WARBY PARKER INC. WARBY PARKER RETAIL, INC. CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 COMERICA BANK AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOKRUNNER
Exhibit 10.1
XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
WARBY XXXXXX RETAIL, INC.
CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
COMERICA BANK
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND
SOLE BOOKRUNNER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. | DEFINITIONS | 1 | |
1.1 | Certain Defined Terms | 1 | |
1.2 | Other Interpretive Provisions | 35 | |
1.3 | Rates | 36 | |
2. | REVOLVING CREDIT | 36 | |
2.1 | Commitment | 36 | |
2.2 | Accrual of Interest and Maturity; Evidence of Indebtedness | 37 | |
2.3 | Requests for and Refundings and Conversions of Advances | 38 | |
2.4 | Disbursement of Advances | 39 | |
2.5 | Swing Line | 41 | |
2.6 | Interest Payments; Default Interest | 45 | |
2.7 | Optional Prepayments | 46 | |
2.8 | Base Rate Advance in Absence of Election or Upon Default | 46 | |
2.9 | Revolving Credit Facility Fee | 47 | |
2.10 | Mandatory Repayment of Revolving Credit Advances | 47 | |
2.11 | Optional Reduction or Termination of Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment | 49 | |
2.12 | Optional Increase in Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment | 50 | |
2.13 | Use of Proceeds of Advances | 52 | |
3. | LETTERS OF CREDIT | 52 | |
3.1 | Letters of Credit | 52 | |
3.2 | Conditions to Issuance | 52 | |
3.3 | Notice | 54 | |
3.4 | Letter of Credit Fees; Increased Costs | 54 | |
3.5 | Other Fees | 55 | |
3.6 | Participation Interests in and Drawings and Demands for Payment Under Letters of Credit | 55 | |
3.7 | Obligations Irrevocable | 57 | |
3.8 | Risk Under Letters of Credit | 58 | |
3.9 | Exculpatory Provision | 59 | |
3.10 | Right of Reimbursement | 60 | |
4. | RESERVED | 60 | |
5. | CONDITIONS | 60 | |
5.1 | Conditions of Initial Advances | 60 | |
5.2 | Continuing Conditions | 63 | |
6. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 64 | |
6.1 | Corporate Authority | 64 |
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6.2 | Due Authorization | 64 | |
6.3 | Good Title; Leases; Assets; No Liens | 64 | |
6.4 | Taxes | 65 | |
6.5 | No Defaults | 65 | |
6.6 | Enforceability of Agreement and Loan Documents | 65 | |
6.7 | Compliance with Laws | 65 | |
6.8 | Non-contravention | 65 | |
6.9 | Litigation | 66 | |
6.10 | Consents, Approvals and Filings, Etc. | 66 | |
6.11 | [Reserved] | 66 | |
6.12 | No Investment Company or Margin Stock | 66 | |
6.13 | ERISA Compliance | 67 | |
6.14 | Conditions Affecting Business or Properties | 68 | |
6.15 | Environmental and Safety Matters | 68 | |
6.16 | Subsidiaries | 68 | |
6.17 | Management Agreements | 68 | |
6.18 | Material Contracts | 68 | |
6.19 | Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Tradenames, etc. | 69 | |
6.20 | Capital Structure | 69 | |
6.21 | Accuracy of Information; Beneficial Ownership | 69 | |
6.22 | Solvency | 70 | |
6.23 | Employee Matters | 70 | |
6.24 | No Misrepresentation | 70 | |
6.25 | Corporate Documents and Corporate Existence | 70 | |
6.26 | Anti-Money Laundering/Anti-Terrorism | 70 | |
6.27 | Affected Financial Institution | 70 | |
6.28 | Healthcare Investigations | 71 | |
6.29 | HIPAA/HITECH Compliance | 71 | |
6.30 | Program Compliance | 71 | |
6.31 | Licenses for Health Care Services | 71 | |
7. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 72 | |
7.1 | Financial Statements | 72 | |
7.2 | Certificates; Other Information | 72 | |
7.3 | Payment of Obligations | 73 | |
7.4 | Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Laws | 74 | |
7.5 | Maintenance of Property; Insurance | 74 | |
7.6 | Inspection of Property; Books and Records, Discussions | 75 | |
7.7 | Notices | 75 | |
7.8 | Hazardous Material Laws | 76 | |
7.9 | Financial Covenants | 77 | |
7.10 | Governmental and Other Approvals | 77 | |
7.11 | Compliance with ERISA | 77 | |
7.12 | Defense of Collateral | 77 | |
7.13 | Future Subsidiaries; Additional Collateral | 78 | |
7.14 | Accounts | 80 |
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7.15 | Use of Proceeds | 80 | |
7.16 | [Reserved] | 80 | |
7.17 | Further Assurances and Information | 80 | |
7.18 | Anti-Terrorism Laws | 81 | |
7.19 | Required Licenses | 81 | |
7.20 | Notices from Governmental Authorities | 82 | |
7.21 | Compliance with Healthcare Laws | 82 | |
7.22 | HIPAA/HITECH Compliance | 82 | |
7.23 | Healthcare Investigations | 83 | |
7.24 | Post-Closing | 83 | |
8. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 83 | |
8.1 | Limitation on Debt | 83 | |
8.2 | Limitation on Liens | 84 | |
8.3 | Acquisitions | 85 | |
8.4 | Limitation on Mergers, Dissolution or Sale of Assets | 85 | |
8.5 | Restricted Payments | 87 | |
8.6 | Limitation on Capital Expenditures | 87 | |
8.7 | Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances | 88 | |
8.8 | Transactions with Affiliates | 89 | |
8.9 | Sale-Leaseback Transactions | 89 | |
8.10 | Limitations on Other Restrictions | 90 | |
8.11 | Prepayment of Debt | 90 | |
8.12 | Amendment of Subordinated Debt Documents | 90 | |
8.13 | Modification of Certain Agreements | 90 | |
8.14 | Management Fees | 90 | |
8.15 | Fiscal Year | 90 | |
8.16 | Limitations with Respect to Required Licenses | 90 | |
9. | DEFAULTS | 91 | |
9.1 | Events of Default | 91 | |
9.2 | Exercise of Remedies | 93 | |
9.3 | Rights Cumulative | 93 | |
9.4 | Waiver by the Borrowers of Certain Laws | 94 | |
9.5 | Waiver of Defaults | 94 | |
9.6 | Set Off | 94 | |
10. | PAYMENTS, RECOVERIES AND COLLECTIONS | 95 | |
10.1 | Payments Generally | 95 | |
10.2 | Application of Proceeds of Collateral | 96 | |
10.3 | Pro-rata Recovery | 96 | |
10.4 | Treatment of a Defaulting Lender; Reallocation of Defaulting Lender’s Fronting Exposure | 96 | |
10.5 | Erroneous Payments | 98 | |
11. | YIELD PROTECTION; INCREASED COSTS; MARGIN ADJUSTMENTS; TAXES; UNAVAILABILITY; SUCCESSOR RATE DETERMINATION | 99 |
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11.1 | Reimbursement of Prepayment Costs | 99 | |
11.2 | Inability to Determine Rates | 99 | |
11.3 | BSBY Unavailability; Successor Rate Determination | 100 | |
11.4 | Illegality | 102 | |
11.5 | Increased Costs | 103 | |
11.6 | Capital Requirements | 103 | |
11.7 | Certificates for Reimbursement | 104 | |
11.8 | Margin Adjustment | 104 | |
11.9 | Delay in Requests | 105 | |
11.10 | Taxes | 105 | |
12. | AGENT | 108 | |
12.1 | Appointment of the Agent | 108 | |
12.2 | Deposit Account with the Agent or any Lender | 109 | |
12.3 | Scope of the Agent’s Duties | 109 | |
12.4 | Successor Agent | 110 | |
12.5 | Credit Decisions | 110 | |
12.6 | Authority of the Agent to Enforce This Agreement | 110 | |
12.7 | [Reserved] | 110 | |
12.8 | Knowledge of Default | 110 | |
12.9 | The Agent’s Authorization; Action by Lenders | 111 | |
12.10 | Enforcement Actions by the Agent | 111 | |
12.11 | Collateral Matters | 111 | |
12.12 | The Agents in their Individual Capacities | 112 | |
12.13 | The Agent’s Fees | 112 | |
12.14 | Documentation Agent or other Titles | 112 | |
12.15 | Subordination Agreements | 112 | |
12.16 | Indebtedness in respect of Cash Management Agreements and Hedging Agreements | 113 | |
12.17 | No Reliance on the Agent’s Customer Identification Program | 113 | |
12.18 | Flood Laws | 113 | |
12.19 | Lenders’ Representations and Certain Other Obligations | 114 | |
13. | MISCELLANEOUS | 114 | |
13.1 | Accounting Principles; Divisions | 114 | |
13.2 | Consent to Jurisdiction | 115 | |
13.3 | Governing Law | 115 | |
13.4 | Interest | 115 | |
13.5 | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 116 | |
13.6 | Notices | 117 | |
13.7 | Further Action | 118 | |
13.8 | Successors and Assigns; Participations; Assignments | 118 | |
13.9 | Counterparts | 121 | |
13.10 | Amendment and Waiver | 121 | |
13.11 | Confidentiality | 125 | |
13.12 | Mitigation Obligations; Substitution or Removal of Lenders | 126 | |
13.13 | [Reserved] | 127 |
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13.14 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL / JUDICIAL REFERENCE | 127 | |
13.15 | USA Patriot Act Notice | 130 | |
13.16 | Complete Agreement; Conflicts | 130 | |
13.17 | Severability | 130 | |
13.18 | Table of Contents and Headings; Section References | 130 | |
13.19 | Construction of Certain Provisions | 130 | |
13.20 | Independence of Covenants | 130 | |
13.21 | Electronic Transmissions | 131 | |
13.22 | Advertisements | 131 | |
13.23 | Reliance on and Survival of Provisions | 131 | |
13.24 | Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs | 132 | |
13.25 | Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 133 | |
13.26 | Joint and Several Liability | 133 |
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EXHIBITS
A FORM OF REQUEST FOR REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCE
B FORM OF REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
C FORM OF SWING LINE NOTE
D FORM OF REQUEST FOR SWING LINE ADVANCE
E FORM OF NOTICE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
F FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
G FORM OF COVENANT COMPLIANCE REPORT
H FORM OF SWING LINE PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE
I-1 FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
I-2 FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
I-3 FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
I-4 FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
J FORM OF NEW LENDER ADDENDUM
ANNEXES
I | Applicable Margin and Applicable Fee Percentages Grid |
II | Percentages and Allocations |
III | Notices |
IV | Existing Letters of Credit |
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 – Compliance Information
Schedule 1.1(a) – Affiliated Practice Entities
Schedule 5.1(c) – Jurisdictions
Schedule 6.3(b) – Borrowers’ Locations
Schedule 6.4 – Taxes
Schedule 6.7 – Compliance with Laws
Schedule 6.9 – Litigation
Schedule 6.10 – Governmental Approval
Schedule 6.16 – Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.17 – Management Agreements
Schedule 6.18 – Material Contracts
Schedule 6.19 – Trade Names
Schedule 6.20 – Capital Structure
Schedule 6.23 – Employee Matters
Schedule 8.1 – Existing Debt
Schedule 8.2 – Existing Liens
Schedule 8.7 – Existing Investments
Schedule 8.8 – Transactions with Affiliates
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This Credit Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of September 30, 2022 by and among the financial institutions from time to time signatory hereto (individually a “Lender,” and any and all such financial institutions collectively the “Lenders”), Comerica Bank, as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”), Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, and Warby Xxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as XXXX, Inc. (“Warby Parker”) and Warby Parker Retail, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Warby Retail” and together with Warby Parker and each other Person that becomes a borrower hereunder from time to time, the “Borrowers” and each, individually a “Borrower”).
RECITALS
A. The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders extend to them credit and letters of credit on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
B. The Lenders are prepared to extend such credit as aforesaid, but only on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants contained herein, the Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Agent agree as follows:
1. | DEFINITIONS. |
1.1 Certain Defined Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement the following terms will have the following meanings:
“Account(s)” shall mean any account or account receivable as defined under the UCC, including without limitation, with respect to any Person, any right of such Person to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered.
“Account Control Agreement(s)” shall mean those certain account control agreements, or similar agreements that are delivered pursuant to Section 7.14 of this Agreement or otherwise, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Account Debtor” shall mean the party who is obligated on or under any Account.
“Advance(s)” shall mean, as the context may indicate, a borrowing requested by a Borrower, and made by the Revolving Credit Lenders under Section 2.1 hereof or the Swing Line Lender under Section 2.5 hereof, including without limitation any readvance, refunding or conversion of such borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.5 hereof, and any advance deemed to have been made in respect of a Letter of Credit under Section 3.6(c) hereof, and shall include, as applicable, a BSBY Rate Advance, a Base Rate Advance and a Quoted Rate Advance.
“Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affected Lender” is defined in Section 13.12(b) hereof.
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“Affected Tenor” is defined in Section 11.2 hereof.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling (including but not limited to all directors and officers of such Person), controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person for the purposes of this definition if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power (i) to vote 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or managers of such other Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Affiliated Practice Entity” means, each Person identified on Schedule 1.1(a), and any other entity that provides professional medical services and to which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries provides management services, administrative services or other similar services pursuant to a Management Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Affiliated Practice Entities” shall not include independent doctors (or their practice entities) that only rent space to practice within Warby Xxxxxx stores.
“Agent” is defined in the preamble, and includes any successor agents appointed in accordance with Section 12.4 hereof.
“Agent’s Office” shall mean the Agent’s address, and as appropriate, account, as set forth on Xxxxx XXX, or such other address or account as the Agent may from time to time notify the Borrowers’ Representative and Lenders.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any laws relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering, corruption or bribery, and any regulation, order, or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such laws, all as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
“Applicable Fee Percentage” shall mean, as of any date of determination thereof, the applicable percentage used to calculate certain of the fees due and payable hereunder, determined by reference to the appropriate columns in the Applicable Margin and Applicable Fee Percentages Grid attached to this Agreement as Annex I, such Applicable Fee Percentage to be adjusted solely as specified in Section 11.8 hereof.
“Applicable Floor” shall mean (a) as such term is used in the definitions of “BSBY Rate” and “Successor Rate” (as defined in Section 11.3), zero percent (0.0%) per annum, and (b) as such term is used in the definition of “Base Rate”, one percent (1.0%) per annum.
“Applicable Interest Rate” shall mean, (i) with respect to each Revolving Credit Advance, the BSBY Rate or the Base Rate, plus, in each case, the Applicable Margin, and (ii) with respect to each Swing Line Advance, the Base Rate or, if made available to the Borrowers by the Swing Line Lender at its option, the Quoted Rate, plus, in each case, the Applicable Margin, in each case as selected by the Borrowers from time to time subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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“Applicable Margin” shall mean, as of any date of determination thereof, the applicable interest rate margin, determined by reference to the appropriate columns in the Applicable Margin and Applicable Fee Percentages Grid attached to this Agreement as Annex I, such Applicable Margin to be adjusted solely as specified in Section 11.8 hereof.
“Applicable Measuring Period” shall mean the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the applicable date of determination.
“Asset Sale” shall mean the sale, transfer or other disposition by any Credit Party of any asset (other than the sale or transfer of less than one hundred percent (100%) of the stock or other ownership interests of any Subsidiary) to any Person (other than to a Borrower or a Guarantor), excluding sales of assets permitted under Sections 8.4(a), (b), (f), (h) and (j).
“Assignment Agreement” shall mean an Assignment Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
“Authorized Signer” shall mean each person who has been authorized by a Borrower to execute and deliver any requests for Advances hereunder pursuant to a written authorization delivered to the Agent and whose signature card or incumbency certificate has been received by the Agent.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the BSBY Rate or any Successor Rate, as applicable, (x) if such rate is a term rate, any tenor for such rate (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement, and (y) under all other circumstances, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such rate (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such rate, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such rate that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 11.3(c).
“Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code and the rules promulgated thereunder.
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“Base Rate” shall mean for any day, that per annum rate of interest which is equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate for such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day, plus one percent (1.0%) per annum, (c) the BSBY Screen Rate for a one month tenor in effect on such day, plus one percent (1.0%) per annum, and (d) the Applicable Floor. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, or the BSBY Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, or the BSBY Rate, respectively.
“Base Rate Advance” shall mean any Advance which bears interest at the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” shall mean, initially, the BSBY Screen Rate; provided, that, if the BSBY Screen Rate or any successor thereof is subsequently replaced by a Successor Rate in accordance with 11.3, then “Benchmark” shall mean the applicable Successor Rate then in effect.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230, as amended from time to time.
“Borrowers” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrowers’ Representative” shall mean, initially, Warby Parker, or any other Borrower identified as the Borrowers' Representative in a written notice delivered to the Agent and signed by all Borrowers.
“BSBY” shall mean the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index rate.
“BSBY Administrator” shall mean Bloomberg Index Services Limited (or any successor administrator of BSBY).
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“BSBY Rate” shall mean, with respect to any BSBY Rate Advance for any applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the BSBY Screen Rate at or about 7:00 a.m. (Detroit, Michigan time) (or as soon thereafter as practical) as determined for such Interest Period, two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period for such BSBY Rate Advance; provided, that, except for a determination by Agent pursuant to Section 11.2 or Section 11.3 herein, if such rate is not published for any Business Day, then the “BSBY Rate” will be the BSBY Screen Rate for the first Business Day immediately prior thereto on which such rate is published, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next five decimal places and adjusted for any reserves that Agent is required to maintain with respect to the relevant Advances, all as determined by Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion; provided, further, that if the BSBY Rate would otherwise be less than the Applicable Floor, then the BSBY Rate shall be deemed to be the Applicable Floor.
“BSBY Rate Advance” shall mean any Advance which bears interest at the BSBY Rate or, if applicable, the Successor Rate.
“BSBY Screen Rate” means BSBY, as administered by the BSBY Administrator and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such rate as may be designated by Agent from time to time).
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which commercial banks are open for domestic and international business (including dealings in foreign exchange) in Detroit, Michigan and New York, New York.
“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, with respect to any Person (without duplication), the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a Capitalized Lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment, plant and property that should be capitalized under GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries, but excluding expenditures made in connection with the Reinvestment of Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or the Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales.
“Capitalized Lease” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) with respect to which the discounted present value of the rental obligations of such Person as lessee thereunder, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of that Person. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, for all purposes of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 7.9 and 8.6), “Capitalized Lease” shall be defined and determined without giving effect to any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the implementation of Financial Accounting Standards Board ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) and any interpretations thereof.
“Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement relating to any Lender Products entered into between one or more Borrower and any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in any applicable law, treaty, rule or regulation (whether domestic or foreign) now or hereafter in effect and whether or not applicable to any Lender or Agent on such date, or (ii) any change in interpretation, administration or implementation of any such law, treaty, rule or regulation by any Governmental Authority, or (iii) the issuance, making or implementation by any Governmental Authority of any interpretation, administration, request, regulation, guideline, or directive (whether or not having the force of law), including any risk-based capital guidelines; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) a change in law, treaty, rule, regulation, interpretation, administration or implementation shall include, without limitation, any change made or which becomes effective on the basis of a law, treaty, rule, regulation, interpretation administration or implementation then in force, the effective date of which change is delayed by the terms of such law, treaty, rule, regulation, interpretation, administration or implementation, (y) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (z) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
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“Change of Control” shall mean (a) any transaction or series of related transactions in which any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of a sufficient number of shares of all classes of Equity Interests then outstanding of Warby Parker ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of directors, empowering such “person” or “group” to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of Warby Parker, who did not have such power before such transaction, or (b) Warby Parker ceasing to own and control, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of all classes of Equity Interests of each other Borrower.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of the United States of America, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral” shall mean all property or rights in which a security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, lien or other encumbrance for the benefit of the Lenders is or has been granted or arises or has arisen, under or in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or otherwise to secure the Indebtedness.
“Collateral Access Agreement” shall mean an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its sole discretion, pursuant to which a mortgagee or lessor of real property on which Collateral is stored or otherwise located, or a warehouseman, processor or other bailee of inventory or other property owned by any Credit Party (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any HTO Inventory), that acknowledges the Liens under the Collateral Documents and subordinates or waives any Liens held by such Person on such property and, includes such other agreements with respect to the Collateral as the Agent may require in its sole discretion, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collateral Assignment of Management Agreement” shall mean an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable discretion, pursuant to which the Borrowers and Guarantors that are party to any Management Agreement assign (or reaffirm an assignment of) such Management Agreement in favor of the Agent, and includes such other agreements with respect to the Management Agreements as the Agent may require in its reasonable discretion, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collateral Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreements, the Mortgages, the Account Control Agreements, each Collateral Assignment of Management Agreement (if any), each Consent to Assignment (if any), the Collateral Access Agreements, and all other security documents (and any joinders thereto) executed by any Credit Party in favor of the Agent on or after the Effective Date, in connection with any of the foregoing collateral documents, in each case, as such collateral documents may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Comerica Bank” shall mean Comerica Bank, its successors or assigns.
“Commitments” shall mean the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment.
“Condemnation Proceeds” shall mean the cash proceeds received by any Credit Party in respect of any condemnation proceeding net of reasonable fees and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the collection thereof.
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“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of the BSBY Rate or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Successor Rate, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 11.2 or Section 11.3 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent in the exercise of its reasonable discretion decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent in the exercise of its reasonable discretion determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consent to Assignment” shall mean an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable discretion pursuant to which the parties to each Management Agreement acknowledge the Liens under the Collateral Documents and consent to the assignment of the Management Agreement in favor of the Agent, and includes such other agreements with respect to the Management Agreements as the Agent may require in its reasonable discretion, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Consolidated” (or “consolidated”) or “Consolidating” (or “consolidating”) shall mean, when used with reference to any financial term in this Agreement, the aggregate for two or more Persons of the amounts signified by such term for all such Persons determined on a consolidated (or consolidating) basis in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis. Unless otherwise specified herein, “Consolidated” and “Consolidating” shall refer to the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated or Consolidating basis.
“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any Applicable Measuring Period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) Consolidated Net Income of the Credit Parties for such Applicable Measuring Period, plus (b) in each case to the extent deducted in the calculation of the Consolidated Net Income of the Credit Parties and without duplication, (i) depreciation and amortization for such period, plus (ii) Income Taxes for such period, plus (iii) Consolidated Interest Expense paid during such period, plus (iv) non-cash stock compensation expense, including expense associated with equity awards (including but not limited to stock options and restricted stock units) or resulting from the sale of stock in Warby Xxxxxx, plus (v) non-cash rental expense relating to changes in Credit Parties’ deferred rent liabilities (provided however, for the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no add-back for cash rent expenses paid during such period), plus (vi) all non-cash charitable expenses (to be mutually agreed to by Agent and Borrowers during such period), plus (vii) any non-recurring costs directly related to directly attributable to the preparation for Xxxxx Xxxxxx’x Direct Listing and expenses incurred in connection with the cash tender offer completed in June 2021 acceptable to the Agent, plus (viii) all extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges including (1) restructuring and severance costs in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, (2) costs incurred in connection with the implementation of the Borrowers’ enterprise resources planning system in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, and (3) other customary and reasonable items as well as non-cash impairment charges (to be mutually agreed to by Agent and Borrowers during such period), and minus, (c) to the extent added in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, and without duplication, (i) any non-cash income or gains relating to changes to Borrowers’ deferred rent liabilities, plus (ii) all extraordinary and non-recurring revenue and gains outside of Borrowers’ normal course of business (including income tax benefits) for such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated Funded Debt” shall mean at any date, the aggregate amount of all Funded Debt of the Credit Parties at such date, determined on a Consolidated basis.
“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, without duplication, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Credit Parties, after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other proper charges, all determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but after eliminating therefrom all extraordinary nonrecurring items of income otherwise included therein and subject to any adjustment that shall be made to such calculation pursuant to Section 7.13(c) hereof.
“Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of Consolidated Funded Debt (excluding Subordinated Debt) as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measuring Period.
“Consolidated Senior Net Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of the amount of Consolidated Funded Debt (excluding Subordinated Debt) outstanding as of such date, minus the amount of unrestricted and unencumbered cash of the Credit Parties held in an account with Agent or any Lender in excess of $20,000,000, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measuring Period.
“Consolidated Total Interest Expense” shall mean with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate amount of interest required to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period on all Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries outstanding during all or any part of such period, whether such interest was or is required to be reflected as an item of expense or capitalized, including payments consisting of interest in respect of any Capitalized Lease or any synthetic lease, and including commitment fees, agency fees, facility fees, balance deficiency fees and similar fees or expenses in connection with the borrowing of money.
“Contractual Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any material agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
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“Covenant Compliance Report” shall mean the report to be furnished by the Borrowers to the Agent pursuant to Section 7.2(a) hereof, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers, in which report the Borrowers shall set forth the information specified therein and which shall include a statement of then applicable level for the Applicable Margin and Applicable Fee Percentages as specified in Annex I attached to this Agreement.
“Covered Entity” shall mean (a) each Credit Party, any other Persons that guaranty the Indebtedness and/or pledge collateral to secure the Indebtedness, (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of a Person described in clause (a) above, and (c) all brokers or other agents of any Credit Party acting in any capacity in connection with this Agreement. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of equity interests, contract or otherwise.
“Credit Parties” shall mean the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, and “Credit Party” shall mean any one of them, as the context indicates or otherwise requires.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided that if the Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Agent, then the Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debt” shall mean as to any Person, without duplication (a) all Funded Debt of a Person, (b) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person, (d) all indebtedness of such Person arising in connection with any Hedging Transaction entered into by such Person, (e) all recourse Debt of any partnership of which such Person is the general partner, and (f) any Off Balance Sheet Liabilities.
“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” shall mean any event that with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement.
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“Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Advances within two (2) Business Days of the date such Advances were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Agent and the Borrowers in writing that such failure is the result of such Xxxxxx’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Agent, any Issuing Lender, any Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Advances) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrowers, the Agent or any Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement is based on such Xxxxxx’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) has not been satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing to the Agent and the Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority, so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Lender, each Swing Line Lender and each Lender.
“Default Rate” shall mean (before as well as after judgment) (a) when used with respect to any Indebtedness other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Base Rate Advances plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to any BSBY Rate Advance (and subject to Sections 2.8 and 4.5), the Default Rate shall be an interest rate per annum equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Advance plus 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Fee Percentage plus 2% per annum; in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
“Distribution” is defined in Section 8.5 hereof.
“Dividing Person” is defined in the definition of “Division”.
“Division” shall mean the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
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“Division Successor” shall mean any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of a Borrower incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state or other political subdivision thereof or which is considered to be a “disregarded entity” for United States federal income tax purposes and which is not a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined under Section 957 of the Code, in each case provided such Subsidiary is owned by such Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary of such Borrower, and “Domestic Subsidiaries” shall mean any or all of them.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” shall mean the first date on which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 have been satisfied.
“Electronic Transmission” shall mean each document, instruction, authorization, file, information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System or other equivalent service.
“Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) any Person (other than a natural person) that is or will be engaged in the business of making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business, provided that such Person is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender; or (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by the (i) the Agent (and in the case of an assignment of a commitment under the Revolving Credit, the Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender), and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless the Borrowers shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; provided further that (x) notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrowers or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries; and (y) no assignment shall be made to a Defaulting Lender (or any Person who would be a Defaulting Lender if such Person was a Lender hereunder) without the consent of the Agent, and in the case of an assignment of a commitment under the Revolving Credit, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender.
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“Employee Benefit Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and any other material employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, in any case, maintained for employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or with respect to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees or with respect to which the Borrower has any liability.
“Employee Pension Benefit Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(2) of ERISA.
“Environmental Liability” shall mean any liability or obligation of any Person, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), directly or indirectly, resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Hazardous Materials Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, disposal or permitting or arranging for the disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interest” shall mean (i) in the case of any corporation, all capital stock and any securities exchangeable for or convertible into capital stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents of corporate stock (however designated) in or to such association or entity, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, the issuing Person, and including, in all of the foregoing cases described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), any warrants, rights or other options to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the interests described in any of the foregoing cases.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended or modified, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA).
“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the failure by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to meet all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules or the filing of an application for the waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules; (c) the incurrence by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA or a cessation of operations with respect to a Pension Plan within the meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent (within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA); (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan under, or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under, Section 4041 of ERISA; (f) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (g) any event or condition that constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (h) the determination that any Pension Plan is in at-risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA) or that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA); (i) the imposition or incurrence of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (j) the engagement by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (k) the imposition of a lien upon any Borrower pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA; or (l) the making of an amendment to a Pension Plan that could result in the posting of bond or security under Section 436(f)(1) of the Code.
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“Erroneous Payments” is defined in Section 10.5 hereof.
“E-System” shall mean any electronic system and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated, hosted or utilized by the Agent, any of its Affiliates or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” shall mean each of the Events of Default specified in Section 9.1 hereof.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation of any Credit Party to any Lender with respect to a “swap,” as defined in Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”), if and to the extent that such Credit Party’s guaranteeing of, or granting of a security interest or lien to secure, such swap obligation, is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof), by virtue of such Credit Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant,” as defined in Section 1a(18) of the CEA and the regulations thereunder, at the time such guarantee or such security interest grant becomes effective with respect to such swap obligation. If any such swap obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, the foregoing exclusion shall apply only to those swap obligations that are attributable to swaps in respect of which such Credit Party’s guaranteeing of, or granting of a security interest or lien to secure, such swaps is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in an Advance or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Advance or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by any Borrower under Section 13.12(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 11.10, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 11.10 and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
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“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean those letters of credit described on Xxxxx XX.
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent, all as conclusively determined by the Agent, such sum to be rounded upward, if necessary, in the discretion of the Agent, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100th of 1%; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than 0%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0% for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” shall mean the fee letter by and between Borrowers’ Representative and Comerica Bank dated as of July 12, 2022 relating to the Indebtedness hereunder, as amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Fees” shall mean the Revolving Credit Facility Fee, the Letter of Credit Fees and the other fees and charges (including any agency fees) payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the Agent hereunder or under the Fee Letter.
“Fiscal Year” shall mean the twelve-month period ending on each December 31.
“Flood Hazard Zone” shall mean an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mudslide hazards.
“Flood Laws” shall mean collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
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“Foreign Lender” shall mean (a) if a Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if a Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party with respect to employees employed outside the United States (other than any governmental arrangement).
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary, other than a Domestic Subsidiary, and “Foreign Subsidiaries” shall mean any or all of them.
“Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of outstanding Swing Line Advances made by the Swing Line Lender.
“Funded Debt” of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services as of such date (other than operating leases and trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices) or which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (b) the principal component of all obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases, (c) all reimbursement obligations (actual, contingent or otherwise) of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances or similar obligations issued or created for the account of such Person, (d) all liabilities of the type described in (a), (b) and (c) above that are secured by any Liens on any property owned by such Person as of such date even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, the amount of which is determined in accordance with GAAP; provided however that so long as such Person is not personally liable for any such liability, the amount of such liability shall be deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value at such date of the property subject to the Lien securing such liability and the amount of the liability secured, and (e) all Guarantee Obligations in respect of any liability which constitutes Funded Debt; provided, however that Funded Debt shall not include any indebtedness under any Hedging Transaction prior to the occurrence of a termination event with respect thereto.
“GAAP” shall mean, subject to Section 13.1(a), as of any applicable date of determination, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as applicable on such date, consistently applied, as in effect from time to time in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including without limitation any supranational bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
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“Governmental Obligations” shall mean noncallable direct general obligations of the United States of America or obligations the payment of principal of and interest on which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America.
“Guarantee Obligation” shall mean as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”) any obligation of the guaranteeing Person in respect of any obligation of another Person (the “primary obligor”) (including, without limitation, any bank under any letter of credit), the creation of which was induced by a reimbursement agreement, guaranty agreement, keepwell agreement, purchase agreement, counterindemnity or similar obligation issued by the guaranteeing person, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Debt, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of the primary obligor in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the applicable Person in good faith.
“Governmental Requirements” shall mean all statutes, codes, ordinances, directives, decrees, rules, regulations, orders or other laws (including without limit Healthcare Laws) of any Governmental Authority applicable to any Credit Party, any of the Indebtedness or any Collateral.
“Guarantor(s)” shall mean each Subsidiary of a Borrower which has executed and delivered to the Agent a Guaranty (or a joinder to a Guaranty), and a Security Agreement (or a joinder to the Security Agreement); provided, however, WPCA Holdings, Inc. and WPVA Real Estate LLC shall not be “Guarantors”.
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“Guaranty” shall mean, collectively, the guaranty agreements executed and delivered by the applicable Guarantors on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof and those guaranty agreements executed and delivered from time to time after the Effective Date (whether by execution of joinder agreements or otherwise) pursuant to Section 7.13 hereof or otherwise, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Hazardous Material” shall mean any hazardous or toxic waste, substance or material defined or regulated as such in or for purposes of the Hazardous Material Laws.
“Hazardous Material Law(s)” shall mean all laws, codes, ordinances, rules, regulations and other governmental restrictions and requirements issued by any federal, state, local or other governmental or quasi-Governmental Authority or body (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof) pertaining to any substance or material which is regulated for reasons of health, safety or the environment and which is present or alleged to be present on or about or used in any facilities owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party, or any portion thereof including, without limitation, those relating to soil, surface, subsurface ground water conditions and the condition of the indoor and outdoor ambient air; any so-called “superfund” or “superlien” law; and any other United States federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, any Hazardous Material, as now or at any time during the term of the Agreement in effect.
“Healthcare Investigation” shall mean any inquiry, investigation, probe, audit, inspection, or proceeding by any Governmental Authority concerning the business affairs, practices, licensure, registration, quality of care, or reimbursement entitlements concerning any of the Credit Parties or any Affiliated Practice Entity and includes any preliminary notices of intent to initiate a Healthcare Investigation, audit engagement letters, requests for the production of records, search and arrest warrant, subpoena, written discovery request, or civil investigative demands.
“Healthcare Laws” shall mean any and all applicable Requirements of Law relating to any Credit Party’s or any Affiliated Practice Entity’s operations and the Healthcare Services provided by any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity, including the attendant marketing, patient healthcare, patient healthcare information, patient abuse, the quality and adequacy of medical care, rate setting, equipment, personnel, operating policies, fee splitting, including, without limitation, (a) all federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(6)), the Xxxxx Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), and the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), (b) HIPAA/HITECH, (c) Medicare, (d) Medicaid, (e) quality of medical care and accreditation standards and requirements of all applicable state laws or regulatory bodies, (f) the practice of medicine and other health care professions or the organization of medical or professional entities, including without limitation all applicable state corporate practice of medicine requirements, and (g) any and all other applicable health care laws and regulations, including manual provisions, published policies and published administrative guidance, in each case, that have the force of law, each of (a) through (g) as it may be amended from time to time.
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“Healthcare Services” shall mean providing community-based medical screening and health and wellness services in the United States of America, including (i) providing health screening services directly to individual consumers at screening events, through live, in-person events or through the use of technological services, (ii) facilitating clinical trials and research, including recruiting study candidates, (iii) offering a fully-reimbursed health and wellness service to Medicare-eligible consumers, and/or (iv) any business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary to such services.
“Hedging Agreement” shall mean any agreement relating to a Hedging Transaction entered into between the Borrowers and any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Hedging Transaction” shall mean each interest rate swap transaction, basis swap transaction, forward rate transaction, equity transaction, equity index transaction, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions and any combination of any of the foregoing).
“HIPAA/HITECH” shall mean individually or collectively, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, commonly referred to as “HIPAA”, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, commonly referred to as “HITECH”, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto, and any and all rules or regulations promulgated from time to time thereunder.
“HIPAA/HITECH Compliance Date” is defined in the definition of HIPAA/HITECH Compliant.
“HIPAA/HITECH Compliance Plan” is defined in Section 7.22.
“HIPAA/HITECH Compliant” shall mean with respect to any Person, such Person (i) is or will be in compliance in all material respects with each of the applicable requirements of the “Administrative Simplification” provisions of HIPAA/HITECH on and as of each date that any part thereof, or any final rule or regulation thereunder, becomes effective in accordance with it or their terms, as the case may be (each such date, a “HIPAA/HITECH Compliance Date”) and (y) is not and could not reasonably be expected to become, as of any date following any such HIPAA/HITECH Compliance Date, the subject of any civil or criminal penalty, process, claim, action or proceeding, or any administrative or other regulatory review, survey, process or proceeding (other than routine surveys or reviews conducted by any government health plan or other accreditation entity) that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in connection with any actual or potential violation by such Person of the then effective provisions of HIPAA/HITECH.
“HTO Inventory” shall mean Inventory shipped to a Borrower’s customers for a period not to exceed 180 days under its “home-try-on” program in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, including Borrowers holding the unqualified right to charge a valid customer credit card for the purchase price for such Inventory if it is not returned as required under such program.
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“Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary that, as of the date of the financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Sections 7.1(a) or (b), (a) generates annual revenue less than 5.0% of the consolidated annual revenue of the Credit Parties or (b) owns assets the book value of which is less than 5.0% of the consolidated book value of the total assets of the Credit Parties; provided, that (i) no Subsidiary shall be an Immaterial Subsidiary if the consolidated total assets or consolidated revenue of such Subsidiary, taken together with the consolidated total assets and consolidated revenue of all other Subsidiaries that are Immaterial Subsidiaries at such time exceeds 10.0% of consolidated total assets or consolidated revenue, as the case may be, of the Credit Parties, (ii) no Borrower shall be an Immaterial Subsidiary by operation of this definition, (iii) no Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall be an Immaterial Subsidiary by operation of this definition without the prior written consent of the Agent, (iv) no Immaterial Subsidiary may hold Equity Interests in any Credit Party and (v) no Immaterial Subsidiary may hold any material Intellectual Property or other material assets.
“Income Taxes” shall mean for any period the aggregate amount of taxes based on income or profits for such period with respect to the operations of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all corporate franchise, capital stock, net worth and value-added taxes assessed by state and local governments) determined in accordance with GAAP on a Consolidated basis (to the extent such income and profits were included in computing Consolidated Net Income).
“Indebtedness” shall mean all indebtedness and liabilities (including without limitation principal, interest (including without limitation interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document after an applicable maturity date and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Credit Parties whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees, expenses and other charges) arising under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, any Cash Management Agreement or any Hedging Agreement, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, of any Credit Party to any of the Lenders or Affiliates thereof or to the Agent, in any manner and at any time, whether due or hereafter to become due, now owing or that may hereafter be incurred by any Credit Party to any of the Lenders or Affiliates thereof or to the Agent, and which shall be deemed to include protective advances made by the Agent with respect to the Collateral under or pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, in each case whether or not reduced to judgment, with interest according to the rates and terms specified, and any and all consolidations, amendments, renewals, replacements, substitutions or extensions of any of the foregoing; provided, however that for purposes of calculating the Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, any Cash Management Agreement or any Hedging Agreement, the direct and indirect and absolute and contingent obligations of the Credit Parties (whether direct or contingent) shall be determined without duplication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” shall not be deemed to include any Excluded Swap Obligation.
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
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“Indemnitee” is defined in Section 13.5(b) hereof.
“Initial Reinvestment Period” shall mean a 180-day period during which Reinvestment must be commenced under Section 2.10(b) and (d) of this Agreement.
“Insurance Proceeds” shall mean the cash proceeds received by any Credit Party from any insurer in respect of any damage or destruction of any property or asset net of reasonable fees and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred solely in connection with the recovery thereof.
“Intercompany Note” shall mean any promissory note issued or to be issued by any Credit Party to evidence an intercompany loan in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Base Rate Advance, the first day of each calendar quarter and the applicable Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any BSBY Rate Advance, the last day of each Interest Period therefor and the applicable Maturity Date and, in the case of any Interest Period of more than three months’ duration (if applicable), each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at three month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and the applicable Maturity Date, and (c) with respect to any Quoted Rate Advance, the last day of each Interest Period therefor and the applicable Maturity Date, and, in the case of any Interest Period of more than three months’ duration (if applicable), each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at three month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and the applicable Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” shall mean (a) with respect to a BSBY Rate Advance, an interest period of one or three months (or, with the consent of all affected Lenders, any shorter or longer periods (in each case subject to availability thereof) as selected by the Borrowers in any request for, conversion to, or continuation of, such BSBY Rate Advance, and (b) with respect to a Swing Line Advance carried at the Quoted Rate, an interest period of 30 days (or any lesser number of days agreed to in advance by the Borrowers, the Agent and the Swing Line Lender); provided, however, in each case, that (i) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, except that as to an Interest Period in respect of a BSBY Rate Advance, if the next succeeding Business Day falls in another calendar month, such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) when an Interest Period in respect of a BSBY Rate Advance begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day which has no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month during which such Interest Period is to end), it shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month during which such Interest Period ends, (iii) no Interest Period in respect of any Advance shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and (iv) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 11.3(c) shall be available for election in any Request for Advance.
“Inventory” shall mean any inventory as defined under the UCC.
“Investment” shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, (a) any loan, investment or advance made by such Person to any other Person (including, without limitation, any Guarantee Obligation) in respect of any Equity Interest, Debt, obligation or liability of such other Person and (b) any other investment made by such Person (however acquired) in Equity Interests in any other Person, including, without limitation, any investment made in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interest of such Person and any investment made as a capital contribution to such other Person.
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“Issuing Lender” shall mean Comerica Bank in its capacity as issuer of one or more Letters of Credit hereunder, or another Lender designated as its successor by the Borrowers and the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Issuing Office” shall mean such office as Issuing Lender shall designate as its Issuing Office.
“Lender Products” shall mean any one or more of the following types of services or facilities extended to the Credit Parties by any Lender: (i) credit cards, (ii) credit card processing services, (iii) debit cards, (iv) purchase cards, (v) Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions, (vi) cash management, including controlled disbursement services, and (vii) establishing and maintaining deposit accounts.
“Lenders” is defined in the preamble, and shall include the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and any assignee which becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 13.8 hereof.
“Letter of Credit Agreement” shall mean, collectively, the letter of credit application and related documentation executed and/or delivered by the Borrowers in respect of each Letter of Credit, in each case satisfactory to the Issuing Lender, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Letter of Credit Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.7(a) hereof.
“Letter of Credit Fees” shall mean the fees payable in connection with Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3.4(a) and (b) hereof.
“Letter of Credit Maximum Amount” shall mean Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000).
“Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean at any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding, and (b) the aggregate amount of Reimbursement Obligations which remain unpaid as of such date.
“Letter of Credit Payment” shall mean any amount paid or required to be paid by the Issuing Lender in its capacity hereunder as issuer of a Letter of Credit as a result of a draft or other demand for payment under any Letter of Credit.
“Letter(s) of Credit” shall mean any standby letters of credit issued by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx at the request of or for the account of the Borrowers pursuant to Section 3 hereof. “Letters of Credit” hereunder shall be deemed to include the Existing Letters of Credit.
“Lien” shall mean any security interest in or lien on or against any property arising from any pledge, assignment, hypothecation, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, deposit arrangement, trust receipt, conditional sale or title retaining contract, sale and leaseback transaction, Capitalized Lease, consignment or bailment for security, or any other type of lien, charge, encumbrance, title exception, preferential or priority arrangement affecting property (including with respect to stock, any stockholder agreements, voting rights agreements, buy-back agreements and all similar arrangements), whether based on common law or statute.
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“Loan Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes (if issued), the Letter of Credit Agreements, the Letters of Credit, the Guaranty, the Subordination Agreements, the Collateral Documents, and any other documents, certificates or agreements that are executed and required to be delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing documents, as such documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither any Cash Management Agreement nor any Hedging Agreement shall be deemed to be a Loan Document.
“Majority Lenders” shall mean at any time, Lenders holding more than 50.0% of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment (or, if the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment has been terminated (whether by maturity, acceleration or otherwise), the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Credit); provided that, for purposes of determining Majority Lenders hereunder, the Letter of Credit Obligations and principal amount outstanding under the Swing Line shall be allocated among the Revolving Credit Lenders based on their respective Revolving Credit Percentages; provided further that so long as there are fewer than three Lenders, considering any Lender and its Affiliates as a single Lender, “Majority Lenders” shall mean all Lenders. The Commitments of, and portion of the Indebtedness attributable to, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of “Majority Lenders”; provided that the amount of any participation in any Swing Line Advance and any Letter of Credit Obligations that a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swing Line Lender or Issuing Lender, as the case may be, in making a determination under this definition.
“Management Agreement” shall mean each management services agreement, deficit funding loan agreement, administrative services agreement, or similar agreement by and between an Affiliated Practice Entity and a Borrower, pursuant to which Borrower, as applicable, provides management or administrative services to such Affiliated Practice Entity.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), business, performance, operations, or properties of the Credit Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes (if issued) or any other Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the Notes (if issued) or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder, or (d) a material impairment in the perfection, value or priority of the Liens established under the Collateral Documents.
“Material Contract” shall mean any agreement or contract the loss of which could be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that Material Contracts shall not be deemed to include any Pension Plans, collective bargaining agreements, or casualty or liability or other insurance policies maintained in the ordinary course of business.
“Maturity Date” shall mean the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
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“Medicaid” shall mean collectively, the healthcare assistance program established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 et seq.) and any statutes succeeding thereto, and all laws, rules, regulations, manuals, orders, guidelines or requirements (whether or not having the force of law) pertaining to such program, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Medicare” shall mean, collectively, the health insurance program for the aged and disabled established by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 et seq.) and any statutes succeeding thereto, and all laws, rules, regulations, manuals, orders or guidelines (whether or not having the force of law) pertaining to such program, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“XXXX Event” shall mean, if there are any Mortgaged Properties at such time, any increase, extension or renewal of any of the Commitments or Advances (excluding (i) any continuation or conversion of Advances, (ii) the making of any Advance or (iii) the issuance, renewal or extension of Letters of Credit).
“Mortgages” shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust and any other similar documents related thereto or required thereby executed and delivered by a Credit Party on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, if any, and executed and delivered after the Effective Date by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 7.13 hereof or otherwise, and “Mortgage” shall mean any such document, as such documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mortgaged Property” shall mean the real properties from time to time subject to a Mortgage.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, during the preceding five plan years has made or been obligated to make contributions, or has any liability.
“Multiple Employer Plan” shall mean an Employee Pension Benefit Plan with respect to which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is a contributing sponsor, and that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“Net Cash” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to (a) Borrowers’ and Guarantors’ unrestricted and unencumbered cash on deposit with Agent or any Lender, minus (b) the aggregate outstanding amount of the Advances (including amounts outstanding under the Swing Line and Letter of Credit sublimits under the Revolving Credit) on such date.
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean the aggregate cash payments received by any Credit Party from any Asset Sale, the issuance of Equity Interests or the issuance of Subordinated Debt, as the case may be, net of the ordinary and customary direct costs incurred in connection with such sale or issuance, as the case may be, such as legal, accounting and investment banking fees, sales commissions, and other third party charges, and net of property taxes, transfer taxes and any other taxes paid or payable by such Credit Party in respect of any sale or issuance.
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“New Lender Addendum” shall mean an addendum substantially in the form of Exhibit J attached hereto, to be executed and delivered by any Lender becoming a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof.
“New Revolving Credit Lender(s)” is defined in Section 2.12(b) hereof.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender that is not, as of the date of relevance, a Defaulting Lender.
“Notes” shall mean the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swing Line Note.
“OFAC” shall mean The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Off Balance Sheet Liability(ies)” of a Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivables sold by such Person, (ii) any liability under any sale and leaseback transaction which is not a Capitalized Lease, (iii) any liability under any so-called “synthetic lease” transaction entered into by such Person, or (iv) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of Debt or any of the liabilities set forth in subsections (i)-(iii) of this definition, but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person.
“Optional Increase Amount” shall mean Seventy Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000).
“Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 13.12(b)).
“Paid in Full” or “Payment in Full” shall mean (i) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all outstanding Advances and Reimbursement Obligations, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (ii) the termination, expiration, or cancellation and return of all outstanding Letters of Credit (or alternatively, with respect to each such Letter of Credit, the furnishing to the Agent of a cash deposit, or at the discretion of the Agent a back up standby letter of credit satisfactory to the Agent and the Issuing Lender, in an amount equal to 105% of the Letter of Credit Obligations as of the date of such payment), (iii) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the accrued and unpaid fees, (iv) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all reimbursable expenses and other Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations or expense reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted and other obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination of this Agreement), together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (v) the termination of all Commitments, and (vi) the termination of the Hedging Agreements and Cash Management Agreements or entering into other arrangements satisfactory to the Lenders or their affiliates that are counterparties thereto.
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“Participant Register” is defined in Section 13.8(f).
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Funding Rules” shall mean the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum funding standards and minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans and set forth in Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” shall mean any Employee Pension Benefit Plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan, but excluding a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.
“Percentage” shall mean the Revolving Credit Percentage.
“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.
“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by any Borrower or any Guarantor of all or substantially all of the assets of another Person, or of a division or line of business of another Person, or any Equity Interests of another Person which satisfies and/or is conducted in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Such acquisition is of a business or Person engaged in a line of business which is compatible with, or complementary to, the business of such Borrower or such Guarantor;
(b) If such acquisition is structured as an acquisition of the Equity Interests of any Person, then the Person so acquired shall (X) become a wholly-owned direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a Borrower or of a Guarantor and the applicable Borrower or the applicable Guarantor shall cause such acquired Person to comply with Section 7.13 hereof or (Y) provided that the Credit Parties continue to comply with Section 7.4(a) hereof, be merged with and into such Borrower or such Guarantor (and, in the case of a Borrower, with such Borrower being the surviving entity);
(c) If such acquisition is structured as the acquisition of assets, such assets shall be acquired directly by the Borrowers or any of them or a Guarantor (subject to compliance with Section 7.4(a) hereof);
(d) The applicable Borrowers shall have delivered to the Agent not less than ten (10) (or such shorter period of time agreed to by the Agent) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of such acquisition, notice of such acquisition together with Pro Forma Projected Financial Information, copies of all material documents relating to such acquisition (including the acquisition agreement and any related document), and historical financial information (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flows) covering at least three (3) complete Fiscal Years of the acquisition target, if available, prior to the effective date of the acquisition or the entire credit history of the acquisition target, whichever period is shorter, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
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(e) Both immediately before and after the consummation of such acquisition and after giving effect to the Pro Forma Projected Financial Information, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(f) The Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence showing that the business or Person being acquired has positive EBITDA;
(g) The Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence showing that on and immediately after the date such acquisition is consummated (and taking into account any Advances or Letters of Credit to be made or issued, as the case may be, in connection with the proposed acquisition), (i) the Credit Parties are in compliance with any of the covenants set forth in Section 7.9 hereof on a pro forma basis, (ii) the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio of the Credit Parties is not greater than 3.00 to 1.00, as determined on a pro forma basis, and (iii) the Net Cash of the Borrowers and Guarantors is at least $20,000,000, as determined on a pro forma basis.
(h) The board of directors (or other Person(s) exercising similar functions) of the seller of the assets or issuer of the Equity Interests being acquired shall not have disapproved such transaction or recommended that such transaction be disapproved;
(i) All governmental, quasi-governmental, agency, regulatory or similar licenses, authorizations, exemptions, qualifications, consents and approvals necessary under any laws applicable to such Borrower or such Guarantor making the acquisition, or the acquisition target (if applicable) for or in connection with the proposed acquisition and all necessary non-governmental and other third-party approvals which, in each case, are material to such acquisition shall have been obtained, and all necessary or appropriate declarations, registrations or other filings with any court, governmental or regulatory authority, securities exchange or any other Person, which in each case, are material to the consummation of such acquisition or to the acquisition target, if applicable, have been made, and evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent shall have been delivered, or caused to have been delivered, by such Borrower to the Agent;
(j) There shall be no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party threatened against or affecting the acquisition target in any court or before or by any governmental department, agency or instrumentality, which could reasonably be expected to be decided adversely to the acquisition target and which, if decided adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties or financial condition of the acquisition target and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or would materially adversely affect the ability of the acquisition target to enter into or perform its obligations in connection with the proposed acquisition, nor shall there be any actions, suits, or proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of any Credit Party threatened against the Credit Party that is making the acquisition which would materially adversely affect the ability of such Credit Party to enter into or perform its obligations in connection with the proposed acquisition; and
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(k) The purchase price of such proposed new acquisition, computed on the basis of total acquisition consideration paid or incurred, or required to be paid or incurred, with respect thereto, including the amount of Debt (such Debt being otherwise permitted under this Agreement) assumed or to which such assets, businesses or business or Equity Interests, or any Person so acquired is subject and including any portion of the purchase price allocated to any non-compete agreements, (X) when added to the purchase price for each other acquisition consummated hereunder as a Permitted Acquisition during the same Fiscal Year as the applicable acquisition (not including acquisitions specifically consented to which fall outside of the terms of this definition), does not exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) and (Y) when added to the purchase price for each other acquisition consummated hereunder as a Permitted Acquisition during the term of this agreement (not including acquisitions specifically consented to which fall outside the terms of this definition), does not exceed One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000).
“Permitted Investments” shall mean with respect to any Person:
(a) Governmental Obligations;
(b) Obligations of a state or commonwealth of the United States or the obligations of the District of Columbia or any possession of the United States, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, which are described in Section 103(a) of the Code and are graded in any of the highest three (3) major grades as determined by at least one Rating Agency; or secured, as to payments of principal and interest, by a letter of credit provided by a financial institution or insurance provided by a bond insurance company which in each case is itself or its debt is rated in one of the highest three (3) major grades as determined by at least one Rating Agency;
(c) Banker’s acceptances, commercial accounts, demand deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, other time deposits or depository receipts issued by or maintained with any Lender or any Affiliate thereof, or any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank or other financial institution whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and whose reported capital and surplus equal at least $250,000,000, provided that such minimum capital and surplus requirement shall not apply to demand deposit accounts maintained by any Credit Party in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Commercial paper rated at the time of purchase within the two highest classifications established by not less than two Rating Agencies, and which matures within 270 days after the date of issue;
(e) Secured repurchase agreements against obligations itemized in clause (a) above, and executed by a bank or trust company or by members of the association of primary dealers or other recognized dealers in United States government securities, the market value of which must be maintained at levels at least equal to the amounts advanced; and
(f) Any fund or other pooling arrangement which exclusively purchases and holds the investments itemized in (a) through (e) above.
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“Permitted Liens” shall mean with respect to any Person:
(a) Liens for (i) taxes or governmental assessments or charges or (ii) customs duties in connection with the importation of goods to the extent such Liens attach to the imported goods that are the subject of the duties, in each case (x) to the extent not yet due, (y) as to which the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or (z) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that in the case of any such contest, any proceedings for the enforcement of such liens have been suspended and adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in conformity with GAAP;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, processor’s, landlord’s liens or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that in the case of any such contest, (x) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens have been suspended and (y) appropriate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person as may be required by GAAP;
(c) (i) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of statutory obligations arising in connection with progress payments or advance payments due under contracts with the United States government or any agency thereof entered into in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of statutory obligations (not otherwise permitted under subsection (g) of this definition), bids, leases, fee and expense arrangements with trustees and fiscal agents, trade contracts, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, any lease-purchase arrangements or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property), provided, that in each case full provision for the payment of all such obligations has been made on the books of such Person as may be required by GAAP;
(d) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.1(g);
(e) minor survey exceptions or minor encumbrances, easements or reservations, or rights of others for rights-of-way, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties, or any interest of any lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease or license permitted hereunder which, in each case, does not materially interfere with the business of such Person;
(f) Liens arising in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and social security benefits and similar statutory obligations (excluding Liens arising under ERISA), provided that no enforcement proceedings in respect of such Liens are pending and provisions have been made for the payment of such liens on the books of such Person as may be required by GAAP;
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(g) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business provided that such matters do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, and (ii) secure any Debt; and
(h) continuations of Liens that are permitted under subsections (a)-(g) hereof, provided such continuations do not violate the specific time periods set forth in subsections (b) and (d) and provided further that such Liens do not extend to any additional property or assets of any Credit Party or secure any additional obligations of any Credit Party.
Regardless of the language set forth in this definition, and except with respect to Warby Parker, no Lien over the Equity Interests of any Credit Party granted to any Person other than to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be deemed a “Permitted Lien” under the terms of this Agreement.
“Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated organization, joint venture, joint stock company, firm or association or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.
“Pledge Agreement(s)” shall mean any pledge agreement executed and delivered by a Credit Party on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, if any, and executed and delivered from time to time after the Effective Date by any Credit Party pursuant to Section 7.13 hereof or otherwise, and any agreements, instruments or documents related thereto, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Prime Rate” shall mean the per annum rate of interest announced by the Agent, at its main office from time to time as its “prime rate” (it being acknowledged that such announced rate may not necessarily be the lowest rate charged by the Agent to any of its customers), which Prime Rate shall change simultaneously with any change in such announced rate.
“Pro Forma Balance Sheet” shall mean the pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers which has been certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers that it fairly presents in all material respects the pro forma adjustments reflecting the transactions (including payment of all fees and expenses in connection therewith) contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Pro Forma Projected Financial Information” shall mean, as to any proposed acquisition, a statement executed by the Borrowers (supported by reasonable detail) setting forth the total consideration to be paid or incurred in connection with the proposed acquisition, and pro forma combined projected financial information for the Credit Parties and the acquisition target (if applicable), consisting of projected balance sheets as of the proposed effective date of the acquisition and as of the end of at least the next succeeding three (3) Fiscal Years following the acquisition and projected statements of income and cash flows for each of those years, including sufficient detail to permit calculation of the ratio described in Section 7.9 hereof, as projected as of the effective date of the acquisition and as of the ends of those Fiscal Years and accompanied by (i) a statement setting forth a calculation of the ratio so described, (ii) a statement in reasonable detail specifying all material assumptions underlying the projections and (iii) such other information as the Agent or the Lenders shall reasonably request.
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“Purchasing Lender” is defined in Section 13.12(b).
“Quoted Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum offered by the Swing Line Lender in its sole discretion with respect to a Swing Line Advance and accepted by the Borrowers.
“Quoted Rate Advance” shall mean any Swing Line Advance which bears interest at the Quoted Rate.
“Rating Agency” shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, their respective successors or any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization which is acceptable to the Agent.
“Recipient” shall mean (a) the Agent, (b) any Lender, and (c) any Issuing Lender.
“Register” is defined in Section 13.8(h) hereof.
“Reimbursement Obligation(s)” shall mean the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, reimbursement obligations that are deemed satisfied pursuant to a deemed disbursement under Section 3.6(c)).
“Reinvest” or “Reinvestment” shall mean, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds received by any Person, the application of such monies to (i) repair, improve or replace any tangible personal (excluding Inventory) or real property of the Credit Parties or any intellectual property reasonably necessary in order to use or benefit from any property or (ii) acquire any such property (excluding Inventory) to be used in the business of such Person.
“Reinvestment Certificate” is defined in Section 2.10(b) hereof.
“Reinvestment Period” shall mean a 180-day period during which Reinvestment must be completed under Section 2.10(b) and (d) of this Agreement.
“Related Parties” shall mean with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Replacement Date” is defined in Section 11.3 hereof.
“Reportable Event” shall mean any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30-day notice period has been waived.
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“Request for Advance” shall mean a Request for Revolving Credit Advance or a Request for Swing Line Advance, as the context may indicate or otherwise require.
“Request for Revolving Credit Advance” shall mean a request for a Revolving Credit Advance issued by a Borrower under Section 2.3 of this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Request for Revolving Credit Increase” is defined in Section 2.12(a) hereof.
“Request for Swing Line Advance” shall mean a request for a Swing Line Advance issued by a Borrower under Section 2.5(c) of this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
“Required Licenses” shall mean all licenses and permits, including without limitation, certificates of need or the equivalent, that are required under applicable Governmental Requirements to be obtained and maintained by any Credit Party or Affiliated Practice Entity in order to provide Healthcare Services.
“Requirement of Law” shall mean as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents of such Person and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitration or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, president or controller of such Person, or with respect to compliance with financial covenants, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of such Person, or any other officer of such Person having substantially the same authority and responsibility.
“Revolving Credit” shall mean the revolving credit loans to be advanced to the Borrowers by the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2 hereof, in an aggregate amount (subject to the terms hereof), not to exceed, at any one time outstanding, the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment.
“Revolving Credit Advance” shall mean a borrowing requested by a Borrower and made by the Revolving Credit Lenders under Section 2.1 of this Agreement, including without limitation any readvance, refunding or conversion of such borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof and any deemed disbursement of an Advance in respect of a Letter of Credit under Section 3.6(c) hereof, and may include, subject to the terms hereof, BSBY Rate Advances and Base Rate Advances.
“Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment” shall mean One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000), subject to increases pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof by an amount not to exceed the Optional Increase Amount and subject to reduction or termination under Section 2.10, 2.11 or 9.2 hereof.
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“Revolving Credit Commitment Amount” shall mean with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender, (i) if the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment has not been terminated, the amount specified opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name in the column entitled “Revolving Credit Commitment Amount” on Annex II, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) if the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment has been terminated (whether by maturity, acceleration or otherwise), the amount equal to its Percentage of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Credit (including the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and any outstanding Swing Line Advances).
“Revolving Credit Facility Fee” shall mean the fee payable to the Agent for distribution to the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof.
“Revolving Credit Increase” is defined in Section 2.12(a) hereof.
“Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean the financial institutions from time to time parties hereto as lenders of the Revolving Credit.
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the earlier to occur of (i) September 30, 2027, and (ii) the date on which the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Notes” shall mean the revolving credit notes described in Section 2.2 hereof, made by the Borrowers to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, as such notes may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any other notes issued in substitution, replacement or renewal thereof from time to time.
“Revolving Credit Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender, the percentage specified opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name in the column entitled “Revolving Credit Percentage” on Annex II, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Sanctioned Country” shall mean a country subject to a Sanctions program maintained under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
“Sanctioned Person” shall mean any individual person, group, regime, entity or thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, sanctioned or debarred person, group, regime, entity or thing, or subject to any limitations or prohibitions (including but not limited to the blocking of property or rejection of transactions), under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
“Sanction(s)” shall mean any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
“Security Agreement” shall mean, collectively, the security agreement(s) executed and delivered by the Borrowers and the Guarantors on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, and any such agreements executed and delivered after the Effective Date (whether by execution of a joinder agreement to any existing security agreement or otherwise) pursuant to Section 7.13 hereof or otherwise, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“SOFR” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Adjustment” shall mean (a) with respect to Daily Simple SOFR, 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) per annum; and (b) with respect to Term SOFR, 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) per annum for an Interest Period of one-month’s duration, 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) per annum for an Interest Period of three-month’s duration and for any other Interest Period, such other adjustment as established by Agent from time to time in accordance with current market standards.
“Subordinated Debt” shall mean any unsecured Funded Debt of any Credit Party and other obligations under the Subordinated Debt Documents and any other Funded Debt of any Credit Party which has been subordinated in right of payment and priority to the Indebtedness, all on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Agent.
“Subordinated Debt Documents” shall mean and include any documents evidencing any Subordinated Debt, in each case, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Subordination Agreements” shall mean, collectively, any subordination agreements entered into by any Person from time to time in favor of the Agent in connection with any Subordinated Debt, the terms of which are acceptable to the Agent, in each case as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and “Subordination Agreement” shall mean any one of them.
“Subsidiary(ies)” shall mean any other corporation, association, joint stock company, business trust, limited liability company, partnership or any other business entity (a) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock, share capital, membership, partnership or other interests, as the case may be, is owned either directly or indirectly by any Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or, (b) other than in the case of any Affiliated Practice Entities, the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by any Person and/or its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise specified to the contrary herein or the context otherwise requires, Subsidiary(ies) shall refer to the Subsidiary(ies) of the Borrowers. For the avoidance of doubt, Affiliated Practice Entities shall not be deemed “Subsidiaries” of any Credit Party unless they meet the criteria in clause (a) of the foregoing definition.
“Successor Rate” is defined in Section 11.3 hereof.
“Sweep Agreement” shall mean any agreement relating to the “Sweep to Loan” automated system of the Agent or any other cash management arrangement which the Borrowers and the Agent have executed for the purposes of effecting the borrowing and repayment of Swing Line Advances.
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“Swing Line” shall mean the revolving credit loans to be advanced to the Borrowers by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof, in an aggregate amount (subject to the terms hereof), not to exceed, at any one time outstanding, the Swing Line Maximum Amount.
“Swing Line Advance” shall mean a borrowing requested by the Borrowers and made by Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof and may include, subject to the terms hereof, Quoted Rate Advances and Base Rate Advances.
“Swing Line Lender” shall mean Comerica Bank in its capacity as lender of the Swing Line under Section 2.5 of this Agreement, or its successor as subsequently designated hereunder.
“Swing Line Maximum Amount” shall mean Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).
“Swing Line Note” shall mean the swing line note which may be issued by the Borrowers to Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(ii) hereof in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, as such note may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any note or notes issued in substitution, replacement or renewal thereof from time to time.
“Swing Line Participation Certificate” shall mean the Swing Line Participation Certificate delivered by the Agent to each Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to Section 2.5(e)(ii) hereof in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H.
“Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” shall mean, for any applicable interest period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such interest period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such interest period for such Advance, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (Detroit time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such interest period has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator, then “Term SOFR” will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such interest period (for such Advance) as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day on which such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such periodic Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Administrator” shall mean the CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” shall mean the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“UK Financial Institution” shall mean any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
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“UK Resolution Authority” shall mean the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable state; provided that, unless specified otherwise or the context otherwise requires, such terms shall refer to the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California.
“U.S. Borrower” is any Borrower that is a U.S. Person.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” shall mean any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” shall mean any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” is defined in Section 11.10.
“USA Patriot Act” is defined in Section 6.7.
“Withholding Agent” shall mean any Credit Party and the Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document or unless the context requires otherwise, (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (d) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (e) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (f) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (g) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto”, “hereunder” and similar terms shall refer to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and not to any particular section or provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, (h) all references to “articles”, “sections,” “clauses,” “exhibits” and “schedules” in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be to articles, sections, clauses, exhibits and schedules, respectively, of this Agreement or such other Loan Agreement, (i) any reference to any law or applicable law shall include any Requirement of Law, and any reference to any law or regulation shall refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (j) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, and (k) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including”. All references in this Agreement to “Lenders” or “the Lenders” shall refer to all Lenders, unless expressly stated to refer to Majority Lenders (or the like).
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1.3 Rates. The Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Base Rate, the BSBY Rate, or any component definition thereof or any rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any Successor Rate, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such Successor Rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Base Rate, the BSBY Rate, or any other Successor Rate, prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent, the Lenders, and their respective affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Base Rate, the BSBY Rate, any Successor Rate or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to any Borrower. The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Base Rate, the BSBY Rate or any Successor Rate, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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2.1 Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including without limitation Section 2.3 hereof), each Revolving Credit Lender severally and for itself alone agrees to make Advances of the Revolving Credit in Dollars to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date hereof until (but excluding) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in an aggregate amount, not to exceed at any one time outstanding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, advances, repayments and readvances may be made under the Revolving Credit.
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2.2 Accrual of Interest and Maturity; Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Borrowers hereby jointly and severally and unconditionally promise to pay to the Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Advance (plus all accrued and unpaid interest) of such Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrowers on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and on such other dates and in such other amounts as may be required from time to time pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Credit Advance shall, from time to time from and after the date of such Advance (until paid), bear interest at its Applicable Interest Rate.
(b) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrowers to the appropriate lending office of such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from each Revolving Credit Advance made by such lending office of such Revolving Credit Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable thereon and paid to such Revolving Credit Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.8(h), and a subaccount therein for each Revolving Credit Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Revolving Credit Advance made hereunder, the type thereof and each Interest Period applicable to any BSBY Rate Advance, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each Revolving Credit Lender hereunder in respect of the Revolving Credit Advances and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Agent hereunder from the Borrowers in respect of the Revolving Credit Advances and each Revolving Credit Xxxxxx’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register maintained pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 2.2 and Section 13.8(h) shall, absent manifest error, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Revolving Credit Lender or the Agent to maintain the Register or any account, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Revolving Credit Advances (and all other amounts owing with respect thereto) made to the Borrowers by the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) The Borrowers agree that, upon written request to the Agent by any Revolving Credit Lender, the Borrowers will execute and deliver, to such Revolving Credit Lender, at the Borrowers’ own expense, a Revolving Credit Note evidencing the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances owing to such Revolving Credit Lender.
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2.3 Requests for and Refundings and Conversions of Advances. The Borrowers may request an Advance of the Revolving Credit, a refund of any Revolving Credit Advance in the same type of Advance or to convert any Revolving Credit Advance to any other type of Revolving Credit Advance only by delivery to the Agent of a Request for Revolving Credit Advance executed by an Authorized Signer for the Borrowers, subject to the following:
(a) each such Request for Revolving Credit Advance shall set forth the information required on the Request for Revolving Credit Advance, including without limitation:
(i) the proposed date of such Revolving Credit Advance (or the refunding or conversion of an outstanding Revolving Credit Advance), which must be a Business Day;
(ii) whether such Advance is a new Revolving Credit Advance or a refunding or conversion of an outstanding Revolving Credit Advance; and
(iii) whether such Revolving Credit Advance is to be a Base Rate Advance or a BSBY Rate Advance, and, with respect to each BSBY Rate Advance, the first Interest Period applicable thereto, provided, however, that the initial Revolving Credit Advance made under this Agreement shall be a Base Rate Advance, which may then be converted into a BSBY Rate Advance in compliance with this Agreement.
(b) each such Request for Revolving Credit Advance shall be delivered to the Agent by 12:00 p.m. (Detroit time) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed date of the Revolving Credit Advance, except in the case of a Base Rate Advance, for which the Request for Revolving Credit Advance must be delivered by 12:00 p.m. (Detroit time) on the proposed date for such Revolving Credit Advance;
(c) on the proposed date of such Revolving Credit Advance, the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances outstanding on such date (including, without duplication, the Advances that are deemed to be disbursed by the Agent under Section 3.6(c) hereof in respect of the Borrowers’ Reimbursement Obligations hereunder), plus (y) the Letter of Credit Obligations as of such date, in each case after giving effect to all outstanding requests for Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances and for the issuance of any Letters of Credit, shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment;
(d) in the case of a Base Rate Advance, the principal amount of the initial funding of such Advance, as opposed to any refunding or conversion thereof, shall be at least $750,000 or the remainder available under the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment if less than $750,000;
(e) in the case of a BSBY Rate Advance, the principal amount of such Advance, plus the amount of any other outstanding Revolving Credit Advance to be then combined therewith having the same Interest Period, if any, shall be at least $1,000,000 (or a larger integral multiple of $100,000) or the remainder available under the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment if less than $1,000,000 and there shall not be more than a total of five (5) different Interest Periods with respect to the Revolving Credit outstanding at any time;
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(f) a Request for Revolving Credit Advance, once delivered to the Agent, shall not be revocable by the Borrowers and shall constitute a certification by the Borrowers as of the date thereof that:
(i) all conditions to the making of Revolving Credit Advances set forth in this Agreement have been satisfied, and shall remain satisfied to the date of such Revolving Credit Advance (both before and immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Advance);
(ii) there is no Default or Event of Default in existence, and none will exist upon the making of such Revolving Credit Advance (both before and immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Advance); and
(iii) the representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the making of such Revolving Credit Advance (both before and immediately after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Advance), other than any representation or warranty that expressly speaks only as of a different date;
The Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders, may also, at its option, lend under this Section 2.3 upon the telephone or email request of an Authorized Signer of the Borrowers to make such requests and, in the event the Agent, acting on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders, makes any such Advance upon a telephone or email request, an Authorized Signer shall fax or deliver by electronic file to the Agent, on the same day as such telephone or email request, an executed Request for Revolving Credit Advance. The Borrowers hereby authorize the Agent to disburse Advances under this Section 2.3 pursuant to the telephone or email instructions of any person purporting to be an Authorized Signer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers acknowledge that the Borrowers shall bear all risk of loss resulting from disbursements made upon any telephone or email request. Each telephone or email request for an Advance from an Authorized Signer for the Borrowers shall constitute a certification of the matters set forth in the Request for Revolving Credit Advance form as of the date of such requested Advance.
2.4 Disbursement of Advances.
(a) Upon receiving any Request for Revolving Credit Advance from a Borrower under Section 2.3 hereof, the Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender by wire, telex or telephone (confirmed by wire, telecopy or telex) of the amount of such Advance being requested and the date such Revolving Credit Advance is to be made by each Revolving Credit Lender in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Percentage of such Advance. Unless such Revolving Credit Xxxxxx’s commitment to make Revolving Credit Advances hereunder shall have been suspended or terminated in accordance with this Agreement, each such Revolving Credit Lender shall make available the amount of its Revolving Credit Percentage of each Revolving Credit Advance in immediately available funds to the Agent at the Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. (Detroit time) on the proposed date of such Advance.
(b) Subject to submission of an executed Request for Revolving Credit Advance by a Borrower without exceptions noted in the compliance certification therein, the Agent shall make available to the Borrowers the aggregate of the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit Lenders in like funds and currencies by credit to an account of the Borrowers maintained with the Agent or, if approved in advance by the Agent in its sole discretion, to such other account or third party as such Borrower may request in writing.
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(c) The Agent shall deliver the documents and papers received by it for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender to such Revolving Credit Lender. Unless the Agent shall have been notified by any Revolving Credit Lender prior to the date of any proposed Revolving Credit Advance that such Revolving Credit Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent such Revolving Credit Lender’s Percentage of such Advance, the Agent may assume that such Revolving Credit Lender has made such amount available to the Agent on such date, as aforesaid. The Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Borrowers the amount of such payment in reliance on such assumption. If such amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by such Revolving Credit Lender, as aforesaid, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Credit Lender. If such Revolving Credit Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Agent’s demand therefor and the Agent has in fact made a corresponding amount available to the Borrowers, the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Borrowers shall pay such amount to the Agent, if such notice is delivered to the Borrowers prior to 1:00 p.m. (Detroit time) on a Business Day, on the day such notice is received, and otherwise on the next Business Day, and such amount paid by the Borrowers shall be applied as a prepayment of the Revolving Credit (without any corresponding reduction in the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment), reimbursing the Agent for having funded said amounts on behalf of such Revolving Credit Lender. The Borrowers shall retain their claim against such Revolving Credit Lender with respect to the amounts repaid by them to the Agent and, if such Revolving Credit Lender subsequently makes such amounts available to the Agent, the Agent shall promptly make such amounts available to the Borrowers as a Revolving Credit Advance. The Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrowers, as the case may be, but without duplication, interest on such amount in respect of each day from the date such amount was made available by the Agent to the Borrowers, to the date such amount is recovered by the Agent, at a rate per annum equal to:
(i) in the case of such Revolving Credit Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (plus any administrative, processing or similar fees assessed by Agent in connection with the foregoing); and
(ii) in the case of the Borrowers, the rate of interest then applicable to such Advance of the Revolving Credit.
Until such Revolving Credit Lender has paid the Agent such amount, such Revolving Credit Lender shall have no interest in or rights with respect to such Advance for any purpose whatsoever. The obligation of any Revolving Credit Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance hereunder shall not be affected by the failure of any other Revolving Credit Lender to make any Advance hereunder, and no Revolving Credit Lender shall have any liability to the Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries, the Agent, any other Revolving Credit Lender, or any other party for another Revolving Credit Lender’s failure to make any loan or Advance hereunder.
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2.5 Swing Line.
(a) Swing Line Advances. The Swing Line Lender may, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth (including without limitation Section 2.5(c) hereof), but shall not be required to, make one or more Advances to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date hereof until (but excluding) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the Swing Line Maximum Amount. Subject to the terms set forth herein, advances, repayments and readvances may be made under the Swing Line.
(b) Accrual of Interest and Maturity; Evidence of Indebtedness.
(i) Swing Line Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrowers to Swing Line Lender resulting from each Swing Line Advance from time to time, including the amount and date of each Swing Line Advance, its Applicable Interest Rate, its Interest Period, if any, and the amount and date of any repayment made on any Swing Line Advance from time to time. The entries made in such account or accounts of Swing Line Lender shall be prima facie evidence, absent manifest error, of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of Swing Line Lender to maintain such account, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Swing Line Advances (and all other amounts owing with respect thereto) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) The Borrowers agree that, upon the written request of Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers will execute and deliver to Swing Line Lender a Swing Line Note.
(iii) The Borrowers jointly and severally and unconditionally promise to pay to the Swing Line Lender the then unpaid principal amount of such Swing Line Advance (plus all accrued and unpaid interest) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and on such other dates and in such other amounts as may be required from time to time pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Swing Line Advance shall, from time to time after the date of such Advance (until paid), bear interest at its Applicable Interest Rate.
(c) Requests for Swing Line Advances. A Borrower may request a Swing Line Advance by the delivery to Swing Line Lender of a Request for Swing Line Advance executed by an Authorized Signer for such Borrower, subject to the following:
(i) each such Request for Swing Line Advance shall set forth the information required on the Request for Advance, including without limitation, (A) the proposed date of such Swing Line Advance, which must be a Business Day, (B) whether such Swing Line Advance is to be a Base Rate Advance or a Quoted Rate Advance, and (C) in the case of a Quoted Rate Advance, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto;
(ii) on the proposed date of such Swing Line Advance, after giving effect to all outstanding requests for Swing Line Advances made by the Borrowers as of the date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Advances outstanding on such date shall not exceed the Swing Line Maximum Amount;
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(iii) on the proposed date of such Swing Line Advance, after giving effect to all outstanding requests for Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances and Letters of Credit requested by the Borrowers on such date of determination (including, without duplication, Advances that are deemed disbursed pursuant to Section 3.6(c) hereof in respect of the Borrowers’ Reimbursement Obligations hereunder), the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances and the Swing Line Advances outstanding on such date plus (y) the Letter of Credit Obligations on such date shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment;
(iv) (A) in the case of a Swing Line Advance that is a Base Rate Advance, the principal amount of the initial funding of such Advance, as opposed to any refunding or conversion thereof, shall be at least Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by the Swing Line Lender, and (B) in the case of a Swing Line Advance that is a Quoted Rate Advance, the principal amount of such Advance, plus any other outstanding Swing Line Advances to be then combined therewith having the same Interest Period, if any, shall be at least Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by the Swing Line Lender, and at any time there shall not be in effect more than five (5) interest rates and Interest Periods;
(v) each such Request for Swing Line Advance shall be delivered to the Swing Line Lender by 3:00 p.m. (Detroit time) on the proposed date of the Swing Line Advance;
(vi) each Request for Swing Line Advance, once delivered to Swing Line Lender, shall not be revocable by the Borrowers, and shall constitute and include a certification by the Borrowers as of the date thereof that:
(A) all conditions to the making of Swing Line Advances set forth in this Agreement shall have been satisfied and shall remain satisfied to the date of such Swing Line Advance (both before and immediately after giving effect to such Swing Line Advance);
(B) there is no Default or Event of Default in existence, and none will exist upon the making of such Swing Line Advance (both before and immediately after giving effect to such Swing Line Advance); and
(C) the representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects and shall be true and correct in all material respect as of the date of the making of such Swing Line Advance (both before and immediately after giving effect to such Swing Line Advance), other than any representation or warranty that expressly speaks only as of a different date;
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(vii) At the option of the Agent, subject to revocation by the Agent at any time and from time to time and so long as the Agent is the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers may utilize the Agent’s “Sweep to Loan” automated system for obtaining Swing Line Advances and making periodic repayments. At any time during which the “Sweep to Loan” system is in effect, Swing Line Advances shall be advanced to fund borrowing needs pursuant to the terms of the Sweep Agreement. Each time a Swing Line Advance is made using the “Sweep to Loan” system, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have certified to the Agent and the Lenders each of the matters set forth in clause (vi) of this Section 2.5(c). Principal and interest on Swing Line Advances requested, or deemed requested, pursuant to this Section shall be paid pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Sweep Agreement without any deduction, setoff or counterclaim whatsoever. Unless sooner paid pursuant to the provisions hereof or the provisions of the Sweep Agreement, the principal amount of the Swing Line Advances shall be paid in full, together with accrued interest thereon, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The Agent may suspend or revoke the Borrowers’ privilege to use the “Sweep to Loan” system at any time and from time to time for any reason and, immediately upon any such revocation, the “Sweep to Loan” system shall no longer be available to the Borrowers for the funding of Swing Line Advances hereunder (or otherwise), and the regular procedures set forth in this Section 2.5 for the making of Swing Line Advances shall be deemed immediately to apply. The Agent may, at its option, also elect to make Swing Line Advances upon the Borrowers’ telephone requests on the basis set forth in the last paragraph of Section 2.3, provided that the Borrowers comply with the provisions set forth in this Section 2.5.
(d) Disbursement of Swing Line Advances. Upon receiving any executed Request for Swing Line Advance from the Borrowers and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.5(c) hereof, Swing Line Lender shall, at its option, make available to the Borrowers the amount so requested in Dollars not later than 4:00 p.m. (Detroit time) on the date of such Advance, by credit to an account of the Borrowers maintained with the Agent or, if approved in advance by the Agent in its sole discretion, to such other account or third party as such Borrower may request in writing. Swing Line Lender shall promptly notify the Agent of any Swing Line Advance by telephone, telex or telecopier.
(e) Refunding of or Participation Interest in Swing Line Advances.
(i) The Agent, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, may, in each case on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably direct the Agent to act on their behalf) request each of the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as a Revolving Credit Lender) to make an Advance of the Revolving Credit to the Borrowers, in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Advances outstanding on the date such notice is given (the “Refunded Swing Line Advances”); provided however that the Swing Line Advances carried at the Quoted Rate which are refunded with Revolving Credit Advances at the request of the Swing Line Lender at a time when no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall not be subject to Section 11.1 and no losses, costs or expenses may be assessed by the Swing Line Lender against the Borrowers or the Revolving Credit Lenders as a consequence of such refunding. The applicable Revolving Credit Advances used to refund any Swing Line Advances shall be Base Rate Advances. In connection with the making of any such Refunded Swing Line Advances or the purchase of a participation interest in Swing Line Advances under Section 2.5(e)(ii) hereof, the Swing Line Lender shall retain its claim against the Borrowers for any unpaid interest or fees in respect thereof accrued to the date of such refunding. Unless any of the events described in Section 9.1(i) hereof shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 2.5(e)(ii) shall apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set forth in this Agreement to the making of a Revolving Credit Advance are then satisfied (but subject to Section 2.5(e)(iii)), each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Advance available to the Agent for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender at the office of the Agent specified in Section 2.4(a) hereof prior to 11:00 a.m. Detroit time on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given, in immediately available funds. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Advances shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Advances, subject to Section 11.1 hereof.
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(ii) If, prior to the making of an Advance of the Revolving Credit pursuant to Section 2.5(e)(i) hereof, one of the events described in Section 9.1(i) hereof shall have occurred, each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date such Advance of the Revolving Credit was to have been made, purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participating interest in each Swing Line Advance that was to have been refunded in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Percentage of such Swing Line Advance. Each Revolving Credit Lender within the time periods specified in Section 2.5(e)(i) hereof, as applicable, shall immediately transfer to the Agent, for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Advances outstanding as of such date. Upon receipt thereof, the Agent will deliver to such Revolving Credit Lender a Swing Line Participation Certificate evidencing such participation.
(iii) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Advances to refund Swing Line Advances, and to purchase participation interests, in accordance with Section 2.5(e)(i) and (ii), respectively, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event of Default; (C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Borrower or any other Person; (D) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any Borrower or any other Person; (E) any inability of any Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement on the date upon which such Revolving Credit Advance is to be made or such participating interest is to be purchased; (F) the termination of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment hereunder; or (G) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If any Revolving Credit Lender does not make available to the Agent the amount required pursuant to Section 2.5(e)(i) or (ii) hereof, as the case may be, the Agent on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Credit Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from the date of non-payment until such amount is paid in full (x) for the first two (2) Business Days such amount remains unpaid, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (y) thereafter, at the rate of interest then applicable to such Swing Line Advances. The obligation of any Revolving Credit Lender to make available its pro rata portion of the amounts required pursuant to Section 2.5(e)(i) or (ii) hereof shall not be affected by the failure of any other Revolving Credit Lender to make such amounts available, and no Revolving Credit Lender shall have any liability to any Credit Party, the Agent, the Swing Line Lender, or any other Revolving Credit Lender or any other party for another Revolving Credit Lender’s failure to make available the amounts required under Section 2.5(e)(i) or (ii) hereof.
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(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Revolving Credit Lender shall be required to make any Revolving Credit Advance to refund a Swing Line Advance or to purchase a participation in a Swing Line Advance if at least two (2) Business Days prior to the making of such Swing Line Advance by the Swing Line Lender, the officers of the Swing Line Lender immediately responsible for matters concerning this Agreement shall have received written notice from the Agent or any Lender that Swing Line Advances should be suspended based on the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”; provided, however that the obligation of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make or refund such Swing Line Advance or purchase a participation in such Swing Line Advance shall be reinstated upon the date on which such Default or Event of Default has been waived by the requisite Lenders.
2.6 Interest Payments; Default Interest.
(a) Subject to clause (d) of this Section 2.6, (i) all Base Rate Advances of the Revolving Credit and Swing Line shall bear interest at a per annum interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, (ii) all BSBY Rate Advances of the Revolving Credit shall bear interest for each Interest Period at a per annum interest rate equal to the BSBY Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin and (iii) all Quoted Rate Advances of the Swing Line shall bear interest at a per annum interest rate equal to the Quoted Rate plus the Applicable Margin, if any.
(b) Accrued interest on each Revolving Credit Advance and Swing Line Advance shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to clause (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Revolving Credit Advance or Swing Line Advance (other than a prepayment of a Base Rate Advance prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any BSBY Rate Advance prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Advance shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(c) Interest accruing at the Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and assessed for the actual number of days elapsed, and in such computation effect shall be given to any change in the interest rate resulting from a change in the Base Rate on the date of such change in the Base Rate. Interest accruing at the BSBY Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and assessed for the actual number of days elapsed from the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to but not including the last day thereof. Interest accruing at the Quoted Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and assessed for the actual number of days elapsed from the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to but not including the last day thereof.
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(d) In the case of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(i), immediately upon the occurrence thereof, and in the case of any other Event of Default, immediately upon receipt by the Agent of notice from the Majority Lenders, interest shall be payable on demand on all Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances from time to time outstanding at a per annum rate equal to the applicable Default Rate.
2.7 Optional Prepayments.
(a) (i) The Borrowers may prepay all or part of the outstanding principal of any Base Rate Advance(s) of the Revolving Credit at any time, provided that, unless the “Sweep to Loan” system shall be in effect in respect of the Revolving Credit, after giving effect to any partial prepayment, the aggregate balance of Base Rate Advance(s) of the Revolving Credit remaining outstanding shall be at least Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000), and (ii) the Borrowers may prepay all or part of the outstanding principal of any BSBY Rate Advance of the Revolving Credit at any time (subject to not less than five (5) Business Days’ notice to the Agent) provided that, after giving effect to any partial prepayment, the unpaid portion of such Advance which is to be refunded or converted under Section 2.3 hereof shall be at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).
(b) (i) The Borrowers may prepay all or part of the outstanding principal of any Swing Line Advance carried at the Base Rate at any time, provided that after giving effect to any partial prepayment, the aggregate balance of such Base Rate Advances remaining outstanding shall be at least Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) and (ii) the Borrowers may prepay all or part of the outstanding principal of any Swing Line Advance carried at the Quoted Rate at any time (subject to not less than one (1) day’s notice to the Swing Line Lender) provided that after giving effect to any partial prepayment, the aggregate balance of Swing Line Advances remaining outstanding shall be at least Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000).
(c) Any prepayment of a Base Rate Advance made in accordance with this Section shall be without premium or penalty and any prepayment of any other type of Advance shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.1 hereof, but otherwise without premium or penalty.
2.8 Base Rate Advance in Absence of Election or Upon Default. If, (a) as to any outstanding BSBY Rate Advance of the Revolving Credit or any outstanding Quoted Rate Advance of the Swing Line, the Agent has not received payment of all outstanding principal and accrued interest on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or does not receive a timely Request for Advance meeting the requirements of Section 2.3 or 2.5 hereof with respect to the refunding or conversion of such Advance, or (b) if on the last day of the applicable Interest Period a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then, on the last day of the applicable Interest Period the principal amount of any BSBY Rate Advance or Quoted Rate Advance, as the case may be, which has not been prepaid shall, absent a contrary election of the Majority Lenders, be converted automatically to a Base Rate Advance and the Agent shall thereafter promptly notify the Borrowers of said action. All accrued and unpaid interest on any Advance converted to a Base Rate Advance under this Section 2.8 shall be due and payable in full on the date such Advance is converted.
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2.9 Revolving Credit Facility Fee. From the Effective Date to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for distribution to the Revolving Credit Lenders pro-rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Percentages, a Revolving Credit Facility Fee quarterly in arrears on the first day of each calendar quarter, commencing January 1, 2023, and on the applicable Maturity Date (in respect of the prior calendar quarter or any portion thereof). The Revolving Credit Facility Fee payable to each Revolving Credit Lender shall be determined by multiplying the Applicable Fee Percentage times the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment then in effect (whether used or unused). The Revolving Credit Facility Fee shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty (360) days and assessed for the actual number of days elapsed. Upon receipt of such payment, the Agent shall make prompt payment to each Revolving Credit Lender of its share of the Revolving Credit Facility Fee based upon its respective Revolving Credit Percentage. Borrowers acknowledge that the Revolving Credit Facility Fees described in this Section are not refundable and shall accrue at all times from the Effective Date to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, whether or not one or more of the conditions in Section 5 is not satisfied.
2.10 Mandatory Repayment of Revolving Credit Advances.
(a) If at any time and for any reason (i) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances plus Swing Line Advances, plus the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations, shall exceed the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment, the Borrowers shall immediately reduce any pending request for a Revolving Credit Advance on such day by the amount of such excess and, to the extent any excess remains thereafter, repay any Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances in an amount equal to the lesser of the outstanding amount of such Advances and the amount of such remaining excess, with such amounts to be applied between the Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances as determined by the Agent and then, to the extent that any excess remains after payment in full of all Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances, to provide cash collateral in support of any Letter of Credit Obligations in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) 105% of the amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations and (y) the amount of such remaining excess, with such cash collateral to be provided on terms satisfactory to the Agent. The Borrowers acknowledge that, in connection with any repayment required hereunder, it shall also be responsible for the reimbursement of any prepayment or other costs required under Section 11.1 hereof. Any payments made pursuant to this Section shall be applied first to outstanding Base Rate Advances under the Revolving Credit, next to Swing Line Advances carried at the Base Rate and then to BSBY Rate Advances of the Revolving Credit, and then to Swing Line Advances carried at the Quoted Rate.
(b) Subject to clauses (e) and (f) hereof, immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party of any Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sales which are not Reinvested as described in the following sentence, the Borrowers shall prepay the Revolving Credit Advances by an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds provided, however that the Borrowers shall not be obligated to prepay the Revolving Credit Advances with such Net Cash Proceeds if the following conditions are satisfied: (i) promptly following the sale, the Borrowers provide to the Agent a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers (“Reinvestment Certificate”) stating (x) that the sale has occurred, (y) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing either as of the date of the sale or as of the date of the Reinvestment Certificate, and (z) a description of the planned Reinvestment of the proceeds thereof, (ii) the Reinvestment of such Net Cash Proceeds is commenced within the Initial Reinvestment Period and completed within the Reinvestment Period, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of the sale and at the time of the application of such proceeds to Reinvestment. If any such proceeds have not been Reinvested at the end of the Reinvestment Period, the Borrowers shall promptly pay such proceeds to the Agent, to be applied to repay the Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with clauses (e) and (f) hereof.
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(c) Subject to clauses (e) and (f) hereof, immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party (other than Warby Parker) of Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of any Equity Interests of such Person (other than Equity Interests under any stock option or employee incentive plans listed on Schedule 6.13 hereto (or any successor plans) or Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of any Subordinated Debt after the Effective Date, the Borrowers shall prepay the Revolving Credit Advances by an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(d) Subject to clauses (e) and (f) hereof, immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party of any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, the Borrowers shall be obligated to prepay the Revolving Credit Advances by an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as the case may be; provided, however, that any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as the case may be, may be Reinvested by the applicable Credit Party if the following conditions are satisfied: (i) promptly following the receipt of such Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as the case may be, the Borrowers provide to the Agent a Reinvestment Certificate stating (x) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing either as of the date of the receipt of such proceeds or as of the date of the Reinvestment Certificate, (y) that such Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds have been received, and (z) a description of the planned Reinvestment of such Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as the case may be), (ii) the Reinvestment of such proceeds is commenced within the Initial Reinvestment Period and completed within the Reinvestment Period, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the receipt of such proceeds and at the time of the application of such proceeds to Reinvestment. If any such proceeds have not been Reinvested at the end of the Reinvestment Period, the Borrowers shall promptly pay such proceeds to the Agent, to be applied to repay the Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with clauses (e) and (f) hereof.
(e) Subject to clause (f) hereof, each mandatory prepayment under this Section 2.10 or any other mandatory or optional prepayment under this Agreement shall be in addition to any scheduled installments or optional prepayments made prior thereto and shall be subject to Section 11.1. Each mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Credit Advances hereunder shall not result in a permanent reduction in the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment. Subject to Section 10.2 hereof, any payments made pursuant to this Section shall be applied first to outstanding Base Rate Advances under the Revolving Credit, next to Swing Line Advances carried at the Base Rate, next to BSBY Rate Advances under the Revolving Credit, and then to Swing Line Advances carried at the Quoted Rate. If any amounts remain thereafter, a portion of such prepayment equivalent to the undrawn amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit shall be held by Issuing Lender as cash collateral for the Reimbursement Obligations, with any additional prepayment monies being applied to any Fees, costs or expenses due and outstanding under this Agreement, and with the remainder of such prepayment thereafter being returned to the Borrowers.
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(f) To the extent that, on the date any mandatory repayment of the Revolving Credit Advances under this Section 2.10 or payment pursuant to the terms of any of the Loan Documents is due, the Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit or any other Indebtedness to be prepaid is being carried, in whole or in part, at the BSBY Rate and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers may deposit the amount of such mandatory prepayment in a cash collateral account to be held by the Agent, for and on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders, on such terms and conditions as are reasonably acceptable to the Agent and upon such deposit the obligation of the Borrowers to make such mandatory prepayment shall be deemed satisfied. Subject to the terms and conditions of said cash collateral account, sums on deposit in said cash collateral account shall be applied (until exhausted) to reduce the principal balance of the Revolving Credit on the last day of each Interest Period attributable to the BSBY Rate Advances of such Revolving Credit Advance, thereby avoiding costs and expenses under Section 11.1 hereof; provided, however, that if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred at any time while sums are on deposit in the cash collateral account, the Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to apply such sums to reduce the principal balance of such BSBY Rate Advances prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period, and the Borrowers will be obligated to pay any resulting costs and expenses under Section 11.1.
2.11 Optional Reduction or Termination of Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment. The Borrowers may, upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent, permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, without premium or penalty, provided that: (i) each partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment shall be in an aggregate amount equal to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or a larger integral multiple of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000); (ii) each reduction shall be accompanied by the payment of the Revolving Credit Facility Fee, if any, accrued and unpaid to the date of such reduction; (iii) the Borrowers shall prepay in accordance with the terms hereof the amount, if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances (including, without duplication, any deemed Advances made under Section 3.6 hereof) outstanding hereunder, plus the Letter of Credit Obligations, exceeds the amount of the then applicable Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment as so reduced, together with interest thereon to the date of prepayment; (iv) no reduction shall reduce the Letter of Credit Maximum Amount unless the Borrowers so elect, provided that the Letter of Credit Maximum Amount shall at no time be greater than the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment; and (v) no reduction shall reduce the Swing Line Maximum Amount unless the Borrowers so elect, provided that the Swing Line Maximum Amount shall at no time be greater than the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment; provided, however that if the termination or reduction of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment requires the prepayment of a BSBY Rate Advance or a Quoted Rate Advance and such termination or reduction is made on a day other than the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such BSBY Rate Advance or such Quoted Rate Advance, then, pursuant to Section 11.1, the Borrowers shall compensate the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Swing Line Lender for any losses or, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers may deposit the amount of such prepayment in a collateral account as provided in Section 2.10(c). Reductions of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment and any accompanying prepayments of Advances of the Revolving Credit shall be distributed by the Agent to each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage thereof, and will not be available for reinstatement by or readvance to the Borrowers, and any accompanying prepayments of Advances of the Swing Line shall be distributed by the Agent to the Swing Line Lender and will not be available for reinstatement by or readvance to the Borrowers. Any reductions of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment hereunder shall reduce each Revolving Credit Lender’s portion thereof proportionately (based on the applicable Percentages), and shall be permanent and irrevocable. Any payments made pursuant to this Section shall be applied first to outstanding Base Rate Advances under the Revolving Credit, next to Swing Line Advances carried at the Base Rate and then to BSBY Rate Advances of the Revolving Credit, and then to Swing Line Advances carried at the Quoted Rate.
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2.12 Optional Increase in Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment. Borrowers may request that the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment be increased in an aggregate amount (for all such requests under this Section 2.12) not to exceed the Optional Increase Amount, subject, in each case, to the satisfaction concurrently with or prior to the date of each such request of the following conditions (each such increase, a “Revolving Credit Optional Increase”):
(a) Borrowers shall have delivered to the Agent a written request for such increase, specifying the amount of the requested increase (each such request, a “Request for Revolving Credit Increase”); provided, however, that in the event Borrowers previously delivered a Request for Revolving Credit Increase pursuant to this Section 2.12, Borrowers may not deliver a subsequent Request for Revolving Credit Increase until all the conditions to effectiveness of such first Request for Revolving Credit Increase have been fully satisfied (or such Request for Revolving Credit Increase has been withdrawn); and provided further that Borrowers may make no more than two (2) Requests for Revolving Credit Increase and no Request for Increase may be made on or after the date that is twelve (12) months prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date without the consent of the Agent;
(b) within three (3) Business Days after the Agent’s receipt of the Request for Revolving Credit Increase, the Agent shall inform each Revolving Credit Lender of the requested increase in the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment, offer each Revolving Credit Lender the opportunity to increase its Commitment in an amount equal to its applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the requested increase in the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment, and request each such Revolving Credit Lender to notify the Agent in writing whether such Revolving Credit Lender desires to increase its applicable commitment by the requested amount. Each Revolving Credit Lender approving an increase in its applicable commitment by the requested amount shall deliver its written consent thereto no later than ten (10) Business Days of the Agent’s informing such Revolving Credit Lender of the Request for Revolving Credit Increase; if the Agent shall not have received a written consent from a Revolving Credit Lender within such time period, such Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have elected not to increase its applicable Commitment. If any one or more Revolving Credit Lenders shall elect not to increase its commitment, then the Agent may offer the remaining increase amount to each other Revolving Credit Lender hereunder on a non-pro rata basis, or to (A) any other Lender hereunder, or (B) any other Person meeting the requirements of Section 13.8 hereof (including, for the purposes of this Section 2.12, any existing Revolving Credit Lender which agrees to increase its commitment hereunder, the “New Revolving Credit Lender(s)”), to increase their respective applicable commitments (or to provide a commitment);
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(c) the New Revolving Credit Lenders shall have become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a New Lender Addendum for a minimum amount for each such New Revolving Credit Lender that was not an existing Revolving Credit Lender of $5,000,000 and an aggregate amount for all such New Revolving Credit Lenders of that portion of the Revolving Credit Optional Increase, taking into account the amount of any prior increase in the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment (pursuant to this Section 2.12) covered by the applicable Request; provided, however, that each New Revolving Credit Lender shall remit to the Agent funds in an amount equal to its Percentage (after giving effect to this Section 2.12) of all Advances of the Revolving Credit then outstanding, such sums to be reallocated among and paid to the existing Revolving Credit Lenders based upon the new Percentages as determined below;
(d) no New Revolving Credit Lender shall receive compensation (whether in the form of a fee, original issue discount or interest rate pricing) for its commitment under the Revolving Credit, except as set forth in this Agreement;
(e) Borrowers shall have paid to the Agent for distribution to the existing Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, all interest, fees (including the Revolving Credit Facility Fee, which shall not be duplicative) and other amounts, if any, accrued to the effective date of such increase and any costs or fees attributable to the reduction (prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period) of any outstanding BSBY Rate Advances, calculated on the basis set forth in Section 11.1 hereof as though Xxxxxxxxx had prepaid such Advances;
(f) if requested, Borrowers shall have executed and delivered to the Agent new Revolving Credit Notes payable to each of the New Revolving Credit Lenders in the face amount of each such New Revolving Credit Lender’s Percentage of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment (after giving effect to this Section 2.12) and, if applicable, renewal and replacement Revolving Credit Notes payable to each of the existing Revolving Credit Lenders in the face amount of each such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment (after giving effect to this Section 2.12), dated as of the effective date of such increase (with appropriate insertions relevant to such Notes and acceptable to the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders, including the New Revolving Credit Lenders);
(g) prior to the date the increased commitment becomes available, the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Agent, in each case dated as of the date of the applicable increase:
(i) a pro forma Covenant Compliance Report demonstrating that, upon giving effect to the applicable increase, each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.9 (to the extent such covenants are applicable on such date of determination) would be satisfied on a pro forma basis on such date and for the most recent determination period for which the Borrowers have delivered or are required to have delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b); and
(ii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrowers’ Representative (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by Borrowers approving or consenting to such increase, and (B) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date such increase becomes available, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and (2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(h) any Revolving Credit Optional Increase made pursuant to this Section 2.12, and any Advances made in respect thereof, shall be subject to the same terms as are applicable to the existing Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment and any Advances made in respect thereof;
(i) such amendments, acknowledgments, consents, documents, instruments, any registrations, if any, shall have been executed and delivered and/or obtained by Borrower as required by the Agent, in its reasonable discretion; and
(j) prior to the date the increased commitment becomes available, each Lender shall have completed its flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance as required as a result of such increase.
2.13 Use of Proceeds of Advances. Advances of the Revolving Credit shall be used to finance working capital and other lawful corporate purposes.
3. | LETTERS OF CREDIT. |
3.1 Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Issuing Lender shall, through the Issuing Office, at any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof until thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, upon the written request of the Borrowers accompanied by a duly executed Letter of Credit Agreement and such other documentation related to the requested Letter of Credit as the Issuing Lender may require, issue Letters of Credit in Dollars for the account of the Borrowers, in an aggregate amount for all Letters of Credit issued hereunder (including the Existing Letters of Credit) at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Letter of Credit Maximum Amount. Each Letter of Credit shall be in a minimum face amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Issuing Lender) and each Letter of Credit (including any renewal thereof) shall expire not later than the first to occur of (i) twelve (12) months after the date of issuance thereof and (ii) ten (10) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in effect on the date of issuance thereof. The submission of all applications in respect of and the issuance of each Letter of Credit hereunder shall be subject in all respects to such industry rules and governing law as are acceptable to the Issuing Lender. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any Letter of Credit Document other than any Letter of Credit, this Agreement shall control.
3.2 Conditions to Issuance. No Letter of Credit shall be issued (including the renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit previously issued) at the request and for the account of the Borrowers unless, as of the date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit:
(a) (i) after giving effect to the Letter of Credit requested, the Letter of Credit Obligations do not exceed the Letter of Credit Maximum Amount; and (ii) after giving effect to the Letter of Credit requested, the Letter of Credit Obligations on such date plus the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances (including all Advances deemed disbursed by the Agent under Section 3.6(c) hereof in respect of the Borrowers’ Reimbursement Obligations) hereunder requested or outstanding on such date do not exceed the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment;
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(b) the representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (both before and immediately after the issuance of such Letter of Credit), other than any representation or warranty that expressly speaks only as of a different date;
(c) there is no Default or Event of Default in existence, and none will exist upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit;
(d) the Borrowers shall have delivered to Issuing Lender at its Issuing Office, not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date for issuance (or such shorter time as the Issuing Lender, in its sole discretion, may permit), the Letter of Credit Agreement related thereto, together with such other documents and materials as may be required pursuant to the terms thereof, and the terms of the proposed Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory to Issuing Lender;
(e) no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain Issuing Lender from issuing the Letter of Credit requested, or any Revolving Credit Lender from taking an assignment of its Revolving Credit Percentage thereof pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof, and no law, rule, regulation, request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) shall prohibit the Issuing Lender from issuing, or any Revolving Credit Lender from taking an assignment of its Revolving Credit Percentage of, the Letter of Credit requested or letters of credit generally;
(f) there shall have been (i) no introduction of or change in the interpretation of any law or regulation, (ii) no declaration of a general banking moratorium by banking authorities in the United States, California or the respective jurisdictions in which the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Borrowers and the beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit are located, and (iii) no establishment of any new restrictions by any central bank or other governmental agency or authority on transactions involving letters of credit or on banks generally that, in any case described in this clause (e), would make it unlawful or unduly burdensome for the Issuing Lender to issue or any Revolving Credit Lender to take an assignment of its Revolving Credit Percentage of the requested Letter of Credit or letters of credit generally;
(g) if any Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it to eliminate the Fronting Exposure with respect to the participation in the Letter of Credit Obligations by such Defaulting Lender, including creation of a cash collateral account on terms satisfactory to the Agent or delivery of other security to assure payment of such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations; and
(h) Issuing Lender shall have received the issuance fees required in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof.
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Each Letter of Credit Agreement submitted to Issuing Lender pursuant hereto shall constitute the certification by the Borrowers of the matters set forth in Sections 5.2 hereof. The Agent shall be entitled to rely on such certification without any duty of inquiry.
3.3 Notice. The Issuing Lender shall deliver to the Agent, concurrently with or promptly following its issuance of any Letter of Credit, a true and complete copy of each Letter of Credit. Promptly upon its receipt thereof, the Agent shall give notice, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E, to each Revolving Credit Lender of the issuance of each Letter of Credit, specifying the amount thereof and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Percentage thereof.
3.4 Letter of Credit Fees; Increased Costs.
(a) The Borrowers shall pay letter of credit fees as follows:
(i) A per annum letter of credit fee with respect to the undrawn amount of each Letter of Credit issued pursuant hereto (based on the amount of each Letter of Credit) in the amount of the Applicable Fee Percentage (determined with reference to Annex I to this Agreement) shall be paid to the Agent for distribution to the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Credit Percentages.
(ii) If required by the terms of the Fee Letter, a letter of credit facing fee on the face amount of each Letter of Credit shall be paid to the Agent for distribution to the Issuing Lender for its own account, in accordance with the terms of the Fee Letter.
(b) All payments by the Borrowers to the Agent for distribution to the Issuing Lender or the Revolving Credit Lenders under this Section 3.4 shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Issuing Office or such other office of the Agent as may be designated from time to time by written notice to the Borrowers by the Agent. The fees described in clauses (a)(i) and (ii) above (i) shall be nonrefundable under all circumstances, (ii) in the case of fees due under clause (a)(i) above, shall be payable quarterly in advance on the first day of each calendar quarter, commencing January 1, 2023, and on the applicable Maturity Date and (iii) in the case of fees due under clause (a)(ii) above, shall be payable upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit and quarterly in advance thereafter. The fees due under clause (a)(i) above shall be determined by multiplying the Applicable Fee Percentage times the undrawn amount of the face amount of each such Letter of Credit on the date of determination, and shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and assessed for the actual number of days from the date of the issuance thereof to the stated expiration thereof. The parties hereto acknowledge that, unless the Issuing Lender otherwise agrees, any material amendment and any extension to a Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall be treated as a new Letter of Credit for the purposes of the letter of credit facing fee.
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(c) If any Change in Law shall either (i) impose, modify or cause to be deemed applicable any reserve, special deposit, limitation or similar requirement against letters of credit issued or participated in by, or assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, Issuing Lender or any Revolving Credit Lender or (ii) impose on Issuing Lender or any Revolving Credit Lender any other condition regarding this Agreement, the Letters of Credit or any participations in such Letters of Credit, and the result of any event referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall be to increase the cost or expense to Issuing Lender or such Revolving Credit Lender of issuing or maintaining or participating in any of the Letters of Credit (which increase in cost or expense shall be determined by the Issuing Lender’s or such Revolving Credit Lender’s reasonable allocation of the aggregate of such cost increases and expenses resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the Issuing Lender or such Revolving Credit Lender, as the case may be, the Borrowers shall, within thirty (30) days following demand for payment, pay to Issuing Lender or such Revolving Credit Lender, as the case may be, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Lender or such Revolving Credit Lender, additional amounts which shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Lender or such Revolving Credit Lender for such increased cost and expense (together with interest on each such amount from ten days after the date such payment is due until payment in full thereof at the Base Rate), provided that if the Issuing Lender or such Revolving Credit Lender could take any reasonable action, without cost or administrative or other burden or restriction to such Lender, to mitigate or eliminate such cost or expense, it agrees to do so within a reasonable time after becoming aware of the foregoing matters. Each demand for payment under this Section 3.4(c) shall be accompanied by a certificate of Issuing Lender or the applicable Revolving Credit Lender setting forth the amount of such increased cost or expense incurred by the Issuing Lender or such Revolving Credit Lender, as the case may be, as a result of any event mentioned in clause (i) or (ii) above, and in reasonable detail, the methodology for calculating and the calculation of such amount, which certificate shall be prepared in good faith and shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.
3.5 Other Fees. In connection with the Letters of Credit, and in addition to the Letter of Credit Fees, the Borrowers shall pay, for the sole account of the Issuing Lender, standard documentation, administration, payment and cancellation charges assessed by Issuing Lender or the Issuing Office, at the times, in the amounts and on the terms set forth or to be set forth from time to time in the standard fee schedule of the Issuing Office in effect from time to time.
3.6 Participation Interests in and Drawings and Demands for Payment Under Letters of Credit.
(a) Upon issuance by the Issuing Lender of each Letter of Credit hereunder (and on the Effective Date with respect to each Existing Letter of Credit), each Revolving Credit Lender shall automatically acquire a pro rata participation interest in such Letter of Credit and each related Letter of Credit Payment based on its respective Revolving Credit Percentage.
(b) If the Issuing Lender shall honor a draft or other demand for payment presented or made under any Letter of Credit, the Borrowers agree to pay to the Issuing Lender an amount equal to the amount paid by the Issuing Lender in respect of such draft or other demand under such Letter of Credit and all reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent relative thereto not later than 1:00 p.m. (Detroit time), in Dollars, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrowers received notice of such presentment and honor, if such notice is received prior to 11:00 a.m. (Detroit time) or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrowers received such notice, if such notice is received after 11:00 a.m. (Detroit time).
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(c) If the Issuing Lender shall honor a draft or other demand for payment presented or made under any Letter of Credit, but the Borrowers do not reimburse the Issuing Lender as required under clause (b) above and the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment has not been terminated (whether by maturity, acceleration or otherwise), the Borrowers shall be deemed to have immediately requested that the Revolving Credit Lenders make a Base Rate Advance of the Revolving Credit (which Advance may be subsequently converted at any time into a BSBY Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof) in the principal amount equal to the amount paid by the Issuing Lender in respect of such draft or other demand under such Letter of Credit and all reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent relative thereto. The Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of such deemed request, and each such Lender shall make available to the Agent an amount equal to its pro rata share (based on its Revolving Credit Percentage) of the amount of such Advance.
(d) If the Issuing Lender shall honor a draft or other demand for payment presented or made under any Letter of Credit, but the Borrowers do not reimburse the Issuing Lender as required under clause (b) above, and (i) the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment has been terminated (whether by maturity, acceleration or otherwise), or (ii) any reimbursement received by the Issuing Lender from the Borrowers is or must be returned or rescinded upon or during any bankruptcy or reorganization of any Credit Party or otherwise, then the Agent shall notify each Revolving Credit Lender, and each Revolving Credit Lender will be obligated to pay the Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender its pro rata share (based on its Revolving Credit Percentage) of the amount paid by the Issuing Lender in respect of such draft or other demand under such Letter of Credit and all reasonable expenses paid or incurred by the Agent relative thereto (but no such payment shall diminish the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder). Upon receipt thereof, the Agent will deliver to such Revolving Credit Lender a participation certificate evidencing its participation interest in respect of such payment and expenses. To the extent that a Revolving Credit Lender fails to make such amount available to the Agent by 11:00 am Detroit time on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given, such Revolving Credit Lender shall pay interest on such amount in respect of each day from the date such amount was required to be paid, to the date paid to the Agent, at the rate applicable under Section 2.4(c)(i) in respect of Revolving Credit Advances. The failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to make its pro rata portion of any such amount available under to the Agent shall not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender of its obligation to make available its pro rata portion of such amount, but no Revolving Credit Lender shall be responsible for failure of any other Revolving Credit Lender to make such pro rata portion available to the Agent.
(e) In the case of any Advance made under this Section 3.6, each such Advance shall be disbursed notwithstanding any failure to satisfy any conditions for disbursement of any Advance set forth in Section 2 hereof or Section 5 hereof, and, to the extent of the Advance so disbursed, the Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrowers to the Agent under this Section 3.6 shall be deemed satisfied (unless, in each case, taking into account any such deemed Advances, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Advances of the Revolving Credit and the Swing Line, plus the Letter of Credit Obligations (other than the Reimbursement Obligations to be reimbursed by this Advance) on such date exceed the then applicable Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment).
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(f) If the Issuing Lender shall honor a draft or other demand for payment presented or made under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall provide notice thereof to the Borrowers on the date such draft or demand is honored, and to each Revolving Credit Lender on such date unless the Borrowers shall have satisfied its reimbursement obligations by payment to the Agent (for the benefit of the Issuing Lender) as required under this Section 3.6. The Issuing Lender shall further use reasonable efforts to provide notice to the Borrowers prior to honoring any such draft or other demand for payment, but such notice, or the failure to provide such notice, shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Issuing Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit or the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, including without limitation the obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 3.6.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing however no Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have acquired a participation in a Letter of Credit if the officers of the Issuing Lender immediately responsible for matters concerning this Agreement shall have received written notice from the Agent or any Lender at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date of the issuance or extension of such Letter of Credit or, with respect to any Letter of Credit subject to automatic extension, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date that the beneficiary under such Letter of Credit must be notified that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed, that the issuance or extension of Letters of Credit should be suspended based on the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”; provided, however that the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have acquired such a participation upon the date on which such Default or Event of Default has been waived by the requisite Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable. In the event that the Issuing Lender receives such a notice, the Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit until such notice is withdrawn by the Agent or such Lender or until the requisite Lenders have waived such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(h) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require or authorize any Revolving Credit Lender to issue any Letter of Credit, it being recognized that the Issuing Lender shall be the sole issuer of Letters of Credit under this Agreement.
(i) In the event that any Revolving Credit Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Lender may, at its option, require that the Borrowers enter into arrangements satisfactory to Issuing Lender to eliminate the Fronting Exposure with respect to the participation in the Letter of Credit Obligations by such Defaulting Lender, including creation of a cash collateral account on terms satisfactory to the Agent or delivery of other security to assure payment of such Defaulting Lender's Percentage of all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations.
3.7 Obligations Irrevocable. The obligations of the Borrowers to make payments to the Agent for the account of Issuing Lender or the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to Letter of Credit Obligations under Section 3.6 hereof, shall be unconditional and irrevocable and not subject to any qualification or exception whatsoever, including, without limitation:
(a) Any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement, any other documentation relating to any Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (the “Letter of Credit Documents”);
(b) Any amendment, modification, waiver, consent, or any substitution, exchange or release of or failure to perfect any interest in collateral or security, with respect to or under any Letter of Credit Document;
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(c) The existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrowers may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Revolving Credit Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any of the Letter of Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated herein or therein or any unrelated transactions;
(d) Any draft or other statement or document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(e) Payment by the Issuing Lender to the beneficiary under any Letter of Credit against presentation of documents which do not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to such Letter of Credit;
(f) Any failure, omission, delay or lack on the part of the Agent, Issuing Lender or any Revolving Credit Lender or any party to any of the Letter of Credit Documents or any other Loan Document to enforce, assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred upon the Agent, Issuing Lender, any Revolving Credit Lender or any such party under this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Letter of Credit Documents, or any other acts or omissions on the part of the Agent, Issuing Lender, any Revolving Credit Lender or any such party; or
(g) Any other event or circumstance that would, in the absence of this Section 3.7, result in the release or discharge by operation of law or otherwise of the Borrowers from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in Section 3.6 hereof.
No setoff, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any obligation or any defense of any kind or nature which the Borrowers have or may have against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit shall be available hereunder to the Borrowers against the Agent, Issuing Lender or any Revolving Credit Lender. With respect to any Letter of Credit, nothing contained in this Section 3.7 shall be deemed to prevent the Borrowers, after satisfaction in full of the absolute and unconditional obligations of the Borrowers hereunder with respect to such Letter of Credit, from asserting in a separate action any claim, defense, set off or other right which they (or any of them) may have against the Agent, Issuing Lender or any Revolving Credit Lender in connection with such Letter of Credit.
3.8 Risk Under Letters of Credit.
(a) In the administration and handling of Letters of Credit and any security therefor, or any documents or instruments given in connection therewith, Issuing Lender shall have the sole right to take or refrain from taking any and all actions under or upon the Letters of Credit.
(b) Subject to other terms and conditions of this Agreement, Issuing Lender shall issue the Letters of Credit and shall hold the documents related thereto in its own name and shall make all collections thereunder and otherwise administer the Letters of Credit in accordance with Issuing Xxxxxx’s regularly established practices and procedures and will have no further obligation with respect thereto. In the administration of Letters of Credit, Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted on the advice of counsel, accountants, appraisers or other experts selected by Issuing Lender with due care and Issuing Lender may rely upon any notice, communication, certificate or other statement from the Borrowers, beneficiaries of Letters of Credit, or any other Person which Issuing Xxxxxx believes to be authentic. Issuing Lender will, upon request, furnish the Revolving Credit Lenders with copies of Letter of Credit Documents related thereto.
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(c) In connection with the issuance and administration of Letters of Credit and the assignments hereunder, Issuing Lender makes no representation and shall have no responsibility with respect to (i) the obligations of the Borrowers or the validity, sufficiency or enforceability of any document or instrument given in connection therewith, or the taking of any action with respect to same, (ii) the financial condition of, any representations made by, or any act or omission of the Borrowers or any other Person, or (iii) any failure or delay in exercising any rights or powers possessed by Issuing Lender in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit in the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each of the Revolving Credit Lenders expressly acknowledges that it has made and will continue to make its own evaluations of the Borrowers’ creditworthiness without reliance on any representation of Issuing Lender or Issuing Lender’s officers, agents and employees.
(d) If at any time Issuing Lender shall recover any part of any unreimbursed amount for any draw or other demand for payment under a Letter of Credit, or any interest thereon, the Agent or Issuing Lender, as the case may be, shall receive same for the pro rata benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Percentages and shall promptly deliver to each Revolving Credit Lender its share thereof, less such Revolving Credit Lender’s pro rata share of the costs of such recovery, including court costs and attorney’s fees. If at any time any Revolving Credit Lender shall receive from any source whatsoever any payment on any such unreimbursed amount or interest thereon in excess of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Percentage of such payment, such Revolving Credit Lender will promptly pay over such excess to the Agent, for redistribution in accordance with this Agreement.
3.9 Exculpatory Provision. None of the Issuing Lender, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable or responsible for:
(a) the use which may be made of any Letter of Credit or for any acts or omissions of any beneficiary in connection therewith;
(b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged;
(c) payment by the Issuing Lender to the beneficiary under any Letter of Credit against presentation of documents which do not strictly comply with the terms of any Letter of Credit (unless such payment resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender), including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to such Letter of Credit;
(d) any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit (except to the extent such error, omission, interruption or delay resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender); or
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(e) any other event or circumstance whatsoever arising in connection with any Letter of Credit.
It is understood that in making any payment under a Letter of Credit the Issuing Lender will rely on documents presented to it under such Letter of Credit as to any and all matters set forth therein without further investigation and regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.
3.10 Right of Reimbursement. Each Revolving Credit Lender agrees to reimburse the Issuing Lender on demand, pro rata in accordance with its respective Revolving Credit Percentage, for (i) the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Issuing Lender to be reimbursed by the Borrowers pursuant to any Letter of Credit Agreement or any Letter of Credit, to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers or any other Credit Party and (ii) any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, fees, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Issuing Lender in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement (including Section 3.6(c) hereof), any Letter of Credit, any documentation or any transaction relating thereto, or any Letter of Credit Agreement, to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers, except to the extent that such liabilities, losses, costs or expenses were incurred by Issuing Lender as a result of Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment) or by the Issuing Lender’s wrongful dishonor of any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary thereunder of a draft or other demand for payment and other documentation strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit.
4. | RESERVED. |
5. | CONDITIONS. |
The obligations of the Lenders to make Advances or loans pursuant to this Agreement and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit are subject to the following conditions:
5.1 Conditions of Initial Advances. The obligations of the Lenders to make initial Advances or loans pursuant to this Agreement and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue initial Letters of Credit, in each case, on the Effective Date only, are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Notes, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Borrowers shall have executed and delivered to the Agent for the account of each Lender requesting Notes, the Notes, as applicable; the Borrowers shall have executed and delivered this Agreement; and each Credit Party shall have executed and delivered the other Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is required to be a party (including all schedules and other documents to be delivered pursuant hereto); and such Notes (if any), this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be in full force and effect.
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(b) Corporate Authority. The Agent shall have received, with a counterpart thereof for each Lender, from each Borrower and each Guarantor, a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary dated as of the Effective Date as to:
(i) corporate resolutions (or the equivalent) of such Borrower or Guarantor authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents approval of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case to which such Borrower or Guarantor is party, and authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in the case of the Borrowers, authorizing the execution and delivery of requests for Advances and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder,
(ii) the incumbency and signature of the officers or other authorized persons of such Borrower or Guarantor executing any Loan Document and in the case of the Borrowers, the officers who are authorized to execute any Requests for Advance, or requests for the issuance of Letters of Credit,
(iii) a certificate of good standing or continued existence (or the equivalent thereof) from the state of its incorporation or formation, and from every state or other jurisdiction where such Borrower or Guarantor is qualified to do business and such qualification is material to the conduct of such Borrower’s or Guarantor’s business, which jurisdictions are listed on Schedule 5.1(c) attached hereto, and
(iv) copies of such Xxxxxxxx’s or Guarantor’s articles of incorporation and bylaws or other constitutional documents, as in effect on the Effective Date.
(c) Collateral Documents, Guaranties and other Loan Documents. The Agent shall have received the following documents, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and fully executed by each party thereto:
(i) The following Collateral Documents, each in form and substance acceptable to the Agent and fully executed by each party thereto and dated as of the Effective Date:
(A) the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by the Credit Parties;
(B) Subject to Section 7.14, an Account Control Agreement with respect to any deposit or securities accounts not maintained with Agent as of the Effective Date; and
(C) an executed Collateral Assignment of Management Agreement with respect to each Management Agreement.
(ii) [Reserved].
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(iii) (A) Certified copies of uniform commercial code requests for information, or a similar search report certified by a party acceptable to the Agent, dated a date reasonably prior to the Effective Date, listing all effective financing statements in the jurisdiction noted on Schedule 5.1(c) which name any Credit Party (under their present names or under any previous names used within five (5) years prior to the date hereof) as debtors, together with (x) copies of such financing statements, and (y) authorized Uniform Commercial Code (Form UCC-3) Termination Statements, if any, necessary to release all Liens and other rights of any Person in any Collateral described in the Collateral Documents previously granted by any Person (other than Liens permitted by Section 8.2 of this Agreement) and (B) intellectual property search reports results from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office for the Credit Parties dated a date reasonably prior to the Effective Date.
(iv) Any documents (including, without limitation, financing statements, amendments to financing statements and assignments of financing statements, stock powers executed in blank and any endorsements) requested by the Agent and reasonably required to be provided in connection with the Collateral Documents to create, in favor of the Agent (for and on behalf of the Lenders), a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral thereunder shall have been filed, registered or recorded, or shall have been delivered to the Agent in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.
(d) Insurance. The Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Credit Parties have obtained the insurance policies required by Section 7.5 hereof and that such insurance policies are in full force and effect.
(e) Compliance with Certain Documents and Agreements. Each Credit Party shall have each performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to the extent required to be performed or complied with by such Credit Party. No Person (other than the Agent, Lenders and Issuing Lender) party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in material default in the performance or compliance with any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or shall be in material default in the performance or compliance with any of the material terms or material provisions of, in each case to which such Person is a party.
(f) Opinions of Counsel. The Credit Parties shall furnish the Agent prior to the initial Advance under this Agreement, with signed copies for each Lender, opinions of counsel to the Credit Parties, including opinions of local counsel to the extent deemed necessary by the Agent, in each case dated the Effective Date and covering such matters as reasonably required by and otherwise reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and each of the Lenders.
(g) Payment of Fees. The Borrowers shall have paid to Comerica Bank any fees due under the terms of the Fee Letter, along with any other fees, costs or expenses due and outstanding to the Agent or the Lenders as of the Effective Date (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agent).
(h) Pro Forma Balance Sheet and Financial Statements. The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Lenders and the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent: (a) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, (b) audited financial statements of the Borrowers for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2021, and presented in accordance with GAAP, and the quarterly financial statements prepared by the Borrowers for the quarter ending June 30, 2022 and (c) quarterly projections of the Borrowers through December 31, 2023, in form acceptable to the Agent.
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(i) Audits; Due Diligence. The Agent and Lenders shall have received, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, an audit of all accounts receivable and inventory of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries.
(j) Management Agreement and Employment Agreements. The Agent shall have received copies of the Management Agreement and all employment agreements of the Credit Parties which shall remain in effect following the Effective Date as set forth on Schedule 6.17 hereof, the terms of which are reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Majority Lenders.
(k) Material Contracts. The Agent shall have received copies of all Material Contracts described on Schedule 6.18 hereof.
(l) Governmental and Other Approvals. The Agent shall have received copies of all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, qualifications or formal exemptions, filings, declarations and registrations with, any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority or any securities exchange or any other person or party (whether or not governmental) received by any Credit Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to occur on the Effective Date.
(m) Closing Certificate. The Agent shall have received, with a signed counterpart for each Lender, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers’ Representative dated the Effective Date (or, if different, the date of the initial Advance hereunder), stating that to the best of his or her respective knowledge after due inquiry, (a) the conditions set forth in this Section 5 have been satisfied to the extent required to be satisfied by any Credit Party; (b) the representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, as applicable, are true and correct in all material respects; (c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (d) since December 31, 2021, nothing shall have occurred which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse change on the business, results of operations, conditions, or property (financial or otherwise) of the Borrowers or any other Credit Party; and (e) there shall have been no material adverse change to the Pro Forma Balance Sheet.
(n) Customer Identification Forms. The Agent shall have received (i) the completed Beneficial Ownership Certification from the Borrowers and each Guarantor and (ii) all other documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including USA Patriot Act, and a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable, for each Borrower, Guarantor and any other Person who provides guaranty or collateral support for all or any of the Indebtedness.
5.2 Continuing Conditions. The obligations of each Lender to make Advances (including the initial Advance) or to provide other credit accommodations and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue any Letters of Credit shall be subject to the continuing conditions that:
(a) No Default or Event of Default shall exist as of the date of the Advance or the request for the Letter of Credit, as the case may be; and
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(b) Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in each of the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the Advance or Letter of Credit (as the case may be) as if made on and as of such date (other than any representation or warranty that expressly speaks only as of a different date).
6. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. |
The Borrowers represent and warrant to the Agent, the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lender as follows:
6.1 Corporate Authority. Each Credit Party and each Affiliated Practice Entity is a corporation (or other business entity) duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and each Credit Party and each Affiliated Practice Entity is duly qualified and authorized to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the character of its assets or the nature of its activities makes such qualification and authorization necessary except where failure to be so qualified or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Credit Party and each Affiliated Practice Entity has all requisite corporate, limited liability or partnership power and authority to own all its property (whether real, personal, tangible or intangible or of any kind whatsoever) and to carry on its business.
6.2 Due Authorization. Execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the other Loan Documents, to which each Credit Party is party, and the issuance of the Notes by the Borrowers (if requested) are within such Person’s corporate, limited liability or partnership power, have been duly authorized, are not in material contravention of any law applicable to such Credit Party or the terms of such Credit Party’s organizational documents and, except as have been previously obtained or as referred to in Section 6.10, below, do not require the consent or approval of any governmental body, agency or authority or any other third party except to the extent that such consent or approval is not material to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
6.3 Good Title; Leases; Assets; No Liens.
(a) Each Credit Party, to the extent applicable, has good and valid title (or, in the case of real property, good and marketable title) to all assets owned by it, subject only to the Liens permitted under section 8.2 hereof, and each Credit Party has a valid leasehold or interest as a lessee or a licensee in all of its leased real property;
(b) Schedule 6.3(b) hereof identifies all of the real property owned or leased, as lessee thereunder, by the Credit Parties on the Effective Date, including all warehouse or bailee locations;
(c) The Credit Parties will collectively own or collectively have a valid leasehold interest in all assets that were owned or leased (as lessee) by the Credit Parties immediately prior to the Effective Date to the extent that such assets are necessary for the continued operation of the Credit Parties’ businesses in substantially the manner as such businesses were operated immediately prior to the Effective Date;
(d) Each Credit Party owns or has a valid leasehold interest in all real property necessary for its continued operations and, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, no material condemnation, eminent domain or expropriation action has been commenced or threatened against any such owned or leased real property; and
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(e) There are no Liens on and no financing statements on file with respect to any of the assets owned by the Credit Parties, except for the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.2 of this Agreement.
6.4 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.4 hereof, each Credit Party has filed on or before their respective due dates or within the applicable grace periods, all United States federal, state, local income and other material tax returns which are required to be filed or has obtained extensions for filing such tax returns and is not delinquent in filing such returns in accordance with such extensions and has paid all material taxes which have become due pursuant to those returns or pursuant to any assessments received by any such Credit Party, as the case may be, to the extent such taxes have become due, except to the extent such taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate provision has been made on the books of such Credit Party as may be required by GAAP.
6.5 No Defaults. No Credit Party is in default under or with respect to any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound which would cause or would reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Enforceability of Agreement and Loan Documents. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which any Credit Party is a party (including without limitation, each Request for Advance), have each been duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officers and constitute the valid and binding obligations of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights, generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in law or equity).
6.7 Compliance with Laws. (a) Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.7, each Credit Party and each Affiliated Practice Entity has complied with all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations and guidelines (including consent decrees and administrative orders) including but not limited to Hazardous Material Laws, and is in compliance with any Requirement of Law, except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) neither the extension of credit made pursuant to this Agreement or the use of the proceeds thereof by the Credit Parties will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, or The United and Strengthening America by providing appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (“USA Patriot Act”) Act of 2001, Public Law 10756, October 26, 2001 or Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 issued by the President of the United States (66 Fed. Reg. 49049 (2001).
6.8 Non-contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including each Request for Advance) to which each Credit Party is a party are not in contravention of the terms of any indenture, agreement or undertaking to which such Credit Party is a party or by which it or its properties are bound where such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.9 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.9 hereof, there is no suit, action, proceeding, including, without limitation, any bankruptcy proceeding or governmental investigation pending against or to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened against any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity (other than any suit, action or proceeding in which a Credit Party is the plaintiff and in which no counterclaim or cross-claim against such Credit Party or such Affiliated Practice Entity has been filed), or any judgment, decree, injunction, rule, or order of any court, government, department, commission, agency, instrumentality or arbitrator outstanding against any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity, nor is any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity in violation of any applicable law, regulation, ordinance, order, injunction, decree or requirement of any governmental body or court, which could in any of the foregoing events reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.10 Consents, Approvals and Filings, Etc. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.10 hereof, no material authorization, consent, approval, license, qualification or formal exemption from, nor any filing, declaration or registration with, any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority or any securities exchange or any other Person (whether or not governmental) is required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery and performance: (i) by any Credit Party of this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party or (ii) by the Credit Parties of the grant of Liens granted, conveyed or otherwise established (or to be granted, conveyed or otherwise established) by or under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, as applicable, and (b) the operation of any Credit Party’s business, except in each case for (x) such matters which have been previously obtained, and (y) such filings to be made concurrently herewith or promptly following the Effective Date as are required by the Collateral Documents to perfect Liens in favor of the Agent. All such material authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, qualifications, exemptions, filings, declarations and registrations which have previously been obtained or made, as the case may be, are in full force and effect and, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, are not the subject of any attack or threatened attack (in each case in any material respect) by appeal or direct proceeding or otherwise.
6.11 [Reserved].
6.12 No Investment Company or Margin Stock. No Credit Party is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Credit Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, directly or indirectly, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. None of the proceeds of any of the Advances will be used by any Credit Party to purchase or carry margin stock. Terms for which meanings are provided in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any regulations substituted therefore, as from time to time in effect, are used in this paragraph with such meanings.
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6.13 ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Employee Benefit Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state laws and (ii) each Employee Pension Benefit Plan that is maintained for employees of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or with respect to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees or with respect to which any Borrower has any liability, and that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code is either maintained under a prototype or volume submitter plan and such Borrower or Subsidiary is entitled to rely upon a favorable opinion or advisory letter from the IRS, or has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to the effect that the form of such Employee Pension Benefit Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the IRS to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status.
(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened or contemplated claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan that, either individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No ERISA Event has occurred, and neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan that, either individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The present value of all accrued benefits under each Pension Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Pension Plan) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Pension Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a material amount. As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan, the potential liability of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 or Section 4205 of ERISA), when aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans, is zero.
(e) To the extent applicable, each Foreign Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable Requirements of Law and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, except to the extent that the failure so to comply could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Borrower nor any Subsidiary has incurred any material obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan. The present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Plan that is funded, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year of any Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, on the basis of actuarial assumptions, each of which is reasonable, did not exceed the current value of the property of such Foreign Plan by a material amount, and for each Foreign Plan that is not funded, the obligations of such Foreign Plan are properly accrued.
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(f) None of the Credit Parties is (1) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (2) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (3) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts for purposes of ERISA or the Code, or (4) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA.
6.14 Conditions Affecting Business or Properties. Neither the respective businesses nor the properties of any Credit Party is affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or other dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, Act of God, or other casualty (except to the extent such event is covered by insurance sufficient to ensure that upon application of the proceeds thereof, no Material Adverse Effect could reasonably be expected to occur) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.15 Environmental and Safety Matters. Except as set forth in Schedules 6.9, 6.10 and 6.15:
(a) all facilities and property owned or leased by the Credit Parties are in compliance with all Hazardous Material Laws, except where such non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, there have been no unresolved and outstanding past, and there are no pending or threatened, except where such matters could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) claims, complaints, notices or requests for information received by any Credit Party with respect to any alleged violation of any Hazardous Material Law, or
(ii) written complaints, notices or inquiries to any Credit Party regarding potential liability of any Credit Parties under any Hazardous Material Law; and
(c) to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, no conditions exist at, on or under any property now or previously owned or leased by any Credit Party which, with the passage of time, or the giving of notice or both, are reasonably likely to give rise to liability under any Hazardous Material Law or create a significant adverse effect on the value of the property, except where such matters could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.16 Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.16 hereto as of the Effective Date, and thereafter, except as disclosed to the Agent in writing from time to time, no Credit Party has any Subsidiaries.
6.17 Management Agreements. Schedule 6.17 attached hereto is an accurate and complete list of all management and significant employment agreements in effect on or as of the Effective Date to which any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity is a party or is bound.
6.18 Material Contracts. Schedule 6.18 attached hereto is an accurate and complete list of all Material Contracts in effect on or as of the Effective Date to which any Credit Party is a party or is bound.
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6.19 Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Tradenames, etc. The Credit Parties possess all franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, licenses and permits, and rights in respect of the foregoing, adequate for the conduct of their business substantially as now conducted without known conflict with any rights of others, except where the lack of any such item could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 6.19 contains a true and accurate list of all trade names and any and all other names used by any Credit Party during the five-year period ending as of the Effective Date.
6.20 Capital Structure. Schedule 6.20 attached hereto sets forth all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Credit Party (other than Warby Parker), including the number of authorized, issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Credit Party (other than Warby Parker), the par value of such Equity Interests and the holders of such Equity Interests, all on and as of the Effective Date. All issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Credit Party are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens (except for the benefit of the Agent) and such Equity Interests were issued in compliance with all applicable state, federal and foreign laws concerning the issuance of securities. Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.20, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights or similar agreements or understandings for the purchase or acquisition from any Credit Party, of any Equity Interests of any Credit Party.
6.21 Accuracy of Information; Beneficial Ownership.
(a) The audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2021, furnished to the Agent and the Lenders prior to the Effective Date fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries and the results of their operations for the periods covered thereby, and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The projections, the Pro Forma Balance Sheet and the other pro forma financial information delivered to the Agent prior to the Effective Date are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of each Borrower to be accurate and reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein.
(b) Since December 31, 2022, there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, condition, or property (financial or otherwise) of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole.
(c) To the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, as of the Effective Date, (i) the Credit Parties do not have any material contingent obligations (including any liability for taxes) not disclosed by or reserved against in the opening balance sheet to be delivered hereunder and (ii) there are no unrealized or anticipated losses from any present commitment of the Credit Parties which contingent obligations and losses in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) As of the Effective Date, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification provided on or prior to the Effective Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.
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6.22 Solvency. After giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Loan Documents, each Credit Party will be solvent, able to pay its indebtedness as it matures and will have capital sufficient to carry on its businesses and all business in which it is about to engage. This Agreement is being executed and delivered by the Borrowers to the Agent and the Lenders in good faith and in exchange for fair, equivalent consideration. The Credit Parties do not intend to, nor (to the best of their knowledge) do the Credit Parties believe the Credit Parties will incur debts beyond their ability to pay as they mature. The Credit Parties do not contemplate filing a petition in bankruptcy or for an arrangement or reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar law of any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect relating to any Credit Party, nor does any Credit Party have actual knowledge of any threatened bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against a Credit Party.
6.23 Employee Matters. There are no strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages, unfair labor practice complaints, grievances, arbitration proceedings or controversies pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened against any Credit Party by any employees of any Credit Party, other than non-material employee grievances or controversies arising in the ordinary course of business, except to the extent any such matters could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Set forth on Schedule 6.23 are all union contracts or agreements to which any Credit Party is party as of the Effective Date and the related expiration dates of each such contract.
6.24 No Misrepresentation. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, certificate, information or report furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of a Credit Party to the Agent or any Lender in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, contains a misstatement of material fact, or omits to state a material fact required to be stated in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, taken as a whole, not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made. There is no fact, other than information known to the public generally, known to any Credit Party after diligent inquiry, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not expressly been disclosed to the Agent in writing.
6.25 Corporate Documents and Corporate Existence. As to each Credit Party, (a) it is an organization as described on Schedule 1.1 hereto and has provided the Agent and the Lenders with complete and correct copies of its articles of incorporation, by-laws and all other applicable charter and other organizational documents, and, if applicable, a good standing certificate and (b) its correct legal name, business address, type of organization and jurisdiction of organization, tax identification number and other relevant identification numbers are set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto.
6.26 Anti-Money Laundering/Anti-Terrorism. No Covered Entity (A) is a Sanctioned Person; or (B), either in its own right or through any third party, (1) has any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person; (2) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; or (3) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by, any Anti-Terrorism Laws.
6.27 Affected Financial Institution. No Credit Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
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6.28 Healthcare Investigations. Except as could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, no Credit Party or Affiliated Practice Entity has received any notice in writing of any Healthcare Investigation by any Governmental Authority that is reasonably likely, or with the passage of time is reasonably likely, (i) to have an adverse impact on such Credit Party’s or such Affiliated Practice Entity’s ability to accept and/or retain patients or result in the imposition of a fine, a sanction, or a lower rate certification, (ii) to modify, limit or result in the transfer, suspension, revocation or imposition of probationary use of any of the Required Licenses, or (iii) result in any other criminal or civil penalty, sanction, or remedy, or which could result in the appointment of a receiver.
6.29 HIPAA/HITECH Compliance. As of the Effective Date, each Credit Party and each Affiliated Practice Entity that are “covered entities” or “business associates” as either such term is defined under HIPAA/HITECH, are HIPAA/HITECH Compliant.
6.30 Program Compliance. To the extent it participates in a particular Program, except as could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party and each Affiliated Practice Entity meets all requirements of participation and payment of Medicare, Medicaid, any other state or federal government health care programs, and any other public or private third party payor programs (each, a “Program” and, collectively, “Programs”) and is a party to valid participation agreements for payment by such Programs. Except as could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, there is no investigation, audit, claim review, or other action pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened which could result in a revocation, suspension, termination, probation, restriction, limitation, or non-renewal of a Credit Party’s or an Affiliated Practice Entity’s Program participation agreement or result in a Credit Party’s or an Affiliated Practice Entity’s exclusion from any Program, each to the extent applicable. Except as could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, no Credit Party and no Affiliated Practice Entity has retained an overpayment received from, or failed to refund any amount due to, any Program in violation of any Health Care Law or Program requirement. In addition, no Credit Party and no Affiliated Practice Entity, nor any of their respective officers, members, managers or directors have been or are currently excluded from participation in any Program.
6.31 Licenses for Health Care Services. Except as could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, each Person providing Health Care Services for or on behalf of any Borrower or Affiliated Practice Entity (either as an employee or independent contractor): (x) is appropriately licensed in every jurisdiction in which such Person provides Health Care Services for or on behalf of such Borrower or Affiliated Practice Entity; and (y) does not have privileges at any licensed health care facility revoked, suspended or limited.
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7. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. |
Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until the Payment in Full of all of the Indebtedness, it will, and, as applicable, it will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
7.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Agent, in form and detail satisfactory to the Agent, with sufficient copies for each Lender, the following documents:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the audited Consolidated financial statements of the Borrowers and their Consolidated Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Practice Entities as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related audited Consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity, and cash flows of the Borrowers and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Practice Entities for such Fiscal Year or partial Fiscal Year and underlying assumptions, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, certified as being fairly stated in all material respects and reported upon without being subject to any “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph or any qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph as to the scope of such audit by an independent, nationally recognized certified public accounting firm reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Credit Parties, the Borrowers prepared unaudited Consolidated balance sheets of the Borrowers and their Consolidated Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Practice Entities as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Borrowers and their Consolidated Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Practice Entities for the portion of the Fiscal Year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous Fiscal Year, and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers as being fairly stated in all material respects; and
all such financial statements to be complete and correct in all material respects and to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by a Responsible Officer and disclosed therein), provided however that the financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (b) hereof will not be required to include footnotes and will be subject to change from audit and year-end adjustments.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) and Section 7.1(b) above shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or a copy of a Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC containing such information shall have been delivered to Agent.
7.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Agent, in form and detail acceptable to the Agent, with sufficient copies for each Lender, the following documents:
(a) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements described in Sections 7.1(a) for each Fiscal Year end, and 7.1(b) for each fiscal quarter end, a Covenant Compliance Report (or, in the case of the Borrowers’ prepared financial statements for the last fiscal quarter of each Fiscal Year, a draft Covenant Compliance Report) duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers’ Representative;
(b) [Reserved];
(c) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all significant reports submitted by the Credit Parties’ firm(s) of certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit or review of any type of the financial statements or related internal control systems of the Credit Parties made by such accountants, including any comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their services;
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(d) Any financial reports, statements, press releases, other material information or written notices delivered to the holders of the Subordinated Debt pursuant to any applicable Subordinated Debt Documents (to the extent not otherwise required hereunder), as and when delivered to such Persons;
(e) Not later than March 15 of each Fiscal Year, projections for the Credit Parties for the then current Fiscal Year, on a quarterly basis and for the following Fiscal Year on an annual basis, including a balance sheet, as at the end of each relevant period and for the period commencing at the beginning of the Fiscal Year and ending on the last day of such relevant period, such projections certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers as being based on reasonable estimates and assumptions taking into account all facts and information known (or reasonably available to any Credit Party) by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers;
(f) Promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the shareholders of the Parent, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements that any Credit Party may file or be required to file with the SEC or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, and not otherwise required to be delivered pursuant hereto;
(g) Promptly after receipt thereof by Credit Party, copies of each material notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) resulting in an investigation or possible investigation by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of Credit Party;
(h) Any additional information as required by any Loan Document, and such additional schedules, certificates and reports respecting all or any of the Collateral, the items or amounts received by the Credit Parties in full or partial payment thereof, and any goods (the sale or lease of which shall have given rise to any of the Collateral) possession of which has been obtained by the Credit Parties, all to such extent as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time, any such schedule, certificate or report to be certified as true and correct in all material respects by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Credit Party and shall be in such form and detail as the Agent may reasonably specify; and
(i) Such additional financial and/or other information as the Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request, promptly following such request.
7.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy, at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all of its material obligations of whatever nature, including without limitation all assessments, governmental charges, claims for labor, supplies, rent or other obligations, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being appropriately contested in good faith and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Credit Parties.
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7.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence; Compliance with Laws.
(a) Continue to engage in their respective business and operations substantially as conducted immediately prior to the Effective Date;
(b) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its existence and maintain its qualifications to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualifications are necessary for its operations, except (i) as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 8.4 or (ii) where the failure to so maintain such existence or qualifications could not, either singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Take all action it deems necessary in its reasonable business judgment to maintain all rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary for the normal conduct of its business except where the failure to so maintain such rights, privileges or franchises could not, either singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) Comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law, except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, either singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(e) (i) Continue to be a Person whose property or interests in property is not blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the “Order”), (ii) not engage in the transactions prohibited by Section 2 of that Order or become associated with Persons such that a violation of Section 2 of the Order would arise, and (iii) not become a Person on the list of Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons, or (iv) otherwise not become subject to the limitation of any OFAC regulation or executive order.
7.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all material property it deems, in its reasonable business judgment, useful and necessary in its business in working order (ordinary wear and tear excepted); (b) maintain insurance coverage with financially sound and reputable insurance companies on physical assets and against other business risks in such amounts and of such types as are customarily carried by companies similar in size and nature (including without limitation casualty and public liability and property damage insurance), and in the event of acquisition of additional property, real or personal, or of the incurrence of additional risks of any nature, increase such insurance coverage in such manner and to such extent as prudent business judgment and present practice or any applicable Requirements of Law would dictate and in the event of any Mortgaged Property located in a Flood Hazard Zone, maintain at all times flood insurance on such property from such insurance providers, on such terms and in such amounts as required under the Flood Laws or as otherwise required by any Lender; (c) in the case of all insurance policies covering any Collateral, such insurance policies shall provide that the loss payable thereunder shall be payable to the applicable Credit Party, and to the Agent (as mortgagee, or, in the case of personal property interests, lender loss payee) as their respective interests may appear; (d) in the case of all public liability insurance policies, such policies shall list the Agent as an additional insured, as the Agent may reasonably request; and (e) if requested by the Agent, certificates evidencing such policies, including all endorsements thereto, to be deposited with the Agent, such certificates being in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent; provided that if any Credit Party fails to insure or fails to pay the premiums on any required insurance (including, without limitation, flood insurance), Agent may (but is not obligated to), and, with respect to flood insurance only, any Lender may (but shall not be obligated to), following five (5) Business Days’ notice to Agent, have the insurance issued or renewed (and pay the premiums on it for the account of the applicable Credit Party) in amounts and with companies and at premiums as Agent or such Lender deems appropriate or, with respect to flood insurance, as required by the Flood Laws. If Agent or any Lender elects to have insurance issued or renewed to insure the interests of the applicable Credit Party, Agent or such Lender shall have no obligation to also insure such Credit Party’s interest or to notify such Credit Party of its actions. Any sums paid by Agent or any Lender for insurance as provided above shall be added to the Indebtedness.
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7.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records, Discussions. Permit the Agent and each Lender, through their authorized attorneys, accountants and representatives (a) at all reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior notice from the Agent or such Lender, to examine each Credit Party’s books, accounts, records, ledgers and assets and properties; (b) from time to time, during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior notice from the Agent, to conduct full or partial collateral audits of the Accounts and Inventory of the Credit Parties and appraisals of all or a portion of the fixed assets (including real property) of the Credit Parties, such audits and appraisals to be completed by an appraiser as may be selected by the Agent and consented to by the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), with all reasonable costs and expenses of such audits to be reimbursed by the Credit Parties, provided that so long as no Event of Default or Default exists at the time any such audit or appraisal is commenced, the Borrowers shall not be required to reimburse the Agent for such audits or appraisals more frequently than once each Fiscal Year; (c) during normal business hours and at their own risk, upon reasonable prior notice from Agent and subject to such additional requirements as may be imposed by any applicable landlord, to enter onto the real property owned or leased by any Credit Party to conduct inspections, investigations or other reviews of such real property; and (d) at reasonable times during normal business hours and at reasonable intervals, upon reasonable prior notice from Agent, to visit all of the Credit Parties’ offices, discuss each Credit Party’s respective financial matters with their respective officers, as applicable, and, by this provision, the Borrowers authorize, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to authorize, its independent certified or chartered public accountants to discuss the finances and affairs of any Credit Party and examine any of such Credit Party’s books, reports or records held by such accountants.
7.7 Notices. Promptly give written notice to the Agent of:
(a) As soon as possible, and in any event within two (2) Business Days, the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default of which any Credit Party has knowledge;
(b) any (i) litigation or proceeding existing at any time between any Credit Party and any Governmental Authority or other third party, or any investigation of any Credit Party conducted by any Governmental Authority, which in any case if adversely determined would have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any material adverse change in the financial condition of any Credit Party since the date of the last audited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) hereof;
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(c) the occurrence of any event which any Credit Party believes could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, promptly after concluding that such event could reasonably be expected to have such a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) promptly after becoming aware thereof, the taking by the Internal Revenue Service or any foreign taxing jurisdiction of a written tax position (or any such tax position taken by any Credit Party in a filing with the Internal Revenue Service or any foreign taxing jurisdiction) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, setting forth the details of such position and the financial impact thereof;
(e) (i) the acquisition or creation of any new Subsidiaries, and (ii) any material change after the Effective Date in the authorized and issued Equity Interests of any Credit Party (other than Warby Parker) or any other material amendment to any Credit Party’s charter, by-laws or other organizational documents, such notice, in each case, to identify the capital structures or amendments as applicable, provided that such notice shall be given not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the proposed effectiveness of such changes, acquisition or creation, as the case may be (or such shorter period to which the Agent may consent);
(f) upon request of Agent at any time, a current list of all jurisdictions in which any Credit Party is qualified to transact business in;
(g) not less than fifteen (15) Business Days (or such other shorter period to which the Agent may agree) prior to the proposed effective date thereof, any proposed material amendments, restatements or other modifications to any Subordinated Debt Documents;
(h) promptly notify the Agent of the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, either individually or together with any other ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(i) any default or event of default by any Person under any Subordinated Debt Document, concurrently with delivery or promptly after receipt (as the case may be) of any notice of default or event of default under the applicable document, as the case may be.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers’ Representative setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and, in the case of notices referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), and (h) hereof stating what action the applicable Credit Party has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.
7.8 Hazardous Material Laws.
(a) Use and operate all of its facilities and properties in material compliance with all applicable Hazardous Material Laws, keep all material required permits, approvals, certificates, licenses and other authorizations required under such Hazardous Material Laws in effect and remain in compliance therewith, and handle all Hazardous Materials in material compliance with all applicable Hazardous Material Laws;
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(b) (i) Promptly notify the Agent and provide copies upon receipt of all written claims, complaints, notices or inquiries received by any Credit Party relating to its facilities and properties or compliance with Hazardous Material Laws which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) promptly cure and have dismissed with prejudice to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and the Majority Lenders any material actions and proceedings relating to compliance with Hazardous Material Laws to which any Credit Party is named a party, other than such actions or proceedings being contested in good faith and with the establishment of reasonable reserves;
(c) To the extent necessary to comply in all material respects with Hazardous Material Laws, remediate or monitor contamination arising from a release or disposal of Hazardous Material, which solely, or together with other releases or disposals of Hazardous Materials could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) Provide such information and certifications which the Agent or any Lender may reasonably request from time to time to evidence compliance with this Section 7.8.
7.9 Financial Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Senior Net Leverage Ratio. At all times following the date on which the aggregate outstanding amount of all Advances hereunder first exceeds $60,000,000 (including amounts outstanding under the Swing Line or Letter of Credit sublimits of the Revolving Credit) maintain a Consolidated Senior Net Leverage Ratio of not more than 3.00 to 1.00, tested as of the end of each fiscal quarter, for the twelve month period ending on such date. For the avoidance of doubt, no financial covenants under this Section 7.9 shall apply at any time prior to the date on which the aggregate outstanding amount of the Advances first exceeds $60,000,000 (including amounts outstanding under any sublimit of the Revolving Credit), but such financial covenants shall continue to apply even though the outstanding Advances are thereafter reduced to an amount less than $60,000,000.
7.10 Governmental and Other Approvals. Apply for, obtain and/or maintain in effect, as applicable, all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, qualifications, exemptions, filings, declarations and registrations (whether with any court, governmental agency, regulatory authority, securities exchange or otherwise) which are necessary or reasonably requested by the Agent in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party of, as applicable, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Subordinated Debt Documents, or any other documents or instruments to be executed and/or delivered by any Credit Party, as applicable in connection therewith or herewith, except where the failure to so apply for, obtain or maintain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.11 Compliance with ERISA. Comply in all material respects with all material requirements imposed by ERISA and the Code, including, but not limited to, the minimum funding requirements for any Pension Plan, except to the extent that any noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.12 Defense of Collateral. Defend the Collateral from any Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 8.2.
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7.13 Future Subsidiaries; Additional Collateral.
(a) With respect to each Person which becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) of any Borrower (directly or indirectly) subsequent to the Effective Date, whether by Permitted Acquisition, Division or otherwise, cause such new Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Agent, for and on behalf of each of the Lenders (unless waived by the Agent):
(i) within thirty (30) days after the date such Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) (or such longer time period as the Agent may determine), a Guaranty, or in the event that a Guaranty already exists, a joinder agreement to the Guaranty whereby such Domestic Subsidiary becomes obligated as a Guarantor under the Guaranty; and
(ii) within thirty (30) days after the date such Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) (or such longer time period as the Agent may determine), a joinder agreement to the Security Agreement whereby such Domestic Subsidiary grants a Lien over its assets (other than Equity Interests which should be governed by (b) of this Section 7.13) as set forth in the Security Agreement, and such Domestic Subsidiary shall take such additional actions as may be necessary to ensure a valid first priority perfected Lien over such assets of such Domestic Subsidiary, subject only to the other Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.2 of this Agreement;
(iii) within the time period specified in and to the extent required under clause (d) of this Section 7.13, a Mortgage, Collateral Access Agreements and/or other documents required to be delivered in connection therewith;
(b) With respect to the Equity Interests of each Person which becomes (whether by Permitted Acquisition, Division or otherwise) (i) a Domestic Subsidiary subsequent to the Effective Date, cause the Credit Party that holds such Equity Interests to execute and deliver such Pledge Agreements, and take such actions as may be necessary to ensure a valid first priority perfected Lien over one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests of such Domestic Subsidiary held by a Credit Party, such Pledge Agreements to be executed and delivered (unless waived by the Agent) within thirty (30) days after the date such Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (or such longer time period as the Agent may determine); and (ii) a Foreign Subsidiary subsequent to the Effective Date, the Equity Interests of which is held directly by a Borrower or one of its Domestic Subsidiaries, cause the Credit Party that holds such Equity Interests to execute and deliver such Pledge Agreements and take such actions as may be necessary to ensure a valid first priority perfected Lien over sixty-five percent (65%) of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, such Pledge Agreements to be executed and delivered (unless waived by the Agent) within thirty (30) days after the date such Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary (or such longer time period as the Agent may determine);
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(c) At any time that (x) the aggregate revenues derived by the Credit Parties from the Affiliated Practice Entities (individually or collectively) exceeds 10% of the total revenues of the Credit Parties or (y) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers shall elect one of the following options and notify the Agent in writing of such election within ten (10) Business Days after the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing (x) or (y): (1) within thirty (30) days after such event (or such longer time period as the Agent may determine), deliver to the Agent (or, in the case of the foregoing clause (y), use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver) a Consent to Assignment executed by each Affiliated Practice Entity in respect of each Management Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, together with such other documentation and related deliveries and actions as requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion, including without limitation, such amendments or amendments and restatements of any Management Agreement, as reasonably requested by the Agent (in each of the foregoing cases, except to the extent that any term of such Consent to Assignment or requested actions or deliveries is in violation of applicable Healthcare Laws, as reasonably determined by Borrowers) or (2) deduct all such revenues derived by the Credit Parties from the Affiliated Practice Entities from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income and any other applicable covenant calculation (but without adding back any expenses related to the Affiliated Practice Entities for purposes of any covenant calculation hereunder), in each case, as determined at any time thereafter;
(d) (i) With respect to the acquisition of a fee interest in real property by any Credit Party (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) after the Effective Date (whether by Permitted Acquisition or otherwise), not later than thirty (30) days after the acquisition is consummated or the owner of such property becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (or such longer time period as the Agent may determine), if reasonably requested by the Agent, such Credit Party shall execute or cause to be executed, a Mortgage (or an amendment to an existing mortgage, where appropriate) covering such real property, together with such additional real estate documentation, environmental reports, title policies and surveys as may be reasonably required by the Agent and all flood hazard determination certifications, acknowledgments and evidence of flood insurance and other flood-related documentation with respect to such real property as required by Flood Laws and as otherwise reasonably required by the Agent; and (ii) with respect to the acquisition of any leasehold interest in real property by any Credit Party after the Effective Date (whether by Permitted Acquisition or otherwise), not later than thirty (30) days after the acquisition is consummated or the owner of the applicable leasehold interest becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (or such longer time period as the Agent may determine), if reasonably requested by the Agent, the applicable Credit Party shall deliver to the Agent a copy of the applicable lease agreement and shall execute or cause to be executed, at the Agent’s option, a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent together with such other documentation as may be reasonably required by the Agent;
in each case in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, in its reasonable discretion, together with such supporting documentation, including without limitation corporate authority items, certificates and opinions of counsel, as reasonably required by the Agent. Upon the Agent’s request, Credit Parties shall take, or cause to be taken, such additional steps as are necessary or advisable under applicable law to perfect and ensure the validity and priority of the Liens granted under this Section 7.13.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (y) the Agent shall not enter into any Mortgage in respect of any real property acquired by a Credit Party after the Effective Date until sixty (60) days after the Agent or the Borrowers have delivered to the Lenders (which may be delivered electronically) the following documents in respect of such real property: (i) sufficient information to allow each Lender to conduct flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance with respect to such property (such information to include without limitation such property’s street address that will be used in the Mortgage with respect to such property and in the mortgage title insurance policy and any other Loan Documents to be delivered in connection with such Mortgage), (ii) a completed flood hazard determination from a third party vendor; (iii) if any part of such property is located in a Flood Hazard Zone, a notification to the applicable Credit Parties of that fact and, if applicable, notification to the applicable Credit Parties that flood insurance coverage is not available and evidence of the receipt by the applicable Credit Parties of such notice; provided that (subject to clause (z) below) the Agent may enter into such Mortgage prior to the end of such sixty (60) day period if the Agent shall have received confirmation from each applicable Lender that such Lender has completed any necessary flood insurance due diligence to its reasonable satisfaction; and (z) if any part of such property is located in a Flood Hazard Zone and flood insurance coverage is not available, no party shall enter into a Mortgage with respect to such property.
7.14 Accounts. Maintain all primary deposit accounts, securities accounts, operating accounts and cash management accounts of any Credit Party with the Agent or a Lender, provided that, (a) so long as Borrowers and Guarantors at all times maintain at least $10,000,000 in the aggregate in Net Cash in deposit accounts with Agent or a Lender or with Agent’s or a Lender’s Affiliates (and in the case of such accounts with a Lender or Agent’s or a Lender’s Affiliates, covered by Account Control Agreements), Credit Parties may maintain up to $30,000,000 in the aggregate in deposit and investment balances in accounts outside of Agent and Lenders, and so long as no Event of Default exists, no Account Control Agreements shall be required with respect to such accounts and (b) with respect to any such accounts maintained with any Lender (other than the Agent), such Credit Party that is a Borrower or a Guarantor (i) shall cause to be executed and delivered an Account Control Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (ii) has taken all other steps necessary, or in the opinion of the Agent, desirable to ensure that the Agent has a perfected security interest in such account. Upon request of Agent from time to time, Borrowers shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days of request by Agent, provide Agent with a true, correct and complete listing of all deposit and securities accounts maintained outside of Agent by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
7.15 Use of Proceeds. Use all Advances of the Revolving Credit as set forth in Section 2.13 hereof. The Borrowers shall not use any portion of the proceeds of any such advances for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) in any manner which violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of said Board of Governors or for any other purpose in violation of any applicable statute or regulation and not use the Advances to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.
7.16 [Reserved].
7.17 Further Assurances and Information.
(a) Take such actions as the Agent or Majority Lenders may from time to time reasonably request to establish and maintain first priority perfected security interests in and Liens on all of the Collateral, subject only to those Liens permitted under Section 8.2 hereof, including executing and delivering such additional pledges, assignments, mortgages, lien instruments or other security instruments covering any or all of the Credit Parties’ assets as the Agent may reasonably require, such documentation to be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, and prepared at the expense of the Borrowers.
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(b) Execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Agent within a reasonable time following the Agent’s request, and at the expense of the Borrowers, such other documents or instruments as the Agent may reasonably require to effectuate more fully the purposes of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(c) Promptly provide Agent and the Lenders with any information and documentation reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including under the USA Patriot Act and any the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(d) With respect to all or any portion of a Mortgaged Property (a) at any time upon the Agent’s or any Lender’s request, provide the Agent and each Lender with sufficient information to allow the Agent and each Lender to conduct flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance with respect to such property (such information to include without limitation such property’s street address that is used in the Mortgage with respect to such property and in the mortgage title insurance policy and any other Loan Documents delivered in connection with such Mortgage), and (b) if any part of such Mortgaged Property is determined to be in a Flood Hazard Zone, deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent and the Lenders, within forty five (45) days after receipt by the applicable Credit Party of notice from the Agent or a Lender that any part of such Mortgaged Property is located in a Flood Hazard Zone, evidence of flood insurance on such property from such insurance providers on such terms and in such amounts as required under the Flood Laws or as otherwise required by any Lender.
7.18 Anti-Terrorism Laws. Not permit (i) any Covered Entity to become a Sanctioned Person, (ii) any Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, to (A) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (B) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (C) engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law; or (D) use the Advances to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iii) the funds used to repay the Indebtedness to be derived from any unlawful activity, and (iv) any Covered Entity to fail to comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws.
7.19 Required Licenses.
(a) Maintain (and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Affiliated Practice Entities to maintain) all Required Licenses free and clear from Liens (except Permitted Liens), material restrictions, probations and conditions; and maintain (and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Affiliated Practice Entities to maintain) all other permits, licenses, approvals and agreements which it is required to maintain or comply with, in each case, where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Provide Agent with a copy of any Required License of any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity (other than any professional license of any individual doctors) issued or renewed in the future by a Governmental Authority within thirty (30) days after its issuance or renewal. To the extent that any such Required License is assignable, each Credit Party will collaterally assign it to Agent as additional security for the Indebtedness, using a form of assignment reasonably acceptable to Agent in its discretion.
7.20 Notices from Governmental Authorities. Furnish to Agent (or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Affiliated Practice Entity to furnish to Agent, as applicable), within ten (10) days after receipt by any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity, (i) if applicable, a copy of any written inquiry by any Governmental Authority concerning the business affairs, practices, licensure, registration, quality of care, or reimbursement entitlements concerning any Credit Party’s or any Affiliated Practice Entity’s operations, that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) any and all written notices from any Governmental Authority to any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity that any Required License is being revoked, terminated, suspended, restricted or conditioned or may not be renewed or reissued or that action is pending or being considered to revoke, terminate, suspend, restrict or condition (or not renew or reissue) any such Required License, in each case, that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
7.21 Compliance with Healthcare Laws. Be, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Affiliated Practice Entity to be (and make commercially reasonable efforts to cause its and each Affiliated Practice Entity’s employees, contractors (other than contracted agencies) to be), in the exercise of their duties on behalf of such Credit Party and such Affiliated Practice Entity, in material compliance with all Healthcare Laws, and any Requirements of Laws with respect to the collections on accounts, any contracts relating thereto or any other Collateral, or otherwise applicable to the business and property of such Credit Party or such Affiliated Practice Entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the quality and adequacy of medical care provided to patients and any issues or claims arising from or in connection therewith, which shall in each such case, be the responsibility of each Affiliated Practice Entity in its professional judgment).
7.22 HIPAA/HITECH Compliance. To the extent that and for so long as such Credit Party or an Affiliated Practice Entity is a “covered entity” or “business associate” as either such term is defined under HIPAA/HITECH, (a) promptly undertake (or cause to be undertaken) all necessary surveys, audits, inventories, reviews, analyses and/or assessments (including any necessary risk assessments) of all areas of their or such Affiliated Practice Entity’s business and operations required by HIPAA/HITECH and/or that could be adversely affected by the failure of such Credit Party or such Affiliated Practice Entity to be HIPAA/HITECH Compliant (as defined below); (b) if applicable, develop a detailed plan and time line for becoming HIPAA/HITECH Compliant (a “HIPAA/HITECH Compliance Plan”); and (c) implement (or cause to be implemented) those provisions of such HIPAA/HITECH Compliance Plan necessary to ensure that such Credit Party or such Affiliated Practice Entity become HIPAA/HITECH Compliant.
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7.23 Healthcare Investigations. Within then (10) Business Days’ of each Credit Party’s or an Affiliated Practice Entity’s receipt thereof, furnish Agent (or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such Affiliate Practice Entity to furnish to Agent) with a copy of any written notice of any Healthcare Investigation by any Governmental Authority that is reasonably likely, or with the passage of time is reasonably likely, to: (i) have an adverse impact on such Credit Party’s or such Affiliated Practice Entity’s ability to accept and/or retain patients or result in the imposition of a fine, a sanction, a lower rate certification or, as applicable, a lower reimbursement rate for services rendered to eligible patients, (ii) modify, limit or result in the transfer, suspension, revocation or imposition of probationary use of any of the Required Licenses, or (iii) result in any other criminal or civil penalty, sanction, or remedy, or which could reasonably be expected to result in the appointment of a receiver, in each of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
7.24 Post-Closing. The Borrowers agree as follows with respect to the period following the Effective Date:
(a) On or before forty five (45) days after the Effective Date (or such later date as agreed by Agent), Borrowers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Agent a duly executed Consent to Assignment in respect of each Management Agreement that does not, by its terms, permit assignments to the Agent (for and on behalf of the Lenders) (or, alternatively, provide Agent with a copy of an executed amendment to each such Management Agreement to expressly permit a collateral assignment to Agent).
8. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS. |
Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until the Payment in Full of all Indebtedness, it will not, and, as applicable, it will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
8.1 Limitation on Debt. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Credit Party to the Agent or any Lender;
(b) any Debt existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 8.1 attached hereto and any renewals or refinancing of such Debt, provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such renewed or refinanced Debt shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the original Debt outstanding on the Effective Date (less any principal payments and the amount of any commitment reductions made thereon on or prior to such renewal or refinancing), (ii) the renewal or refinancing of such Debt shall be on substantially the same or better terms as in effect with respect to such Debt on the Effective Date, and shall otherwise be in compliance with this Agreement, and (iii) at the time of such renewal or refinancing no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the renewal or refinancing of such Debt;
(c) any Debt of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets, whether pursuant to a loan or a Capitalized Lease provided that both at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence thereof (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Debt at any one time outstanding (including, without limitation, any Debt of the type described in this clause (c) which is set forth on Schedule 8.1 hereof) shall not exceed $10,000,000, and any renewals or refinancings of such Debt on terms substantially the same or better than those in effect at the time of the original incurrence of such Debt;
(d) Subordinated Debt;
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(e) Debt under any Hedging Transactions, provided that such transaction is entered into for risk management purposes and not for speculative purposes;
(f) Debt arising from judgments or decrees not deemed to be a Default or Event of Default under subsection (g) of Section 9.1;
(g) Debt owing to a Person that is a Credit Party, but only to the extent evidenced by an Intercompany Note and permitted under Section 8.7 hereof;
(h) Debt of the Credit Parties not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time to financial institutions in connection with the provision of merchant services by such financial institutions to the Credit Parties;
(i) Debt of Credit Parties owing to trade creditors, provided that such Debt is incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Credit Parties;
(j) Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of Debt otherwise permitted hereunder;
(k) Debt of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that such Debt exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(l) Debt in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations not in connection with money borrowed, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Debt (i) resulting from a bank or other financial institution honoring a check, draft or similar instrument in the ordinary course of business or (ii) arising under or in connection with cash management services in the ordinary course of business;
(n) additional unsecured Debt not otherwise described above, provided that both at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence thereof (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result therefrom and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Debt shall not exceed $3,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
8.2 Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:
(a) Permitted Liens;
(b) Liens securing Debt permitted by Section 8.1(c), provided that (i) such Liens are created upon fixed or capital assets acquired by the applicable Credit Party after the date of this Agreement (including without limitation by virtue of a loan or a Capitalized Lease), (ii) any such Lien is created solely for the purpose of securing indebtedness representing or incurred to finance the cost of the acquisition of the item of property subject thereto, (iii) the principal amount of the Debt secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed 100% of the sum of the purchase price or cost of the applicable property, equipment or improvements and the related costs and charges imposed by the vendors thereof and (iv) the Lien does not cover any property other than the fixed or capital asset acquired; provided, however, that no such Lien shall be created over any owned real property of any Credit Party for which the Agent has received a Mortgage or for which such Credit Party is required to execute a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
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(c) Xxxxx created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(d) Liens on cash collateral or letters of credit in respect of Debt permitted by, and in favor of financial institutions referenced in, Section 8.1(h), in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Debt at any time;
(e) Liens in favor of other financial institutions arising in connection with Credit Parties’ deposit accounts held at such institutions to secure standard fees for deposit services charged by, but not to secure any financing made available by such institutions, provided that in the case of a Borrower or Guarantor, Agent has a perfected, first-priority security interest in the amounts held in such deposit accounts (except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.14) and each Borrower and each Guarantor is in compliance with the requirements of Section 7.14 with respect to such accounts; and
(f) other Liens, existing on the Effective Date, set forth on Schedule 8.2 and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof on substantially the same or better terms as in effect on the Effective Date and otherwise in compliance with this Agreement.
Regardless of the provisions of this Section 8.2, and except with respect to the Equity Interests in Warby Parker, no Lien over the Equity Interests of any Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Borrower (except for those Liens for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders) shall be permitted under the terms of this Agreement.
8.3 Acquisitions. Except for Permitted Acquisitions, purchase or otherwise acquire (including pursuant to any merger with or as a Division Successor pursuant to the Division of, any Person that was not a Credit Party prior to such merger or Division) or become obligated for the purchase of all or substantially all or any material portion of the assets or business interests or a division or other business unit of any Person, or any Equity Interest of any Person, or any business or going concern.
8.4 Limitation on Mergers, Dissolution or Sale of Assets. Enter into any merger or consolidation, or consummate a Division as the Dividing Person, or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including, without limitation, Equity Interests, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired or liquidate, wind up or dissolve, except:
(a) Inventory leased or sold in the ordinary course of business;
(b) obsolete, damaged, uneconomic or worn out machinery or equipment, or machinery or equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct of the applicable Credit Party’s business;
(c) Permitted Acquisitions;
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(d) mergers or consolidations of any Subsidiary of a Borrower with or into any Borrower or any Guarantor so long as such Borrower or such Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity; provided that at the time of each such merger or consolidation, both before and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result from such merger or consolidation;
(e) any Subsidiary of a Borrower may liquidate or dissolve into a Borrower or a Guarantor if the Borrowers determine in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrowers, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;
(f) sales or transfers, including without limitation upon voluntary liquidation from any Credit Party to a Borrower or a Guarantor, provided that the applicable Borrower or Guarantor takes such actions as the Agent may reasonably request to ensure the perfection and priority of the Liens in favor of the Lenders over such transferred assets;
(g) subject to Section 2.10(b) hereof, (i) Asset Sales (exclusive of asset sales permitted pursuant to all other subsections of this Section 8.4 and other than Asset Sales or other transfers consisting of intellectual property) in which the sales price is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold and the consideration received is cash or cash equivalents or Debt of any Credit Party being assumed by the purchaser, provided that the aggregate amount of such Asset Sales does not exceed $2,500,000 in any Fiscal Year and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of each such sale (both before and after giving effect to such Asset Sale), and (ii) other Asset Sales approved by the Majority Lenders in their sole discretion;
(h) the sale or disposition of Permitted Investments and other cash equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(i) any Credit Party (other than a Borrower) that is a limited liability company may consummate a Division as the Dividing Person provided that, if the Credit Party is a Guarantor, then immediately upon the consummation of the Division, the assets of the applicable Dividing Person are held by one or more Borrowers or Guarantors at such time; provided further that if the foregoing requirements are not satisfied, such Division shall be permitted if such Division, in the aggregate, would otherwise result in an Asset Sale permitted by clause (g) above;
(j) dispositions of owned or leased vehicles in the ordinary course of business;
(k) leases and subleases, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole; and
(l) non-exclusive licenses for the use of the intellectual property of a Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of a Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
The Lenders hereby consent and agree to the release by the Agent of any and all Liens on the property sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with this Section 8.4.
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8.5 Restricted Payments. Declare or make any distributions, dividend, payment or other distribution of assets, properties, cash, rights, obligations or securities (collectively, “Distributions”) on account of any of its Equity Interests, as applicable, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any of its Equity Interests, as applicable, or any warrants, rights or options to acquire any of its Equity Interests, now or hereafter outstanding (collectively, “Purchases”), except that:
(a) each Credit Party may pay cash Distributions to any Borrower;
(b) each Credit Party may (i) declare and make Distributions payable in the Equity Interests of such Credit Party and (ii) issue Equity Interests of such Credit Party to employees and service providers of such Credit Party, provided that (x) in each case, the issuance of such Equity Interests does not otherwise violate the terms of this Agreement and (y) in the case of the foregoing clause (i), no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of making such Distribution or would result from the making of such Distribution;
(c) Warby Parker may pay up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate in each Fiscal Year to repurchase Equity Interests issued by Warby Parker, so long as Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to Agent that any such repurchase has been duly authorized and approved by Xxxxx Xxxxxx’x board of directors and provided that, at the time of such repurchase and immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or could reasonably be expected to occur, (ii) each Borrower is solvent, (iii) the aggregate amount of Net Cash of Borrowers and Guarantors on deposit with Agent or any Lender is not less than Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) in the aggregate, (iv) such repurchase would not trigger a Change in Control, (v) such repurchase is permitted under and is made in compliance with applicable law, including Sections 170 and 173 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (vi) the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio of the Credit Parties, determined on a pro forma basis, is not greater than 3.00 to 1.00; and
(d) Warby Parker may make charitable grants of Equity Interests in Warby Parker to Warby Parker Impact Foundation or similar charities, provided that the Equity Interests granted after the Effective Date under this clause shall not exceed 892,860 shares of Warby Parker in the aggregate.
8.6 Limitation on Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make (by way of the acquisition of securities of a Person or otherwise) any expenditure in respect of the purchase or other acquisition of fixed or capital assets (excluding any such asset acquired in connection with normal replacement and maintenance programs properly charged to current operations) except for (a) Reinvestments of Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds to the extent permitted under Section 2.10 hereof and (b) Capital Expenditures the amount of which in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $100,000,000.
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8.7 Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances. Make or allow to remain outstanding any Investment (whether such investment shall be of the character of investment in shares of stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or otherwise) in, or any loans or advances to, any Person other than:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Investments existing on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 8.7 hereof;
(c) sales on open account in the ordinary course of business;
(d) intercompany loans or intercompany Investments made by any Credit Party to or in any Guarantor or any Borrower; provided that, in each case, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of making such intercompany loan or intercompany Investment or result from such intercompany loan or intercompany Investment being made and that any intercompany loans shall be evidenced by and funded under an Intercompany Note pledged to the Agent under the appropriate Collateral Documents;
(e) Investments in respect of Hedging Transactions provided that such transaction is entered into for risk management purposes and not for speculative purposes;
(f) Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of Equity Interests of Warby Parker pursuant to employee stock purchase plan agreements approved by Xxxxx Xxxxxx’x board of directors or any committee thereof provided that such loans are cashless (other than cash payments to Warby Parker by the obligor in repayment of such loans);
(g) Permitted Acquisitions;
(h) Investments constituting deposits made in connection with the purchase of goods or services in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount for such deposits not to exceed $2,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(i) repurchases of Equity Interests of Warby Parker as approved by Xxxxx Xxxxxx’x board of directors but only to the extent permitted under Section 8.5; and
(j) Investments accepted in connection with Asset Sales permitted under Section 8.4;
(k) Intercompany loans or intercompany Investments made by any Credit Party to or in any other Credit Party that is not a Borrower or Guarantor, provided that the aggregate amount of all such Investments (other than any intercompany account payable made in the ordinary course of business) shall not exceed $1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year; and provided, further, that, in each case, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of making such intercompany loan or intercompany Investment or result from such intercompany loan or intercompany Investment being made and that any intercompany loans made by a Borrower or Guarantor shall be evidenced by and funded under an Intercompany Note pledged to the Agent under the appropriate Collateral Documents;
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(l) Investments (including Debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business;
(m) Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the ordinary course of business, provided that this clause (m) shall not apply to Investments of any Borrower in any Subsidiary;
(n) Joint ventures or strategic alliances with non-Affiliated third parties in the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business consisting of the non-exclusive licensing of technology, the development of technology or the providing of technical support, provided that any cash Investments by Borrowers do not exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year;
(o) Investments in or to any Affiliated Practice Entity provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from the making of such Investment and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Investments outstanding at any time shall not exceed $1,000,000; and
(p) other Investments not described above provided that both at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such Investment (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result from the making of such Investment and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Investments shall not exceed $10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year.
In valuing any Investments for the purpose of applying the limitations set forth in this Section 8.7 (except as otherwise expressly provided herein), such Investment shall be taken at the original cost thereof, without allowance for any subsequent write-offs or appreciation or depreciation, but less any amount repaid or recovered on account of capital or principal.
8.8 Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth in Schedule 8.8, enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliates of the Credit Parties except: (a) transactions with Affiliates that are the Borrowers or Guarantors; (b) transactions otherwise permitted under this Agreement; and (c) transactions in the ordinary course of a Credit Party’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Credit Party than it would obtain in a comparable arms length transaction from unrelated third parties.
8.9 Sale-Leaseback Transactions. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by a Credit Party of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Credit Party to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Credit Party, as the case may be, provided that if, at the time that a Credit Party acquires fixed or capital assets, such Credit Party intends to sell to and then lease such assets from another Person pursuant to a financing arrangement that would be permitted under Section 8.1(c), such transaction will not constitute a violation of this Section 8.9 so long as such transaction is consummated within sixty (60) days following the acquisition of such assets.
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8.10 Limitations on Other Restrictions. Except for this Agreement, any other Loan Document, enter into any agreement, document or instrument which would (i) restrict the ability of any Subsidiary of a Borrower to pay or make dividends or distributions in cash or kind to any Borrower or any Guarantor, to make loans, advances or other payments of whatever nature to any Credit Party, or to make transfers or distributions of all or any part of its assets to any Credit Party; or (ii) restrict or prevent any Credit Party from granting the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, Liens upon, security interests in and pledges of their respective assets, except to the extent (i) and for so long as such assets constitute Excluded Property (as defined in the Security Agreement), and (ii) such restrictions exist in documents creating Liens permitted by Section 9.2(b) hereunder.
8.11 Prepayment of Debt. Make any prepayment (whether optional or mandatory), repurchase, redemption, defeasance or any other payment in respect of any Subordinated Debt, provided, however, that the applicable Credit Party may make certain payments in respect of the Subordinated Debt but only to the extent permitted under the Subordinated Debt Documents and the applicable Subordination Agreement.
8.12 Amendment of Subordinated Debt Documents. Amend, modify or otherwise alter (or suffer to be amended, modified or altered) the Subordinated Debt Documents except as permitted in the applicable Subordinated Debt Documents and Subordination Agreements, or if no such restrictions exist in the applicable Subordinated Debt Documents or Subordination Agreements, without the prior written consent of the Agent.
8.13 Modification of Certain Agreements. Make, permit or consent to any amendment or other modification to the constitutional documents of any Credit Party or any Material Contract except to the extent that any such amendment or modification (i) does not violate the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) does not materially adversely affect the interest of the Lenders as creditors and/or secured parties under any Loan Document and (iii) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.14 Management Fees. Pay or otherwise advance, directly or indirectly, any management, consulting or other fees to an Affiliate.
8.15 Fiscal Year. Permit the Fiscal Year of any Credit Party to end on a day other than December 31.
8.16 Limitations with Respect to Required Licenses. Do any of the following (nor permit any Affiliated Practice Entity to do any of the following):
(a) transfer a Required License (other than any professional license of any individual doctors) or rights thereunder to any Person (other than to a Borrower or Agent);
(b) pledge or hypothecate any Required Licenses (other than any professional license of any individual doctors) as collateral security for any indebtedness other than Indebtedness; or
(c) materially amend, modify, alter the nature, tenor or scope of any Required Licenses or allow any Required License (other than any professional license of any individual doctors) to be rescinded, withdrawn or revoked without the Agent’s prior written consent, except to the extent such amendment, modification, alteration, rescission, withdrawal or revocation (i) does not violate the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) does not materially adversely affect the interest of the Lenders as creditors and/or secured parties under any Loan Document and (iii) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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9. | DEFAULTS. |
9.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder:
(a) non-payment when due of (i) the principal of any Indebtedness, (ii) interest on any Advance within three (3) Business Days after the same shall be due, (iii) any Reimbursement Obligation, or (iv) any Fees within three (3) Business Days after the same shall be due;
(b) non-payment of any other amounts due and owing by a Borrower under this Agreement or by any Credit Party under any of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, other than as set forth in subsection (a) above, within three (3) Business Days after the same is due and payable;
(c) default in the observance or performance of any of the conditions, covenants or agreements of the Borrowers set forth in Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.4(a) and (e), 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.9, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17 or Section 8 in its entirety, provided that an Event of Default arising from a breach of Sections 7.1 or 7.2 shall be deemed to have been cured upon delivery of the required item; and provided further that any Event of Default arising solely due to a breach of Section 7.7(a) shall be deemed cured upon the earlier of (x) the giving of the notice required by Section 7.7(a) and (y) the date upon which the Default or Event of Default giving rise to the notice obligation is cured or waived;
(d) default in the observance or performance of any of the other conditions, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by any Credit Party and continuance thereof for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after (i) the Agent provides notice of such default or (ii) any Credit Parties becomes aware or reasonably should have known of the existence of such default, whichever shall occur first;
(e) any representation or warranty made by any Credit Party herein or in any certificate, instrument or other document submitted pursuant hereto proves untrue or misleading in any material adverse respect when made;
(f) (i) default by any Credit Party in the payment of any indebtedness for borrowed money, whether under a direct obligation or guaranty (other than Indebtedness hereunder) of any Credit Party in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (or the equivalent thereof in any currency other than Dollars) individually or in the aggregate when due and continuance thereof beyond any applicable period of cure, (ii) failure to comply with the terms of any other obligation of any Credit Party with respect to any indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Indebtedness hereunder) in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (or the equivalent thereof in any currency other than Dollars) individually or in the aggregate, which continues beyond any applicable period of cure and which would permit the holder or holders thereto to accelerate such other indebtedness for borrowed money, or require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance of such indebtedness, or (iii) any default by any Credit Party under any Hedging Agreement which continues beyond any applicable period of cure;
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(g) the rendering of any judgment(s) (not covered by adequate insurance from a solvent carrier which is defending such action without reservation of rights) for the payment of money in excess of the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (or the equivalent thereof in any currency other than Dollars) individually or in the aggregate against any Credit Party, and such judgments shall remain unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed by appeal or otherwise for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days from the date of its entry;
(h) an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrowers under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) except as expressly permitted under this Agreement, any Credit Party shall be dissolved (other than a dissolution of a Subsidiary of a Borrower which is not a Guarantor or a Borrower) or liquidated (or any judgment, order or decree therefor shall be entered) except as otherwise permitted herein; or if a creditors’ committee shall have been appointed for the business of any Credit Party; or if any Credit Party shall have made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall have been adjudicated bankrupt and if not an adjudication based on a filing by a Credit Party, it shall not have been dismissed within sixty (60) days, or shall have filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization or to effect a plan or arrangement with creditors or shall fail to pay its debts generally as such debts become due in the ordinary course of business (except as contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are made in such party’s financial statements); or shall file an answer to a creditor’s petition or other petition filed against it, admitting the material allegations thereof for an adjudication in bankruptcy or for reorganization; or shall have applied for or permitted the appointment of a receiver or trustee or custodian for any of its property or assets; or such receiver, trustee or custodian shall have been appointed for any of its property or assets (otherwise than upon application or consent of a Credit Party ) and shall not have been removed within sixty (60) days; or if an order shall be entered approving any petition for reorganization of any Credit Party and shall not have been reversed or dismissed within sixty (60) days;
(j) a Change of Control;
(k) [reserved];
(l) to the extent that and for so long as any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity is a “covered entity” within the meaning of HIPAA/HITECH, if such Credit Party or such Affiliated Practice Entity shall fail, at any time, to be HIPAA/HITECH Compliant and continuance thereof for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive days after any of the Credit Parties first becomes aware or reasonably should have known of the existence of such occurrence;
(m) the revocation or suspension by a Governmental Authority of any Required License of any Credit Party or any Affiliated Practice Entity (other than any professional license of any individual doctors) that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and continuance thereof for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive days after any of the Credit Parties first becomes aware or reasonably should have known of the existence of such occurrence;
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(n) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any subordination provisions relating to any Subordinated Debt shall be contested by any Person party thereto (other than any Lender, the Agent, Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender), or such subordination provisions shall fail to be enforceable by the Agent and the Lenders in accordance with the terms thereof, or the Indebtedness shall for any reason not have the priority contemplated by this Agreement or such subordination provisions; or
(o) any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof or the terms of any other Loan Document), as applicable, or the validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto (other than any Lender, the Agent, Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender), or any Person shall deny that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or any such Loan Document shall be terminated (other than in accordance with the terms thereof or the terms of any other Loan Document), invalidated, revoked or set aside or in any way cease to give or provide to the Lenders and the Agent the benefits purported to be created thereby, or, except as may result solely and directly from any action or inaction of Agent, (i) any Loan Document purporting to xxxxx x Xxxx to secure any Indebtedness shall, at any time after the delivery of such Loan Document, fail to create a valid and enforceable Lien on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby or (ii) such Lien shall fail to cease to be a perfected Lien with the priority required in the relevant Loan Document.
9.2 Exercise of Remedies. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder: (a) the Agent may, and shall, upon being directed to do so by the Majority Lenders, declare the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment terminated; (b) the Agent may, and shall, upon being directed to do so by the Majority Lenders, declare the entire unpaid principal Indebtedness, including the Notes, immediately due and payable, without presentment, notice or demand, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; (c) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 9.1(i) and notwithstanding the lack of any declaration by the Agent under preceding clauses (a) or (b), the entire unpaid principal Indebtedness shall become automatically and immediately due and payable, and the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment shall be automatically and immediately terminated; (d) the Agent shall, upon being directed to do so by the Majority Lenders, demand immediate delivery of cash collateral, and each Borrower agrees to deliver such cash collateral upon demand, in an amount equal to 105% of the maximum amount that may be available to be drawn at any time prior to the stated expiry of all outstanding Letters of Credit, for deposit into an account controlled by the Agent; (e) the Agent may, and shall, upon being directed to do so by the Majority Lenders, notify the Borrowers or any Credit Party that interest shall be payable on demand on all Indebtedness (other than Advances with respect to which Sections 2.6, 4.6 and other applicable provisions shall expressly govern) at a per annum rate equal to the Default Rate applicable to such Indebtedness; and (f) the Agent may, and shall, upon being directed to do so by the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable (subject to the terms hereof), exercise any remedy permitted by this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or law.
9.3 Rights Cumulative. No delay or failure of the Agent and/or Lenders in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall affect such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other power, right or privilege. The rights of the Agent and Lenders under this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any right or remedies which Lenders would otherwise have.
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9.4 Waiver by the Borrowers of Certain Laws. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower hereby agrees to waive, and does hereby absolutely and irrevocably waive and relinquish the benefit and advantage of any valuation, stay, appraisement, extension or redemption laws now existing or which may hereafter exist, which, but for this provision, might be applicable to any sale made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, on any claim for interest on the Notes, or any security interest or mortgage contemplated by or granted under or in connection with this Agreement. These waivers have been voluntarily given, with full knowledge of the consequences thereof.
9.5 Waiver of Defaults. No Event of Default shall be waived by the Lenders except in a writing signed by an officer of the Agent in accordance with Section 13.10 hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, payment or acceptance of any Indebtedness at the Default Rate is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Agent or any Lender. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder, nor any delay in the exercise thereof, shall preclude other or further exercise of their rights by the Agent or the Lenders. No waiver of any Event of Default shall extend to any other or further Event of Default. No forbearance on the part of the Agent or the Lenders in enforcing any of their rights shall constitute a waiver of any of their rights. Each Borrower expressly agrees that this Section may not be waived or modified by the Lenders or the Agent by course of performance, estoppel or otherwise.
9.6 Set Off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender may at any time and from time to time, without notice to the Borrowers but subject to the provisions of Section 10.3 hereof (any requirement for such notice being expressly waived by the Borrowers), setoff and apply against any and all of the obligations of the Borrowers now or hereafter existing under this Agreement, whether owing to such Lender, any Affiliate of such Lender or any other Lender or the Agent, any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrowers and any property of the Borrowers from time to time in possession of such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such deposits held or indebtedness owing by such Lender may be contingent and unmatured and regardless of whether any Collateral then held by the Agent or any Lender is adequate to cover the Indebtedness. Promptly following any such setoff, such Lender shall give written notice to the Agent and the Borrowers of the occurrence thereof; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.4 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held for the benefit of the Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Indebtedness owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The Borrowers hereby grant to the Lenders and the Agent a lien on and security interest in all such deposits, indebtedness and property as collateral security for the payment and performance of all of the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement. The rights of each Lender under this Section 9.6 are in addition to the other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
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10. | PAYMENTS, RECOVERIES AND COLLECTIONS. |
10.1 Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest or fees hereunder shall be made by the Borrowers to the Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, without setoff or counterclaim on the date specified for payment under this Agreement and must be received by the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Detroit time) (or such later time on such date as agreed to by Agent) on the date such payment is required or intended to be made in Dollars in immediately available funds to the Agent at the Agent’s Office. Any payment received by the Agent after 1:00 p.m. (Detroit time) (or such later time on such date as agreed to by Agent) shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. The Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its ratable share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s applicable lending office (or otherwise distribute such payment in like funds as received to the Person or Persons entitled thereto as provided herein).
(b) Unless the Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrowers at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which any payment to be made by the Borrowers is due that the Borrowers do not intend to remit such payment, the Agent may, in its sole discretion and without obligation to do so, assume that the Borrowers have remitted such payment when so due and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to each Revolving Credit Lender, on such payment date an amount equal to such Lender’s share of such assumed payment. If the Borrowers have not in fact remitted such payment to the Agent, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Agent the amount of such assumed payment made available or transferred to such Lender, together with the interest thereon, in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation for the first two (2) Business Days that such amount remains unpaid, and thereafter at a rate of interest then applicable to such Revolving Credit Advances.
(c) Subject to the definition of “Interest Period” in Section 1 of this Agreement, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall otherwise be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest, if any, in connection with such payment; provided that, if such next succeeding Business Day would fall after any applicable Maturity Date, payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(d) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Advances, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Advances, as applicable, and to make payments pursuant to Section 13.5 or otherwise hereunder are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Advance or, as applicable, to fund any such participation or to make any such payment on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its applicable Advance, to purchase its participations, as applicable, or to make any payment hereunder.
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10.2 Application of Proceeds of Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the case of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(i), immediately following the occurrence thereof, and in the case of any other Event of Default: (a) upon the termination of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment, (b) the acceleration of any Indebtedness arising under this Agreement, (c) at the Agent’s option, or (d) upon the request of the Majority Lenders after the commencement of any remedies hereunder, the Agent shall apply the proceeds of any Collateral, together with any offsets, voluntary payments by any Credit Party or others and any other sums received or collected in respect of the Indebtedness first, to pay all incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Agent under the Loan Documents and any protective advances made by the Agent with respect to the Collateral under or pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, next, to pay any fees and expenses owed to the Issuing Lender hereunder, next, to pay principal and interest due with respect to any Advances and any Reimbursement Obligations, and to cash collateralize all outstanding Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the maximum amount that may be available to be drawn at any time prior to the stated expiry of all outstanding Letters of Credit and to pay any obligations owing by any Credit Party under any Hedging Agreements, on a pro rata basis, next, to pay any other Indebtedness on a pro rata basis, and then, if there is any excess, to the Credit Parties, as the case may be.
10.3 Pro-rata Recovery. If any Lender shall obtain any payment or other recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of setoff or otherwise) on account of principal of, or interest on, any of the Advances made by it, or the participations in Letter of Credit Obligations or Swing Line Advances held by it in excess of its pro rata share of payments then or thereafter obtained by all Lenders upon principal of and interest on all such Indebtedness, such Lender shall purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Advances and such other obligations held by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment or other recovery ratably in accordance with the applicable Percentages of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of the excess payment or other recovery is thereafter recovered from such purchasing holder, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
10.4 Treatment of a Defaulting Lender; Reallocation of Defaulting Lender’s Fronting Exposure.
(a) The obligation of any Lender to make any Advance hereunder shall not be affected by the failure of any other Lender to make any Advance under this Agreement, and no Lender shall have any liability to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, the Agent, any other Lender, or any other Person for another Lender’s failure to make any loan or Advance hereunder.
(b) If any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, then such Defaulting Lender’s right to vote in respect of any amendment, consent or waiver of the terms of this Agreement or such other Loan Documents, or to direct or approve any action or inaction by the Agent shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 13.10.
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(c) Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 9 or otherwise) or received by the Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.6 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with clause (g) below; fourth, as the Borrowers may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Advance in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Agent and the Borrowers, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Advances under this Agreement and (y) cash collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with clause (g) below; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or Swing Line Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Lenders or Swing Line Lenders against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances or Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Advances were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Advances of, and Letter of Credit Obligations to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Advances of, or Letter of Credit Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Advances and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Line Advances are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Percentages without giving effect to Section clause (d) below. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this clause (c) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(d) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive a Revolving Credit Facility Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to extent allocable to the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances funded by it, and (2) its Revolving Credit Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided cash collateral pursuant to clause (g) below.
(e) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive the Letter of Credit Fees described in Section 3.4(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Revolving Credit Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided cash collateral in accordance with clause (g) below. With respect to any Revolving Credit Facility Fee or Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrowers shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations or Swing Line Advances that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause f below, (y) pay to each Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Lender’s and Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
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(f) If any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, then, for so long as such Lender remains a Defaulting Lender, any Fronting Exposure shall be reallocated by the Agent at the request of the Swing Line Lender and/or the Issuing Lender among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Percentages of the Revolving Credit, but only to the extent that the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances made by each Non-Defaulting Lender, plus such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Swing Line Advances and Letter of Credit Obligations prior to giving effect to such reallocation plus such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of the Fronting Exposure to be reallocated does not exceed such Non- Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment, and only so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such reallocation.
(g) At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one (1) Business Day following the written request of the Agent, the Swing Line Lender or the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Agent), the Borrowers shall cash collateralize the Swing Line Lender’s and Issuing Lender’s Fronting Exposure, as applicable, with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to any cash collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than an amount determined by the Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lender in their sole discretion, by depositing such amounts into an account controlled by the Agent.
10.5 Erroneous Payments.
(a) If the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error) that the Agent or any of its Affiliates has erroneously, mistakenly or inadvertently transmitted any funds to any Lender (whether or not such transmittal was known by such Lender) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment, or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distributions, or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and the Agent subsequently demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof), then such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after such demand, return to the Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such demand was made by the Agent, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Lender agrees not to assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment (or any portion thereof) (including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine).
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(c) This Section 10.5 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
(d) For purposes of this Section 10.5, the term “Lender” includes each Issuing Lender.
11. | YIELD PROTECTION; INCREASED COSTS; MARGIN ADJUSTMENTS; TAXES; UNAVAILABILITY; SUCCESSOR RATE DETERMINATION. |
11.1 Reimbursement of Prepayment Costs. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Advance other than a Base Rate Advance other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Advance other than a Base Rate Advance other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Advance other than a Base Rate Advance on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) the assignment of any BSBY Rate Advance or Quoted Rate Advance other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 13.12) then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for any funding or other loss, cost or expense attributable to such event, including any funding or other loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or redeployment of funds. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrowers’ Representative and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
11.2 Inability to Determine Rates.
Subject to Section 11.3, below, if, on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period or other applicable tenor for any Advance, the Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) or, in the case of clause (b) below, the Majority Lenders shall determine (which determinations shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) and notify Agent, that:
(a) the Benchmark (or any component thereof) cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, or
(b) the Benchmark for such Interest Period or other applicable tenor (collectively, the “Affected Tenor”) does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding or maintaining such Advance, or
(c) the making or funding of any Advance that accrues interest at or by reference to the Benchmark has become impracticable or not administratively feasible,
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the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrowers’ Representative and each Lender. Upon notice thereof by the Agent to the Borrowers’ Representative, (i) any obligation of the Lenders to make Advances that accrue interest at or by reference to such Benchmark, and any right of the Borrowers to continue Advances that accrue interest at or by reference to such Benchmark, or to convert Base Rate Advances to Advances that accrue interest at or by reference to such Benchmark, shall be suspended (in each case, to the extent of the affected Advances or Affected Tenors) until the Agent (with respect to clause (b) of this Section 11.2, at the instruction of the Majority Lenders) revokes such notice, (ii) the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of any Advances that accrue interest at or by reference to such Benchmark (to the extent of the affected Advances or Affected Tenors) or, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Advances in the amount specified therein and (iii) any outstanding affected Advances will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Advances at the end of the applicable Interest Period or other applicable tenor. Upon any such conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 11.1. Subject to Section 11.3, if the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Benchmark cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on Base Rate Advances shall be determined by the Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate” until the Agent revokes such determination.
11.3 BSBY Unavailability; Successor Rate Determination.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, but without limiting Section 11.2 above, if:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining all Available Tenors of the BSBY Rate (or any component thereof, and including, without limitation, because the BSBY Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, as determined by the Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error), or Majority Lenders pursuant to, in the case of the Majority Lenders, delivery of notice to the Agent with a copy to the Borrowers’ Representative that Majority Lenders have so determined (which determination likewise shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error); or
(ii) the BSBY Administrator or a Governmental Authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over the Agent or the BSBY Administrator with respect to its publication of BSBY, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement (A) identifying a specific date after which all Available Tenors of the BSBY Rate shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or used or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of Dollar-denominated syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Agent, that will continue to provide such representative tenors of the BSBY Rate (or any component thereof) after the latest date on which all Available Tenors of the BSBY Rate (or any component thereof) are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, or (B) that the BSBY Rate (or any component thereof) fails to comply with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks; or
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(iii) all Available Tenors of BSBY are not newly published (e.g., are carried over) by the BSBY Administrator for five (5) consecutive Business Days and such failure is not the result of a temporary moratorium, embargo, or disruption declared by the BSBY Administrator or by the regulatory supervisor for the BSBY Administrator;
then, on a date and time determined by the Agent (any such date, a “Replacement Date”), which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant Interest Payment Date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the latest date determined under clause (ii), the BSBY Rate will be replaced hereunder and under any Loan Document with the first available alternative set forth in the order below for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by the Agent, in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (such rate, and any subsequent successor rate so determined, the “Successor Rate”):
(x) Term SOFR, plus the SOFR Adjustment; and
(y) Daily Simple SOFR, plus the SOFR Adjustment.
In the event that the Successor Rate is Daily Simple SOFR (plus the SOFR Adjustment), all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) if the Agent determines that neither of the alternatives set forth in clauses (x) and (y) of Section 11.3(a) above is available on or prior to the Replacement Date or (ii) if events or circumstances comparable to those described in Section 11.3(a)(i) or Section 11.3(a)(ii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Agent and the Borrowers may amend this Agreement solely for purpose of replacing the BSBY Rate or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 11.3 at the end of any Interest Period or other applicable tenor, relevant Interest Payment Date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with another alternate benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmark rate and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such benchmark rate, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and adjustments shall constitute a “Successor Rate”. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrowers unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders have delivered to the Agent written notice that such Majority Lenders object to such amendment.
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The Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrowers’ Representative and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate. Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Agent. In connection with the implementation of any Successor Rate, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrowers and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than the Applicable Floor, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be the Applicable Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of this Section 11.3), (i) if the BSBY Rate or the then-current Successor Rate is a term rate (including Term SOFR) and either (A) any tenor for such benchmark rate is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion, or (B) the administrator of such benchmark rate or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such benchmark rate has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such benchmark rate is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks, then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any benchmark rate settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable, non-representative, non-compliant or non-aligned tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a benchmark rate (including any Successor Rate), or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks for a Benchmark (including any Successor Rate), then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all benchmark rate settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
11.4 Illegality. If any Lender determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that any applicable law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, it would create safety and soundness risks, or it would not be consistent with sound banking practices, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Advances whose interest is determined by reference to the BSBY Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the BSBY Rate, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrowers (through the Agent), (a) any obligation of the Lenders to make BSBY Rate Advances, and any right of the Borrowers to continue BSBY Rate Advances or to convert Base Rate Advances to BSBY Rate Advances, shall be suspended, (b) the interest rate on Base Rate Advances shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”, in each case until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist and (c) the Borrowers shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from any Lender (with a copy to the Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all BSBY Rate Advances to Base Rate Advances (subject to clause (b) of this Section 11.4) on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such BSBY Rate Advances to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such BSBY Rate Advances to such day. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 11.1.
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11.5 Increased Costs. If any Change in Law shall:
(a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including pursuant to regulations issued from time to time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirements (including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or any similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender; or
(b) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(c) impose on any Lender any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Advances made by such Xxxxxx;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Advance or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Advance, or to increase the cost to such Lender, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or other Recipient, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
11.6 Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Advances made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Xxxxxx’s policies and the policies of such Xxxxxx’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
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11.7 Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Section 11.5 or 11.6 of this Section and delivered to the Borrowers, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
11.8 Margin Adjustment. Adjustments to the Applicable Margins and the Applicable Fee Percentages, based on Annex I, shall be implemented on a quarterly basis as follows:
(a) Such adjustments shall be given prospective effect only, effective as to all Advances outstanding hereunder, the Applicable Fee Percentage and the Letter of Credit Fee, upon the date of delivery of the financial statements under Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) hereunder and the Covenant Compliance Report under Section 7.2(a) hereof, in each case establishing applicability of the appropriate adjustment and in each case with no retroactivity or claw-back. In the event the Borrowers shall fail timely to deliver such financial statements or the Covenant Compliance Report and such failure continues for three (3) days, then (but without affecting the Event of Default resulting therefrom) from the date delivery of such financial statements and report was required until such financial statements and report are delivered, the Applicable Margins and Applicable Fee Percentages shall be at the highest level on the Applicable Margin and Applicable Fee Percentages Grid attached to this Agreement as Annex I.
(b) From the Effective Date until the required date of delivery (or, if earlier, delivery) of the financial statements under Section 7.1(a) or 7.1(b) hereof, as applicable, and the Covenant Compliance Report under Section 7.2(a) hereof, for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022, the Applicable Margins and Applicable Fee Percentages shall be those set forth under the Level I column of the pricing matrix attached to this Agreement as Annex I. Thereafter, Applicable Margins and Applicable Fee Percentages shall be based upon the quarterly financial statements and Covenant Compliance Reports, subject to recalculation as provided in Section 11.8(a) above.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if as a result of any restatement of or adjustment to the financial statements of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (relating to the current or any prior fiscal period) or for any other reason, the Agent determines (which may be at the direction of the Majority Lenders) that the Applicable Margin and/or the Applicable Fee Percentages as calculated by the Borrowers as of any applicable date of determination were inaccurate in any respect and a proper calculation thereof would have resulted in different pricing for any fiscal period, then (x) if the proper calculation thereof would have resulted in higher pricing for any such period, the Borrowers shall automatically and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Agent, promptly upon demand by the Agent or the Majority Lenders (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws, automatically and without further action by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period and, if the current fiscal period is affected thereby, the Applicable Margin and/or the Applicable Fee Percentages for the current period shall be adjusted based on such recalculation; and (y) if the proper calculation thereof would have resulted in lower pricing for such period, the Agent and Lenders shall have no obligation to recalculate such interest or fees or to repay any interest or fees to the Borrowers.
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11.9 Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to Sections 11.5, 11.6 or 3.4(c) shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to Sections 11.5, 11.6 or 3.4(c), for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
11.10 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) The Credit Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 11.10, such Credit Party shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(d) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 11.10, (including by payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 11.10), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 11.10 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (d) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (d), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (d) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
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(e) Each Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent) or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent the Borrowers have not already indemnified the Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Xxxxxx’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.8 hereof relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Agent under this clause (f).
(g) (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (D) of Section 11.10(g)(ii)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a U.S. Borrower,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent on or prior to the date on which such Xxxxxx becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(ii) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrowers as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W 8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
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(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers or the Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender or Agent under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender or Agent shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender or Agent has complied with such Xxxxxx's or Agent's obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrowers and the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h) For purposes of this Section 11.10, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Lender and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
(i) Each party’s obligations under this Section 11.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of a Lender, the termination of Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
12. | AGENT. |
12.1 Appointment of the Agent. Each Lender and the holder of each Note (if issued) irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent to act on behalf of such Lender or holder under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as may be reasonably incidental thereto, including without limitation the power to execute or authorize the execution of financing or similar statements or notices, and other documents. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, the Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Credit Party.
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12.2 Deposit Account with the Agent or any Lender. Each Borrower authorizes the Agent, in the Agent’s sole discretion, upon notice to the Borrowers to charge its general deposit account(s), if any, maintained with the Agent for the amount of any principal, interest, or other amounts or costs due under this Agreement when the same become due and payable under the terms of this Agreement or the Notes.
12.3 Scope of the Agent’s Duties. The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, and shall not, by reason of this Agreement or otherwise, have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender (and no implied covenants or other obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Agent). None of the Agent, its Affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under this Agreement or any document executed pursuant hereto, or in connection herewith or therewith with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders (or all of the Lenders for those acts requiring consent of all of the Lenders) (except for its or their own willful misconduct or gross negligence (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment)), nor be responsible for or have any duties to ascertain, inquire into or verify (a) any recitals or warranties made by the Credit Parties or any Affiliate of the Credit Parties, or any officer thereof contained herein or therein, (b) the effectiveness, enforceability, validity or due execution of this Agreement or any document executed pursuant hereto or any security thereunder, (c) the performance by the Credit Parties of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, or (d) the satisfaction of any condition hereunder or thereunder, including without limitation in connection with the making of any Advance or the issuance of any Letter of Credit. The Agent and its Affiliates shall be entitled to rely upon any certificate, notice, document or other communication (including any cable, telegraph, telex, facsimile transmission or oral communication) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been sent or given by or on behalf of a proper person. The Agent may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof. The Agent may employ agents and may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable to the Lenders (except as to money or property received by them or their authorized agents), for the negligence or misconduct of any such agent selected by it with reasonable care or for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.
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12.4 Successor Agent. The Agent may resign as such at any time upon at least thirty (30) days prior notice to the Borrowers and each of the Lenders. If the Agent at any time shall resign or if the office of the Agent shall become vacant for any other reason, Majority Lenders shall, by written instrument, appoint successor agent(s) (“Successor Agent”) satisfactory to such Majority Lenders and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the Borrowers (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however that any such successor Agent shall be a bank or a trust company or other financial institution which maintains an office in the United States, or a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or any Affiliate of such bank or trust company or other financial institution which is engaged in the banking business, and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Such Successor Agent shall thereupon become the Agent hereunder, as applicable, and the Agent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any successor agent such documents of transfer and assignment as such Successor Agent may reasonably request. If a Successor Agent is not so appointed or does not accept such appointment before the resigning Agent’s resignation becomes effective, the resigning Agent may appoint a temporary successor to act until such appointment by the Majority Lenders and, if applicable, the Borrowers, is made and accepted, or if no such temporary successor is appointed as provided above by the resigning the Agent, the Majority Xxxxxxx shall thereafter perform all of the duties of the resigning the Agent hereunder until such appointment by the Majority Xxxxxxx and, if applicable, the Borrowers, is made and accepted. Such Successor Agent shall succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the resigning Agent as if originally named. The resigning Agent shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such Successor Agent all moneys at the time held by the resigning Agent xxxxxxxxx after deducting therefrom its expenses for which it is entitled to be reimbursed hereunder. Upon such succession of any such Successor Agent, the resigning Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations, in its capacity as the Agent hereunder, and the provisions of this Section 12 shall continue in effect for the benefit of the resigning Agent in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Agent.
12.5 Credit Decisions. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently of the Agent and each other Lender and based on the financial statements of the Borrowers and such other documents, information and investigations as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit decision to extend credit hereunder from time to time. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently of the Agent and each other Lender and based on such other documents, information and investigations as it shall deem appropriate at any time, continue to make its own credit decisions as to exercising or not exercising from time to time any rights and privileges available to it under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any other document executed pursuant hereto.
12.6 Authority of the Agent to Enforce This Agreement. Each Lender, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, grants the Agent full power and authority as attorney-in-fact to institute and maintain actions, suits or proceedings for the collection and enforcement of any Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and to file such proofs of debt or other documents as may be necessary to have the claims of the Lenders allowed in any proceeding relative to any Credit Party, or their respective creditors or affecting their respective properties, and to take such other actions which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable for the protection, collection and enforcement of the Notes, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
12.7 [Reserved].
12.8 Knowledge of Default. It is expressly understood and agreed that the Agent shall be entitled to assume that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, unless the officers of the Agent immediately responsible for matters concerning this Agreement shall have received a written notice from a Lender or a Borrower specifying such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. Upon receiving such a notice, the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such Default or Event of Default and provide each Lender with a copy of such notice and shall endeavor to provide such notice to the Lenders within three (3) Business Days (but without any liability whatsoever in the event of its failure to do so). The Agent shall also furnish the Lenders, promptly upon receipt, with copies of all other notices or other information required to be provided by the Borrowers hereunder.
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12.9 The Agent’s Authorization; Action by Xxxxxxx. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, whenever the Agent is authorized and empowered hereunder on behalf of the Lenders to give any approval or consent, or to make any request, or to take any other action on behalf of the Lenders (including without limitation the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under the other Loan Documents), the Agent shall be required to give such approval or consent, or to make such request or to take such other action only when so requested in writing by the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable hereunder. Action that may be taken by the Majority Lenders, any other specified Percentage of the Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be (as provided for hereunder) may be taken (i) pursuant to a vote of the requisite percentages of the Lenders as required hereunder at a meeting (which may be held by telephone conference call), provided that the Agent exercises good faith, diligent efforts to give all of the Lenders reasonable advance notice of the meeting, or (ii) pursuant to the written consent of the requisite percentages of the Lenders as required hereunder, provided that all of the Lenders are given reasonable advance notice of the requests for such consent.
12.10 Enforcement Actions by the Agent. Except as otherwise expressly provided under this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents and subject to the terms hereof, the Agent will take such action, assert such rights and pursue such remedies under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the Majority Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be (as provided for hereunder), shall direct; provided, however, that the Agent shall not be required to act or omit to act if, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent, such action or omission may expose the Agent to personal liability for which the Agent has not been satisfactorily indemnified hereunder or is contrary to this Agreement, any of the Loan Documents or applicable law. Except as expressly provided above or elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, no Lender (other than the Agent, acting in its capacity as agent) shall be entitled to take any enforcement action of any kind under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
12.11 Collateral Matters.
(a) The Agent is authorized on behalf of all the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Lenders, from time to time to take any action with respect to any Collateral or the Collateral Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain a perfected security interest in and Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.
(b) The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Agent, in its reasonable discretion, (1) to release or terminate any Lien granted to or held by the Agent upon any Collateral (a) upon the Payment in Full of all Indebtedness; (b) constituting property (including, without limitation, Equity Interests in any Person) sold or to be sold or disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition (whether by sale, by merger or by any other form of transaction and including the property of any Subsidiary that is disposed of as permitted hereby) permitted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (c) constituting property in which a Credit Party owned no interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter; or (d) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Majority Lenders, or all the Lenders, as the case may be, as provided in Section 13.10; (2) to subordinate the Lien granted to or held by the Agent on any Collateral to any other holder of a Lien on such Collateral which is permitted by Section 8.2(b) hereof; and (3) if all of the Equity Interests held by the Credit Parties in any Person are sold or otherwise transferred to any transferee other than a Borrower or a Subsidiary of a Borrower as part of or in connection with any disposition (whether by sale, by merger or by any other form of transaction) permitted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, to release such Person from all of its obligations under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, under any Guaranty). Upon request by the Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 12.11(b).
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12.12 The Agents in their Individual Capacities. Comerica Bank and its Affiliates, successors and assigns shall each have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though such Lender were not the Agent. Comerica Bank and its Affiliates may (without having to account therefor to any Lender) accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with the Credit Parties as if such Xxxxxx were not acting as the Agent hereunder, and may accept fees and other consideration therefor without having to account for the same to the Lenders.
12.13 The Agent’s Fees. Until the Indebtedness has been repaid and discharged in full and no commitment to extend any credit hereunder is outstanding, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, as applicable, any agency or other fee(s) set forth (or to be set forth from time to time) in the applicable Fee Letter on the terms set forth therein. The agency fees referred to in this Section 12.13 shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
12.14 Documentation Agent or other Titles. Any Lender identified on the facing page or signature page of this Agreement or in any amendment hereto or as designated with consent of the Agent in any assignment agreement as Lead Arranger, Documentation Agent, Syndications Agent or any similar titles, shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement as a result of such title other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, the Lenders so identified shall not have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender as a result of such title. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on the Lender so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
12.15 Subordination Agreements. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes Agent to enter into any subordination or intercreditor agreement pertaining to any Subordinated Debt, on its behalf and to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of any such agreement (subject to the last sentence of this Section 12.15). Each Lender further agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of each subordination or intercreditor agreement pertaining to any Subordinated Debt. Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to issue blockages notices in connection with any Subordinated Debt at the direction of Majority Lenders (it being agreed and understood that Agent will not act unilaterally to issue such blockage notices).
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12.16 Indebtedness in respect of Cash Management Agreements and Hedging Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, no Lender that obtains the benefits of the provisions of Section 10.2, any Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 12 to the contrary, the Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Indebtedness arising under Cash Management Agreements and Hedging Agreements unless the Agent has received written notice of such Indebtedness, together with such supporting documentation as the Agent may request, from the applicable Lender.
12.17 No Reliance on the Agent’s Customer Identification Program.
(a) Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on the Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Affiliate’s, participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA Patriot Act or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR 103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the “CIP Regulations”), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any of their respective Affiliates or agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder: (i) any identify verification procedures, (ii) any record keeping, (iii) any comparisons with government lists, (iv) any customer notices or (v) any other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other laws.
(b) Each Lender or assignee or participant of a Lender that is not organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof (and is not excepted from the certification requirement contained in Section 313 of the USA Patriot Act and the applicable regulations because it is both (i) an affiliate of a depository institution or foreign bank that maintains a physical presence in the United States or foreign country, and (ii) subject to supervision by a banking authority regulating such affiliated depository institution or foreign bank) shall deliver to the Agent the certification, or, if applicable, recertification, certifying that such Lender is not a “shell” and certifying to other matters as required by Section 313 of the USA Patriot Act and the applicable regulations: (x) within 10 days after the Effective Date, and (y) at such other times as are required under the USA Patriot Act.
12.18 Flood Laws. Comerica Bank has adopted internal policies and procedures that address requirements placed on federally regulated lenders under the Flood Laws. Comerica Bank, as administrative agent or collateral agent on a syndicated facility, will post on the applicable electronic platform (or otherwise distribute to each Lender in the syndicate) documents that it receives in connection with the Flood Laws. However, Comerica Bank reminds each Lender and each participant in the facility that, pursuant to the Flood Laws, each federally regulated Lender (whether acting as a Lender or participant in the facility) is responsible for assuring its own compliance with the flood insurance requirements.
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12.19 Lenders’ Representations and Certain Other Obligations.
(a) Each Lender as of the Effective Date represents and warrants as of the Effective Date to the Agent and its Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Credit Party, that such Lender is not and will not be (i) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts for the purposes of ERISA or the Code, or (iv) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA. For the avoidance of doubt, a Lender may act as a service provider to or with respect to an ERISA plan and/or a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code; provided, however, that such Lender shall not exercise any discretion or authority to utilize the assets of such plans or accounts to fund any loans or other credit extended hereunder.
(b) Each Lender (which includes, for purposes of this clause (b), the Issuing Lender) represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Xxxxxx agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing.
(c) Each Lender (which includes, for purposes of this clause (c), the Issuing Lender) represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.
(d) Each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent and its Affiliates any and all costs, expenses, losses and other damages suffered or incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates as a result of such Lender’s failure to obtain, maintain and/or hold any license required in connection with the use of BSBY.
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13.1 Accounting Principles; Divisions. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. If at any time any change (or implementation of a previously agreed upon change) in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement (including any negative covenant “basket”) set forth in any Loan Document, and either Borrowers or the Majority Lenders shall so request, the Agent, the Lenders and Borrowers shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Majority Lenders); provided, that until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) Borrowers shall provide to the Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
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(b) For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Division, (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Dividing Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a Division Successor, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the Dividing Person to the Division Successor, and (b) any Division Successor shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
13.2 Consent to Jurisdiction. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 13.2.
13.3 Governing Law. THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD FOR PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
13.4 Interest. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, in the event the obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest on the principal balance of the Notes or on any other amounts outstanding hereunder or under the other Loan Documents is or becomes in excess of the maximum interest rate which the Borrowers are permitted by law to contract or agree to pay, giving due consideration to the execution date of this Agreement, then, in that event, the rate of interest applicable thereto with respect to such Lender’s applicable Percentages shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to such maximum rate and all previous payments in excess of the maximum rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not of interest.
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13.5 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agent), in connection with the syndication of the facilities hereunder, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable, out of pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, and (iii) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Advances made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Advances or Letters of Credit.
(b) The Borrowers shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including any Borrower) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Advance or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Borrower, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (A) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or (B) result from a claim not involving an act or omission of any Borrower and that is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than against the Agent in its capacity as such and other than claims with respect to a Letter of Credit brought by one Indemnitee against another Indemnitee acting in a different capacity or role with respect to such Letter of Credit such as an issuing bank as opposed to an advising bank, confirming bank, negotiating bank or transferring bank). This Section 13.5(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim. The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 13.5(b) shall be in addition to any and all other obligations and liabilities the Borrowers may have to the Agent, any of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender at common law or pursuant to any other agreement.
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(c) To the extent that the Borrowers for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (a) or (b) of this Section 13.5 to be paid by the Borrowers to the Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s Percentage at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender or the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender or any the Swing Line Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 13.5(c) are subject to the provisions of Section 10.1(d).
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower shall not assert, and each Borrower hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Advance or Letter of Credit, or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in Section 13.5(b) shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) All amounts due under this Section 13.5 shall be payable not later than ten (10) days after demand therefor.
(f) Each party’s obligations under this Section 13.5 shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.
13.6 Notices.
(a) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement (and except as provided in clause (b) below), all notices and other communications provided to any party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, by mail, by reputable overnight courier or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to it at its address set forth on Annex III or at such other address as may be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties that complies as to delivery with the terms of this Section 13.6 or posted to an E-System set up by or at the direction of the Agent (as set forth below). Any notice, if personally delivered or if mailed and properly addressed with postage prepaid and sent by registered or certified mail, shall be deemed given when received or when delivery is refused; any notice, if given to a reputable overnight courier and properly addressed, shall be deemed given two (2) Business Days after the date on which it was sent, unless it is actually received sooner by the named addressee; and any notice, if transmitted by facsimile, shall be deemed given when received. The Agent may, but, except as specifically provided herein, shall not be required to, take any action on the basis of any notice given to it by telephone, but the giver of any such notice shall promptly confirm such notice in writing or by facsimile, and such notice will not be deemed to have been received until such confirmation is deemed received in accordance with the provisions of this Section set forth above. If such telephonic notice conflicts with any such confirmation, the terms of such telephonic notice shall control. Any notice given by the Agent or any Lender to any Borrower shall be deemed to be a notice to all of the Credit Parties.
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(b) Notices and other communications provided to the Agent and the Lenders party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including email and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent. The Agent or the Borrowers may, in their respective discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications (including email and any E-System) pursuant to procedures approved by it. Unless otherwise agreed to in a writing by and among the parties to a particular communication, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, return email, or other written acknowledgment) and (ii) notices and other communications posted to any E-System shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or other communication is available and identifying the website address therefore.
13.7 Further Action. The Borrowers, from time to time, upon written request of the Agent will make, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be made, executed, acknowledged and delivered, all such further and additional instruments, and take all such further action as may reasonably be required to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, and to provide for Advances under and payment of the Notes, according to the intent and purpose herein and therein expressed.
13.8 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Assignments.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrowers and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns.
(b) The foregoing shall not authorize any assignment by the Borrowers of its rights or duties hereunder, and, except as otherwise provided herein, no such assignment shall be made (or be effective) without the prior written approval of the Lenders.
(c) No Lenders may at any time assign or grant participations in such Xxxxxx’s rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents except (i) by way of assignment to any Eligible Assignee in accordance with clause (d) of this Section, (ii) by way of a participation in accordance with the provisions of clause (e) of this Section 13.8 or (iii) by way of a pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of clause (g) of this Section 13.8 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any Lender shall be deemed to be null and void).
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(d) Each assignment by a Lender of all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) each such assignment shall be made on a pro rata basis, and shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or such lesser amount as the Agent shall agree and (y) the entire remaining amount of assigning Lender’s Commitment or Advances at the time owing to it (and participations in any Swing Line Advances and outstanding Letters of Credit); provided however that, after giving effect to such assignment, in no event shall the entire remaining amount (if any) of assigning Xxxxxx’s Commitment and Advances owing to it be less than $5,000,000; and
(ii) the parties to any assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment Agreement substantially (as determined by the Agent) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (with appropriate insertions acceptable to the Agent), together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount, if any, required as set forth in the Assignment Agreement.
Until the Assignment Agreement becomes effective in accordance with its terms and is recorded in the Register maintained by the Agent under clause (h) of this Section 13.8, and the Agent has confirmed that the assignment satisfies the requirements of this Section 13.8, the Borrowers and the Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the assigning Lender in connection with the interest so assigned. From and after the effective date of each Assignment Agreement that satisfies the requirements of this Section 13.8, the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement, such assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including without limitation the right to receive fees payable hereunder in respect of the period following such assignment) and the assigning Lender shall relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Upon request, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to the Agent, new Note(s) payable to the order of the assignee in an amount equal to the amount assigned to the assigning Lender pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, and with respect to the portion of the Indebtedness retained by the assigning Lender, to the extent applicable, new Note(s) payable to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the amount retained by such Lender hereunder. The Agent, the Lenders and the Borrowers acknowledge and agree that any such new Note(s) shall be given in renewal and replacement of the Notes issued to the assigning lender prior to such assignment and shall not effect or constitute a novation or discharge of the Indebtedness evidenced by such prior Note, and each such new Note may contain a provision confirming such agreement.
(e) The Borrowers and the Agent acknowledge that each of the Lenders may at any time and from time to time, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, grant participations in such Xxxxxx’s rights and obligations hereunder (on a pro rata basis only) and under the other Loan Documents to any Person (other than a natural person or to a Borrower or any of such Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries); provided that any participation permitted hereunder shall comply with all applicable laws and shall be subject to a participation agreement that incorporates the following restrictions:
(i) such Lender shall remain the holder of its Notes hereunder (if such Notes are issued), notwithstanding any such participation;
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(ii) a participant shall not reassign or transfer, or grant any sub-participations in its participation interest hereunder or any part thereof;
(iii) such Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Credit Parties relating to the Notes and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the right to proceed against any Guarantors, or cause the Agent to do so (subject to the terms and conditions hereof), and the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement without the consent of the participant (unless such participant is an Affiliate of such Lender), except for those matters requiring the consent of each of the Lenders under Section 13.10(b) (provided that a participant may exercise approval rights over such matters only on an indirect basis, acting through such Lender and the Credit Parties, the Agent and the other Lenders may continue to deal directly with such Lender in connection with such Xxxxxx’s rights and duties hereunder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in the case of any participation granted by any Lender hereunder, the participant shall not have any rights under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents against the Agent, any other Lender or any Credit Party; provided, however that the participant may have rights against such Lender in respect of such participation as may be set forth in the applicable participation agreement and all amounts payable by the Credit Parties hereunder shall be determined as if such Xxxxxx had not sold such participation. Each such participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11 of this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (d) of this Section, provided that no participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such the provisions of Section 11 than the issuing Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such issuing Lender to such participant had no such transfer occurred and each such participant shall also be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.6 hereof as though it were a Lender, provided that such participant agrees to be subject to Section 10.3 hereof as though it were a Lender; and
(iv) each participant shall provide the relevant tax form required under Section 13.11.
(f) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Advances or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
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(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including its Notes, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledge or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) The Borrowers hereby designate the Agent, and Agent agrees to serve, as the Borrowers’ non-fiduciary agent solely for purposes of this Section 13.8(h) to maintain at its principal office in the United States a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, the Percentages of such Lenders and the principal amount (and stated interest) of each type of Advance owing to each such Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agent, and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Advances recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender (but only with respect to any entry relating to such Lender’s Percentages and the principal amounts owing to such Lender) upon reasonable notice to the Agent and a copy of such information shall be provided to any such party on their prior written request. The Agent shall give prompt written notice to the Borrowers of the making of any entry in the Register or any change in such entry.
(i) The Borrowers authorize each Lender to disclose to any prospective assignee or participant which has satisfied the requirements hereunder, any and all financial information in such Xxxxxx’s possession concerning the Credit Parties which has been delivered to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement, provided that each such prospective assignee or participant shall execute a confidentiality agreement consistent with the terms of Section 13.11 hereof or shall otherwise agree to be bound by the terms thereof.
(j) Nothing in this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall confer on any Person other than the respective parties hereto and thereto and their successors and assignees and participants permitted hereunder and thereunder any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or other claim under this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents.
13.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, and each executed copy shall constitute an original instrument, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
13.10 Amendment and Waiver.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.12, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Agent and the Majority Lenders (or by the Agent at the written request of the Majority Lenders) or, if this Agreement expressly so requires with respect to the subject matter thereof, by all Lenders (and, with respect to any amendments to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, by any Credit Party or the Guarantors that are signatories thereto), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
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(i) increase the stated amount of, or extend the termination date of (or, if terminated, reinstate), any Xxxxxx’s commitment hereunder without such Xxxxxx’s written consent; provided, that any waiver of, or any consent to a departure from, a condition precedent, a Default or an Event of Default, a mandatory prepayment or a mandatory reduction of Commitments shall not constitute an increase or extension of any Commitment of any Lender;
(ii) without the written consent of each Lender holding Indebtedness directly affected thereby, do any of the following:
(A) reduce (including any waiver or forgiveness of) the principal of, or interest on, any outstanding Indebtedness or any Fees or other amounts payable hereunder; provided, that (I) only the written consent of the Majority Lenders shall be necessary to amend Section 9.2(e) or to waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest at the rate set forth therein, in each case, in respect of the Indebtedness subject thereto, and (II) only the written consent of the Majority Lenders shall be necessary to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest or to reduce any Fee;
(B) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, any outstanding Indebtedness or any Fees or other amounts payable hereunder (except with respect to the payments required under Section 2.10(b));
(C) change any of the provisions of this Section 13.10 or the definitions of “Majority Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder; or
(iii) Without the written consent of all Lenders, do any of the following:
(A) except as expressly permitted in Section 12.11(b), (I) , release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions (provided that neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be prohibited thereby from proposing or participating in a consensual or nonconsensual debtor-in-possession or similar financing in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding), or (II) release any material guaranty provided by any Person in favor of the Agent and the Lenders in any transaction or series of transactions;
(B) modify Sections 10.2 or 10.3 hereof in a manner that would have the effect of altering the pro rata sharing of payments or other pro rata treatment of the Lenders or the order of application of payments, in each case, otherwise required hereunder;
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(C) (I) contractually subordinate any Indebtedness (including any guaranty thereof) to any other Debt (whether under this Agreement or otherwise); or (II) contractually subordinate the Agent’s Lien (on behalf of the holders of the Indebtedness) on all or substantially all of the Collateral granted under the Loan Documents to any other Lien, unless each adversely affected Lender has received a bona fide written offer (disclosing all material terms) to fund or otherwise provide its pro rata portion (based on the amount of the Indebtedness adversely affected thereby held by each such Lender) of such senior Lien financing, on substantially the same terms (including, without limitation, interest and fees, other than any reasonable and customary arrangement or similar fees or third party expense reimbursements) as offered to the other providers of such senior Lien financing; provided that, notwithstanding subclauses (I) and (II) of this clause (C), neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be prohibited from proposing or participating in a consensual or nonconsensual debtor-in-possession or similar financing in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding if an opportunity to participate in such financing is offered to each of the Lenders; or
(D) release any Borrower or permit any Borrower to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(iv) without the written consent of the Swing Line Lender, (A) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Swing Line Note, (B) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Swing Line Note or (C) amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights and duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(v) without the written consent of the Issuing Lender, amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of Issuing Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; or
(vi) without the written consent of the Agent, amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
(i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove of any amendment, consent, or waiver with respect to any Loan Document (and all amendments, consents, and waivers with respect thereto may be effected without the consent of the Defaulting Lenders), except that the foregoing shall not permit, in each case without such Defaulting Lender’s written consent, (A) an increase in such Defaulting Xxxxxx’s stated commitment amounts, (B) the waiver, forgiveness or reduction of the principal amount of any Indebtedness owing to such Defaulting Lender (unless all other Lenders affected thereby are treated proportionately), (C) the extension of the final maturity date(s) of such Defaulting Lender’s portion of any of the Indebtedness or the extension of any commitment to extend credit of such Defaulting Lender, or (D) any other modification which requires the consent of all Lenders or the Lender(s) affected thereby which affects such Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to the other affected Lenders (other than a modification which results in a reduction of such Defaulting Lender’s Percentage of any Commitments or repayment of any amounts owing to such Defaulting Lender on a non pro-rata basis);
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(ii) the Agent may, with the consent of the Borrowers only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(iii) (A) the Agent may determine a Successor Rate and the Agent may make Conforming Changes, in each case, in accordance with Section 11.3; and (B) in connection with the use or administration of BSBY, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time, and any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (provided that the Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of BSBY);
(iv) no amendment of this Agreement which is in all other respects approved by the requisite Lenders in accordance with this Section 13.10 shall require the consent or approval of any Lender (A) which immediately after giving effect to such amendment, shall have no commitment or other obligation to maintain or extend credit under this Agreement (as so amended), including, without limitation, any obligation to participate in any Letter of Credit and (B) which, substantially contemporaneously with the effectiveness of such amendment, shall have received payment in full of all Indebtedness owing to such Lender under the Loan Documents (other than any Indebtedness owing to such Lender under any Cash Management Agreement or any Hedging Agreements). From and after the effectiveness of any such amendment, any such Lender shall be deemed to no longer be a "Lender" hereunder or a party hereto, except that any such Lender shall retain the benefits of indemnification provisions hereof which, by the terms hereof would survive the termination of this Agreement;
(v) any amendment or waiver of, or consent to any departure from, any provision of the Sweep Agreement and the Fee Letter requires only the consent of the parties thereto;
(vi) this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Agent and the Borrowers (A) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (B) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Agent and approved by the Majority Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Majority Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder; provided, however, that this Agreement may be amended in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 2.12 with only the approval of the parties as required thereunder; and
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(vii) (A) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Xxxxxx sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Indebtedness, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersede the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (B) the Majority Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Credit Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
(c) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no XXXX Event may be closed (x) until the date that is (i) if there are no Mortgaged Properties in a Flood Hazard Zone, ten (10) Business Days or (ii) if there are any Mortgaged Properties in a “special flood hazard area”, thirty (30) days, in each case, after the Agent or Borrowers have delivered to the Lenders the following documents in respect of such real property: (A) a completed flood hazard determination from a third party vendor; (B) if such real property is located in a “special flood hazard area”, (1) a notification to the applicable Credit Parties of that fact and, if applicable, notification to the applicable Credit Parties that flood insurance coverage is not available and (2) evidence of the receipt by the applicable Credit Parties of such notice; and (3) if required by applicable Flood Laws, evidence of required flood insurance with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under applicable Flood Laws; provided that any such XXXX Event may be closed prior to the expiration of such period if the Agent shall have received confirmation from each Lender that such Lender has completed any necessary flood insurance due diligence to its reasonable satisfaction.
13.11 Confidentiality. Each of the Agent, the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lender agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or participant in, or any prospective assignee of or participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrowers and their obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrowers or their respective Subsidiaries or the credit facilities hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the credit facilities hereunder; (h) with the consent of the Borrowers; or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, or (y) becomes available to the Agent, any Lender, Swing Line Lender, Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers who did not acquire such information as a result of a breach of this Section. In addition, the Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agents or any Lender in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.
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For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Credit Party relating to any Credit Party or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Agent, any Lender, Swing Line Lender or Issuing Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party; provided that, in the case of information received from any Credit Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
13.12 Mitigation Obligations; Substitution or Removal of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender has demanded compensation under Sections 3.4(c), 11.5 or 11.6, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrowers) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Advances hereunder (or issuing or maintaining, or participating in, any Letters of Credit hereunder) or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 3.4(c), 11.5 or 11.6, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) With respect to any Lender (i) that has demanded compensation under Sections 3.4(c), 11.5 or 11.6 and has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 13.12(a), (ii) that has become a Defaulting Lender or (iii) that has failed to consent to a requested amendment, waiver or modification to any Loan Document that requires the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with Section 13.10 and as to which the Majority Lenders have already consented (in each case, an “Affected Lender”), then the Agent or (upon notice to the Agent) the Borrowers may, at the Borrowers’ sole expense, require the Affected Lender to sell and assign all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, its Commitments, to an Eligible Assignee (which may be one or more of the Lenders) (such Eligible Assignee shall be referred to herein as the “Purchasing Lender” or “Purchasing Lenders”) within two (2) Business Days after receiving notice from the Borrowers requiring it to do so, for an aggregate price equal to the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all Advances made by it, interest and fees accrued for its account through but excluding the date of such payment, and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the Purchasing Lender(s) (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts, including without limitation, if demanded by the Affected Lender, the amount of any compensation then due to the Affected Lender under Sections 3.4(c), 11.1, 11.5 and 11.6 to but excluding said date), payable (in immediately available funds) in cash. The Affected Lender, as assignor, such Purchasing Lender, as assignee, the Borrowers and the Agent, shall enter into an Assignment Agreement pursuant to Section 13.8 hereof, whereupon such Purchasing Lender shall be a Lender party to this Agreement, shall be deemed to be an assignee hereunder and shall have all the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender to the extent of assigning Lender’s applicable Percentages, provided, however, that if the Affected Lender does not execute such Assignment Agreement within (2) Business Days of receipt thereof, the Agent may execute the Assignment Agreement as the Affected Xxxxxx’s attorney-in-fact. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of such Lender or in its own name to execute and deliver the Assignment Agreement while such Lender is an Affected Lender hereunder (such power of attorney to be deemed coupled with an interest and irrevocable). In connection with any assignment pursuant to this Section 13.12(b), (I) the Borrowers or the Purchasing Lender shall pay to the Agent the administrative fee for processing such assignment referred to in Section 13.8, (II) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a demand for compensation under clause (i) above, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter, and (III) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender failing to consent under clause (iii) above, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or modification. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment pursuant to this Section 13.12(b) if , prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment cease to apply.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13.12(b) to the contrary, (i) any Lender that acts as an Issuing Lender may not be replaced hereunder at any time it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements satisfactory to such Lender (including the furnishing of a backstop standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer, reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Lender or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Lender) have been made with respect to such outstanding Letter of Credit and (ii) the Lender that acts as the Agent may not be replaced hereunder.
13.13 [Reserved].
13.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL / JUDICIAL REFERENCE.
(a) JURY TRIAL WAIVER. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE BORROWERS, THE LENDERS AND THE AGENT HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. THE BORROWERS, THE LENDERS AND THE AGENT REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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(b) Judicial Reference.
(i) In the event the jury trial waiver set forth above is not enforceable, the parties elect to proceed under this judicial reference provision.
(ii) With the exception of the items specified in clause (iii), below, any controversy, dispute or claim (each, a “Claim”) between the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents will be resolved by a reference proceeding in California in accordance with the provisions of Sections 638 et seq. of the California Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”), or their successor sections, which shall constitute the exclusive remedy for the resolution of any Claim, including whether the Claim is subject to the reference proceeding. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, venue for the reference proceeding will be in the state or federal court in the county or district where the real property involved in the action, if any, is located or in the state or federal court in the county or district where venue is otherwise appropriate under applicable law (the “Court”).
(iii) The matters that shall not be subject to a judicial reference proceeding are the following: (a) foreclosure of any security interests in real or personal property, (b) exercise of self-help remedies (including, without limitation, set-off), (c) appointment of a receiver and (d) temporary, provisional or ancillary remedies (including, without limitation, writs of attachment, writs of possession, temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions). This reference provision does not limit the right of any party to exercise or oppose any of the rights and remedies described in clauses (a) and (b) or to seek or oppose from a court of competent jurisdiction any of the items described in clauses (c) and (d). The exercise of, or opposition to, any of those items does not waive the right of any party to a reference pursuant to this reference provision as provided herein.
(iv) The referee shall be a retired judge or justice selected by mutual written agreement of the parties. If the parties do not agree within ten (10) days of a written request to do so by any party, then, upon request of any party, the referee shall be selected by the Presiding Judge of the Court (or his or her representative). A request for appointment of a referee may be heard on an ex parte or expedited basis, and the parties agree that irreparable harm would result if ex parte relief is not granted. Pursuant to CCP § 170.6, each party shall have one peremptory challenge to the referee selected by the Presiding Judge of the Court (or his or her representative).
(v) The parties agree that time is of the essence in conducting the reference proceedings. Accordingly, the referee shall be requested, subject to change in the time periods specified herein for good cause shown, to (a) set the matter for a status and trial-setting conference within fifteen (15) days after the date of selection of the referee, (b) if practicable, try all issues of law or fact within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the conference and (c) report a statement of decision within twenty (20) days after the matter has been submitted for decision.
(vi) The referee will have power to expand or limit the amount and duration of discovery. The referee may set or extend discovery deadlines or cutoffs for good cause, including a party’s failure to provide requested discovery for any reason whatsoever. Unless otherwise ordered based upon good cause shown, no party shall be entitled to “priority” in conducting discovery, depositions may be taken by either party upon seven (7) days written notice, and all other discovery shall be responded to within fifteen (15) days after service. All disputes relating to discovery which cannot be resolved by the parties shall be submitted to the referee whose decision shall be final and binding.
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(vii) Except as expressly set forth herein, the referee shall determine the manner in which the reference proceeding is conducted including the time and place of hearings, the order of presentation of evidence, and all other questions that arise with respect to the course of the reference proceeding. All proceedings and hearings conducted before the referee, except for trial, shall be conducted without a court reporter, except that when any party so requests, a court reporter will be used at any hearing conducted before the referee, and the referee will be provided a courtesy copy of the transcript. The party making such a request shall have the obligation to arrange for and pay the court reporter. Subject to the referee’s power to award costs to the prevailing party, the parties will equally share the cost of the referee and the court reporter at trial.
(viii) The referee shall be required to determine all issues in accordance with existing case law and the statutory laws of the State of California. The rules of evidence applicable to proceedings at law in the State of California will be applicable to the reference proceeding. The referee shall be empowered to enter equitable as well as legal relief, enter equitable orders that will be binding on the parties and rule on any motion which would be authorized in a court proceeding, including without limitation motions for summary judgment or summary adjudication. The referee shall issue a decision at the close of the reference proceeding which disposes of all claims of the parties that are the subject of the reference. Pursuant to CCP § 644, such decision shall be entered by the Court as a judgment or an order in the same manner as if the action had been tried by the Court and any such decision will be final, binding and conclusive. The parties reserve the right to appeal from the final judgment or order or from any appealable decision or order entered by the referee. The parties reserve the right to findings of fact, conclusions of laws, a written statement of decision, and the right to move for a new trial or a different judgment, which new trial, if granted, is also to be a reference proceeding under this provision.
(ix) If the enabling legislation which provides for appointment of a referee is repealed (and no successor statute is enacted), any dispute between the parties that would otherwise be determined by reference procedure will be resolved and determined by arbitration. The arbitration will be conducted by a retired judge or justice, in accordance with the California Arbitration Act §1280 through §1294.2 of the CCP as amended from time to time. The limitations with respect to discovery set forth above shall apply to any such arbitration proceeding.
(x) THE PARTIES RECOGNIZE AND AGREE THAT ALL CONTROVERSIES, DISPUTES AND CLAIMS RESOLVED UNDER THIS REFERENCE PROVISION WILL BE DECIDED BY A REFEREE AND NOT BY A JURY. AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF ITS, HIS OR HER OWN CHOICE, EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTIES, AGREES THAT THIS REFERENCE PROVISION WILL APPLY TO ANY CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CLAIM BETWEEN OR AMONG THEM ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO, THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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13.15 USA Patriot Act Notice. Pursuant to Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, the Agent and the Lenders hereby notify the Credit Parties that if they or any of their Subsidiaries open an account, including any loan, deposit account, treasury management account, or other extension of credit with the Agent or any Lender, the Agent or the applicable Lender will request the applicable Person’s name, tax identification number, business address and other information necessary to identify such Person (and may request such Person’s organizational documents or other identifying documents) to the extent necessary for the Agent and the applicable Lender to comply with the USA Patriot Act.
13.16 Complete Agreement; Conflicts. This Agreement, the Notes (if issued), any Requests for Advances, and the Loan Documents contain the entire agreement of the parties hereto, superseding all prior agreements, discussions and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof, and none of the parties shall be bound by anything not expressed in writing. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, this Agreement shall govern.
13.17 Severability. In case any one or more of the obligations of the Credit Parties under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining obligations of the Credit Parties shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in one jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the obligations of the Credit Parties under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents in any other jurisdiction.
13.18 Table of Contents and Headings; Section References. The table of contents and the headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way modify or affect any of the terms or provisions hereof and references herein to “sections,” “subsections,” “clauses,” “paragraphs,” “subparagraphs,” “exhibits” and “schedules” shall be to sections, subsections, clauses, paragraphs, subparagraphs, exhibits and schedules, respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided herein or unless the context otherwise clearly indicates.
13.19 Construction of Certain Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents refers to any action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person, whether or not expressly specified in such provision.
13.20 Independence of Covenants. Each covenant hereunder shall be given independent effect (subject to any exceptions stated in such covenant) so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any such covenant (taking into account any such stated exception), the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default.
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13.21 Electronic Transmissions.
(a) Each of the Agent, the Credit Parties, the Lenders, and each of their Affiliates is authorized (but not required) to transmit, post or otherwise make or communicate, in its sole discretion, Electronic Transmissions in connection with any Loan Document and the transactions contemplated therein. The Borrowers and each other Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that the use of Electronic Transmissions is not necessarily secure and that there are risks associated with such use, including risks of interception, disclosure and abuse and each indicates it assumes and accepts such risks by hereby authorizing the transmission of Electronic Transmissions.
(b) All uses of an E-System shall be governed by and subject to, in addition to Section 13.6 and this Section 13.22, separate terms and conditions posted or referenced in such E-System and related contractual obligations executed by the Agent, the Credit Parties and the Lenders in connection with the use of such E-System.
(c) All E-Systems and Electronic Transmissions shall be provided “as is” and “as available”. None of the Agent or any of its Affiliates, nor any Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates warrants the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any E-Systems or Electronic Transmission, and each disclaims all liability for errors or omissions therein. No warranty of any kind is made by the Agent or any of its Affiliates, or any Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with any E-Systems or Electronic Transmission, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects. The Agent, the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, and the Lenders agree that the Agent has no responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing required in connection with any Electronic Transmission or otherwise required for any E-System. The Agent and the Lenders agree that the Borrowers have no responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing required in connection with any Electronic Transmission or otherwise required for any E-System.
13.22 Advertisements. The Agent and the Lenders may disclose the names of the Credit Parties and the existence of the Indebtedness in general advertisements and trade publications.
13.23 Reliance on and Survival of Provisions. All terms, covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of the Credit Parties to any of the Loan Documents made herein or in any of the Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other document furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party in connection with this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the Lenders, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by any Lender or on such Lender’s behalf, and those covenants and agreements of the Borrowers and the Lenders, as applicable, set forth in Sections 3.9, 3.10, 10.5, 11.8(c), 11.10, and 13.5 hereof (together with any other indemnities of any Credit Party or Lender contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents) shall survive the Payment in Full of the Indebtedness and the termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any commitment to extend credit thereunder.
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13.24 Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Hedging Agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of California and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b) As used in this Section 13.24, the following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party shall mean an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” shall mean any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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13.25 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
13.26 Joint and Several Liability.
Each Borrower agrees as follows:
(a) It is jointly and severally, directly, and primarily liable to Lenders for payment in full of the Indebtedness and that such liability is independent of the duties, obligations and liabilities of each Borrower. This Agreement, the Notes and each other Loan Document are a primary and original obligation of each Borrower, are not the creation of a surety relationship, and are an absolute, unconditional, and continuing promise of payment and performance which shall remain in full force and effect without respect to future changes in conditions, including any change of law or any invalidity or irregularity with respect to the Loan Documents. Each Borrower acknowledges that the obligations of such Borrower undertaken herein might be construed to consist, at least in part, of the guaranty of obligations of persons or entities other than such Borrower (including any other Borrower party hereto) and, in full recognition of that fact, each Borrower consents and agrees that Lenders may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, whether before or after any actual or purported termination, repudiation, or revocation of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents by any one or more Borrowers, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing effectiveness hereof as to each Borrower in any such capacity as a guarantor: (a) supplement, restate, modify, amend, increase, decrease, extend, renew, accelerate, or otherwise change the time for payment or the terms of the Indebtedness or any part thereof, including any increase or decrease of the rate(s) of interest thereon; (b) supplement, restate, modify, amend, increase, decrease or waive, or enter into or give any agreement, approval, or consent with respect to, the Indebtedness or any part thereof, or any of the Loan Documents or any additional security or guaranties, or any condition, covenant, default, remedy, right, representation or term thereof or thereunder; (c) accept new or additional instruments, documents or agreements in exchange for or relative to any of the Loan Documents or the Indebtedness or any part thereof; (d) accept partial payments on the Indebtedness; (e) receive and hold additional security or guaranties for the Indebtedness or any part thereof; (f) release, reconvey, terminate, waive, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, exchange, substitute, transfer, or enforce any security or guaranties, and apply any security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion may determine; (g) release any Person from any personal liability with respect to the Indebtedness or any part thereof; (h) settle, release on terms satisfactory to Lenders or by operation of applicable laws, or otherwise liquidate or enforce any Indebtedness and any security therefor or guaranty thereof in any manner, consent to the transfer of any security and bid and purchase at any sale; or (i) consent to the merger, change, or any other restructuring or termination of the corporate or partnership existence of any Borrower or any other Person, and correspondingly restructure the Indebtedness, and any such merger, change, restructuring, or termination shall not affect the liability of any Borrower or the continuing effectiveness hereof, or the enforceability hereof with respect to all or any part of the Indebtedness.
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(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Lenders may enforce this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents independently as to each Borrower and independently of any other remedy or security Lenders at any time may have or hold in connection with the Indebtedness, and it shall not be necessary for Agent, or any Lender, to marshal assets in favor of any Borrower or any other Person or to proceed upon or against or exhaust any security or remedy before proceeding to enforce this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents. Each Borrower expressly waives any right to require Agent, or any Lender, to marshal assets in favor of any Borrower or any other Person or to proceed against any other Borrower or any Collateral provided by any Person, and agrees that Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may proceed against Borrowers or any Collateral in such order as it shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion.
(c) Agent may file a separate action or actions against any Borrower, whether action is brought or prosecuted with respect to any security or against any other person, or whether any other person is joined in any such action or actions. Each Borrower agrees that Agent and any Borrower and any affiliate of any Borrower may deal with each other in connection with the Indebtedness or otherwise, or alter any contracts or agreements now or hereafter existing between any of them, in any manner whatsoever, all without in any way altering or affecting the continuing efficacy of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents.
(d) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that a Borrower is deemed a guarantor, each Borrower expressly waives any and all defenses now or hereafter arising or asserted by reason of (a) any disability or other defense of any other Borrower with respect to the Indebtedness, (b) the unenforceability or invalidity of any security or guaranty for the Indebtedness or lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of priority of any security for the Indebtedness, (c) the cessation for any cause whatsoever of the liability of any other Borrower (other than by reason of the full payment and performance of all Indebtedness), (d) any failure of the Agent to marshal assets in favor of Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, or any Borrower or any other person, (e) any failure of Agent to give notice of sale or other disposition of collateral to any Borrower or any other Person or any defect in any notice that may be given in connection with any sale or disposition of collateral, (f) any failure of Lenders to comply with applicable law in connection with the sale or other disposition of any collateral or other security for any Indebtedness, including any failure of Agent to conduct a commercially reasonable sale or other disposition of any collateral or other security for any Indebtedness, (g) any act or omission of Agent or others that directly or indirectly results in or aids the discharge or release of any Borrower or the Indebtedness or any security or guaranty therefor by operation of law or otherwise, (h) any law which provides that the obligation of a surety or guarantor must neither be larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal or which reduces a surety’s or guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation, (i) any failure of Agent to file or enforce a claim in any bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any Person, (j) the election by Agent of the application or non-application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, (k) any extension of credit or the grant of any lien under Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bankruptcy Code, (l) any use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, (m) any agreement or stipulation with respect to the provision of adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding of any Person, (n) the avoidance of any lien in favor of Agent or any Lender for any reason, or (o) any action taken by Agent or any Lender that is authorized by this Agreement or any other provision of any Loan Document. Until such time as all of the Indebtedness have been fully, finally, and indefeasibly paid in full in cash: (i) each Borrower hereby waives and postpones any right of subrogation it has or may have as against any other Borrower with respect to the Indebtedness; and (ii) in addition, each Borrower also hereby waives and postpones any right to proceed or to seek recourse against or with respect to any property or asset of any other Borrower. Except with respect to notices otherwise expressly required to be given hereunder or in any of the other Loan Documents, each Borrower expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Indebtedness, and all notices of acceptance of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or of the existence, creation or incurring of new or additional Indebtedness.
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(e) In the event that all or any part of the Indebtedness at any time are secured by any one or more deeds of trust or mortgages or other instruments creating or granting liens on any interests in real property, each Borrower authorizes Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Event of Default, at its sole option, without notice or demand and without affecting the obligations of any Borrower, the enforceability of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or the validity or enforceability of any liens of Lenders, to foreclose any or all of such deeds of trust or mortgages or other instruments by judicial or nonjudicial sale.
(f) Without limiting the generality of any other waiver or other provision set forth in this Agreement, each Borrower waives all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have because the Indebtedness is secured by real property. This means, among other things:
(i) Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may collect from any Borrower without first foreclosing on any real or personal property pledged as Collateral by any other Borrower to secure the Indebtedness.
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(ii) If Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, forecloses on any real property pledged as Collateral by any Borrower:
(A) the amount of the debt may be reduced only by the price for which that Collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the sale price; and
(B) Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may collect from any Borrower even if Agent, on behalf of Xxxxxxx, by foreclosing on the real property pledged as Collateral, has destroyed any right that Borrower may have to collect from any other Borrower.
This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses each Borrower may have because the Indebtedness is secured by real property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon Section 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
(g) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to the extent that a Borrower is deemed a guarantor, each Borrower expressly waives any defenses to the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any rights of Lenders created or granted hereby or to the recovery by Lenders against any Borrower or any other Person liable therefor of any deficiency after a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure or sale, even though such a foreclosure or sale may impair the subrogation rights of Borrowers and may preclude Borrowers from obtaining reimbursement or contribution from other Borrowers. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower expressly waives any suretyship defenses or benefits that it otherwise might or would have under applicable law. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF ANY OTHER WAIVER OR OTHER PROVISION SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH BORROWER WAIVES ALL RIGHTS AND DEFENSES ARISING OUT OF AN ELECTION OF REMEDIES BY XXXXXXX, EVEN THOUGH THAT ELECTION OF REMEDIES, SUCH AS A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO SECURITY FOR THE INDEBTEDNESS, HAS DESTROYED SUCH XXXXXXXX’S RIGHTS OF SUBROGATION AND REIMBURSEMENT AGAINST THE OTHER BORROWERS BY OPERATION OF LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 580d OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, OR OTHERWISE.
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WITNESS the due execution hereof as of the day and year first above written.
COMERICA BANK, | ||
as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Senior Vice President | |
COMERICA BANK, | ||
as a Lender, as Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
and as Swing Line Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
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XXXXX XXXXXX INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Its: | CFO | |
WARBY XXXXXX RETAIL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Its: | CFO |
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Annex I
Applicable Margin and Applicable Fee Percentages Grid
Credit Facilities
(basis points per annum)
Basis for Pricing | Level I | Level II |
Consolidated Senior Net Leverage Ratio* | < 2.00 : 1.00 | > 2.00 : 1.00 |
Revolving Credit BSBY Rate Margin | 150 | 180 |
Revolving Credit Base Rate Margin | 50 | 80 |
Revolving Credit Facility Fee | 15 | 15 |
Letter of Credit Fees (exclusive of facing fees) | 150 | 180 |
* Definitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
** Level I pricing shall be in effect until the delivery of the financial statements for the quarter ending September 30, 2022, after which time the pricing grid shall govern.