loan) the
arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at
its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market, |
as of
the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in the currency of that Loan
and for a period comparable to the Interest Period for that Loan.
“LMA” means the Loan Market Association.
“Loan” means a Facility A Loan or a Facility B Loan.
“Luxembourg” means the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
“Majority Lenders” means a Lender or Lenders whose participations in Loans and undrawn Commitments
aggregate more than 66⅔ per cent. of the aggregate of all the Loans then outstanding and the then
undrawn Total Commitments.
“Mandatory Cost” means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the Agent in accordance with
Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae).
“Margin” means:
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(a) |
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prior to the delivery of the first Compliance Certificate pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Compliance
Certificate), 3.25 per cent. per annum; |
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(b) |
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until the date falling six months after the first Utilisation Date of Facility A, the higher of
the rate per annum specified in paragraph (a) above and the rate per annum specified by reference
to the ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA, as per the table below (calculated by reference
to the most recent Compliance Certificate); and |
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(c) |
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after the date falling six months after the first Utilisation Date of Facility A, the rate per
annum specified by reference to the ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA, as per the table
below; |
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Ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted |
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Margin |
EBITDA |
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(%) |
Greater than 2.50 : 1 |
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3.50 |
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Greater than 2.00 : 1
but
less than or equal to 2.50 : 1 |
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3.25 |
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Ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted |
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Margin |
EBITDA |
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(%) |
Greater than 1.50 : 1
but
less than or equal to 2.00 : 1 |
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2.75 |
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Less than or equal to 1.50 : 1 |
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2.50 |
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For the purpose of determining the Margin:
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(i) |
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each of “Adjusted EBITDA”, “Net Borrowings” and “Relevant Period”
has the meaning given to it in Clause 21.1 (Financial definitions); |
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(ii) |
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the ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA shall be
determined by reference to the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to
the Agent pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate); and |
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(iii) |
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any adjustment to the Margin shall take effect from the date
falling three Business Days after receipt by the Agent of a Compliance
Certificate delivered to it pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate)
save for an adjustment resulting from the occurrence of an Event of Default or
from a Compliance Certificate not being delivered in accordance with Clause
20.2 (Compliance Certificate), which shall apply immediately upon the date the
relevant Event of Default or, as the case may be, non-delivery occurs, |
provided that the Margin shall be the highest rate specified in the relevant table if and
for so long as an Event of Default is continuing or any Compliance Certificate has not been
delivered in accordance with Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate).
“Margin Regulations” means Regulations T, U and X of the Board.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” or “margin security” within the meaning of the Margin
Regulations.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on:
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(a) |
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the business, assets or financial condition of the Restricted Group taken as a
whole; |
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(b) |
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the ability of the Obligors taken as a whole to perform and comply with their
payment obligations and the financial covenants under any Finance Document; or |
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(c) |
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the validity, legality or enforceability of any Security expressed to be
created pursuant to any Security Document or on the priority and ranking of any of
that Security. |
“Merger” means the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of Allscripts with and into Misys
Healthcare Systems, LLC on 10 October 2008.
“Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
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(subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a
Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month
in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the
immediately preceding Business Day; |
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(b) |
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if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that
period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month;
and |
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(c) |
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if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that
Interest Period is to end. |
The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
“Net Debt Proceeds” means the cash or cash equivalent proceeds received by a member of the
Restricted Group in connection with any Financial Indebtedness borrowed or issued after the
date of this Agreement other than:
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(i) |
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under the Finance Documents; |
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(ii) |
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from another member of the Group; |
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(iii) |
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under hedging or other derivative transactions entered into in the ordinary
course of trading for non-speculative transactions; |
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(iv) |
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working capital facilities made available in the United States in a principal
amount not exceeding $6,000,000; |
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(v) |
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working capital facilities made available in the United Kingdom in a principal
amount not exceeding £15,000,000, |
after deducting:
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(a) |
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any transaction costs and up-front fees properly incurred in connection with the
raising of that Financial Indebtedness; and |
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(b) |
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any amount of such proceeds that are raised to refinance existing Financial
Indebtedness of any member of the Restricted Group. |
“Net Proceeds” means Equity Offering Proceeds, Net Debt Proceeds or Net Sale Proceeds.
“Net Sale Proceeds” means the cash or cash equivalent proceeds (including, when received, the
cash or cash equivalent proceeds of any deferred consideration, whether by way of adjustment
to the purchase price or otherwise, and any amount received in repayment of any intercompany
debt owed by any Subsidiary that is subject to the relevant disposal) received by a member of
the Restricted Group in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposal by any member of
the Restricted Group to a person that is not a member of the Restricted Group of an asset
(but excluding any sale, transfer or other disposal which constitutes a Permitted Buyback)
for a cash consideration exceeding £3,500,000 per disposal (or its equivalent in another
currency or currencies) in respect of any disposal falling within paragraphs (b)(ii), (iii),
(v), (viii) or (ix) of Clause 22.5 (Disposals)) but excluding any sale, transfer or other
disposal which constitutes a Permitted Buyback, and after deducting:
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any Taxes payable or reserved against in accordance with GAAP in connection
with the relevant sale, transfer or disposal; |
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(b) |
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any transaction costs incurred in connection with the relevant sale, transfer or
disposal; and |
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(c) |
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if applicable, an amount equal to any provision which the Company reasonably
determines it is required to make in its financial statements in accordance with GAAP to
reflect its potential liability under the representations, undertakings or indemnities
given in connection with the relevant sale, transfer or disposal, |
provided further, for the purposes of Clause 8.3 (Net Proceeds) only, that such proceeds have
not been applied within six months of receipt towards the purchase of other assets for use in
the Group’s core business or related activities.
“Obligor” means a Borrower or a Guarantor.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the
Treasury.
“Optional Currency” means a currency (other than the Base Currency) which complies with the
conditions set out in Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional Currencies).
“Original Financial Statements” means:
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(a) |
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in relation to the Company, its audited consolidated financial statements for its
financial year ended 31 May 2008; and |
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(b) |
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in relation to each Additional Obligor, its financial statements delivered by it
pursuant to Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent), if any, or the first set of
audited financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements). |
“Original Obligor” means the Company or an Original Guarantor.
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Communities that adopts
or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European
Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Party” means a party to this Agreement and includes its successors in title, permitted
assigns and permitted transferees.
“Pensions Notice” means:
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(a) |
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a contribution notice issued under section 38 or section 47 of the Pensions Xxx
0000; or |
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(b) |
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a financial support direction issued under section 43 of the Pensions Xxx 0000, |
in each case issued by the Pensions Regulator to an Obligor in respect of an occupational
pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension
Schemes Act 1993).
“Pensions Regulator” means the Pensions Regulator to be established under section 1 of the
Pensions Xxx 0000.
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“Permitted Buyback” means a buy back of shares by Allscripts, provided that the Restricted
Group shall immediately following such buy back own at least 54.5% of the share capital of
Allscripts on a fully diluted basis.
“Phase One Guarantor” means Kapiti Limited, Summit Systems International Limited, Misys
International Banking Systems Limited, Misys IQ Limited, Misys Holdings Limited and Misys
Holdings Inc.
“Phase Two Guarantor” means an Additional Guarantor incorporated, organised or existing under
the laws of a Phase Two Jurisdiction, which is not a Phase One Guarantor.
“Phase Two Jurisdiction” means England and Wales, any state of the United States, Germany and
Luxembourg.
“Phase Three Guarantor” means an Additional Guarantor incorporated, organised or existing
under the laws of any jurisdiction other than a Phase Two Jurisdiction..
“Principal Subsidiary” means, at any time, a member of the Restricted Group (other than the
Company) whose total gross assets (less goodwill), gross revenues or operating profits
represent 5 per cent. or more of the consolidated total gross assets (less goodwill), gross
revenues or operating profits of the Restricted Group (calculated on a consolidated basis).
For the purpose of determining whether or not a member of the Restricted Group is a Principal
Subsidiary:
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in the case of a member of the Restricted Group which itself has Subsidiaries
within the Restricted Group, the calculation shall be made by comparing the consolidated
total gross assets (less goodwill), gross revenues or operating profits of it and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to those of the Restricted Group; |
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(b) |
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revenues which arise from transactions between members of the Restricted Group
and which would be eliminated in the consolidated accounts of the Group shall be
excluded; |
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(c) |
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the total gross assets (less goodwill), gross revenues or operating profits of a
member of the Restricted Group shall be calculated by reference to its financial
statements which were consolidated into the Original Financial Statements of the Company
or the Company’s most recent audited consolidated financial statements delivered
pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements); |
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the total gross assets (less goodwill), gross revenues or operating profits of
the Restricted Group shall be calculated by reference to the Original Financial
Statements of the Company or its most recent consolidated audited financial statements
delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements), adjusted as appropriate to
reflect the total gross assets (less goodwill), gross revenues or operating profits of
any person which has become or ceased to be a member of the Restricted Group after the
end of the financial period to which those accounts relate; |
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(e) |
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on a Principal Subsidiary of the Restricted Group transferring all or
substantially all of its assets to another member of the Restricted Group, the
transferor (if it is not the Holding Company of the transferee) shall cease to be a
Principal Subsidiary and (if the |
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transferee is not the Company or a Principal Subsidiary) the transferee shall
become a Principal Subsidiary; |
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a member of the Restricted Group (if not already a Principal Subsidiary) shall
become a Principal Subsidiary on completion of any other intra-Group transfer or
reorganisation if it would fulfil any of the tests in the first paragraph of this
definition, were all relevant accounts to be prepared as at the completion of that
transfer or reorganisation on the basis of the Original Financial Statements of the
Company or its most recent consolidated audited financial statements delivered pursuant
to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements), adjusted as appropriate to reflect the matters
referred to in paragraph (d) above and to reflect all such transfers or reorganisations
after the date of those then latest audited consolidated accounts of the Group; |
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(g) |
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except as provided in paragraph (e) above, once a person has become a Principal
Subsidiary, it shall remain one until it has been demonstrated to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Majority Lenders that it has ceased to fulfil the requirements of
this definition; and |
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(h) |
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a certificate signed by a director of the Company that a member of the Restricted
Group is or is not a Principal Subsidiary or certifying any adjustment referred to in
paragraph (d) above shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding
on all Parties. |
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning given to it in Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and
indemnities).
“Quarter Date” means each of 28 February, 31 May, 31 August and 30 November.
“Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be
determined:
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(if the currency is sterling) the first day of that period; |
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(b) |
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(if the currency is euro) two TARGET Days before the first day of that period; or |
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(for any other currency) two Business Days before the first day of that period, |
unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market for a currency, in which case
the Quotation Day for that currency will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market
practice in the Relevant Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by
leading banks in the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will
be the last of those days).
“
Reference Banks” means, in relation to LIBOR, EURIBOR and Mandatory Cost, the principal
London offices of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc., HSBC Bank plc, Barclays Bank PLC and
Clydesdale Bank PLC.
“Refinancing” means the refinancing in full of all Existing Financial Indebtedness in
accordance with the Funds Flow Memorandum together with the release of all Existing Security.
“Refinancing Completion Date” means the first Utilisation Date of Facility A.
“Refinancing Costs” means all fees, costs and expenses and stamp, registration, notarial and
similar Taxes or charges and all breakage and other refinancing costs incurred by the Company
in connection with the Refinancing.
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“Refinancing Purpose” means the purpose set out in paragraphs (a) and (b)(i) of Clause 3.1
(Purpose).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation D Cost” means, in relation to a Lender’s participation in a Loan made to a
Borrower (or deposits maintained by a Lender to fund that participation), any amount
certified by that Lender from time to time to be the actual cost to it of complying with
Regulation D (or any similar US reserve requirement) in respect of that participation or
deposit without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be
available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D. It is agreed that, for the
purpose of calculating any Regulation D Cost, the relevant participation or deposit shall be
deemed to constitute “Eurocurrency Liabilities” under Regulation D and to be subject to such
reserve requirements without the benefit of, or credit for, proration, exceptions or offsets
which may be available from time to time under Regulation D.
“Related Fund” in relation to a fund (the “first fund”), means a fund which is managed or
advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is
managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment
manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser
of the first fund.
“
Relevant Interbank Market” means, in relation to euro, the European interbank market and in
relation to any other currency, the
London interbank market.
“Relevant Period” has the meaning specified in Clause 21.1 (Financial definitions).
“Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 19.1
(Status) to 19.6 (Governing law and enforcement) and, subject to paragraph (a) of Clause 19
(Representations), Clause 19.17 (U.S. matters).
“Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney,
trustee or custodian.
“Resignation Letter” means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of
Resignation Letter).
“Restricted Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries from time to time, excluding the
Allscripts Group.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means a member of the Restricted Group (other than the Company).
“Rollover Loan” means one or more Facility B Loans:
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made or to be made on the same day that one or more maturing Facility B Loans are
due to be repaid; |
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(b) |
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the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing Facility B
Loan(s); |
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in the same currency as the maturing Facility B Loan(s) (unless it arose as a
result of the operation of Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency)); and |
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made or to be made to the same Borrower for the purpose of refinancing a
maturing Facility B Loan(s). |
“Screen Rate” means:
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in relation to LIBOR, the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rate
for the relevant currency and period; and |
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in relation to EURIBOR, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Banking
Federation of the European Union for the relevant period, |
displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If the agreed page is replaced or
service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the
appropriate rate after consultation with the Company and the Lenders.
“Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any
obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
“Security Document” means any agreement or instrument entered or to be entered into by an
Obligor under which security is expressed to be created in favour of the Finance Parties in
respect of the obligations of one or more Obligors under the Finance Documents.
“Security Release Date” has the meaning given to it in Clause 25.7(a) (Release of
Guarantors).
“Security Release Notice” has the meaning given to it in Clause 25.7(a) (Release of
Guarantors).
“Security Release Satisfaction Date” means the first date on which a Compliance Certificate
is delivered by the Company showing that the ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA has
been below 2.00:1 for the Relevant Periods ending on either (i) the first three consecutive
testing dates falling immediately after the date hereof or thereafter (ii) four consecutive
Test Dates.
“Selection Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 3
(Requests) given in accordance with Clause 10 (Interest Periods) in relation to Facility A.
“Share Buy Backs” means the purchase of shares in the Company by the Company.
“Specified Time” means a time determined in accordance with Schedule 9 (Timetables).
“Subsidiary” means, in relation to any company, a company:
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which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company; |
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more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly by the first mentioned company; or |
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which is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned company, |
and for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by
another if that other company or corporation is able to direct its affairs and/or to control
the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body or similarly directs its
affairs.
“TARGET” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer
payment system and the European Central Bank’s payment mechanism which began operations on 4
January 1999.
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“TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer
payment system which utilises a single shared platform and which was launched on 19 November
2007.
“TARGET Day” means:
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until such time as TARGET is permanently closed down and ceases operations, any
day on which both TARGET and TARGET2 are; and |
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following such time as TARGET is permanently closed down and ceases operations,
any day on which TARGET2 is, |
open for the settlement of payments in euro.
“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature
(including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay
in paying any of the same).
“Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Xxx 0000.
“Termination Date” means the date which is 36 months after the date of this Agreement.
“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Total Facility A Commitments and the Total
Facility B Commitments, being £210,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Facility A Commitments” means the aggregate of the Facility A Commitments, being
£80,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Total Facility B Commitments” means the aggregate of the Facility B Commitments, being
£130,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in one of the forms set out in
Schedule 5 (Form of Transfer Certificates) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the
Company.
“Transfer Date” means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:
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the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate; and |
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(b) |
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the date on which the Agent executes the Transfer Certificate. |
“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance
Documents.
“US” and “United States” mean the United States of America, its territories, possessions and
other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America.
“U.S. Borrower” means a Borrower that is a U.S. Debtor or a U.S. Person.
“U.S. Debtor” means an Obligor that is created or organised under the laws of the United
States or any State of the United States that has a place of business or property in the
United States.
“U.S. Guarantor” means a Guarantor that is a U.S. Debtor or a U.S. Person
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“USA Patriot Act” has the meaning given to it in Clause 19.17 (U.S. matters).
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“Utilisation” means a utilisation of a Facility.
“Utilisation Date” means the date of Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan
is to be made.
“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part I of Schedule
3 (Requests).
“VAT” means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Xxx 0000 and any other tax
of a similar nature.
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Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to: |
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the “Agent”, the “Arranger”, the “Security Agent”, any “Finance Party”, any
“Lender”, any “Obligor” or any “Party” shall be construed so as to include its
successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees; |
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“assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every
description; |
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(iii) |
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a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that
Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended or novated, supplemented,
extended, restated (however fundamentally and whether or not more onerously) or replaced
and includes any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any
facility or the addition of any new facility under that Finance Document or other
agreement or instrument; |
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“indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as
surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or
contingent; |
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a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state
or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership
(whether or not having separate legal personality); |
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a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or
guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental,
intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; |
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the “equivalent” on any date in one currency (the “first currency”) of an amount
denominated in another currency (the “second currency”) is a reference to the amount of
the first currency which could be purchased with the amount of the second currency at
the spot rate of exchange quoted by the Agent at or about 11.00 a.m. on such date for
the purchase of the first currency with the second currency; |
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a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; |
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(ix) |
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a time of day is a reference to London time; and |
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(x) |
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“Barclays Capital” means Barclays Capital the investment banking division of
Barclays Bank PLC. |
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Mentioning anything after “include”, “includes” or “including” does not limit what else
might be included. |
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Where a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning. |
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(d) |
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Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only. |
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(e) |
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Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any
notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that
Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement. |
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(f) |
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A Default or an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived. |
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A reference to an Obligor’s jurisdiction of incorporation shall, in the case of a
partnership, be construed as a reference to such partnership’s jurisdiction of formation or
registration. |
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A reference to the “Adjusted EBITDA”, “Borrowings”, “Cash and Cash Equivalents”,
“consolidated gross revenues”, “consolidated total gross assets (less goodwill)”, “EBITDA”,
“Net Borrowings”, “Net Interest Payable”, “operating profits” or “PBIT” of the Restricted
Group (or any member of it) shall be to that of the Restricted Group (or any member of it)
excluding and without consolidating the Adjusted EBITDA, Borrowings, Cash and Cash
Equivalents, consolidated gross revenues, consolidated total gross assets (less goodwill),
EBITDA, Net Borrowings, Net Interest Payable, operating profits or PBIT (as applicable) of
each member of the Allscripts Group. |
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Currency symbols and definitions |
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A reference to: |
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“$” and “dollars” is a reference to the lawful currency of the United States; |
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(b) |
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“£” and “sterling” is a reference to the lawful currency of the United Kingdom;
and |
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(c) |
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“EUR” and “euro” is a reference to the single currency unit of the Participating
Member States. |
1.4 |
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Third party rights |
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Except as provided in a Finance Document, the terms of a Finance Document may be enforced
only by a party to it and the operation of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 is
excluded. |
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(b) |
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Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document, the Parties to a Finance Document do
not require the consent of any third party to rescind or vary any Finance Document at any
time. |
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SECTION 2
THE FACILITIES
2. |
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THE FACILITIES |
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2.1 |
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The Facilities |
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement: |
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the Lenders make available to the Facility A Borrowers a term loan facility in the Base
Currency in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Facility A Commitments; and |
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the Lenders make available to the Facility B Borrowers a multicurrency revolving loan
facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Facility B Commitments. |
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2.2 |
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Increase |
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The Company may by giving prior notice to the Agent by no later than the date falling 45
Business Days after the effective date of a cancellation of: |
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(i) |
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the Available Commitments of a Defaulting Lender in accordance with Clause 8.9
(Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender); or |
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(ii) |
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the Commitments of a Lender in accordance with Clause 8.1 (Illegality), |
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request that the Total Commitments be increased (and the Total Commitments under that
Facility shall be so increased) in an aggregate amount in the Base Currency of up to the
amount of the Available Commitments or Commitments so cancelled as follows: |
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the increased Commitments will be assumed by one or more Lenders or other banks,
financial institutions, trusts, funds or other entities (each an “Increase Lender”)
selected by the Company (each of which shall not be a member of the Group and which is
further acceptable to the Agent (acting reasonably) and each of which confirms its
willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to
that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume, as if it had been an
Original Lender; |
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each of the Obligors and any Increase Lender shall assume obligations towards one
another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Obligors and the Increase
Lender would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original
Lender; |
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each Increase Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender” and any Increase Lender
and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and
acquire rights against one another as that Increase Lender and those Finance Parties
would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender; |
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the Commitments of the other Lenders shall continue in full force and effect; and |
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any increase in the Total Commitments shall take effect on the date specified by
the
Company in the notice referred to above or any later date on which the conditions
set out in paragraph (b) below are satisfied. |
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An increase in the Total Commitments will only be effective on: |
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the execution by the Agent of an Increase Confirmation from the relevant Increase
Lender; and |
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in relation to an Increase Lender which is not a Lender immediately prior to the
relevant increase the performance by the Agent of all necessary “know your customer” or
other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such
increase to the assumption of the increased Commitments by that Increase Lender, the
completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the Company and the Increase
Lender. |
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Each Increase Lender, by executing the Increase Confirmation, confirms (for the avoidance of
doubt) that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has
been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this
Agreement on or prior to the date on which the increase becomes effective in accordance with
this Agreement. |
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Unless the Agent otherwise agrees or the increased Commitment is assumed by an existing
Lender, the Company shall, on the date upon which the increase takes effect, pay to the Agent
(for its own account) a fee of £1,750 and the Company shall promptly on demand pay the Agent
and the Security Agent the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably
incurred by either of them and, in the case of the Security Agent, by any Receiver or Delegate
in connection with any increase in Commitments under this Clause 2.2. |
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The Company may pay to the Increase Lender a fee in the amount and at the times agreed
between the Company and the Increase Lender in a Fee Letter. |
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Clause 24.5 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) shall apply mutatis mutandis
in this Clause 2.2 in relation to an Increase Lender as if references in that Clause to: |
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an “Existing Lender” were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the
relevant increase; |
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the “New Lender” were references to that “Increase Lender”; and |
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a “re-transfer” and “re-assignment” were references to respectively a “transfer”
and “assignment”. |
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Lenders’ rights and obligations |
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The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a
Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the
obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible
for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents. |
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The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are
separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance
Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt. |
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A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce
its rights under the Finance Documents. |
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Obligors’ agent |
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Each Obligor (other than the Company) irrevocably appoints the Company to act on its behalf
as its agent in relation to the Finance Documents and irrevocably authorises: |
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the Company on its behalf to supply all information concerning itself
contemplated by the Finance Documents to the Finance Parties and to give and receive all
notices, consents and instructions (including Utilisation Requests), to agree, accept
and execute on its behalf all documents in connection with the Finance Documents
(including amendments and variations of, and consents under, any Finance Document) and
to execute any new Finance Document and to take such other action as may be necessary or
desirable under, or in connection with, the Finance Documents; and |
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each Finance Party to give any notice, demand or other communication to that
Obligor pursuant to the Finance Documents to the Company. |
(b) |
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Each Obligor (other than the Company) confirms that: |
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it will be bound by any action taken by the Company under, or in connection with,
any Finance Document; and |
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(ii) |
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each Finance Party may rely on any action purported to be taken by the Company on
behalf of that Obligor. |
2.5 |
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Acts of the Company |
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The respective liabilities of each of the Obligors under the Finance Documents shall not be
in any way affected by: |
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(i) |
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any actual or purported irregularity in any act done, or failure to act, by the
Company; |
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(ii) |
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the Company acting (or purporting to act) in any respect outside any authority
conferred upon it by any Obligor; or |
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(iii) |
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any actual or purported failure by, or inability of, the Company to inform any
Obligor of receipt by it of any notification under the Finance Documents. |
(b) |
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In the event of any conflict between any notices or other communications of the Company and
any other Obligor, those of the Company shall prevail. |
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PURPOSE |
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3.1 |
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Purpose |
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Each Facility A Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under Facility A towards: |
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repaying in full the Existing Financial Indebtedness; and |
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(ii) |
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financing the Refinancing Costs; |
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in each case in accordance with the Funds Flow Memorandum. |
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Each Facility B Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under Facility B towards: |
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repaying in full the Existing Financial Indebtedness; and |
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financing the Refinancing Costs; and |
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in each case in accordance with the Funds Flow Memorandum; and |
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the general corporate purposes of the Restricted Group. |
3.2 |
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Monitoring |
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No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed
pursuant to this Agreement. |
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4. |
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CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION |
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4.1 |
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Initial conditions precedent |
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The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) in
relation to any Utilisation if, on or before the Utilisation Date for that Utilisation, the
Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2
(Conditions precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall
notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. |
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Further conditions precedent |
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The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) if, on
each of the date of the Utilisation Request and the proposed Utilisation Date: |
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in relation to a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing or would result
from the proposed Loan, and, in relation to any other Loan, no Default is continuing or
would result from the proposed Loan; and |
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(b) |
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the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material
respects. |
4.3 |
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Conditions relating to Optional Currencies |
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(a) |
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A currency will constitute an Optional Currency in relation to a Loan if: |
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(i) |
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it is readily available in the amount required and freely convertible into the
Base Currency in the Relevant Interbank Market on the Quotation Day and the Utilisation
Date for that Loan; and |
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(ii) |
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it has been approved by the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders)
on or prior to receipt by the Agent of the relevant Utilisation Request for that Loan
except that no such approval shall be required for that Loan if it is to be denominated
in dollars or euro. |
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If, by the Specified Time, the Agent has received a written request from the Company for a
currency to be approved under paragraph (a)(ii) above, the Agent will confirm to the Company
by the Specified Time: |
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whether or not the Lenders have granted their approval; and |
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(ii) |
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if approval has been granted, the minimum amount (and, if required, whole
multiples) for any subsequent Utilisation in that currency. |
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4.4 |
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Maximum number of Loans |
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A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if, as a result of the proposed Utilisation: |
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more than two Facility A Loans would be outstanding; or |
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(ii) |
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more than five Facility B Loans would be outstanding. |
(b) |
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Any Loan made by a single Lender under Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency) shall not be
taken into account in this Clause 4.4. |
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4.5 |
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Drawing of Facilities |
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Facility B shall not be utilised unless Facility A has been utilised in full or (in respect
of the first Utilisation of Facility B under this Agreement) will be utilised in full on the
same date). |
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SECTION 3
UTILISATION
5. |
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UTILISATION |
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5.1 |
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Delivery of a Utilisation Request |
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A Borrower may utilise a Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation
Request not later than the Specified Time. |
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5.2 |
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Completion of a Utilisation Request |
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(a) |
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Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly
completed unless: |
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(i) |
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it identifies the Facility to be utilised; |
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(ii) |
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it identifies the relevant Borrower; |
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(iii) |
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the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period
applicable to that Facility; |
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(iv) |
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the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and
amount); |
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(v) |
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the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 10 (Interest Periods); and |
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it specifies the account and bank (which must be in the principal financial
centre of the country of the currency of the Utilisation or, in the case of euro, the
principal financial centre of a Participating Member State in which banks are open for
general business on that day or London) to which the proceeds of the Utilisation are to
be credited. |
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Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request. |
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5.3 |
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Currency and amount |
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(a) |
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The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be the Base Currency or, in relation to
Facility B only, an Optional Currency. |
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(b) |
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The amount of the proposed Loan must be: |
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(i) |
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if the currency of the proposed Loan is to be the Base Currency: |
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(A) |
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a minimum of £10,000,000 and a whole multiple of £5,000,000 for
Facility A; and |
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(B) |
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a minimum of £1,000,000 and a whole multiple of £500,000 for
Facility B, |
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or, if less, the Available Facility (or such other amount as may be agreed between
the Company and the Agent); |
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(ii) |
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if the currency selected is dollars, a minimum of $3,000,000 and a whole multiple
of $1,000,000 of Facility B or in either case, if less, the Available Facility (or such
other amount as may be agreed between the Company and the Agent); |
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(iii) |
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if the currency selected is euro, a minimum of EUR 2,000,000 and a whole
multiple of EUR 1,000,000 of Facility B or in either case, if less, the Available
Facility (or such other amount as may be agreed between the Company and the Agent); or |
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(iv) |
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if the currency selected is an Optional Currency other than dollars or
euro, the minimum amount (or a whole multiple, if required) specified by the Agent
pursuant to paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional
Currencies) or, if less, the Available Facility; and |
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(v) |
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in any event, such that its Base Currency Amount is less than or equal to the
Available Facility. |
5.4 |
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Lenders’ participation |
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(a) |
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If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender participating in a
Facility shall make its participation in each Loan under that Facility available by the
Utilisation Date through its Facility Office. |
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(b) |
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The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne
by its Available Commitment to the relevant Available Facility immediately prior to making the
Loan. |
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(c) |
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The Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Facility B Loan which is to be
made in an Optional Currency and shall by the Specified Time notify: |
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(i) |
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each Facility A Lender of the amount of each Facility A Loan and the amount of
its participation in that Loan; and |
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(ii) |
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each Facility B Lender of the amount, currency and the Base Currency Amount of
each Facility B Loan and the amount of its participation in that Loan. |
5.5 |
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Cancellation of Commitment |
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(a) |
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The Facility A Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately cancelled
at the end of the Availability Period for Facility A. |
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(b) |
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The Facility B Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately
cancelled at the end of the Availability Period for Facility B. |
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6. |
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OPTIONAL CURRENCIES |
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6.1 |
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Selection of currency |
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A Facility B Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Facility B Borrower) shall select the
currency of a Facility B Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan. |
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6.2 |
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Unavailability of a currency |
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If before the Specified Time on the relevant date specified in Schedule 9 (Timetables): |
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(a) |
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the Agent has received notice from a Facility B Lender that the Optional Currency
requested (unless that Optional Currency is dollars or euro) is not readily available to
it in the amount required; or |
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(b) |
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a Facility B Lender notifies the Agent that compliance with its obligation to
participate in a Facility B Loan in the proposed Optional Currency would contravene a
law or regulation applicable to it, |
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the Agent will give notice to the relevant Facility B Borrower to that effect by the
Specified Time on that day. In this event, any Facility B Lender that gives notice pursuant
to this Clause 6.2 will be required to participate in the Loan in the Base Currency (in an
amount equal to that Lender’s |
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proportion of the Base Currency Amount of that Loan or an amount equal to that Lender’s
proportion of the Base Currency Amount of the Rollover Loan that is due to be made) and its
participation will be treated as a separate Loan denominated in the Base Currency during that
Interest Period. |
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SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
7. |
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REPAYMENT |
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7.1 |
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Repayment of Facility A Loans |
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(a) |
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Each Borrower which has drawn a Facility A Loan shall (and the Company shall ensure that those Borrowers shall) repay that Loan on the Termination Date. |
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(b) |
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No Borrower may reborrow any part of Facility A which is repaid. |
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7.2 |
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Repayment of Facility B Loans |
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(a) |
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Each Borrower which has drawn a Facility B Loan shall repay that Loan on the last day of its
Interest Period. |
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(b) |
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At any time when a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the maturity date of each of the
participations of that Lender in the Facility B Loans then outstanding will be automatically
extended to the Termination Date in relation to Facility B and will be treated as separate
Facility B Loans (the “Separate Loans”) denominated in the currency in which the relevant
participations are outstanding. |
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(c) |
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A Borrower to whom a Separate Loan is outstanding may prepay that Loan by giving three
Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent. The Agent will forward a copy of a
prepayment notice received in accordance with this paragraph (c) to the Defaulting Lender
concerned as soon as practicable on receipt. |
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(d) |
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Interest in respect of a Separate Loan will accrue for successive Interest Periods selected
by the Borrower by the time and date specified by the Agent (acting reasonably) and will be
payable by that Borrower to the Defaulting Lender on the last day of each Interest Period of
that Loan. |
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(e) |
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The terms of this Agreement relating to Facility B Loans generally shall continue to apply to
Separate Loans other than to the extent inconsistent with paragraphs (b) to (d) above, in
which case those paragraphs shall prevail in respect of any Separate Loan. |
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8. |
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PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION |
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8.1 |
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Illegality |
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If it becomes unlawful in any jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as
contemplated by any Finance Document or to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan: |
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(a) |
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that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; |
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(b) |
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upon the Agent notifying the Company, the Commitment of that Lender will be
immediately cancelled; and |
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(c) |
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each Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans made to that
Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the Agent
has notified the Company or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice
delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace
period permitted by law). |
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8.2 |
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Change of Control |
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(a) |
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If Control of the Company is acquired (or is deemed by section 416(2) of the Taxes Act to be
held) by any person who does not, or any group of connected persons (within the meaning of
section 839 of that Act) or any persons acting in concert who do not, have (and would not be
so deemed to have) such Control at the date of this Agreement: |
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(i) |
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the Company shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; |
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(ii) |
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a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Utilisation (except for a Rollover Loan);
and |
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(iii) |
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if a Lender so requires and notifies the Agent within 15 Business Days after the
date of an acquisition of Control as referred to above, the Agent shall on the date
falling 25 Business Days after the date of the change of Control of the Company, cancel
the Commitments of that Lender and declare the participation of that Lender in all
outstanding Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under
the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon the Commitments of that
Lender will be cancelled and all such outstanding amounts will become immediately due
and payable. |
(b) |
|
For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “Control” has the meaning given to it in section
416(2) of the Taxes Act. |
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(c) |
|
For the purpose of paragraph (a) above “acting in concert” has the meaning given to it in the
City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. |
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8.3 |
|
Net Proceeds |
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(a) |
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If any member of the Restricted Group receives Net Proceeds and the ratio (the “Relevant
Ratio”) of Net Borrowings (as at the last day of the month ending on or most recently prior to
the date of receipt of such Net Proceeds (the “Relevant Month End”)) to Adjusted EBITDA (for
the most recently ended Relevant Period (the “Applicable Relevant Period”) in respect of which
a Compliance Certificate has been delivered) was greater than 2.5:1, the Company shall ensure
that the Facility is prepaid and cancelled in accordance with Clause 8.5 (Application of
partial prepayments) by an amount equal to the lesser of: |
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(i) |
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the amount of such Net Proceeds; and |
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(ii) |
|
the amount required to ensure that if such prepayment had been made on the
Relevant Month End the Relevant Ratio would have been 2.5:1, |
|
(a) |
|
when calculating Net Borrowings: |
|
(A) |
|
to the extent the relevant Net Proceeds are Net Debt Proceeds,
the Financial Indebtedness to which those Net Debt Proceeds relate will be
included on a pro forma basis; |
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(B) |
|
the relevant Net Proceeds will be excluded from Cash and Cash
Equivalents; and |
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(C) |
|
to the extent the relevant Net Proceeds are applied towards an
Acquisition of a business or company at the same time as they are received by a
member of the Restricted Group, then the Net Borrowings assumed by a member of
the |
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|
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Restricted Group from the acquired company or business or remaining in
the acquired business or company at the date of the Acquisition will be taken
into account on a pro forma basis; and |
|
(b) |
|
when calculating Adjusted EBITDA: |
|
(A) |
|
to the extent the relevant Net Proceeds are applied towards an
Acquisition of a business or company at the same time as they are received by a
member of the Restricted Group, then the EBITDA for the acquired business or
company for the Applicable Relevant Period will be taken into account on a pro
forma basis (taking into account synergies which are reasonable and realisable
within 12 months of the proposed Acquisition); and |
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(B) |
|
to the extent the Net Proceeds are Net Sale Proceeds, the EBITDA
for the Applicable Relevant Period that is attributable to the asset disposed of
will be deducted on a pro forma basis. |
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For the avoidance of doubt: |
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(x) |
|
if the Company has procured a prepayment and cancellation of the Facility
pursuant to any one of this Clause 8.3 (each a “Prepayment Clause”) in respect of an
amount of Net Sale Proceeds, it shall not be required to make a further prepayment or
cancellation of the Facility under any other Prepayment Clause in respect of those Net
Sale Proceeds; and |
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(y) |
|
if a Prepayment Clause requires the Company to procure a prepayment and
cancellation of the Facility in respect of an amount of Net Sale Proceeds, it shall not
have the ability to purchase assets in lieu of prepayment or cancellation in respect of
those Net Sale Proceeds even if permitted to do so under a different Prepayment Clause. |
8.4 |
|
Mandatory cancellation |
|
(a) |
|
On the date falling two years after the date of this Agreement, to the extent the aggregate
Facility A Commitments exceed £40,000,000, they shall automatically be reduced so as to be
equal to £40,000,000 and the Company shall procure that the applicable Borrowers make such
prepayments as are necessary to ensure that the aggregate Facility A Loans do not exceed the
aggregate Facility A Commitments as so reduced. |
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(b) |
|
The Company may select the Loans to be prepaid within Facility A and in the absence of such
selection the prepayment shall be applied pro rata against Loans under Facility A. |
|
(c) |
|
The reduction in Facility A Commitments specified in paragraph (a) above, shall reduce each
Lender’s Facility A Commitment pro rata. |
|
8.5 |
|
Application of partial prepayments |
|
|
|
Each amount to be applied in prepayment and cancellation of the Facility under Clause 8.3
(Net Proceeds), shall be applied in the following order, in each case until the relevant
Loans or other liabilities have been satisfied or (as the case may be) cancelled in full: |
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(i) |
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first, in prepayment and permanent reduction of the Facility A Loans (including
permanent cancellation of the Facility A Commitments that relate to the Facility A
Loans (or part thereof) that are prepaid under this paragraph); |
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(ii) |
|
secondly, in prepayment and permanent reduction of the Facility B Loans
(including permanent cancellation of the Facility B Commitments that relate to the
Facility B Loans (or part thereof) that are prepaid under this paragraph); and |
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(iii) |
|
thirdly, in cancellation pro rata of any Available Commitment under Facility B. |
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The Company may select the Loans to be prepaid within the Facility and in the absence of such
selection the prepayment shall be applied pro rata against outstanding Loans under the
Facility. Each prepayment shall be made no later than the last day of the current Interest
Period of the Loans to be prepaid, and the Company shall give the Agent not less than three
Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written
notice of any such prepayment. |
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8.6 |
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Voluntary cancellation |
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|
|
The Company may, if it gives the Agent not less than three Business Days’ (or such shorter
period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written notice, cancel the whole or any part
(being a minimum amount of £500,000) of any Available Facility. Any cancellation under this
Clause 8.6 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under that Facility. |
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8.7 |
|
Voluntary prepayment |
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|
|
The Borrower to whom a Loan has been made may, if it gives the Agent not less than three
Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written
notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces
the Base Currency Amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of £500,000 and a whole multiple of
£500,000). |
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8.8 |
|
Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender |
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(a) |
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If: |
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(i) |
|
any sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under
paragraph (c) of Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up); or |
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(ii) |
|
any Lender claims indemnification from the Company under Clause 13.3 (Tax
indemnity) or Clause 14.1 (Increased Costs), |
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the Company may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement or indemnification
continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its
intention to procure the repayment of that Lender’s participation in the Loans. |
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(b) |
|
On receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender
shall immediately be reduced to zero. |
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(c) |
|
On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company has given notice under
paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Company in that notice), each
Borrower to whom a Loan is outstanding shall repay that Lender’s participation in that Loan. |
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8.9 |
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Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender |
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(a) |
|
If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Company may, at any time whilst the Lender
continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Agent three Business Days’ notice of
cancellation of each Available Commitment of that Lender. |
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(b) |
|
On receipt of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above becoming effective, each
Available Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero. |
|
(c) |
|
The Facility Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in
paragraph
(a)
above, notify all the Lenders. |
|
8.10 |
|
Restrictions |
|
(a) |
|
Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 8 (Prepayment
and cancellation) shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this
Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment
is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment. |
|
(b) |
|
Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the
amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty. |
|
(c) |
|
No Borrower may reborrow any part of Facility A which is prepaid. |
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(d) |
|
Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of Facility B which is
prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
|
(e) |
|
The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or any
part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this
Agreement. |
|
(f) |
|
Subject to Clause 2.2 (Increase) no amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this
Agreement may be subsequently reinstated. |
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(g) |
|
If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 8 (Prepayment and cancellation), it shall
promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Company or the affected Lender, as
appropriate. |
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SECTION 5
COSTS OF UTILISATION
9. |
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INTEREST |
|
9.1 |
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Calculation of interest |
|
|
|
The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum
which is the aggregate of the applicable: |
|
(a) |
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Margin; |
|
|
(b) |
|
LIBOR or, in relation to any Loan in euro, EURIBOR; and |
|
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(c) |
|
Mandatory Cost, if any. |
9.2 |
|
Payment of interest |
|
|
|
The Borrower to whom a Loan has been made shall pay accrued interest on that Loan on the last
day of each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on the
dates falling at six Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period). |
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9.3 |
|
Default interest |
|
(a) |
|
If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date,
interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment
(both before and after judgment) at a rate one per cent. higher than the rate which would have
been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan
in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration
selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 9.3 shall
be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Agent. |
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(b) |
|
Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue
amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain
immediately due and payable. |
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9.4 |
|
Notification of rates of interest |
|
|
|
The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the relevant Borrower of the determination of
a rate of interest under this Agreement. |
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9.5 |
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Highest Lawful Rate |
|
|
|
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, in no event shall the rate of interest payable by
any Obligor with respect to any Loan exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. |
|
10. |
|
INTEREST PERIODS |
|
10.1 |
|
Selection of Interest Periods |
|
(a) |
|
A Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) may select an Interest Period for a Loan
in the Utilisation Request for that Loan or (if the Loan has already been borrowed) in a
Selection Notice. |
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(b) |
|
Each Selection Notice for a Facility A Loan is irrevocable and must be delivered to
the Agent by the Borrower (or the Company on behalf of a Borrower) to which that Facility A
Loan was made not later than the Specified Time. |
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(c) |
|
If a Borrower (or the Company) fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Agent in
accordance with paragraph (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will be three Months. |
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(d) |
|
Subject to this Clause 10 (Interest Periods), a Borrower (or the Company) may select an
Interest Period of one, two, three or six Months or any other period, not exceeding 12 months
agreed between the Company and the Agent (who, if such Interest Period shall exceed six
months, shall act on the instructions of all the Lenders) in relation to the relevant Loan. |
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(e) |
|
An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date applicable to its
Facility. |
|
(f) |
|
Each Interest Period for a Facility A Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date or (if already
made) on the last day of its preceding Interest Period. |
|
(g) |
|
A Facility B Loan has one Interest Period only. |
|
10.2 |
|
Non-Business Days |
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|
|
If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest
Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or
the preceding Business Day (if there is not). |
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11. |
|
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST |
|
11.1 |
|
Absence of quotations |
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|
|
Subject to Clause 11.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR or, if applicable, EURIBOR is to be
determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a
quotation by the Specified Time on the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR or EURIBOR shall
be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks. |
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11.2 |
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Market disruption |
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(a) |
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If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest Period, then the
rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for the Interest Period shall be the
percentage rate per annum which is the sum of: |
|
(i) |
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the Margin; |
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(ii) |
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the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any
event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that
which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that Lender of funding its
participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select; and |
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(iii) |
|
the Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender’s participation in the
Loan. |
(b) |
|
In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means: |
|
(i) |
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at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Screen
Rate is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the
Agent |
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|
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to determine LIBOR or, if applicable, EURIBOR for the relevant currency and Interest
Period; or |
|
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(ii) |
|
before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest
Period, the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations
in a Loan exceed 35 per cent. of that Loan) that the cost to it of obtaining matching
deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR or, if applicable,
EURIBOR. |
11.3 |
|
Alternative basis of interest or funding |
|
(a) |
|
If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Company so requires, the Agent and
the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view
to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. |
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(b) |
|
Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall, with the prior consent of
all the Lenders and the Company, be binding on all Parties. |
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11.4 |
|
Break Costs |
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(a) |
|
Each Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent on behalf of a Finance
Party, pay to the Agent on behalf of that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or
any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by that Borrower on a day other than the last day
of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum. |
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(b) |
|
Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a
certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they
accrue. |
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12. |
|
FEES |
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12.1 |
|
Commitment fee |
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(a) |
|
The Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in the Base
Currency, accruing daily on that Lender’s Available Commitment under Facility A and Facility B
during the Availability Period applicable to that Facility and computed at the rate per annum
of 50 per cent. of the Margin applicable to that Facility at the relevant time. |
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(b) |
|
The accrued fee under paragraph (a) above is payable on the last day of each successive
period of three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of the
relevant Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount of the
relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective. |
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(c) |
|
No commitment fee is payable to the Agent (for the account of a Lender) on any Available
Commitment of that Lender for any day on which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender. |
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12.2 |
|
Arrangement fee |
|
|
|
The Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Arranger) an arrangement fee in
the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter. |
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12.3 |
|
Agency fee |
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|
|
The Company shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at
the times agreed in a Fee Letter. |
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12.4 |
|
Security Agency fee |
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|
|
The Company shall pay to the Security Agent (for its own account) a security agency fee in
the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter. |
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SECTION 6
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
13. |
|
TAX GROSS-UP AND INDEMNITIES |
(a) |
|
In this Agreement: |
|
|
|
“Protected Party” means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or
required to make any payment, for or on account of Tax, in relation to a sum received or
receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a
Finance Document. |
|
|
|
“Qualifying Lender” means: |
|
(i) |
|
a Lender (other than a Lender within paragraph (ii) below) which is beneficially
entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance
Document and is: |
|
1. |
|
which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of
section 879 of the ITA) making an advance under a Finance Document; or |
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|
2. |
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in respect of an advance made under a Finance
Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of
section 879 of the ITA) at the time that that advance was made, |
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and which is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects
any
payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or |
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(B) |
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a Lender which is: |
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1. |
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a company resident in the United Kingdom
for United Kingdom tax purposes; |
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2. |
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a partnership each member of which is: |
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(a) |
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a company resident in the United
Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; or |
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(b) |
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a company not so resident in the
United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom
through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in
computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19
of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect
of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; |
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3. |
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a company not so resident in the United Kingdom
which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent
establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect
of that advance in |
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computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of
the
CTA); or |
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(ii) |
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a building society (as defined for the purpose of section 880 of the ITA) making
an advance under a Finance Document; or |
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(iii) |
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in respect of an advance under a Finance Document to a U.S. Obligor, a U.S.
Qualifying Lender. |
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“Tax Confirmation” means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to
interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document is either: |
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(i) |
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a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; or |
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(ii) |
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a partnership each member of which is: |
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(a) |
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a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or |
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(b) |
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a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on
a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings
into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section
19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that
advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or |
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(iii) |
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a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the
United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest
payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the
meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company. |
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“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of, any Tax. |
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“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment
under a Finance Document. |
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“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party
under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity). |
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“Treaty Lender” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to it in
respect of the relevant advance and which: |
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(i) |
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is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty; |
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(ii) |
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does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent
establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively
connected; and |
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(iii) |
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satisfies any other criteria necessary for it to benefit from full exemption
under the relevant Treaty from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest. |
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“Treaty State” means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a “Treaty”) with the
United Kingdom which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United
Kingdom on interest. |
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“UK Non-Bank Lender” means any Lender which becomes a Party to this Agreement after the date
of this Agreement and which gives a Tax Confirmation in the relevant Transfer Certificate
which it executes on becoming a Party. |
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“U.S. Obligor” means a Borrower that is a U.S. Person, and any Guarantor making a payment on
behalf of such Borrower. |
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“U.S. Qualifying Lender” means a Lender which is on the date a payment falls due a person
which: |
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(i) |
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is a U.S. Person; or |
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(ii) |
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is not a U.S. Person but is entitled to a complete exemption from withholding of
US federal income tax on interest paid to it under a Finance Document. |
(b) |
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Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 13 a reference to “determines” or
“determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the
determination. |
(a) |
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Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax
Deduction is required by law. |
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(b) |
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The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or
that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent
accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a
payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall
notify the Company and that Obligor. |
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(c) |
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If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due
from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction)
leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been
required. |
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(d) |
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A payment shall not be increased under paragraph (c) above by reason of a Tax Deduction on
account of Tax imposed by the United Kingdom, if on the date on which the payment falls due: |
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(i) |
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the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction
if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has
ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it
became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or
application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or published concession of
any relevant taxing authority; or |
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(ii) |
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the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of paragraph (i)(B)
of the definition of Qualifying Lender and: |
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(A) |
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an officer of HM Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked)
a direction under section 931 of the ITA (a “Direction”) which relates to the
payment and
that Lender has received from the Obligor making the payment or from the
Company a certified copy of that Direction; or |
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(B) |
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the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction
if that Direction had not been made; or |
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(iii) |
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the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of paragraph (i)(B)
of the definition of Qualifying Lender and: |
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(A) |
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the relevant Lender has not given a Tax Confirmation to the
Company; and |
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(B) |
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the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax
Deduction if the Lender had given a Tax Confirmation to the Company, on the
basis that the Tax Confirmation would have enabled the Company to have formed a
reasonable belief that the payment was an “excepted payment” for the purpose of
section 930 of the ITA; or |
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(iv) |
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the relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Obligor making the payment is able
to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax
Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under paragraph (h) below. |
(e) |
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An Obligor is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under paragraph (c) above
for a Tax Deduction in respect of tax imposed by the United States from a payment of interest
on a Loan, if on the date on which the payment falls due the payment could have been made to
the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if it was a U.S. Qualifying Lender, but on that
date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a U.S. Qualifying Lender other than as a result of
any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the
interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published
practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority. |
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(f) |
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If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction
and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in
the minimum amount required by law. |
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(g) |
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Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with
that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the
Finance Party entitled to the payment a statement under section 975 of the ITA or other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or
(as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority. |
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(h) |
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A Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty Lender is
entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Obligor
to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction. |
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(i) |
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A UK Non-Bank Lender shall: |
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(i) |
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give a Tax Confirmation to the Company in the Transfer Certificate signed by it;
and |
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(ii) |
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promptly notify the Company and the Agent if there is any change in the position
from that set out in its Tax Confirmation. |
(a) |
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The Company shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected
Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines
will be |
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or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected
Party in
respect of a Finance Document. |
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(b) |
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Paragraph (a) above shall not apply with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party: |
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(i) |
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under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or,
if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated
as resident for tax purposes; or |
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(ii) |
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under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office
is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction, |
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if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable
(but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party. |
(c) |
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Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to the extent that a loss, liability or cost is
compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) or would have been
compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not so
compensated for solely because one of the exclusions in paragraphs (d) and (e) of that Clause
applied. |
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(d) |
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A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall
notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following
which the Agent shall notify the Company. |
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(e) |
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A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 13.3,
notify the Agent. |
13.4 |
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Tax Credit |
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If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that: |
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(a) |
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a Tax Credit is attributable to that Tax Payment or to the circumstances giving
rise to the Obligor’s obligations to make that Tax Payment; and |
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(b) |
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that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit, |
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the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party determines will
leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the
Tax Payment not been made by the Obligor. |
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13.5 |
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Stamp taxes |
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The Company shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party
against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty,
registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document. |
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13.6 |
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VAT |
(a) |
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All amounts set out or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any Party to a
Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply or
supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on
such supply or supplies, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes
chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, that
Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other
consideration |
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for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Finance Party shall
promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Party). |
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(b) |
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If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the “Supplier”) to
any other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a Finance Document, and any Party other than
the Recipient (the “Subject Party”) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an
amount equal to the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being required
to reimburse the Recipient in respect of that consideration), such Party shall also pay to the
Supplier (in addition to and at the same time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the
amount of such VAT. The Recipient will promptly pay to the Subject Party an amount equal to
any credit or repayment obtained by the Recipient from the relevant tax authority which the
Recipient reasonably determines is in respect of such VAT. |
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(c) |
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Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any
cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance
Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents
VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to
credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority. |
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(d) |
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Any reference in this Clause 13.6 to any Party shall, at any time when such Party is treated
as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context
otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the
term “representative member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994). |
13.7 |
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U.S. Withholding Taxes |
(a) |
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On or prior to the first Utilisation Date (or, if the Lender is not an Original Lender, on or
prior to the date such Lender becomes a party to any Finance Document), each Lender that is
not a U.S. Person shall supply to the Agent and the U.S. Obligor to which such Lender has made
an advance (or its designee) the U.S. IRS forms that would enable payments to be made to that
Lender under the Finance Documents without any deduction or withholding in respect of any Tax
in the United States and each Lender that is a U.S. Person must supply to the Agent and such
U.S. Obligor (or its designee) a U.S. IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) and any necessary
attachments thereto. In addition, each Lender shall provide such forms as soon as practicable
after receiving a written request for such forms by the relevant U.S. Obligor or the Agent. |
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(b) |
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A Lender is not obliged to supply any form under paragraph (b) above if it is legally unable
to do so. |
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(c) |
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An Obligor is not obliged to pay any Tax Payment under this Clause 13 (Tax gross up and
indemnities) to a Lender if that Tax Payment would not have been payable if that Lender had
complied with its obligations under Clause 13.7(a), unless that Lender was unable to deliver
such form as a result of any change after the date of this Agreement in (or in the
interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or any published
practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority. |
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(a) |
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Subject to Clause 14.3 (Exceptions), the Company shall, within three Business Days of a
demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs
incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of
or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or
regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement. |
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(b) |
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Each Borrower shall, promptly upon demand by a Lender, pay to such Lender the amount of any
Regulation D Costs actually incurred by such Lender in respect of its participation to any
Loan made by it to such Borrower (or deposits maintained by such Lender to fund that
participation). |
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(c) |
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In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means: |
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(i) |
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a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or
its Affiliate’s) overall capital; |
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(ii) |
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an additional or increased cost; or |
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(iii) |
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a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, |
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which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that
it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or
performing its obligations under any Finance Document. |
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14.2 |
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Increased Cost claims |
(a) |
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A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 14.1 (Increased Costs) shall
notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall
promptly notify the Company. |
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(b) |
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Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a
certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs which provides reasonable details of
the calculation of those Increased Costs. |
(a) |
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Clause 14.1 (Increased Costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is: |
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(i) |
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attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor; |
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(ii) |
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compensated for by Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated
for under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because the
exclusion in paragraph (b) or (c) of Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); |
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(iii) |
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compensated for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost; or |
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(iv) |
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attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its
Affiliates of any law or regulation. |
(b) |
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In this Clause 14.3, a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to the term
in Clause 13.1 (Definitions). |
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(a) |
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If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment
or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First
Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the
purpose of: |
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(i) |
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making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; or |
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(ii) |
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obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation
or arbitration proceedings, |
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that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three Business Days of demand,
indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability
arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the
rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency
and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of
that Sum. |
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(b) |
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Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the
Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to
be payable. |
15.2 |
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Other indemnities |
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The Company shall (or shall procure that an Obligor shall), within three Business Days of
demand, indemnify each Lender against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Lender as
a result of: |
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(a) |
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the occurrence of any Event of Default; |
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(b) |
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a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due
date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of
Clause 28 (Sharing among the Lenders); |
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(c) |
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funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by
a Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one
or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or
negligence by that Lender alone); or |
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(d) |
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a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of
prepayment given by a Borrower or the Company. |
15.3 |
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Indemnity to the Agent and the Security Agent |
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The Company shall promptly indemnify the Agent and the Security Agent against any cost, loss
or liability incurred by the Agent or the Security Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of: |
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(a) |
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investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; |
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(b) |
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entering into or performing any foreign exchange contract for the purposes of
Clause 6 (Optional Currencies); |
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(c) |
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acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction from an Obligor which
it reasonably believes to be (but which is not) genuine, correct and appropriately
authorised; |
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(d) |
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taking, holding, protecting or enforcing any Security created pursuant to any
Finance Document; or |
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(e) |
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exercising any of the rights, powers, discretions or remedies vested in it under
any Finance Document or by law. |
16. |
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MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS |
(a) |
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Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all reasonable steps to
mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable
under, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 8.1 (Illegality), Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and
indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased Costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its
rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. |
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(b) |
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Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the
Finance Documents. |
16.2 |
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Limitation of liability |
(a) |
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The Company shall indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred
by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation). |
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(b) |
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A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation) if, in the
opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it. |
17.1 |
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Transaction expenses |
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The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Agent, the Arranger and the Security Agent the
amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees up to an amount agreed by the Company
and the Original Lenders prior to the date of this Agreement) reasonably incurred by any of
them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of: |
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(a) |
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this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and |
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(b) |
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any other Finance Documents executed at the request of an Obligor after the date
of this Agreement. |
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(a) |
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an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or |
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(b) |
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an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 29.10 (Change of currency), |
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the Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent and the Security
Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by
the Agent or the Security Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with
that request or requirement. |
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17.3 |
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Enforcement costs |
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The Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount
of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection
with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document. |
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17.4 |
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Security Agent expenses |
(a) |
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The Company shall promptly on demand pay the Security Agent the amount of all costs and
expenses (including legal fees) properly incurred by it in connection with the administration
or release of any Security created pursuant to any Security Document. |
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(b) |
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No Finance Party shall have any duty or obligation, whether as fiduciary for any Finance
Party or otherwise, to recover any payment made or required to be made under paragraph (a)
above. |
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(c) |
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The Company agrees that no Finance Party shall have any liability (whether direct or
indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Company or any of its Affiliates for or in
connection with anything referred to in paragraph (a) above except for any such liability,
damages, loss, cost or expense incurred by the Company that results directly from any breach
by that Finance Party of any Finance Document which is in each case finally judicially
determined to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of that
Finance Party. |
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(d) |
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Notwithstanding paragraph (c) above, no Finance Party shall be responsible or have any
liability for or in connection with anything referred to in paragraph (a) above to the Company
or any of its Affiliates or anyone else for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss
or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits, goodwill,
reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving), whether or not foreseeable. |
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SECTION 7
GUARANTEE
18. |
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GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY |
18.1 |
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Guarantee and indemnity |
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Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally: |
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(a) |
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guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Borrower of all
that Borrower’s obligations under the Finance Documents; |
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(b) |
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undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever a Borrower does not pay any
amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall
immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and |
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(c) |
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agrees with each Finance Party that if, for any reason, any amount claimed by a
Finance Party under this Clause 18 is not recoverable on the basis of a guarantee, it
will be liable to indemnify that Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability it
incurs as a result of a Borrower not paying any amount when due under or in connection
with any Finance Document. The amount payable by a Guarantor under this indemnity will
not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 18 if the amount
claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee. |
18.2 |
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Continuing guarantee |
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This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums
payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or
discharge in whole or in part. |
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18.3 |
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Reinstatement |
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If as a result of insolvency or any similar event: |
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(a) |
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any payment by an Obligor is avoided or reduced or must be restored; or |
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(b) |
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any discharge or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any
Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made in whole or in part
on the basis of any payment, security or other thing which is avoided or reduced or must
be restored, |
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(i) |
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the liability of each Obligor shall continue or be reinstated
as if the payment, discharge or arrangement had not occurred; and |
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(ii) |
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each Finance Party shall be entitled to recover the value or
amount of that payment or security from each Obligor as if the payment,
discharge or arrangement had not occurred. |
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Waiver of defences |
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The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 18 will not be affected by an act,
omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any
of its obligations under this Clause 18 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or
any Finance Party) including: |
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any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other
person; |
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the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any
composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group; |
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the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or
neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of,
any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality
or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full
value of any security; |
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any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution
or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person; |
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any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental
and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other
document or security including any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any
increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document
or other document or security; |
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any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person
under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or |
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any insolvency or similar proceedings. |
18.5 |
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Immediate recourse |
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Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or
claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 18. This
waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the
contrary. |
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18.6 |
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Appropriations |
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Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with
the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party (or any trustee
or agent on its behalf) may: |
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refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or
received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of
those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit
(whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the
benefit of the same; and |
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hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any
Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 18. |
18.7 |
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Deferral of Guarantors’ rights |
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Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with
the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent (or, as the
case may be, the Security Agent) otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights
which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance
Documents: |
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to be indemnified by an Obligor; |
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to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s obligations
under the Finance Documents; |
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to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or
otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any
other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance
Documents by any Finance Party. |
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If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it
shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all
amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance Parties by the Obligors under or in
connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties
and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for
application in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics) of this Agreement. |
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18.8 |
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Release of Guarantors’ right of contribution |
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If any Guarantor (a “Retiring Guarantor”) ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with the
terms of the Finance Documents then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a
Guarantor: |
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that Retiring Guarantor is released by each other Guarantor from any liability
(whether past, present or future and whether actual or contingent) to make a
contribution to any other Guarantor arising by reason of the performance by any other
Guarantor of its obligations under the Finance Documents; |
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each non-retiring Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the
performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole
or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance
Parties under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to, or in
connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted by or in
relation to the assets of the Retiring Guarantor; and |
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each Retiring Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the
performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole
or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance
Parties under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to, or in
connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted by or in
relation to the assets of the non-Retiring Guarantor. |
18.9 |
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Additional security |
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This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or
security now or subsequently held by any Finance Party. |
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18.10 |
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Limitations |
(a) |
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This guarantee does not apply to any liability to the extent that it would result in this
guarantee being illegal or contravening any applicable law or regulation in any relevant
jurisdiction concerning financial assistance by a company for the acquisition of, or
subscription for, shares or concerning the protection of shareholders’ capital. |
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(b) |
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The guarantee of any Guarantor giving a guarantee other than in respect of its
direct or indirect Subsidiary is subject to the following limitations (notwithstanding an
provision to the contrary in any Finance Document) set out in paragraphs (c) to (f) below: |
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Anything herein or in any other Finance Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum
aggregate amount of any U.S. Guarantor’s liabilities hereunder and under any other Finance
Document shall in no event exceed the maximum amount for which that U.S. Guarantor can be
liable without rendering its Guarantee contemplated hereunder subject to avoidance under
applicable federal and state laws relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers or the
insolvency of debtors (collectively, “Fraudulent Transfer Laws”), in each case after giving
effect to (a) all liabilities of that U.S. Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are
relevant under such Fraudulent Transfer Laws, (b) the value of the assets of that U.S.
Guarantor (as determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of such Fraudulent
Transfer Laws), and (c) any rights to subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or
similar rights held by that U.S. Guarantor pursuant to any applicable law or agreement
providing for an equitable allocation among that U.S. Guarantor and other subsidiaries or
affiliates of the Company of the obligations arising under this Agreement or any other
Finance Document. |
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France |
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In the case of each Guarantor incorporated in France (a “French Guarantor”) its
obligations under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and Indemnity) shall apply only insofar as
required to: |
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guarantee the payment obligations under this Agreement of its
direct or indirect Subsidiaries which are or become Obligors from time to time
under this Agreement and incurred by those Subsidiaries as Borrowers (if they
are not French Obligors) or as Borrowers and/or Guarantors (if they are French
Obligors); and |
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guarantee the payment obligations of other Obligors which are not
direct or indirect Subsidiaries of that French Guarantor, provided that in such
case such guarantee shall be limited: (A) to the payment obligations of such
other Obligors and (B) up to an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts
borrowed directly (as Borrower) or indirectly (by way of intra-group loans
directly or indirectly from any other Borrower) by such other Obligors and
on-lent directly or indirectly to that French Guarantor and outstanding from
time to time (the “Maximum Guaranteed Amount”); it being specified that any
payment made by such French Guarantor under this Clause 18 (Guarantee and
Indemnity) in respect of the obligations of any other Obligor shall reduce pro
tanto the outstanding amount of the intercompany loans (if any) due by such
French Guarantor to that Obligor under the intercompany loan arrangements
referred to above. |
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For the avoidance of doubt, any payment made by a French Guarantor under
paragraph (i)(B) of this Clause 18.10 shall reduce the Maximum Guaranteed Amount. |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Clause 18 (Guarantee and
Indemnity), no French Guarantor shall secure liabilities under the Agreement which
would result in such French Guarantor not complying with French financial assistance
rules as set out in Article L. 225-216 of the French Commercial Code (Code de
commerce) and/or would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the meaning of
article L. 241-3 or L. 242-6 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) or any
other law or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts. |
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It is acknowledged that such French Guarantor is not acting jointly and severally
with the other Guarantors and shall not be considered as “co-débiteur solidaire” as to
their obligations pursuant to the guarantee given in accordance with this Clause 18
(Guarantee and Indemnity). |
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The Finance Parties may, other than in accordance with the procedure and the
provisions set out in subparagraphs (ii) to (viii) below, not enforce any guarantee or
other obligation incurred by any German Guarantor, if and to the extent that (y) such
guarantee or obligation is an Up-Stream or Cross-Stream Guarantee in the meaning set out
in subparagraph (vii) below and (z) the enforcement would cause the assets of the
relevant German Guarantor (the calculation of which shall include all items set forth in
Section 266(2) A, B and C of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch; the “HGB”))
less the liabilities of the relevant German Guarantor (the calculation of which shall
include all items set forth in Section 266(3) B, C and D HGB, but shall, for the
avoidance of doubt, exclude the liabilities under the guarantee) (the “Net Assets”) to
be less than its registered share capital (Stammkapital) (Begründung einer Unterbilanz)
or (if the Net Assets of the relevant German Guarantor are already less than its
registered share capital) would cause such deficit to be increased (Vertiefung einer
Unterbilanz). For the purpose of determining whether a limitation on the enforcement has
occurred, any recourse claim (Rückgriffsanspruch) which the German Guarantor has, or
would acquire against a shareholder of another member of the Group as a result of an
enforcement of the guarantee, shall be taken into account to the extent that such
recourse claim is valuable (werthaltig) (“Recourse Claim”). To the extent that there is
such Recourse Claim, no limitation on enforcement applies. |
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The following adjustments to balance sheet items shall be made for the purposes
of the calculation of the Net Assets (if any): |
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the amount of any increase of stated share capital (Stammkapital)
of that German Guarantor after the date hereof that has been effected without
the prior written consent of the Agent shall be deducted from the stated share
capital (Stammkapital); |
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loans provided to the relevant German Guarantor by any member of
the Group shall not be taken into account as liabilities as far as such loans
are subordinated by law at least to the claims of the unsubordinated creditors
of such German Guarantor; |
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to the extent the enforcement would deprive that German Guarantor of
the ability to fulfil its obligations to third parties (incurred, whether on a
contingent or non-contingent basis, at the time of enforcement) or to continue
its business (an “Impairment”), then, for the determination of Net Assets, the
assets of that German Guarantor shall be valued at the lesser of their book
value (Buchwert) and their realisation value assuming a negative prognosis for
the business continuance (Liquidationswert bei negativer
Fortführungsprognose); |
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loans and other contractual liabilities incurred by that German
Guarantor in violation of the provisions of any of the Finance Documents shall
be disregarded; and |
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the Net Assets shall in any event take into account the costs of
an Auditor’s Determination (as defined below), either as a reduction of assets
or an increase of liabilities. |
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The relevant German Guarantor shall realise, to the extent legally permitted and
commercially reasonable (with regard to the cost and effort involved), in a situation
where it after the relevant enforcement would not have sufficient Net Assets to maintain
its stated share capital, any and all of its assets that are shown in the balance sheet
with a book value (Buchwert) that is significantly lower than the market value of the
assets, if the relevant asset is not necessary for that German Guarantor’s business
(betriebsnotwendig). In addition, that German Guarantor shall take all other measures to
avoid the enforcement of a guarantee causing an Impairment to the extent commercially
justifiable (with regard to costs and efforts involved) and legally permitted. |
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Without prejudice to subparagraph (i) above, no later than five Business Days
after receipt of notice from the Agent that it will enforce the guarantee granted by a
German Guarantor (the “Enforcement Notice”), that German Guarantor shall pay to the
Agent the amount of any Up-Stream or Cross-Stream Guarantee in the meaning set out in
subparagraph (vii) below which can be enforced without causing the Net Assets of that
German Guarantor to fall below its stated share capital (the “Recovery Amount”), based
on the registered share capital and amount of Net Assets shown in the most recent
balance sheet or interim balance sheet of that German Guarantor (a copy of such balance
sheet to be made available to the Agent within five Business Days of that German
Guarantor’s receipt of an Enforcement Notice), or such lower or higher amount as the
managing directors of the relevant German Guarantor on behalf of that German Guarantor
have confirmed in writing to the Agent within five Business Days of receipt of the
Enforcement Notice as being (y) the Recovery Amount and/or (z) enforceable pursuant to
subparagraph (i) above. |
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In addition, the relevant German Guarantor shall, not later than 20 Business Days
after its receipt of an Enforcement Notice, obtain a determination by auditors of
international standing and reputation appointed by that German Guarantor (the “Auditor’s
Determination”) with the consent of the Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of (y)
the Recovery Amount (such determination to take into account the balance sheet
adjustments set out in subparagraph (ii) above) and (z) an estimate of the liabilities, |
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damages, costs, fees and expenses reasonably expected to result from a liquidation of
that German Guarantor (on the assumption that such enforcement would result in an
Impairment), and that German Guarantor shall, not later than five Business Days after
receipt of such Auditor’s Determination, pay to the Agent the additional amount (if
any) by which the Recovery Amount determined in the Auditor’s Determination exceeds
the amount (if any) paid to the Agent pursuant to subparagraph (iv) above. |
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If the Agent (acting on behalf of the Finance Parties) disagrees with an
Auditor’s Determination, the Finance Parties shall be entitled to further pursue in
court their payment claims under the guarantee granted by a German Guarantor (if any) in
excess of the amounts paid or payable pursuant to subparagraphs (iv) and/or (v) above,
by claiming in court that demanding payment under the guarantee against such German
Guarantor does not violate the German provisions on maintenance of share capital as
applicable from time to time, in particular sections 30 and 31 GmbH-Act. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, no German Guarantor shall be obliged to
pay any such amount on demand. |
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For the purpose of this Clause 18.10, “Up-Stream or Cross-Stream Guarantee”
means, in relation to a German Guarantor, any guarantee or other security for the
obligations or liabilities of a member of the Group that is not a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of the relevant German Guarantor, other than to the extent (y) such guarantee
or other security relates to obligations or liabilities of the relevant member of the
Group which have been on lent to, or otherwise been passed on to, and have not been
repaid by, the relevant German Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries and (z) the amounts
thus on-lent do not qualify as equity replacing (eigenkapitalersetzend). |
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The limitations set out in subparagraphs (i) to (vii) above shall not apply to any
amounts payable by a German Guarantor to the extent a valid domination and/or profit and
loss transfer agreement (Beherrschungs-und/oder Gewinnabführungsvertrag) is in place
between the relevant German Guarantor and the entity to whose liabilities the
enforcement relates, unless such payment would despite the existence of the relevant
valid domination and/or profit and loss transfer agreement violate the capital
maintenance requirements as set out in sections 30, 31 of the German Limited Liability
Company Act (as amended and applied by German courts from time to time). |
(f) |
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Luxembourg |
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The aggregate amount payable by any Luxembourg Guarantor under this guarantee for the
obligations under the Finance Documents of any other Obligor which is not a direct or
indirect Subsidiary of such Luxembourg Guarantor shall, from time to time, be limited to an
amount not exceeding at any time the higher of: |
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the principal amount (if any) borrowed by that Luxembourg Guarantor or any other
Obligor and financed directly or indirectly by a borrowing under this Agreement; PLUS 90
per cent. of the sum of that Luxembourg Guarantor’s “capitaux propres” (as referred to
in article 34 of the Luxembourg act dated 19 December 2002 concerning the trade and
companies register and the accounting and annual accounts of undertakings, as |
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amended) and its subordinated debts (as referred to in article 34 of the
Luxembourg act dated 19 December 2002 concerning the trade and companies register and
the accounting and annual accounts of undertakings, as amended) as reflected in its
last financial statements (approved, as the case may be, by a shareholders’ meeting)
available on the date of payment under this guarantee; and |
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the principal amount (if any) borrowed by that Luxembourg Guarantor or any other
Obligor and financed directly or indirectly by a borrowing under this Agreement; PLUS 90
per cent. of the sum of that Luxembourg Guarantor’s “capitaux propres” (as referred to
in article 34 of the Luxembourg act dated 19 December 2002 concerning the trade and
companies register and the accounting and annual accounts of undertakings) and its
subordinated debts (as referred to in article 34 of the Luxembourg act dated 19 December
2002 concerning the trade and companies register and the accounting and annual accounts
of undertakings) as reflected in its last financial statements (approved, as the case
may be, by a shareholders’ meeting) available as at the date of this Agreement. |
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The guarantee of any Additional Guarantor is subject to any limitations relating to that
Additional Guarantor set out in any relevant Accession Letter. |
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In this Agreement: |
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“French Obligor” means an Obligor incorporated in France. |
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“German Guarantor” means Guarantor incorporated in Germany as a limited liability company
(GmbH). |
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“Luxembourg Guarantor” means a Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg. |
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SECTION 8
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
19. |
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REPRESENTATIONS |
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Each Obligor makes in respect of itself, and the Company makes in respect of itself and each
other Obligor the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 19 to each Finance
Party on the date of this Agreement, except that: |
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the representations and warranties set out in Clause 19.17 (U.S. matters) shall
only be made by the Company and each U.S. Debtor; and |
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the representation and warranty set out in paragraph (b) of Clause 19.10
(Financial statements) shall be made on the date of delivery pursuant the provisions of
this Agreement of each of the financial statements to which it relates (with respect to
such financial statements only). |
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Status |
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It is a corporation or, as the case may be, a partnership duly incorporated or, as the case
may be, formed and/or registered and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. |
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It and each of its Subsidiaries in the Restricted Group has the power to own its assets and
carry on its business as it is being conducted. |
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Binding obligations |
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The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document are, subject to any
qualifications as to matters of law as at the date of this Agreement which are referred to in
any legal opinion delivered pursuant to Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation) or Clause 25
(Changes to the Obligors) legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations. |
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Non-conflict with other obligations |
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The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance
Documents do not and will not conflict with: |
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any law or regulation applicable to it; |
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its constitutional documents; or |
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any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any member of the Restricted Group
or any of its or any member of the Restricted Group’s assets to an extent or in a manner
which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, |
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nor (except as provided in any Security Document) result in the existence of, or oblige it to
create, any Security over any of its assets. |
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Power and authority |
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It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary corporate
action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to
which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents. |
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Validity and admissibility in evidence |
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All Authorisations required or desirable: |
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to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its
obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; |
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to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in
its jurisdiction of incorporation; and |
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to enable it to create the Security to be created by it pursuant to any Security
Document and to ensure that such Security has the priority and ranking it is expressed
to have, |
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have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect. |
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Governing law and enforcement |
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The choice of law specified in each Finance Document as the governing law of that Finance
Document will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation. |
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No filing or stamp taxes |
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Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance
Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that
jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the
Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents. |
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No default |
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(a) |
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No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making
of any Utilisation. |
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(b) |
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No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default by it or any of its
Subsidiaries in the Restricted Group under any other agreement relating to Financial
Indebtedness which is binding on it or any of its Subsidiaries in the Restricted Group or to
which its (or its Subsidiaries in the Restricted Groups’) assets are subject which might have
a Material Adverse Effect. |
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No misleading information |
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(a) |
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The financial projections contained in the Base Case have been prepared on the basis of
recent historical information and on the basis of assumptions made after careful
consideration. |
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(b) |
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All written factual information contained in the Information Memorandum is true, complete and
accurate in all material respects as at the date it was given and is not misleading in any
material respect. |
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(c) |
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Nothing has occurred or been omitted from the Information Memorandum or the Base Case that
results in the information contained in the Information Memorandum or the Base Case being
untrue or misleading in any material respect. |
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All written information supplied by the Company to a Finance Party after the date of this
Agreement is true, complete and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was given
and is not misleading in any material respect at that date provided that any non-wilful breach
of this paragraph (d) shall not give rise to an Event of Default. |
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Financial statements |
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(a) |
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Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
unless expressly disclosed to the contrary. |
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(b) |
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Its Original Financial Statements and financial statements provided in accordance with
paragraphs (a) (i), (ii), (v), (vi) and (vii) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) fairly
represent its financial condition and operations during the relevant financial year. |
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(c) |
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There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition (or the
business or consolidated financial condition of the Restricted Group, in the case of the
Company) since the date on which its Original Financial Statements are stated to have been
prepared. |
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Pari passu ranking |
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(a) |
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Each Security Document creates (or, once entered into, will create) in favour of the Security
Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties the Security which it is expressed to create with
the ranking and priority it is expressed to have. |
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(b) |
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Without limiting paragraph (a) above, its payment obligations under the Finance Documents
rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated
creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law. |
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19.12 |
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No proceedings pending or threatened |
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No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral
body or agency which are reasonably likely to be adversely determined and, if so, would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and
belief) been started or threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries in the Restricted
Group. |
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Title |
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It has good and marketable title to the assets subject to the Security created by it pursuant
to any Security Document, free from all Security except the Security created pursuant to, or
permitted by, the Finance Documents. |
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19.14 |
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Environmental compliance |
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Each member of the Restricted Group has performed and observed in all material respects all
Environmental Law, Environmental Permits and all other material covenants, conditions,
restrictions or agreements directly or indirectly concerned with any contamination, pollution
or waste or the release or discharge of any toxic or hazardous substance in connection with
any real property which is or was at any time owned, leased or occupied by any member of the
Restricted Group or on which any member of the Restricted Group has conducted any activity
where failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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19.15 |
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Environmental Claims |
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No Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief) is
threatened against any member of the Restricted Group where that claim would be reasonably
likely to be determined against that member of the Restricted Group and, if so, would have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
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19.16 |
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Taxation |
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(a) |
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It has duly and punctually paid and discharged all Taxes shown in its Tax returns or any
assessment made against it to be due and payable within the time period allowed without
incurring penalties except to the extent that (i) payment is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, (ii) it has maintained adequate reserves for those Taxes in
accordance with GAAP, (iii) payment can be lawfully withheld and (iv) failure to pay would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(b) |
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It is not materially overdue in the filing of any Tax returns except where failure to do so
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(c) |
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No claims are being asserted against it with respect to Taxes except to the extent that (i)
payment is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) it has maintained
adequate reserves for those Taxes in accordance with GAAP, (iii) payment can be lawfully
withheld and (iv) those claims would not have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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19.17 |
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U.S. matters |
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(a) |
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Compliance with ERISA |
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(i) |
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The Company and each Restricted Subsidiary and ERISA Affiliate of the Company has
fulfilled all its material contribution obligations under the minimum funding standards
of ERISA, and the Code, with respect to any employee pension benefit plan covered by
Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under section 412 of the
Code maintained by it, that Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate or to which it,
that Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate makes contributions, has within the
previous five years made contributions or has an obligation to make contributions (a
“Plan”). |
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(ii) |
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Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable
provisions of ERISA and the Code, and neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary
or ERISA Affiliate of the Company has incurred or expects to incur any material
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation of the United States (or any
entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA) or to a Plan under Title
IV of ERISA. |
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(iii) |
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Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates
has incurred any material liability to or on account of a Plan pursuant to the penalty
provisions of Title I or Title IV of ERISA or expects to incur any such material
liability thereunder with respect to any such Plan, |
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in each case to the extent such failure to fulfil the relevant obligations, failure to be in
compliance or liability incurred (as applicable) has or could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(b) |
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Investment Company Act |
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to be registered as or is an
“investment company” or a “company controlled by an investment company” within the meaning of
the United States Investment Company Act of 1940. |
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(c) |
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an “unlawful payment” within the
meaning of, and is not in any way in violation of, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (15
U.S.C. Section 78dd-1 et seq.) or any similar laws. |
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(d) |
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Margin Stock |
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No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used (i) for any purpose which violates the
provisions of the Margin Regulations, or (ii) to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, other
than in the case of (ii), that portion of the proceeds of any Loan applied towards
refinancing any Existing Financial Indebtedness applied toward financing the Merger. |
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(e) |
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Restricted Party |
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So far as the Company is aware, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is, or is
controlled by a Restricted Party; or (ii) has received funds or other property from a
Restricted Party. |
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For the purposes of this Clause 19.17, “Restricted Party” means any person listed: |
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(i) |
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in the “Annex” to the Executive Order; |
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(ii) |
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on the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” list maintained by
OFAC; or |
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(iii) |
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in any successor list to either of the foregoing, |
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or any person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law. |
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(f) |
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Indebtedness limitations |
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Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under
any law or regulation of the United States or any state thereof that limits its ability to
incur or guarantee indebtedness. |
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(g) |
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Anti-Terrorism Law |
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is: |
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(i) |
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in breach of or is the subject of any action or investigation under any
Anti-Terrorism Law; |
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(ii) |
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knowingly engaged in any transaction that violates any of the applicable
provisions set out in any Anti-Terrorism Law; |
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(iii) |
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to its knowledge, none of the funds or assets of any Obligor that are used to
repay the Facility shall constitute property of, or shall be beneficially owned directly
or indirectly by, any Restricted Party and no Restricted Party shall have any direct or
indirect interest in such Obligor that would constitute a violation of any
Anti-Terrorism Law; |
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(iv) |
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each Obligor shall procure that none of its Subsidiaries will, knowingly fund all
or part of any payment under this Agreement out of proceeds derived from transactions
that violate the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, |
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Where “Anti-Terrorism Law” means each of: |
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Executive Order 13224 on Terrorist Financing: Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism issued on
23rd September, 2001, as amended by Executive Order 13268 (as so amended, the “Executive
Order”); |
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(b) |
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the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as amended (commonly
known as the “USA Patriot Act”); |
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(c) |
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the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. Section 1956); |
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(d) |
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any other law or regulation administered by OFAC; and |
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(e) |
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any similar law enacted in the United States subsequent to the date of this
Agreement. |
(h) |
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Public utilities |
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a public utility or subject to regulation
under the United States Federal Power Act of 1920, where “public utility” has the meaning
given to it in the United States Federal Power Act of 1920. |
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19.18 |
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Allscripts Holding Companies |
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No Allscripts Holding Company has traded or incurred any liability other than security for
the Existing Revolving Facility Agreement, under the Finance Documents or in connection with
the plan of merger dated 17 March 2008 between Allscripts, the Company, Patriot Merger
Company LLC and Misys Healthcare Systems, LLC. and does not have any assets other than those
which are the subject of a Security Document. |
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19.19 |
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Repetition |
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The Repeating Representations (and, in the case of paragraph (b) below, the representations
set out in Clause 19.7 (No filing or stamp taxes)) are deemed to be made by each Obligor (by
reference to the facts and circumstances then existing) on: |
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(a) |
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the date of each Utilisation Request or Selection Notice, the first day of each
Interest Period; and |
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(b) |
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in the case of an Additional Obligor, the day on which the company becomes (or
it is proposed that the company becomes) an Additional Obligor. |
20. |
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INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS |
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The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so
long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force. |
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20.1 |
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Financial statements |
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(a) |
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The Company shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders: |
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(i) |
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its audited consolidated financial statements for each of its financial years
(for the avoidance of doubt, consolidating the Allscripts Group); |
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(ii) |
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its audited combined financial statements for each of its financial years,
prior to
consolidating the Allscripts Group; |
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(iii) |
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the audited consolidated financial statements of the Allscripts Group for each
of its financial years; and |
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(iv) |
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(if requested by a Lender) the audited financial statements of each other Obligor
for each of its financial years except that if any Obligor is incorporated in a
jurisdiction in which it is not required to produce audited accounts or in which it is
not customary to do so, the Company may instead supply unaudited accounts in respect of
that Obligor; |
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(v) |
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its consolidated interim financial statements for each of its financial half
years (for the avoidance of doubt, consolidating the Allscripts Group); |
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(vi) |
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its combined financial statements for each of its financial half years, prior to
consolidating the Allscripts Group; |
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(vii) |
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its combined financial statements for each of its Financial Quarters ending on
31 August and 28 February, prior to consolidating the Allscripts Group (with the
exception of the consolidated financial statements for the Financial Quarter ending 30
August 2009); and |
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(viii) |
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the consolidated financial statements of the Allscripts Group for each of its
financial half years or Financial Quarters, |
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in respect of paragraph (a)(ii), (vi) and (vii) in the form agreed by the Agent prior to the
date of
this Agreement. |
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(b) |
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All financial statements must be supplied as soon as they are available and: |
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(i) |
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in the case of the financial statements referred to in paragraphs (a)(i),
(a)(ii) and (a)(iv) above, within 120 days; |
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(ii) |
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in the case of another Obligor’s annual financial statements, within 120 days; |
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(iii) |
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in the case of the financial statements referred to in paragraphs (a)(v) and
(a)(vi) above, within 90 days; and |
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(iv) |
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in the case of the financial statements referred to in paragraph (a)(vii) above,
within 45 days, |
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of the end of the financial period to which those financial statements relate and, in the
case of financial statements of the Allscripts Group, promptly after any member of the Group
receives the same in its capacity as shareholder of a member of the Allscripts Group. |
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20.2 |
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Compliance Certificate |
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(a) |
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The Company shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered by it
pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii), (a)(vi) or (a)(vii) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements): |
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(i) |
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a Compliance Certificate as to compliance with Clause 21 (Financial covenants) as
at the relevant Test Date (as defined in Clause 21.1 (Financial definitions)), being the
date as at which those financial statements were drawn up; and |
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(ii) |
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a list of all Strategic Corporate Xxxxxx, such list substantially in the form
agreed between the Company and the Lenders prior to the date of the Amendment Agreement. |
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(b) |
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Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by two authorised signatories of the
Company, one of which is the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the
Company. |
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20.3 |
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Principal Subsidiaries |
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The Company shall supply to the Agent with each set of financial statements delivered by it
pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii), (a)(vi) or (a)(vii) of Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) or,
within 14 days after any request made by the Agent (acting reasonably), a certificate signed
on its behalf by two authorised signatories of the Company, one of which is the chief
executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company: |
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(a) |
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listing the Principal Subsidiaries as at the end of the Relevant Period (or, as
at the date specified in the Agent’s request, which date must be not less than 15 nor
more than 45 days before the date of the request and which must be at the end of a
month); and |
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(b) |
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setting out in reasonable detail and in a form satisfactory to the Agent the
computations necessary to justify the inclusions in, and exclusions from, that list. |
20.4 |
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Annual Budget |
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The Company shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders as soon as the
same becomes available, but in any event no later than 60 days after the start of each of its
financial years, a Budget in respect of that financial year in the form agreed by the Agent
prior to the date of this Agreement. |
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20.5 |
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Requirements as to financial statements |
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(a) |
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The Company shall ensure that each set of its financial statements delivered by it pursuant
to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using IFRS and accounting practices and
financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of its Original
Financial Statements unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, it notifies the
Agent that there has been a change in IFRS or the accounting practices or reference periods
and it delivers to the Agent a certificate signed by two authorised signatories of the
Company, one of which is the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the
Company setting out: |
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(i) |
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a description of any change necessary for those financial statements and a
reconciliation of those financial statements to reflect the IFRS, accounting practices
and reference periods upon which its Original Financial Statements were prepared; and |
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(ii) |
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sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required by
the Agent, to enable the Lenders to determine whether Clause 21 (Financial covenants)
has been complied with on the basis of those financial statements as reconciled in
accordance with the reconciliation referred to in paragraph (i) above and to make an
accurate comparison between the financial position indicated in those financial
statements and its Original Financial Statements. |
(b) |
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If the Company notifies the Agent of a change in accordance with paragraph (a) above then the
Company and Agent shall enter into negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing: |
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(i) |
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whether or not the change might result in any material alteration in the
commercial effect of any of the terms of this Agreement; and |
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(ii) |
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if so, any amendments to this Agreement which may be necessary to ensure that
the change does not result in any material alteration in the commercial effect of
those terms, |
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and if any amendments are agreed they shall take effect and be binding on each of the Parties
in accordance with their terms. |
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Any reference in this Agreement to the Company’s financial statements shall be construed as a
reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon which the
Company’s Original Financial Statements were prepared. |
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20.6 |
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Information: miscellaneous |
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The Company shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Agent
so requests): |
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(a) |
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all documents dispatched by the Company to its shareholders (or any class of
them) or its creditors generally (or any class of them) at the same time as they are
dispatched; |
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(b) |
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promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration
or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any
member of the Restricted Group, and which are reasonably likely to be adversely
determined and, if so, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
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(c) |
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promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business
and operations of any member of the Restricted Group as any Finance Party (through the
Agent) may reasonably request; and |
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(d) |
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promptly but in any event within 90 days after the end of each half of each of
its financial years, a certificate confirming the total number of shares in the Company
purchased by the Company during such half of the relevant financial year, and the total
amount paid for such shares during that period (including stamp duty and brokers’
commissions). |
20.7 |
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Notification of Default |
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(a) |
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Each Obligor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to
remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a
notification has already been provided by another Obligor). |
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(b) |
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Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Company shall supply to the Agent a certificate
signed by a director or two senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Default is
continuing (or, if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any,
being taken to remedy it). |
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20.8 |
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Use of websites |
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(a) |
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The Company may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any information in
relation to those Lenders (the “Website Lenders”) who accept this method of communication by
posting this information onto an electronic website designated by the Company and the Agent
(the “Designated Website”) if: |
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(i) |
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the Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the Lenders) that it
will accept communication of the information by this method; |
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(ii) |
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both the Company and the Agent are aware of the address of and any relevant
password specifications for the Designated Website; and |
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(iii) |
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the information is in a format previously agreed between the Company and the
Agent. |
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If any Lender (a “Paper Form Lender”) does not agree to the delivery of information
electronically, then the Agent shall notify the Company accordingly and the Company shall
supply the information to the Agent (in sufficient copies for each Paper Form Lender) in
paper form. In any event, the Company shall supply the Agent with at least one copy in paper
form of any information required to be provided by it. |
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(b) |
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The Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of and any relevant password
specifications for the Designated Website following designation of that website by the Company
and the Agent. |
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(c) |
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The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of an event specified in
paragraphs (i) to (v) below notify the Agent or procure that it is notified, if: |
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(i) |
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the Designated Website cannot be accessed for a period of more than 24 hours due
to technical failure; |
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(ii) |
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the password specifications for the Designated Website change; |
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(iii) |
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any new information which is required to be provided under this Agreement is
posted onto the Designated Website; |
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(iv) |
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any existing information which has been provided under this Agreement and posted
onto the Designated Website is amended; or |
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(v) |
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the Company becomes aware that the Designated Website or any information posted
onto the Designated Website is or has been infected by any electronic virus or similar
software. |
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If the Company notifies the Agent under paragraph (c)(i) or paragraph (c)(v) of this Clause
20.8, all information to be provided by the Company under this Agreement after the date of
that notice shall be supplied in paper form unless and until the circumstances giving rise to
the notification are no longer continuing. |
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Any Website Lender may request, through the Agent, one paper copy of any information required
to be provided under this Agreement which is posted onto the Designated Website. The Company
shall comply with any such request within 10 Business Days. |
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20.9 |
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“Know your customer” checks |
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(a) |
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Each Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure
the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent
(for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any
prospective New Lender) in order for the Agent, such Lender or any prospective New Lender to
carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other
checks in relation to any person that are required by law or regulatory requirements, provided
that the Agent or any Lender shall be entitled to request such information only: |
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(i) |
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during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including
the date falling 40 Business Days after the date of this Agreement or, as the case may
be, during the period from and including the effective date of an assignment or a
transfer to a New |
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Lender in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) to and including the
date falling 40 Business Days after such effective date; or |
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(ii) |
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following a change in any law or regulatory requirements, during the period from
and including the date of such change to and including the date falling 40 Business Days
after the date of such change. |
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For the purposes of this Clause 20.9 (“Know your customer” checks) the Agent or any other
Lender requesting any documentation or evidence referred to above, shall be referred to as a
“Requesting Lender” and the relevant documentation or evidence, shall be referred to as the
“KYC Information”. |
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(b) |
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Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of,
such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in
order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary “know your
customer” or other checks on Lenders or prospective new Lenders pursuant to the transactions
contemplated in the Finance Documents. |
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The Company shall, by not less than 10 Business Days’ written notice to the Agent, notify the
Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention to request that one of its
Subsidiaries becomes an Additional Obligor pursuant to Clause 25 (Changes to the Obligors). |
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Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (c) above, the Company shall
promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such
documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on
behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective New Lender) in
order for the Agent, such Lender or any prospective New Lender to carry out and be satisfied
with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any
person that are required by law or regulatory requirements. |
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(e) |
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The Agent shall promptly notify the Company of any KYC Information requested by a Requesting
Lender and the Company shall promptly supply or procure the supply of such KYC Information to
the Agent (which shall promptly forward the relevant KYC Information to the relevant
Requesting Lender). |
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20.10 |
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Pensions Notices |
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(a) |
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Each Obligor whose jurisdiction of incorporation is England and Wales, Scotland or Northern
Ireland must immediately notify the Agent in writing if it becomes aware that the Pensions
Regulator intends to start or has started any investigation which that Obligor has reasonable
grounds to consider is reasonably likely to lead to the issue of a Pensions Notice to that
Obligor. That notification must be made as soon as the relevant Obligor becomes aware of the
relevant facts. |
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(b) |
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Each Obligor whose jurisdiction of incorporation is England and Wales, Scotland or Northern
Ireland must immediately notify the Agent in writing if it receives a Pensions Notice from the
Pensions Regulator. |
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21. |
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
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21.1 |
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Financial definitions |
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In this Agreement: |
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“Adjusted EBITDA” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, EBITDA for that Relevant Period
adjusted by: |
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(a) |
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crediting EBITDA for that Relevant Period for any Subsidiaries (excluding any
member of the Group which is a member of the Allscripts Group) acquired during that
Relevant Period; and |
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(b) |
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debiting (but only to the extent included in EBITDA) EBITDA for that Relevant
Period for any Subsidiaries (excluding any member of the Group which is a member of the
Allscripts Group) disposed of during that Relevant Period, |
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and where amounts are denominated in a currency other than sterling, using an exchange rate
determined in accordance with IFRS. |
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“Borrowings” means, in respect of any Relevant Period without double counting, the aggregate
outstanding principal, capital or nominal amount of Financial Indebtedness on the last day of
that Relevant Period (determined on a consolidated basis and calculated using the exchange
rate applying on the calculation date) of the members of the Restricted Group and shall
include: |
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the outstanding amount of any bills of exchange or promissory notes on which any
member of the Restricted Group is liable as drawer (but only if the relevant xxxx is not
beneficially owned by it), acceptor, issuer, endorser or otherwise (but excluding any
xxxx or note drawn, accepted or issued by that member of the Restricted Group in the
ordinary course of trading and which is payable at sight or not more than 90 days after
sight or has a final maturity of not more than 90 days from its issue date and is not
re-financing another xxxx or note relating to the same underlying transaction); |
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(b) |
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to the extent paid up or credited as paid up, the nominal amount of any
redeemable shares issued by any member of the Restricted Group; |
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(c) |
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any fixed or minimum premium payable on redemption or repayment of any Financial
Indebtedness; and |
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(d) |
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the amount of any Financial Indebtedness consisting of deferred consideration but
only where the amount payable can be determined at such time or, where the amount cannot
be determined at such time but the Financial Indebtedness consisting of deferred
consideration will not be less than an amount which can be determined, the amount so
determined, |
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any Financial Indebtedness owed by one member of the Restricted Group to another; |
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(f) |
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the xxxx to market value of any Strategic Corporate Hedge; and |
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any moneys borrowed from any member of the Restricted Group by the trustee of an
employee share option scheme for the benefit of employees of any member of the
Restricted Group required to be recognised as a liability of any member of the
Restricted Group by Financial Reporting Standard 5 (Reporting the Substance of
Transactions). |
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For this purpose, moneys borrowed or raised which are on a particular day outstanding or
repayable in a currency other than sterling shall on that day be taken into account (i) if
that day is a date as at which the Restricted Group’s audited consolidated balance sheet
(without consolidating the Allscripts Group) has been prepared, in their sterling equivalent
at the rate of exchange used for the purpose of preparing that balance sheet and (ii) in any
other case in their sterling equivalent as at 11.00 a.m. on the last Business Day of the
previous month. |
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“Capital Expenditure” means any expenditure which, in accordance with IFRS, should be treated
as capital expenditure in the audited consolidated financial statements of the Restricted
Group. |
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“Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, the sum of: |
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(a) |
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the then current market value of marketable debt securities issued or guaranteed
by the government of the United States or the United Kingdom; |
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(b) |
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deposits for a term of three months or less and money at call with the Agent or a
recognised bank, building society or financial institution incorporated or established
in the OECD having a rating of at least A granted by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services
or at least A2 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service Inc., except to the extent they constitute
Excluded Cash; |
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(c) |
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the then current market value of any certificate of deposit the term of which has
three months or less remaining to maturity issued by the Agent or a recognised bank,
building society or financial institution incorporated or established in the OECD having
a rating of A granted by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, or at least A2 by Xxxxx’x
Investors Service Inc.; |
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(d) |
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(if positive) the marked to market value of any derivative transaction entered
into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or
price; and |
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(e) |
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any cash in hand or cash at bank other than Excluded Cash, |
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held by or for a member of the Restricted Group on the last day of that Relevant Period. |
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“EBITDA” means, for any Relevant Period, PBIT before deduction of any amount attributable to
the amortisation of intangible assets, depreciation of tangible assets or impairment and
eliminating the effect of any Recycled FX, Movement on Embedded Derivatives and Unrealised
Foreign Exchange Movements on Strategic Corporate Xxxxxx. |
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“Excluded Cash” means, in respect of any member of the Restricted Group on the last day of a
Relevant Period, the amount (if any) of any Cash and Cash Equivalents of that member of the
Restricted Group held outside the United Kingdom which, or the proceeds of which, is or are
prohibited at that time by applicable foreign exchange or other laws from being applied to
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any indebtedness included in the calculation of Borrowings or to be remitted to the
United Kingdom. |
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“Foreign Currency Contract” means a contract entered into by a member of the Restricted Group
in the ordinary course of its trading that is denominated in a currency that is not the usual
operating currency of that member of the Restricted Group. |
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“Movement on Embedded Derivatives” means unrealised gains or losses resulting from currency
fluctuation in the Relevant Period in respect of any Foreign Currency Contract determined in
accordance with International Accounting Standard 39 of IFRS. |
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“Net Borrowings” means, in respect of any Relevant Period, Borrowings less Cash and Cash
Equivalents. |
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“Net Interest Payable” means, in respect of any Relevant Period: |
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the aggregate amount of the interest (including the interest element of leasing
and hire purchase payments and capitalised interest), commission, fees, discounts and
other finance payments payable in cash by any member of the Restricted Group (including
any commission, fees, discounts and other finance payments payable by any member of the
Restricted Group under any interest rate hedging arrangement) and excluding, for the
avoidance of doubt any amount deemed to be interest in accordance with Financial
Reporting Standard 12 (Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets) and
Financial Reporting Standard 17 (Retirement Benefits) any interest in respect of any
indebtedness referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 22.13 (Loans and Guarantees); |
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the aggregate of any interest receivable in cash by any member of the Restricted
Group on any deposit or bank account and any commission, fees, discounts and other
finance payments received by any member of the Restricted Group under any interest rate
hedging instrument and for the avoidance of doubt any amounts received by any member of
the Restricted Group by way of return on any money market fund. |
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“PBIT” means, in relation to any Relevant Period, the consolidated operating
profit of the Restricted Group from continuing operations but before tax and excluding: |
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any exceptional, one-off, non-recurring or extraordinary items; |
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(b) |
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Net Interest Payable for that Relevant Period; and |
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profits (or losses) of any member of the Restricted Group (other than the
Company) which are attributable to ownership interests in that member of the Restricted
Group that are not directly held by another member of the Restricted Group, |
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but including, to the extent not already included, operating profit of any Restricted
Subsidiary or business of the Restricted Group disposed of during that Relevant Period for
that part of that Relevant Period in which that Restricted Subsidiary or business was owned
by the Restricted Group. |
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“Recycled FX” means any unrealised gains or losses resulting only from the requirement to
account for foreign exchange movements resulting from the repayment, discharge or transfer of |
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long term loans between members of the Restricted Group where such loans are classified
within the long term liabilities of the individual accounts of the members of the Restricted
Group. |
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“Relevant Period” means each period of 12 months ending on a Test Date. |
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“Strategic Corporate Hedge” means a forward foreign exchange contract entered into by the
Company or a member of the Restricted Group in the relevant Financial Year and maturing
within that Financial Year specifically to hedge the projected foreign currency profits of
the forthcoming year and for which hedge accounting has not been achieved. |
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“Test Date” means 31 May 2009, 30 November 2009 and each Quarter Date thereafter. |
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“Unrealised Foreign Exchange Movements on Strategic Corporate Xxxxxx” means unrealised marked
to market gains or losses on any Strategic Corporate Hedge. |
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The above terms shall be interpreted in accordance with paragraph (h) of Clause 1.2
(Construction). |
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Financial condition |
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The Company shall ensure that, on each Test Date: |
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(a) |
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the ratio of Net Borrowings on that Test Date to Adjusted EBITDA for the
Relevant Period ending on that Test Date shall: |
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be less than 3.0:1 if the Test Date falls before the Security
Release Date; and |
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(ii) |
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be less than 2.50:1 if the Test Date falls on or after the
Security Release Date. |
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the ratio of EBITDA to Net Interest Payable for the Relevant Period ending on
that Test Date shall be greater than 5.0:1. |
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Financial testing |
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The financial covenants set out in Clause 21.2 (Financial condition) shall be tested for each
Relevant Period by reference to each of the financial statements and/or each Compliance
Certificate delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate). |
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Adjustment for Interest Cover Test |
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For the purpose of calculating Clause 21.2(b) (Financial condition), Net Interest Payable
shall be adjusted by: |
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excluding any payment of up-front fees or expenses (however described) in
connection with the Facilities or any facility entered into prior to the date of this
Agreement, and any amortisation in respect of any such fees or expenses; and |
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(b) |
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in respect of any Relevant Period in which principal was outstanding under the
Existing Subordinated Facility Agreement, including interest payable in relation to that
principal as if that principal had been outstanding under the Existing Revolving
Facility Agreement and not the Existing Subordinated Facility Agreement. |
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The adjustments in paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall only affect the calculation of “Net
Interest Payable “ for the purposes of Clause 21.2(b) and no adjustment will be made to “Net
Interest Payable” for the purposes of determining PBIT for any Relevant Period. |
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GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS |
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The undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so
long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force. |
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22.1 |
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Authorisations |
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Each Obligor shall promptly: |
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(a) |
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obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and
effect; and |
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(b) |
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supply certified copies to the Agent of, |
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any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation
to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents and to ensure the
legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of
incorporation of any Finance Document. |
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Compliance with laws |
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Each Obligor shall comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be subject, if
failure so to comply would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under the
Finance Documents. |
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Pari passu ranking |
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Each Obligor shall ensure that at all times its payment obligations under the Finance
Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and
unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law. |
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22.4 |
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Negative pledge |
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(a) |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Restricted Group
shall) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. |
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(b) |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Restricted Group
shall): |
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sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they
are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member of the
Restricted Group; |
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(ii) |
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sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms; |
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(iii) |
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enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other
account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or |
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(iv) |
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enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, |
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in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method
of raising Financial Indebtedness for the Group or of financing the acquisition of an asset
by the Group. |
(c) |
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Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to: |
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any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Restricted
Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting
debit and credit balances; |
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(ii) |
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any lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading; |
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except where the supplier is another member of the Restricted Group, any title
transfer or retention of title arrangement entered into by any member of the Restricted
Group in the normal course of trading on the supplier’s standard or usual terms; |
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any Security or (Quasi Security) over or affecting any asset acquired by a member
of the Restricted Group (except any asset acquired from another member of the Restricted
Group) after the date of this Agreement if: |
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the Security or Quasi Security was not created in contemplation
of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Restricted Group; |
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(B) |
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the principal amount secured has not been increased in
contemplation of, or since the acquisition of, that asset by a member of the
Restricted Group; and |
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(C) |
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the Security or Quasi Security is removed or discharged within
nine months of the date of acquisition of such asset unless the Company has
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Agent that that member of the Restricted
Group (1) is not contractually entitled to repay the Financial Indebtedness
secured by that Security, and (2) has used reasonable endeavours to procure the
discharge of that Security, |
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unless the Majority Lenders consent otherwise; |
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(v) |
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any Security or Quasi Security over or affecting any asset of any company which
becomes a member of the Restricted Group after the date of this Agreement, where the
Security or Quasi Security is created prior to the date on which that company becomes a
member of the Restricted Group, if: |
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the Security or Quasi Security was not created in contemplation
of the acquisition of that company; |
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(B) |
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the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation
of, or since the acquisition of, that company; and |
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(C) |
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the Security or Quasi Security is removed or discharged within
nine months of that company becoming a member of the Restricted Group unless the
Company has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Agent that that member of
the Restricted Group (1) is not contractually entitled to repay the Financial
Indebtedness secured by that Security, and (2) has used reasonable endeavours to
procure the discharge of that Security, |
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unless the Majority Lenders consent otherwise; |
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(vi) |
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any Security or Quasi Security securing indebtedness the principal amount of
which (when aggregated with the principal amount of any other indebtedness which has the
benefit of Security or Quasi Security other than any permitted under this paragraph (c))
does not exceed £2,500,000 (or its equivalent); |
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(vii) |
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any Security created in connection with escrow arrangements for source
codes agreed with the customers of any member of the Restricted Group in the ordinary
course of business; |
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(viii) |
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any Security over goods, documents of title to goods and related documents and
insurances and their proceeds arising or created in the ordinary course of its business
as security for indebtedness to a bank or financial institution directly relating to the
assets over which that Security exists; |
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(ix) |
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any Security over any assets of a member of the Restricted Group in favour of a
Guarantor; |
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(x) |
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the security created pursuant to any of the Security Documents; and |
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(xi) |
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any Security or Quasi Security created over any asset with the prior written
consent of the Majority Lenders. |
(d) |
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Paragraph (a) above does not apply to Security granted by a member of the Restricted Group in
favour of a provider of bank guarantees, bid, transfer or performance bonds, standby letters
of credit and similar instruments required by it or another member of the Restricted Group in
the ordinary course of business provided that the principal amount secured by such Security
does not exceed £500,000 (or its equivalent) in aggregate. |
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22.5 |
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Disposals |
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(a) |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Restricted Group
shall), enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not)
and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
asset to any other person, including any member of the Allscripts Group. |
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Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal of an asset
(other than a Charged Asset): |
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(i) |
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made in the ordinary course of trading of the disposing entity; |
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of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value
and quality; |
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(iii) |
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of obsolete assets at arm’s length and on normal commercial terms; |
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(iv) |
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of cash as consideration for the acquisition of any asset at arm’s length and on
normal commercial terms; |
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(v) |
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of assets at arm’s length and on normal commercial terms, which in the reasonable
view of the board of directors of the Company, are not required in the operation of the
disposing entity’s business and which were acquired by the disposing entity as the
result of the acquisition of another person; |
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of assets for a consideration not less than a normal commercial consideration by
any member of the Restricted Group to a Guarantor, or by one member of the Restricted
Group that is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to another member of the
Restricted Group that is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, or (if the interest of the Company
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the transferee is not less than its interest in the transferor) by any other member
of the
Restricted Group to another member of the Restricted Group; |
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(vii) |
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of cash dividends by the Company to its ordinary shareholders from its
distributable profits and reserves in the usual and ordinary course of its business; |
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(viii) |
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of assets for cash of the Company having an aggregate fair market value of less than
£35,000,000 over the life of the Facility (or its equivalent) and any individual
disposal of an asset for cash consideration of less than £50,000; or |
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(ix) |
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made with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, |
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provided that nothing in this paragraph (b) shall permit any member of the Group to sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares in Allscripts other than as part of a
Permitted Buyback. |
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22.6 |
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Change of business |
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The Company shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the
business of the Company or the Restricted Group from that carried on at the date of this
Agreement. |
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22.7 |
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Merger |
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No Obligor shall enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger, consolidation or corporate
reconstruction other than where the surviving entity of that amalgamation, demerger, merger,
consolidation or corporate reconstruction is (a) liable for the obligations of that Obligor
and (b) incorporated in the same jurisdiction as that Obligor. |
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22.8 |
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Insurance |
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Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each member of the Restricted Group
shall) maintain insurances on and in relation to its business and assets with reputable
underwriters or insurance companies against those risks and to the extent that it reasonably
considers is usual for companies carrying on the same or substantially similar business. |
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22.9 |
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Environmental compliance |
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Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each member of the Restricted Group
shall) comply in all material respects with all Environmental Law and obtain and maintain any
Environmental Permits where failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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22.10 |
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Environmental Claims |
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The Company shall inform the Agent in writing as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming
aware of the same if any Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of the
Company’s knowledge and belief) is threatened against any member of the Restricted Group
where the claim would be reasonably likely to be determined against that member of the
Restricted Group and, if so, would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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22.11 |
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Taxation |
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Each Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that each member of the Restricted Group
shall) duly and punctually pay and discharge all Taxes shown in its Tax returns or in any
assessment made against it to be due and payable within the time period allowed without
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appropriate proceedings, (b) it has maintained adequate reserves for those Taxes in
accordance with GAAP, (c) payment can be lawfully withheld and (d) failure to pay would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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22.12 |
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Prohibited acquisitions |
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(a) |
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No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Restricted Group
shall), without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders: |
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(i) |
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subscribe for or acquire any share or other equity interest in, or make any
capital contribution to, any person; or |
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(ii) |
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acquire any business or going concern, or the whole or substantially the whole of
the assets or business of any person, or any assets that constitute a division or
operating unit of the business of any person, |
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(each an “Acquisition”). |
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(b) |
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Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to: |
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the Share Buy Backs (subject to Clause 22.15 (Limitation on the amounts applied
towards Share Buy Backs)); |
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(ii) |
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an Acquisition for a consideration not exceeding a normal commercial
consideration by a Guarantor from any member of the Restricted Group, or by one
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company in the Restricted Group from another wholly-owned
Subsidiary in the Restricted Group, or (if the interest of the Company in the transferee
is not less than its interest in the transferor) by any other such Subsidiary from
another which is a member of the Restricted Group; |
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(iii) |
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an Acquisition of the issued share capital of a limited liability company,
including by way of formation, which has not traded prior to the date of that
Acquisition and which has no, or only nominal, assets and liabilities as at the date of
that Acquisition; |
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an Acquisition (other than any acquisition of shares or equity investment in the
Allscripts Group) by a member of the Restricted Group if: |
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(A) |
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it is made at fair market value; |
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(B) |
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it is of or in a business or shares in a business, in each case
of the same type as that carried on by the Restricted Group; |
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(C) |
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all Authorisations required in relation to that Acquisition have
been obtained; |
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(D) |
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it does not involve any member of the Restricted Group entering
into a partnership or joint venture arrangement with any person other than a
member of the Restricted Group for the purposes of that Acquisition; |
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(E) |
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the ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA for the most
recently ended Relevant Period in respect of which a Compliance Certificate has
been delivered, recalculated (i) after consolidating the financial statements of
the company or business to be acquired (consolidated if that company has
Subsidiaries) for that Relevant Period with those of the Restricted Group on a
pro forma basis (and |
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taking into synergies which are reasonable and realisable within 12 months of
the proposed acquisition), and (ii) as if the consideration for the proposed
acquisition had been paid on the last day of that Relevant Period, is less
than 2.5:1; |
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the Company certifies to the Agent no later than the date the
Acquisition completes that it is in compliance with paragraph (E) above, but
only in respect of an Acquisition where the amount of the total cash and cash
equivalent consideration for that Acquisition (including associated costs and
expenses and any Financial Indebtedness assumed by a member of the Restricted
Group from the acquired company or business or remaining in the acquired company
or business at the date of Acquisition) (the “Acquisition Consideration”) is
greater than £1,000,000; |
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the Acquisition Consideration for that Acquisition, when
aggregated with the Acquisition Consideration for each other Acquisition
(including for the avoidance of doubt any Acquisition of shares or other equity
interests in the capital of a member of the Allscripts Group) made during the
same financial year of the Company pursuant to this sub-paragraph (iv), does not
exceed £35,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies); |
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the Acquisition Consideration for any Acquisitions where the
EBITDA (adjusted on a pro forma basis for synergies which are reasonable and
realisable within 12 months of the proposed acquisition) of the company or
business to be acquired for the most recently ended financial year of the
company or business prior to the date of the proposed Acquisition is negative
when aggregated with all other such Acquisitions made during the same financial
year of the company does not exceed £17,500,000; |
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(in the case of an Acquisition of shares or other equity
interests in the capital of a member of the Allscripts Group), the relevant
Acquisition Consideration when aggregated with the relevant Acquisition
Consideration for each other such Acquisition made after the date of this
Agreement less the aggregate amount of any distribution, or the proceeds of a
Permitted Buyback actually received in cash after the date of this Agreement in
respect of shares in Allscripts held by a member of the Restricted Group, does
not exceed £25,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies)
over the life of the Facility, provided that (x) any such Acquisition of shares
or equity interests is made by one of the Allscripts Holding Companies and (y)
for these purposes “relevant Acquisition Consideration” shall not include any
consideration for an acquisition of shares in Allscripts that is required to
prevent the percentage of the aggregate issued ordinary share capital of
Allscripts held by the Group from being reduced as a result of an event outside
of the Company’s control; and |
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no Default is continuing or would result from that Acquisition. |
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22.13 |
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Loans and Guarantees |
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Except as permitted by paragraph (b) below, no Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure
that no member of the Restricted Group shall) (i) make any loans or grant any credit or (ii)
give any guarantee or indemnity (except as required under any of the Finance Documents) or
otherwise voluntarily assume any liability, whether actual or contingent, in respect of any
indebtedness of any person (together, a “Guarantee”). |
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Paragraph (a) above shall not prohibit any Obligor or any other member of the Restricted
Group from granting any loan or credit or giving any Guarantee: |
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(i) |
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in the ordinary course of business; |
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(ii) |
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to, or in respect of, any member of the Restricted Group; |
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(iii) |
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to any person to finance, directly or indirectly, the purchase by that person or
any other person of any indebtedness of any member of the Restricted Group if the
Obligor disclosed to the Agent its intention to grant that loan or credit prior to the
date of this Agreement; |
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to any trustee of an employee share option scheme provided in the ordinary course
of business for the benefit of employees of any member of the Restricted Group; or |
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where the aggregate principal amount outstanding of all loans or credit granted,
and Guarantees given by the members of the Restricted Group to, or in respect of,
persons who are not members of the Restricted Group, does not exceed £25,000,000, |
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provided that nothing in this paragraph (b) shall permit any member of the Group to grant any
loan or credit or give any Guarantee to or in respect of a member of the Allscripts Group
other than in accordance with paragraph (v) above. |
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22.14 |
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Accession of Additional Guarantors |
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(a) |
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Without prejudice to Clause 25.6 (Resignation of a Guarantor), the Company shall ensure that: |
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(unless the Company demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent that
it is unlawful for a member of the Restricted Group to become an Additional Guarantor): |
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each member of the Restricted Group which satisfies the Relevant
Criteria as at the date of this Agreement shall become an Additional Guarantor
in accordance with the provisions of Clause 25.4 (Additional Guarantors) (i) on
or before the Refinancing Completion Date in respect of Phase One Guarantors,
(ii) on or before the date falling 30 days after the date of this Agreement in
respect of Phase Two Guarantors or (iii) on or before the date falling 90 days
after the date of this Agreement in respect of Phase Three Guarantors; and |
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each member of the Restricted Group from time to time which
satisfies the Relevant Criteria at any time after the date of this Agreement
shall within 90 days of it satisfying the Relevant Criteria become an Additional
Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of Clause 25.4 (Additional
Guarantors); |
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within 90 days of the date of this Agreement, the aggregate unconsolidated
operating profit of all Guarantors (without double counting and excluding any dividend
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distribution received by that Guarantor from any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and
ignoring any Guarantor which makes an operating loss is at least equal to 85 per
cent. of the operating profit of the Restricted Group in accordance with the last
available audited consolidated statements as at the date of this Agreement; |
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within 90 days of the date of this Agreement, the aggregate unconsolidated gross
revenue of all Guarantors (without double counting and excluding any dividend or other
distribution received by that Guarantor from any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) is at
least equal to 85 per cent. of the revenue of the Restricted Group in accordance with
the last available audited consolidated statements as at the date of this Agreement; and |
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within 90 days of the date of this Agreement, the aggregate unconsolidated gross
assets of all Guarantors (without double counting and excluding any dividend or other
distribution received by that Guarantor from any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) is at
least equal to 85 per cent. of the total gross assets (less goodwill) of the Restricted
Group in accordance with the last available audited consolidated statements as at the
date of this Agreement. |
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A member of the Restricted Group which is regulated by the Financial Services Authority shall
not be required to become an Additional Guarantor (but shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be
counted as a member of the Restricted Group, including for the purposes of (ii) and (iii) of
paragraph (a) above). |
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For the purposes of this Clause 22.14, “Relevant Criteria” means, in respect of a member of
the Restricted Group, that the total gross assets (less goodwill), revenues or operating
profits of that member of the Restricted Group represent at least 7.5 per cent. of the
consolidated total gross assets (less goodwill), revenues or operating profits of the
Restricted Group, determined using the applicable principles set out in the definition of
“Principal Subsidiary” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) after making all necessary changes except
that paragraph (a) of that definition shall not apply; and |
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22.15 |
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Limitation on the amounts applied towards Share Buy Backs |
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(a) |
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Except as permitted by paragraph (b) below, the Company shall not apply any amounts towards
Share Buy Backs. |
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(b) |
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Paragraph (a) shall not prohibit the Company from applying amounts towards Share Buy Backs to
prevent dilution of existing shareholders following any issue of shares in the Company made
under an employee share option scheme provided that the aggregate consideration paid for all
such repurchases does not exceed up to a maximum of £25,000,000 per annum (or its currency
equivalent). |
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22.16 |
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Limitation on Financial Indebtedness |
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The Company shall ensure that no member of the Restricted Group (other than an Obligor) will
incur or allow to remain outstanding any Financial Indebtedness other than to another member
of the Restricted Group or Financial Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not
exceeding £17,500,000 (or its equivalent currency). |
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22.17 |
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Anti-Terrorism Laws |
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(a) |
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No Obligor shall knowingly engage in any transaction that violates any of the
applicable
prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law. |
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(b) |
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To the knowledge of each Obligor, (i) none of the funds or assets of such Obligor that are
used to repay the Facility shall constitute property of, or shall be beneficially owned
directly or indirectly by, any Restricted Party and (ii) no Restricted Party shall have any
direct or indirect interest in such Obligor that would constitute a violation of any
Anti-Terrorism Laws. |
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(c) |
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No Obligor shall, and each Obligor shall procure that none of its Subsidiaries will,
knowingly fund all or part of any payment under this Agreement out of proceeds derived from
transactions that violate the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law. |
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22.18 |
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US Regulation |
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Each Obligor shall ensure that it will not, by act or omission, become subject to regulation
under any of the laws or regulations described in Clauses 19.17(b) (Investment Company Act)
or (h)(Public Utilities). |
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22.19 |
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Margin Regulations |
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No Obligor may use any Loan, directly or indirectly, to buy or carry Margin Stock or to
extend credit to others for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock in violation of
Clause 19.17(d) (Margin Stock). |
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22.20 |
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Allscripts Holding Companies |
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The Company shall procure that no Allscripts Holding Company shall trade, carry on any
business, own any assets, incur any liabilities or conduct any activity other than in
connection with: |
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(a) |
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the ownership of shares (and related rights) in the Allscripts; |
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(b) |
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the receipt and making of payments arising out of the ownership referred to in
paragraph (a) above; |
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(c) |
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such activities as are necessary only to permit the activity described in
paragraphs (a) and (b) above. |
22.21 |
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Conditions subsequent |
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(a) |
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The Company shall no later than 5 June 2009 repay in full and cancel all Financial
Indebtedness incurred by any member of the Group under the Existing Subordinated Facility
Agreement. |
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(b) |
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The Company shall within 30 days of the date hereof enter into an engagement letter with
PricewaterhouseCoopers in respect of the audit of the combined financial statements of the
Restricted Group. |
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23. |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 23 is an Event of Default. |
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23.1 |
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Non-payment |
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An Obligor does not pay in the manner provided in a Finance Document any amount payable by it
when due, unless that Obligor satisfies the Agent that non-payment is due solely to |
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administrative error (whether by that Obligor or a bank involved in transferring funds to
the Agent) and payment is made within two Business Days of its due date. |
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23.2 |
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Financial covenants |
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Any requirement of Clause 21 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied. |
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23.3 |
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Other obligations |
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(a) |
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An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those
referred to in Clause 23.1 (Non-payment), Clause 21.2 (Financial condition) and Clause 22.21
(Conditions subsequent). |
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(b) |
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No Event of Default will occur under paragraph (a) above if the failure to comply is capable
of remedy and is remedied within 30 days of the earlier of (i) the Agent giving notice to the
Company and (ii) the Company becoming aware of the failure to comply provided that for the
purpose of this paragraph the provisions of Clause 22.21 (Conditions subsequent) shall not be
deemed capable of remedy. |
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23.4 |
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Misrepresentation |
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Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance
Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor under or in
connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any
material respect when made or deemed to be made. |
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23.5 |
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Cross default |
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(a) |
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Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Restricted Group is not paid when due nor
within any originally applicable grace period. |
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(b) |
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Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Restricted Group is declared to be or
otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of
default (however described). |
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(c) |
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Any commitment to make available any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Restricted
Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Restricted Group as a
result of an event of default (however described). |
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(d) |
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Any creditor of any member of the Restricted Group becomes entitled to declare any Financial
Indebtedness of any member of the Restricted Group due and payable prior to its specified
maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
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(e) |
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Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Allscripts Group is declared to be or
otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of
default (however described). |
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(f) |
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No Event of Default will occur: |
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(i) |
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under any of paragraphs (a) to (d) above, if the aggregate amount of Financial
Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness is less than £3,500,000 (or its
equivalent); or |
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(ii) |
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under paragraph (e) above, if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or
commitment for Financial Indebtedness is less than £8,750,000 (or its equivalent). |
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23.6 |
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Insolvency |
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Any Obligor or Principal Subsidiary: |
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(a) |
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is (or is, or could be, deemed by law or a court to be) insolvent or unable to
pay its debts (including cessation des paiements within the meaning of the French Code
de commerce), stops, suspends or threatens to stop or suspend payment of all or a
material part of (or of a particular type of) its indebtedness; |
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(b) |
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begins negotiations or takes any other step with a view to agreeing a moratorium
in respect of all of (or all of a particular type of) its indebtedness (or of any part
which it will or might otherwise be unable to pay when due); or |
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(c) |
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proposes or makes a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or
for the benefit of the relevant creditors or a moratorium including, without limitation,
a moratorium under a conciliation procedure in accordance with articles L.611-4 to
L.611-5 of the French Code de commerce is agreed or declared in respect of or affecting
all or a material part of (or of a particular type of) the indebtedness of that Obligor
or Principal Subsidiary. |
23.7 |
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Winding-up |
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(a) |
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Any Obligor or Principal Subsidiary takes any corporate action, or other steps or legal
proceedings are started, for its winding-up, dissolution, administration or re-organisation
(whether by voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) or for the appointment
of a liquidator, receiver, conciliateur, mandataire ad hoc, administrative receiver,
administrator, conservator, custodian, trustee or similar officer of it or a material part of
its of its assets or revenues and assets. |
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(b) |
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Any Obligor or any member of the Group commences proceedings for the appointment of a
mandataire ad hoc or for a conciliation in accordance with articles L.611-3 to L.611-15 of the
French Code de Commerce. |
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(c) |
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A judgement for sauvegarde, redressement judiciaire, cession totale de l’entreprise or
liquidation judiciaire is entered into in relation to any Obligor or any member of the Group
under articles L.620-1 to L.644-6 |
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(d) |
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Paragraph (a) to (c) above shall not apply to: |
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(i) |
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any step which is vexatious or frivolous and which is discharged or stayed within
seven days of being taken; or |
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(ii) |
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any re-organisation to which the Majority Lenders have previously consented in
writing. |
23.8 |
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Creditors’ process |
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A distress, attachment, execution or other similar legal process is levied, enforced or sued
out on or against the assets of any Obligor or Principal Subsidiary having an aggregate book
value of more than £3,500,000 (or its equivalent) and is not discharged or stayed within 14
days. |
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23.9 |
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United States Bankruptcy Laws |
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(a) |
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In this Clause 23.9 and Clause 23.18 (Acceleration): |
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“U.S. Bankruptcy Law” means the United States Bankruptcy Code 1978 or any other
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law of the United States or any state thereof. |
(b) |
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Any of the following occurs in respect of a U.S. Debtor: |
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(i) |
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it makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; |
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(ii) |
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it commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any U.S. Bankruptcy Law; |
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(iii) |
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an involuntary case under any U.S. Bankruptcy Law is commenced against it and is
not controverted within 60 days or is not dismissed or stayed within 90 days after
commencement of the case; or |
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(iv) |
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an order for relief or other order approving any case or proceeding is entered
under any U.S. Bankruptcy Law. |
23.10 |
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Analogous events |
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Any event occurs which, under the laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any
event mentioned in Clause 23.6 (Insolvency) or Clause 23.7 (Winding-up). |
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23.11 |
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Ownership of the Obligors |
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An Obligor (other than the Company) is not or ceases to be a member of the Restricted Group. |
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23.12 |
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Unlawfulness |
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It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance
Documents unless the Majority Lenders determine that such unlawfulness is immaterial. |
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23.13 |
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Proceedings commenced |
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Any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding has commenced which is reasonably
likely to be determined adversely and if adversely determined would have a Material Adverse
Effect. |
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23.14 |
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Repudiation |
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An Obligor repudiates any material provision of any Finance Document. |
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23.15 |
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Security |
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Any Security Document is not in full force and effect or does not create in favour of the
Security Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties the Security which it is expressed to
create with the ranking and priority it is expressed to have. |
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23.16 |
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ERISA default |
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Any: |
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(a) |
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Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA but which is not a “multiemployer
plan” (as that term is defined for the purposes of sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA) shall terminate under section 4041(c) or section 4042 of ERISA; |
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(b) |
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Obligor or any entity, whether or not incorporated, which is under common control
with any other Obligor (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) shall, or in
the reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders, is likely to, incur any liability in
connection with a withdrawal from, or the insolvency or reorganisation (as those terms
are defined in section 4245 and section 4241 respectively of ERISA) of, a multiemployer
plan; or |
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(c) |
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other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan, |
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and such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any,
would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
23.17 |
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Material adverse change |
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Any event or circumstance occurs which will or might reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Obligors taken together to perform or comply
with their obligations under the Finance Documents. |
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23.18 |
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Acceleration |
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On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Agent
may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Company: |
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(a) |
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cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled; |
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(b) |
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declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all
other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable,
whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or |
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(c) |
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declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall
immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority
Lenders, |
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provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
specified in Clause 23.9 (United States Bankruptcy Laws) in relation to a U.S. Debtor the
Facility to the extent otherwise available to such U.S. Debtor shall cease to be available to
that U.S. Debtor and all Utilisations made available to such U.S. Debtor shall become
immediately due and payable and all accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under the
Finance Documents owing from such U.S. Debtor shall become immediately due and payable, in
each case without declaration, notice or demand by or to any persons; and |
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provided further that the operation of the above proviso may be waived by the Majority
Lenders and that such U.S. Debtor shall not result in any contingent obligations owed by any
other members of the Group under any guarantee under Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity)
becoming an actual obligation until the Agent makes the relevant notice to the Company as
directed by the Majority Lenders pursuant to this Clause. |
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SECTION 9
CHANGES TO PARTIES
24. |
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CHANGES TO THE LENDERS |
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24.1 |
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Assignments and transfers by the Lenders |
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Subject to this Clause 24 and to Clause 24.10 (Restriction on Debt Purchase Transactions by
the Group), a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may: |
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(a) |
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assign any of its rights; or |
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(b) |
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transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, |
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to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is
regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in
loans, securities or other financial assets (the “New Lender”). |
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24.2 |
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Conditions of assignment or transfer |
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(a) |
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An Existing Lender shall consult with the Company before it assigns or transfers to a New
Lender, unless: |
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(i) |
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an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or |
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(ii) |
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the New Lender: |
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(A) |
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is another Lender; or |
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(B) |
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is an Affiliate of a Lender. |
(b) |
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An assignment will only be effective on: |
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(i) |
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receipt by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same
obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an
Original Lender; and |
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(ii) |
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performance by the Agent of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar
checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New
Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender
and the New Lender. |
(c) |
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A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 24.6 (Procedure for
transfer) is complied with. |
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(d) |
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If: |
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(i) |
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a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance
Documents or changes its Facility Office; and |
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(ii) |
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as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or
change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender
acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 13 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or
Clause 14 (Increased Costs), |
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then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to
receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender
acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or
change had not occurred. |
24.3 |
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Assignment to Federal Reserve Bank |
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In addition to any other assignments or participation rights provided in this Clause 24, each
Lender may assign and pledge all or any portion of its Loans and the other obligations owed
to such Lender, without notice to or consent of any Party, to a United States Federal Reserve
Bank pursuant to Regulation A of the Board and any operating circular issued by such Federal
Reserve Bank; provided, however, that, (i) no Lender shall be relieved of any of its
obligations under this Agreement as a result of any such assignment and pledge and (ii) in no
event shall such United States Federal Reserve Bank be considered to be a “Lender” or be
entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action under this
Agreement. |
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24.4 |
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Assignment or transfer fee |
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The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to
the Agent (for its own account) a fee of £1,750. |
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24.5 |
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Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders |
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(a) |
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Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for: |
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(i) |
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the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance
Documents or any other documents; |
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(ii) |
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the financial condition of any Obligor; |
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(iii) |
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the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the
Finance Documents or any other documents; or |
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(iv) |
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the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection
with any Finance Document or any other document,
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and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded. |
(b) |
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Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it: |
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(i) |
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has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and
assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related
entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied
exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with
any Finance Document; and |
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(ii) |
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will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of
each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under
the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force. |
(c) |
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Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to: |
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(i) |
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accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations
assigned or transferred under this Clause 24; or |
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(ii) |
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support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason
of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents
or otherwise. |
24.6 |
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Procedure for transfer |
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(a) |
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Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a
transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (b) below when the Agent executes an
otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the
New Lender. The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly
completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this
Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer
Certificate. |
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(b) |
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The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the
Existing Lender and the New Lender upon its completion of all “know your customer” or other
checks relating to any person that it is required to carry out in relation to the transfer to
such new Lender. |
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(c) |
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On the Transfer Date: |
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(i) |
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to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to
transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the
Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one
another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another
shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”); |
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(ii) |
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each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one
another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged
Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed
and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender; |
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(iii) |
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the Agent, the Arranger, the Security Agent, the New Lender and other Lenders
shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they
would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the
rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to
that extent the Agent, the Arranger, the Security Agent and the Existing Lender shall
each be released from further obligations to each other under this Agreement; and |
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(iv) |
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the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”. |
24.7 |
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Disclosure of information |
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Any Finance Party may disclose: |
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(a) |
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to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors,
employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential
Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the
Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing
of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be
price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the
recipient is subject to professional |
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obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise
bound by
requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information; |
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(b) |
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to any person: |
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(i) |
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to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or
transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance
Documents and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and
professional advisers; |
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(ii) |
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with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether
directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction
under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance
Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related
Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
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(iii) |
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appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (ii)
above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered
pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without limitation, any
person appointed under paragraph (c) of Clause 26.13 (Relationship with the Lenders)); |
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(iv) |
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who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise
finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or
(b)(ii) above; |
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(v) |
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to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of
competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory
authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any
applicable law or regulation; |
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(vi) |
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to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise
creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 24.8 (Security over Lenders’ rights)
; |
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(vii) |
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to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the
purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations,
proceedings or disputes; |
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(viii) |
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who is a Party; or |
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(ix) |
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with the consent of the Company; |
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in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate
if: |
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(A) |
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in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and b(iii) above, the
person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a
Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a
Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is
subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the
Confidential Information; |
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(B) |
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in relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the
Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality
Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation
to the Confidential |
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Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential
Information may be price-sensitive information; |
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(C) |
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in relation to paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the
person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its
confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be
price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so
inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do
in the circumstances; |
(c) |
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to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or
(b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or
more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of
participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be
required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services
referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information
is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the
LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service
Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Company and the
relevant Finance Party. |
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24.8 |
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Security over Lenders’ rights |
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In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 24, each Lender may
without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or
otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any
of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including: |
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(a) |
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any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal
reserve or central bank; and |
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(b) |
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in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other
Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of
obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as Security for those obligations
or securities, |
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except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall: |
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(i) |
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release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance
Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or
Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or |
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(ii) |
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require any payments to be made by an Obligor or grant to any
person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to
the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents. |
24.9 |
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Notification of French Obligors pursuant to the execution of a Transfer Certificate |
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(a) |
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If an Existing Lender assigns any of its rights, or transfers any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement, the New Lender shall procure that an original copy of the
assignment agreement or the Transfer Certificate is promptly served on each Obligor
incorporated in France by a French bailiff (huissier). |
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(b) |
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The costs of this notification shall be borne by the New Lender. |
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24.10 |
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Restriction on Debt Purchase Transactions by the Group |
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The Company shall not, and shall procure that no member of the Restricted Group shall, enter
into any Debt Purchase Transaction or beneficially own all or any part of the share capital
of a company that is a Lender or a party to a Debt Purchase Transaction of the type referred
to in paragraphs (b) or (c) of the definition of Debt Purchase Transaction. |
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24.11 |
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Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders |
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(a) |
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For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment, in ascertaining the Majority
Lenders or whether any given percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of
the Total Commitments has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver,
amendment or other vote under the Finance Documents, that Defaulting Lender’s Commitments will
be reduced by the amount of its Available Commitments. |
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(b) |
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For the purposes of this Clause 24.11, the Agent may assume that the following Lenders are
Defaulting Lenders: |
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(i) |
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any Lender which has notified the Agent that it has become a Defaulting Lender; |
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(ii) |
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any Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events of
circumstances referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of Defaulting
Lender has occurred, |
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unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned (together with any
supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Agent) or the Agent is otherwise aware that
the Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting Lender. |
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24.12 |
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Replacement of a Defaulting Lender |
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(a) |
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The Company may, at any time a Lender has become and continues to be a Defaulting Lender, by
giving three Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent and such Lender: |
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replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and such Lender shall) transfer
pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement; |
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(ii) |
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require such Lender to (and such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24
(Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of the undrawn Facility B Commitment of
the Lender; or |
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(iii) |
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require such Lender to (and such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24
(Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations in
respect of Facility B, |
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to a Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity (a “Replacement
Lender”) selected by the Company, and which is acceptable to the Agent (acting reasonably),
which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations or all the
relevant obligations of the transferring Lender (including the assumption of the transferring
Lender’s participations or unfunded participations (as the case may be) on the same basis as
the transferring Lender) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of transfer equal
to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s participation in the outstanding
Utilisations and all accrued interest and/or Break Costs and other amounts payable in
relation thereto under the Finance Documents. |
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(b) |
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Any transfer of rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Clause
shall be subject to the following conditions: |
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the Company shall have no right to replace the Agent or Security Agent; |
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(ii) |
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neither the Agent nor the Defaulting Lender shall have any obligation to the
Company to find a Replacement Lender or any other Lender; |
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(iii) |
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the transfer must take place no later than 30 days after the notice referred to
in paragraph (a) above; and |
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(iv) |
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in no event shall the Defaulting Lender be required to pay or surrender to the
Replacement Lender any of the fees received by the Defaulting Lender pursuant to the
Finance Documents. |
25. |
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CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS |
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25.1 |
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Assignments and transfer by Obligors |
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No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
the Finance Documents. |
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25.2 |
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Additional Borrowers |
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(a) |
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Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of Clause 20.9
(“Know your customer” checks), the Company may request that any of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries or any partnership, each member of which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary in the
Restricted Group of the Company, becomes an Additional Borrower. That Subsidiary shall become
an Additional Borrower if: |
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(i) |
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all the Lenders approve the addition of that Subsidiary (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); |
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(ii) |
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the Company delivers to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter; |
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(iii) |
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the Company confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result
of that Subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; |
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(iv) |
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the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II
of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to that Additional Borrower, each in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and |
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(v) |
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that Subsidiary is or becomes at the same time an Additional Guarantor in
accordance with Clause 25.4 (Additional Guarantors). |
(b) |
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No consent shall be required under paragraph (a)(i) above if the relevant Subsidiary is
incorporated (or, in the case of a partnership, is formed or registered) in the United Kingdom
or in the United States. |
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(c) |
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The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has
received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence
listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). |
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25.3 |
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Resignation of a Borrower |
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(a) |
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The Company may request that a Borrower (other than the Company) ceases to be a Borrower by
delivering to the Agent a Resignation Letter. |
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(b) |
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The Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company and the Lenders of its
acceptance if: |
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(i) |
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no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation
Letter (and the Company has confirmed this is the case); and |
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(ii) |
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the Borrower is under no actual or contingent obligations as a Borrower under any
Finance Documents, |
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whereupon that company shall cease to be a Borrower and shall have no further rights or
obligations under the Finance Documents. |
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25.4 |
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Additional Guarantors |
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(a) |
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The Company may request that any of its Subsidiaries in the Restricted Group become an
Additional Guarantor. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional Guarantor if: |
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(i) |
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the Company delivers to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter
in a form acceptable to the Agent taking into account the requirements of the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Additional Guarantor in order to ensure that the
obligations of such Additional Guarantor under Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity) are
enforceable (taking into account the limitations (if any) imposed by the laws of the
jurisdiction of incorporation of such Additional Guarantor); |
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(ii) |
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the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II
of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in relation to that Additional Guarantor, each in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and |
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(iii) |
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it complies with the provisions of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of Clause 20.9
(“Know your customer” checks). |
(b) |
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The Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has
received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence
listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent). |
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25.5 |
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Repetition of Representations |
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Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant Subsidiary that the
Repeating Representations are true and correct in relation to it as at the date of delivery
as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing. |
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25.6 |
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Resignation of a Guarantor |
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(a) |
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If a Guarantor ceases to be a member of the Restricted Group in accordance with this
Agreement, that Guarantor shall cease to be a Guarantor and shall be released from its rights
and obligations under the Finance Documents, provided that at the time the Guarantor ceases to
be a member of the Restricted Group, no Default is continuing or would result from the
Guarantor ceasing to be a member of the Restricted Group. |
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(b) |
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The Agent shall, at the request and cost of the Company, execute such documents as may be
required to release that Guarantor pursuant to paragraph (a) above. |
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25.7 |
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Release of Guarantors |
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(a) |
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At any time on or after the Security Release Satisfaction Date (provided that no subsequent
Compliance Certificate has been delivered showing that the ratios of Net Borrowings to
Adjusted EBITDA has been equal to or above 2.00:1 for the Relevant Period ending on any of the
previous four Test Dates), the Company shall be entitled to serve notice on the Agent and the
Security Agent (a “Security Release Notice”) requiring that Misys Holdings Limited and Misys
Holding Inc. shall cease to be Guarantors and shall be released from their rights and
obligations under the Finance Documents on the date specified in such notice (the “Security
Release Date”). |
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(b) |
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Following receipt of a Security Release Notice the Agent and the Security Agent are hereby
authorised, at the request and cost of the Company, to execute or enter into on behalf of and
without the need for any further consent or authority from any other Finance Party such
documents as may be required to release that Guarantor pursuant to paragraph (a) above. |
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25.8 |
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Transfer of Loans between Borrowers |
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(a) |
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A Borrower incorporated or established in the United States or the United Kingdom (the
“Transferor Borrower”) may transfer all or any part of any outstanding Loans made to it under
this Agreement (which shall exclude for the avoidance of doubt any of its rights and
obligations as a Guarantor) to another Borrower incorporated or established in the United
States or the United Kingdom (the “Transferee Borrower”) by executing a Borrower Transfer
Agreement, provided that: |
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(i) |
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no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed transfer; and |
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(ii) |
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the Repeating Representations, if made by reference to the facts and
circumstances as at the date of the proposed transfer, would be correct, |
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(collectively the “Conditions”). |
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(b) |
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Each Lender hereby instructs the Agent to sign each Borrower Transfer Agreement on its
behalf. |
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(c) |
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Upon the execution of a Borrower Transfer Agreement, subject to satisfaction of the
Conditions: |
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(i) |
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the Transferor Borrower shall be released from all obligations as a Borrower in
respect of the Loans specified in the relevant Borrower Transfer Agreement (the
“Transferred Loans”) and its rights as a Borrower in respect of the Transferred Loans
shall be cancelled (such obligations and rights together being the “Discharged Rights
and Obligations”, which shall exclude for the avoidance of doubt the Transferor
Borrower’s obligations and/or rights as a Guarantor and, in the case of the Transferor
Borrower being the Company, otherwise under this Agreement in its capacity as Company); |
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(ii) |
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the Transferee Borrower shall assume obligations and/or acquire rights against
the Parties which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as the
Transferee Borrower assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Transferor
Borrower; |
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(iii) |
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any guarantees or indemnities under this Agreement securing the Discharged
Rights and Obligations shall secure the new rights and obligations contemplated in
paragraph (ii) above; |
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(iv) |
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the Transferee Borrower and the Parties shall acquire the same rights and assume
the same obligations between themselves under the Agreement as they would have acquired
and assumed had the Transferee Borrower been a Borrower under this Agreement of the
Transferred Loans on the date each of the Transferred Loans were made; and |
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(v) |
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the Company, the Transferor Borrower and the Transferee Borrower will each be
deemed to have made the Repeating Representations on the date of execution of the
Borrower Transfer Agreement and on the date the transfer pursuant to the Borrower
Transfer Agreement becomes effective, in each case by and to the facts and circumstances
at the relevant date. |
25.9 |
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Release of Security |
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(a) |
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Following receipt of a Security Release Notice, the Security constituted by the
Security Documents shall be automatically released on the Security Release Date. |
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(b) |
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The Security Agent is hereby authorised, at the request and cost of the Company, to execute
or enter into on behalf of and without the need for any further consent or authority from any
other Finance Party such documents as may be required to give effect to the release described
in paragraph (a) above. |
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SECTION 10
THE FINANCE PARTIES
26. |
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ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE ARRANGER |
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26.1 |
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Appointment of the Agent and the Security Agent |
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(a) |
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Each other Finance Party appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with
the Finance Documents. |
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(b) |
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Each other Finance Party appoints the Security Agent to act as security trustee under and in
connection with the Finance Documents in relation to any security interest which is expressed
to be or is construed to be governed by English law or any other law from time to time
designated by the Security Agent and an Obligor. |
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(c) |
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Each other Finance Party authorises each of the Agent and the Security Agent to exercise the
rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to it under or in connection
with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and
discretions. |
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26.2 |
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Duties of the Agent and the Security Agent |
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(a) |
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The Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is
delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party. |
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(b) |
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Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to
review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another
Party. |
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(c) |
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If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default
and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the Lenders
and the Security Agent. |
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(d) |
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The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Security Agent of any Default arising
under Clause 23.1 (Non-payment). |
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(e) |
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The Agent shall promptly send to the Security Agent such certification as the Security Agent
may require pursuant to paragraph 7 (Basis of distribution) of Schedule 11 (Security Agency
provisions). |
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(f) |
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The duties of the Agent and the Security Agent under the Finance Documents are solely
mechanical and administrative in nature. |
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26.3 |
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Role of the Security Agent and Arranger |
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(a) |
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The Security Agent shall not be an agent of (except as expressly provided in any Finance
Document) any Finance Party under or in connection with any Finance Document. |
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(b) |
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Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arranger has no obligations of
any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document. |
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26.4 |
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No fiduciary duties |
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(a) |
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Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Agent (except
as expressly provided in any Finance Document) as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person. |
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(b) |
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Neither the Agent, the Arranger nor the Security Agent (except as expressly provided in any
Finance Document) shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of
any sum received by it for its own account. |
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26.5 |
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Business with the Group |
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The Agent, the Arranger and the Security Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to and
generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with, any member of the Group. |
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26.6 |
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Rights and discretions of the Agent and the Security Agent |
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(a) |
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The Agent and the Security Agent may rely on: |
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(i) |
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any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and
appropriately authorised; and |
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(ii) |
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any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any person
regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or
within his power to verify. |
(b) |
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The Agent and the Security Agent may assume, unless it has received notice to the contrary in
its capacity as agent for the Lenders or, as the case may be, as security agent or security
trustee for the Finance Parties, that: |
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(i) |
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no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising
under Clause 23.1 (Non-payment)); |
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(ii) |
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any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority
Lenders has not been exercised; and |
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(iii) |
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any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation Request) is
made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors. |
(c) |
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Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or
services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts. |
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(d) |
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Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through
its personnel and agents. |
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(e) |
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The Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has
received as agent under this Agreement. |
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(f) |
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Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (e) above, the Agent may disclose the
identity of a Defaulting Lender to the other Finance Parties and the Company and shall
disclose the same upon the written request of the Company or the Majority Lenders. |
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(g) |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the
Agent, the Arranger nor the Security Agent is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would
or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of
a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality. |
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26.7 |
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Majority Lenders’ instructions |
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(a) |
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Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent and the Security Agent
shall: |
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(i) |
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act in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders (or,
if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from acting or exercising any right,
power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent or Security Agent (as the case may
be)); and |
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(ii) |
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not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any
action) in accordance with such an instruction of the Majority Lenders. |
(b) |
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Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given by the
Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties. |
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(c) |
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Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the
instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received
such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated
VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions. |
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(d) |
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In the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if appropriate, the Lenders)
each of the Agent and the Security Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it
considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders. |
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(e) |
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Neither the Agent nor the Security Agent is authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without
first obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any
Finance Document. |
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26.8 |
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Responsibility for documentation |
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None of the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Agent is responsible for: |
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(a) |
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the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or
written) supplied by the Agent, the Arranger, the Security Agent, an Obligor or any
other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document; or |
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(b) |
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the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance
Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed
in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document or the Information
Memorandum; or |
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(c) |
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any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any
Finance Party is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited
by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or otherwise. |
26.9 |
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Exclusion of liability |
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(a) |
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Without limiting paragraph (b) below the Agent will not be liable, including without
limitation for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever, for any action taken
by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. |
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(b) |
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No Party (other than the Agent or the Security Agent) may take any proceedings against any
officer, employee or agent of the Agent or the Security Agent in respect of any claim it might
have against the Agent or the Security Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind
by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer,
employee or agent of the Agent or the Security Agent may rely on this Clause. Any third party
referred to in |
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this paragraph (b) may enjoy the benefit of and enforce the terms of this paragraph in
accordance with the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000. |
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(c) |
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Neither the Agent nor the Security Agent will be liable for any delay (or any related
consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to
be paid by it if it has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply
with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system
used by it for that purpose. |
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(d) |
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Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Agent 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 Agent, the Arranger and the Security Agent 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 the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Agent. |
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26.10 |
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Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent and the Security Agent |
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Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total
Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their
reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent and the Security Agent, within three Business Days of
demand, against any cost, loss or liability including without limitation for negligence or
any other category of liability whatsoever incurred by the Agent or the Security Agent
(otherwise than by reason of the Agent’s or the Security Agent’s gross negligence or wilful
misconduct) in acting as Agent or, as the case may be, Security Agent under the Finance
Documents (unless the Agent or the Security Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant
to a Finance Document). |
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26.11 |
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Resignation of the Agent or the Security Agent |
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(a) |
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The Agent or (prior to the Security Release Date) the Security Agent may resign and appoint
one of its Affiliates as successor by giving notice to the Lenders and the Company. |
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(b) |
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Alternatively the Agent or (prior to the Security Release Date) the Security Agent may resign
by giving 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders
(after consultation with the Company) may appoint a successor Agent. |
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(c) |
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If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent or, as the case may be, Security
Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 30 days after notice of resignation was
given, the retiring Agent or, as the case may be, Security Agent (after consultation with the
Company) may appoint a successor Agent or Security Agent. |
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(d) |
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The retiring Agent or Security Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to its successor
such documents and records and provide such assistance as its successor may reasonably request
for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent or Security Agent under the Finance
Documents. |
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(e) |
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The resignation notice of the Agent or (prior to the Security Release Date) the Security
Agent shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor. |
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(f) |
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Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent or Security Agent shall be discharged
from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to
the benefit of this Clause 26 and, in respect of any amounts incurred prior to the appointment
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such successor, Clause 17 (Costs and Expenses). Its successor and each of the other
Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had
if such successor had been an original Party. |
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(g) |
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After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent or, as
the case may be, the Security Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b)
above or, to the extent the Agent or the Security Agent is an Impaired Agent, on such shorter
notice as the Majority Lenders may determine. In this event, the Agent or, as the case may be,
the Security Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. |
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(h) |
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Immediately following the Security Release Date, the Security Agent’s appointment to act as
security trustee under and in connection with the Finance Document shall automatically cease
with immediate effect, whereupon the Security Agent shall be discharged from any further
obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of
this Clause 26 and, in respect of any amounts incurred prior thereto Clause 17 (Costs and
Expenses). |
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26.12 |
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Confidentiality |
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(a) |
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The Agent (in acting as agent for the Finance Parties) and the Security Agent (in acting as
security agent or trustee for the Finance Parties) shall be regarded as acting through its
respective agency or security agency or trustee division which in each case shall be treated
as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments. |
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(b) |
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If information is received by another division or department of the Agent or, as the case may
be, the Security Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and
the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it. |
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(c) |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the
Agent nor the Security Agent are obliged to disclose to any other person: |
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(i) |
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any confidential information; or |
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(ii) |
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any other information if the disclosure would or might in its reasonable opinion
constitute a breach of any law or a breach of a fiduciary duty. |
26.13 |
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Relationship with the Lenders |
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(a) |
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The Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and
acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less than five Business Days
prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
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Each Lender shall supply the Agent with any information required by the Agent in order to
calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formulae). |
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The Agent, acting for these purposes solely as an agent of the other Finance Parties, shall
maintain (and make available for inspection by the Obligors and the Lenders upon reasonable
prior notice at reasonable times) at its address referred to in Clause 31.2(c) (Addresses) or
one of its other offices a register for the recordation of, and shall record, the names and
addresses of the Lenders and the respective amounts owing to each Lender from time to time
(the “Register”). The Obligors, the Agent and the Lenders shall deem and treat the persons
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the Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and
Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof. |
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Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices,
communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the
Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the address, fax number and (where communication
by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 31.5 (Electronic
communication)) electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the
sending and receipt of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or
officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as a
notification of a substitute address, fax number, electronic mail address, department and
officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 31.2 (Addresses) and paragraph (a)(iii) of
Clause 31.5 (Electronic communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as
the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as
though that person were that Lender. |
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26.14 |
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Credit appraisal by the Lenders |
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Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its
behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the Agent, the
Arranger and the Security Agent that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible
for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in
connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to: |
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the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group; |
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(b) |
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the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance
Document and any other agreement, Security, arrangement or document entered into, made
or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; |
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(c) |
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whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse,
against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any
Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other
agreement, Security, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and |
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the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Base Case, Information
Memorandum and any other information provided by the Agent, the Security Agent, any
Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the
transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, Security,
arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in
connection with any Finance Document. |
26.15 |
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Reference Banks |
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If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is an
Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (in consultation with the Company) appoint
another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank. |
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26.16 |
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Management Time of the Agent and the Security Agent |
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Any amount payable to the Agent or the Security Agent under Clause 15.3 (Indemnity to the
Agent and the Security Agent) (other than under paragraph (b) of that Clause), Clause 17
(Costs and expenses) (other than under Clause 17.1 (Transaction expenses)) or Clause 26.10
(Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent and the Security Agent) shall include the cost of utilising
its management time or other resources and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable
daily or hourly rates as it may notify to the Company and the Lenders, and is in addition to
any fee paid or payable to it under Clause 12 (Fees). |
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26.17 |
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Security Agency Provisions |
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The provisions of Schedule 11 (Security Agency provisions) shall bind each Party. |
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26.18 |
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USA Patriot Act |
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Each Lender hereby notifies each Obligor that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act, such Lender is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such
Obligor, which information includes the name and address of such Obligor and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify such Obligor in accordance with the USA
Patriot Act. |
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27. |
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CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES |
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No provision of this Agreement shall: |
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interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or
otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; |
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oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or
repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or |
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oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax
or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax. |
28. |
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SHARING AMONG THE LENDERS |
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28.1 |
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Payments to Lenders |
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If a Lender (a “Recovering Lender”) receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other
than in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics) or Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) and
applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then: |
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the Recovering Lender shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the
receipt or recovery, to the Agent; |
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(b) |
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the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the
amount the Recovering Lender would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been
received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment
mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in
relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and |
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the Recovering Lender shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent,
pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery
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any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Lender as its
share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 29.6 (Partial payments). |
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Redistribution of payments |
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The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor and
distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Lender) in accordance
with Clause 29.6 (Partial payments). |
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28.3 |
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Recovering Lender’s rights |
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On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 28.2 (Redistribution of payments), the Recovering
Lender will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties which have shared in the
redistribution. |
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If and to the extent that the Recovering Lender is not able to rely on its rights under
paragraph (a) above, the relevant Obligor shall be liable to the Recovering Lender for a debt equal to
the Sharing Payment which is immediately due and payable. |
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28.4 |
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Reversal of redistribution |
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If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Lender becomes
repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Lender, then: |
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each Lender which has received a share of the relevant Sharing Payment pursuant
to Clause 28.2 (Redistribution of payments) shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the
Agent for account of that Recovering Lender an amount equal to its share of the Sharing
Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Lender for
its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Lender is
required to pay); and |
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that Recovering Lender’s rights of subrogation in respect of any reimbursement
shall be cancelled and the relevant Obligor will be liable to the reimbursing Lender for
the amount so reimbursed. |
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Exceptions |
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(a) |
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This Clause 28 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Lender would not, after
making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the
relevant Obligor. |
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A Recovering Lender is not obliged to share with any other Lender any amount which the
Recovering Lender has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration
proceedings, if: |
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it notified the other Lenders of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and |
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the other Lender had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration
proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice
or did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings. |
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SECTION 11
ADMINISTRATION
29. |
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PAYMENT MECHANICS |
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29.1 |
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Payments to the Agent |
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On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance
Document, that Obligor (subject to Clause 29.11 (Payments to the Security Agent)) or Lender
shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance
Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as
being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the
place of payment. |
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Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of
that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in a Participating
Member State or London) with such bank as the Agent specifies. |
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29.2 |
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Distributions by the Agent |
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Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall,
subject to Clause 29.3 (Distributions to an Obligor), Clause 29.4 (Clawback) and Clause 29.11
(Payments to the Security Agent) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after
receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the
case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may
notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank in the principal
financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the principal
financial centre of a Participating Member State or London). |
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29.3 |
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Distributions to an Obligor |
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The Agent and the Security Agent may (with the consent of the relevant Obligor or in
accordance with Clause 30 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it for that Obligor in or
towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from
that Obligor under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any
currency to be so applied. |
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29.4 |
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Clawback |
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Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent or the Security Agent under the Finance Documents for
another Party, the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent is not obliged to pay that
sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it
has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum. |
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If the Agent or the Security Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the
case that it had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the
proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid shall on demand refund the same to the
Agent or, as the case may be, the Security Agent together with interest on that amount from
the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent or, as the case may be, the Security
Agent, calculated by it to reflect its cost of funds. |
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29.5 |
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Impaired Agent |
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(a) |
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If, at any time, the Agent becomes an Impaired Agent, an Obligor or a Lender which is
required to make a payment under the Finance Documents to the Agent in accordance with Clause
29.1 (Payments to the Agent) may instead either pay that amount direct to the required
recipient or pay that amount to an interest-bearing account held with an Acceptable Bank and
in relation to which no Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, in the name of the
Obligor or the Lender making the payment and designated as a trust account for the benefit of
the Party or Parties beneficially entitled to that payment under the Finance Documents. In
each case such payments must be made on the due date for payment under the Finance Documents. |
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(b) |
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All interest accrued on the amount standing to the credit of the trust account shall be for
the benefit of the beneficiaries of that trust account pro rata to their respective
entitlements. |
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(c) |
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A Party which has made a payment in accordance with this Clause 29.5 shall be discharged of
the relevant payment obligation under the Finance Documents and shall not take any credit risk
with respect to the amounts standing to the credit of the trust account. |
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Promptly upon the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with paragraph (g) of Clause
26.11 (Resignation of the Agent or the Security Agent), each Party which has made a payment to
a trust account in accordance with this Clause 29.5 shall give all requisite instructions to
the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the amount (together with any accrued
interest) to the successor Agent for distribution in accordance with Clause 29.2
(Distributions by the Agent). |
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29.6 |
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Partial payments |
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(a) |
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If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due
and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment
towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order: |
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first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of
the Agent, the Arranger and the Security Agent under the Finance Documents; |
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(ii) |
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secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest or commission
due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
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(iii) |
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thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under
this Agreement; and |
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fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under
the Finance Documents. |
(b) |
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The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs
(a)(ii) to (iv) above. |
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Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor. |
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29.7 |
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No set-off by Obligors |
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All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be
made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim. |
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29.8 |
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Business Days |
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Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the
next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day
(if there is not). |
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During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or an Unpaid Sum under this
Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the
original due date. |
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29.9 |
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Currency of account |
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(a) |
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Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the currency of account and
payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document. |
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(b) |
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A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the
currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date. |
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Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which
the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued. |
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Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which
the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred. |
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Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency shall be paid
in that other currency. |
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29.10 |
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Change of currency |
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(a) |
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Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the
same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that
country, then: |
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any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the
Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in,
the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (after
consultation with the Company); and |
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any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the
official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that
currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting
reasonably). |
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If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent
(acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company) specifies to be necessary, be
amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant
Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency. |
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29.11 |
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Payments to the Security Agent |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document, at any time after any Security
created by or pursuant to any Security Document becomes enforceable, the Security Agent may
require: |
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any Obligor to pay all sums due under any Finance Document; or |
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(b) |
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the Agent to pay all sums received or recovered from an Obligor under any Finance
Document, |
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in each case as the Security Agent may direct for application in accordance with the terms of
the Security Documents. |
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30. |
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SET-OFF |
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A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance
Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured
obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment,
booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different
currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in
its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off. |
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31. |
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NOTICES |
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31.1 |
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Communications in writing |
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Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made
in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter. |
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31.2 |
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Addresses |
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The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the
communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or
delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is: |
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in the case of the Company, that identified with its name below; |
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in the case of each Lender or any other Obligor, that notified in writing to the
Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and |
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in the case of the Agent and the Security Agent, that identified with its name
below, |
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or any substitute address, fax number, or department or officer as the Party may notify to
the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Agent) by
not less than five Business Days’ notice. |
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31.3 |
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Delivery |
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(a) |
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Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in
connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: |
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if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or |
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(ii) |
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if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five
Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed
to it at that address, |
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and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details
provided under Clause 31.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer. |
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(b) |
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Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent or the Security Agent
will be effective only when actually received by it and then only if it is expressly marked
for the attention of the department or officer identified with its signature below (or any
substitute department or officer as it shall specify for this purpose). |
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(c) |
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All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent. |
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(d) |
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Any communication or document made or delivered to the Company in accordance with this Clause
will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors. |
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31.4 |
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Notification of address and fax number |
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Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address or
fax number pursuant to Clause 31.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number, the
Agent shall notify the other Parties. |
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31.5 |
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Electronic communication |
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(a) |
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Any communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender under or
in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic
mail or other electronic means, if the Agent and the relevant Lender: |
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agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted
form of communication; |
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(ii) |
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notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other
information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and |
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notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information
supplied by them. |
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Any electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender will
be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the
case of any electronic communication made by a Lender to the Agent
only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify
for this purpose. |
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31.6 |
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English language |
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(a) |
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Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. |
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(b) |
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All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be: |
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in English; or |
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if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified
English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the
document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document. |
31.7 |
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Communication when Agent is Impaired Agent |
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If the Agent is an Impaired Agent the Parties may, instead of communicating with each other
through the Agent, communicate with each other directly and (while the Agent is an Impaired
Agent) all the provisions of the Finance Document which require communications to be made or
notices to be given to or by the Agent shall be varied so that communications may be made and
notices given to or by the relevant Parties directly. This provision shall not operate after
a replacement Agent has been appointed. |
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32. |
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CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES |
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32.1 |
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Accounts |
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In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance
Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie
evidence of the matters to which they relate. |
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32.2 |
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Certificates and determinations |
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Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance
Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it
relates. |
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32.3 |
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Day count convention |
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Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day
and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days
or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance
with that market practice. |
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33. |
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PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
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If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality,
validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or
enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be
affected or impaired. |
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34. |
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REMEDIES AND WAIVERS |
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No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any
right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single
or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the
exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
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35. |
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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35.1 |
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Required consents |
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(a) |
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Subject to Clause 35.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or
waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such amendment
or waiver will be binding on all Parties. |
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(b) |
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The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by
this Clause. |
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35.2 |
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Exceptions |
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(a) |
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An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates to: |
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(i) |
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the definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions); |
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(ii) |
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an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents; |
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(iii) |
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a reduction in the Margin or the amount of any payment of principal,
interest, fees or commission payable; |
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(iv) |
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an increase in or extension of any Commitment; |
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(v) |
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a change to the Borrowers or Guarantors other than in accordance with Clause 25
(Changes to the Obligors); |
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(vi) |
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a change in the currency in which any Loan is to be made or repaid; |
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(vii) |
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any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders; |
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(viii) |
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Clause 2.2 (Lenders’ rights and obligations), Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders),
Clause 28 (Sharing among the Lenders), Clause 29 (Payment mechanics) or this Clause 35;
and |
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(ix) |
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the release of any Security created pursuant to any Security Document or of any
Charged Assets (except as provided in any Security Document), |
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shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders. |
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(b) |
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An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent, the Arranger
or the Security Agent may not be effected without the consent of the Agent, the Arranger or
the Security Agent. |
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(c) |
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If any Lender who is a Defaulting Lender fails to respond to a request for a consent, waiver,
amendment of or in relation to any of the terms of any Finance Document or other vote of
Lenders under the terms of this Agreement which requires the consent of all the Lenders within
15 Business Days (unless the Company and the Agent agree to a longer time period in relation
to any request) of that request being made, its Commitment and/or participation in the Loans
then outstanding shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments or
participations under the relevant Facility/ies when ascertaining whether the consent of all of
the Lenders has been obtained to approve that request. |
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36. |
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COUNTERPARTS |
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Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same
effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance
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SECTION 12
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
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GOVERNING LAW |
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This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it is
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Jurisdiction of English courts |
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The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to non-contractual obligations
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or a dispute regarding the existence,
validity or termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”). |
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The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts
to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary. |
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This Clause 38.1 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, no Finance
Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts
with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent
proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
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Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each
Additional Obligor (other than an Additional Obligor incorporated in England and Wales): |
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irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for service of process in relation
to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document;
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agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Additional Obligor
of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned. |
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The Company irrevocably and unconditionally accepts that appointment. |
THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
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Signatures
THE COMPANY
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By:
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Address:
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Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx |
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X0 0XX |
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Xxxxxxx] |
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Fax:
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Attention:
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Company Secretary |
THE ORIGINAL GUARANTORS
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By:
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XXXXX XXXXX |
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Address:
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Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx |
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Fax:
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Attention:
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Company Secretary |
THE AGENT
HSBC BANK PLC
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By:
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XXXX XXXXX |
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Address:
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0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Fax:
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Attention:
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Corporate Trust and Loan Agency |
THE SECURITY AGENT
HSBC CORPORATE TRUSTEE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED
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By:
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XXXXX XXXXXXXX |
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Address:
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0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Fax:
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x00 00 0000 0000 |
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Attention:
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CTLA Trustee Administration |
THE ORIGINAL LENDERS
HSBC BANK PLC
(In its capacity as Original Lender and Arranger)
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By:
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XXXX XXXXX |
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Address:
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0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX |
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Copy to:
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0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx X0 0XX |
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0000 000 0000 |
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Attention:
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Xxx Xxxxx |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
(In its capacity as Original Lender and Arranger)
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX |
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Address:
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000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX |
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Fax:
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x00 00 0000 0000 |
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Attention:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
(In its capacity as Original Lender)
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By:
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Address:
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Barclays Bank PLC, TMT Team, 0xx Xxxxx, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0XX |
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0000 000 0000 |
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Attention:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
BARCLAYS CAPITAL
(In its capacity as Arranger)
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0 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, X00 0XX |
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0000 000 000 |
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Attention: |
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CLYDESDALE BANK PLC (trading as YORKSHIRE BANK)
(In its capacity as Original Lender and Arranger)
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By:
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XXXXX XXXXXX |
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Address:
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Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx X0 0XX |
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Fax:
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0000 000 0000 |
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Attention:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
KFW IPEX-BANK GMBH LONDON BRANCH
(In its capacity as Original Lender and Arranger)
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By:
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XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXXX |
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Address:
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KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, London Branch, 29th Floor, 00 Xx Xxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Fax:
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x00 000 000 0000 |
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Attention:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |